Captain's Log #6
November, 2000

YAHWEH SHALOM
One of the frustrations of reporting like this to you our family in Christ, is that obviously there are certain things that I cannot nor should I relay through this format. Let me simply say this, if you saw the CNN or <www.fijilive.com> reports over these last days or if for any other reason you are one of those who have been praying for us, then I especially want to say from this missionfield; 'Thank you - Cindy and I are in debt to you!!' I, for one could not be more convinced of the effect of prayer and the power of God this week. We have not only felt, but experienced the real and direct benefit of those prayers in a very personal way, especially while I was still in Thailand on Thursday and Cindy and the kids were here in Suva, Fiji until I was able to actually get home during last night.
 
Our God is so good! He knows and sees what we do not. He hears the shortest prayer from His youngest child and the longest from His oldest, or maybe it's the other way around sometimes. Either way - our God hears and I want to tell you there is no question, OUR GOD REIGNS!! And He knows what we don't know. He honors our prayer ... simply offered in faith, when we don't even really know what we're praying for. What a GOOD, GREAT GOD! Nothing will ever happen that He does not allow; therefore He is our Peace!! Our 'Yahweh Shalom'! Please pray, even when you don't know what you're praying for, for the battle isn't ours anyway, the battle is the Lord's!

THE ACTUAL BATTLEFIELD
Listen.. the growing ranks of the 1000 'PLANK HOLDERS',  those who have committed specifically to pray for the FIJIBoat Project and the work of the Church of the Nazarene in the South Pacific, are growing by leaps and bounds each week. If for some strange reason you haven't been able to register into or officially start one of these groups, then by all means get ahold of Cindy now, as opposed to waiting for a convenient time!! ( e-mail us ) We need you!

PRAYER MOUNTAIN
Nazarenes in Fiji are praying for you too. This last week those involved in the work here, once more went to the mountain to spend three days in prayer and fasting. They took with them your names. For them they are humbled to imagine that you care so much for them and that they have Nazarene family around this world on their knees. Once more, God came in a real way! Among many things, here are a couple highlights. 1) There was a woman who was against anything Christian; she had been very sick for many months with severe abdominal pain. The doctors could not find the cause. She asked if the Nazarene ministers would come to her bedside and pray for her. They anointed her with some coconut oil and prayed that God would heal her. They talked to her about a God who desires to do so much more than heal us physically. One who would heal us of the disease of our souls, heal us eternally. The next day they went to the top of the mountain to pray at 5 AM and on their way down in a few hours, they saw her walking toward them - she was well, she spent the whole day with them studying the Scriptures and praying. She is now among those who are asking if we would please consider starting a Nazarene church there. 2) The owners of this place, (used by many denominations as a retreat for prayer), have asked about becoming Nazarenes and the possibility of building a Nazarene church on the property and they tell everyone now, 'the first few days of every month belong to the Nazarenes'. And so the plan is to hold a crusade right there, the first of December with the JESUS Film and lets see what God wants to do. You pray.

THE GALILEAN
We should know within two days if we will be able to get the Galilean onto the deck of a freighter leaving the USA next week and bound for arrival in Fiji by Dec. 6th. This is the culmination of what seems like a zillion days and weeks and months of work. Whatever you do, don't stop praying for this now!

BANGKOK, THAILAND
The conference I was able to attend in Bangkok this week, focused on coming up with innovative solutions to the challenge of equipping new ministers, to meet the unprecedented demand being created by the JESUS Film movement in the Church of the Nazarene. Worldwide we are currently looking at half a million new Nazarenes; we need 25,000 new ministers. The conference with over 80 of us was incredible, with our church's leading educational and evangelistic authorities  pouring out their hearts, offering real solutions and crying out for a unified effort among all of us to aggressively be about the business of moving forward with Christ's Kingdom.

NO, NO, NO, NO... GOD'S NOT DEAD!
HE IS ALIVE!!
Harmon and Cindy, Danielle and Quinton

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