Hello friends,
As this week begins, I wanted to reflect back on last week and update you all with praise reports and prayer requests.
Praise Reports:
-The Lord allowed me to make 100 phone calls for the first time ever last week!! Praise Him!
-The Lord brought in $125-135 in monthly pledges!
-The Lord brought in $275 in one-time gifts!
Prayer Requests:
-Pray with me that all those who pledged to give monthly might be able to start their giving within the next 2 weeks ($900 to go!).
-Pray for my teammate Laureen that God may finish her support on time as well.
-Pray that I may seek the Lord's face and trust in John 14:13-14 ( I have also been praying through Ps. 37 and Ps. 141:1-2, 8).
-Pray with me that my visa may come on time.
-Pray for traveling mercies as I head home to Fort Wayne, IN tomorrow (Tues) to celebrate Christmas with my family.
-Pray with me that God may put me and the mission trip on the hearts and minds of potential supporters and that they may act on His call to give.
Thank you so much for the prayers. God is so faithful to His children and I believe He wont leave us alone as we trust in Him. Have a merry Christmas as we reflect on Jesus' humility to identify Himself with fallen humanity when He came into the world to save the world!
Thanks and God bless
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Prayer Request
Hey friends,
I need you all to be praying with me for the next 3 weeks for the following:
$1,000 more in monthly support by Jan 9, 2010
$700 more in one-time gifts by Jan 9, 2010
A smooth Visa application process
Our flights are set to leave Jan 9, 2010 so I will be trying to give an update for each week on how everything is going. I know God has something in store and planned, He just hasn't revealed it yet. Thank you so much for your prayers and partnership!
Grace and peace
I need you all to be praying with me for the next 3 weeks for the following:
$1,000 more in monthly support by Jan 9, 2010
$700 more in one-time gifts by Jan 9, 2010
A smooth Visa application process
Our flights are set to leave Jan 9, 2010 so I will be trying to give an update for each week on how everything is going. I know God has something in store and planned, He just hasn't revealed it yet. Thank you so much for your prayers and partnership!
Grace and peace
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
November Newsletter: Eager to preach the Good News
“Kids, what do you want Jerrah to bring us back from his mission trip?” Miss Anika often asks her children different questions concerning me or my mission trip, but their answer to this particular question really made me think about what the driving force behind this mission trip should be while I’m there: “Some pictures of you with new believers.” I was blown away at the fact that out of everything I could possibly bring back, the things of greatest value and of highest praise are the remembrance of the new souls that God has granted into his kingdom through Jesus Christ! The bible vividly shows us that this is one of the greatest things that heaven rejoices over in Luke 15.
In this month, more than in previous months, the gospel message has taken a more important place in my life after studying Romans 1:16-17. I learned that “the Gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, BECAUSE, it is God giving to us what He demands from us, which is His righteousness, as a gift.” I honestly know that I have grown closer to the Lord this month as I felt the weight of what this message means to me and also the need for not only South Africans to know, but the entire world! Furthermore, I also began to understand that God has taken these 6 months to prepare me for what lies ahead, in my own life, as well as in the lives of the students in South Africa.
Your prayers and financial support are really appreciated, and I know that Jesus has called you in some way to touch the lives of others for His name’s sake, and one of the ways you are doing it is happening through me by your investments. People can search the world for things to give their time and resources to, but if the hope of salvation and redemption from sin isn’t behind it, it becomes futile. So, as I step out on faith to get ready to head to South Africa in a little over a month, I can’t help but the think of all of you who have been and will be behind me as I go to fulfill the Great Commission of Mathew 28:19.
In this month, more than in previous months, the gospel message has taken a more important place in my life after studying Romans 1:16-17. I learned that “the Gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, BECAUSE, it is God giving to us what He demands from us, which is His righteousness, as a gift.” I honestly know that I have grown closer to the Lord this month as I felt the weight of what this message means to me and also the need for not only South Africans to know, but the entire world! Furthermore, I also began to understand that God has taken these 6 months to prepare me for what lies ahead, in my own life, as well as in the lives of the students in South Africa.
Your prayers and financial support are really appreciated, and I know that Jesus has called you in some way to touch the lives of others for His name’s sake, and one of the ways you are doing it is happening through me by your investments. People can search the world for things to give their time and resources to, but if the hope of salvation and redemption from sin isn’t behind it, it becomes futile. So, as I step out on faith to get ready to head to South Africa in a little over a month, I can’t help but the think of all of you who have been and will be behind me as I go to fulfill the Great Commission of Mathew 28:19.
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