Our brother in Christ, Scott DeGroff, writes: Dear Co-laborers and my much loved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, “But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.” 1 Peter 4:7 I am more eager to see what the Lord is going to do than I have ever been! We are watching the Lord do things in Ottawa that we have never seen before. There are 150 posters up in local businesses. The local radio station is announcing the four gospel meetings multiple times a day. The local paper has been running ads. The local Christians have been very much stirred of the Holy Spirit and have even been meeting to pray for revival to come to Ottawa for the last six months, knowing nothing of what the Lord had laid on our hearts! The Lord has brought the right workers to Ottawa to plow, water, plant, etc… (Gifted brothers and families who can’t imagine not being there right now) These laborers are an answer to specific prayer. They are carrying on the work, and yet they are thanking us for praying for this community! :0) Isn’t God good, He gives us His desires then fulfills those desires! (Psalm 37:4) I can follow a God like this! One local Christian writes in response to receiving the literature: “We’ve been praying together weekly for six months (a group of Christian leaders) and have felt just recently that God is telling us something is about to happen soon. When I read your flyer tears came to my eyes as hope stirred in my heart that your ministry may be connected to what God is going to do here in this city!” Needless to say, we are more than thrilled at the widespread cry for revival in this town that we are finding and the unquestionable open door that the Lord has provided! Our Great and Awesome God is stirring the hearts of His people to want more, pray more, work more, etc… More Glory for the Lamb that was slain! More people to love Him rather than cursing and spurning Him! More lives saved from the destruction of sin and the wrath of a Holy God! Praise the Lord that we serve an unfailing SAVIOR that WILL BUILD HIS CHURCH! Praise the Lord that He has chosen to use little broken vessels like us that sided with the rebels! And, Praise the Lord that any one of us who say yes to Him is welcomed with open arms to be co-laborers with the creator and sustainer of all things! I, without any question of conscience, ask you to pray fervently for the Lord to do a work in Ottawa, KS that will encourage the whole of the church in North America! Please pray every day and thus “strive with me in your prayers to God for me” (Romans 15:30b) Thank you for the many ways that you partner with us in this work the Lord has lain before us! We thank the Lord for you and pray for your encouragement, fruitfulness, and joy in following after a Savior who is the best of Friends and the worthiest of Lord’s! May He receive the glory He deserves through us! In Christ, Praise God, Scott and Lynn DeGroff
Eight of us are heading out this afternoon for Kansas City. Gathering with approximately 100 others from across the country, we'll spend Saturday participating in various evangelism efforts. Please pray with us for safety for all those traveling. In addition, pray for the gospel to be presented with clarity and precision--and for many seeds to be sown. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!
Thanks for praying! The Lord was good and gave us great weather for the parade. OK, OK--it may have been a little hot for some of us (especially us bald guys)...but this is Fargo, so we're not complaining. He also was good to provide safety during setup and on the parade route itself.
JoAnna, Julia, and Leanna did a great job decorating the float. Matt, Andrew, and Harry went above-and-beyond by hauling the candy and tracts from the various cars to the float staging area. Thanks also to Craig and Katie for the use of their vehicle and trailer. Both worked out really well!
In all, we distributed just over 5,800 pieces of literature and 775 gospel CDs! Just for fun, I did a little math. Given the 75 minutes we were on the parade route, we passed out 88 items per minute which equates to just under 1.5 items per second!
May the Lord bring the increase and the fruit in His perfect timing and for His greater glory!
A video highlighting the past three years of GNOM has been posted on the Uplook website.
At the 5:50 mark of the video there are a couple of interesting interviews--worth watching just for those! You'll also catch a few glimpses of our own Andrew Rockhold.
Recently, the youth group pooled our resources to get in on a special deal. We purchased 1,000 copies of The Bible: Myth or Divine Truth by Warren Henderson. The 68-page booklet takes an apologetic approach to sharing details about the reliability and authenticity of scripture.
We haven't decided if we'll use these in a mass evanglistic outreach or not--for now we're distributing them on a personal basis.
You can get more information about the book from Amazon.com.
Following the evening meeting we had a going away party for Luis and Kelli.
