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Just Imagine
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Source o Light is engaged in aworldwide literature ministry. Formany years it has been meetingthe spiritual needs o multiplied
thousands through Bible studylessons and other literature. Les-sons are distributed by the Inter-national Headquarters in Madi-son, Georgia, and its DiscipleshipTraining Branches and AssociateDiscipleship Schools throughoutthe world.
A brochure, Discipleship Train-ing Using SLM International BibleLessons, is available that explainsthe various plans through whichthe courses may be used by oth-er qualifed ministries.
Representatives, Missionaries,and Appointees o Source oLight are available to present theministry and its needs to church-es, missionary conerences, andother groups. Contact the SLMPublic Relations ofce or sched-uling.
For inormation on any o theministries o SLM, please contactus.
Spring 2009
The Reaperis published by Source of Light
Ministries International, Inc. and is sent free of
charge to anyone requesting it. Write or call to
be placed on the mailing list.
SLM International
1011 Mission Road
Madison, Georgia 30650
Phone: 706.342.0397
Fax: 706.342.9072
E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: w ww.sourcelight.org
The Reaper
Editor: Billie Will
Graphic Design: Marianne Rosenberger
Prepress: SLM Publications
Production: SLM Printing
Board o Directors
D. Lowry, Chairman
L. Valentine, Vice Chairman
Daniel De Jong, Secretary
E.B. Sho, Treasurer
J.C. Carter C. Mayeld
Dr. G.S. Palmer Dr. R.J. Sans
Dr. B.H. Struthers Dr. Earl Parvin
Administrative Council
Dr. B. Shade, General DirectorR.R. Walker, Chief Financial Ocer
J. Strausbaugh, Director of Human Resources
G.P. Busenitz, Director of Operations
E. Brandon, Director of Public Relations
B. Watson, Director of Field Ministries
R.R. Walker, Director of Printing Operations
B. Hearing, Director of MDS
About the Front Cover Photo:
A Jamaican school child prays
Source of Light
Ministries
International
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4 News & Views rom the General Director
by Bill Shade
5 Observations rom the Director Emeritus
by Glenn Dix
6 Haiti A Nation Once Dedicated to Satan
by Arthur Spalding
8 Have you Raised Your Flag? by Rosina Brandon
9 Helping Hands Braille Ministry by Ben Watson
9 Updates
10 Just Imagine by Bill Shade
12 SLM Materials
14 A Celebration o History by Richard Beam
16 New Kids on the Block by Billie Will
19 Overseas Projects or Prayer and Participation
19 Destinations
20 In Loving Memory / Honor
21 Prayer & Praise
22 Our Newest Board Member Earl Parvin
23 The Joy o Giving
Source of Light Ministries International
Spring 2009
Table of Contents
The Reaper
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In 606 BC, the invading armies o Babylon
had surrounded Jerusalem. They occupied all
o the territory and their armies now camped in
and around the allen cities, including a place called Anathoth.
Jeremiah was in prison or predicting the ultimate all o the nation and
her captivity or the next 70 years. In this impossible situation, a cousin
o the prophet visited him in
jail with a real estate proposal.
Obviously, the man wanted to
turn worthless property into
cash to care or his own survival, but who would be oolish enough to
buy occupied territory under these conditions?
As we know, Jeremiah did, and his Real Estate Counselor was none
other than God Himsel. The entire story is ound in chapter thirty-two
o Jeremiah. He paid the money and careully secured the legal evidence
o purchase, knowing ull well that he would never own that land in his
lietime.
Why did he do it? Well, rst because God told him to. It is always
wisest and best to obey God, even when His command runs counter to
human reason. Secondly, Jeremiah wanted to demonstrate his aith in
Israels restoration. He had predicted it, now he was investing in it. But
Jeremiah did not even have a amily that could one day look orward
to occupying that land when the restoration happened so will he ever
recover his investment?
Someday, perhaps not too many years hence, the King is coming to
set up the Kingdom He has promised. I suspect when he does, that land
deed will be ound and I expect I will be visiting Jeremiah someday
in peaceul little Anathoth where he will be enjoying the retirement
investment he made so long ago.
Have you made any investments in the eternal Kingdom recently? Its
going to be a long retirement.
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When Jesus was preaching He requently
reerred to books. Paul admonished Timothy,
. . . bring . . . the books. . . . We have a tremendous reservoir o
excellent Christian books to assist us to know the greatest o all
books, the Bible.
My sister, Rose, and I accompanied our mother to the local
library where we used a childs wagon to get Moms twenty books
and our ew books home. She encouraged us to read broadly.
Later, when I started a Christian bookstore in Arrowhead
Christian Center, in Binghamton, New York, Dr. Paul Gris
suggested that we mention, on our daily radio broadcast, that
people could donate good used Christian books to our lending
library. We were overwhelmed with ten thousand books. Many
people came to borrow and to bring books. This started in me a
great love or good Christian books.Despite two house res that destroyed all o our books, my
wie, Joyce, and I have ound wonderul riends in good books to
enrich our lives as we have built up another good library.
Source o Light has been involved with good books in Jamaican
Christian bookstores. Through our World-Wide Bible Institute
and World-Wide LIT programs, our Bible studies are based on
excellent Christian books.
The best o all books to read is the Bible. Proverbs 4:20-22
promises . . . attend to my words . . . for they are life . . . and they
are health. . . .
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SLM Haiti who would havethought or dreamed o its existenceor its impact. For my thoughts are
not your thoughts, neither are your
ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Haiti, a land that in 1804 wasdedicated to Satan or 200years in ransom or its release rom
the oppressive French colonists, wasa land ar rom the Lord and ar rom
hope.
SLM started impacting Haiti in the1990s. By 2003, lessons weresent by bus to ve cities throughoutthe country, resulting in the
enrollment o about 400 students and
65 salvation decisions. On December
13, 2003, the Arthur Spalding amily,
contrary to the tide o unrest in the
country, moved to Haiti with the goal
o making the discipleship ministry a
ministry o the local church in Haiti.
Independence Day, January 1,2004, marked the bicentennial othe country and a potential turning
point o the nation. The president,
Aristide, had called in voodoo priests
rom Arica to rededicate the country
to Satan. Christian churches across
the land were calling upon God to
deliver the land rom the hands o
Satan. Ater much discussion and
arguing about the voodoo ceremony,the priests returned to Aristide and
said they could not do it, because they
could not agree and the spirits were
not with them.
The country was in a state o unrestand instability. The United Statesembassy evacuated all personnel,
locked down all transportation, and
President Aristide fed the country
as a nationalist army marched on
the capital to take control o power.
The marines helped maintain order
during this time until the United
Nations landed a peacekeeping orce
and Haiti established an interim
government lasting until 2006. Please
note that this new government was
in prayer beore each meeting and
read rom the scriptures on national
television, giving constant reerence
to the nations need to rely on God.
That same year, hurricanes emptiedthousands o cubic meters owater on the country o Haiti, literally
washing out towns and carrying them
downstream. Lie takes on a new
signicance when its ragility is all
by Arthur Spalding
Spalding Family
Haiti is a land o beauty!
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around. Despite the turmoil in the
country, SLM was able to open a new
discipleship ministry in Cap Haitian
on the northern coast.
Haiti had a dicult period in 2005and movement was very limited.Gangs which previously were limited
to ghetto
sections began
c o n t r o l l i n g
major routes
with arms they
gained duringthe time o
unrest. During
this time the expansion o SLM was
limited, but it was a great time to work
in the local church. Attendance grew
rom 25 to highs o over 200. This
was a testing point or the church, as
there was
not a body
o mature
bel ievers
who were
able to
m i n i s t e r
to all the
new attendees and their children.SLM materials were used with the
young believers, grounding them in
the basics o salvation and Christian
living. It is this group o young
people who today are key leaders in
the church.
Rene Prval became the presidento Haiti or the second time in2006. During that year, I was almost
kidnapped as I was delivering SLM
lessons. God merciully brought me
through the snare in the road. SLM
discipleship in the north grew.
The ollowing year was to be ayear o great steps. The UnitedNations took the green light and went
ater gang leaders, scattering them
throughout the country and hunting
them down.
The cost o ood and uel nearlydoubled in 2008. The nancialbase, coupled with unemployment,
produced ood riots on a national level.
Blame was laid on the prime ministerand he was removed. For Source o
Light Haiti, God continues to give
the increase. In 2008, we distributed
41,698 Bible study lessons. Our work
this past year was directed to a greater
number o young children, using the
Explorers and Overcomers series.
Please pray about what God mighthave you do to meet the manyneeds o 2009.
A forty-foot container for storage of
lessons.
The loading and shipping of the
container to Haiti with lessons
Translate lessons into Creole
Print translated lessons
Local home
Village well Children who need the Lord
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There it was; the church we were
looking or. Once again our GPS,
co-named Mizzy, pointed us in
the right direction. We had arrived!
Prior to this weekend engagement
in Andover, Maine, we enjoyed
this beautiul state or a week,
with its breathtaking scenery, the
cool, blue waters o its magnicent
lakes, and we were always on the
lookout or the ever-present moose
lumbering across the highway.
As we pulled into the parking
lot o Calvary Bible Church, we
noticed the parsonage attached to
the let o the church, but on the
right . . . mailboxes? Why would a
church want a bunch o mailboxes?
Each one had a name; i.e., Julia,
Rebecca, Drew, etc. Our curiosity
was peaked!
The fagwas up
on Codys
box. What
or? Later
on, when
questioning
the pastors wie, she shared
with us that this was the churchs
Mailbox Club. When a lesson
is ready to be checked, up goes
the red fag. What an exciting
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incentive or children to study the
Word o God!
Calvary Bible Church has been
a Village Missions church since
the early 1990s. It began in a
schoolhouse on October 5, 1964,
where they met until building theirnew acility several years later,
now seen at the present location.
Compassion and love or the
people? Thats exactly what we
saw in Pastor Kenneth Wagsta
and his wie, Kathy. Believing that
a little child shall lead them, the
prayer o the Wagstas and their
church amily is to reach amilies
o the community or Christ by
teaching their children through
varied avenues o ministry, such
as the Bible correspondence
lessons, Awana Club,
and summer camp at
Camp Good News. It
was a privilege to hand
out award certicates
to deserving students
the Sunday we were
there. May the Lord
expand His kingdom through this
dedicated pastor and his wie in
their desire to see Him work in
hearts, as they encourage others to
raise the fag.
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In 2009, Helping Hands Braille Ministry o Grand Rapids, Michigan, willjoin Source o Light Ministries International in providing more tools to helpthe blind person participate in his/her local church and in helping ulfll theGreat Commission. Since 1999, Helping Hands has provided, ree o charge,or at cost, devotional guides, such as Our Daily Bread and Keys or Kids,hymnals, Sunday school materials, and a variety o Christian books requestedby blind people.
Current inormation suggests that 95% o blind people in the United
States do not regularly attend church and o the fve percent who do, many areunable to participate in the lie o their church or in the wider opportunity omaking disciples. With the addition o Helping Hands equipment, volunteertranscribers and prooreaders, and those additional people we hope totrain, we hope to make it more possible than ever or the blind Christian toparticipate in his local church and to grow in grace and in the knowledge othe Lord Jesus Christ through Christian books and SLM Bible courses.
Now that you are inormed, there are two things you can do. First, youcan pray or this expanded outreach to blind people in the United Statesand overseas. You can look into becoming a Braille transcriber. Trainingis available and Helping Hands can get you started. For more inormationcontact [email protected].
by Ben Watson
Second Floor ExpansionWork continues at Headquarters with
the demolition o the existing kitchen,
Madison Discipleship School area, Dark-
room, Graphics Department, Alternative
Media room, Audio Visual/Photography
room, and several ofces. All these de-
partments and ofces have been moved
into other areas o the building. Please
continue to pray or the $80,000 needed
or construction. Many additional work
teams are needed to help in this project.
Perhaps your church or business could
help!
EthiopiaDirectors Haile and Tsedale Teera
are praising the Lord or the start o the
building in Dukem that will house the
SLM Ethiopia ofce, print shop, medical
center, and dormitory.
Tsedale and the three girls were able
to join Haile in Ethiopia in December to
establish their home there.
Continue to pray or the unds need-
ed to complete the Ethiopia multi-pur-
pose building and or additional month-
ly support or the Teera amily.
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Can you imagine yoursel directly
involved in a Gospel outreach that is reaping a
harvest o souls rom around the world. Such
had always been my dream and perhaps it
has been yours. Source o Light International has allowed me to see the
ulllment o that dream and it can do that or you as well.
Just imagine, your inbox is lled with last nights E-mails giving
greetings and reports rom a dozen countries. You recognize the names
o people you have never met, but through their letters you have built
a warm and loving relationship with them. You know their joys, their
burdens, and the names o their children. You have their picture on the
wall. As you read o the wonderul works o God taking place through
their ministry, your own heart is lled with joy a neighbor or whom
you were praying came to Christ. The babys ever broke during the night
as believers prayed. Work on the village church is going orward, but
there is persecution. You eel like they are your amily as you have born
their burdens, needs, and joys beore the Lord. You are actually a part o
their lives and the work you will do rom your oce today will help and
strengthen them. Just imagine!
Just imagine sitting at your desk in the Madison Discipleship School
and opening the pile o envelopes to nd the correspondence lesson rom
a student whose name you know. Last month, as you graded his lesson and
prayed, you jotted a short note to encourage him to respond to the truth
he has now learned. You immediately go to the response orm. YES!He has given his lie over to Christ. You ring the bell loudly. Your co-
workers and those in adjacent oces join you and the angels in Heaven
in rejoicing. Just imagine?
Imagine yoursel joining
your co-workers in the Print
Shop or a brie Bible study and
prayer or the concerns that are
in the Chapel Chats a daily
memo that briefy describes
needs and blessings rom the
Source o Light amily, not only
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Madison Discipleship School
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in the Madison oce, but around the
world. You will be looking or reports
o answers to the prayers you prayed
yesterday as well.
Ater prayer, imagine the work
assignment or the day printing
18,000 lessons or the Philippines.
First, you will set up a cart to move
printed lessons to the collator that
stretches or ty eet in a series o
chains, belts, cutters, and staplers that nally brings the product to a
conveyor belt where exactly twenty-ve lesson books, bound, cut, andcompleted will move orward to your coworker at the other end. He takes
every pile o twenty ve and shrink wraps them, so that they will arrive
at their destination clean and dry. When a cage has been lled, someone
will move them to shipping to be boxed and prepared to be loaded on a
truck, that will take it to a container, that will be placed on a ship, that
will nally deliver the Word o Lie to waiting evangelists and workers in
Manila. Those lessons will go to Bilibid Maximum Security Prison where
thousands have come to Christ, and others will go to churches, schools,
hospitals, and quietly many will nd their way into the Muslim south,
where hungry hearts will meet the God o redemption or the rst time.
And imagine all that, becauseyou were there to make it happen. No
wonder at the end o the day, your heart is happy and rejoicing and you
know the ulllment o being a part o something o eternal importance.
Just imagine.
I could easily go on.Imagine working on the cutting edge o moderntechnology, converting powerul Bible lessons into a orm where they are
available on the world-wide web or recording them in audio or the
seventy percent o the world that is unctionally illiterate, loading them
into a small device that is solar-powered and able to bring Gods message
to a tribe or village ar out in the jungle or years to come.
Today the unimaginable has become a reality. You no longer
have toJust Imagine. You can make it a reality right now. Reaching
the world is really possible rom Madison Georgia. You have only
one lie, when will you start using it or eternity? Contact us at SLM@
sourcelight.org or visit our website at www.sourcelight.org.He is no fool
who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.
Working at the collatorin the Print Shop
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NEW TESTAMENT
STUDIESrequire detailedstudy and are excellent stud-ies or the diligent studentsince they are somewhatadvanced. A certiicate isgiven or the completion oeach o the New TestamentStudies. Each study (includ-ing the test booklet) costs$1.00, except Galatians,
which is $ .30 per booklet.
JOHN (NTS-JOHN)
The study o the Gospel o John has 23 lessons in a 56-pagebooklet. The test or these lessons is in a separate booklet.
MARK (NTS-MARK)
The study o the Gospel o Mark has 25 lessons in one 56-pagebooklet. The test or these lessons is in a separate booklet.
ACTS (NTS-ACTS)
The study o the book o Acts has 17 lessons in one 48-pagebooklet. The test or these lessons is in a separate booklet.
GALATIANS (NTS-GALA)
The study o the Epistle to the Galatians has 6 lessons in one32-page booklet. The test is included in this booklet.
taught by Dr. Hap Struthers, reveals who Godis and His care or us. This is more than a
study o the Names o God as recorded in
Scripture and no one is more qualifed to
teach this subject than Dr. Struthers. The
series, now called Intimacy With God, is made available on
DVD by SLM. This was flmed beore a live audience, with over
eight hours o thrilling exposition. You can own the entire set
or just $49.00.
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CrossWalk 220 (CW-220) is a discipleship course of 13 lessons, toground the believer in the Christian life.
CrossWalk Christian Marriage & Family(CW-CMF) has 14 lessonsand is designed to teach Biblical values for the family.
CrossWalk Interpersonal Relationships (CW-IPR), a 15-lessoncourse, shows Biblical principles for handling everyday problems as werelate to others.
The CrossWalk courses are
spiral-bound (8 1/2 x 11) and
each book is 100-123 pages in
length. These courses, costing
$10 each, are fantastic for inter-
active small-group study.
Order/Information Request Form
o Please send New Testament Study $ 1.00 per study
oJohn o Mark o Acts o Galatians ($ .30 each)
o Please send CrossWalk 220 $10.00 per course
o Please send CrossWalk CMF $10.00 per course
o Please send CrossWalk IPR $10.00 per course
o Please send Intimacy with God $49.00 for 4 DVDs
Preferred minimum order is $10. Please add 30% for Shipping & Handling.
Name _____________________________________ Phone _____________
Address ______________________________________________________
City _______________________________ State ______ Zip ____________
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It was the summer o 1958when I, as a 13-year-old, had theprivilege o working with Source oLight men in constructing the new80 X 80 steel building that wouldhouse the headquarters and printshop on the recently donatedacreage outside o Madison,
Georgia.I remember shoveling sand
into the two-bag cement mixer aswe poured the slab. I rememberCharles Gilmore using a transitto line up each o the ooters thatwould support the steel girders.Bolts to hold the vertical girderswere welded to the tops o a rebarcage, which was buried in theconcrete. Every girder lined upwhen assembly began!
It was discovered that thereestanding girders would bendwith the weight o an adult when
the time came to bolt the roogirder to the vertical post. This13-year-old boy, however, was just light enough to climb up theladder and insert that starting boltand screw on the nut.
Over the years that ollowed,God has blessed SLM with muchgrowth, and that original buildinghas been added to and now iscontained within a much largersteel building. God is continuing tobless and now the time has come
when the old steel building mustgo to make room or a secondoor or administrative ofces andthe Madison Discipleship School.
Not very oten does one getto see the ull circle o history intheir lives. God has graciouslyallowed me to participate in theun-building o that same steelbuilding that I worked on 50 yearsago!
This is not a demolition o deeator ailure. Oh no! It is anotherevidence o Gods continuedblessing on the ministry ospreading His Holy Word throughBible correspondence lessons.
In my retirement, my wie andI have become involved with anorganization called Campers OnMission, which uses volunteerswho donate their time or GodsWork.
On the let, the fve members o CampersOn Mission team; members o work teamrom Pennsylvania are on the right.
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Genesis 24:27And he said;blessed be the Lord God of my
master Abraham . . . I being in the
way, the Lord led me. . . .
Let us remember the GoodHand o the Lord that is upon usand give praise to His GloriousName!
Five o us came in our campers and spent the week o August 18,2008, along with a group o seven rom Pennsylvania, and were ableto dismantle about hal o thebuilding.
A moment o history was celebrated asGlenn Dix and mysel removed a bolt
that we had installed a hal-centuryago. On the let, Ray Walker, now Chie
Financial Ofcer, stopped by with hisBordens Ice Cream truck and gave us
children ree ice cream!
Where is that 13-year-old bodywhen I need it? The originalgalvanized siding had to beremoved. Paint had to be
chiseled o o the bolt headsbeore the socket would ft.
Two wives rom Campers On Missionprovided much needed help in grading
lessons. Both ladies were moved by thestudent testimonies and prayer requests.
A group rom Pennsylvania did a yeomans jobin the dismantling process. Here, one o the
roo girders is being unbolted.
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We have been very happy to see new aces
coming on board to help here at SLM
Headquarters. These New Kids on the Block
are a big encouragement to the sta.
Stewart Overbey comes to us rom
Springeld, Missouri. As a very youngchild, Stewart contracted a virus that
eventually destroyed his sight. Stewart
says sight has never been a big part o
his lie because he never had it. Stewart
lives alone, walks to and rom work, and
does his own cooking.
His work at SLM is with the Alternative Media Department, reaching
those with impaired vision as well as with the sighted. Ben Watson, the
director o this department, was instrumental in getting Stewart here.
Even though he had marketing and journalism training, Stewart had
decided that he wanted to go to seminary. Ben asked him what was
more important: scholastic credentials or ministry. Thank the Lord,
Stewart chose ministry!
David Mosbey hails rom Tell City, Indiana.
He is a graduate o Washington Bible College.
He has worked
with several
ministries that
use SLM materials. David was saved at
the age o eleven and has been involved
in various Christian works since
graduation rom high school. He was a
missionary or a time in inner-city New
York City with Hope Bible Mission.
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David was encouraged by Ray Walker, one o our sta members, to
come by and see the ministry. He came and agreed to stay i he could
be used. He has been a big help in several areas switchboard,
housing, Madison Discipleship School, and the Print Shop.
Our third New Kid on the Block is the amily o Phil, Vera, and
Daniel Winder. The Winders come rom Ft
Pierce, Florida. They have been here several
times in the last several years with work groups.
It almost seems like they have been a part o
this ministry or a long time, not just a ew
months.
In Florida, the Winders owned and
operated a landscaping business.
Both Phil and Vera were involved
in the business and they also were
home schooling their son, Daniel,
who is now sixteen. Their church
was very mission-minded and this
emphasis, along with the many
mission work teams they took part in, impressed on their mind the call
to missions. It seemed only natural that God would call them here to
Source o Light.
In talking with the Winders, Phil mentioned that when they cameup to a seminar or new candidates two years ago, they were very
discouraged. They basically elt that SLM was not the way the Lord
was leading them. Then something that Ben Watson said completely
turned things around. This comment, coupled with the book, Knowing
Gods Will, were the two actors that pointed the Winders in our
direction. We are happy to have them on board at last.
Phil is in training or the job o Director o Operations. As the name
implies, this job covers many areas. Vera is concentrating on home
schooling or Daniel and she also is working in Madison to supplement
their support.
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Greg and Chris Miller are our next New Kids
on the Block. They met in Pennsylvania and
they also met Jesus Christ there and this
changed their direction in lie. They went to
Brazil, South America, as missionaries or
thirty years. The Lord used them in several ministries: Amazon Valley
Academy, Word o Lie Bible
Institute, Abaetetuba Conerence
Center and Bible Institute o
Belem, as well as in church
planting and teaching Bible in the
public schools.
Ater thirty years in discipleship
type ministries, and due to some
health issues, they elt they should look or a ministry state side. They
were encouraged to come by SLM and see the ministry. They were
impressed with the scope o the work and with the enthusiasm o the
sta.
God led and their sending mission, CrossWorld, has agreed to
second them to Source o Light. Chris says this is their Golden Years
Challenge. Greg will act as the European director o SLM and oversee
WWBI (World Wide Bible Institute). He will also be involved with
the Alternative Media ministry reaching the blind and vision impaired.
Chris will be answering letters and grading lessons rom our Spanish-
speaking students. The Millers have our grown children and eightgrandchildren and they are starting a new and challenging career with
SLM.
We welcome all these New Kids on the Block to our sta.
All o these olks need monthly support. Please remember to pray or
them and or this need. They have agreed to come on to SLM to begin
ministry even though they are not ully supported. You may get urther
inormation on their support needs by calling 1-800-776-1207 and ask
or Judy.
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OverseasPrOjectsfOrPrayerandParticiPatiOn
India Christudas Earla Ofce equipment $ 570
Building project $ 1,500
Chile Guillermo Salazar Ministry equipment $ 2,540
Repairs to house damaged in storm
Haiti Vehicle or literature distribution $ 5,000
Eastern Europe Romania Finish Discipleship Training Center $ 17,000
Liberia Finish Discipleship Training Center $ 4,000Vehicle $ 5,500
Ghana Daniel Sappor Ofce Building $ 20,000
Reading Room/Ca $ 10,000
* Work team needed or building project Contact SLM
Togo Generator or outdoor meetings $ 725
Peru Financial needs
Bill Shade
March 9-10 SLM Board of Directors
Meeting, Madison, Georgia
April 5-11 Northland Baptist Bible
College, Dunbar, Wisconsin
April 14-18 ANAM Executive Forum,
Carlinville, Illinois
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Gifts received in memory of:
Sandra Aaronby Mr. James C. AaronVernon Babbby Mrs. Melissa BabbHarold Beasley by Mrs. Libby Beasley Perdue
Carl Castelloby Mr. & Mrs. Raymond R. WalkerMiriam Fraiserby Mr. Wayne M. FraiserH. Edward Gainesby Mrs. Lougenia GainesMary Gilbertby Mr. & Mrs. Ernest J. HillRev. Norm Hirschyby Mrs. Berdine B. HirschyEdith Hurstby Mr. & Mrs. Leon Winton KingA & F Ingalsbe by Mrs. Melissa Babb
Pat Lemmonsby Mr. & Mrs. Virgie FordBill Rinearby Mr. & Mrs. Roy Eichner
Mrs. Charlotte H. Hughes
Mrs. Joy E. Johnston
Mr. Paul W. Rinear
Francis Rodgers by Mrs. James Francis Rodgers
B & J Scifresby Mrs. Carole SchwabEd Teatby Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Carpenter
Mr. & Mrs. James E. King
Mr. & Mrs. Tommy O. Morgan
Peoples Bank Conyers
RSC Conyers LLC
Miss Marie B. Shattles
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Teat by Mrs. Carrie Shults
Wilma Teatby Mr. & Mrs. Tommy O. MorganRSC Conyers LLC
Gifts received in honor of:
Keith & Dorothy Van Der Lindenby Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Y. Woolford21
Pablo and Dalila Correa,
Directors o the Discipleship
Training Branch in Peru, are in
desperate need o unds or the
ministry, as well as personal
support.
Daniel Sappor, Director o
the Ghana Discipleship Training
Branch, is in need o work teamsto help in building projects during
2009.
In Chile, Directors Guillermo
and Vicky Salazar have been busy
trying to assist those rom their
country church who lost everything
in the foods. While helping in a
Marriage Encounter outreach some
100 miles rom their home, a thie
robbed their home o a camera,
projector, cell phone, etc. Pray that
God will supply their needs during
this dicult time.
The Jamaica Discipleship
Training Branch is in need o
more workers and nances or
the ministry. The storms last all
aected the school ministry as the
roads were impassable, etc. Pray
or health and strength or Joy
Webster as she directs this ministry
and has decisions to make. There
is also a need to sell the Clairdale
property.
Sampson Hinneh, Director o
Source o Light Liberia, has been
suering with malaria and typhoid
ever. Due to rising costs, more
unds are needed to nish the
building project.
Pray or political stability in
many countries, particularly the
Congo and Uganda.
Funds were received or a
motorcycle or Sika Yawo, Director
o SLM Togo.
The containers o equipment
and supplies arrived saely in
Ethiopia. Director, Haile Teera, is
there directing the work.
Pastor Red Dizon, PhilSOL
(Philippine Source o Light) NBP
prison ministry, reported 3,201
salvation decisions rom inmates
in the rst three quarters o 2008.
Progress continues with
the demolition, construction,
and renovation o areas o our
Headquarters, thanks to our
ecient Maintenance Department
and the volunteer work teams and
individuals who have helped.
The new computer-to-plate
system or the Print Shop is up and
running.
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I grew up in a semi-Christian home,aithully taken to church by my motherand then by both parents when my ather
was saved in middle age. We had a godlypastor who aithully proclaimed the Wordo God week by week. What a relie it wasto discover that I had an advocate, a lawyer to plead my sinners case beore
a perect God, one who knew no sin and had died on Calvarys Cross or me.All I had to do was realize that I was a sinner, coness my sins, and He wasaithul and just to orgive me.
I am grateul that I have not experienced the great sins o this world. Idont have those lingering doubts or ears or addictions that others coness.Even so, I was just as lost and in need o a Savior.
The Lord brought me under conviction that He wanted all o my lie and so Iyielded to His direction to prepare or service in the Muslim world. At ColumbiaBible College, He directed to the feld o Pakistan, and we prepared to teachin a Bible institute there. That Bible school never materialized and the Lordredirected us to a pastorate in Mansfeld, Ohio. During that time, we wereinvited to develop the missions department o Appalachian Bible College.
Later, He asked us to become the Associate Director o Berean Missionand manage their ourteen felds around the world. Then, He directed me tobecome the Executive Director o the Association o North American Missions.During that time, we moved to Florida, where my wie could care or her agedmother. We were members o a Bible church in Sarasota or several years
where I was an associate pastor, in charge o Biblical counseling.
Now we are retired, living in Beckley, West Virginia, and members oFaith Baptist Church. My wie is in charge o the Childrens Church ministryand I administer the Faith Missions budget, at this time o $102,000. Asopportunity aords, we give seminars on Understanding Islam and theBiblical Worldview.
Our our children are all around us and we attend church together. God issuch a wonderul Savior and proound Friend. We love to serve HIM.
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Maintenance: 1 Brandco 612 Trencher $ 6,250.00Print Shop: Challenge 2436A Jogger $ 2,895.00
Shrink wrap $ 133.00/rollDiscipleship School: Postage for mailing lessons $ 3,000.00/moPrepress: Xerox 24# paper $ 7.60/ream
Proof Printer Ink Cartridges $ 99.00/eaGeneral: 5 electric pencil sharpeners $ 16.00/ea
Key Tags $ 6.98/pkg
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