Below is a letter from Bro. Parker - Bible Methodist Missions General Secretary
Dear Prayer Partners of Bible Methodist Missions: - Aug. 31, 05
I am writing as I sit in the airport, catching my breath from the weekend trip with Missions Board Chairman, Rev. Walter Hedstrom to Mexico to share with the Mexican Nationals in a weekend celebration to honor the Tomes for their many years of faithful ministry. It was a special event with many tears and some laughter as the Bible Methodist people of Mexico said "Dios La Bendiga!" (God Bless You!) to the Tomes.
Just a few hours after arriving home and repacking the extra large
suitcases with all I could cram in them from all the people who want to send things with me to the Philippines, I am on the way on a ministry venture that is exciting and at the same time a bit overwhelming! I am meeting Melvin Adams, from our Great Lakes Conference and Co-Director of Barnabas Ministries, in the airport in Tokyo, Japan. We will then go to Phnom Phen, Cambodia through Bangkok, Thailand. We will be speaking for two 3 day Pastor's conferences there for Vietnamese pastors from the
persecuted, underground church in Viet Nam. The numbers wanting to attend necessitated breaking them into two groups. What an awesome opportunity this is to minister to such worthy brothers from the underground church. Please pray for us that we will be able to impart truth and edification to these dear laborers in the whitened harvestfields of Viet Nam that will send them home strengthened and better grounded in the Word and Work of God!
We will leave there on Sept. 9 with a Vietnamese Church leader
accompanying us for the Philippines. We will visit the new conference center project there on the first weekend and minister in Sunday services in Banaue, and then hurry back to the College campus for the September National Pastor's Conference to be held there Monday night through Thursday. This is a very important event. Please pray that God will use those of us who will be sharing the speaking responsibilities to challenge and strengthen the ministry and personal lives of our faithful pastors in the Philippines!
I am praying that God will call one of our Filipino Bible Methodist
pastors to Viet Nam as a missionary from the Philippines! This has been our desire and focus for some time! It would truly mark the maturity and growth of the Filipino work! The visit of the Vietnamese church leader from Barnabus Ministries to our Philippine National Pastor's Conference will be both beneficial to him and to his fellow laborers in Viet Nam as well as a challenge to their Southeast Asian brothers and sister church in the Philippines!
The day following the end of the Philippine Pastor's Conference our Field Director from the Philippines and I will travel to South Korea to meet with a Church Leader there that is a product of the training and ministry of Dr. Dale Yocum in S. Korea. He has heard of our thriving ministry in the Philippines and came to visit the work this past year. He is excited and anxious to connect his people to what God is doing in the Philippines. They would like to sponsor and support an inner-city church plant in the Philippines. We will be speaking in their churches and visiting with Church Leaders to share the wonderful way God is working in Southeast Asia through Bible Methodist Missions. Please Pray that God will use our ministry there to challenge and bless His church in South Korea also!
I will be returning on Sept. 20 after three weeks of ministry and travel in Southeast Asia. I ask for your prayer support over these next three weeks! Please pray with me also that God will supply the funds for the multitude of challenges and changes that we are responding to at this time! It seems at times that everywhere I look there are needs that are above and beyond the normal supply of funds! I know that you get weary of our incessant appeals! But it seems that God keeps us overwhelmed in our own strength and resources so that we remain totally dependant on His supply of Daily Bread! We need "Manna from Heaven" ! Our weaknesses and
limitations are only opportunities for Him to show Himself STRONG in our behalf!!! Please help us pray about these needs!
I am Depending on your Prayers! I will try to keep you posted over the next 3 busy weeks!
SEEKING HIS KINGDOM FIRST
John D. Parker - Bible Methodist Missions
JPARKER@BMMISSIONS.ORG
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Monday, August 29, 2005
Bro. Roach's Passing
Dear Update Readers,
We just got word this afternoon that Bro. Roach's funeral was held this morning. He was a dear gentleman and has certainly suffered the last months. Last week, when we were in Indiana for Leigh Murray's wedding, I went to the nursing home to visit Bro. Roach. He had been transferred to the hospital so I went there to find him. He was very weak and, at first glance, I didn't even recognize him. He knew me and lifted a one sentence prayer to God to bless my family. I was honored to be with him so recently.
God bless you all. Heaven will be worth it all!
Blake E. Jones
We just got word this afternoon that Bro. Roach's funeral was held this morning. He was a dear gentleman and has certainly suffered the last months. Last week, when we were in Indiana for Leigh Murray's wedding, I went to the nursing home to visit Bro. Roach. He had been transferred to the hospital so I went there to find him. He was very weak and, at first glance, I didn't even recognize him. He knew me and lifted a one sentence prayer to God to bless my family. I was honored to be with him so recently.
God bless you all. Heaven will be worth it all!
Blake E. Jones
Friday, August 26, 2005
Samantha Elisabeth
Report from Tim Keep...
Dear family, friends and faithful supporters,
Here she is!! All 7lbs and 15 ounces of her!
Samantha Elisabeth was born Tuesday the 16th at St.
Luke Hospital in Manila, and now we can truly say that
our quiver is full; seven (two plus five) is a perfect
number! Mom and baby are now home and doing great.
We are very grateful for the visit of my mother,
Grace. She has come to help keep our bodies and souls
together while Becky is resting! Her visit is a huge
blessing and encouragement to all of us! Grandma is
an engaging storyteller and her grandchildren are very
engaged "storytellees"! She makes good cookies, apple
pies, and pepperoni rolls as well, I might add!
On a sad note, "Buddy" (our faithful Golden
Retriever) died a couple of weeks ago. We still don't
know what motivated one of our neighbors to give him
rat poison, but we are quite sure that's what
happened. The boys and their friend Stephen buried
him in the back yard with a cross and his dog bowl as
a grave marker! I told them I wasn't sure that Jesus
died for Buddy, but I'm sure He knew that he was a
good dog!
On the ministry front, we have plenty to be
encouraged about. The Shepherd's Institute (formerly
PBM College) is going well as we have been
experiencing some powerful moves of the Lord on our
campus. The last six weeks have been unusual times of
spiritual revival and it has changed the whole
atmosphere around here! We believe that Madam Castro,
our new school administrator, and this student body
have been handpicked by the Lord. Please keep praying
for them!
There is also some progress on the church planting
front. One new congregation is ready to build, and
two of our tested church planters are currently
scouting for new unreached areas. Please pray that
the Lord will bless them and guide them to towns or
villages of His choosing.
Our Conference Center building project in Illagan
Isabela is well underway. The surrounding walls are
up, the well is dug and a second one is halfway
completed, the road is poured, the twelve foot front
gate as well as the smaller pedestrian gate has been
hung, the foundation for the national home and office
and dormitory is complete, and the beams are being
formed. Thanks for your prayers for David Yucaddi,
Leo Dirilo, Manuel Balido, and myself as we direct
this project. We desire that this facility will be
used for the glory of God alone.
Now, I rarely talk about financial needs in this
news letter, but I feel that I should at least make
you aware of a need and hope for your prayerful
consideration. Many of you have sent funds in past
years and even in the past few months ear-marked as
rice for pastors and as soon as I have gotten these
funds I have distributed where the needs are most
urgent. (As I have said before $20 will provide enough
rice for a pastor's family for one month) But we are
currently in the second month of a country wide crisis
period in the Philippines and our rice barrel is
empty! My heart goes out to some of my brethren here,
especially those in the mountainous regions, who are
suffering some great hardships. Would you please pray
about giving to the Pastor's Benevolence Fund or
Pastor's Rice Fund, and help relieve the burden of
your brothers and sisters during this crisis time?
The Lord will reward you!
On September 12-16 John Parker, Melvin Adams, and
Rick Hutchison will be helping us in our annual
September Shepherd's Conference. Please pray for them
and all who will be speaking during this most
important spiritual event. Our theme is: A Church
Beautified by Holiness.
I'll cut this off for now, but I do want to tell
you once again that our hearts are constantly full of
thanksgiving for your faithful prayers and financial
support. Thanks for being mindful and attentive of
our ministry needs even when your own lives are so
full of challenges and so many needs are clamoring for
your attention.
Your grateful friends,
Tim, Becky, Valerie, Timothy, Jesse, Carolyn Grace,
and Samantha Elisabeth. let's see, am I missing
someone. one, two, three, four, five.!)
Dear family, friends and faithful supporters,
Here she is!! All 7lbs and 15 ounces of her!
Samantha Elisabeth was born Tuesday the 16th at St.
Luke Hospital in Manila, and now we can truly say that
our quiver is full; seven (two plus five) is a perfect
number! Mom and baby are now home and doing great.
We are very grateful for the visit of my mother,
Grace. She has come to help keep our bodies and souls
together while Becky is resting! Her visit is a huge
blessing and encouragement to all of us! Grandma is
an engaging storyteller and her grandchildren are very
engaged "storytellees"! She makes good cookies, apple
pies, and pepperoni rolls as well, I might add!
On a sad note, "Buddy" (our faithful Golden
Retriever) died a couple of weeks ago. We still don't
know what motivated one of our neighbors to give him
rat poison, but we are quite sure that's what
happened. The boys and their friend Stephen buried
him in the back yard with a cross and his dog bowl as
a grave marker! I told them I wasn't sure that Jesus
died for Buddy, but I'm sure He knew that he was a
good dog!
On the ministry front, we have plenty to be
encouraged about. The Shepherd's Institute (formerly
PBM College) is going well as we have been
experiencing some powerful moves of the Lord on our
campus. The last six weeks have been unusual times of
spiritual revival and it has changed the whole
atmosphere around here! We believe that Madam Castro,
our new school administrator, and this student body
have been handpicked by the Lord. Please keep praying
for them!
There is also some progress on the church planting
front. One new congregation is ready to build, and
two of our tested church planters are currently
scouting for new unreached areas. Please pray that
the Lord will bless them and guide them to towns or
villages of His choosing.
Our Conference Center building project in Illagan
Isabela is well underway. The surrounding walls are
up, the well is dug and a second one is halfway
completed, the road is poured, the twelve foot front
gate as well as the smaller pedestrian gate has been
hung, the foundation for the national home and office
and dormitory is complete, and the beams are being
formed. Thanks for your prayers for David Yucaddi,
Leo Dirilo, Manuel Balido, and myself as we direct
this project. We desire that this facility will be
used for the glory of God alone.
Now, I rarely talk about financial needs in this
news letter, but I feel that I should at least make
you aware of a need and hope for your prayerful
consideration. Many of you have sent funds in past
years and even in the past few months ear-marked as
rice for pastors and as soon as I have gotten these
funds I have distributed where the needs are most
urgent. (As I have said before $20 will provide enough
rice for a pastor's family for one month) But we are
currently in the second month of a country wide crisis
period in the Philippines and our rice barrel is
empty! My heart goes out to some of my brethren here,
especially those in the mountainous regions, who are
suffering some great hardships. Would you please pray
about giving to the Pastor's Benevolence Fund or
Pastor's Rice Fund, and help relieve the burden of
your brothers and sisters during this crisis time?
The Lord will reward you!
On September 12-16 John Parker, Melvin Adams, and
Rick Hutchison will be helping us in our annual
September Shepherd's Conference. Please pray for them
and all who will be speaking during this most
important spiritual event. Our theme is: A Church
Beautified by Holiness.
I'll cut this off for now, but I do want to tell
you once again that our hearts are constantly full of
thanksgiving for your faithful prayers and financial
support. Thanks for being mindful and attentive of
our ministry needs even when your own lives are so
full of challenges and so many needs are clamoring for
your attention.
Your grateful friends,
Tim, Becky, Valerie, Timothy, Jesse, Carolyn Grace,
and Samantha Elisabeth. let's see, am I missing
someone. one, two, three, four, five.!)
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