December, 2014 Ministry Report

“For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. His government and its peace will never end.” Isaiah 9:6-7 Merry Christmas!

We pray that the Lord grants you a blessed Christmas with family and friends, and we wish His blessings on you for a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!

We held our annual ministry board meeting at the beginning of December. I gave my Executive Director’s report and what a blessing it was to review the year and see how the Lord used us in 2014 to impact lives and eternities. Here’s a summary of what God did through the ministry in 2014:

• MAD Live Events - 47 (we have completed 409 overall)

• Attendance - 3,174 (overall attendance is 22,186)

• Decisions for Christ - 182 (overall decisions for Christ - 1,192)

• Walk thru the Bible Old Testament Seminars - 2

• Men’s Conferences - 2

• Camp Speaker - 2

• Other speaking engagements - 6

• Smoky Mountains Motorcycle Adventure - 1

• Ultimate Adventure to Utah - 1

• Total Pocket Testament League Members recruited - 5,707 (not just from this year)

• Gospels ordered by these members - 98,621

Some exciting opportunities for ministry exposure happened this month. To make a couple of long stories short, the Editor of Decision Magazine (Billy Graham Evangelistic Association) has asked me to write an article for the magazine. This has the potential to be HUGE for us. I have already submitted the article, so pray it gets published. Secondly, Tyndale House is meeting with Focus on the Family on January 15th, and our Tyndale rep is going to present our MAD Live Event ministry to the folks from Focus. Again, this is another HUGE opportunity for exposure for us. Pray that the meeting goes well and that Focus will be agreeable to doing something with us!

Here are some testimonies I received this month. What an encouragement to see what God is doing!

“We are so excited to have you come to Malvern hill to do the MAD training. It was a year ago when I took a small group in Lexington to take the MAD training. Our lives had not been the same on sharing the gospel the boldness and looking at lost souls has rewired us to have an open mouth. I look forward to brushing up.”

“Don wanted to share a story with you since you have been here. One man in our church who is as stoic and quiet as any man I know put what he learned from you into practice. Bill is teacher at Penn College. He teaches in the automotive department. One of his colleagues who has no faith shared with Bill that his daughter was very sick. Bill asked if he could pray for her. The man agreed and as Bill prayed and prayed for the man and daughter by name the man began to cry and thanked Bill for his prayer. It was a great testimony to our church especially considering who reached out. Thanks again for your ministry, we are hearing little tidbits of how people are starting to reach out. Merry Christmas, Pastor Bob

P.S. My wife and I have been leaving bigger tips and asking our waitress how we can pray for them. It is interesting to see their responses.”

“My husband "opened" the door to Jesus on 12/8/2014 while reading one of these gospels. When he read Jesus say, "It is finished," the work became complete in his heart. He is on fire to share this with others. God bless your ministry!”

Important Reminder! - We now have the first hour of the MAD Live Event on our website. Anyone can watch it to get a feel for who we are and how we teach. The entire MAD Live Event is available for pastors to view if they need to check it out before inviting us to come and teach. It is available on Vimeo and requires a password. Please let church leaders know about this as it could open doors for some more MAD Live Events in your area. The full training is NOT for group viewing.

JANUARY SCHEDULE

• Jan 10 - MAD Live Event - St. Andrews Evangelical Church, Columbia, SC

• Jan 11, 12, 13 - MAD Live Event (in 3 parts) - Malvern Hill Baptist Church, Camden, SC

• Jan 14 - Speak at 2 Chapel Services - Northside Christian Academy, Lexington, SC

• Jan 17 - Gilbert United Methodist Church, Gilbert, SC

• Jan 18 - MAD Live Event - Trinity Baptist Church, Cayce, SC

• Jan 24 - MAD Live Event - Laurelton Park Baptist Church, Brick, NJ

PRAYER REQUESTS

• Continued prayers are requested for our schedule in 2015

• For my article to be published in an upcoming issue of Decision Magazine

• For the Tyndale House meeting with Focus on the Family. That God would use this meeting to connect us in some way with Focus to get the word out as to what we do.

Love in Christ,

Cathy and Don