Activity highlights:

• Today we are traveling from Salem to Eugene. While in Salem, we handed out 305 Bibles and Rhema sets, 71 tracts, contacted 203 people, prayed with 2 to receive the Lord, and had one of the local saints baptized.
• In regards to follow up we had three consecutive appointments with a man we met at our Walmart distribution who loves his Recovery Version Bible and is open to continue meeting with the saints to read and fellowship using it.
• We also had a follow up appointment with a student on campus who is open to continue to have a regular time to read the Bible with some of the local sisters.
• Another contact was visited in her home and was very positive and open to continuing to have a regular time in her home to read the Bible as well.
• We really believe the Lord has answered our prayers by filling the hands of the saints in Salem with what they can bear. We believe that the local saints were encouraged by the visit and fellowship from the team. May the Lord bless these contacts, strengthen the saints, and add to the church in Salem.

Prayer burdens:

• Pray that the Lord would keep the saints in Salem praying steadfastly in one accord and being built up with one another through coordination and prayer.
• Pray that the Lord would bless the contacts they made during the distributions and be the bountiful supply of grace in their follow up and shepherding of them.
• Pray for the Lord to continue preparing ones for His purpose in Salem and to bring them in contact with the saints.

Activity highlights—1/28/15:

• Today we went out on a hike up to a mountain in the area with some saints. Even though there was no gospel activity scheduled for today this did not stop the Lord from moving. On the hike, some of our teammates met some people who were hiking as well and gospel tracts were given to them.
• A couple of our teammates also had a Bible study appointment on campus with a student.

Activity highlights—1/28/15:

• On Chaffey College today we had Bible study appointments on campus with some students. More students signed up for a free Bible while others scheduled appointments with us.
• In the community we went door-knocking and invited the neighbors in the area to our gospel meeting tomorrow.
• On our gospel outreach we met someone who we spoke with for about five minutes concerning the human spirit as she was very receptive to us. She also prayed the prayer on the tract with us.
• The rest of the day was spent praying, fellowshipping, and contacting and visiting those we met.

Prayer burdens:

• Gospel meetings on Friday, January 30th, 2015 and Lord’s Day February 1st, 2015— that the Lord would bring many and that they would be fruits of the gospel.
• Twenty remaining fruit in Rancho Cucamonga
• Five English-speaking families to migrate to Rancho Cucamonga

This morning was not a morning like any other, rather it was a morning of mistakes, frustration, and disappointment. We also knew that Fridays are normally the slowest day on campus and were not expecting much. However, while the outward situation seemed to be less conducive to a profitable day on campus than the past week, we prayed ourselves into the Spirit and by the end of coordination I truly believe that members of the team felt fully empowered to cause loss to Satan’s kingdom. Beginning from the setup of our table, we had a constant stream of students asking for Bibles, receiving tracts, and signing up for the UTM club. In addition, at least five students received the Lord at the table.

The room we booked in the Student Centre all week was placed quite strategically across the hall from a Bible study led by ‘Power to Change.’ When their meeting ended, four members saw the sign on our door for “drop-in Bible hours” and proceeded to join us for lunch. We were wary of them, as they have caused severe problems and persecution on other campuses in the greater Toronto area, but with four saints and four ‘Power to Change’ members, we began to expound the four laws seen in Romans 7 and 8. The students were both encouraged in their Christian walk and enamored by the level of truth contained in the footnotes of our Recovery Version. Beginning with a silent astonishment, the atmosphere grew to one of sincere admiration as each one was thoroughly grateful to have attended our nearly 50 minute Bible study. In addition, one of the students was actually roommates with another contact from Tuesday, who had been one of our warmest contacts and eager to join the Bible seminars we are holding in the community.

As the day progressed, no less than seven new ones came to our drop-in Bible study hours and with each new soul entering there was a distinct sense that their spirits were being nourished. As time rapidly approached 2:00 PM, we were then met by the member of another club who had claimed they had booked the room. After reviewing our contract, we then realized that the room had not been booked at all. It was truly the Lord’s mercy that we had possession of the room the entire day, as it was our busiest, and also His sovereignty that we were asked to vacate the room early. Had we not been asked to leave earlier than expected, we would not have checked the contract, and therefore, not been cognizant of the fact that the Lord completely and mercifully covered our human error regarding booking and gone on to pour out even greater blessings and intensified grace on our most successful day in contacting new ones at UTM.

In total we gave out 76 Bibles today, the most of any single day this week. In short, our God is a God of resurrection, bringing us out of our death situations in the morning to deeper experiences of His life throughout the day. Furthermore, our God is a God of blessing, fully covering all our shortages, fully filling all of our lack, and continuously blessing the saints as long as they are in one accord and remain joined to their ascended Head in fighting for His interests. May the Lord gain a shining lampstand in Mississauga, and may He do it through earthen vessels who depend on the excellency of the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, those who have no confidence in themselves but on God who raises the dead.

During these past two days, we have been setting up BfA tables on the UC Merced and Merced Community College campuses while door knocking in the nearby community. It has been awesome seeing the hunger for the Word in the college students in Merced. We passed out over 40 Bibles along with many ministry materials!

The saints in Merced really have the burden that there would be the proper and adequate follow-up with all of the positive contacts, so we have been strategically organizing, coordinating with the saints, and contacting seeking ones immediately. Praise the Lord that He responded to our prayer by giving us several follow-up appointments and Bible studies, some students even met with us the day after initial contact and their responses to our appointments have been incredibly encouraging! May the Lord continue to draw these seeking ones through the Word and stir up a hunger in their spirit for further fellowship!

Prayer burdens:

• Pray that there would be the proper follow-up with the UC Merced and Merced Community College students and the community.
• Pray for the UC Merced BBQ that students would be connected to core students.
• Pray that we would continue to pray ourselves into the oneness.

Today we went to the campus and had appointments with the students and sang songs on campus. In one of the appointments the brothers had an appointment with a freshman student. This one opened his situation to us and we were able to share the difference between the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. This one was open to what we had to say and opened his heart to the brothers and also to the Lord. Also tonight we have a YP home meeting with all of the saints.

Next week we plan to pass out Bibles and other ministry books on campus. Our burden currently is to connect the student contacts with the community saints. Please pray for this.