Jesus has healed me, and by that I mean the love of Christ through His body, which is all of you! Thank you so much for your prayers and support over the last week and a half, there were some medical bills to be paid and also some hurdles to get over in my physical body. Your prayers and financial support have brought me to my feet again! Thank you so much!
To fill you in, I had a bacterial infection in my lungs and throat that was giving me very bad fevers and tonsillitis. I was in a fair amount of pain and could not function very well for a week. The doctor gave me penicillin for the bacteria and the next day I had already started feeling much better.
In other news, the school that I am currently a part of in preparing for their outreaches to India, Malaysia and Japan. Japan is a new location for us where we are actually trying to break through a heavily materialistic and apathetic culture with the message of the Gospel. They are a very unreceptive culture to the Gospel and it is tough ground. The suicide rates and depression in Japan is the highest in the world. India we are continuing to work with Muslims and street kids in Darjeeling, India (in the Himalayas). Malaysia is pushing in to see Animistic unreached people groups understand the love and sovereignty of God. It is a very Shamanistic culture on the island of Borneo and they really need a revelation of Christ.
I would like to pass out a prayer request for my staff, they are all so hard working and when it comes to the outreaches this time around, they are the ones who are carrying the burdens of outreach, I am not going overseas this time, I have some things that need to be done on the centre. I will be teaching a couple of weeks when they return, which I need to prepare for. I'm also orchestrating a small Australian outreach for the 6 weeks. These are the staff that I am responsible for, where they are going and their prayer needs. They are all fantastic staff and fantastic people, humble and hungry for God, very capable of the task before them, as daunting as it may seem for the first time staff, they are very capable.
Amanda and Bonner are going to India, Bonner still needs a few hundred dollars provided to get overseas. They also need vision and wisdom as they are both first time leaders, usually a first time leader is paired with a second time leader so there is some experience and foresight. They are both extremely wise and strong leaders however, so I have allowed them to go ahead. But there will be many situations being in this extreme culture of India, with billions of people and many different languages and radically different cultures and understandings, where they will need divine wisdom and guidance.
Paul and Erin are leading the Japan outreach, which is by far the most expensive outreach. They both need finances in the thousands of dollars range to make this outreach happen. But God is absolutely faithful to provide. They also need prayer for things to run smoothly as they are having trouble actually nailing down definite plans and contacts. This is common on outreaches and the Lord always provides opportunity to minister to people and places when He calls a team somewhere, however it is stressful for the leaders in these scenarios.
Melissa and Jon are headed to Malaysia and Melissa needs about $4000 at this point for outreaches. They also need prayers for protection and guidance, the spiritual atmosphere in shamanistic culture is intense, there are curses and bondages in these areas that make it difficult for teams to stay focused and in unity. I believe that the enemy has an assignment against this team to stop them from ministering to those who the Lord has for them. Please pray and support these teams, over the next months until Mid-January!
Thank you so much for your prayers and support. This next week I could also use some prayer as I am still a little sick and teaching on two schools in one week, my own school and the Sports school on an islands called Stradbroke Island. Please lend me your prayers if you think of it. That there would be clarity of thought and Holy Spirit power in my message! Thank you again! Bless you all for your compassion as I was sick I appreciate all of your love!
Peace, Love and Prayers!
Adam