Ministry
As I’m sure you have been made well aware 2018 has flown by, God has given yet another good year of serving Him. I can honestly say every day, and every year, gets sweeter with Jesus. We appreciate your prayers for us in this previous year, they were sincerely felt, and genuinely needed. I am certainly convinced that God has blessed us so tremendously, in no small part, because of your prayers.
Our church and its ministries have continued to grow, with us having hit a new high attendance of over sixty people; and more people coming to trust Christ as Savior. One interesting milestone we crossed in these past few months, is that we have now seen, in the second year of our church, people come from forty-three different countries. That is exciting, not only because it is a lot of countries, but because in six months we have surpassed our total for the entire first year.
Our soul winning ministry has also increased, with several more men joining me to go door knocking. We still go to the city thirty minutes to our south on Monday, each week, and were blessed to have our first visitor from there recently. We now have four more men who are starting to go on other days, boosting us to be able to go almost every day of the week. Four of the men who go with me, were some of the men baptized this past September, it is exciting to see them sharing the gospel with others. We will actually this week teaching soul winning classes at our church, so that others might start joining us.
I mentioned a building in my last letter, I have spoken with the owner; and seen the property. It is perfect for our needs and in a great location. The building is large enough for our church, for the foreseeable future, and has an apartment attached for our family. The price is very good for this part of the city, but still considerably out of our price range; it is nearly half the price of any building its size. Please pray for us though, we desperately need God’s guidance in whether this property is His will or not.
Personal
God has been good to us this year, beyond any possible measurement, we are excited to announce that we have picked the name for our soon coming little girl. Please pray for Emily Elisabeth Haley, as she is due in early March, and can therefore be coming any time now. Please also pray for Lory that, her and Emily will be healthy throughout the pregnancy and delivery. I want to thank all of you for your exceeding kindness: the cards and gifts were too much. I have a stack of cards here on my desk as I write, and each one is a reminder of a church, family, or individual; who is praying for us. I cannot say enough how much that means to us or this ministry.
Prayer
Pray for God’s guidance concerning the building and whether or not it is God’s will.
Pray for the soul winning classes we will be offering; that people will get involved.
Pray for Lory and the baby throughout the course of her pregnancy.
Pray for the student ministry to grow as we start a new semester.
Pray for our door knocking ministry as it grows, and God gives greater opportunities.
Pray for our us, that we might serve God faithfully, and raise Josiah and Emily for the Lord.
Pray for new year, that, we can see God bless our ministry all the more.
Thank you for all of your faithful prayers for us, you are a much needed part of the ministry and will never know how much of a blessing you are to us, at least not on this side of eternity.
With Sincere Gratitude, Bro. Junior Haley