Tom & Michele: Two Milestones
Two Milestones
Broad Seed Sowing
We praise the Lord that our team has been hard at work setting up our FB page and putting up content, such as videos and info-graphics. The page has 100 or so friends thus far and more than a few thousand likes or posts. Continue to pray that these people, having never heard the gospel before, will be attracted to the light. Our team works daily to put up content and interact with our audience directly and through a chat bot.
Believers Gathered
We have been helping people come to Christ and discipling various families and individuals since arriving in 2014. On Saturday morning, our various disciples met together to discuss how they will form a church. From the beginning they will divide into teams in order to lead worship. Also, a preaching and leadership team will share the load of preaching and teaching. We have quite a few young people, and eventually, we will do regular activities for the youth. Pray as they continue to get to know one another better. During the past three years we have been gathering together on an occasional basis in an effort to move the church planting to this stage. We are glad to share that they are moving in that direction. With COVID19, Grace, Zach, and Elli are now in the USA. We will also be going to the USA for a 10 week furlough (regularly scheduled). They have the maturity to make progress while we are away.
Home Ministry Assignment
We will be traveling to the USA from July 7 to September 22. This is our normally scheduled home ministry. Stephanie and Jacob will also be welcoming their second child in late July. We look forward to being with all of our children. If you want to get together with us, let us know, and we can set up a dinner, outing, or coffee break.
A Need: We have a need of a car to use while we are in the USA. If you have an available car for us to use for all or part of the time we are in the USA, let us know. Thanks.
Our Schedule:
July 19 - Gracespring Bible Church, Richland, MI
July 26 - Village Church of Gurnee, Gurnee, IL
August 2 - Redemption Bible Church, Mount Prospect, IL
August 16 - Abundant Life Christian Fellowship, Massilon, OH
August 23 and 25 - Rice Lake Bible Chapel, Rice Lake, MN
August 30 - Bethel, Janesville, WISeptember 6, 13, and 20 we are still coordinating with our churches in Illinois and California.
Prayer Requests:
Praise the Lord for our disciples moving toward believers gathered.
Pray for our abundant seed sowing as our team continues to post, communicate, and follow up on contacts.
Pray for our students as we disciple them in the end times and the Book of Acts.
Pray for visas for our team members in Malaysia.
Pray for a fruitful home ministry assignment.
Continue to pray for Blanche O'Brien, Tom's mom. She has had some severe health issues this past month. She is home now again and awaiting news in July if she is able to get valve replacement surgery. Continue to pray the clot in the heart dissolves.
Love,
Tom and Michele
