Thank you all for your prayers the past weeks for the gospel trip in Lexington! Although we were only there for two weeks, the Lord has really been picking up ground for His move. He is moving, working, and doing much in this city. Please continue to pray for the Lord’s blessing and to strengthen the saints here in Lexington.

Overall Statistics for Lexington, KY

Gospel tracts distributed: 38
Bibles distributed: 299
Contacts: 201
Led to prayer: 5
Baptized: 0
Visitations: 1
Second appointments: 9
Regular established appointments: 6

Church localities visited:

• Lexington, KY

Other localities visited, without a lampstand yet:

• Richmond, KY

College/university campuses visited:

• University of Kentucky
• Eastern Kentucky University

Prayer Burdens:

• Pray for the Lord’s abounding grace to all the saints in Lexington for their going on.
• Pray that the Lord will gain the students and the ones in the community who were open to us to have strong connections with the saints to be remaining fruit.
• Pray that the Lord will speak to all the recipients of the Bibles and ministry literature, and that He will speak to all the ones contacted by us so that they may know Him and be gained by Him
• Pray that the Lord will bring more saints to Lexington to further strengthen His move here in Middle America.

We have all been so encouraged to be with the saints, students, young people, and children in Lexington. They are inscribed in our hearts, and we will continue to pray steadfastly for their going on with the Lord.

We started the day with morning coordination with the team, singing and enjoying the Word of God!

Today was the last day we were distributing Bibles on the campus of the University of Kentucky (UK). Some of us went around to talk to students around campus and hand out tracts; some had appointments with contacts. Many of the local saints also came to see us and support us at the table. Later, we had a Bible study and fellowship on John 6 on how Jesus is the bread of life to feed and nourish the hungry. After our time on campus, we had dinner and a blending time in the local saints’ homes. Two students from the Bible study were also able to join us for dinner in the homes and enjoyed blending with the saints in Lexington. May the Lord continue to connect the students with the saints and strengthen the saints in caring and following up with the students!

Statistics:

• Bibles distributed: 12
• 5 of our contacts attended the Bible study

Prayer Burdens:

• Pray for the Lord’s grace in connecting the students with the local saints in Lexington and that He will strengthen the saints in Lexington in caring for the students that contacted these past two weeks.
• Pray for the Lord’s blessing on strengthening and supplying the Bible studies in UK.

Tuesday, February 4

We started the day with morning coordination with the team. Our burden was to pray specific prayers for the contacts we were meeting with and to pray for them to be connected with the local saints. Although our new location on campus had less traffic, there were still some students who stopped by our table. Some of us also went to meet with students for appointments and walked around campus to talk to students. After our time on campus, we had dinner and a blending time in the local saints’ homes.

Wednesday, February 5

We had some visiting saints to join us for the day. We started the day singing hymns, pray-reading, and enjoying our Spirit. We enjoyed 2 Cor. 6:1 and footnotes:

They worked together with God by a life (not by any gift) that was all-sufficient and all-mature, able to fit all situations, that is, able to endure any kind of treatment, to accept any kind of environment, to work in any kind of condition, and to take any kind of opportunity, for the carrying out of their ministry. (2 Cor. 6:1, note 1)

We split up our team into two sub-teams to go onto the campuses of Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) and the University of Kentucky (UK).

In EKU, we set up a table to give out Bibles and many students were very open to us. One highlight was when one student stopped to ask if she could grab more Bibles for her friends who were in class. We distributed a substantial amount of Bibles in a short period of time. In UK, we presented the riches of the Recovery Version of the Bible to the students who stopped by. It was wonderful to see when students were impressed with the contents of the study Bible. In addition, we had appointments with two students. One of the students prayed to receive the Lord! We also had a Bible study where a Korean couple and a student joined us. We had a wonderful time of fellowship reading through John 4, which shows us that Jesus is the Christ, who wants to be our Husband and give us living water to satisfy us!

Praise the Lord for these open students! There are many seeking and open ones on the campuses of UK and EKU. The Korean couple and their two children came to have dinner with us and were able to meet and spend time with saints. Another student also came and joined us for dinner. We pray that the Lord would continue to connect the students to the saints in Lexington and their open homes.

Statistics:

• Bibles distributed: 64
• Basic Elements of the Christian Life distributed: ~43
• Appointments: 5
• Saved: 4

Prayer Burdens:

• Pray for the Lord’s grace in connecting the students with the local saints in Lexington and continue to strengthen and bless them.
• Pray for the Lord to release the students to attend the Bible studies this week.
• Pray that the Lord will continue to cover and strengthen the health of all the trainees, full-time serving ones, and the local saints.

Please continue to pray for the Lord’s move in Lexington! We started the day with morning coordination with the team. Two visiting brothers from Chicago gave us fellowship on how the overflow of life is our work. Rest and enjoy first. We rest in Christ and enjoy Him as our source. The partaking and enjoying of the bountiful supply of the Spirit will result in the overflow of life. So our gospel work is not a sense of doing things, but just an overflow of what we have enjoyed in our spirit!

We moved to a new location for our Bibles for America (BfA) tabling and distribution on the campus of the University of Kentucky (UK). While today was the slowest day of traffic at the table, we met with contacts from last week’s tabling for appointments. It was refreshing to meet and engage with the seeking students again, to get to know them personally and spiritually, and to have fellowship with them. We also had dinner on campus and some of us grabbed dinner with some students. We met with a student for dinner whom we met through our BfA table. Since this was our first time meeting with her, we spent most of the time getting to know her as a person, as a student, and as a Christian. She grew up in a home with Christianity accepted only for moral and ethical standards. Due to a friendship, she continued to go to church and was saved and baptized as a teenager. We were encouraged to see a young student have such an aspiration to pursue the Lord. Through our conversation with her, we saw that she did not have much basis of what being a Christian was but was wanting to know more about it and asking about our experiences. As time is becoming limited, we are hoping to have a second contact with these students. May the Lord continue His blessing in the campus outreach and our appointments with the students in UK!

Statistics:

• Bibles distributed: 15
• Basic Elements of the Christian Life distributed: 10
• Appointments: 6

Prayer Burdens:

• Pray that the Lord release more appointments with the students that we contacted during our campus time in UK
• Pray for the follow up contact with the students we met with and connecting them to the local saints in Lexington.
• Pray that the Lord will continue to cover and strengthen the health of all the trainees, full-time serving ones, and the local saints.
• Pray for the Bible studies this upcoming week on Wednesday and Thursday.

New tabling location on UK campus

Dinner on UK campus

Saturday, February 1

Some of us joined a brunch and blending time for all the sisters in the church in Lexington. In the afternoon, we joined the saints for some afternoon activities. We joined the local saints for three hours to distribute Bibles at a local Walmart in Lexington. We met some dear believers there and had fellowship and mutual shepherding with one another. We also had a blending time activity afterwards, going bowling with the team and the saints in Lexington. Later, we had an awesome time at the young people’s meeting. We ate dinner, sang hymns and had fellowship with the young people. It was refreshing to be with the saints, especially the children and young people, throughout the day. It was a blessing to be with one another and see one another in and out of the meetings.

Lord’s Day, February 2

We had a wonderful time enjoying the Lord and worshipping Him with the saints during the Lord’s table meeting on the University of Kentucky (UK) campus. We enjoyed that the Lord has created the one new man on the cross through His death and He is bringing forth the one new man as we are living in our spirit and our minds are being renewed. We then had a sweet time of blending by eating lunch with the local saints. Some of us took a walk together in a nearby arboretum afterwards and enjoyed one another’s presence and fellowship. We also spent time together with the team to share more testimonies with one another and to coordinate for the upcoming week. Our main burden this week is to meet up with the students that we contacted, establish a relationship with them, and connect them with the local saints. Afterwards, we ate dinner and spent more time blending together with the saints, as well as resting for the upcoming week.

Being with the local saints has been so sweet, cherishing, and supplying to all of us trainees. Praise the Lord for the church life!

Statistics (Walmart distribution):

• Bibles distributed: 15
• Basic Elements of the Christian Life distributed: ~12

Prayer Burdens:

• Pray that the Lord would release all the appointments with the seeking students this week and connect them with the local saints so that they can be remaining fruits.
• Pray for the Lord to preserve the hearts of the children and the young people in Lexington.
• Pray that the Lord would continue to cover and strengthen the health of all the trainees, full-time serving ones and the local saints.

Thursday, January 30

We made posters and flyers for the Bible study in the University of Kentucky (UK) to display and to hand out. We also continued to hand out Bibles and ministry literature to students and faculty that came up to our table on UK. One of our highlights were appointments we had with two students we met on campus. One contact was very excited to meet Christians on Campus and felt like we were an answer to his prayers. Both students were open to share their personal testimonies and would like to have further contact with us. We also had another Bible study on campus. Three of our contacts came and joined us in our Bible study of John 1. Later, we invited two of the students to join us for dinner at the home of some local saints. We had a lovely time of singing hymns and sharing testimonies with one another. We are very encouraged for these students to enter in and connect with the church life here in Lexington.

We strongly feel that these ones are chosen vessels for the Lord. May He gain these students and continue to bring the seeking ones!

Friday, January 31

We had two locations in UK to table and distribute Bibles and ministry literature. Despite slow traffic and inclement weather, we still had many meaningful conversations with students and faculty/staff. After our time on campus, we had some rest before joining the local saints for the home/small group meetings. We really enjoyed singing, blending and sweet fellowship with one another.

Praise the Lord for His blessing! May the Lord continue to gain remaining fruit and bless the saints in Lexington!

Statistics (for the two days):

• Bibles distributed: 59
• Tracts/Ministry literature distributed: ~25
• Contacted: ~40
• Appointments: 2

Prayer Burdens:

• Pray that the Lord will gain the students of UK, especially those we had further contact with, as remaining fruit and that they would be connected to the saints here.
• Pray for the Lord would establish a steady Bible study on campus for God’s Word to be released in UK.
• Pray for the Lord would continue to cover the health of our team in Lexington.

We had another sweet opportunity to table outside in the University of Kentucky (UK). Although there were fewer students who stopped by the table, they overall seemed more open to receive Bibles and to meet with other Christians than on previous days. We went out in twos and threes to talk to students and hand out gospel tracts. There were a few faculty members who stopped by and expressed appreciation for our being on the campus. We are still emphasizing making strong personal connections with students, keeping our schedules flexible to match the students’ when they are available. May the Lord continue to bring the seeking students!

We also had our first Bible study on campus. There was a new couple who joined us. The brother is a researcher from South Korea. The sister told us that she really enjoyed our group and that she wanted to continue participating. They are also open to be in the homes of the saints.

Statistics:

• Bibles distributed: 22

Prayer Burdens:

• Pray for the Lord would continue to cover the health of the trainees here in Lexington.
• Pray that the Lord would bring many seeking students to the Bible study this Thursday and for the establishment of a Bible study on UK for the Lord’s word to be released.
• Pray that the couple will be able to come to the home meeting on Friday and be connected with the saints in Lexington.

January 27

We set up two tables at University of Kentucky (UK). The Lord blessed us with a pleasant weather and we were able to have meaningful conversations with a good number of students, showing them the riches of the footnotes in the Recovery Version. One highlight was our time with a female student. Two saints took care of her by accompanying her for two hours to help look for her lost phone. Later, she told us that she was actually going through a difficult family situation at that time, and that she was so encouraged as a believer by the Lord’s love expressed through the saints.

January 28

We split up our team into two sub-teams to go onto the campuses of UK and Eastern Kentucky University (EKU). The weather was colder and there were fewer people who made the time to stop by the table at UK. Regardless, we still were able to have some meaningful conversations with students and faculty. One student stopped by our table to tell us how happy she was to see what we were doing on campus. In EKU, many students were very open to us and were seeking to grab Bibles for themselves and their friends. We were able to distribute substantial number of Bibles and ministry literature in short amount of time. Praise the Lord for these open students!

Praise the Lord that many of the local saints were able to come join us on campus for these two days! It was wonderful to blend and serve together with them for the Lord’s move. Afterwards, we also had the opportunity to have dinner and blend with some of the local saints and families in Lexington. We shared our testimonies with one another and had sweet fellowship.

May the Lord continue to gain what He is after here in Lexington!

Statistics:

• Bibles distributed: 110+
• We had an appointment to read the bible with a student at UK!
• One student prayed to receive the Lord at EKU!

Prayer Burdens:

• Pray for the Lord would cover the health of the team here in Lexington. Some of the trainees have not been feeling well, especially due to the colder weather.
• Pray for the Lord would bring many students to the Bible studies this week (Wednesday and Thursday) in UK.

Praise the Lord for His move in Lexington, Kentucky! All of us arrived safely at Lexington yesterday, and we had our first Bibles for America (BFA) distribution at Walmart where we distributed 16 Bibles, 9 Basic Elements of the Christian Life booklets, and got one contact information. It was quite cold standing outside for two hours but nevertheless, it was a joyful experience serving with the local saints in Lexington.

Today, we had a wonderful time enjoying the Lord together at His table. We then walked around the campus of the University of Kentucky (UK) to see where we will put our tables for Bible distribution. As we walked around the campus, our burden for the campus grew much as we saw the students there. Tomorrow, we will go to the UK campus to distribute Bibles and ministry literatures.

Prayer Burdens:

• For the Lord’s blessing during our time on the campus of UK
• That the local saints would be available to serve together with us during these two weeks