What a wonderful God we serve. Just when you think you've seen it all, He does something even greater.
So what's up? Well, as I write I am catching my breath from three consecutive weeks working with incoming mission teams. The first brought 107 persons to work at eleven Navajo sites. The next week, beside World Changers in Gallup, we had the long awaited team working at Nahodishgish. And finally, we had the team from First Southern Baptist, Hutchinson, Kansas, working with Bro. Aaron Jim at Tohatchi. Add to these the teams working with Bro. Mark Chandler at 1st Indian in Gallup or Jack Foster at Wingate, and you can see there has been a lot going on. And summer's just begun.
I have yet to receive complete reports on these projects, other than that some great ministry was done in the name of Christ. I cannot wait to bear testimony to it all as reports come in.
But I can report on the work at Nahodishgish. I've shared in previous posts how God has been moving there. This is a community hungry for the gospel. Well, I worked closely with the team from Trinity Baptist Church, Dayton, Texas, ministering there last week. By the end of the week 28 persons came to faith in Jesus Christ! And better yet, we have an open door for a new church start - an answer to our prayers.
The independent group holding the lease on the church building there restarted their work three weeks prior to our arrival, but last Sunday no one showed up to lead worship. I've offered their missionary my support and promised to do nothing that might interfere with his work. But he admits that some of his parishioners will not accept those reached through our efforts (let's just say that there are various "clan issues").
In meeting with some of the Navajo at Nahodishgish, we decided that we would have our worship on Sunday evenings. Besides avoiding any conflict with my independent brothers and sisters, this will preserve my availability on Sunday mornings for the 24 other churches I serve. I hope to involve a couple of families from my home church, First Baptist, Grants, to assist. Anyway, a Navajo community that four weeks ago lacked any gospel witness now has two. It just keeps getting better.
Please pray for the new work at Nahodishgish, that God would mold them together as a church family. Pray that our Lord would grant me wisdom as I work with them. And pray that He would raise up a leader to whom I can pass primary responsibility in due time. And continue your prayers for the various ministries going on in Western New Mexico through the remainder of the summer. Your prayers really do make a difference.
To His Glory!
Bro. Jim
So what's up? Well, as I write I am catching my breath from three consecutive weeks working with incoming mission teams. The first brought 107 persons to work at eleven Navajo sites. The next week, beside World Changers in Gallup, we had the long awaited team working at Nahodishgish. And finally, we had the team from First Southern Baptist, Hutchinson, Kansas, working with Bro. Aaron Jim at Tohatchi. Add to these the teams working with Bro. Mark Chandler at 1st Indian in Gallup or Jack Foster at Wingate, and you can see there has been a lot going on. And summer's just begun.
I have yet to receive complete reports on these projects, other than that some great ministry was done in the name of Christ. I cannot wait to bear testimony to it all as reports come in.
But I can report on the work at Nahodishgish. I've shared in previous posts how God has been moving there. This is a community hungry for the gospel. Well, I worked closely with the team from Trinity Baptist Church, Dayton, Texas, ministering there last week. By the end of the week 28 persons came to faith in Jesus Christ! And better yet, we have an open door for a new church start - an answer to our prayers.
The independent group holding the lease on the church building there restarted their work three weeks prior to our arrival, but last Sunday no one showed up to lead worship. I've offered their missionary my support and promised to do nothing that might interfere with his work. But he admits that some of his parishioners will not accept those reached through our efforts (let's just say that there are various "clan issues").
In meeting with some of the Navajo at Nahodishgish, we decided that we would have our worship on Sunday evenings. Besides avoiding any conflict with my independent brothers and sisters, this will preserve my availability on Sunday mornings for the 24 other churches I serve. I hope to involve a couple of families from my home church, First Baptist, Grants, to assist. Anyway, a Navajo community that four weeks ago lacked any gospel witness now has two. It just keeps getting better.
Please pray for the new work at Nahodishgish, that God would mold them together as a church family. Pray that our Lord would grant me wisdom as I work with them. And pray that He would raise up a leader to whom I can pass primary responsibility in due time. And continue your prayers for the various ministries going on in Western New Mexico through the remainder of the summer. Your prayers really do make a difference.
To His Glory!
Bro. Jim
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