Serving little ones as a mother is never an easy task in life. Mothers fulfill the incredibly powerful role of nourishing and protecting the infant human life in their bodies until delivering the child at birth. The job is not finished at birth, intense as that process may be. In continuation of that role, mothers raise the children of the next generation. Birth brought the child into a hostile world. A newborn baby is not capable of surviving without a caregiver; God blessed them with a mother. Mothers, including adoptive moms, spend countless sacrificial hours guiding, encouraging and nourishing children into adulthood.
[Read more…] about Motherhood: A Strenuous OccupationSend A Smile
This is an awesome opportunity for our friends and partners living in the San Diego area to make a tangible gift to bless a pastor’s family. We will be shipping several Balikbayan “Friendship” boxes to our Filipino pastors living in Cebu. We want you to provide some gift items to add to the books and other materials we already have for the boxes (Provide New items only – no used clothing etc.).
We are gathering the gifts at our office on September 4th or 5th between 10 am – 2 pm. We will host an open house so come on by and enjoy some refreshments and greet our staff. Our office is located in San Marcos. The driveway comes off of Caminito a Casa from La Moree Rd.
Set Free
When the people trapped in the bondage to evil spirit worship are set free, there is great rejoicing. The outward demonstration of what God has done in the heart of the believer requires courage in the face of the threats from the demonic realm. Justine, a witchdoctor—one who served the demons by calling upon them to issue curses or tell fortunes—has come to faith.
She made a complete surrender when she gave her life to Christ. The church gathered to pray as she brought the fetishes that she had been using to engage the spirit world for her hexes and fortune telling. These items were valuable to her since people paid her great sums of money to put curses on others and to tell them their fortunes.
Many villagers gathered—watching—waiting—waiting—waiting to see if harm would come; would the spirits she has served now strike her, would she become ill or even… death! God protected her! No harm occurred!
Now many people are coming to the church in Rutete searching for the same knowledge in the gospel of Jesus Christ that freed this witchdoctor from her imprisonment.
Love Travels Far
As we approached the simple structure, a woman came out with her arms opened wide to greet us with a hug. She received our simple gifts of maize, beans, soap, and a loaf of bread. “I have not tasted bread since the last time your mission team visited my home.” Our team in Uganda had first begun to minister to these people living in the region of Kikirara in May of 2017. There was a famine caused by severe drought.
Our churches in Rukungiri traveled into the area and went house to house and discovered the deaths from starvation. No one else was providing any assistance, and the people were hopeless. White Fields assisted our churches to bring maize, beans, salt and other simple supplies that allowed these people to survive. Now I had the opportunity to visit the community and travel with Pastor Bryan and Onesimus.
What a surprising realization that a loaf of bread was beyond this women’s affordable cost of living. She was impoverished, and any income would be used to buy the least expensive form of food–maize. But now she had a fantastic opportunity to attend a church in her village. [Read more…] about Love Travels Far
Resolved In Belief Part 2
Director Steve Wheeler guest hosts the David Spoon Experience on KPRZ 1210AM in San Diego, CA. In this second hour of the radio show, Steve shares about Pastor Ruat in Myanmar and Pastor Amjed and the adversity they face pastoring in those difficult places. He also interviews Dr. Jay Grimstead author of the new book Rebuilding Civilization On The Bible.
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Resolved In Belief Part 1
Director Steve Wheeler guest hosts the David Spoon Experience on KPRZ 1210AM in San Diego, CA. The background of recent events echoes in the news, stories of NFL players taking a knee, the rhetoric of whether it’s right or wrong is commentated from every side. What is a believers response to the events around us? Steve takes us on a journey of examining and understanding the issues in the news and what true bravery looks like.
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