Dear fellow-laborers in the kingdom,
I am happy to report that Brenda’s health is showing significant improvement. Each time she begins to feel better we hold our breath and pray that it might continue. Aside from our present “common colds” we are on our feet and going about our business. Please keep her in your prayers. If she continues to improve we hope she can accompany me to Australia in June.
I am teaching “Gospel and Culture” at the Lubbock campus of SIBI this term. I have a small but very engaged class of future missionaries. In addition we’ve been working hard to find support for the Craig Peters family as well as seeking funds for Mission South Pacific.
Four Students are enrolled in Macquarie School of Biblical Studies this session.
From left to right: Graham Wall, Sam White, Satish Samuel and Daniel Bray. We’ll be telling you their stories in upcoming issues of this newsletter. These men are supported by Australian churches and individuals. Within the next few years we hope to see many more men and women take advantage of the excellent training offered by this school. As most of you know, MSOBS is in partnership with SIBI.
Let me tell you why it is an honor to work with Sunset. As you know, Sunset is in the last stages of the capital funding campaign: “Let’s Go…Make Disciples.” We have repeatedly said that it is not about money, it’s about souls. Recently we asked Sunset alumni to help gather the results of our collective work in the last three years. The results are astounding. Let me share them with you:
- 20,700 souls converted to Christ
- 76 new training programs
- 1,193 preachers trained
- 148 AIM students sent to 22 mission fields
- 26 long-term American missionaries
- 280 new congregations established
I am now in my sixth year working with SIBI and I can tell you there are no discernable personal agendas. There is one agenda: making disciples. Politics and infighting are not tolerated. I know it sounds like a dream but it is truly “One for all and all for one.”
It is highly gratifying to be training evangelists for the mission fields of the world. Those six items above make it worth the 5 hours on the road each week when school is in session, the separations from Brenda, the gasoline expense and the rent. Thank you who partner with us…together we are making a difference!
Don’t send missionaries to Australia! That’s the best way to do mission work in Australia. If we depend on sending missionaries to get the job done, it will never be done. The best way to evangelize Australia is to train Australians to be evangelists. That’s what we do at MSOBS. That’s why we need your help for the next few years. Please consider helping this crucial work on a monthly basis. It is the best possible use of your mission dollar.
Of course, at the moment, missionaries are still needed because there are not enough trained Australians to go around. Would you partner with us to change this state of affairs? Please make out your checks to Mission South Pacific, 4025 Fairmont, Abilene, Texas 79605.
For those who already help, we are thankful to God for your partnership. For those of you who cannot share resources but can pray, we are very grateful. Because of you, there is a new future for Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.
May the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you; so that He may establish your hearts without blame in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints (1 Thessalonians 3:12, 13).
UPCOMING:
Teachers of Missions Workshop (attend) – Dallas — 22-23 February
International Soul Winning Workshop (attend) – Tulsa – 27-29 March
Back on Track Seminar – Hunter Valley Church of Christ – New South Wales – 7-8 June
Back on Track Seminar – Southeast Church of Christ – Melbourne – 14-15 June
Back on Track Seminar – Bankstown Church of Christ – Sydney – 21-22 June
Discipleship Workshop (Samsill & Swinford) – Adelaide – 4-6 July
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