I will extol Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast lifted me up, And hast not let my enemies rejoice over me. O Lord my God, I cried to Thee for help, and Thou didst heal me. Psalm 30:1,2
Dear Friends and Family,
So much has happened in such a short period of time since arriving home from the
Midwest but we will seek to do our best to summarize it all! Be encouraged as you hear testimonies that the God who created the earth is still passionately and actively seeking to draw us to Himself.
Florida Outreach
Pastor John Mulinde from Uganda was here with us for about 2 weeks in the month of June. During this time we saw a real opening take place in which leaders from across the state of Florida gathered to seek God. I was there to help record what took place. A key goal was to seek to challenge church leaders to establish prayer in their homes and to see this prayer spread throughout their congregations and communities. Already through the internet we have seen these teachings spread to many U.S. cities – and now they are being requested over in England. Praise God for His willingness to use the medium of television to draw people to Himself!
(You can watch a free teaching by clicking here)
We also experienced a significant breakthrough in the Tampa Bay area in which approx. 75-100 pastors and leaders gathered to hear Pastor John. There was a list of over 30 people who signed up to receive the recordings. One leader ordered 19 copies to distribute to others.
Here’s a quote from an e-mail I received shortly after the Tampa meeting:
• “Prayer-walking and praying into the land on behalf of cities has become a lifestyle for me over the years and I have been privileged to see God change the spiritual climate over many places throughout the world. I thought I knew a little about praying into the Land, but now, after reading John Mulinde’s books on “Transforming Your World” and hearing John speak, I realize there is much more…and I am much encouraged. John Mulinde’s message on June 25 brought both me and my wife to a place of repentance and changed our lives. We want more….”
For our family, this was a time of literally working from morning until night. If I was not recording something, I was editing it, or burning it to a DVD, or uploading it to the website. The fruit from this intensive time is already evident and we praise God for it. Beyond all of this we recorded 6-7 teaching sessions that may eventually end up as part of an online school for the nations.
Media - Going to the Nations
Media doesn’t need to purchase a plane ticket to travel somewhere. It doesn’t need to be feed or be housed. In many ways, media has the ability to travel to places where many missionaries cannot go in person. It is a powerful tool that the enemy of the souls of men has exploited for his purposes. Our heart’s desire is to turn this power around and use it for the Glory of the Great King.
Here are a few recent testimonies from the nations:
England – Our UK base is almost at a point of being able to duplicate and ship our core resources. We continue to dialogue as to how this can be done in the most efficient and effective way possible. Pastor Mark is scheduled to speak to about 4,000 people in London in August. The finances were not there to send me so I helped to train someone to do some of the documentary work for me.
Taiwan – We have heard a report that a national television station is now broadcasting Pastor John’s messages throughout the nation of Taiwan. We have sent further resources to this TV station in an attempt to aid the message getting out to the nation. It was also recently discovered that Pastor John’s book - Set Apart for God - has been translated into Chinese.
Poland – We received an e-mail from a man in Poland who wants to translate and publish Pastor John’s book - Transforming Your World. He has also asked permission to translate the video we produced, Desperate for the Nations in order to distribute it as a free insert in the book. His longing is to get this message to the church in Poland.
Hungary – During the last month I have worked to establish a relationship with a Hungarian media house in which they hope to translate 9 DVD’s and the book Set Apart for God into Hungarian. It is their expressed intent to use these resources to begin to create a hunger in the hearts of the Hungarian people, so as to eventually “prepare the ground” for Pastor John to come in and minister in the future. Please pray for this.
Road Trip Possible
There is still a good chance that I (Chris) will be heading up to the Maryland/Virginia area at some point in the fall. With all that has been going on it has not been possible to plan this at the moment. We will seek to inform you about these details as they become available to us.
Thank you so much for your financial and prayerful support of our lives and ministries. Know that God is taking what we are giving Him and using it for great good. It is not unrealistic to think that in the next 3-6 months many new nations could begin to open up as media begins to open doors even prior to having physical missionaries on the ground. We praise the Lord for the privilege of serving His purposes at this crucial hour.
God bless you!
In His Service,
Chris, Becky, Jeremiah, Joshua, and Joel
* In addition to what we have shared in our update - Becky would love prayer support as she begins home-schooling in August
