April 2012
Joshua Nations Schools 4,360 Schools in 35 Nations 79,500 Students, 9,864 Graduates
This Month: Quarterly Report Sierra Leone Fresh Out of Africa Looking Ahead
There Is Always More I have been in a struggle over my time in life. It is a good "sweet spot" season full of awesome happenings. Yet I am wondering, "Do I have More to Give?" I have come to the conclusion that all of us wonder the same. It's not just a matter of doing more and giving more but doing our all and giving our all. It’s not about 10% but to excel above and beyond. I was recently struggling in prayer over this and decided it is time to give all that I have and am to the Master. I have discovered something about my journey and the journeys of others. At the end of the day we still have more to give. I remember preaching in a church many years ago where they were "taking up" an offering for the winter's fuel supply. The plate was passed, not once, not twice, but three times. From my position on stage, I noticed some of the same people had a little bit more to give each time. Do We? Something to ponder….
Dear Joshua Nations Partner, As we near the end of April, (and my 68th birthday!), our hearts are bursting with joy as we recount God's activity so far this year. I am thinking of a song we used to sing entitled "Look What The Lord Has Done": Nations of the Earth---35 Bible Training Centers --- 4,360 Students --- 79,500 Graduates --- 9,864 Expanding the Kingdom of God --- PRICELESS! While our hearts are singing, our heads are spinning from the Glory! Here is a snapshot of what our God has done just since January of this year: • • • • • • • • • •
180 professions of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ Trained 8 new Joshua Nations Representatives Graduated 990 students in Cuba Graduated 75 students in Honduras Counseled medical students in Cuba who will start schools in Argentina, Angola, and Venezuela Trained and commissioned 20 leaders in Northern Uganda who committed to start 100 schools. Trained 2 Apostolic Leaders from Juba, Sudan 2,000 books printed for 2,000 new Cuban students (33,000 students now in Cuba) 500 more students are waiting to graduate in Cuba Distributed solar-powered movie projectors in South Sudan, bringing many to Christ
New Initiatives of Market Place Ministry • Empowering the Ugandan people to grow profitable crops • Purchasing brick making machinery • Building a medical clinic • Resourcing a new pharmacy co-op Right: Bible School Graduates in Goma, Congo • Purchasing earth-tilling equipment God is lengthening our cords, strengthening our stakes, and increasing our borders!! He wants us to ask and believe Him for so much more, because He is able to do so exceedingly <continued on next page>
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