Praises

Rainy greetings!! As I’m writing this the thunder and lightening are going at it and the power is off. Princess the dog is at my feet. Since the New Year celebrations she is not a fan of the sound. If it is nice enough outside, she will carry on barking at the sky’s, which it isn’t today the rain is too much. It will be great when she outgrows this.
First before moving on to October I wanted to again thank everyone for the blessings we had while there in the USA. It went fast!! One error I noticed on my information was our friend Marney. She years ago had breast cancer and now was diagnosed with liver cancer. Please continue to pray for her.
The second item is we are currently waiting for pricing from two more engineers for the girls dorm so we are delayed in kicking off the fundraiser. Please continue to pray for that and if at all possible give what you can. I’ll send links and information once we receive it. We hope this week is when we get the final numbers and hope to share by next week.
We are also very aware of the season we are all in. We understand that it will take time to fundraise and that you and your families are likely experiencing hardships. We trust that the Lord will provide and just encourage you to pray with us as we seek to provide for the school this way!! The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:16b
As we returned it took me some time to acclimate, Bill seemed to do better than I did. BUT we did come back and just had so much to catch up on, with joy! We do consider this home and so as we arrived we immediately started to assess where we had to complete anything outstanding as well as initiate some of the things sitting on the to do list.
One of the first in order were to wrap around the P7 class and encourage them as they prepare for exams’. Reading scripture, talking about how to relieve stress through breathing exercises and how to prepare their minds for the testing period of three days. It’s a lot for these teens.

More Praises & Challenges!

We did have a new teacher start working at FMLK. William is new working with Bill for guidance and have started doing Sunday services at the school. The kids named their little church, Feed My Lamb Chapel. We did loose some of the staff that were upset that the children were not being shipped out to different churches in the village but this over all is a much better choice for so many reasons including knowing that they are hearing the “truth” with so many false teaching churches here.

Coming Soon!

We will be sending out fundraising material for the school starting in mid-November for the Girls dorm. We will run the fundraiser from November thru January is the current plan. Please be in prayer for the success and if able consider giving to this worthy cause! I mentioned earlier we are waiting for 2 more bids to come in before starting. Everything here is a bit slooowwwer!! 😉 All our fundraising efforts will now go through the 501c3 at TMCI. Watch for the link on the information that will be distributed. We are excited to have the final touches on GOONZA and fully operational now!

Other activities

In October included Bill speaking twice every Sunday. Most Sunday’s at Calvary and then helping kickstart the FMLK chapel which was already started but very new. And a lot of encouragement for our P7 was desired to happen and we think we did that well! More on that next month as we send out the celebration and photos that were in early November.
I tried to get there at least 2X a week to share scriptures and check in on the class as they prepared. It seems that they are ready! Thanking God for good teachers and the blessing of feeding into these children in this way.
I’m back at Nazina with the kiddo’s there and working with them on John 3:16 which will go for sometime including into the Christmas program. At first I didn’t think that and thought of crossing over to a “Christmas” verse but you know, God so loved the world, He GAVE! Christmas! So I think it will wrap in nicely!! We will keep you posted. Also teaching the children about maps, and how the ultimate map is the Bible and Gods Word. How to find scripture and how the bible is laid out. One of my favorite things to do!!

Prayers

 Please pray for our P7 as they take their exams and as they leave FMLK. They are on to a new season and it isn’t easy here for the youth. Not that it is anywhere today.
 Please continue to pray as Bill teaches and shares and has these new opportunities to speak to not only leaders but the youth as well.
 Pray for another couple of streams of funding for FMLK. This is an ongoing prayer. We certainly see God providing from these young Spanish volunteers. Pray for the fundraiser for the Dorm & Fencing needed as the requirement from the government.
 Please continue to pray for the Muslim community that we (several of us believers) have communication and surface relationships with. Pray for the Lord to invite these friends into a deeper relationship with the Christian community, dreams/visions, and the Lord Himself.
 Pray for the Muslim woman I love and having great Spiritual conversations with and that it is all worthy of her considering Christ. We stay in contact and she is such a delight!!
 Pray as we serve to see with Spiritual eyes and for boldness in these days.

Troubled on every side yet not distressed

Of all the letters Apostle Paul wrote to his churches, 2 Corinthians is probably one of the most personal. There the Apostle described what he had to come through to nurture the new believers and establish new churches. In chapter 4 he stresses that he was pressed on every corner yet not stranded. Scripture says that God does that so that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. That is how we often feel in our ministry. Being a simple man and woman of God, jars of clay, through whom the exceeding greatness of God’s blessing flows.

“For All Club”

We have had two clubs already since the beginning of fall. Both times the hall was full. Many said that they missed our meetings during the summer months. Both times we have come very close to direct gospel preaching. Most of the time, though, we have had to build relationships with the people to be able to share the gospel with them.
Continue to pray for the hearts of those attenders to feel their spiritual hunger through these meetings. These are mostly young people. Pray for us as we are trying to preach the gospel creatively. In those meetings we build a bridge to Christ.

Winter Plans

We are going to travel to the region of West Asia in December. There we are going to hold meetings with local believers. We plan to hold workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia and in Yerevan, Armenia.
Please pray for us to be able to cast the vision of the disciple making efforts and house churches. Pray for all the necessary funds to come. We need $1500 to raise in a short time for the trip.

Friends and Family

Tim is going to participate in a regional tournament in November. He is going to play basketball with his team. Christina loves to sing Christian songs from Sunday school to her friends. It is her way of sharing about Jesus with them. Pray for the hearts of those youngsters and their parents. That they may make a next step to come to our Sunday school class or to our for-all club. Thank you for your prayer and your love!

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Ufa Bible Ministries
PO BOX 1761, Columbia, SC 29202

In Matthew 12 Jesus teaches that “you cannot be neutral with regard to me”. We are either with Jesus or against him. Either gather with him or scatter abroad. Today many people expect Christians to visit orphanages or help those in need. But as soon as we try to talk to them about their need of accepting Jesus as a personal Savior, they turn away from us. Social services are important but their purpose is to support the spreading of God’s word. We must stay on the course bringing everyone to salvation in Jesus. We are ambassadors of Christ and God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead – “Reconcile with God!”

ESL students

We had a very warm welcome with our students last week. Many said that they missed our meetings during summer break. We mentioned earlier that several students had rejoined us after the pandemic. Praise the Lord for keeping these souls for several years. This is a true answer to prayer. Continue to pray for the hearts of our students to feel their spiritual hunger through our classes with them. There are young as well as older students. Pray for us to teach ESL classes and preach the gospel creatively.

Fall Plans

Some of you have been praying about the camp and follow up. Three individuals came to our Sunday service! Also, several men expressed a desire to come to our “For All Club”. For this we also praise the Lord.
Please pray for our Harvest Festival this year. It is one of few times a year that we have special services, along with Christmas and Easter. So, this is another opportunity to invite our friends to a special service.

Friends and Family

Tim is now in high school. This year He entered 9th grade. Pray for wisdom and a good understanding in these two programs. Pray that we will organize things well this year.

Thank you for your prayer and support!

You can make tax deductible contribution to Ufa Bible Ministries which is recognized by the IRS as a 501c3 non-profit entity. Make checks payable to:
Ufa Bible Ministries
PO BOX 1761, Columbia, SC 29202