Update 05/30/12

Dear Prayer Warriors,

"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." John 15:5

"But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us." 2 Corinthians 4:7

Prayers
You are called prayer warriors for a reason. This update is for that very purpose. We cannot succeed in ministry without abiding in Jesus and relying on your prayers. Your prayers have protected us, strengthened us, provided for us, given us wisdom, kept us safe and allowed God’s work to go forth through these vessels of clay. We don’t begin to try and understand it, we simply relish in it. Thank you for standing with us. We could not do ministry without YOU!

FPC
We finished our 7-week Sunday school commitment with the First Presbyterian Church. What a joy to get to know these folks better. In the past, they have welcomed us to share and give updates about our ministries, but this was a beautiful time to study God’s word together and hear what God is doing in each of our lives. We used the curriculum called, “not a fan” by Kyle Idleman. We HIGHLY recommend this DVD series.

Discipleship
Christ’s great commission calls us to go unto all the world making disciples. OMS defines disciples as obedient followers of Jesus. The making of disciples involves evangelism, teaching, training and mentoring. We are thrilled to be able to be a part of this even while living here in Gibson City. Doug has been leading and discipling a group of men for the past 11 weeks in our home, utilizing the “I Am Second” format. Cindy has been discipling several women each week since last Fall as she teaches them from God’s word. She covers them in prayer as she encourages them with specific ways to apply God’s word to their lives.

Vacation Bible School in Gibson City, Illinois and Ibarra, Ecuador
June 4-8 we are participating in VBS at our home church in Gibson City and the following week we are leading a short-term team into Ibarra, Ecuador to bring a VBS to Ecuadorian children. The Gibson City kids are raising funds each day to purchase VBS supplies for the Ibarra kids. Please pray for the kids, workers, teachers and our team as we make our final preparations to go to serve.

Copper Island
Thank you for your prayers and support for David as he serves on his “first” short-term mission trip. He will be serving as a counselor to first nation children at a camp in British Columbia. We are rejoicing and praising God that he is almost fully funded to go!

Epworth Holiness Camp - July 9-15
Our willingness to go wherever God leads is taking us to Epworth, IL this summer for a week of revival and holiness camp. We are representing missionaries and the work that God is doing through them. Please pray for our preparations.

Need Teams
We have an immediate need of 1-2 people to join Doug on a groundbreaking evangelism trip to Colombia on July 21-28. Saturation Antioquia is a project with a goal to plant 20,000 churches in Colombia. This project is one of our priorities for the next 3 years. If you can’t join this team, please prayerfully consider joining a team in the future.

One of our churches has raised over $5000 for pre-tuned, solar radios to be distributed to Haiti. We are looking for teams that we willing to distribute these radios to the door of a Haitian and give them the Resounding Hope of Jesus Christ.

Our desire is to assist in your obedience to all that God is calling you to do! Let us know how we can do that.

Blessings to You!
Doug & Cindy