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From late March through the end of May, schools in the Philippines are closed for summer vacation. This is the time of year when our churches conduct their summer youth camps or conferences.
Every three years we conduct a national youth conference in Ozamiz city, which we call IGNITION. The next IGNITION will be in the summer of 2025.
In the years between these IGNITION national youth conferences, our churches conduct local and regional youth gatherings to minister to our youth that come from the churches in that particular part of the country.
Collectively, thousands of youth are ministered to, encouraged, prayed for and led to a saving knowledge of Jesus while attending these summer camps.
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All over the country, regional youth camps are conducted during the summer vacation time. Challenging messages are shared in person, or via pre-recorded video messages from me if I can’t be there personally. Then, the altars are opened for youth to come before the Lord for salvation, healing or personal ministry by our pastors and youth leaders. | |
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There is still time to join either our July or August Mission Tours this year. Contact our Tucson office for details. You can also download our Missions Tour Info Packet, which is available on our MKMI website: www.mkmi.org.
And even if you can’t go this year, help us out with an offering to support our crusade efforts throughout 2024 – because we’re doing these crusades before and after the Tour Groups arrive.
Your partnership enables us to keep reaching out like this, one person at a time, with our goal of reaching at least ONE MILLION souls saved before Jesus returns.
And remember, your support means you get a tax deduction here in this life, and you get the same rewards we get someday soon in heaven.
Never forget this truth: THOSE WHO GO NEED THOSE WHO SOW. Thank you again for your faithful partnerships.
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Overall Ministry:
Financial Support: Agree with us for a steady level of support that continues to increase. We’re feeding on God’s faithfulness (Psalms 37:3).
As our COLD WATER newsletters indicate, we’re busy about the Father’s business, reaching, teaching and training brothers, sisters, pastors and leaders worldwide, especially in the Philippines.
Your support enables us to go out into all the world, sharing the good news of the gospel wherever the Lord leads.
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In the Philippines:
International Airfare Assistance: Our next scheduled trip to the Philippines will be in the summer of 2024. We are standing in faith for the money to pay for the air tickets for those trips. Please help us if you can with the funds we need for the travel, and a big THANK YOU for those of you who have already sent airfare assistance!
Compound construction: In addition to the cost of airfare, several of our compound buildings are literally falling apart and need to be repaired. Our house, built in 1988, was constructed mostly with wood, and now needs immediate attention.
During our time there in January, because of the heavy rainstorms common at this time of year, we were constantly waking up to puddles of water on our bed, our pillows – and on us! We have put tarps over the roof in an attempt to stop the water from coming in, but it’s not working.
Plus, inside the house, the wooden floors, walls and ceilings are rotten, and termite infested. Many of our electrical outlets are burned out due to the water leaking into the wires and sockets.
Fixing all of this won’t be cheap, but it has to be done. We're doing this project in phases to manage the costs, and work around our on-going ministry activity.
Phase 1 will consist of laying new support columns to
replace the old, rotten ones, and putting up a new roof over the old, leaky one. Projected cost is around $25,000 for that first phase. Please help us if you can.
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Ethel and I want you to know how important you are to the on-going work of MKMI in the Philippines, and around the world.
We’re moving through 2024 with great faith in our God, believing He will meet all of our needs, in Jesus’ Name.
On top of the major projects mentioned in the PRAYER PRIORITIES segment, we believe God for His consistent supply day-by-day. Staff salaries must be paid monthly. We have insurance to pay for our buildings and vehicles.
There is wear-and-tear on plumbing, lights and electrical fixtures. Paint and caulking is needed for existing buildings. We must have 24-hour security provided for the compound. And of course, we have the inter-island travel expenses to go to our churches and crusade venues.
Since 1980, I have gone wherever God leads me, and now our staff, students, graduates and churches reproduce that same effort in the Philippines and around the world.
Your prayers and financial support enables us to do all of this. Once again, we say: THANK YOU!
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The cost of educating our students falls mainly upon the MKMI ministry. The students are charged tuition, but the actual budget for housing, feeding and educating them is much more than their tuition can cover. That’s why sponsorship has become so vital. If you would like to sponsor one or more of our current or future students, the total cost to underwrite one of them is $95 monthly, or $855 annually (for nine months of study – vacation time excluded). This covers everything we need to provide for them. And remember, your gifts are always tax-deductible.
We’re believing God will provide sponsors for 35 students. If this is something you feel led to help us with, be sure to designate “Sponsor a Student” from the drop down menu when clicking the link below for online contributions. We will provide sponsors with individual names and photos of all the students their support is enabling us to train.
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FACEBOOK LIVE STREAM – UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Please take note of the dates for our upcoming live streams:
Dates: May 9th and May 23rd
Time: 7:30pm Arizona time, which is 10:30am Philippine time, the next day.
Dates and times are always subject to change, per the leading of the Lord. Streaming schedules are also posted on the MKMI Facebook Page, under “Events”.
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No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. 2 Timothy 2:4 | |
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Last month we highlighted the first half of this verse, highlighting the word entangled. This month we will look at the second half, highlighting the word enlisted.
Our responsibility in life is simple - to please Jesus as enlisted soldiers in the army of the Lord. This did not happen because we chose to volunteer. We did not decide to go down to the “Great Commission Recruitment Center” and sign up to be soldiers for God. No, sir! When a person is born again, right then and there they are enlisted into God’s military! We didn’t enlist ourselves. God did it for us!
Many of my books and messages revolve around this truth. Do you have a military mentality? Do you understand we were all born into a world at war? Do you realize you have both allies who love you and enemies who hate you spiritually? Do you understand your eternal soul is the prize both of them are fighting for? If you don’t understand the reality of these things, you need to wake up in a hurry!
Using a natural comparison, it’s the difference between choosing to join an all-volunteer army, or one where the government drafts you whether you like it or not.
God’s army is the latter of the two. Induction in His army is His choice, not ours. What is voluntary is whether we follow his orders (commandments) or not.
If you do, victory is promised in this life, and eternal rewards in the next. If you don’t you’ll still be saved, but as an enlisted soldier, you’ll stand before the Lord to face the judgment of disobeying direct orders.
That means loss of victory in this life, and forfeiture of rewards in the next. So, get with the program! Think like a soldier at war because that’s who you are.
Live and make choices like a soldier at war.
Follow orders immediately with the right attitude.
Do that and you’ll be well on your way to eliminating all of the weights and sins that so easily ensnares us with the affairs of this life (Hebrews 12:1).
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