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GoodInternational NewsMessengers Fall 2012 How beautiful are the feet of those who bring Good News. Romans 10:15 INSIDE Darwin Anderson Risk Management ................. 2 It is God’s Ministry ................. 3 God’s Hand in Egypt ............... 3 Messy Stalls Chosen Vessels ................... 5 For the Sake of My Grandchildren .... 6 Appeal for a Verdict! ............... 7 Three Life Passions ................ 7 A World of Parenting ............... 8 Where there are no oxen, the confidence, personal ownership Father’s Heart Ministries ............ 8 Seeing God at Work ............... 9 manger is clean, but abundant of ministry/success, insecurity, The Most Unforgettable Haircut .... 10 crops come by the strength of the haunting soul damage from the past, Mobilizing Uganda ............... 11 ox. Proverbs 14:4 the internet, regrets, comparison, Life’s Not Fair .................... 12 discouragement, wrong lessons Abundant crops require messy Mopping as Discipleship .......... 12 learned from ministry experiences, stalls to care for and manage. Having Hope in Jesus Christ ........ 13 and on and on. We would be more Jesus promised His disciples that Vision for Poland ................. 14 critical if we didn’t see these same they would enter the Kingdom Discipling Women ................ 15 through many tribulations. Read, influences and needs for grace in Colors of Life .................... 16 mess. We seem to live out this truth our own lives. And we also realize I am Wasting My Life .............. 17 almost daily as we receive reports that we aren’t even living outside Counting Blessings ............... 18 reminding us that our staff family our home culture or in places with Where No American Can Go ....... 19 is in a war for souls and there is precious little light like so many of Invasion of the Coneheads ......... 19 a whole bunch of mess involved. our staff. So we attempt to err on Bring the Books .................. 20 They attempt to advance God’s the side of grace. Serving the Servants .............. 21 Kingdom right in the middle of an How about you? Are there some Euro 2012 ....................... 21 active rebellion against Him and risks you should be taking with your The Call to Faithfulness ............ 22 occasionally they fall into being a time, finances, talents, and passions Like Homing Pigeons ............. 23 part of that rebellion, too. We all to advance God’s Kingdom? Does You’re Taking My Grandkids Where? .. 24 do. More mess. the fear of failure keep you out of A Verse to Conquer ............... 25 There are countless factors the harvest? The stark realization of How to REALLY Help .............. 26 which contribute to the mess our own mess drives transparency, Life as a Missionary Kid ............ 26 and give us a lot to pray about: confession, pleading, and for sure, Sent to the Worng Place ........... 27 marriages under attack, little role mercy towards others. Indian VIllage .................... 28 modeling from homes of origin, Would you remember your Fighting the Battle ................ 29 Satan’s constant accusations, missionaries, as well as us and The Most Important Change ....... 30 A Year of Contrasts ............... 31 distracted local churches, the shock our staff with these messy stalls in When Fear Grips You ............. 31 of aging, loneliness, the tempting mind? We highly value your sincere God’s Intervention ................ 32 need for human affirmation, the prayers. • What is the Worth... .............. 33 fear of man, a teetering world Softball Camp ................... 33 Darwin & Darlis Anderson live in economy, corruption, becoming Back to Basics ................... 34 Clear Lake, Iowa. Darwin serves as Demus for a while, the desire for Local Impact .................... 35 financial security, busyness without President of IM and Darlis is the Strengthen a Church ............. 36 depth of walk, relational pride, self- Recruiting Director. Dark Night of the Soul ............ 37 Brent Howland “I’ve found as I’ve grown Risk older and had a few hardships, I’m able to relate better to people who are Management suffering. It has taught me to press into God.” “By speaking of my faith, I A bomb explodes in a Coptic even the State Department could found myself studying and church…Nepal’s work force is shut have convinced him not to go. clarifying my thoughts and down by political protesters…two So as we enter the realm of “risk Americans are kidnapped in the management” as a mission, we need beliefs. It fills my cup to Middle East…and the US State to be sure that we aren’t putting serve.” PL – Romania Department warns of a “credible our concerns about security above threat” against female missionaries. God’s Call and His mission. We need Missionary kidnappings around the to listen closely to His Spirit and to globe now account for almost half be careful not to assume that we “Each time I go on a of all reported kidnap cases—a hear God more clearly than those mission trip, God shows me 100 percent increase over the who are in dangerous situations for something new about the last five years. One of my big jobs Christ’s sake. people, myself, and most this year has been to enter the All of this requires wisdom that importantly, Himself. He world of crisis management. I’ve goes way beyond what we have. It always has plans for me, been getting training, assembling seems that when we’re looking for and although I usually don’t an emergency response team, concrete answers, God uses our know what those are until making communication plans, and desperation to teach us to trust monitoring some of the “danger Him instead of simply giving us the I get there, I am always zones” that our staff live in. I’ve information we need. blessed by listening to what been praying a lot more too. On a personal level, I want to be He has for me to do and The obvious goal is to keep our wise enough to see danger coming doing it.” NW – Uganda staff safe and to abide by Proverbs from afar and I want to trust God 27:12, which says, “A prudent enough to carry me through any person foresees danger and real or perceived danger according takes precautions. The simpleton to His perfect wisdom instead of my “The greatest benefit goes blindly on and suffers the own. Although God hasn’t put me this year was to see the consequences.” We want to do in places of great physical danger, everything we can to see the danger the lessons still apply. I need to let areas in my life that I am before it hits and take appropriate Him define risk and safety for me. impoverished...to trust in the precautions for the sake of our staff For me this means doing ministry Lord for every aspect of my and their families and ministries. way beyond what I’m comfortable life and also the importance The difficulty is that God seems with and beyond what I know I can of tight community with to override missionary-preservation “succeed” at. God is using my work fellow believers. These were efforts at times. In 197 A.D. Tertullian with “risk management” to give me wrote that, “The blood of the a fresh understanding of both faith lessons I learned from the martyrs is the seed of the church” and mission. people in Uganda. They and that truism remains today. Even • might be poor materially the Apostle Paul continued on to Brent and Tammy Howland live but they are rich in trust and Jerusalem despite “credible threats” in Mason City, Iowa with their two community!” KD – Uganda and countless warnings about the boys. Brent is the Vice President of dangers awaiting him there. Not International Messengers. 2 Abby Jóföldi It is God’s Ministry! This summer Bence and I had the partly due to non-refundable airline privilege of hosting the first English tickets. Then, we really saw that Softball camp in Vác. Truth be told, ministry belongs to the Lord. A we didn’t originally even want to be different local church pitched in and involved in camps this year, but in provided housing for the Americans, January many things happened to found a place for English classes show us that God had other plans: and found a restaurant where lunch came to camp. Many of the children 1) there was a team of softball players could be ordered. People who had weren’t from any church and none of ready to come, and a baseball field surplus bedding offered to let us the local helpers knew them! We’d that they could use, 2) the dates the use it so that the Americans would prayed for the maximum number of American team could come were have beds to sleep on! Bence had students that we could bless, and the only ones workable here, and tried to find a van for weeks, but God brought the children! 3) we received backing from a local most rental centers didn’t have any It was always God’s ministry and church. That local church was crucial left. God led Bence to a place that His plan. What a privilege for us in running the camp, as we were in had one at a reasonable price the that He “prepared [good works] in the US for most of the summer. We night before camp started! This is advance for us to do” (Ephesians prayed and started planning the just a sample of how God provided 2:10b). Plus, we really enjoyed the camp. when our plans failed. camp! Four weeks to camp…we were Due to uncertainties, advertising • asked to cancel the camp by the didn’t go as we had wished, but God Bence and Abby Jóföldi live and local church that was sponsoring it! brought a couple who did great last serve in Vác, Hungary.

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