“Expect Great Things From God…Attempt Great Things For God”.

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The father of modern missions William Carey said these famous words (above), he was an unlikely candidate compared to the likes of Adoniram Judson. But God is never interested in what we bring to the table; because He is the One Who does all the work in and through His vessels. He is the Lord of the Harvest, He said HE will build His church, He is the supplier, He gives us the words to speak and the power to be bold when we speak, every facet of ministry and reaching the lost is done through His mighty hands…it is a privilege to be His vessel and be used by Him.

We in and of ourselves are nothing “special”, but we serve a God Who IS faithful, powerful, and worthy to be served. We have many expectations from God throughout our lives, and we know God desires for us to walk by faith. So with that in mind, and with trying to figure out how to practically live out our expectation that God will answer our (and your) prayer(s) and allow us to leave for PNG by January. We have begun to gather our possessions, make some “big” purchases, and started the paperwork process to enter into the field of PNG. We bought our first bed! That is exciting; God provided lots of work for both of us this summer. We have begun to stage our possessions at our home church in PGH, and we are enjoying filling out the paperwork to get into the country. 🙂

This past weekend was very encouraging for us, we had another opportunity to share at a new church, the moment we walked in we were immediately greeted and the Pastor was already talking about partnering with us. If any of you have ever raised support or know of someone who has, that is a BIG thing. The remainder of our time there we felt at home, the church was not big in numbers but their heart was BIG. The congregation asked question after question, took many prayer cards, and seemed very interested in God’s ministry through us in PNG.

Seth has been back in the country for only a couple of weeks and we have already had several churches very interested in partnering with us, praise God! Continue to pray we would get more God ordained meetings; this past Sunday’s meeting came through friends who advocated to their pastor on our behalf, and that has been a pretty consistent pattern. Most of our support has come through people advocating for us, whether to a pastor at a church or a small group, this is where we have seen the most fruit in regards to financial partners. Please pray to our Lord and ask Him if you have any connections (churches or small groups) in which you could connect us with, be our advocate! Every connection leads to a potential partner that enables us to get to that required 75% (currently at 45.5%) before we are permitted to leave for PNG, and get the Gospel into the hands of a people who have NEVER heard of their Creator.

Let us finish this blog with a quote from a famous author A.W. Tozer,

““Where there is no such expectation, there is no true belief in God.”
So often when we pray, we don’t expect God to answer – and this inhibits us from stepping out in faith and “attempting great things for God.””

Tendi-Seth’s Buddy