Letter from Grace Church

It's hard to believe that three years ago we began meeting for the first time on a Sunday morning with a handful of college kids and unsaved friends and neighbors. Today, we average nearly one hundred with regular attendees who still have not committed to faith in Jesus. What makes this relatively small number so amazingly significant is what God has already done:

• Over thirty people have professed faith in Jesus
• We sent a small group out of Grace Church this past September to plant Life Church, our second church plant, in nearby Quincy
• We built out a 6,600 square foot meeting place without incurring any debt and have a six-year lease
• We are laying the ground work for our third church plant in Walpole and hope to see it birthed in three years.
  

Additionally, we are taking the necessary steps to become a fully, self-supporting church as our weekly offerings have recently begun to pay the bills. In January, the church will take on a third of my salary, a third the next year, and the rest on our fifth anniversary in November of 2010. Only the Lord could take a home Bible study from birth to reproducibility and financial independence in the most un-evangelized region of the country in only five years!

Thank you for your part in planting a Gospel preaching, community loving, disciple making church on the south side of Boston. Please continue to pray and financially support us as we stretch toward this goal. It appears that the Lord is continuing to complete the work he began in us!

Truly yours for Jesus and the lost in New England,

Sean Sears

Letter from Don and Darla Lough Jr.

November 20, 2008

Dear Friends of Word of Life Ukraine:

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD (Job 1:21b)

God is doing amazing things through the ministry of Word of Life in the Ukraine! The Bible Institute and camping programs are not only reaching the youth in this needy land, but are also expanding into several former Soviet bloc countries.

In the midst of this blessing we have been reminded that we have an adversary who seeks to discourage and destroy.

I have just received word that the home shared by the Radziwiluk family on our Ukraine property was completely destroyed by fire. The fire evidently began in the chimney and quickly engulfed the entire duplex. Two entire families lost their home, their furniture, and their personal belongings.

In spite of this setback, the Radziwiluks and their ministry team are in good spirits and rejoicing that the Lord spared their lives and that no one was injured.

What can you do to help?
1. Pray with us that the ministry in Ukraine will continue to move forward unhindered.
2. Because reliable insurance was not available, we are asking the Lord to touch the hearts of friends who have supported the ministry in the Ukraine and partner with us in a meaningful way.

With winter quickly approaching, there is an urgent need to begin construction on a new home. We are already in the process of mobilizing volunteers to help.

The cost to rebuild the home and to replace the furniture and belongings is expected to be around $100,000. With the urgency of what has occurred, a special project account has been opened.

Would you prayerfully consider a generous gift?

More information, as well as an online giving option is also available at www.wol.org/giving/ukrainefire.php

As you already know, the Radziwiluk family is so faithful and fruitful. It is our heart's desire to encourage them during this challenging time. God has used them in such a wonderful way to reach people with the Gospel. Your gift will help them continue their ministry in this needy land without the distraction of living in an inadequate housing situation.

Thanks, in advance, for considering your role in meeting this urgent need. Please contact me directly with any questions.

In His Service,

Don Lough, Jr., Director
Word of Life Fellowship , Inc.

Dear Loved Ones,

Still not sure we all made the transition to google groups, but will maybe have more time to be sure of that next week!

Thank you for praying for our Christmas programme at the school. Our preschool kids did a short program of Christmas Carols with new words to start off the show! They are always a hit and there is always at least one who steals the show. This time was no exception. Reggie is
3 and he sang his heart (and lungs!) out. Then he would be still for awhile then come blasting back in! Two kids down, one of our Hindu children, began clapping and stomping his feet with the rhythm (well sort of!). He also was singing to the top of his lungs. It was so cute. We are thankful these children are learning things that will go deep in their hearts.

Next came the primary aged kids (elementary). They did the musical presentation The Christmas Present which was purchased for us last year by one of supporting churches in Florida. Our church used it last year, and this year the school performed it!

Our secondary students (high school) then performed a play about Simeon and Anna - it was all great and we had about 700-800 in attendance! We know the message of The Best Present of ALL went out to Gaborone that night. Thank you again for praying.

Last week, we had to expel a student from our school for stealing. We told him that he really needed some change in his life and we were not giving up, we would continue to pray. We told him, he could not change on his own, he needs the Lord in his life. Today, he was in church!! Pray for Marcos that God will change him from the inside!

This morning at the close of our service, Venolia was saved! Today was a harvest. The seed was planted in her heart nearly four years ago when the T.I.M.E. team came to Botswana. She started attending sporadically after that. She was gone for nearly a year and then came back. Her attendance has been sporadic but usually only because of a death in the family or travel with work. She had expressed her desire to be saved to one of our ladies and after the service today, she was
saved! She plans to be baptized next Sunday!

This week concludes our school year! YAHOO! OH MY WHAT GOD HAS DONE! We are so thankful for your part. Pray as Amy Kirkland prepares to come this way and also another man as he prepares his heart and life for a move to Botswana. Another young man from Indianapolis area has also contacted us with Africa on his heart. If God wants him here, may he not be able to say NO. Many times you hear people say, "If I surrender to God, he might send me to Africa," We say, "PRAY that God will send you to Africa!"

Reaching the Unreached!

Steve, Pam, Amanda, Derek and Devin

News from Africa November 2008

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Greetings in the name of the Lord. Hoping this letter finds all well with you. We are doing fine and the work is growing and growing.

First, I want to thank all of you who had a huge part in sending three 40 ft. containers this last year full of Bibles, tracts, Sunday school material, discipleship material, bicycles for our pastors, medical supplies, New Testaments, and many other much needed supplies. The list goes on and on especially with those on the thank you list.

The work in Africa is growing each and every day. The men in the Congo are doing a wonderful work going from village to village, hut to hut winning people to the Lord. The work in Tanzania is growing as well as Matthew is doing a wonderful job there. We received a letter from Nigeria where a man had one of our tracts, read it, and got saved. He then shared it with another man who also trusted Christ as his Savior. They are now numbering 149 who have been saved from reading one of our Gospel tracts and are begging us to come to Nigeria to teach them and train them. The hunger of people for the Word of God is overwhelming when we look at the apathy and unconcern around the world for God's precious Word. There are still places on Earth where people will walk for days or weeks and go without physical food just so they can sit in the hot sun all day to hear "thus saith the Lord."

Please pray for our elections in Zambia. They are crucial s one of the men running for office is running on the premise that he will kick out all non-Zambians if elected. Also pray for others who will come and join our team in Africa. There is little time and the door is open. Let us not let it close.

Once again, thanks so much for your support and especially your prayers. This has been a tough year. We have learned a lesson as it is much easier to die for the Lord that it is to live for Him, but what an honor it is to live for Him. Pray for our travels as we are constantly moving and preaching around this world.

God bless you,

In Jesus name,

Bobby and Becky Bonner