The Tankersleys: November 2015

Friday, November 13, 2015

Tankersley Update

Tankersley Praise & Prayer Update

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Another Abundant Harvest
Every door has a story ~ Every door needs a story

November 2015

If this Newsletter were a Newspaper, some of the headlines might read:

     IOWA PIG FARMER MEETS COLOMBIAN PIG FARMER
     GOD CUTS ELECTRICITY SO SEAMSTRESSES CAN HEAR GOSPEL
     LOCAL GANG ALLOWS DOOR TO DOOR EVANGELISM
     DRUG ADDICT ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR GOD
     TWIN TESTIMONIES - 1000's of miles apart
     EXTREME EVANGELISM: MORE THAN A SPORT
     "JESUS WHO? NEVER HEARD OF HIM!"
     400 RECEIVE GOD'S FREE GIFT - BUT MILLIONS ARE STILL WAITING...

The headlines and stories could go on and on. There are no words that can adequately describe the things that are witnessed on evangelism teams. It's one of those things that you simply have to experience - it truly is miraculous. THE HARVEST IS RIPE!

Our next team arrives on Sunday, November 15. It's a work/evangelism team. They will work in the seminary for several days and share the Gospel door to door on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Please pray for those on both sides of the door and that God will continue to shower His grace on all.

Doug Speaks at Youth Conference
November 14

Please pray for Doug on Saturday afternoon as he brings a message during a youth conference. Pray for the youth to be encouraged to love, serve and obey God.

10:02 Alarm

At 10:02 each day, alarms are going off throughout the office as a reminder to stop and pray Luke 10:2. Each day we are praying for the Lord to send more laborers for the harvest. We currently have 5 Men For Missions evangelism teams, a Dynamic Women's medical team, and a Dynamic Women's Beautifully Broken conference on the calendar for 2016. You may be the answer to these prayers. Please let us know if we can help you sign-up for one of these teams.

English Classes

Our teaching of English classes will continue through November and then we will break until 2016. Please pray for future opportunities to use our English abilities to encourage and equip those that we work alongside, especially our office staff and team translators.

Thanksgiving

It's that time of year where social media is inundated with daily posts of thankfulness. Truly, there is always SOMETHING to be thankful for. James 1:17 tells us that every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. We were reminded this week to be thankful for the GIVER as well as the gifts.

We thank God for who He is and how He works, for the privilege of knowing Him more and more each day, and for the confidence that He is the same yesterday, today and forever.

Thank you for your prayers. We need and use every single one of them. Our prayer life is not adequate enough to be missionaries in Colombia - WE NEED YOU!

Much Love & Blessings,
Doug & Cindy

1. Remember to pray for the pastors and the follow-up from October's evangelism team.

2. November 14 - Pray for Doug as he speaks at a youth conference.

3. November 16-25 MFM short term work/evangelism team.

4. Thanksgiving - another holiday without family.

5. Thank you for praying for David & Erin as they relocated to IL. Please pray that they will both find work.

Click here for more information on how you can go on a short term mission trip this year. We'd love to have you come to Colombia.

While trying to explain Faith Based Ministry, we said it is real easy to understand... "The two of us represent more than 300 praying and giving people" Thank You!