Fun in Ministry?

Ministry can be planting lots of seeds before we see fruit. When this fruit comes, we love to watch it grow.  Last week, a newer leader in Simply The Story from Latin America called to share his enthusiasm.  He said that he has had the most enjoyment doing ministry with STS in his 31 years of being a missionary.

I asked him why. He shared that he loves how people are responding to the Lord through the Bible discussions and how the people are being discipled. He finds the STS method highly impacting when sharing Bible stories with people everywhere.

Global Ambassador Team Leaders have Landed!

Latin America has been a focus for us over the past few years, and by the grace of God, several instructors have been raised in this region. Our Global Ambassador Team Leaders just arrived in Mexico with the goal of establishing strong leaders who will take life giving Bible tools to those throughout the region. This is the first step to our medium term missions program (greater than a couple of weeks and less than 1 year).

Latin American Missionary, Reaching a Muzlm Region?

One missionary from Latin America to a predominantly Muzlm country recently gave feedback regarding the power of God's Story: From Creation to Eternity on the solar audio players by Megavoice.

“These Megavoices have been a great blessing to many young people who I work with, in the university and the provinces that I visit.  It explains Scriptures in a clear way that they can understand.  Many young people have a lot of questions and they are seeking answers.  These Megavoices have helped answer their questions and caused them to ask more questions.  I also see that these Megavoices have helped new believers understand Scriptures in a clear way. I know many young people with so many questions and God used these Megavoices to help answer their questions.  I have given away all the Megavoices you [the donor] gave me a few years ago.  I have only one left which I carry all the time wherever I go.  Thank you for giving me a few of these Megavoices.  If it does not work out for me to have more, then it is OK.  I will leave this in the hands of God."

Pray for this missionary and the funds to provide more solar players.

Challenges in Mexico

Working in Mexico does have some challenges. As the team was returning from a village, one member texted for prayer because they were in the middle of a confrontation between cartels. "Cars are being burned and there was a gun shooting in the main plaza." Thankfully they made it home safe. As these teams venture out to disciple and train people in Scripture, they travel into and through dangerous areas. Please remember to pray for the team in Mexico.

Just Because they are in Bible College…

We are often invited to teach STS to students of Bible schools and seminaries around the globe. This story came to us from one of our instructors about two students who attended a Bible College when they learned STS. There seemed to be no impact in their lives while at the training. These same students helped as assistant instructors at another training months later in the same region. One student said, “I was not a Christian during the first workshop. However, when I did the story of Jonah, I realized I was guilty, like Jonah of running from God. I repented from that, and turned to the Lord and got saved during the workshop. It was life transforming. I got baptized a short time later.”

Another student shared, “I was not a Christian during the first year of Bible College. Neither during the second year. However, shortly after the STS workshop, I realized my need for Christ. I cannot say which story in particular prompted me to have faith in Christ, but shortly after, I turned to the Lord. Now I am going to … work with a church there!! I also ended a relationship with a young lady that was dysfunctional, since both she was not helping me with my walk with the Lord.”

Oceania

One university student told an instructor how she had read all the way through the Bible a couple of times and thought that she had learned everything. She also thought the Bible was boring.  However, in the workshop she learned how to walk slowly down the path of Scripture and learned that God’s Word was alive.  From that same training, our instructor received a picture of a high school student telling a story to a bunch of other students on the beach. 

Please pray for God’s Story to be translated into the language of the people on this island as the people are ritualistic with ancestor worship 

Serving the Lord together,

Andrea
Executive Director
& the whole staff of The God's Story Project (TGSP)

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