Do you enjoy reading and learning about the work God is doing in the lives of the missionaries? Would you like to adopt a missionary? Adopting a missionary can be as simple as just keeping up with their updates and committing to pray for them. Or, if you feel led, you may also send financial donations or help out in any other way that they may need.
If you would like to participate, please respond to this blog or send me an email (nicholskasey@gmail.com). I would be happy to send you a list of Victory Missionaries and their information. You can then choose who you would like to "adopt." Furthermore, you can take a look at the blog posts to see who interests you and who you would like to support.
Missionaries are doing a great work around the world and they need our support and prayers from home. This is an awesome opportunity. Please prayerfully consider it.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Ron Letts
Dear Pastor and Church family,
We have been working hard at presenting our ministry to churches throughout the eastern States. We have 6 churches on board and several more that have said they were going to be a part of our missions support team. We have about 21% of our needed support at this point…still that is not enough to live on while traveling full time on deputation. It’s great to have this opportunity to share our ministry with churches that are alive for world missions, not just over seas but here in the States as well. Paul reminds us “that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of seep: ….the night is far spent, the day is at hand: Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.” meaning we have the light that shines in darkness….and the world is living in darkness, having no hope, we have that hope we need to wake up and let our lights shine, proclaiming and teaching God’s Word to the nations now!
We live in exciting times so we need to know that it is important to proclaim and prepare for the Lord’s coming. The Lord knows what we need and through these months of deputation He will, once again prepare us for the work He has for us.
Thank you for helping us get there….we sure need your prays and support. We have the experience and the want too to minister to the people Down Under. As we team up together we can carry out the Great Commission together. Thank you for what you have done and what you will be doing in
In Christ we Serve
Ron & Vicki Letts
Missionaries Down Under
Lonnie Smith, Jr. and Martha - Sept, Oct 2008
Dear Pastor and Friends:
Missions Trip: Last month we took 15 teenagers and 5 adults to Ojuelos, Jalisco (a town of a little over 10,000 people). It is about a 4 hour drive to the west of us and about 1 hour south of San Luis Potosi. We spent 3 days there and gave out 5,000 booklets of the Gospel of John and the Life of Christ. Our teens presented a drama in the city's central square. We also went out soul winning and held services every night. To God's glory, there were 24 professions of faith while we were there.
Missionaries: For the past 6 years, Living Word Baptist Church has been sending us $100 a month to support the Donovans in Asia. The church also was able to send a special offering to help with one of their needs. The last week of September, the Donovans were able to report to the church and it was great! They spoke to different groups during the week and then to the church as a whole on Sunday. It was a thrill to hear them speaking Mandarin. We took them to our local oriental restaurant and they conversed fluently with the owner for about 20 minutes! Their visit began our preparations for our first missions conference at Living Word which will be held in November
Zapotec Indians: While our teens were out soul-winning in a city park near the church, they came across a young married couple with 2 little girls. The couple quickly identified with our group and said there were new to the city and were looking for a Baptist church where they would be accepted. As a result, we praise God we now have a group of 15 Zapotec Indians from the state of Oaxaca attending our services.
Altar Results: I had the privilege of recently baptizing 9 people. Living Word Baptist also received 7 new members by letter and statement of faith, and there have been 19 professions of faith.
Furlough Plans: I will begin contacting some of you for appointments in January 2009. We hope to be able to give you a U.S. address and phone number where we can be reached in our next letter. Some of you have already contacted us and we will begin to work around those dates first. We look forward to seeing you.
'Til Jesus Comes,
Lonnie C. Smith, Jr.
Missions Trip: Last month we took 15 teenagers and 5 adults to Ojuelos, Jalisco (a town of a little over 10,000 people). It is about a 4 hour drive to the west of us and about 1 hour south of San Luis Potosi. We spent 3 days there and gave out 5,000 booklets of the Gospel of John and the Life of Christ. Our teens presented a drama in the city's central square. We also went out soul winning and held services every night. To God's glory, there were 24 professions of faith while we were there.
Missionaries: For the past 6 years, Living Word Baptist Church has been sending us $100 a month to support the Donovans in Asia. The church also was able to send a special offering to help with one of their needs. The last week of September, the Donovans were able to report to the church and it was great! They spoke to different groups during the week and then to the church as a whole on Sunday. It was a thrill to hear them speaking Mandarin. We took them to our local oriental restaurant and they conversed fluently with the owner for about 20 minutes! Their visit began our preparations for our first missions conference at Living Word which will be held in November
Zapotec Indians: While our teens were out soul-winning in a city park near the church, they came across a young married couple with 2 little girls. The couple quickly identified with our group and said there were new to the city and were looking for a Baptist church where they would be accepted. As a result, we praise God we now have a group of 15 Zapotec Indians from the state of Oaxaca attending our services.
Altar Results: I had the privilege of recently baptizing 9 people. Living Word Baptist also received 7 new members by letter and statement of faith, and there have been 19 professions of faith.
Furlough Plans: I will begin contacting some of you for appointments in January 2009. We hope to be able to give you a U.S. address and phone number where we can be reached in our next letter. Some of you have already contacted us and we will begin to work around those dates first. We look forward to seeing you.
'Til Jesus Comes,
Lonnie C. Smith, Jr.
Bob & Betts Parschauer - October 2008
Dear Friends and Supporters:
This morning I was reading Psalm 72 and verse 17 was impressed upon my heart. "His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in Him; all nations shall call Him blessed." This will finally take place during the 1000 year reign of Christ on this earth but we can praise His name which is everlasting, even now, and we desire to do that with all of our hearts, because He has done so much and is doing so much for us.
This summer has come and gone so quickly that we hardly know what happened. The trip to Europe is still very much on our minds, it seems like yesterday I was in Poland, Czech Republic, and Germany with Voltaire. What a great time we had. As we mentioned, our two sons Bobby and Brent were ordained on July 20/2008, we had a wonderful family reunion after that with many of our family, as well as John Parschauer's family from Sandusky, OH. The reunion was held at Judy and Chuck's farm just outside of Cleveland, OH.
It was so much fun just being together after not seeing each other for so many years. The grand kids, moms and dads and grand parents all enjoyed horseback riding, four wheeling, driving tractors, target shooting, playing in the hay loft, and every night sitting around a camp fire, singing and fellowshipping with each other. WE told stories to the kids and watched the sun go down. It was like our own little summer camp as a family. I hope it won't be too long until we can do that again.
After returning back from Florida, I had much to do to catch up with all the office work and have been involved during the rest of the summer with setting up the next tours for our European teams.
Our next tour will be from October 17 - November 9, 2008 with Concert Pianist Gregor Breier and our Word of Life Bulgaria director Sergii and Tania Tyshchenko. We are asking the Lord for $30,000 in offerings and pledges during the tour. We would especially ask for you to pray for the people that we will be ministering to. I would ask for strength for me and that the Spirit of God would use my messages to challenge hearts towards missions. There are so many needs all over the world and especially now, we need your prayers as the economy is hurting and people are being very careful with their finances. We will be doing about 25 concerts and would ask that you look at the schedule and pray for us especially during this time.
Right now, Betts ans I are at our son Bobby's watching over our three grandchildren while Bobby and Jen are ministering in Austria. After they return, we will go to the Cancer Treatment Center in Philadelphia again for Betts' "Six-Month" check up. We appreciate your prayers so much regarding this.
On October 3rd, we will arrive home in order to do the last minute preparations for the tour and begin preparing for the next tours.
Thank you again so much for your faithful support and prayers for us. We could not be doing this work without you. Please send us your prayer requests as we pray for you all every week.
Our Love and Prayers,
Bob & Betts Parschauer
This morning I was reading Psalm 72 and verse 17 was impressed upon my heart. "His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in Him; all nations shall call Him blessed." This will finally take place during the 1000 year reign of Christ on this earth but we can praise His name which is everlasting, even now, and we desire to do that with all of our hearts, because He has done so much and is doing so much for us.
This summer has come and gone so quickly that we hardly know what happened. The trip to Europe is still very much on our minds, it seems like yesterday I was in Poland, Czech Republic, and Germany with Voltaire. What a great time we had. As we mentioned, our two sons Bobby and Brent were ordained on July 20/2008, we had a wonderful family reunion after that with many of our family, as well as John Parschauer's family from Sandusky, OH. The reunion was held at Judy and Chuck's farm just outside of Cleveland, OH.
It was so much fun just being together after not seeing each other for so many years. The grand kids, moms and dads and grand parents all enjoyed horseback riding, four wheeling, driving tractors, target shooting, playing in the hay loft, and every night sitting around a camp fire, singing and fellowshipping with each other. WE told stories to the kids and watched the sun go down. It was like our own little summer camp as a family. I hope it won't be too long until we can do that again.
After returning back from Florida, I had much to do to catch up with all the office work and have been involved during the rest of the summer with setting up the next tours for our European teams.
Our next tour will be from October 17 - November 9, 2008 with Concert Pianist Gregor Breier and our Word of Life Bulgaria director Sergii and Tania Tyshchenko. We are asking the Lord for $30,000 in offerings and pledges during the tour. We would especially ask for you to pray for the people that we will be ministering to. I would ask for strength for me and that the Spirit of God would use my messages to challenge hearts towards missions. There are so many needs all over the world and especially now, we need your prayers as the economy is hurting and people are being very careful with their finances. We will be doing about 25 concerts and would ask that you look at the schedule and pray for us especially during this time.
Right now, Betts ans I are at our son Bobby's watching over our three grandchildren while Bobby and Jen are ministering in Austria. After they return, we will go to the Cancer Treatment Center in Philadelphia again for Betts' "Six-Month" check up. We appreciate your prayers so much regarding this.
On October 3rd, we will arrive home in order to do the last minute preparations for the tour and begin preparing for the next tours.
Thank you again so much for your faithful support and prayers for us. We could not be doing this work without you. Please send us your prayer requests as we pray for you all every week.
Our Love and Prayers,
Bob & Betts Parschauer
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