MISSION CRY DECEMBER 2016
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60 YEARS IN MINISTRY EMPOWERING NATIVE MISSIONARIES
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CONTENTS 3
Executive Director’s Note
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Overseas Ministry
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Stateside Ministry
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Distribution Center Updates
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Did You Know?
8 Testimonies 10
Final Updates
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How Can You Help?
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S NOTE I hope this magazine and short message finds you and your family well. Recently I watched a short program I did with Pastor Joseph, our partner who oversees our Kenya distribution center. In the video he mentions the need for food, medicine, and clothing but he makes a point to remind us that those things return void! He reminds us in the closing of the film that he needs—his people need—the word of God! The word is the only thing that does not return void! This year alone, because of your living and giving, we together have sent over $10 million in Bibles and Christian books, that we have freely given and distributed to empower native missions. This makes it possible for people to spend time with Jesus! In Acts 4:13 The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus! When you and I spend time in the word of God that so many people around the world do not have, people will be able to know that we have spent time with Jesus. I’m asking you to help and encourage those that we call our brothers and sisters with the word of God! This is the only thing that does not return void. This allows them the ability to spend time with Jesus that they might not only be saved, not only filled with the Holy Spirit, but even have a Holy Ghost boldness and accomplish great things for the Kingdom. Therefore, because boldness embodies us we should be bold enough to know that God in heaven fills us and will see us through one way or another. When you believe, truly believe, you will be willing to lose, but I promise you will gain! Thank you for your accomplishments in missions giving. Be encouraged by and in the word and by the testimony, which will give you the boldness to gain in and for the Kingdom!
Rev. Jason M. Woolford
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OVERSEAS
Materials Sent This Year 24 Sea containers Sent with 1 million pounds sent 30 countries reached with “Share Your Bookshelf” packages 4 Christian Resources International
Impact
-$10 Million in free Bibles and books sent this year alone
-750,000 people received a Bible and book for free due to your generosity -Empowering Foreign and Native Missionaries from multiple denominations -563 Missionaries have shopped for free at our bookstore taking up to $3,000 worth of free Bibles and Christian books to take back to the country they serve!
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STATESIDE 35,000 prisoners througout the United States have received a free Bible or Christian book through generous donations made by you!
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Distribution Center Updates Mai-Mahiu, Kenya
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ince we established the distribution center in Kenya, we have successfully sent several shipments of Christian books and Bibles to be distributed to local pastors, churches, and any person who simply desires it. The CRI distribution center in MaiMahiu, Kenya is about an hours’ drive from Nairobi and is run by Pastor Joseph who trains pastors from surrounding areas for the ministry. Through your prayers and monetary support Pastor Joseph and his wife Jane were able to purchase a new building to not only house the materials that are sent to them, but also to hold training sessions and equip pastors and the next generation for the Kingdom! As you know we have now sent over $ 1 million in free bibles and christian books just this year to our Kenya Distribution Center. “I was blessed to have breakfast with Pastor Paul who is visiting Michigan.” says Reverend Jason. 6 Christian Resources International
“He told me that his wife was able to visit our center in Mai Mahiu Kenya and was graciously greeted and blessed with Bibles and Christian books. He went to tell me his need for his orphanage and bible school for more resources.” Your support financially of this distirubution center will allow him to get all the bibles an books needed.
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Did You Know?
There are nearly 5 million unreached people in both Kenya and the Philippines? Impoverished countries such as Kenya and the Philippines have an average house hold income of about $3 per day “And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.” ` Matthew 18:5
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TESTIMONIES Dearest Sister, It is the quite foremost moment to be in the presence of the Lord to salute you in the sweet name of our lord Jesus Christ who is our Savior who saved us from sin. How is your family? How are your co-workers? The church members are thankful for 200 bibles we received from Joseph. My church members says thanks to you and they are assuring you that you have, and you will, play every immeasurable role in establishing God’s work and make it grow and become very successful in this part of the world. We have come together about 40 pastors and 20 church elders. We held a meeting and they sent me to ask you if you can send us 5000 bibles, for their is a big need of bibles. Please let us know what you think. Jesus manifested His love through preaching and feeding the hungry. This is what we are practicing and our goal is to inspire, teach and lead people to find Christ as their savior and become a part of His remnant
Sarah, I just wanted to thank you guys so much for the Polish books and the Bible. I delivered the other Polish books to the inmate last night. She was so touched and just cried and cried. It was so touching that a few other inmates cried as well. It was so wonderful and I think she felt the love of God. You were a huge part of that. If you by chance come across any other Polish books or literature just let me know and I can see if she is still here. I am sure she would love anything that you have. Thanks so very much, Pam
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people. The perfect saints who will stand faultless before the throne. Sister, let us keep our armor on forever and be prepared for the spiritual war. He has already provided the victory when we know Him. Satan was dumbfounded that Jesus did not falter right from from His arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane to Calvary. His victory came at a cost that must have made the angels to gasp. I Am sure they still shake their heads and get misty-eyed when they think about all that Jesus endured from Gethsemane to the cross. God is coming soon to take us to His home where there will be no sorrow nor crying, no orphans nor terrorism. We will be resting and glorify the Lord forever more Amen. We are in need of Holy Bibles and also we do need some assistance to care for the orphans whose parents have died from aids. Don’t send us only bibles but also your prayers as a christian are very important to us. Yours in Christ, Pastor Cyrus
Mission Cry sent Spanish resources with the Colombia Ministry Team. The team was ready to witness and share the Word of God with people in their homes and on the street. It was a special day when the team visited a prison in Medellin—some of them carrying Mission Cry resources. Once a very dangerous place, Bellavista has become a place where the lives of many have been transformed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The missionary took some of the Spanish resources and gave a Bible to one of the guards. When he took the New Testament, he told her, “I have never seen a Bible.” On that visit she had the privilege of leading two guards and four inmates to Jesus.
Orphans from Cameroon, Africa visitng CRI
When you participate with donations of Bibles, Christian resources, and finances to Mission Cry, you are sharing, sending, and sowing to make eternal life changes in those in need. Could it be that YOU were the ONE who gave the guard that BIBLE?
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BECOME A BOOK MISSIONARY - SHARE YOUR BOOKS - DONATE YOUR BIBLES AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE - SPONSOR A SEA CONTAINER - PICK UP COORDINATOR - VOLUNTEER - FINANCIALLY GIVE
When you partner with CRI and become a book missionary you are empowering native missionaries around the Globe to Share, Send, and Sow the word of God to every nation. When you give to us as a missions organization, you are, in turn, giving tomissionaries around the globe. Since 1956 we’ve empowered native missionaries in 171 nations, providing them with over $300 million in Bibles and Biblical resources, and equipped nearly 1 million leaders to reach others with God’s word.
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