Each week Vision has the big three during the announcements. These are to remind us to pray for missionaries and that the Lord would send forth laborers to His harvest. Today the big three are the following. Please be praying for each of them!
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February 06 2010 | Missions | No Comments »
I thought you might like to know what was happening with our Faith Promise offering. We promised $81,000. That works out to $1,557.69 a week.
Since our World Vision Celebration in September of last year we have given $30,048.00 through January 31, 2010. We are running just a little behind right now. Our offering should be $32,711.54.
That means that we are $2663.54 short of our commitment. We are doing great but I am asking God to move us on up to our promise and beyond.
Betty and I are upping our mission’s offering another $50 a month starting this month. That is not much but will get us up another $600 in a year.
Pray with me that we will see God give over $81,000 through us to missions this year!
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February 03 2010 | Missions | No Comments »
Dear Pastors and Praying Friends,
What a month this last one has been. We have seen God do so many great things. The graduation of the Bible College was held the first few days of December. We had a graduating class of 12. One of our students was already pastoring, one of the students is already working in Ecuador and there are many others that are searching out exactly where God wants them to be. This ministry is so important and I am excited to be able to play a small part in the lives of young men and women that want to be used of God in such an amazing way. We are already looking forward to March when we will be starting the next semester. We are looking forward to being able to train men to do what God has called them to do. Please continue to pray for some much needed support at the Bible College. This ministry is vital to absolutely everything that we do!
Omega Baptist Church is doing great and we are excited to be starting a new church. We have been through many difficult times in the last year but, because of those times, the Lord allowed us to start this church. It is amazing watching the people start to mesh together and start to work and become a team that is committed to seeing souls come to him and to become totally devoted followers of Christ. Please keep the church in your prayers. We are still short on the start up fund and have been borrowing equipment from the college for the church to keep going. Pray that the funds would be provided to finally get our own stuff and start working on everything going forward. We need another $5000 to get the chairs, the sound system etc. Please make this an issue of prayer. If you would like to help with this need, please send a check to me through Macedonia World Baptist Missions and mark it at the bottom for Omega.
I will be returning to the states on the 9th of February and will be there until the 1st of March. If you would like me to come by your church and share with you all that God is doing, please let us know. We still have a few open dates. We will be sharing what God is doing here as well as trying to raise some support. It is amazing how God has provided for us in the middle of major economic problems, God is always faithful. We have spoken to many friends who have had to leave the field. God has allowed us to stay here and only because of the faithfulness of your giving and praying for the mission work here. Thanks for all you do and may God continue to bless you in amazing ways.
Yours for Souls,
Chris, Andria, Jacob, Hannah and Andrew
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January 22 2010 | Missions | No Comments »
It is hard to believe 2010 is already here. God is moving in the continent of Africa and big plans are in the works for the coming year. I encourage you to pray for each one and stay in contact often. Here are the latest updates from our missionaries in Africa.
Kevin & Corli Hall – Missionaries to South Africa
God is providing on opportunity to purchase a building for church services and training center. Kevin has raised the funds necessary to purchase the building. Since then, the current owner is asking for $20,000.00 more that what was agreed upon. Kevin and Corli will be heading back to South Africa for there second term on July 19th. Once Kevin gets back, he has a meeting set up with the owner and her attorney to discuss the increase in price. Pray that God will move and turn the heart of the owner to acceptance the agreed upon price. While Brother Kevin has been in the states, a young man named Sipho Bonga. Brother Kevin reports he is doing a great job. During the month of December, many people travel on vacation and as a result, church attendance has been low. Help us pray that Sipho will continue to grow in the Lord and church attendance will be back up and will remain faithfully in attendance and serving the Lord.
Keith & Rebecca Shumaker – Missionaries to Burkina Faso
God is continuing to move greatly in Burkina Faso and using Brother Keith and Rebecca in mighty ways to continue to further the gospel in West Africa. The bible college and training center is doing well with 6 faithful students that Brother Keith continues to train. Another work has started in the capital city of Ouagadougou. This is the fourth church Brother Keith was been involved in starting. Many people are attending and this is just another example of how people in Burkina Faso are starving for the gospel. Brother Austin Gardner and David Lundy will be traveling to be with Brother Keith and Rebecca, leaving on January 18th and returning on January 26th. Pray for traveling mercies and that God will use both to help Brother Keith and the ministry in Burkina Faso. Brother Keith and Rebecca will be returning off the field at the end of April. Pray that everything is in place and God provides guidance so they may return safely back to the states in the very neat future.
C & M – Missionaries to North Africa
God continues to use Brother C and M in a big and might way. In 2009, they were able to baptize 6 new believers! Praise God for the work they are doing. Some of the believers came from the Tribes and other parts of the country. Both C and M were trained in the P Bible College under Brother Austin Gardner. God is planting house churches and they continue to reach out to the people of north Africa that so desperately needs to hear the gospel of Christ. There prayers are to see the amount of people saved in 2009 to double in 2010. They have a passion and heart to reach out to the muslim people, leading them to Christ and disciple them through God’s word. Brother C & M are a tremendous blessing and asset in North Africa. Continue to pray for there safety and that continues to use them in big and might ways.
Tyler & Gretchen Masters – Missionaries to North Africa
Brother Tyler & Gretchen has been such a blessing to us at Vision. Be much in prayer for there son Judson. He is scheduled to have surgery on January 14th for his cleft lip. Pray that God would bless the surgery and heal him quickly. Brother Tyler and Gretchen will be leaving heading to Northern Africa to start a new work there by God’s guidance. Right now, they are having a too wait on the Spanish government to approve the filed paper work. As it looks for now, that would be the end of March or first of April. Brother Tyler and Gretchen has a little over 91% of there support raised. While they are waiting on there paper work , pray God would open more doors and have the opportunity to present there ministry and be able to reach 100% of there support raised before heading to North Africa.
A & J B – Missionaries to Northern Africa
Be in prayer for Brother A and J as they will be heading back to Africa February 4th. God has been blessing the PNA ministry through MP3 players and internet. A is also using the internet as a possibility for reaching un-reached people with the gospel. Men and women who have been trained in the P Bible college is there helping and more will be one the way. Pray these missionaries will raise the funds necessary for them to live and work in North Africa. Also pray for the safety of each one as the persecution gets stronger everyday. God is using them in a mighty way reaching people with the gospel that most people think is un-reachable. Pray and see if God would have you to help in PNA reaching the people of North Africa.
Pray that God continues to use each of these missionary families in Africa. There are many trips scheduled through out the year and if you would be interesting in taking a short term trip, let Mark Coffey or David Lundy know. It would be a real blessing to visit our missionaries on the field and the would love to have you.
David Lundy
Africa Director
WEC
Vision Baptist Church
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January 09 2010 | Missions | No Comments »
It is a great privilege and honor for me to work with Pastor Ronald Tubillas. He has been a true friend for many years now. I know of no greater man of God. He is a man of integrity and character. God has been using him for a long time.
My family has known Pastor Ronald for a long time. We watched the Lord grow and mature him into the great man of God that he is today.
This is Pastor Ronald back in Peru as a pastor and Bible College teacher.
Check out Mark Coffey and Ronald Tubillas from way back!
Ronald preaching the gospel on the street and David Gardner as a little boy there listening.
This is one of Ronald’s ministries here today at Trinity Hills Baptist Church in Norcross.
Well Ronald, I wanted to tell you how much that I love and respect you. I wanted to wish you the happiest birthday possible. You have many friends all over the world. You have many friends and family right here in Georgia.
Happy Birthday. Please know that we love you. Feliz Cumpleaños y Que Dios te bendiga grandemente.
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January 08 2010 | Missions | No Comments »
Dear Pastors, Partners, & Praying Friends,
We are so excited to report that because of the Lord’s blessings, your faithful prayers and faithful support it is our desire, by faith, to leave for the field on August 10, 2010. We only need about 36 more supporting churches until we are on our way to preach the Gospel and plant churches in the largest nation on Earth!
We ask that you will be in prayer with us, about the following, as we make our final preparations here in the States:
-My ordination – February 18, 2010
-Natasha’s pregnancy & a healthy new baby – Due June 27, 2010
-We are currently at 60% of our support and we only need about 36 more churches to partner with us financially to reach our final goal by August 2010. If your church does not currently support us, would you prayerfully consider being one of these 36 churches?
Also, we are now raising funds for our “Setup Fund.” There are many specific things that we need to have funds in hand for prior to arriving and once we arrive on the field. We have had several generous donations made but are still in need of the following items to help us relocate and get started (all cost are approximated based on our survey trip):
1) Four Airplane Tickets: $5,600 – Around $1,400 total per person.
2) Rent for a Year: $6,000 – Our rent for the entire year has to be paid up front.
3) Hotel Cost: $420 – We will rent a hotel until we can find an apartment to rent.
4) Visas: $630 – This is $210 per person to get our Visas.
5) Customs: $2,000 – Miscellaneous custom expense.
6) Basic Furniture: $1,500 – Beds, couches, Table, chairs, etc.
7) Visit our website, www.projectchina.org for more items and details!
Feel free to give for these specifically or just a general gift of any amount. Send all gifts to Vision Baptist Missions, P.O. Box 442, Alpharetta, GA 30009 with “Tolson Setup Fund” as the subject. Also, please note if you are giving for a specific expense. All gifts are tax deductible.
We will keep you informed of all items provided for on our website (www.projectchina.org) and in future prayer letters. Everything is underway, and we can’t wait until we are on the field making His Name known!
Thank you for being a part of our team, Project China, with your prayer and financial support!
In Christ,
Mark, Natasha, & Ava Tolson
December in Review
-December was our 12th month on full-time deputation.
-We were able to be in 5 churches.
-We added 3 new supporters!
-We are currently at 60% of our support!
-We drove 2,107.6 miles and were in 4 states: OH, TN, WV, & VA.
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January 06 2010 | Missions and Prayer Requests | No Comments »
5 years ago today several of us made a trip to Boston, Massachusetts to watch Tyler and Gretchen get married. God has wonderfully blessed this sweet couple. He has given them two beautiful children. A ministry to North Africa and raising up funds and workers for the world.
Tyler and Gretchen are members of Vision. They are sent out by our church. They are a tremendous blessing. I want to ask you to join me in wishing them a very Happy Anniversary.
Tyler and Gretchen, we love you very much. We are very proud of you. In all the hurry of the Summit I forgot to wish you a happy anniversary today but that doesn’t mean that we do not love you.
I hope you had a wonderful day and will be able to get away after all of this for some special time together.
Happy Anniversary.
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December 31 2009 | Missions | 1 Comment »
Natasha Tolson is married to Mark and they are missionaries to China from Vision. Natasha got saved here at Vision. She is one of the finest young ladies that I know and I, as her pastor, am very proud of her.
Today is her birthday. If you have not gotten to know her I want you to do so right now.
This is a Natasha’s testimony from their web page:
I was raised in a Christian home and had the opportunity to be in church all of my life. It wasn’t until I was twenty years old that I personally received Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour. I have surrendered my life to be a missionary and follow my husband where ever the Lord leads.
God has given Mark and Natasha a beautiful little girl named Ava Mei. Another is on the way and maybe even more to be raised for the honor and glory of our God.
Natasha, Betty and I along with Vision want to wish you a very Happy Birthday. We love you and are very proud of you!
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December 30 2009 | Missions | No Comments »
Today is Katie Gardner’s birthday. She is our daughter in law and Vision’s missionary to Peru. She and David are serving in Arequipa, Peru. Katie is having a difficult pregnancy because of issues with her thyroid. She heard the baby’s heartbeat yesterday.
I ask you to be praying for her always but especially over the next 7 to 8 months until the baby is born healthy.
Katie has been a tremendous blessing to our family. She has made a wonderful wife for David. She will be a terrific mother. She loves God and wants to see God use her and her family. She has learned Spanish far better than most. She is a joy to be around..
Katie, we love you. We wish you a very Happy Birthday and God’s richest blessings on you.
I want you to know that Mom and I think you are the greatest. We are very proud of you. We thank God for sending you into our family. Thank you for loving our son. Thank you for loving the Lord Jesus more than anything else.
Thank you for learning to adapt to another culture. Thank you for working at learning another language. Thank you for having a good attitude through all of that.
Happy Birthday. We love you very much.
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December 16 2009 | Missions | 2 Comments »
Jason and Lori Holt are our missionaries to Chile. God is using them greatly. We are so very excited about all that God is doing with them.
Today marks 8 years since they got married. God has blessed them with 3 beautiful and wonderful children. They are being greatly used of God in Santiago, Chile.
I want to ask you to pray for Jason and Lori. I want to ask you to keep up with their ministry. You can learn more about them and what God is doing on their web site.
Jason and Lori, we here at Vision Baptist Church wanted you to know how much we love you and thank God for you. We are so grateful that God sent you our way to be members of Vision. We hope you have a very day together as you celebrate what God has done in and through your marriage.
Know that we love you and pray for you every day. We are very proud of you.
God bless
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December 14 2009 | Missions | 2 Comments »
