Dear Prayer Warriors,
It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow. 1 Corinthians 3:7
WOW!! Spring is a time of incredible growing. The Midwest is about a month ahead of growing schedule. Trees and bushes have already bloomed and leaves are bursting forth. However, that is not the only thing that is growing. We are witnessing amazing growth spurts in our ministries as well. Take a look:
We had great and productive Men For Missions (MFM) staff meetings. We took time to look at the projects and goals for the next 3 years. It was during this time that God answered our prayer for contentment in this ministry. Men For Mission staff is growing as well as the ministries of MFM.
This Sunday we plan to grow in the knowledge of God’s word as we lead Sunday School at the local First Presbyterian Church for the next 7 weeks. Please pray for us as we lead.
Our Ibarra, Ecuador team has blossomed. We are a team of 11. Seven of our team members are graduating high school seniors or currently in college. We begin our weekly preparation classes this week. Please pray for our team. We will depart on June 9 to lead a Vacation Bible School, share testimonies, encourage small remote house churches, and complete various small maintenance jobs at the church.
God is really growing and preparing David for ministry. He has always loved kids but now God is preparing him to minister to First Nation Kids on Copper Island, British Colombia for a week this summer. Please pray for his funding. If you would like more information on joining his support team, please let us know.
Jonathan’s growth spurt has come through his maturity. We praise for Lord for providing him with an after school job at County Market, our local grocery store. He is really stepping up to the responsibilities in life.
Even though our mentees are babes in Christ, they are growing rapidly. Two women that Cindy mentors were baptized on Easter Sunday. One of the men from Doug’s bible study was baptized as well. The husband and wife shared their powerful testimony and we rejoiced with them as they expressed outwardly of their inward transformation. Please pray for these new believers and ask God to continue to GROW them more and more into His likeness.
We need to ask God to grow our ministry teams to supply the needs that we have. Doug is leading a team to Colombia to do evangelism from July 21-28. We are also building teams to distribute pre-tuned, solar-powered radios in Haiti as well as build houses in Haiti. If you have a desire to be a part of any of these teams, please let us know.
We rejoice as God has also grown our financial support team as an additional family has come on board. We are grateful for those of you that have so faithfully supported our ministries. May God continue to reveal to you the important part that you have in GROWING His kingdom!
Blessings to You!
Doug & Cindy
