Luke Mann's Opportunity

I recently received a letter from one of our students about a summer missions opportunity. Here's Luke Mann's letter.

"Dear FCC,

Well, I'm back at Emmaus finishing up a Bachelor's degree in Biblical studies. Also this year, I am attending Northeast Iowa Community College for an Asociate of Arts in Business. This is the first year of a cooperative effort between the two colleges. It's a bit more work commuting and such, but ultimately, I think it will be worth it.

This summer, I have an opportunity to go to Ireland fo ra missions trip. I would be arriving May 19th and returning June 12th. We will meet at an estate on the coast and complete 3-4 days of training. Then, we will break up into teams of 8 and spend 14 plus days in different cities doing door-to-door witnessing, street evangelism, kid's clubs, and work with the local assemblies. The last few days are going to be spent touring a few famous spots around Dublin.

Please consider teaming with me through the support of both prayer and finances. Please pray that the hearts of the Irish people we come into contact with will be malleable, pray that as a team we will have unity, and that as individuals we will have the necessary courage. The cost of the trip will be around $1400 plus the cost of a plane ticket. If you want to help financially, checks can be made out to me and mailed to:

Luke Mann
c/0 Emmaus Bible College
2570 Asbury Road
Dubuque, IA 52201

Funds must be postmarked by April 19th at the lates. Thanks so much for your support in this adventure with the Gospel!

Sincerely,

Luke Mann"

Luke if you are reading this--we expect a few pictures!! :)

God continues to give us mission opportunities. Don't forget that the deadline for registration for the Chilton Builders trip to Carlinville, is March 30. The deadline for the June trip to El Salvador is April 6. There are more details in my previous blog.

For the Kingdom!

Pastor Mike

Comings and Goings

It seems like someone is either coming or going...actually it is more correct to say someone is coming and someone is going...

They New Orleans team came back this past Friday/Saturday and they had a great trip...Karen Ward returns from El Salvador tomorrow (March 14)...our students left for a spring break mission trip this week...everybody is coming and going! I love it! Our next two scheduled church mission trips are:

• El Salvador - June 3-10. We will be doing a church-wide retreat/revival as well as evangelism in the community and building relationships with our church partners in Antiguo Cuscatlan....April 6 is the deadline for signing up for this trip. The approximate cost of this trip is $1000 and we will begin training in April. Please let me know ASAP if you are interested. So far we have 4 or 5 who have expressed going.
• Chilton Baptist Builders - June 15-20. We will be going to Carlinville, Illinois to work with the Baptist church there...folks from all over the country join this group and there could be as many as 100 raise this church building! By the way...this is Alana Beasley's mom's church! They would like to have the $100 registration fee by March 30! I have copies of the application in the office.

There is a chance that Rolando and Alexandra from El Salvador will be here in April to visit us! I've very excited and will keep you posted!

Please be praying for our Easter service and for our John 3:16 emphasis...that God will draw more souls into the Kingdom...

For the Kingdom!

Pastor Mike

New Orleans, El Salvador, John 3:16

As always, there is a lot going on in the way of missions this week...

• New Orleans. We have a team of 15 down in New Orleans helping rebuild FBC, Chalmette from the Katrina disaster...isn't amazing how long ago Katrina hit, yet the work continues. It takes commitment to see the job done, and it is my hope that we can stay with Chalmette, until the building is done...then we can plan some outreach trips for the church. I talked with the project coordinator down there and our team has been painting beds, running electrical and plumbing, finishing some siding up high, and putting some finishing touches on the church's annex. They are working hard! Please remember to pray for them this week.

• El Salvador. Karen Ward is in El Salvador and will return March 14. This will be an extremely difficult trip for Karen as she will be packing up her things and saying 'see you later' to our brothers and sisters in Christ in El Salvador. Her official missionary position is closing there because of family obligations, but her ministry through our church and even with El Salvador will continue...and our partnership with Antiguo Cuscatlan is continuing...our next trip is scheduled for June 3-10. If you are interested in going please let me know. Take some extra time this week to pray for Karen Ward please.

• John 3:16. I'm excited about spending 4 weeks beginning on Easter to share the good news about the most famous verse in the Bible. We will start off the empasis with a special prayer service on 3.16 (March 16), we will have evangelistic booklets for our friends, invitations for Easter, and have over 24 to 36 testimonies shared those four weeks in 8:00 worship, 10:30 worship, youth Sunday School, and in children's church. I am really excited to hear many of our folks how Christ has changed their lives. Please start praying for this outreach emphasis...I'll be sharing more later.

For the Kingdom!

Pastor Mike