Word of Life

Word of Life short term missions is filled with opportunities for you. We will take people from 13 years of age and up. Our trips are designed to share the Gospel of Christ around the world. Our programs in a glimpse:

Youth Reachout: Participants who are 15 years old are teamed up with college-aged young adults...volunteers come from all over to share the Gospel overseas through drama, choir, etc.

Nehemiah Network Medical Teams: This program will use your medical skills to help others overseas. Even if you don’t have any medical training, there are other opportunities on the trip for you to join in.

Nehemiah Network Work Teams: Help us help others by using your talents in construction, painting, etc. on one of the Word of Life properties around the world.

Reachout Launch: Launch is a program designed for individuals 17 years or older. You tell us where you want to go, and we set it up.

Stop by and visit us in the Missions Kiosk for more information.
You can also view our website at http://www.wol.org/.

OMS Missionaries David and Kiki Walp

OMS is a global mission partner reaching the nations for Christ.

They have implemented strategies of evangelism, church planting, leadership training/development, and partnerships with national churches and training institutions around the world since 1901.

Opportunities for you to service with OMS:
7-10 day work projects, medical, or evangelism teams
Prayer walking in a variety of countries
English/TESL teachers
Children and youth workers
Mission school teachers and administrators
Bible college/seminary professors (3 months +)
International headquarters staff in Indianapolis, Indiana
Administrative Assistants
Finance and Communications
Church planters working alongside nationals sharing Jesus
Extreme walk (11 months=3 months language/8 months service)
Long-term (2 years + ministry in more than 20 countries)
Special assignments arranged to use your gifts and abilities

Learn more about OMS at http://www.omsinternational.org/about

Good News Clubs

Our church hosts 3 Good News Clubs that meet weekly after school. Sponsored by Child Evangelism Fellowship, a Good News Club (GNC) is a fun and exciting way for school children to gather to learn about God. We host
clubs at Pelican Marsh on Tuesday afternoons and at Osceola and Lake Park Elementary on Thursdays.
Presenting Bible stories, teaching Bible Memory verses, singing songs, reading missionary stories, playing Bible review games, praying and sharing snacks are just some of the ways our dedicated volunteers share God’s love with the children each week. Through studying the lives of Elijah, Elisha, Esther, and Daniel this year, the children have learned Biblical principles, moral values, character qualities, and respect for authority.

Central to the Club is the sharing of the “Good News” of Jesus Christ. Several children have prayed to receive Jesus as their Savior and as a result of receiving an invitation at GNC, they and their families have begun to attend our church.

We look forward to inviting the children from GNC to our VBS and other children’s ministries that take place on our campus.

Specific prayer requests for the clubs would be:
• to continue to meet on school campuses next year
• volunteers to share God’s love with the children
• for salvation for the children and their families
• and for the children to invite their friends at school.

Please come by and visit the representatives from the Good News Clubs in the mission kiosk in the commons this week-end. Come discover how YOU can help reach the "least of these".

Or, for more information, you can visit http://www.cefonline.com/content/category/4/13/27/.

Miracle Limbs

More than 1.9 million Americans are living without at least one arm or leg. Every week, disease or accident forces another 3,000 individuals, including many children, to undergo amputation surgery. The vision of Miracle Limbs, a new charity founded by Bob Ayers, is to inspire hope, courage, confidence, and strength that release all amputees in Southwest Florida from the bonds of despair and fear, so that they may move forward to experience a renewal of life, energy, purpose, empowerment, and joy.

Deacon Lee Norton, who lost his leg in Vietnam, is a Miracle Limbs Board Member. When he met Bob Ayers (Founder of Miracle Limbs) he realized how fortunate he was to rehabilitate in Valley Forge Army Hospital with a hundred other amputees and receive financial assistance from the Veteran’s Administration. Most amputees have to deal with amputation on their own. Our goal is to be there for them and their families through the entire process.

Starting from North Naples Regional Park on Livingston Road, there will be five different rides: 2 mile family fun ride inside the park, a 10 mile ride, a 28 mile ride, a 42 mile ride, and a 62 mile ride. Norton said, “My goal is to ride 62 miles for a fellow amputee.” The entry fee (including breakfast and lunch) is $35 for riders and $5 for non-riders. Children under 10 are free. Registration can be done online at http://www.miraclelimbs.com/. Riders are encouraged to find sponsors on a per mile basis. A few corporate sponsorship opportunities are still available.

Come by the missions kiosk in the Commons this weekend and visit us!

Answered prayer for Judy* in India

We rejoice with Judy* in the goodness of our Lord! The report from our leaders in India is below:

"Judy* praises God for letting her stay in the village. In the time of persecution, she had to stand before the villagers. She stood and testified about our Lord Jesus. She shared with the villagers that ever since she received Jesus in her life she has peace which she never experienced before and that is why she decided to throw those idols into the river. God answered our prayers by softening the heart of the villagers. They allowed her to stay.

We were recently informed that Judy* and her husband had been staying separately for more than three months due to unknown personal problems. Now God is using the same villagers to bring Judy's* husband back to their home. Pray for him to come back home soon. Pray that he will accept Jesus into his life as well. And also pray that this house would be the lighthouse for the entire village."

Thanks for your prayers for this situation. They made a difference!
Yours for the nations,

Big Life

* Name changed for security