Answered Prayer:
1) New Testaments: The Jackson Center of Evangelism at Howard Payne University is taking care of printing and shipping 50,000 soul-winning New Testaments to Caracas.
2) Office: Offices have been set up in both Venezuela and in the States to handle details of the crusade as well as registration of team members.
3) Equipment: A laptop computer and video projector were purchased and sent to Caracas to help with the training sessions leading up to the crusade as well as for follow-up discipleship training following the crusade.
4) Baseball Players: Several players, managers, and coaches have committed to going to Caracas to share their testimonies at the crusade; also, Dr. Bill Cashion has agreed to organize and manage the details for the ballplayers as well as set up the daily baseball clinics.
Continued Prayer Requests:
1) Pray that the needed funds (approx. $250,000) will be raised soon!
2) Pray that we get permission to reserve the baseball stadium.
3) Pray for the political climate in Venezuela and for the salvation of President Hugo Chavez.
4) Pray for the baseball players who will share their testimonies and work in the baseball clinics...some have committed to go, others are needed.
5) Pray for 1000 house (or simple) churches to be established following the crusade. Church leaders in Caracas will be trained in establishing house churches September 28-29 and again at the end of November.
6) Pray for volunteers who God will lead to go and be a part of this evangelistic effort.
7) Pray for Richard Jackson, evangelist for the crusade.
8) Pray for Jacobo, head of the crusade team in Caracas.
9) Pray for the U.S. planning team (Kerry & Diane, Buck Smith, Gail Graves, and others who God has brought to us to help).
10) Pray for the people of Caracas...pray for the churches of Caracas as they reach out to the lost.
11) Pray for the translators...we need bi-lingual team members as well as Venezuelan interpreters.
12) Pray for affordable accommodations for the team while in Caracas.
Monday, August 13, 2007
It is NO Coincidence!
Praise God for what He continues to do! So much is happening that it's hard to tell everything. In the spirit of openness, I want you to know as much as possible.
We are excited to tell you that we will be opening an office for the Caracas Crusade 2008. We praise God for the generosity of First Baptist Church, San Angelo, for allowing us to use an office there. The phones will be installed tomorrow (8-14-07). We hope to have the office ready to receive team member registrations by September 1, 2007. The office will be staffed by volunteers with Diane overseeing the project.
A registration form is near completion. We are waiting on some critical information regarding the cost of housing and transportation. We are excited to report tht Buck (Rolando) Smith's son-in-law, Leonel, has become a travel agent and will be able to save us a lot of money in the purchase of airline tickets.
In the house church area, Gail Graves is excited that Tony & Felicity Dale, who met with us in Dallas a few weeks ago, have invited him to speak at their annual National House Church Conference in Dallas on Labor Day weekend. It is my understanding that Sherryl and Dee McCleery (part of our team) will be accompanying him. Pray that hundreds of people will feel led to go to Caracas to help start 1000 house churches following the crusade. This is one of the most critical parts of the entire plan.
Regarding the athletes and their participation, I am excited to report that Dr. Bill Cashion has agreed to be our point man in the coordination of the professional athletes and the baseball clinics that we envision. Bill has been a missionary to Caracas/Venezuela. He used ball players to help start over 20 churches in the Caracas area. Bill has worked with many leaders in the sports area of Christian outreach. Dave Altopp with Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Eddie Waxer are familiar with Bill's ministry. God is so good! And it is no coincidence that Bill is an advocate of the House Church ministry...wow!
Brian Harper with Saddleback Community Church has consented to help us with several pieces of literature that we will need for the training of simple church leaders. It is no coincidence that he knows Gail Graves, Bill Cashion, and others on our team! Tom Holiday, brother-in-law of Rick Warren gave me Brian's name. I am praying that Saddleback will get even more involved.
I do have one area of concern that I need you to pray about. As of this moment, we don't know how God is going to fund it all. I am planning several fund raiser dinners as well as talking to every church that Diane and I get the opportunity to talk to about the crusade. We need $250,000...and we need it NOW! We need to reserve the stadium. We need to reserve the hotel. We need to get sound equipment. We need to start the publicity. Please pray with us!
Praise God for all that He is doing!
We are excited to tell you that we will be opening an office for the Caracas Crusade 2008. We praise God for the generosity of First Baptist Church, San Angelo, for allowing us to use an office there. The phones will be installed tomorrow (8-14-07). We hope to have the office ready to receive team member registrations by September 1, 2007. The office will be staffed by volunteers with Diane overseeing the project.
A registration form is near completion. We are waiting on some critical information regarding the cost of housing and transportation. We are excited to report tht Buck (Rolando) Smith's son-in-law, Leonel, has become a travel agent and will be able to save us a lot of money in the purchase of airline tickets.
In the house church area, Gail Graves is excited that Tony & Felicity Dale, who met with us in Dallas a few weeks ago, have invited him to speak at their annual National House Church Conference in Dallas on Labor Day weekend. It is my understanding that Sherryl and Dee McCleery (part of our team) will be accompanying him. Pray that hundreds of people will feel led to go to Caracas to help start 1000 house churches following the crusade. This is one of the most critical parts of the entire plan.
Regarding the athletes and their participation, I am excited to report that Dr. Bill Cashion has agreed to be our point man in the coordination of the professional athletes and the baseball clinics that we envision. Bill has been a missionary to Caracas/Venezuela. He used ball players to help start over 20 churches in the Caracas area. Bill has worked with many leaders in the sports area of Christian outreach. Dave Altopp with Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Eddie Waxer are familiar with Bill's ministry. God is so good! And it is no coincidence that Bill is an advocate of the House Church ministry...wow!
Brian Harper with Saddleback Community Church has consented to help us with several pieces of literature that we will need for the training of simple church leaders. It is no coincidence that he knows Gail Graves, Bill Cashion, and others on our team! Tom Holiday, brother-in-law of Rick Warren gave me Brian's name. I am praying that Saddleback will get even more involved.
I do have one area of concern that I need you to pray about. As of this moment, we don't know how God is going to fund it all. I am planning several fund raiser dinners as well as talking to every church that Diane and I get the opportunity to talk to about the crusade. We need $250,000...and we need it NOW! We need to reserve the stadium. We need to reserve the hotel. We need to get sound equipment. We need to start the publicity. Please pray with us!
Praise God for all that He is doing!
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