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Volume 4, Number 14
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April 7, 2010
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Greetings!
We are told to go into all the world starting in Jerusalem and out to the ends of the earth. I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you what is happening through a missionary we know in Uganda. On Saturday we had an outreach at the park. Christina got saved! (Just an interesting side note. While editing the Blast I noticed that Christina uses the same letters as Christian with the last two letters swapped.) Please read about the outreach in the BLOG. I've had a number of additional conversations with some Muslims this week. Following that research I wrote a new BLOG entry titled " Jesus Can't Be Just a Prophet". Our next Basic Evangelism Training Seminar is tomorrow night, Thursday, April 8 in Pilot Point. You can register online. I hope to see you there. We have also scheduled a two part seminar at First Baptist Hebron on May 19th and 26th. You can also register for this online. Are you aware that in addition to this mailing list, Bezeugen offers several other mailing lists via constant contact. The other lists are more specialized and are for things like Door to Door Ministry, Seminar Interest, Witnessing Events and planning for the Super Bowl Outreach in Dallas next February. To subscribe to these lists, go to www.bezeugen.org and then go to the "join mailing list" form. Enter your email address and click submit. You'll get an email in a few minutes from Constant Contact. In that email, click the link provided, then you will be taken to a page on constant contact where you can subscribe or unsubscribe from any of the lists offered. |
Uganda Update
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From Missionary Moses
For over a year now we have known of Moses who is a Missionary in Uganda. Through Grace Bible Church in Troutville, VA, my wife and I provide him financial support. In addition, Bezeugen provides tracts to Moses to go and distribute. To date, Moses has been able to use a number of our English tracts like Good News / Bad News that we originally developed for him. However, it is becoming increasingly more important for him to have tracts in the native languages of the area. Therefore we are working on translating the Good News / Bad News and a new tract called God's Way / Man's Way into Swahili and Luganda to be distributed there. Please pray that these translation projects progress to completion so that we can get these tracts over to Uganda. In the meantime, I'd like to share with you the message I received from Moses. Read in his own words about his recent mission trip. Hear in his own words about the great need in Uganda. If after reading this, you feel compelled to be involved your prayer support is appreciated and your financial support is welcome. If you want to help support the work in Uganda directly then please let me know and I will put you in touch with Pastor Steve at Grace Bible Church.
Greetings in Jesus' Name i just returned from the mission field and i thought i would share with you my experience. Well I traveled to a recently new district in the Eastern Part of Uganda. It lies on the slopes of Mt. Elgon on the Uganda-Kenya Boarder. Mt Elgon is the Fourth Highest Mountain In Eastern Africa and is and extinct volcano which erupted more than 24million years ago. Some weeks ago the spirit of God spoke to me about taking the Gospel of truth and salvation in this place and to remind you, this area was terribly hit by heavy rain that brought about a mudslide claiming more than 300 lives of people and others unaccounted. Over 5,000 homes were destroyed, in three villages of Nametsi, Kbehwo and Namashet in Manjiya County, of the same District. Acres of crops, goats, cattle ad chickens were buried under the sea of thick soil. By the time I arrived in this place I was not so much sure of my safety, place to sleep, I was somehow worried about my health because the weather was very bad and above all, how and where the Door to Door Ministry was to begin. Every person who visited these disaster struck areas was expected of something and am talking about items, cloths food, shelter e.t.c. I had Nothing and I became Nervous over what I would say, every where you could here people crying over their Dead ones, others still looking and digging in heavy heaps of muddy for their beloved ones. The place was full of Grief, and the blanket of Unsure Hope filled the air. , How was I to begin, the next day. My first stop was a home who lost almost the entire family, and when I arrived every one looked at me in a strange way (who is he? What brings him here? Does anybody know this Guy? What's he going to say?) Kind of looks. You know naturally I am moved by people who cry...I was greatly troubled in my heart but inside me I heard a voice speaking to me telling me that Moses Wake up! This is the time, I had difficulty in speaking their Language because it was a different tribe and I come from another tribe but Thank God I knew bits and bits of their language. I stood from where I was and I begun Saying, "Times Like these when we ask our selves so many Questions, wonder about what's going to happen next?, where was God and all this happened? And so many other questions. times like these when all hope seems to be Gone forever, No one to comfort you, to tell you the words that will help you heal so quickly, when you think you are all alone and No one seems to understand the way you feel, when you think every person is minding his own. I want to tell you that there is a man who really understands whatever you think, plan, one who cares actually he loves you more than you think about your self; he still loves you so much even when you sin! I came with this man and he is the one who brought me here. I come from Kampala City which is the Main Capital of the Country, that's how far I came here to say these words to you. I have no relative here, neither a friend I came to visit but I just came with this man in this area to share something that's very vital in your life today. I would have been home by now I wouldn't risk traveling this whole Journey not even minding about the weather but this man brought me here and I am with him. His Name if Jesus Christ the true Son of The Living God!" as soon as I said that, the whole place was so silent actually I realized that even the people who were around me by the time Began speaking had distanced them selves away from me. I won't write everything that Happened but I am so thankful that when I said is there someone who wants to give his life to this Man Called Jesus? He can be your insurance because you can't tell which mountain is sliding tomorrow, you never know if you will be the Next or you won't ever hear these words again the time is now. I was filled with Joy when people began to approach me saying I want to accept this man. That only fueled me for the rest of my days and it was a sign and an assurance that God himself had sent me. The only Trouble I had was I never had Bibles to give out. The rest of the days got simpler and simpler, I was joined with other Christian brothers and sisters n The Lord and we walked around hiking from hill to hill taking Gods Delivering, saving and Healing Message around several villages and Communities. Lives of people were Blessed, Hope was revived, we prayed for the Sick, I was always tired by the time I went to bed. All the days I spent on mission God was so merciful and I was able to be connected to one of the Local pastors in that area and that's where I was sleeping. His church was destroyed that Night when the Rain begun. The Mudslides found some people praying in the Church and buried them including his wife and a 12 year old Daughter. 3 people were praying from outside who saw a rolling Rock from the mountain and just ran away. The rock hit the church followed by the running water mixed with Mud. I encouraged the pastor and on Sunday, I gathered other believers and we held the service under a Mango Tree. I shared with them a message from psalms 27 and also Jeremiah 29:11. I am Grateful to God for what he did out there and I would wish that you include the people in that area in your prayers. They really Need Gods Grace and Mercy. There was fear that perhaps a disease might break out but I know it won't happen. May God bless you so much. In his service and a true Brother in Faith, Moses |
As You Go |
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Day by Day in the BLOG
Through the month of March, I documented the distribution of one tract from the Bezeugen Tract Club each day. It is my prayer that this chronicle will encourage and inspire you to do the same. Now that March is over, I'll continue to update the blog, but probably not every single day to include easy ways to hand out tracts "As You Go." I recently posted an entry that Nita sent me with an easy way to hand out some tracts. Please share your ideas too. I'll add them to the blog. I look forward to hearing from you.
Please read the articles in the BLOG.
I also encourage you to use the comment feature of the BLOG to tell me what you think of the way I handed out the days tract as well as how you handed out a tract today!
If you need tracts to distribute, then please enroll in the Bezeugen Tract Club.
| Door to Door | | Update! I have had contact with several more people that are planning to start door to door ministries soon in their local communities. Please be praying for these people as they make plans to share the good news in their communities.
Since I started going door to door, I've added DVD resources to my arsenal. I am waiting for my case of "Joseph Smith vs The Bible" DVDs to arrive. When they get here, I am mailing a copy of it to each of the Mormons I have met going door to door. In addition, I have sent copies of "Why Christianity?" to the Buddhists and Hindu's that I have met. Please pray that these DVDs will get watched and prompt these people to consider where they will spend eternity if what they believe it wrong. Bezeugen is Allied with Living Waters Ambassadors Alliance. Therefore, if you'd like to be included in the map, then please watch Hell's Best Kept Secret and True and False Conversions and then email me telling me you agree with those teachings and that you'd like to be added to the door to door map. If you have attended the Living Waters Ambassadors Academy then you have already agreed to this teaching. |
Bezeugen Tract Club
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The April Tracts are in the mail We apologize that some of you are reporting that you have not yet received the April mailing of the Bezeugen Tract Club. In order to be good stewards of the resources that God has entrusted to us, we have switched to bulk mail. Realizing that this would take longer than first class mail, we mailed these tracts on March 18th. As of April 1, many members were reporting that the tracts had not yet arrived. Please bear with us as we get adjusted to the longer mailing times. Be assured your April tracts are in the mail. We plan to mail the May tracts by Monday, April 12th so we are hopeful that they will arrive by May 1st. Need more tracts? The tracts shipped in the Bezeugen Tract Club typically are either designed by our ministry and printed for a particular monthly mailing, or printed from tracts already designed by One Million Tracts. In either case, we order in bulk and generally have enough to cover the mailing plus some additional. If you need additional tracts please feel free to contact me. If we have additional tracts available, we may be able to provide some to you. If there is enough demand for tracts we made then we will consider printing additional copies. If on the other hand, you are interested in a bulk order of your own then let me know and I can put you in touch with One Million Tracts to print additional tracts for your own use. Of course, you might check the One Million Tracts web site. If it is a tract that they stock, then you could order additional copies of the tracts from them.
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We appreciate your prayers
- Pray for a tract club member who has been hospitalized with a bowel obstruction. Wisdom for doctors and complete and quick healing.
- Praise for outreach to the community the Saturday of Easter weekend, April 3
- Pray for preparation for Fourth of July outreach in The Colony, TX.
- Development of new Gospel tracts.
- Upcoming training on April 3rd, 7th and 8th.
- Pray for the names of people that we have witnessed to that they may receive eternal life through repentance and faith in Jesus.
- Pray for those in our ministry who are attending Ambassador Academy in the next few months
- Please pray for Moses in Uganda as he continues to take mission trips and share the Gospel. The tracts we sent in June have arrived in Uganda. Read the latest Grace Bible Church monthly newsletter to hear how they were used.
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Thank you for your support and partnership in the Gospel. Your prayers are appreciated.
Please use the link at the bottom of this email to forward this email to your friends and ask them to subscribe to the Bezeugen Blast!
God Bless,
Carl Kalbfleisch
Bezeugen Ministries
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Witnessing Events and Calendar |
We now have a separate mailing list for the complete list of witnessing events. If you are interested in receiving this email with the complete list of events so that you can participate in the events or provide prayer support, then please send me an email and I will add you to that distribution. A partial list of witnessing events is provided here. In addition, there is now an events calendar on the website. Monday's and Thursday's at lunch: witnessing at Valley View Mall, Galleria Mall, Gravevine Mills Mall, Irving Mallor Brookhaven College. If you would like to join us, please contact me for the specific location and time for a given day.
April 6-11, The Masters Golf Tournamentin Augusta, GA with Sports Fans Outreach International Thursday, April 8, witnessing at the Galleria Mall in Dallas from 11:30-1PM.
Thursday, April 8, Evangelism Training in Pilot Point, TX. Enroll online.
Monday, April 12, witnessing at Brookhaven College in Dallas from 11:30-1PM Thursday, April 15, witnessing at Grapevine Mills Mall from 11:30-1PM. April 17 - Witnessing at the St Louis Arch. Monday, April 19, witnessing at the West End train station in Dallas from 11:30-1PM Thursday, April 22, witnessing at the Galleria Mall in Dallas from 11:30-1PM Monday, April 26, witnessing at Brookhaven College in Dallas from 11:30-1PM Thursday, April, 29, witnessing at Grapevine Mills Mall from 11:30 to 1PM May 14-15, Psalm 119 conference in Keller, TX May 15, The Five Hundred in Dallas / Fort Worth May 19th - Evangelism Training part 1 at First Baptist Hebron in Carrollton May 22, Second Bezeugen Ministries outreach in the park with First Baptist Hebron. May 22, possible witnessing event at the Jimmy Buffet concert in Frisco, TX May 23, Preaching at Empowerment Christian Center in Farmers Branch, TX May 26th - Evangelism Training part 2 at First Baptist Hebron in
Carrollton June 2-6, Evangelism Retreat and training in Rapid City, South Dakota near Mount Rushmore. Events will include open air preaching to the Presidents! Hosted by Aaron Knudson. We appreciate your prayers. Please come join us!! Need more witnessing opportunities in the Dallas / Fort Worth area? Check The Lost Cause Ministries BLOG. | |
Memory Verse
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
Acts 1:8
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