INTRODUCTION
Joy of Harvest is the name
that HMong Outreach Ministries is pursuing for the non-profit organization
status. It will also be a part of the name
for our newsletter. This is a wonderful
name to reflect the mission image in the Bible and our passion for reaching the
lost. Please join us in prayers to make
it a reality this year.
CHINA
PROJECTS
These final weeks of preparation
for our China trip
have been a blessing beyond our anticipation.
Through our monthly newsletters and Christmas letter that we sent
throughout the country, many have shown interests in supporting our projects in
China. Besides individuals, we have congregations
expressing interests as well. The
question has been, “How can we contribute to this ministry?” It has been a great joy for us to see the
level of interest that these projects have generated.
Please pray that we will be able to raise the necessary funds to make
this trip possible. Our tentative
itinerary from China
is a tightly packed ten days schedule.
Once again, the purpose of this trip is to evaluate and explore ministry
possibilities. We will be visiting the
sites of our water projects to see the progress and or their completion. Another important part of the trip is to help
evaluate and implement leadership/pastoral training. A significant part of this trip will be
exploring ministry possibilities in areas that the Gospel has not been
penetrated in any significant way.
One of our goals with our China
project is that it will create the passion for mission among many of us here in
the United States of America
beginning right where we are, where God has called us to be. Of course, the possibilities and potentials
of what God can do in China
is beyond our comprehension. The impact
that ministry can have in China
is multiplied not by a few hundreds but millions.
An
old water channel-one of our water projects area.
LIGHT OF LIFE
RADIO PROGRAM
Pastor
Kou & Maykou recording Light of Life
Our mission is to share the
saving Good News of Jesus Christ across the world wherever there is a HMong
community. The Lord continues to
bless this part of our ministries in ways that only the Christian faith can understand. One example among many, Maykou spent a
Saturday morning at the Merced open
market sharing the good news of Jesus to many.
As a part of the tools for reaching out to many that are not yet
Christians are copies of our radio program.
It was such a joy for Maykou to spend a whole morning witnessing to many
folks. One of the highlights has to do
with a mother sharing how her daughter has learned so much from just listening
to the Lord’s Prayer. She mentioned that
it was such a good way to learn how to pray (The disciples did ask Jesus how to
pray). Out of the prayer, she learned
that we are to forgive others, our enemies as well. This is coming from a teenager. All we can say is WOW! WOW! WOW! PRAISE THE LORD!
The blessings for this radio ministry
continue by way of a $2000 check from Bethlehem
Lutheran Church
in St. Paul, Minnesota
to help cover the cost of broadcasting our program in the Minneapolis-St. Paul
area. A generous gift received last year
has made it possible for us to expand our broadcast and purchased some
necessary equipment so that our recording is the best of possible quality. As many of you know, the cost of producing a
weekly program can deplete our limited fund quickly. More resources are needed to continue our
mission of Light of Life.
LEADERSHIP TRAINING
We have successfully launched our
two-year leadership program. There were
12 all together at the first session.
Our current leadership pool stretches from Visalia
to Sacramento. Unfortunately, some of the leaders were not
able to come due to work schedule conflict.
We are seeking a make-up session for these leaders so that they can
catch up and join the rest of the leaders on the next session. The excitement truly filled the room at the
first session. One of the benefits of
having leaders meet together is the learning and sharing that take place among
each other. We explored the concept of
Christian confessions—what does it mean to be a Christian? In this first session, much attention was
devoted to the whole idea that the entire Bible is really a confession of
faith. The next session, we will
continue to explore the chief articles of the Christian faith.
The
very first leadership training - St. Paul-Merced, CA
PLANS FOR NEW MINISTRY STARTS
Besides continuing to grow our
current ministries in Merced and Sacramento,
the goal for 2006 is to start three new ministries in California:
Fresno, Stockton,
and San Jose. Initial visits have been made to these
cities. Potential leaders have been
identified. The next few months will be
critical in terms of preparing for the next steps in bringing these ministry
starts into realities.
THE AIRPLANE SEARCH CONTINUES
Our search for an airplane or the
usage of an airplane continues—we have pilots stepping up to help with flying
along with Pastor Kou so that the workload of flying can be minimized. Now we just need an airplane to cover the
vast area of our ministries in the West Coast.
BREAKING
NEWS...25% of the gifts to honor the 110th Celebration of
St. Peter Lutheran Church-Indianapolis, Indiana will be
directed to our HMong Outreach!!!
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