Daring Daughters: ARROWS aimed by God!
Missions & SUB-mission
Today, we want to invite you over to another site called Visionary Womanhood.
Two of Ann’s new articles are being featured there this week –about the relationship between “Missions and SUB-Mission.” Both articles were written especially for mothers, but they are also applicable for daring daughters of all ages!
As Daring Daughters, we need to realize that we are special arrows for God,
and we need to submit to His alignment and direction in our lives.
We need to allow the Lord to “aim” us and to focus us toward His goals and His purposes,
which begins with our daily relationship with Him . . .
read the articles . . .
Missions & SUB-mission 1 — click here for PART 1 —>
Part 1 is a short teaching and encouragement for women about how SUB-mission to God is like an ARROW yielding to the archer, a SUBMARINE advancing silently underwater, and a FRUIT TREE being pruned in winter.Missions & SUB-mission 2 — click here for PART 2 —>
Part 2 is Ann’s personal story of SUB-mission and how she learned the importance of obedience to God (as a adventurous newlywed, while smuggling Bibles into China).
Pillows for Kiddos!
Goal Progress for Pillows & Power: 100%
Exciting News:
PHASE 1 of this GOAL is COMPLETE!!!
PHASE 2 of this GOAL is COMPLETE!!!
We now have POWER at Guma-Na-Yesu!WooHoo!!! Glory to God!
Thank you to everyone who gave and prayed!
PHASE 1: We are excited to report that Harvest Ministry has received enough special mission support to completely pay for the POWER (electricity hook-up to benefit all the younger children at Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center) plus pillows for all of the older kids who are living at the secondary school.
PHASE 2: Praise God! The PILLOW-PROVISION for all of the younger children has now come in. The provision has been wired to Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center . . . and as soon as this support is processed, the blessings of pillows will be distributed to all the children.
What’s next . . . BEDS!!!
PHASE 3: Once all this POWER & PILLOW goal is met . . . will be believing God for hundreds of BUNK BEDS. This next project will be a HUGE need (at $40/child and over 500 children) . . . but we’re excited about the blessing it will be and the difference this will make!
Please keep praying!!! (And we’re not just saying that. We know that PRAYER SUPPORT makes a powerful difference. If you can PRAY for us, specifically, we would be so grateful.)
Can you Pray with us for Pillows & Power?
There are needs at Guma Na Yesu . . . that are on our hearts.The kids at Guma Na Yesu “Keep with Jesus” Children’s Center, such as brother and sister, David and Mackline (those cute little kiddos who are singing in the video above), are in a good, safe place. They have their basic needs met, unlike the sad and desperate situations where many of these kids (nearly all who are orphans) were before.
God is really doing so many GOOD things . . .
Good reports . . .
The children at Guma Na Yesu now have food to eat, blankets to keep them warm, and mattresses to sleep on (on the ground). They have clothing (uniforms, play clothes, pajamas, and church clothes), loving care, Christian education, and excellent spiritual training with real-life kingdom-advancing discipleship — including daily prayer, worship, Bible training, and even opportunities to participate in local (African) mission outreaches.
But our heart longs to do more . . .
Goal: A Pillow for Every Kiddo . . . & Power!
Specifically, the children at Guma Na Yesu do not have any pillows or beds, and there is no power. We have a goal to make some improvements, beginning with bringing in electricity, and then providing a personal PILLOW for every child. We want these kids to to know that Jesus loves them, cares for them, and wants them to have a sweet sleep.
With so many children, even simple improvements can be a huge need, but we know it’s not a big deal for God. Could you please pray with us, specifically, for God to help us to provide a pillow for every child and youth living at at the Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center — including all the primary school children and youth — which is a total of 700 children (and pillows!!!)
TOTAL PILLOW GOAL —700 pillows–remaining need: $0Praise Report of God’s Provision!
An additional GOAL is to bring in electricity to Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center. Recently, electricity was brought-in to a nearby property, so the cost of “hooking-in” is now only $2,000. This will greatly improve life at Guma Na Yesu.
TOTAL ELECTRICITY GOAL — $2,000
(PRAISE GOD! — This need has just been sponsored!!!)
Goal Progress . . .
TOTAL for our current Guma Na Yesu ORPHAN GOALS
(for 700 pillows and electricity) = $7/pillow
Remaining need: $0
Please pray with us!
This is an exciting and worthwhile goal!
WooHoo!!! Our PILLOW & POWER goal has been met!
(To help with future improvements for LOVING ORPHANS just click on the ADD TO CART button and/or PRAY!!! Our next exciting goal is for strong BEDS — at $40/child.)
Please let us know if you would like to become
a PARTNER with Harvest Ministry — just click here.(Or if you would prefer to send a mission gift in the mail, you can send a mission gift — designated for PILLOWS FOR KIDDOS — to Harvest Ministry.)
HARVEST MINISTRY
Jon & Ann Dunagan
P.O. Box 727
Hood River, OR 97040
Would you like to help share this need?
Here’s a “Pillows for Kiddos” button, along with a grab-code! You can also use the social media links at the bottom of this page. Here’s the button for your blog:
Thanks for being a friend . . .
“You have been the helper of the orphan.”
(Psalm 10:14b, NASB)
Future goals . . .
Other orphan needs we will work on, Lord willing, in the near future:
bringing in electricity($2000)— NEED SPONSORED!!! PRAISE JESUS!!!- purchasing triple metal bunk beds ($40 per child)
- plus continued daily provision for our ongoing orphan needs
Learn more about how we’re LOVING ORPHANS
Learn more about our ORPHAN SPONSORSHIP
Learn more about GUMA NA YESU Children’s Center
Learn about our new SECONDARY (high) SCHOOL
N.E.T.S. News – from Naboth & Alice
January – February – March, 2009
N.E.T.S. Minister Naboth, and his wife Alice (from Mbarara, Uganda – in East Africa) have had some exciting mission reports to share. Recently, they held village evangelistic outreaches in two locations (including a mission crusade in Keisho, Tanzania where approximately 1000 people heard the Gospel and hundreds prayed to surrender their lives to Jesus). As they prayed for the sick, several people testified of healing, including one woman who had been blind.
At Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center in Mbarara, Uganda (where over 700 orphan children are being trained and cared for, supported by Harvest Ministry), workers are currently plastering the new Guma Na Yesu school building, and soon the children will be settled in that location.
Prayer Request: Please pray for the brand-new believers who came to the Lord during Naboth’s recent mission outreaches, and also for the leaders and orphan children at Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center, during this school construction and transition time.
Loving the LOST
Give me a PASSION FOR SOULS dear Lord.
A passion to save the lost.
Oh that Thy love were by all adored,
and welcomed at any cost . . .
Over one hundred years ago, a man named Herbert G. Tovey earnestly poured out his heart to God, asking for more of His perspective and passion for the lost.
It’s really quite remarkable. Through the prayers of one man, way-back in 1888, a fervency for the lost can actually penetrate into our thoughts and prayers TODAY (right now in February, 2012). One man’s prayer can impact our focus. Do you know how this can happen?
It’s because God’s perspective is timeless; and His passion is eternal.
We need more of God’s eternal perspective about life and the lost . . . and more of His heart for people who need His salvation? We need God’s outlook to see beyond ourselves.
God loves people so much and He has already provided for their salvation through His ultimate love — His passion — on the cross. We care too . . . but we need to care more.
Hudson Taylor, a missionary to China once said, “I feel I cannot go on living unless I do something for China.” Taylor knew that his life-purpose on earth reached far beyond his own desires. He was focused on eternity . . . and God’s love for SOULS.
Photo: Jon Dunagan preaching the Gospel in East Africa
A PASSION FOR SOULS
A missions poem and hymn – By Herbert G. Tovey, 1888
Give me a passion for souls, dear Lord,
A passion to save the lost;
O that Thy love were by all adored,
And welcomed at any cost.
Jesus I long, I long to be winning
Men who are lost, and constantly sinning;
O may this hour become of beginning
The story of pardon to tell . . .
How shall this passion for souls be mine?
Lord, make Thou the answer clear;
Help me to throw out the old life line
To those who are struggling near.
Learn more about loving the LOST . . .
Learn more about how Harvest Ministry is Loving the LOST
Learn more about Current Mission News & Evangelism
Learn more about NETS National Evangelism Team Support:
(equipping national ministers for remote missions and church planting)
The Scarlet Cord: FREE Missions Book
A Concise Call to World Missions!
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Our Biblical Basis for World MissionsCh. 5 – God’s Great Provision:
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Compelling Missionary QuotesCh. 8 – 100 Mission Verses:
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Communion Verses and Hymns
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“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” –I Corinthians 1:18
Jesus paid it all . . .
Our heart is to see the vision for The Scarlet Cord — stirring up God’s heart for all nations and for the lost — extend to as many people as possible.
There are 3 ways you can order The Scarlet Cord:
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“The bedrock foundation for our call to world missions
is the blood of Jesus Christ.”
–Jon Dunagan
What others are saying . . .
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“I can’t say enough about this book, what a blessing. you will laugh and you will cry, but most important is you will search deep in your heart for God’s plan for you and your mission field. We won’t all go to other countries, but with out a doubt this little powerful book will make you want to look deeper into you own mission field. It will help make you understand that your mission’s start the minute you rise in the morning until you close your eye’s in prayer at night. And every where you go throughout your day you are on your mission field. And The Lord is right there with you and will lead and guide you every step of the way. Thank you Jon and Ann, for all this book offers to us in our daily walk on our mission fields.Thank you so very much!” —Terri Trobridge, East Olympia Community Church, Olympia, Washington
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Read more about THE SCARLET CORD . . .
Special Offer: THE SCARLET CORD (paperback edition) is not available for individual purchase; however, you can order this book with our Mission-Minded SET.
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A Mission-Minded Family Focus for April 1st
Today’s Prayer & Outreach Focus for Mission-Minded Families:
ATHEISM
– Psalm 14:1 tells us, “The fool has said in his heart, there is no God.”
It’s simple: NO GOD – NO PEACE. Know God – Know Peace.
April Fools Day is an appropriate time to use a verse or two about the “foolishness of man” as a timely introduction to sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. It’s also a good day to specifically pray as a family for people who don’t know Jesus, or for those who claim to be Atheists. I Cor. 1:18 says, “For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.” It’s also a good day to be willing to be “fools for Christ” (I Cor. 4:10) as we share the Good News of God’s salvation.
April Fools Day Prayer Focus:
Pray for secular and atheist-minded people to realize their need for JESUS CHRIST!
JAPAN:
Pray for the nation and people of Japan to seek God, and the truth of Jesus Christ. This country has been dominated by secularism and self-reliance, but the recent earthquakes and Tsunami may reveal their need for God’s help. Related article on Missional Outreach Network: Could the Japanese disaster cause this secular nation to turn to God?
(Photo from the Atheistic Bus Campaign, via FoxNews)
EUROPE:
Pray for atheists in Europe. An atheistic group organized an anti-God ad campaign on red buses in London. The slogans say: “There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” (Read the entire AP article on FOXNews to learn what’s motivating the organizer’s anger against God). Let’s intercede for these ads to cause people in London to realize the shallowness of their conclusions, for their atheistic purposes to backfire, for UK Christians to be stirred up and more-bold than ever to witness, and for people in London to be “drawn” to seek God . . . and to discover the true JOY in life . . . that’s found only in JESUS!
(Photo from The Christian Post)
NEW YORK:
A recent multimedia ad campaign in New York (launched March, 2011 by a humanistic group), declares that atheists and the nonreligious can live good, meaningful lives without God. “You don’t need God – to hope, to care, to love, to live,” the ad states. Read a Christian Post article on these Atheist Ads, and pray for these precious (but misguided) people to realize the futility and hopelessness of trying to live “good” or “meaningful” lives without God’s help and purpose.Let’s pray for people all throughout the world who claim to be “atheist.” Let’s pray that these people would desire to “search” for God and that they would find Him! And let’s also pray that we would be willing to be bold in our witness and to be “fools” for Jesus Christ.
A Mission-Minded Quote for April Fools Day:
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”— Missionary Martyr, Jim Elliot – October 28, 1949
This post is adapted from Ann’s book,
The Mission-Minded Family – Releasing Your Family to God’s Destiny.
