Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
April Prayer Letter from the Kokubuns
Dear Friends,
We brought in April while being at a missions conference in Frankfort Indiana, with Pastor Flynn. We had a great time getting to know the people in his church. The other missionary at this conference just happened to be Bro. Bob Bowen. We soaked in the time we got to spend with these two Godly men, and enjoyed being able to get practical missionary advice from Bro. Bowen. Soul-winning with their spanish teenagers one Saturday, the very first young man my wife talked to accepted Christ as his Savior.
In Oklahoma, we were able to attend a missions conference at my wife's home church. While we were there, we got a phone call from across town, asking us if we would be able to come and share our ministry there. The Lord worked our schedule out just perfectly, and we were able to meet the wonderful people at Harmony Baptist Church. We are looking forward to going back on June 10th!
We enjoyed working in my home churches’ ladies conference. My wife played the piano in the Spanish ladies conference, and I helped with the Junior girl's conference. On Sunday night, I had the privilege of preaching at my home church. The Holy Spirit did an amazing work that night: the altars were flooded with people, and one young person was called to be a missionary. It was awesome to see God move in the midst of us.
In May, we will have a month of meetings with our Team in Hammond, Indiana. Many of the men on the team will be ordained on May 16th! We will be planning daily throughout the month for the launch of Team Peru! Our first family, the Fousts, will fly out on May 29th. Other families will follow in segments of 2 weeks. Please pray for several of our team families as they head down to Lima, and us as we look to purchase our plane tickets for July 2nd.
Thank you to each church and person who faithfully gives so we might bring the Gospel to Lima, Peru. We could not do without your prayers and support. We keep you in our prayers and you have a special place in our hearts.
Serving Him,
Daniel and Heather Kokubun
We brought in April while being at a missions conference in Frankfort Indiana, with Pastor Flynn. We had a great time getting to know the people in his church. The other missionary at this conference just happened to be Bro. Bob Bowen. We soaked in the time we got to spend with these two Godly men, and enjoyed being able to get practical missionary advice from Bro. Bowen. Soul-winning with their spanish teenagers one Saturday, the very first young man my wife talked to accepted Christ as his Savior.
In Oklahoma, we were able to attend a missions conference at my wife's home church. While we were there, we got a phone call from across town, asking us if we would be able to come and share our ministry there. The Lord worked our schedule out just perfectly, and we were able to meet the wonderful people at Harmony Baptist Church. We are looking forward to going back on June 10th!
We enjoyed working in my home churches’ ladies conference. My wife played the piano in the Spanish ladies conference, and I helped with the Junior girl's conference. On Sunday night, I had the privilege of preaching at my home church. The Holy Spirit did an amazing work that night: the altars were flooded with people, and one young person was called to be a missionary. It was awesome to see God move in the midst of us.
In May, we will have a month of meetings with our Team in Hammond, Indiana. Many of the men on the team will be ordained on May 16th! We will be planning daily throughout the month for the launch of Team Peru! Our first family, the Fousts, will fly out on May 29th. Other families will follow in segments of 2 weeks. Please pray for several of our team families as they head down to Lima, and us as we look to purchase our plane tickets for July 2nd.
Thank you to each church and person who faithfully gives so we might bring the Gospel to Lima, Peru. We could not do without your prayers and support. We keep you in our prayers and you have a special place in our hearts.
Serving Him,
Daniel and Heather Kokubun
Friday, May 11, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
April Prayer Letter from the Martin Family
May 1, 2012
Dear Praying Friends,
Our journey is now complete! I do not know if sweeter words have ever been spoken! After surrendering to God’s will for our lives, we set out on 16 months of deputation. What a life-changing chapter of our life! God has allowed us to travel through 47 states and share our burden and calling in 118 different churches. We have seen some of the most beautiful country, attended some of the greatest churches, and met some of the most amazing people. Without a doubt, God has used deputation to teach us, challenge us, and change our lives in the most incredible way. I am so thankful for the last 16 months. However, I am much more excited to begin this new chapter of our life in missions.
April was definitely a high note on which to complete our deputation travels. Not only were we able to be in some wonderful churches, but I was finally able to do something I have been waiting to do for a very long time. Two weeks ago, I purchased one-way plane tickets to Lima! What an adrenaline rush! After thousands of miles, hours of phone calls, a lot of hard work, and a ton of anticipation, we were finally able to put a date to the work God has called us to. Thank you to many of you who have been praying about this. I was able to get an incredible deal on airfare! We will be traveling with one of our fellow team members up to Canada and will be flying out of Toronto (feel free to insert Canadien jokes here)! Believe it or not, by doing this, we will be saving $800. God is so good! We will be flying out June 19. Counting down the days is a great feeling!
We have been so incredibly busy this month. April was a “kick it in gear” month. We spent a lot of the month preparing all of our legal documents to apply for our Peruvian visas. What a process! We had to acquire and authenticate multiple copies of both of our birth certificates, our marriage license, and all of our high school and college diplomas and transcripts. Getting this done will make May a lot easier and put us well ahead of where we need to be when we arrive in Peru. Between all this craziness, we have been busy packing up our belongings to be shipped and shopping for apartments, and we still traveled! We were able to be in four churches in Michigan, Ohio, and Arkansas. Each meeting was a special blessing to us. I am so thankful for God’s people and for His mercy and provision in all He allowed us to accomplish this month.
Looking back over our deputation, I am constantly aware of God’s hand in every aspect of our life. Just to see the way God has protected and provided for us is so humbling. As I hear of so many families striving to get to their field, I am overwhelmed by the generosity of the people God has put in our path. I am especially grateful for the new churches that partnered with us in April: Community Baptist Church in Michigan, Grace Baptist Church in North Carolina, and Gospel Light Baptist Church in Arkansas. We are at 95% of our support, and I am confident that God will supply the remainder of the support we need before our departure.
Each and every one of you have a part in our ministry. Whether you support us through your prayers, giving, or both, you make everything we do possible. Day by day, God reminds me that nothing we do is done by our own strength. Please know that your prayers are not in vain; but in everything God does through us, from the nine people we saw trust Christ in April to every church that is planted in Peru, you have a part.
May will continue to be a busy month for us as we get our container loaded and spend the entire month doing some intense training and planning for the launch of our ministry in Peru. We will be posting updates regularly and cannot wait to see what God has in store for us. God bless you!
Your ambassadors to Peru,
Junior and Jessica Martin
Romans 9:3
Friday, May 4, 2012
May Prayer Letter from the Foust Family
May 2, 2012
Dear Praying Friends and Supporting Churches,
As I write this letter, our countdown timer shows that we leave for Peru in 28 days. What a miracle to see how God’s people have rallied to make this possible. We began full-time deputation not quite a year ago when the school year where I was teaching at City Baptist Schools ended. We hit the road wondering what God had in store for us. We have been truly blessed.
As we traveled the country, we met many friends of years who are doing a great work in their Jerusalem. We got to be involved in teen soul winning, bus calling, bus routes, visitation, ordinations, teen activities, Junior Church, main-street soul winning, train-station soul winning, preaching, Spanish ministries, Sunday schools, and much more. We are truly thankful for every opportunity to serve and influence. We loved meeting every child who wants to be a missionary when they grow up and every
adult who would love to go but is faithfully getting the job done that God has for them where they are. What a blessing to see hearts so tender towards God.
I wish all of you could experience deputation. I wish you could be in all of the great churches we’ve seen who are getting the job done for the Lord.
As we prepare now for Peru, I would ask that you please be in prayer for God’s moving. Many of you remember Clara, the lady who wants us to start a church in her home. Pray that God will use this as an open door for a great work. On our last visit, we met a man who trains all of the police and military officials in Lima. He would like to introduce me to the commandants and generals of the training center so I can speak to all of the graduates of the military and police academies. On our last trip, we saw
many properties, and God is opening doors. Please pray that God would continue to lead so clearly.
As a huge blessing, City Baptist Schools of Hammond, Indiana, where I taught for 15 years, had a walk-a-thon and raised over $4000. How surprised we were to find that money was going for our plane tickets. Because we were able to send articles on a container, this amount completely covered our airfare. Thank you, kids, for your hard work! We love you and miss you daily.
Lord willing, our next letter will be coming to you from Lima, Peru. Please pray for the mind of Christ as we make many decisions quickly: housing, furniture, appliances, church property, vehicles, and wonders God has in store that we know not of.
His for souls,
Zach, Karin, Zachary, Caleb, and Logan Foust
Dear Praying Friends and Supporting Churches,
As I write this letter, our countdown timer shows that we leave for Peru in 28 days. What a miracle to see how God’s people have rallied to make this possible. We began full-time deputation not quite a year ago when the school year where I was teaching at City Baptist Schools ended. We hit the road wondering what God had in store for us. We have been truly blessed.
As we traveled the country, we met many friends of years who are doing a great work in their Jerusalem. We got to be involved in teen soul winning, bus calling, bus routes, visitation, ordinations, teen activities, Junior Church, main-street soul winning, train-station soul winning, preaching, Spanish ministries, Sunday schools, and much more. We are truly thankful for every opportunity to serve and influence. We loved meeting every child who wants to be a missionary when they grow up and every
adult who would love to go but is faithfully getting the job done that God has for them where they are. What a blessing to see hearts so tender towards God.
I wish all of you could experience deputation. I wish you could be in all of the great churches we’ve seen who are getting the job done for the Lord.
As we prepare now for Peru, I would ask that you please be in prayer for God’s moving. Many of you remember Clara, the lady who wants us to start a church in her home. Pray that God will use this as an open door for a great work. On our last visit, we met a man who trains all of the police and military officials in Lima. He would like to introduce me to the commandants and generals of the training center so I can speak to all of the graduates of the military and police academies. On our last trip, we saw
many properties, and God is opening doors. Please pray that God would continue to lead so clearly.
As a huge blessing, City Baptist Schools of Hammond, Indiana, where I taught for 15 years, had a walk-a-thon and raised over $4000. How surprised we were to find that money was going for our plane tickets. Because we were able to send articles on a container, this amount completely covered our airfare. Thank you, kids, for your hard work! We love you and miss you daily.
Lord willing, our next letter will be coming to you from Lima, Peru. Please pray for the mind of Christ as we make many decisions quickly: housing, furniture, appliances, church property, vehicles, and wonders God has in store that we know not of.
His for souls,
Zach, Karin, Zachary, Caleb, and Logan Foust
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