Dear friends and family,
September was a very busy and fruitful month for us. Natalie had her hands full with doing all the accounting for JFA, being a full-time Mom and teacher to 2 homeschoolers, and keeping things running while I'm out traveling the globe. I want to publicly thank her and confess my deep appreciation for her. Oh, also, and I love her a lot! God has made us a team in His service and I praise His name for such a Godly wife to keep me in line!
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| Natalie and Mary Ann on a "girl's day out" for Mary Ann's 9th birthday. |
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I have been traveling in Asia the entire month of September. Here's a brief rundown of what happened:
ASI: North Asia Pacific Division
First stop was the ASI convention for the Northern Asia Pacific Division in Korea. There our HCBN team from the Philippines recorded the powerful sermons on video. What a blessing it was, with some incredibly powerful speakers including Pr. Jeffrey Mbwana (Gengeral Conference Vice President), Pastor/Ambassador H.E. Bienvenido Tejano (Ambassador of the Philippines), and David Gates. The Holy Spirit really moved and attendance was good, with representatives from Korea, Japan, China and Mongolia! You can watch these sermons on my YouTube Channel, youtube.com/user/DOCUwood.
The outcome of getting to know Pr. Mbwana for us is that we may be having a FaithCamp in Tanzania next April, coordinated by Pr. Mbwana. JFA = Jesus for Africa? :)
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| Pastor Jeffrey Mbwana delivered a powerful and inspiring message! |
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FaithCamp Philippines
After Korea we travelled to the Philippines where we held a FaithCamp in the West Visayan Conference and all the pastors were required to attend! (last year the pastors were banned from attending and we had to hold the meetings in a non-denominational venue). What a powerful time that was! It was held in a new building with no walls so we felt nature all around us. The weather was beautiful except for the bugs that were attracted to the lights from the surrounding rice fields! They got in the hair and ears of whoever was speaking in the evenings! But what an inspiration to have spiritual meetings surrounded by God's nature.
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| Here's the building we met in for 4 days, before everyone came. It was beautiful! |
They have requested us to return and hold these meetings for the next 5 years running! The pastors were amazed to find out we don't receive regular salaries but rather work by faith alone. There was great relief on their part when they learned how we handle tithe. There were many rumors going around about David and he was able to explain and answer many questions in a special meeting with the pastors. We enjoyed great unity of faith and spirit after these things were cleared up.
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| Here David is battling the storm of bugs. It was recorded on video also, by the HCBN team in the Philippines. The videos are available on HCBN.org. |
Several people told me that "the Philippines is being infected by FaithCamp." Meaning the laity are awakening to their priveleges of sharing the Gospel by Faith! I met one man who attended in 2009 and was inspired to reach out to a previously unreached area of the island of Mindoro. He is doing this purely by faith and his own initiative. In this new area he made contact with a completely unreached tribe up in the hills. He found a teacher willing to go and if he just had a small monthly stipend he could send him there. I didn't have any money on me at the time so I asked David if I could borrow some from him. He gave everything in his pocket (about $200 of mixed currency) and that will carry provide for that teacher through December! I tried t pay him back later but he refused. It's such a privilege to work with men whose hearts are totally committed to God.
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Here we are in the late afternoon sun. It got warm but it was so beautiful! |
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This is an amazing story! Stephen Dickie is in the center and to his left is a young Muslim lady, daughter of a chieftan over many chieftans. She is a believer like me and you and is dedicating her life to helping her people, who are very poor and uneducated Muslims in Mindanoa. The man on the right is an SDA Pastor who has befriended her and broaght her to Christ and to FaithCamp for a testimony. Many Christians there do not like Muslims but the Lord is breaking down the barriers. Would you like to help? |
I was also priviledged to meet a real Seventh-day Adventist Muslim. She is what they used to call a princess of her tribe but she has gotten a degree is social work and is working to help her own people who are very poor and uneducated. What a privilege it was to stand beside someone from such a different background but sense the same spirit and unity of faith.
Praise the Lord!
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| This FaithCamp was given an official Conference title! |
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| Here's the West Visayan Conference President, Pastor Ephraim M. Jucaban. |
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FaithCamp Indonesia
Since there was a bit of an overlap of the Philippines and Indonesia meetings, Stephen Dickie and I travelled on to Indonesia on Thursday the 15th. We awoke at 4am and arrived at midnight. Friday we opened FaithCamp and I preached 3 sermons, a record for me. David and Boyz arrived Friday night. The church there at Malang, Indonesia, was open and seeking and the Holy Spirit was poured out in revival power! What a fantastic time it was, with many people making commitments to full time service in mission. At the end of the meetings there were 294 people still in attendance. HCBN:Indonesia was started at our first FaithCamp in Indonesia last January, and their team tirelessly recorded this beautiful event. These videos should be up soon at HCBN-Indonesia.org. In the meantime you can view the sermons from last January's FaithCamp.
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| What beautiful music and worship we enjoyed together. Such talent for God! |
We then flew to Jakarta where we had a HCBN-Indonesia board meeting to help re-organize that wonderful ministry that was started at FaithCamp last January. They are broadcasting 24/7 to all of Indonesia and beyond.
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| This is the footprint that the HCBN:Indonesia satellite covers! |
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FaithCamp Malaysia
Then we went on to Malyasia - Kota Kinabalu to be specific. The beautiful church and church group there warmly received us and the Holy Spirit was poured out in great measure there. The end of those meetings saw a brand new broadcast ministry begin - HCBN-Malaysia! Over 50 people volunteered to help with this new outreach effort.
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| This is the beautiful brand-new church we held FaithCamp in! |
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| This is early morning worship on Sabbath. The 11:00 service was standing-room only. |
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| These are your Malaysian brothers and sisters singing "Faith Is The Victory!" |
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| Dedicating themselves to the Service of the King! |
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| Over 50 people volunteered to help with HCBN-Malaysia! This is their first meeting after the evening sermon - this is like 10pm! |
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| Our Malyasian Family Photo. |
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Thailand, then Home
I was then able to go and visit Thailand and our dear friends the Venns for a few hours before beginning the process of travel home. It took 57 hours to get home, with a complex flight sequence through Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Chicago, Charlotte, and finally Chattanooga.
Please pray for the Lord to bring the FaithCamp message to all believers so that workers will be sent into the field, for the harvest truly is ripe!
Please continue to hold up in prayer and support the Bible Workers, the new Orphanage Home, the JFA Evening Schools, and all the missionaries and workers on the front lines.
God bless,
Jon Wood
Jesus for Asia
MissionTV
FaithCamp
Let the gospel message ring through our churches, summoning them to universal action. Let the members of the church have increased faith, gaining zeal from their unseen, heavenly allies, from a knowledge of their exhaustless resources, from the greatness of the enterprise in which they are engaged, and from the power of their Leader. Those who place themselves under God's control, to be led and guided by Him, will catch the steady tread of the events ordained by Him to take place. Inspired with the Spirit of Him who gave His life for the life of the world, they will no longer stand still in impotency, pointing to what they cannot do. Putting on the armor of heaven, they will go forth to the warfare, willing to do and dare for God, knowing that His omnipotence will supply their need. {7T 14.2}
