Newsletter October 2012

INDIA

An important part of ministry is always seeking the Lord to see if He has anything new for us to do for His Kingdom, and in the world there are multitudes of people who are lost, and God desires us to help them through the power of the Holy Spirit.  In our last newsletter, I wrote in great detail about my first trip to India.  It was a deeply impacting experience both on a human level and most of all spiritually.     After my return to Germany (I travelled from Germany to India), I met with our mission’s director Brad Thurston and his co-workers Andres and Eddi, in order to share with them about my trip to India.  Without exception, they were all thrilled and gave me their support for our future work in India.  And so Christa and I are convinced that God Himself opened a door for us to work in North India together with a local pastor and his team to “preach the gospel to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” (Luke 4:18-19).

When visiting the mission’s centre I was recommended several books, and so I am now reading a book on the Church Planting Movement, and I am familiarizing myself with the art of storytelling, a valuable and important tool to reach people who cannot read or write.  I believe it is important to understand any culture before sharing the Gospel hence I am also learning how “crucial Christian truths and concepts like sin and redemption etc. can be “translated” into a non-western culture.   I thank our Globe leadership team for their help.

Since my conversion over 20 years ago, I have a burning desire to see people saved.  That is what God has called and equipped me to do, and I will not stop telling people about God, the forgiveness of sin and about Jesus, and I expect signs and wonders to follow the preaching of the Gospel.   Christa and I will return on 16^th November for one week and we will hold 4 crusades and also inaugurate the jungle church shown in the photo below.

Everyone who has India on their heart and wants to support our work there, please send your donation (a one-off or regular) to the address below marked “Mills-India”

In front can be seen a water pump purchased which gives fresh water to people of the jungle village.

GUATEMALA

Our work in Guatemala and our devotion to the people and the community remain the same, and our hearts beat for Guatemala, so please continue to support us in our work here.  This month is and has been a busy month.   Twice a year we challenge our cell groups to run an evangelistic program to attract people.   Christa’s cell group ran a film night and I helped out by showing “Heavens Gates and the Flame of Hell.” which impacted quite a few people.   In this cell group two people gave their lives to Christ and two were reconciled, and our other 26 cell groups also won souls for the Lord.   Hallelujah!    Later this month we will run two Weekend Encounters for the new converts both men and women, which always requires a lot of spiritual and practical preparation.  At the end of the month will start the next discipleship course for all the new converts.   Immediately after our trip to India and Germany I will restart our Prayer Station on Saturdays as it will be the dry season.

Baby Jeffrey Update

 

Less than a year ago our grandson was fighting for his life having been born premature and weighing only 2 pounds.  He now weighs over 17 pounds, has 2 teeth and is a joy to have around our house.   He laughs a lot and his doctor is more than pleased with his health.   We want to thank all of you once again for helping to pay the hospital bills.

Prayer

We ask for your prayers for the following:

1.        Funds for India

2.        Our safety in Guatemala.

3.        Our health

God bless you all.

Jeff & Christa Mills

Globe Europe Missionaries