Daniel and Sarah Bruce

SNOWY ADVENTURES IN PHOENIX?!?

2/27/2021

SNOW, EVANGELISM, GREEK, AND THE DO TRIBE...

Snow in Arizona?

Believe it or not, this picture was taken in the desert state!

This snowy scenery was only about an hour and a half from Phoenix!!

We have quite a bit to share from this month, but I figured I'd start with something fairly light-hearted.

So...

...why the snow??

Because this is the FIRST time that Daniel has EVER seen snow!

Of course he's seen it on TV, a little bit on the road, etc., but he hadn't seen snowy weather in person. He was able to see it fall and stick on the ground!

After we went up to Flagstaff with Joey last month, and didn't see any snow up there, we were told that an even closer town to Phoenix was going to have snow!

So, we took the drive up there, the roads closing behind us as we travelled up.

How would we get back?

But, in the meantime...

Daniel had some fun in the snow!!

These pictures show Daniel making snowballs and throwing them for the first time (if you're concerned... no ducks were harmed in the throwing of these snowballs)!

And, here's the good news...

By the time we were ready to go back, all the roads were opened!

And...best of all...we were able to leave some tracts places in the short time we were there! YAY!!

In other news...

Some thoughts on the virus...

It's hard to believe it has almost been a full year of this corona madness!

This past year has been filled with so many changes and crazy things happening in the world, it's also been almost a year since Daniel and I officially met!

I praise God for His timing! If Daniel would have tried to leave Australia just a week later, he probably wouldn't be here!

Everything shut down that soon after he got here.

So thankful for God's Providence...including His oversight in evangelism...

A flame thrower we saw at Tempe Beach Park while we were out sharing the Gospel.

I had a great conversation that I wanted to highlight while at the local park where we normally share the Gospel!

Pray for Yonyo!

She was sitting on a bench, and she was open to talk about the Gospel! She didn’t have much church background, and she wasn’t sure about having a belief in God, but she was willing to accept that a Creator exists.

After we established that, she admitted her sin when I took her through the Law.
She said she never really read the Bible, and she didn’t believe that Jesus is God.
So, I explained to her that the Bible says Jesus is God, and He proved to be God by living a sinless life, dying, and rising again for the salvation of His people.
Near the end of our conversation, she asked me a few really good questions. She wondered why Jesus would die for people, and other inquiries that seemed to show genuineness.
I told her of the importance of repentance and faith in Christ.

When I asked her what she needed to do to be saved, she said she couldn’t do anything to save herself.
She said she had never heard the things I told her before, and that it made sense to her.
Please pray for her!!

Also at the park...

We ran into some Black Hebrew Israelites who tried to engage Daniel by asking him what his race is.

When they got the answer “Australia”, they asked him if he was an aboriginal...

...obviously he’s not, so they started screaming at him and blaming him for murdering aboriginal people.

Please pray for them because they are near impossible to talk to...

On this subject, I would STRONGLY recommend a teaching series our church went through on the social Gospel and the whole BLM issue.
Grace Bible Church Equipping Hour:
https://www.gbcaz.org/ministries/classes/equipping-hour/resources/

But...it gets worse...

A week or two after that first encounter...they were back!!

A bunch of them were out, slowly gathering, trying to get a crowd. They were trying to stop people before they crossed the street. With a little crowd gathered, we watched them for a minute, hoping to catch people after that they had talked to. They were literally telling one girl with her two friends that, because of some verse in Revelation, she should be enslaved to them. The three soon had enough of that and they walked away, swearing and freaking out in conversation with each other about them.
We saw where they went so we followed them, and they eventually came up to us, wondering what those guys were all about. They asked us if we were Christians, and they said they liked our approach better than the Hebrew Israelites. We gave them a booklet, and we wanted to continue conversation with them, (obviously) but they didn’t really seem open to it. They were nice, but pretty hostile (worldly) and didn’t actually want to engage in anything serious. Interestingly enough, one girl from the group said she was born Jewish (non-practicing)...

Pray for the Black Hebrew Israelites, and for those who they were talking to!!

What are you doing?

Go watch Omri preach...

Another thing you should watch...Fireproof!!

I saw this picture inside a firemen-themed restaurant, and I thought it was cool!

It reminds me of one of my favorite analogies of sharing the Gospel.

Imagine a burning building with people inside, and a bunch of firefighters outside the building, playing on their phones, ignoring the people dying inside the building.

That sounds crazy, doesn't it?
Shouldn't the firemen do something? They have all the resources to save those who are in anguish...

We have the Gospel, we have the resources!
Let's go share the Gospel to those who are unreached!!

So...how are we currently trying to obey the Great Commission?

We are blessed with so many resources, especially from our church family.

On top of having the Gospel in our language, we have all the food we need, a nice place to stay, and everything else we need.

In order to be faithful to the Word of God and obedient to His commands to us, we try to be thankful, and to pause and remember all God has done for us.

We want to glorify God even when we don't have fruit or current opportunities to obey the Great Commission in more exciting ways (like tribal work), because we know that God will allow us to go there when it's time. We want to be fervent in prayer and thankfulness now, not missing opportunities as they come.

This is what we strive for: 1 Cor. 10:31-33, "Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God. Do not offend Jews or Greeks, or the church of God; just as I [Paul] also please everyone in all things, not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of the many, so that they may be saved."

So...where are we?

This is where we are seeking to live out the Great Commission! Tempe, AZ! (Tempe is a subset within the greater Phoenix area.)

I thought this board game was funny!!

When I put stuff in this blog regarding evangelism, it’s usually (unless we take a weird trip somewhere) in Tempe!

“Downtown Tempe” and the “ASU Tempe Campus” (in purple...the most expensive ones...) are the main places we go, along with “Tempe Town Lake” (in teal just above the others).

Phoenix has some creative features!!

More interesting Phoenix creativity!!

Doesn’t the cactus art look cool? We have real ones too...
BUT, the real reason I took this picture isn’t mainly about the cactus.

What else do you see in this picture?!?

It’s a little image of Jesus (I assume)...and a boy hugging him.

The Catholic presence is pretty strong here, and I pray for more opportunities to witness to them.
Some might think little pictures like this are fine, and Christians might think they’re okay as long as one isn’t worshipping the image, but I think it’s more serious than that.
I can’t look at this and think that the King of the Universe would be pleased with it.
I’m only putting this in here as a reminder that Christians need to make sure that they’re not guilty of this same thing Catholics are doing, making God out to who they want Him to be and worshipping that image they have created in their mind instead of the Lord.

This is one of the reasons we want to go to an unreached people group, because we want to go were we "aren't building on another man's foundation" (Rom. 15:20). We want to share the Gospel with those who don't yet have distorted, culturally-informed view of Jesus. People here have the Bible in their language, and they have access to solid teaching/churches, if they want it. The people of the Finisterre Mountains don't have that...

Another colorful place in Phoenix!

I think of these spiritual analogies in everyday life, because I want to be thinking of the things of God wherever I am.

Of course, I DEFINITELY don’t do this perfectly.

I try to look at things like this picture above and just be thankful for beauty God has given us on this earth.

Even though Phoenix has some ghetto, it really does have awesome places like this.

Not only awesome places, but awesome people...

A fish tank at a restaurant where we had great fellowship!

Yes, I know I ended the caption of the last picture implying I was going to talk about people, and I know these are fish...

But I wanted a picture of these fish anyway, so I thought I’d use it as a reminder that, as well as going out to evangelize (fishing for people), we should be fellowshipping with other believers.

And that’s what we did at this restaurant!

It’s so encouraging to have such a solid church where we can have fellowship with other believers, especially when they invite us out to eat and we spend the entire time talking about the things of God! When you can see the joy of the Lord radiating on the faces of the people of God, it’s so awesome!!

It’s such a blessing to have like-minded believers who want to ponder the things of God, who desire to be edifying, who want to help others grow in their faith and want to grow in the faith themselves.

Speaking of growth...

WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING I’M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT?!?

So, this current Greek class has been extending a little bit, but it still ends by the end of this month.
Actually, by the time you’re reading this, we could be taking our final exam...AHH!

That’s not what I’m particularly excited about though...I’m excited about MACHAM!!

Here’s a long story as short as I can put it (so you’re not too bored):
I’m weird. I really like Greek. I mean...honestly...I LOVE Greek!! So, I was pretty sad about Greek ending...because Daniel can continue on with seminary training, but this is the last class for me...
...it was the end for me...
...but then...
Greg, our good friend from Michigan, came to the rescue!!
He told me of a guy who’s holding a Greek class over Zoom for various people of different skills and walks in life, for free!!!! And this is the textbook for it!!
WHOOO!!

And the best part...is that Daniel is totally supportive of all of it!
Hold on...speaking of Daniel...let me brag on him for a bit...

Daniel completed the School of Biblical Evangelism!!

Look at Daniel!!

Have you heard of the School of Biblical Evangelism?

If not, you should consider it!!

It’s an online course from Living Waters that takes you through how it evangelize to the lost through various (101) lessons and bonus audio!

I haven’t given you enough links yet, so here’s the link:
Living Waters School of Biblical Evangelism:
https://www.livingwaters.com/outreach/school-of-biblical-evangelism/

Speaking of Living Waters...

Who do you see in this picture?

Yes, this picture shows a guy in all black talking to Ray Comfort (not shown)...but who else...?
Daniel and I!!!!

This picture (or more properly, this video, shown below) was taken when Daniel and I took our first trip to LA!!

You have to see the whole video, it’s so good!!
Here’s the link: Living Waters "6 Ways to Conquer Porn":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdZ-bDkN0cU

More about Daniel...

My little professional recorder!!

Curious about these photos?

No, this doesn’t have anything to do with Living Waters...it does have to do with the Gospel, though!

Our friend from church has been recording for an EP, and he wanted Daniel for a portion of it.

For what?!?

You’ll just have to wait and see... ;)

ALRIGHT, I need to rant for a minute.

You think this is funny?

It isn’t.

I almost didn't want to put this in here, because it bothers me so much, but I thought it was necessary, to make a point.

Feminism is no joke. The first sin consisted of Eve taking fruit from the tree.
She was the one deceived. Her natural emotionally driven sinfulness contributed to our plunge into depravity (sin and death).

I could write a whole blog on this, but I doubt many would pay any attention if I did so...
So, instead of that, please read these verses:
"But I do not allow a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve. And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a wrongdoer. But women will be preserved through childbirth—if they continue in faith, love, and sanctity, with moderation." - 1 Tim. 2:12-15
Moral of the story?
Don't toss men aside...
Women are not always right.

Under-cover evangelism at GCU!

On a lighter note, want to hear a fun story about some evangelism we did at a local college?
We went to a college we had never been to before!

It's called Grand Canyon University (GCU), and it's called a "Christian" university, but it's definitely not.

I did have one conversation with a girl named Sarah (I talk to quite a bit of Sarah's...), and she did seem like she had genuine, saving faith, and that was encouraging! But, everyone else we talked to or encountered, were clearly secular.

One interesting conversation I had to note was with a girl who got offended by the pro-life message of the Gospel tract I was using.
It's not one of those tracts that has graphic images on it, or anything, it simply has a quote from Ronald Reagan on it that says basically that everyone who is for abortion has already been born. Sometimes I forget the quote is there because it has the Gospel on the back, and it doesn't really talk much about abortion.
Anyway, I was going through the Law with this girl, and then she kind of interrupted and she asked me if I would keep the baby if I was raped. I said yes, and she walked away.
Pray that she is convicted of sin, and that she turns to Christ with whatever potentially hard situation she's going through!

Also...keep praying for Do...

Quick Do update from the team in PNG!!

Things are going well for the Do tribe in the Finisterre Mountains!!

As for the response of the Do tribe to the Gospel, they are continuing to grow and ask important questions about the things of God to the team.

Next steps include finishing the translation of the Bible (portions have been translated for the teaching lessons), more teaching for anyone with questions, and training men up to be elders in the newly formed church!!

Pray for them, for the other team that is just starting the process of language learning, for another team in Florida who wants to get to the field in the next year or so (more on that later), and for us as we continue to train so we can get there too!

We also have a huge surprise to share next month...

If you're interested in donating, please visit:
Finisterre Vision's website:
https://www.finisterrevision.org/donate/

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2021...49 TRIBES LEFT!!

1/30/2021

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WHAT BETTER NEWS COULD BE IN THE FINISTERRE MOUNTAINS?!?

Starting the Year off with Evangelism!!

Well! I have a lot of share!

This year has been going very well concerning evangelism, here in Phoenix, AND...in the Finisterre Mountains!

I can't wait to share with you all of the exciting things going on in both places, saving the best for last!

This first picture was taken on Mill Ave. in Tempe (Phoenix area). We have had some of our best conversations, this year and last year on this street!

I will highlight some of those conversations, as well as some other things we have done before I get to the BEST NEWS EVER!

Daniel and I doing some evangelism on a small lake.

Daniel and I took a day-trip to a nice little lake north of Phoenix!

As you can see from the pictures, we had lovely weather! The park had a little play area, and it also had a random donkey in the parking lot!

We thought that was pretty out of the ordinary...

Tracts were pretty well received, though there weren't a lot of people there.

We couldn't believe how many people were receptive at the next place we went though...

On a certain "trailhead"...

Where were people surprisingly open to the Gospel?

On a mountain trail called the "Mormon Trailhead"!!

People were so open to the Gospel on this little trailhead, even when climbing up a mountain! We weren't expecting that, so it was a huge blessing!

If you're curious...the name is in reference to the 1,300 mile long hike (the Mormon Trail) from Illinois to Utah. It was used by Mormons in order to get away from a town in Illinois after Joseph Smith was murdered there.

Ironically, we didn't run into any Mormons on the trailhead (that we know of)...

An interesting place to put a tract on the Mormon Trailhead. :)

While on the Trailhead, after realizing that I had ONE MORE of the hundreds of corona tracts we had ordered months ago, Daniel found an interesting place to leave this tract. :)

There's a lot I could say about this picture, but I'll focus on one thing specifically.

When you're looking at all the people around you, who are wearing their masks without even thinking about it, think about the blindness of our culture towards the things of God and the Gospel.

The masks might as well be over their eyes, because they are all blindly headed towards a cliff of destruction, on their way to Hell because of their crimes. Their lying, stealing, blasphemy and thinking things against the things of God (just to name a few) keep them from seeing the Gospel clearly.

And we are just as guilty of those sins! Let us go share the Gospel to them before it's too late!

On the subject of masks...can you spot the tract? :)

Before I finish talking about tracts, I HAVE to mention this tract...

Do you see it? IT'S SO FUNNY! It's a Living Water's million with a MASK on it!

I love them! They go out so well (usually...some people just look at me like I'm stupid).

This is at Mill Ave., where they have billboards up everywhere about masks.

How then could someone complain about this Gospel tract? It's wearing a mask...

Handing out booklets at a local park with a little train.

Do you remember those little booklets that we were giving out before?

Well - here they are! We still have a bunch of them, and we are looking for creative ways to use them.

This little park we went to contained a few people who took them, as well as a little train!

It's actually an amusement park (open on the weekends). Hopefully we can go when the whole park is open sometime, and be able to share the Gospel with those attending!

I talked with one interesting lady at this park, but she didn't speak the best English and I didn't understand her accent very well.

Speaking of interesting... a Scientology Center!! Pics from “Church of Scientology” in Phoenix and L. Ron Hubbard’s house...

What is all of this?

Well... while doing some studying through a training course on false religions, I stumbled across a website that shared some of the history of Scientology.

Guess where it started?!?

PHOENIX!! I couldn't believe it...

But what is Scientology...?

A peek inside one of the Scientology books...

Scientology was created by L. Ron Hubbard (in Phoenix apparently), a science fiction writer who wanted to create his own "non-religious" religion.

So...he basically did...

According to Scientology, you can be ANY religion and adhere to the principles (some unbiblical principles) taught through dianetics, which is basically based off of the occult. It's similar in though to Buddhist teaching on "mindfulness", and using ungodly means to try to get peace.

I think it's important to know at least a little bit about these things, because some people might come into contact with Scientologists, and then get themselves into something that's NOT biblical!

Just to comment briefly on this page (see picture above), I wanted to point out that, yes, in a sense, we should "respect other's religious beliefs"...BUT...this kind of thinking can be so dangerous. If you take it to it's logical conclusion...this means, if you respect other's beliefs, you shouldn't share your faith with them in order to try to get them to see why Christianity is absolutely true. Because we know that the Bible is true, we need to try to persuade others of the life-giving Gospel because without it, they will perish in Hell. That is not an opinion. If we really "respect" people, and love them like Christ did, we will tell them the error of their thinking. We need to be prepared (2 Tim. 2:15-17) to rightly divide the Word of Truth.

Speaking of being prepared...how is Greek going?

The plan is to officially finish in mid-Feb. with our first semester of second year Greek. I will keep you updated on what the plan is after that. One more big exam and we will be finished for a while!

If I had to pick one major thing that has been really impactful so far through the Greek learning process, I think the use of sentence diagramming has been the most helpful. And...it's not that complicated! You can do it in English, too!

For example, take a verse such as John 6:15 (NASB),
"So Jesus, aware that they intended to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself, alone."

What does this mean? Is the main point that Jesus was to be taken by force? Is it that Jesus liked to go to mountains to be alone? Is it that certain people were intending to come?
How do you know grammatically?
Well, you find the subject: (Jesus) and the main verb: (withdrew).
So, the main point is that Jesus withdrew! This helps us not make the text mean whatever we want it to mean, but what God intended it to say to us.

Want more of this sentence diagramming. Check these videos out, they are so helpful!
Grace Bible Church - Sentence Diagramming for Dummies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvnUlKuM6QM&list=PLmrj25zC0cBcWFoyPRANHorJickTh3qYq&index=2

GREEK NEW TESTAMENT - SWEETEST GIFT MY HUSBAND COULD EVER GIVE ME!!

On the subject of Greek...

DANIEL GOT ME A UBS 5 GREEK NEW TESTAMENT!!

Why is this so exciting?!?

Because, THIS Greek New Testament can be read by someone who knows all the Greek words in the New Testament used 30 or more times. If a word is used less than 30 times, the Bible provides the English word for you.

I'M SO EXCITED!

How important is Greek? Without it, you might become a Flat Earther...

You can talk about biblical truth with people who believe the earth is flat as much as you want, but what it really comes down to is that they are filled with their own interpretation of what they think the Scriptures say. They rehearse their arguments, but they won't listen to actual truth because they don't want to hear it.

What are their arguments like? You don't want to know. Basically, they will take a random verse, and they won't look at context, but they will claim they know what the Hebrew says (they usually go to Old Testament verses), because they looked up a word on a Bible website, and they think they have the liberty to interpret it however they want.

After a long conversation with these guys, Daniel got to the root of why they are so hostile towards us. Because of their faulty methods of interpretation, they think that including repentance in salvation is "adding works" to grace. This is a scary conclusion to come to, scarier than the whole flat earth thing, because they are denying the importance of the lordship of Christ. Please pray for them!!

Also, on an encouraging note, at this same spot where the Flat Earthers were, Daniel, our friend Nicholas and I were able to share the Gospel, and to have GREAT conversations with plenty of people, including a woman named Arah (I think) who seemed REALLY open to coming to our church! Yay!

We have had other exciting things happen too...

Daniel and I went up to Flagstaff, a couple hours north of Phoenix, on a day trip with Joey, founder of Finisterre Vision.

Flagstaff was really nice! Believe it or not, they actually do get snow sometimes!! I, for one, was very thankful that I didn't have to endure snow, just good fellowship. :)

Joey Tartaglia is the founder of Finisterre Vision. Him and his family are hoping to move to Papua New Guinea with their four little ones next month.

If he's able to fulfill this role in the Finisterre Mountains, he will be doing this work on TOP of all the other work he's currently doing, which includes training missionaries like us to be prepared for tribal work.

They have already reached a tribe with the Gospel years ago, the Mibu tribe, but now they are seeking to go again so they can fill a logistics position that has an IMMEDIATE need to be filled.

Please pray for their travels and their responsibilities!

Speaking of travels - an interesting sink I came across in Phoenix.

Why the picture of a sink?

I thought it looked really cool!

Also, I just wanted to say as a reminder to those who are reading this and are new to the idea of evangelism, that your evangelism doesn’t have to start with something HUGE.

If talking to people is intimidating for you, or you’re not used to sharing your faith in vocal ways yet, or you can’t for some reason, you can always leave tracts in bathrooms!!

I know it sounds really cheesy, but I would encourage you to do this, and to do something so you remember to pray for the tracts you placed! God has saved countless souls through simple tracts in random places.

Another random tract example I thought was too funny to not share...

Phoenix has some interesting sights...

I honestly don't remember all the places I take pictures, but when I look back at them I laugh a lot at all the ones I've collected.

Yes...you're seeing this picture right...

This is a picture above a cactus (and a Living Waters tract) of nuns secretly smoking.

When thinking about hypocrisy in general, remember that the only true church is filled with true converts, those who repent and put their faith and trust in Christ.

Daniel sharing the Gospel to a man on “Mill Ave.”

Speaking of true converts...

Please pray for our evangelism on Mill Ave.!

This is a picture of Daniel witnessing to a guy named Ravi. The conversation was interesting, and it ended with Daniel having the privilege of inviting him to church!

The night this picture was taken on Mill Ave., we had some other conversations too! Some guys who were with us talked with a guy named Colin, and I talked with a couple who was open to the Gospel.

Our church has seen fruit from this ministry, so please pray that we continue to see fruit, especially as school starts up again and more people start to come out!

Exciting day of evangelism!

After a busy night on Mill Ave, Daniel and I had the opportunity to go to an awesome pro-life event!

This is us (complete with Trump tracts) with about 500 people or so in the background!!

Why did 500 people gather from a bunch of different states?

For a rally to propose a bill in Arizona to fully abolish abortion in the state!

The event was such an encouragement!

Some Catholic priests (I think) at the rally.

The best part of this event was how clear the Gospel was proclaimed.

This Catholics, (being the odd ones out, not the ones who ruled the event) stood there and heard the Gospel! They heard how the modern pro-life movement is a problem, because they don't take the things of God very seriously, and they're not all really trying to fully abolish abortion, either.

I was so encouraged to be part of an event that understands the distinction between Christians and Catholics.

What was even MORE encouraging though, was that my loving husband went ALL the way back to the car because I forgot to bring specific tracts we have for Catholics.

We were able to give some to them, and they took them!!

My sweet husband overlooking all the events...

I thought this picture looked really cool, so I wanted to include it.

I'm so thankful for all the evangelism I'm able to do with Daniel!

It has been so encouraging to look over all these events, especially during this time of crazy world events.

The discouragement can set in when I think of all the cancelled church events, the lack of actual Gospel conversations with people, etc. ever since the virus. BUT, when I look back on all these events and good times, it reminds me to be thankful for the fruit God has given us during this season of waiting.

When the world has completely gone haywire, God is still holy, stable, and secure. The Gospel is eternal and immutable.

Hundreds of people listening to a message on abortion that included a great Gospel focus!

This is what I wanted to get to...

The fact that, at this event, the Gospel was so clearly preached!!

Also...do you see the guy in the bench in front of us sitting on the right?

That's James White!!

If you haven't heard of his works on textual criticism, please start with this video, it's a must watch for anyone who wants to seriously understand the background of the text of their Bible:
James White on the Reliability of the New Testament:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuiayuxWwuI

A cool map! Transition from Arizona to Papua New Guinea.

2021 is a LANDMARK YEAR...

As of January, 2021...

Unreached tribes in the Finisterre Mountains are down to 49...

Why?

KEEP READING!!

The Exciting News!!

THE DO TRIBE HEARD THE GOSPEL IN THEIR LANGUAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME!!

This is the best news that Do will ever receive!

Christ is being GREATLY glorified in the Finisterre Mountains!

The Do Tribe is having mixed feelings about the teaching. Some can't believe that their good works don't matter, and they find it hard to believe that salvation can be so simple! Others are responding VERY well, and the missionaries there believe they TRULY understand the Gospel, and are saved!!!!

Want to hear more about it?!?
FOLLOW THIS LINK:
Do Teaching Videos: https://youtu.be/PevbQH27k4I

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SANTA DID WHAT TO A HERETIC?!?

12/26/2020

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ONCE UPON A TIME...

…in a land filled with false doctrine and bearded old men…

…there lived a man, a gruff, passionate man who was incredibly zealous for the sound doctrine of the Christian faith…

…he made his way into the Council, the Council of Nicaea to be exact, listening to the lively debate going on…

”The Word”, one stated in error, “did not exist, in the beginning…”

The gruff man lifted his heavy head, anger coursing through his veins…

…with a fist of rage, he started towards the heretic, striking him with a terrible blow…”

(to be continued)

On that note (I’ll explain more later), hope you had a great Christmas!!

Our Christmas was very nice. We were able to have great fellowship with church people, and we were able to make it to some great Christmas Eve services!!

The teaching in the tribe is going really well! The Do tribe has learned about the character of God, who He is, as revealed in the Scriptures. It seems they have also understood how they don’t measure up to the standards of God’s Law, so much that they need a Messiah, and now they are starting to understand the good news of Jesus Christ! Please continue to pray for the Do people, and for their hearts to be softened to hear the precious truth of the Gospel!!

Here's the link again:
Do Update Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT1Z97BASs4

As for our lives, we have some exciting things going on too!!

Greek is still going great! We are taking a little break for Christmas, and then we will be back at it in January.

I’ve been doing some tutoring during the month of December, for an adorable little girl! She is so awesome to work with! The job has been such a blessing from God!!

ALSO, we made it out to California again! Whoo!! That was SO much fun!!

We were able to share the Gospel with Living Waters, Ray Comfort specifically, and then, we found out that it was his birthday!

They were filming a pro-life documentary, so we were able to watch them make part of the movie right on the beach!

ALSO, before I forget, you HAVE to see this certain video they filmed awhile ago!! We got to go to the location of one of the scenes in it and give tracts to the people that were there! It was SO cool to hand out cards that had information about the movie on them, and to be able to tell people that that movie was filmed there! Please see the pictures below for more details.

It was awesome to be able to spend time with Ray and to share the Gospel alongside such a solid, amazing ministry.

Another exciting thing about the trip is that my friend Renee was able to come too!! She was in the area to continue in her missionary training, and I’m SO thankful she could come with Daniel and I to California!

She had never been before, so it was exciting for her to see Ray Comfort, to share the Gospel on Huntington Beach, and to go to John MacArthur’s church on Sunday!

So thankful for her as a friend and sister in Christ!! Praying we will be life-long friends and partners in the work of the Gospel!

After California, we had a few more exciting things happen before Christmas.

FLASH MOB!!

What?

What am I talking about?

So…our plan was to have a flash mob…

…and we didn’t really expect to have people join us because we’re weird and crazy, BUT…a family from our church did show up, and it was a REALLY cool evangelism experience, way better than I thought it would go!

You HAVE to see this short Living Waters video on flash mobs around the world. This movie is what gave us the idea to have ours.

Here’s the link:
Christmas Gone Viral:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWDMoqL_Qkc

Our experience at the mall for the flash mob was SO awesome! We did end up singing (please watch the video if you’re confused), and having some people join in too! BUT, the BEST part was, we were able to hand out a ton of tracts, and they were really cool ones, too!

They were GIANT $100 bills with the lyrics to Amazing Grace and the Gospel on the back!! I have a picture of Daniel handing them out below. 😊

ANOTHER exciting thing that happened…REALLY exciting…is that we OFFICIALLY became members of Grace Bible Church!!

Please see this link:
GBC Membership Sunday:
https://www.gbcaz.org/sermon/church-membership-12-13-20/

The last thing I want to share is that we were able to have a great conversation at the park the other day.

Here’s what happened:

Daniel asked me if I wanted to go to a new park (one we had never been to before), and I was super excited!

So, we went to the park, and it seemed pretty dead, not many people to talk to, but then, I found someone!

Long story short, this woman was incredibly open to the things of God, and she seemed to understand her need of a Savior because of her sin! She said that the Gospel really made sense for the first time through our conversation! Being Hispanic, she said she had been going to a Catholic church that was in Spanish, and so she understood bits and pieces of what was said, but she didn’t really understand the true Gospel and its serious implications for her life.

At the end of the conversation, she asked me for more information, so we exchanged numbers, and we have been talking since then! Please pray that she makes it to church with us!

YAY!

I could go on and on about stuff, but you probably want to understand how I started this blog, right?

Or did you get distracted by something I said and forget about it?

Well…in either case, here it is!!

To put a long, awesome story short, the guy who the world calls Santa, or at least the idea of him, was actually a hero of the faith!

St. Nicolas of Myra punched Arius, a famous heretic, in the face, at the Council of Nicaea because of his false doctrine of Christ. We’re not sure of the exact details, and I certainly don’t condone punching people who have wrong thinking, but the idea of the story is awesome!

(See the picture and link below for further info.)

Why am I telling you this?

I want to encourage you this year to think on Christ, and who He is as God. When we think about Christmas, sometimes we can focus on other things besides Christ, or we can focus on Jesus Christ Himself, but in a warm, fuzzy way that’s completely separated from the Messiah who came to die for the sins of His people.

So, please remember this Christmas season (and always) that Jesus Christ is God in the flesh, that He is eternal, He always existed, and He always will exist.

Be thankful that, if you have truly turned from your sins and trusted in Christ alone as your substitute, you have passed from a lying, blasphemous person deserving of eternal punishment, to one who is called righteous through the blood of Christ.

Hope you had a great Christmas, have a Christ-centered New Year!!

Merry Christmas!
At MacArthur's church in California!!

Daniel handing out Todd Friel's booklets at a Christmas event in the Phoenix area.

Daniel, Renee and I in front of the Bible Wall at Grace Bible! More info to come on it soon! It's going to look SO cool!!

Visiting with Ray Comfort on Huntington Beach in LA!!

Due to California's laws on corona...this is the future backdrop of the Living Waters TV show - the Way of the Master!

Ray Comfort and Mark Spence filming for a pro-life documentary under the Pier.

Ray setting up the microphone for a YouTube evangelism encounter!

A guy on Huntington Beach making GIANT bubbles!
A great analogy for life!
Life is like a bubble: it's full of hot air and will pop at any moment unexpectedly!
Make sure you're in the world, but not of it!

The Hollywood sign, and someone holding up a "Jesus" sign under it...

Daniel, Renee and I at John MacArthur's church: Grace Community!!

Visiting a restaurant where a scene from Rays movie, Audacity, was shot. We were able to give Gospel tracts there! So cool!!

The Living Waters film: Audacity!!
Watch it for free here:
Audacity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbPu2rtmDbY

Daniel handing out Gospel tracts for the Flash Mob!!

Merry Christmas!!
Wondering where this picture is from?
See Kirk Cameron's Christmas movie on YouTube here (and get the whole story on St. Nicolas...)
Saving Christmas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-WOjJpYuRE
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Jokingly, because of the way the sun looks on the picture, we call this Daniel's "funeral picture". You could die at any moment. Repent and trust in Christ alone.

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Thankful for an unreached tribe ready to hear the Gospel!!

11/28/2020

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WHAT EXCITING THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA...AND IN PHOENIX?

WOW!

So many exciting things are happening in our mission, I need to stop talking about Daniel and I’s lives so much and explain to you what’s going on!!

Two major exciting things just happened within the last month within our mission, Finisterre Vision.

The first has to do with the Do (also spelled nDo) tribe!

If you’ve been looking at our Facebook page, you should have seen a link provided so you can schedule time to pray for the Do tribe, so that they can have 24-hour prayer coverage.

Why do they need 24-hour prayer coverage?

Because they’re about to give the Gospel to the people group they’re in!!

They are in the process starting the Bible teaching, so that the tribal people understand who God is, how serious their sin is, and who Jesus Christ is, and how He came to save His people!!

Because they’re giving the Gospel in to the tribal people in THEIR language, and because these tribal people have only mere portions of the Word of God in their language, it’s a HUGE deal that the guy teaching them through the Bible, Zach, accurately communicates the only infallible Word of God to them.

Here’s a link so you can catch up with their update videos (this video tells of the first day of the teaching): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXLvP2-vE7o

If you just skipped over that, I would encourage you to stop doing that and check it out, the videos are super short. Also, some of the teammates doing the videos are South African, so they’re fun to listen to (not as fun to listen to as my Daniel is though…).

The second thing has to do with the Pano people.

We have second team in our mission, Finisterre Vision, on the ground (hopefully we will be the third).

This team now named itself the Pano team, because they figured out where they want to officially bring the Gospel to!

Now, just as a reminder, it’s a long process! What they are planning to do is, get into the tribe, build their own houses, learn the language of the people, teach literacy to the people, then go through the Gospel teaching, establishing a self-sustaining church, and then translating the Bible fully into their own heart language.

Another note is that some of the tribes have prior influence of Catholicism and Lutheranism (a form of it that is extremely close to Catholicism) that they have mixed with their tribal beliefs.

This can make it harder to preach the Gospel to them, and it can make the process longer because of the complexities faced through trying to communicate in their heart language while distinguishing ourselves from these groups.

We want to make sure that the people fully understand who God is. He’s not one to be prayed to with the saints to get merit, He’s not a tribal deity, and He’s not an object or system the white man invented.

Another important note is that the people understand true conviction of sin through the light of God’s holy Law. Their murder, lying, adultery, and wicked thoughts keep them from loving the one, true God.

And finally, they need to understand that salvation is by grace alone, through the perfect sacrifice of the God-man, Jesus Christ. Placing your faith and trust in Christ alone, repenting of sin and giving your life to Christ no matter the cost, not for any personal benefit, is crucial.

The Pano team understands this, and they may see tribal people interested in what seems like the Gospel, but they really have no idea what the Gospel is, and how they will respond to the true Word of God.

Here’s an awesome link that shows how the Pano team is working towards starting the tribal Gospel-process in Papua New Guinea for God’s glory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkYkikt1l8A&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0R8kZB3j_q-h84pH9FyNWVsRGds2K0_dEg85H9aSu489OUs5754wQvgGY

As for us, things are rapidly changing!! I have lots of exciting news to share, but I’m not going to explain it all just yet.

Greek is going very well!! We took our second major exam (two of five) a week or so ago.

Second year Greek is SO awesome because it’s in person, which makes it SO much easier for me to learn.

Our in-person teacher is Pastor Smedly Yates of Grace Bible Church. As you will see from the pictures below, he was instrumental in translating the entire Bible into a version of Scripture that replaced “LORD” with the term “YHWH” (in Hebrew) and rendered the Greek word “δούλος” as “slave” instead of “servant”. Some other changes included textual variant related issues.

But get this…a little while after Grace Bible started this project…Master’s Seminary in California (John MacArthur’s seminary) decided to basically do the same thing!!

Isn’t that cool?!?

ALSO...the church had an editing project where you could actually take a huge portion of text, and then make sure it's accurate by comparing it to the NASB.

AND THEY LET ME HELP!!!!

I'VE NEVER HAD THE PRIVILEDGE TO DO ANYTHING COOLER!!

I was so excited to help edit...Daniel had to deal with me screaming about how cool it was for days. :)

On a completely different note, Phoenix has been COLD!!

I mean…not compared to most other states, but, instead of 110 degrees F every day, it’s been closer to 60’s and 70’s.

I don't like it, but it makes for some easier evangelism in some places, because people are willing to go outside!! So that has been encouraging...

As I start to conclude this blog post, I hope your Thanksgiving went really well!

Ours was very nice! Daniel and I’s first one together! This time last year was when we first started communicating across the world from each other!

I want to stop and encourage you before I conclude to thank God for providing the Bible in your language.

You may have never thanked God for this.

Or maybe you have, maybe you realize the deep blessing it is to be an English-speaker in this day and age.

As you read this, people in tribes on the other side of the world are dying without hearing the Word of God in their own language. On the other hand, we can probably look around the house and find at LEAST one Bible, probably multiple at that, which you can read at your leisure whenever you want.

We have churches, we have access to churches and solid teachers.

What do the tribes have?

Lost heathenism without hope of Christ, souls going to Hell when they have never even had a chance to hear what we have access to without thinking...

Please think on these things, and share the Gospel with the resources you have before it’s too late.

Zach teaching the Bible to the Do people in Papua New Guinea! This is Gen. 3:15 in the language of the people.

I'm sure you're sick of politics right now, but I just wanted to share that we were blessed with handing out 1,000+ tracts, mostly Trump millions, at a HUGE rally!! So much fun!

Daniel and I at “Hole in the Rock” mountain to share the Gospel.

Daniel with his tracts in the “hole” of the mountain.

Exploring Arizona State University for some campus evangelism!

My cute man doing campus evangelism with Kobe Bryant million dollar bill Gospel tracts.

Flat-Earthers setting up where we share the Gospel on Saturday nights. They were interesting to talk to...

Pastor Smedly Yates with the AWESOME New Testament project mentioned above that he had been working on for years.

The full New Testament on three GIANT sheets of paper, soon to be displayed on awesome looking slabs to bring focus to God's Word.

A cool display we saw at the Ark that I wanted to highlight to show the importance of sharing the Gospel to unreached people groups.

The New Testament Scriptures in the Yanomano language!

My sweet, cute one and I, thankful for all the Lord has provided so far!

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SURPRISE TRIPS: LIVING WATERS AND THE ARK!!

10/31/2020

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What happened in California, Michigan, and Kentucky??

WHOOOOOO!!

It finally happened...

It was a Friday.

Daniel and I were at home, studying Greek or something…

We were going to go to a babysitting job I had scheduled from 9pm-3am.

Then…Daniel showed me the conversation he had been having with Mark Spence, a guy from our favorite ministry, Living Waters.

Mark, Ray Comfort, and some other guys were going to be all open-air preaching at Huntington Beach in Los Angeles the next day, starting at 9am.

So…I made a joke about leaving Arizona at 3am, and then getting to LA by 9am (because it’s a 6-hour drive).

PLEASE KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT WE DIDN’T DO THAT!!

Anyway, I get a text…

The job was cancelled for the night.

SO DANIEL SAID, "LET'S GO TO LA"!!!!

So, at about 7pm, we packed up the car, and made our way to LA!!

Oh man!! It was SOOO worth it!

Let me back up…

What is Living Waters?

Living Waters is a ministry run by a guy in LA who is from New Zealand (Ray Comfort). Their purpose is to equip Christians to share their faith biblically, through a proper use and understanding of the Law of God, "The Ten Commandments" to bring the knowledge of sin.

Daniel and I were both raised in homes where we were taught the Gospel, but neither of us are sure that we truly came to genuine saving faith until understanding the principles taught by Living Waters.

Their ministry is a MAJOR reason why Daniel and I connected in the first place, because, a ton of people know about Living Waters…but not everyone appreciates it to the degree we do or can quote it verbatim and freak people out with our knowledge of it. (Not trying to brag...just saying...)

We both lived and breathed Living Waters and told everyone that we knew about it when we first heard about it.

I’m actually going to include a few helpful links to their website here so that, if you’re interested, you can know exactly what we’re talking about.

So…back to the story…

We get to LA, and we couldn’t have even imagined a better Saturday. Huntington Beach had SO many people!

I was almost immediately able to have a conversation with two girls, named Jaclyn and Maddy. They were SO open to hearing the Gospel! They seemed to genuinely understand the seriousness of their sin (their lying, blasphemy, stealing, and lust) against the Lord, and then they listened intently to the Gospel message of Jesus Christ dying in the place of those who have sinned so grievously against their holy Creator.

Then…

Daniel met his best friend. 😊

Ray Comfort and Daniel were like two peas in an Australian-New Zealand pod.

Daniel had SO many funny Australian things to say that he had Ray laughing so hard during some open-air trivia (I will link some good open-air trivia, you have to see it!)

We got to talk with most of the guys from Living Waters, Mark, Ray, E.Z., Scotty and Eddie Roman. It was SO much fun!! It was so great for Daniel to experience what they’re like in person, because there are plenty of people you can look up to who are very prideful in person. But Daniel noted how incredibly humble, loving and genuine they were in person, far more then he expected!

I totally agree!! I went to an evangelism training course called “Ambassadors Academy” that they had last year, and I felt the exact same way.

I could go on and on with details, but I have soo much to tell you, so I’ll zip through it so I can get it all in!
What did I say about 5,000 people in one place?

Guess who’s church we went to?!?

Pastor John MacArthur’s!!

All I have to say is that I can’t think of many other times of such great fellowship and joy in the Lord. SOOOO many believers, all together!! It was amazing. The sermon was great, the fellowship was incredible, and the atmosphere was breath taking!

BUT IT GETS EVEN BETTER!!

If I appreciate any mission organization above all others, or have the highest respect for any preacher or evangelist…there’s only one name that comes to mind…

Paul Washer.

GUESS WHO SPOKE SUNDAY NIGHT AT MACARTHUR’S CHURCH?!?

Oh, what an AMAZING surprise!

Brother Paul is just as humble in person as the guys I previously mentioned. He personally helped my friend’s mom through cancer, and he helped me make some life choices which the Lord used to lead me to where I am today.

I’m going to give you so many links, because you just have to hear about the mission work Brother Paul’s friend, Paul Snider, has done in Papua.

You will DEFINITELY be updated on this!

We also caught up with Daniel's friend from Australia, Matt, who's studying at the Master's Seminary. It was fun to hear someone who sounds somewhat like Daniel!

Also, Living Waters had a sale on tracts that they call “Trump Trillions” (meant to get people’s attention, not to tell people who to vote for).

Let’s just say Daniel takes advantage of tract sales...

They were $1 per pack of 100 if you get 107 or more.

Guess how many we have?

10,700 Trump Trillions...

...

What impressed both of us more than just the sale, though, is that we found a note in our box of tracts with a monetary gift from Ray Comfort. He personally helped pack our box! That was so cool...

Wait!! Didn’t you think this blog was going to be about Michigan? Did we even go??

Yes!!

Michigan was amazing! We had so many opportunities to share the Gospel, to have great fellowship with other believers, and to visit my home church up in Michigan, Berean Baptist of Livonia!!

We also went to the Ark (Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis) in Kentucky with Greg and met some potential team members for the mission field, Andrew and Darrah! They are a SUPER sweet couple! Lord willing, I pray it works out to be in a tribe with them in the future! (PLEASE look at the pictures and their captions below.)

Also…we started second year Greek – WHICH IS IN PERSON THIS TIME AND SOOO FUN!!

Pastor Smedly Yates of Grace Bible Church in Tempe, AZ has been teaching us Greek personally, and it has been so informative and helpful in so many ways.

In the time not studying Greek, I got a new tutoring job!! As fun as babysitting can be, I really LOVE tutoring.

Okay, here’s my list of links, and then – YOU GET PICTURES!!!!

LOTS OF IMPORTANT LINKS:

(I'm not asking you to look at all of these, I know you don't have the time, but please check out one or two of them. Pleeeeeeease?? Then you can leave comments...)

1. Living Waters general info:
https://www.livingwaters.com/

2. Living Waters Hell's Best Kept Secret - MUST LISTEN FOR CHRISTIANS, LIFE-CHANGING:
https://www.livingwaters.com/hells-best-kept-secret/

3. Living Waters Are You a Good Person evangelism video:
https://www.livingwaters.com/are-you-a-good-person/

4. Living Waters open air preaching with trivia example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ4p4Lb2_tk&feature=youtu.be

5. Living Waters FREE ONLINE MOVIES:
https://www.livingwaters.com/movies/?
Our favorites: 180, Audacity, Exit

6. Grace Community Church:
https://www.gracechurch.org/

7. Paul Washer Shocking Youth Message:
https://www.youtube.com/watch v=uuabITeO4l8&t=632s

8. Paul Washer's HeartCry organization on Paul Snider:
https://youtu.be/TxSffkl_rgY

9. Paul Snider Papua video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otsq__LSZUc

10. Paul Snider MUST READ testimony:
https://heartcrymissionary.com/testimony/paul-snider/

My joyful husband and I with Ray Comfort sharing the Gospel behind us.

Sharing the Gospel with Jaclyn and Maddy on Huntington Beach.

Ray Comfort in action, getting ready to draw a crowd!!

Daniel and I in front of Living Waters Headquarters. It was so fun!!

5,000 PEOPLE SINGING TO THE LORD AT JOHN MACARTHUR'S CHURCH!!

Getting ready to talk with Paul Washer! Such a kind, humble man!

Catching up with Daniel's friend from Australia: Matt! Some strong accents...

Our set up at Berean Baptist Church in Livonia, Michigan!!

Sharing the Gospel in COLD Detroit...
Notice Daniel’s mask?
hmm...that looks like a familiar link you should check out. :)

In Michigan, in a town called Northville, Daniel stuck Living Waters “Trump trillions” in various skeleton displays outside. Can you find each one?

Greg, Daniel, and I outside the Ark!!

Greg and I with a kangaroo outside the Ark!!

Awesome team meeting with (from left:) me, Daniel, Greg, Andrew, and Darrah.

And... if you’re reading this blog the date I posted it:

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ALIEN GOSPEL TRACTS??

9/26/2020

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AN OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD PLACE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL...

SEDONA?!?

Yeah…Sedona is quite a weird place…

As you can see if you look at the pictures below, Sedona, Arizona is FULL of “real” UFO-sightings, aura readings, fortune telling, mystical crystals, and the occult.

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!

Before you’re concerned about us, (and I hope you would be) let me tell you WHY I was so excited to go to Sedona...

The reason is because there’s something more exciting, interesting, COMPLETELY opposite, entirely otherly, and totally perfect that blows all demonic stuff out of the water – the One who created water Himself.

He is the reason we do everything that we do.

We planted Gospel tracts EVERYWHERE! We were like little Gospel spies!! IT WAS SO AWESOME! What better place to share the truth of God’s Word than in the darkest of the darkest place we could think of in Arizona!

I want to be clear that we take things that are against the nature of God VERY seriously.

This is not to be taken as a joke, I say with all sobriety and weightiness that this is not a game, it is serious business. But, it’s a joy because we know that Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, has already won the battle.

What am I talking about?

From the beginning of time, God was sovereign. He always has been, He is now, and He always will continue to be.

We are the rebels who broke His Law, the eternal character of God, and plunged the world into sin and rebellion.

Did that strike God by surprise? No. God is perfectly holy and perfectly just in all that He does. He doesn’t “react” to us, because He’s God, He had divinely orchestrated everything from before the existence of time.

Hold on for one moment.

Can you imagine existence without time?

I CAN’T!

Here’s what I’m getting at…

God has created us, divinely planning everything out for His glory. He sent Himself in the Person of Jesus Christ to save us, He dwells inside of us in the Person of the Holy Spirit, and He is ruling and reigning.

Idols can’t even talk.

I can’t say anything better than Scripture, so instead of going on and on with my own words, after I make my main point, I’m going to quote from the Word of God. God’s Word is more powerful than anything anyone could ever say.

My bottom line is this: Sedona was fun to visit – FOR A DAY, but the darkness was overwhelming. People are worshipping idols left and right. It’s very dark. But the power of the Gospel is so much stronger, and it’s so encouraging to look back and see how God worked through the whole experience.

Hab. 2:18-20, ““What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it,
Or an image, a teacher of falsehood?
For its maker trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.
“Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, ‘Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
And there is no breath at all inside it.
“But the Lord is in His holy temple.
Let all the earth be silent before Him.””

Ps. 115:1-8, “Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
But to Your name give glory
Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your [a]truth.
Why should the nations say,
“Where, now, is their God?”
But our God is in the heavens;
He does whatever He pleases.
Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
They have mouths, but they cannot speak;
They have eyes, but they cannot see;
They have ears, but they cannot hear;
They have noses, but they cannot smell;
They have hands, but they cannot feel;
They have feet, but they cannot walk;
They cannot make a sound with their throat.
Those who make them will become like them,
Everyone who trusts in them.”

Ps. 8:3-4, “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;
What is man that You take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?”

Col. 1:17-18, “He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.”

Amen! Also...

GUESS WHAT?!?

WE’RE DONE WITH FIRST YEAR GREEK!! YAY!

On to second year Greek before long!

It has been awesome learning a biblical language. It’s like a new world. I’ve been to Israel, and that was life-changing, but actually learning one of the languages that Jesus may have spoke and trying to better understand what He taught is even more amazing!

Our church is doing well too! They are getting involved in planning more evangelism, and they are thinking of being able to start up Sunday School next month! That will be really encouraging if that goes ahead!

A bit of sad news…

The mission’s conference up in Michigan has been cancelled.

BUT, we will probably still take a trip up there and do some exciting evangelism with old friends of mine! We are still very excited, and, though we are very sad that we won’t be able to share our hearts through the conference, our time will be more freed up to share the Gospel and spend time with the body of Christ! I’m thrilled to see what God will do with the time, despite all my plans that may or may not come to pass.

Check out these pictures! I have twice as many as usual!!

Here’s some pics with my normal captions, and then I have some additional shots that you can play a game with called “Find the Gospel tract” ;)

Each of the pictures without captions are photos that have Gospel tracts in them. It’s your job to find the tract in each one! Here’s a hint: most of them say “Instant Gratification” on them. The other two should be obvious.

They all have great stories behind them, but that would take up sooo much room!

Comment and ask about specific ones if you’re interested!

Daniel and I with the Sedona mountains in the background. Sedona is about two hours south of the Grand Canyon.

Creepy Roman Catholic church with HUGE Jesus statute. I put tracts behind the little nail plaques on the wall.

Lots of places like this in Sedona; they got infested with tracts ;)

Alien sightings... Totally normal...

A cool bridge with a nice little river underneath.

Find the tract!!!!

No words could express how thankful I am for this man. <3

https://www.finisterrevision.org/in-training/

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WHAT'S THE BIG PICTURE?

8/29/2020

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WHAT DOES THE BEGINNING OF MISSIONARY TRAINING LOOK LIKE? A PANDEMIC?...

What is the Big Picture?

After days and weeks and long hard hours of anticipation…

MY FRIEND RENEE CAME TO VISIT!!

YAY!!

Why am I telling you this? What does that have to do with a “Big Picture”?

Let me explain to you in more detail how the mission we’re training with works.

Finisterre Vision starts its training program with twelve hours in person. This is called the “Big Picture”. During this time, one gets an EXCITING overview of what the entire ten year process in the tribe would look like.

Back in November, I took the Big Picture when Joey (the executive director) flew to my church in Michigan from Phoenix after I told him I was interested.

Then he connected Daniel and I, and then Daniel came to America from Australia to take the Big Picture in Phoenix after meeting me in Michigan at my Bible college in March.

Now here we are! 95% done with training.

BUT – here’s the exciting part of the story.

I was not interested in Finisterre Vision at all a few months prior.

Then I met my very close friend Renee, and I thought SHE would be interested in it, so I told her about it.

Even though she kept telling me how great Joey was, I didn’t really care. I wanted to go to Israel. I was happy for her, but I had no interest in Papua New Guinea whatsoever.

To make a long story short, and to skip to the important parts, basically, on other sides of the world, Daniel and I both found Finisterre Vision, and we were both convicted at the same time that this mission was CRUCIAL.

It hit me that it didn’t matter if I liked or disliked certain cultural aspects of places, or if I wanted to be in the city versus feeling isolated in the jungle – here’s the bottom line.

50 people groups in the Finisterre Mountains have no way to hear the Gospel, no church, and no Bible translated in their language.

They are dying and going to Hell because of their sins against a holy God, and they never get the chance to repent and trust in Christ, because there’s no one to tell them to truth about the Gospel.

Yes, they are deserving of Hell, we all are, but they are not given the the resources to learn about the Messiah.

We know that God is sovereign, and we trust Him to work out His perfect will, that’s why we’re not “worried”, but deeply concerned, like Jesus was over the lost.

We are COMMANDED to go share the Gospel to the ends of the earth. No, I’m not saying everyone should go overseas, but I think more people should seriously consider it.

Imagine you repeatedly broke traffic laws, running red lights, speeding, running from your authorities, constantly. Think about your sin, your lies, evil thoughts towards each other, failing to think about God.

This is your guilty state.

Now, picture yourself sentenced to jail forever, and dying in that state because no one told you about the good news.

The good news is that Someone came to pay your fine, to legally dismiss your case!

But you were never told.

This is WAY worse of a situation.

People are dying and going to Hell, completely separated from the grace and mercy of God who gave them life for all of eternity…and no one is going to tell them that Jesus Christ shed His blood to die for His people.

The truth of the Law is written on our hearts! We know we are guilty! But imagine not knowing the cure!

Imagine if a bunch of people had the cure for the corona virus (a legitimate cure, not a hoax), and they kept it to themselves!!

That’s why Finisterre Vision is such a cool organization. Because they understand the seriousness of the Gospel, and they are striving to do something about the huge problem of unreached people groups.

So…after much anticipated time…my friend Renee came to Phoenix to start the training process for unreached people groups in Papua New Guinea!!

Then…we found out that another girl locally in Phoenix has also starting training, and…a guy from Ohio named Jared flew out to start training also!

Daniel, Jared, Renee and I had such a great time together, as you will see from the pictures below.

They both loved the training, and they seem serious about continuing on with the mission, after they both finish college, which is SO exciting!!

Parting with them was so sad, but I was so thankful to have precious time with such a dear friend (Renee), and we were very blessed to meet a very solid, kind new friend (Jared).

In other news, Greek is going well! We are over halfway done with Mounce’s course! Three more big exams to go in the next month or so!

And, besides the exams, we have a full schedule with our job too! Taking care of foster and adopted children can be difficult at times, but it’s definitely worth the eternal consequences in the end. So thankful for our job!

Our connection with Greg, our potential future ministry partner, is growing as well! Check out his blog if you didn't already, he’s really doing some cool stuff with it!

Also, in other exciting news, our church is doing very well! They have started to get involved in more and more evangelism! We had a meeting a couple weeks ago to get things started, and we have been planning events and going out to share the Gospel as a church! It’s such a blessing to be a part of such an encouraging body of Christ!

SPEAKING OF EXCITING…we are getting closer to the mission conference this October! YAY! Look forward to that!

Check out these pics!

Exciting new spot to evangelize, a relief from the heat. :)

Joey! Our mission's executive director, showing off his "Pandemic" game skills. His sticker on his phone means that there are 50 tribes yet to be reached in the Finisterre Mountains.

Jared and Renee fighting off the virus...

Solving the world's crisis...

Daniel studying hard for the field!

Renee and I excited for missionary adventures to come! :D

FINALLY…

YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!

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A Cultish Parade?

7/25/2020

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LONG DISTANCE PARADES, AWESOME JOB, AND CULTISH?!?

- by Sarah Bruce

5,000 PEOPLE!!

What an exciting parade!

Here's the story...

After realizing that no parades were still being held in the Phoenix area, Daniel and I heard about a mayor 3-4 hours away who was still holding events!

The excitement of going somewhere with a large crowd of people THRILLED me SO much, that Daniel (the mature, wise one), agreed to going!

Oh man! You have to see the pictures!

5,000 people lined the streets of a small town in north-eastern Arizona, all ready to receive Gospel tracts!

We were blessed with passing out so many tracts (I was wearing gloves, no worries...) to the people of the community! They were SO receptive to everything we passed out! It was such a huge blessing!

On the way there, I was able to organize all the tracts! Between the two of us, we were carrying probably over 1,000 tracts, and we had other resources too!!

We thought, that would be enough...

Nope!

We ended up literally clearing out everything that we had, to the point where we were giving out American Gospel CD's (check it out if you haven't seen it)! Also, random tracts that we only had one of, Living Waters booklets, and...we gave out a full BOX of booklets called "What Time is Purple" that were given to us FOR FREE by Wretched Radio (you have to check out their stuff, it's amazing...).

Then, after the parade, my sweet husband Daniel and I had a really nice afternoon together. The town was beautiful and we were so thankful to have that time together to pray and enjoy what God has given us.

We found out later that people from our church know of the town. We were shocked to learn that the town is primarily Mormon (even though Phoenix is very Mormon populated, this town seemed fairly Christian). As we were leaving, I was thinking that we might have just shared the Gospel with a bunch of Christians (not that there’s anything wrong with that), but then it turns out that a town of mostly LDS population got the Gospel! That was even more exciting!!

It's so important to distinguish the true Gospel from the deception of Mormonism. The religion is a cult, and I would urge anyone reading to make sure that they understand why it's false. Knowing that Jesus Christ is God Himself in the flesh, eternal, holy, and separate from us is essential for salvation. Understanding that He is, always was, and always will be higher than us, is crucial.

Speaking of huge blessings...let me back up a little and tell you how the Lord is working in our lives.

I lost my babysitting job about a month or two ago because the job consisted of tutoring children, and summer was approaching.

So, I was looking for another job, and, without realizing it, I ended up contacting a lady who I had talked to previously about babysitting. I had talked with her before, and we found out that she knows our mission director, Joey!

Long story short, Daniel and I are now babysitting for three adopted children and one foster child every day of the week, and the environment is BY FAR the best I have ever been in.

This precious family has fostered thirty kids, working with children for sixteen and a half years.
They go to a solid church, they have great family values, and they seem very focused on the Gospel.
It’s such a joy to have a job where Daniel and I can talk of the things of God freely with good Christian fellowship!

In other news...

Greek is going well. We finished Mounce's noun system, and we are starting verbs!

(I'm sure that thrills you...)

Also, we have been invited to be guest speakers at a HUGE mission conference at my church back in Michigan, Berean Baptist!

As long as COVID-19 doesn't cancel it, I will keep you updated on the details of the conference. It's going to be exciting!

As far as training goes, we are still 95% of the way through. The further training we have consists of support raising, church elder approvals, and pre-planned house building for our home in Papua New Guinea.

Okay...

Ready for some REALLY exciting news??

I had the amazing opportunity to be on Cultish!

I was so thrilled!!

If you haven't heard of it...Cultish is a Christian Podcast that exposes cults and false teachers here in Phoenix.

After doing some ministry together, the host of Cultish, Jeremiah Roberts, invited me to be a guest on the show, and we had some GREAT conversations.

It's a must-listen to!!

I don't want to reveal anything about it - see it for yourself: https://thecultishshow.com/

My episode (part 1 of 2) should be released, tentatively, August 18th. BUT - if you listen to any of it, part 2 is the BEST (that episode should be released a week later).

If you want something interesting to listen to, please check it out and leave your comments!

You will never guess the topic...

Also, Cultish is a GREAT resource for exposing false teachers, so please take a look at some of their other material too.

And...in case you didn't guess...we are officially members of Grace Covenant Church!

Yay!!

They put us up on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/gccgilbert/

It’s such a joy to be part of a church that understands the need for the Gospel to go out to all people groups. We are so thankful that they understand the need to give the Law to the proud, and the true Gospel of Jesus Christ, His shed blood and resurrection, to people of all nations.

Also, you know how I mentioned Greg, the really smart guy from Michigan? Well, his blog is here! If you want to know more about the rest of our team, here is our very close friend and potential co-worker: http://www.gregoryrogerbrown.com/
(Just so you know... the website is going to say that it's not secure, but it's fine. Greg is just still in the process of making it.)

His blog is so good! If you want substantial information on exactly what we believe and exactly what we’re doing, that’s the place to go!

Check out these photos, and be sure to hear the Podcast. :)

My crazy colorful Mexican-Australian cowboy with a million dollar Gospel tract!
Ready for the parade!!

The exciting beginning!

Some of the first people at the parade to get tracts (don't worry, I wore gloves)!! :)

The end of the parade. People were so excited! It was so lively!!

My sweet husband looking back prayerfully at all the past events.

Beautiful view of God's Creation on the way back.

Thanks so much for reading!

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A Tattoo Artist and a Native American?

6/27/2020

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THE STORIES OF AN ECCENTRIC TATTOO ARTIST AND A NATIVE AMERICAN SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH

- by Sarah Bruce

What have we been up to?

What does a tattoo artist and a Native American have to do with missionary training in Papua New Guinea...?

In the past month or so, we have done tons of Greek, we have plenty of exciting church news, and we have a couple evangelism stories we would love to share!

Now, I know all that you care about is the tattoo artist, but…first thing is first: Greek!!

Greek is AWESOME!

No, really, I’m serious! It’s so great!

We’re plowing through first year Greek (2 semesters) in four months. Don’t be impressed, anyone could do it. Bill Mounce is an AMAZING teacher. The leadership at Grace Bible Church in Tempe, AZ (https://www.gbcaz.org/) is also SO helpful! They are helping us through the process.

Also, Daniel and I couldn’t learn ANYTHING without our friend and fellow-tribe-mate (Lord willing), Greg Brown. He’s like a humble, undercover genius who can help you with anything. He said he’s going to start a blog soon…so…if I were you…I’d probably read his blog over ours so that you gain more brain cells... 😊

So…what’s one thing we’ve learned from Greek so far? I’m sure you’re dying to know.

I’d say the most important thing I would like to share is that when you can see how Jesus would have said things, rather than in your own American understanding, it’s not only awesome, but it’s so incredible that words can’t express it. Just seeing how John 1:1 proves the divinity of Christ should be enough to make your heart soar!

What else do I have to say before I get to the tattoo artist?

Well…exciting church news…as of tomorrow…Grace Covenant officially votes on us to become members of the church! YAY!

I can’t celebrate yet, (it’s highly probable that they’ll vote for Daniel because of his accent and not on me…kidding…) but, we're very excited to (hopefully) become official members of our church! We have worked hard on the membership process, and we’re so happy to finally have a solid church family that we can attend together and have regular fellowship with!

You will just have to wait until my next post to see if we made it in or not…live in suspense…

Now, for what you really want to hear about – the tattoo artist and the native American!

I will do more for you than just explain to you in words some narrative of evangelism encounters…

I will actually provide videos for you to watch…courtesy of Daniel, because it was his idea and he knows how to use tech stuff WAY better than I do.

We have two videos we would love to share with you. We really encourage you to watch both of them. With genuine sincerity, we pray that God will touch you with what you see.

Please allow me to explain both videos first...

Video #1: Niko the tattoo artist

Here’s a video of a lady who wasn’t in the mood for a conversation about the things of God.
If you’re watching this video, you’re probably thinking, why post a terrible witnessing encounter gone wrong to try to promote yourselves as missionaries?

And, you may have another objection…I didn’t share the Gospel. I didn’t even try.

Why?

Didn’t I say in our last post that the Gospel is everything, everything should be centered around it and it alone??

Here’s a principle for you: Law to the proud, grace to the humble.

Another note: God is glorified in the accepting of the Gospel, the rejecting of the Gospel, and in the mere proclamation of the Gospel.

More thoughts: Someone needs to be broken by the fact that they are a sinner (they’ve lied, stolen, cursed God’s Name, made an idol to suit themselves etc.), before they will ever hear the truth of the Gospel. If you don’t understand the disease, you won’t understand the cure. Because of this, we're not going to share the Gospel. We don't want to share with someone the precious news of the Christ, the God-man, shedding His blood for His people, rising again, and living forever to rule and reign for all of eternity, to someone who is just going to laugh it off and find it contemptible.

God knows what He’s doing, because He is sovereign. He shows all of His attributes in His mercy and justice. His mercy in sending souls, deserving of Hell, to Heaven based on the shed blood of Christ alone, with no merit of their own, and His justice in justly sending law breakers to Hell because of their eternal crimes against a holy God.

Here's the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8cpY9i2PpE&list=PLqumN3lIcj9rJz7OJnvfLAAFlQNBlX9WE&index=2&t=233s

PLEASE remember that we're not professional video editors. :)

Thoughts?

Video #2: Daniel the Native American

You have to see this video!!

My husband Daniel shared the Gospel through the grace of Christ alone to this eager, searching man with such clarity and humility, that it was moving to be there.

Yes, you understood right, Daniel (my husband, the Australian), witnessed to a guy named Daniel, and it went SO well, that the man flat out told us he wanted to get right with God right then and there.

More thoughts: Did we take this man through a sinners’ prayer, or did we run him through a system of questions planned out that we ask every person to answer? No. We believe it is God who saves, not us, therefore, if someone is truly being convicted by the Holy Spirit, He will save them. All that we can do is do our part to proclaim the whole counsel of God through the Gospel and through prayer.
Please join us in praying for Daniel, for God to truly save him and to grow him in Christ likeness.

Just focus on the words, not on my husband and his gorgeous accent… because he’s mine. 😊

Here's the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCcvt28tV1s&list=PLqumN3lIcj9rJz7OJnvfLAAFlQNBlX9WE&index=3&t=68s

Thoughts?

Do you like the idea of these witnessing clips?

This was not our own idea!!
Please visit Living Waters YouTube for more information on how to share your faith biblically: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmrVJGUS1u5-Hsm_BFS_1YA

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We would love comments on the videos!!

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So...who are we??

5/30/2020

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A MINISTRY FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOSPEL

by Sarah Bruce

We are married!

An Australian, his first time out of the country, married a crazy girl from Detroit.

How did this happen?

Well, it all began with the Lord calling each of them, separately, on opposite ends of the world, in the same way.

Terrible, depraved wretches, the Lord saved both Daniel and I (Sarah) through an understanding of our own sin before a holy God. Daniel and I were convicted of the fact that we were sinned constantly against the perfect, righteous God who gave them life (see Helpful Websites for more info).

I cannot start any blog without showing you how the Gospel impacted our lives, because that is the reason we exist, to glorify God and to share the Gospel to all of Creation.

To make a long story short, and to not bore you with details of our story, I can show you the Gospel, and tell you that the reason Daniel and I are married is because we know our utter helplessness before the just and holy God of the Universe, seeing our lying, idolatry, and lack of loving God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, and all our other sin before us every day.

That is why we have this blog.

That is why we exist – to share with you the hope of Jesus Christ.

Daniel and I could tell you all the details of our relationship, and we could share exactly how we got to Phoenix, but, if I was someone reading a blog, I would not care about all that. I would rather share with you things that matter, things which are of serious consequence, mixed with some light subjects, so that you remember (hopefully) the truths of the Gospel that we are trying to communicate.

With that in mind, I will share a little bit of information just so we do not seem like complete strangers to you.

Daniel and I met through the mission we are training with, Finisterre Vision. You will hear much about this mission if you continue reading these blogs (assuming there will be more soon).

In a nutshell, Finisterre Vision is a mission to the unreached people groups in the mountains of Paupa New Guinea. The name of the mission refers to the Finisterre Mountain Range, and there exists 50 people groups left who have never heard the true Gospel of Jesus Christ (please see Helpful Websites for more info).

Those 50 people groups are full of lost souls who will die, never hearing the Gospel, and they will justly end up in Hell because of their sins against a holy, and righteous God.

Our plan is to go into a tribe, teach the tribal people how to read and write, give them a solid foundation in a chronological teaching of the Bible, giving them the Gospel, and then translating the Bible into their language so they can read the truth of God’s Word for themselves.

The first major step we have taken towards this our missionary training, and in the process of that we got married!

On May 16th, 2020, Daniel and I walked down the aisle to get married.

We walked down an air-conditioned path in a nice, beautiful church, listening to the beautiful piano play sweet hymns. We listened to our pastor give the Gospel and plead with souls to get saved!

Those souls in Paupa New Guinea are not able to have those luxuries, the most important luxury being the Gospel.

With each second that ticked by at the wedding, souls were sinking into Hell. And they are sinking into Hell presently as I am writing this, and they will continue to sink into Hell as you read this.
That is why we are writing this. Please keep listening to our story.

Daniel and I met for the first time in March, when he came to Michigan, his first time in another country. He came just in time, right before the corona virus rocked the world, and the entire world panicked and shut down, showing even more how desperate people are for the Gospel.

Why would someone leave everything behind in their home country to pursue training in missions? Because of the importance of the Gospel.

Not slowing down because of the virus, Daniel and I pressed on with our training through Finisterre Vision, completing currently 95% of the training in a few months, moving to Phoenix (because the executive director of the mission lives there) and starting our lives together, in purity, courting for a couple months, and then getting married only two weeks ago.

Why do we want to have such an aggressive timeline? Because of the importance of the Gospel!
What are we doing now? Sharing the Gospel on the streets in Phoenix, finishing up our training, and becoming members at our church, Grace Covenant (see Helpful Websites). On top of that, we start learning Greek this Monday!

I have mentioned the Gospel quite a bit. Why? Because I (wrongly) assume that, because you are probably reading this in America or some other country like Australia that has religious freedom to some extent, that you know the Gospel.

That is wrong of me to assume that. Let me lay it out for you.

Consider your sin. You will give an account for your every word, thought and action, and we all deserve Hell.

God sent His Son to earth in the person of Jesus Christ. He lived a perfect, sinless life as the promised Messiah – God in the flesh – and died on the cross, dying with the burden of our sin on Himself. Then, He rose again, proving Himself to be God. You broke God’s law, but Jesus paid your fine. God can legally dismiss your case while upholding perfect justice. I urge you, repent, turn from your sin, and turn to Christ.

Why would anything else matter?

Thank you so much for reading this!

Check out our wedding video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=razAFrOB_ZI&feature=youtu.be

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SNOW, EVANGELISM, GREEK, AND THE DO TRIBE...

Snow in Arizona?

Because this is the FIRST time that Daniel has EVER seen snow!

Daniel had some fun in the snow!!

Some thoughts on the virus...

A flame thrower we saw at Tempe Beach Park while we were out sharing the Gospel.

Also at the park...

But...it gets worse...

Another thing you should watch...Fireproof!!

So...how are we currently trying to obey the Great Commission?

So...where are we?

More interesting Phoenix creativity!!

Another colorful place in Phoenix!

A fish tank at a restaurant where we had great fellowship!

Speaking of growth...

Daniel completed the School of Biblical Evangelism!!

Speaking of Living Waters...

My little professional recorder!!

ALRIGHT, I need to rant for a minute.

Under-cover evangelism at GCU!

Quick Do update from the team in PNG!!

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WHAT BETTER NEWS COULD BE IN THE FINISTERRE MOUNTAINS?!?

Starting the Year off with Evangelism!!

Daniel and I doing some evangelism on a small lake.

On a certain "trailhead"...

An interesting place to put a tract on the Mormon Trailhead. :)

On the subject of masks...can you spot the tract? :)

Handing out booklets at a local park with a little train.

Speaking of interesting... a Scientology Center!! Pics from “Church of Scientology” in Phoenix and L. Ron Hubbard’s house...

A peek inside one of the Scientology books...

Speaking of being prepared...how is Greek going?

GREEK NEW TESTAMENT - SWEETEST GIFT MY HUSBAND COULD EVER GIVE ME!!

How important is Greek? Without it, you might become a Flat Earther...

Daniel and I went up to Flagstaff, a couple hours north of Phoenix, on a day trip with Joey, founder of Finisterre Vision.

Speaking of travels - an interesting sink I came across in Phoenix.

Another random tract example I thought was too funny to not share...

Daniel sharing the Gospel to a man on “Mill Ave.”

Exciting day of evangelism!

Some Catholic priests (I think) at the rally.

My sweet husband overlooking all the events...

Hundreds of people listening to a message on abortion that included a great Gospel focus!

A cool map! Transition from Arizona to Papua New Guinea.

The Exciting News!!

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ONCE UPON A TIME...

Merry Christmas! ​At MacArthur's church in California!!

Daniel handing out Todd Friel's booklets at a Christmas event in the Phoenix area.

Daniel, Renee and I in front of the Bible Wall at Grace Bible! More info to come on it soon! It's going to look SO cool!!

Visiting with Ray Comfort on Huntington Beach in LA!!

Due to California's laws on corona...this is the future backdrop of the Living Waters TV show - the Way of the Master!

Ray Comfort and Mark Spence filming for a pro-life documentary under the Pier.

Ray setting up the microphone for a YouTube evangelism encounter!

A guy on Huntington Beach making GIANT bubbles! A great analogy for life!Life is like a bubble: it's full of hot air and will pop at any moment unexpectedly!Make sure you're in the world, but not of it!

The Hollywood sign, and someone holding up a "Jesus" sign under it...

Daniel, Renee and I at John MacArthur's church: Grace Community!!

Visiting a restaurant where a scene from Rays movie, Audacity, was shot. We were able to give Gospel tracts there! So cool!!

The Living Waters film: Audacity!! Watch it for free here: ​Audacity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbPu2rtmDbY

Daniel handing out Gospel tracts for the Flash Mob!!

Merry Christmas!!Wondering where this picture is from? See Kirk Cameron's Christmas movie on YouTube here (and get the whole story on St. Nicolas...) Saving Christmas:​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-WOjJpYuRE​~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Jokingly, because of the way the sun looks on the picture, we call this Daniel's "funeral picture". You could die at any moment. Repent and trust in Christ alone.

WHAT EXCITING THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA...AND IN PHOENIX?

Zach teaching the Bible to the Do people in Papua New Guinea! This is Gen. 3:15 in the language of the people.

I'm sure you're sick of politics right now, but I just wanted to share that we were blessed with handing out 1,000+ tracts, mostly Trump millions, at a HUGE rally!! So much fun!

Daniel and I at “Hole in the Rock” mountain to share the Gospel.

Daniel with his tracts in the “hole” of the mountain.

Exploring Arizona State University for some campus evangelism!

My cute man doing campus evangelism with Kobe Bryant million dollar bill Gospel tracts.

Flat-Earthers setting up where we share the Gospel on Saturday nights. They were interesting to talk to...

Pastor Smedly Yates with the AWESOME New Testament project mentioned above that he had been working on for years.

The full New Testament on three GIANT sheets of paper, soon to be displayed on awesome looking slabs to bring focus to God's Word.

A cool display we saw at the Ark that I wanted to highlight to show the importance of sharing the Gospel to unreached people groups.

The New Testament Scriptures in the Yanomano language!

My sweet, cute one and I, thankful for all the Lord has provided so far!

What happened in California, Michigan, and Kentucky?? ​

My joyful husband and I with Ray Comfort sharing the Gospel behind us.

Sharing the Gospel with Jaclyn and Maddy on Huntington Beach.

Ray Comfort in action, getting ready to draw a crowd!!

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Merry Christmas!
At MacArthur's church in California!!

A guy on Huntington Beach making GIANT bubbles!
A great analogy for life!
Life is like a bubble: it's full of hot air and will pop at any moment unexpectedly!
Make sure you're in the world, but not of it!

The Living Waters film: Audacity!!
Watch it for free here:
Audacity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbPu2rtmDbY

Merry Christmas!!
Wondering where this picture is from?
See Kirk Cameron's Christmas movie on YouTube here (and get the whole story on St. Nicolas...)
Saving Christmas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-WOjJpYuRE
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What happened in California, Michigan, and Kentucky??

Getting ready to talk with Paul Washer! Such a kind, humble man!

Sharing the Gospel in COLD Detroit...
Notice Daniel’s mask?
hmm...that looks like a familiar link you should check out. :)

Awesome team meeting with (from left:) me, Daniel, Greg, Andrew, and Darrah.