"Together We Celebrate Your Love" was the theme for the first annual Satura Colombia celebration.
It was such an honor and privilege to attend the Satura National Convention in Sincelejo, Colombia to celebrate all that God is doing in Colombia through the ministries of One Mission Society.
Juan Guillermo Cardona, Director of Satura Colombia, was rejoicing as 320+ participants and ministry partners from around the world kicked off the celebration with a service on Friday night to praise and worship our Lord, Jesus Christ. Saturday was a day of workshops. On behalf of Men for Missions, we provided 3 workshops that included the history of MFM and challenging laymen to Do, Go, and Give in total obedience to Jesus Christ. Saturday night's service provided a special time of testimony and many shared how the various ministries of Satura Colombia have impacted their lives. Sunday concluded with another special service and sharing of the Lord's Supper.
Men for Missions is so thankful for the opportunities that we have had to serve alongside Satura since 2012 with short-term evangelism teams. Since 2012, Men For Missions has sent 30 evangelism teams with 240 short-term team members resulting in over 12,163 decisions for Jesus Christ, and this was just one small piece of the many things to celebrate.
During the celebration service, participants of the conference were given an opportunity to ask questions related to the content of Saturday's workshops. One question was, "How do we get Men For Missions in Colombia?"
The truth is that Men for Missions in happening throughout the country as hundreds of our Colombian lay brothers and sisters are being trained to prayer walk, evangelize, disciple, and plant churches as well as teaching others to do the same. Their passion for the lost and their zeal to DO, GO and GIVE whatever God asks is the conduit for the next world missionary movement. They are not waiting for the next MFM team to arrive from the USA or Canada. They are preparing their own teams to cross streets and borders. Many groups have formed that are now out emulating the evangelism model that they discovered after having an MFM evangelism team at their church. These groups are out evangelizing door-to-door and also training other churches in other communities how to do the same.
Psalm 21:8 says, "You have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.".
Thank you so much for your prayers, love and support to us and the expansion of MFM throughout Latin America.
Blessings, Doug & Cindy
Please pray for Doug as he visits the Mexico field on October 21 - 24 to explore opportunities and determine the needs for future MFM short-term mission teams.
November 7 - 10, we will be attending the MFM Global Cabinet meetings in Orlando, Florida. Please pray as the MFM leaders from around the world come together to thank God and seek His direction for the future. We're excited to welcome Jonathan Tobón to the USA as we share the report on Colombia.
We are returning to Cuba on November 13 - 20 with our first MFM evangelism team. The 10 member team represents 4 states and 2 countries.
• PLEASE PRAY for every aspect of this team.
• Pray that we will obtain our religious visas.
• Pray for Allen as he prepares all the logistics.
• Pray for hearts to be softened and open to receiving Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
What a wonderful opportunity we had to host one of our Colombian brothers that has served for 2 years as a translator for our Medellín evangelism teams. David Zuluaga spent a week with us learning all about the Midwest culture. He experienced many aspects of Fall and the need to watch the weather forecast. He also spent a day touring One Mission Society and discovered that the missionaries that started his church in Colombia were from OMS. He will return to Colombia with a new perspective of how to better serve team members crossing their borders for the first time.
1. Praising the Lord for a wonderful mission conference at Fame Evangelical church last month.
2. Continue to pray as we seek to expand MFM throughout Latin America.
3. Praising the Lord for evangelism team #30 from Ohio that returns home on Saturday after sharing the Gospel with more than 574 in Monteria, Colombia.
4. MFM Global Cabinet meetings
Vision: Our goal is the Lordship of Jesus Christ in each person's life, at home and around the world.
Mission: Men for Missions challenges men to Do, Go and Give in total obedience to Jesus Christ.
Click above to read how God is using the gifts, talents and resources of every day, ordinary men and women to be a part of His work around the world.
We have been pondering the words of William Carey for the past several months as we continue to move forth in our ministries while living stateside. It seems so easy to get sidetracked by things that don't really matter or have no eternal value. It's a constant struggle to keep our eyes fixed with an eternal perspective. However, in the midst of our struggles, we can see that God is always faithful to use us right where we are! It's proof that it's not about us but all about God!
We are so humbled and thankful to be a part of what God is doing in the hearts of our brothers and sisters in Latin America. It's a privilege and honor to serve alongside these folks. May you be encouraged that through your prayer and financial support and God's amazing faithfulness, his people are succeeding at things that really matter.
Blessings, Doug & Cindy
Men For Missions - Cuba
Thank you for praying for our trip in June to meet with the Men For Missions director and his team in Cuba. They are moving forward in growing MFM Cuba. Please pray for Allen as he continues to build his MFM leadership team. Pray for us as we seek to support what God is calling them to do.
We are making preparations to take a team in November. Please pray for the team members and the work to be done.
Saturate the Nations for Christ
Thank you for praying for our time at the OMS conference. What an encouragement it was to hear Juan Guillermo Cardona, Director of Satura Colombia, share of the expansion of Satura into other nations. We also heard from another Colombian missionary, Oscar Jimenez, who serves as a pastor in London and the privilege we have of being part of his support team. (Click Oscar's photo below to read more about his ministry in London and to join his support team)
We led two workshops on exploring short-term missions. One participant took the challenge and now has her passport and her church is planning their first missions conference in March 2019.
One of the greatest moments of encouragement was to see the Men For Missions national cabinet meet together to rejoice in all that God has done this past year as well as pray and seek God's direction as MFM moves into 2019. We look forward to being a part of the MFM international cabinet meetings in November.
We left the conference so excited to be a part of what OMS, MFM and Satura are doing around the world.
Returning to Colombia
We have been extended an invitation to attend and lead Men For Mission workshops at the first Satura Colombia convention. Please pray for us as we prepare for the convention. Kent Eller will be joining us, and will be traveling August 28 - September 6.
We look forward to meeting with Jonathan Tobón - Facilitator and leader of MFM-Colombia as we discuss plans for 2019. We also have plans to meet with the translators that support our evangelism teams in the cities of Medellín and Sincelejo.
Family Time in the North Woods
What a special few days we had in the beauty of the north woods to share as a family. It's times like this that we're able to take time to reflect on the idea that it's not always about what we do, but more about who we have raised.
It's our prayer that there will be generations of Tankersleys that love God with all their heart, soul and mind, and serve Jesus in all that they do. Thank you for praying for our family.
1. Praise for our safe travels to Cuba in June and for for the opportunity of meeting with MFM-Cuba.
2. Please pray for the Satura Convention which will be August 31-September 2, and our travels to Colombia.
3. Pray that we will receive our religious visas for the team in November to Cuba. Applications for the Visas will be made this month.
4. Praise the Lord for the evangelism teams that continue to go and share the Gospel to those that have not heard. So far this year, MFM has sent 61 teams to 17 countries with 499 team members.
5. Praise the Lord for special times with family.
6. Pray for wisdom as we expand into additional Latin American countries with MFM.
Vision: Our goal is the Lordship of Jesus Christ in each person's life, at home and around the world.
Mission: Men for Missions challenges men to Do, Go and Give in total obedience to Jesus Christ.
Click above to read how God is using the gifts, talents and resources of every day, ordinary men and women to be a part of His work around the world.
