Friday, March 15, 2013

We Arrived Safely! Praise the Lord!

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

God is an awesome God.  We arrived on the mountain safely and with no problems.  Bethlehem Church is doing well.  We will go to visit the house churches this month.  We have to walk, and it takes a while to get there, but they are all excited we are here to help share God's Word.

Pray for the Christians
Pray for the lost
Pray for the vision God has given us
Pray that God would work through us and use us in mighty ways

Thank you all for the prayers and monetary support so that we can be here to minister.
The two young ladies who came with us are, at times, overwhelmed, but very excited to be here.  It is more than they imagined, and we are very proud of them.  They are fitting right in, and the children love them.  They had their first experience with a huge spider in the outside toilet in the dark.  A little screaming, but they survived it!

Blessings to all of you.  We will send another update again when we can.
Carolyn and Terry

Monday, March 11, 2013

How is Your Heart?

How is your heart toward the lost?  Are you a Jeremiah, weeping for the lost and seeking God?  Or are you a Jonah, whining because the people don't listen or don't deserve, and running from God.  As we spend time with Jesus, may we become more like Him.  May He turn our whining into weeping, our self-pity into compassion, and our hard-hearts into tear-stained cheeks.
 
"We will become shrunken little people if all we are concerned about is our little world.  The Lord desires us to be big people:  expansive in our view of His world and a compassion for the lost." ~Jon Courson Commentary 

Acts 1:8 says we shall be (not should be) His witnesses.

Matthew 28:19 & 20 says to GO ye therefore (not if we want to, but it is a command).

How is your heart toward the lost?????

Everything we do has an evangelistic and discipleship motive behind it.

Blessings,
Terry & Carolyn