Christ Made Ministries exists to glorify God through clear, concise, and confident Gospel proclamations to people of all nations, tribes, and languages while training, equipping, and building up the body of Christ.
Evangelizing & Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
A few days ago a long time viewer came onto my live-stream and started blasting me with 100’s of questions. He brought in many friends to do the same thing. I am still unsure why he decided to come in and cause chaos. However, we spoke firmly and preached the gospel throughout the entire session.
Though the original streaming session was an hour and a half – here is a three minute version of the whole thing :
The school a friend of mine teaches at recently changed their curriculum. In order to save the material from going to waste, my friend loaded her car and asked if I knew anyone who wanted anything.
Our homeschool group tucked in and were so blessed by all that they received. I was even able to connect with several families outside of our group and bless them as well.
It’s so much better to share and bless others!
We finished kindergarten in May! We had a lot of fun celebrating as a family and with our homeschool group.
At her request, we jumped right into 1st grade mid-June. We have been moving at our “summer” pace but are getting adjusted to our new curriculum!
It has been a really difficult Summer on the financial frontlines of Ministry.
We started out needing to raise $500 in monthly partnerships to keep the budget met and work paid for. We shared with you guys that we would need to start reaching out and asking again. It’s never easy asking.
We have set down with about ten people this Summer.
We love each person we have set down with and rejoice that they were willing to have the meeting. However, nine of those meetings lead to an answer we weren’t praying for. “Not now”. We praise God that nobody was saying no.
We get it. We really do.
Now is not a good time for many.
But, I wanna share with you some financial progress that we can rejoice over.
Recently, we were able to acquire a new partner.
He has committed to help us with $100 monthly.
This brings us down to $400/500 in monthly needed.
What a huge blessing!
Statistically, though… our bating average of 1/10 is not impressive.
Fundraising is tough work. All the books say it should be different. (5/10)
But, again we know times are tough and understand.
I have something to ask of you.
It’s not financial support. (Unless God leads you this direction)
Its to take time to pray earnestly for our family.
Would you seek God to put the right people in our path?
Would you ask Him to help us raise 100% of the amount needed?
It’s only God that can make this happen and we know he can do it.
We also want to invite you into celebrating with us as He does it.
I believe that the next ten people he places in our path the results will be different. I believe that God is growing us in our dependence and faithfulness.
If you have any questions about the work we are doing and the ministry we are about. Please ask. I would love to share with you ways to be committed in prayer for our family.
Blessings,
Jay M.
This Summer we have been training some missionaries on how to go door to door and get to know their neighbors. God has used this opportunity to kick-start a Summer Reading Club. This week they are engaged in the complex leading the reading club.
Please remember them in your prayers.
The first day was a huge success with 28 kids from the complex.
We have been starting to advertise the opportunity for discipleship more on Youtube. I am actively looking across the web in gaming spaces for ways to disciple others. Please Pray that God will give us the opportunity to make many disciples globally.
Today we gathered with four Summer Missionaries and talked through community surveying , door knocking, and the ways God can use them this Summer. Pray that they feel encouraged, equipped, and empowered to Go. Also, thank you team for sponsoring our work to make this ministry possible. We could not do this full time without your gifts. We are in need to raise $400 in monthly partnerships. Would you consider partnering with us to continue the impact?
Incredible Stuff going on locally. One guy on the team is strategically looking for a specific people group to engage with the gospel. Planning to spend some time training this guy.
Ro returned home earlier this evening after spending a few days in the hospital.
While there, she had an MRI done and the results weren’t good.
Because of the size of the brain tumor, radiation is no longer an option. To add to it, she can’t walk anymore.
In a conversation in early spring, she told me she is just waiting to die.
Please pray for her. She needs physical healing, but more so, she needs eternal salvation. She has had the Gospel shared with her multiple times. Pray that she takes it seriously and gives her life to God through Jesus before it’s too late.
Pray for her family as they wrestle with their oldest child being in pain and the realization that she is dying while also caring for their younger 2 children.
Pray for us and the others who minister to Ro and her family. Pray for perseverance, boldness, and abundant compassion. Pray for all of our emotional health as she has come to mean so much to each of us.
Since coming home from a weekend visiting family in Tennessee, we wanted to share a few prayer requests with you regarding housing.
The day we got home, we heard what sounded like gun shots from a semi-automatic weapon at 4:15 in the afternoon. This is becoming more regular, both in the time of day and sound of gunfire.
In addition to safety in that regard, we have known that our apartment has a mold problem and that our air vents are very dirty. The complex has been resistant to fixing these issues in the past, so Jay took a day off from work to care for our home. He has cleaned the vents and is working on clearing out water build-up in the inside of the AC unit.
Please pray for our emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical health.
We are actively looking for a house to rent. Please pray for us to find one that keeps us close to our ministry areas and fits our budget.
Speaking of budget, pray that God would guide us to people who will partner with us monthly. We have waited as long as we believe we can to focus on support raising, but we really need to get to a healthier place financially so that we can move and be healthier mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically in order to be the best servants we can be in the work God has for us.
