Vice President's View
By Roy Kruse
I marvel at how God very often uses the ordinary and simple-rather
than the prominent and influential-to accomplish His purposes.
On that first Christmas, God's messenger communicated His plan
of redemption first to a humble peasant girl; then a whole host
of messengers made their first announcement of the Good News
of the Savior's birth to a group of shepherds, one of the more
neglected groups of that society. These all responded with amazement.
God continues to work today through the ordinary and we stand
amazed. As I write this, I am amazed at what God is doing
through FaithSearch International and its small staff
of ordinary but committed people. For the past several months
the FaithSearch staff has been developing an effective
Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation which can be licensed
and distributed to trained teachers here in the United States
and in every country in which we minister. Now for the first
time we offer a complete curriculum for teachers as part of
"Extending the Vision"—multiplying the ministry of
FaithSearch. Read more about this elsewhere in
the newsletter.
By the time you read this, Dr. Bierle and I will have been
to Manila, Philippines, where we were invited to launch
FaithSearch Discovery in that country of eighty
million people. When we return, we will finalize plans for our
trip to India in February, anticipating also a visit to neighboring
Nepal, where church leaders who have heard of our work
in India are keen to receive FaithSearch Discovery
as a tool in their ministries. Our Russian evangelist, Oleg
Voskresensky, is completing an extended trip to Ukraine.
For the first time in his ministry there, he is training and
equipping leaders in the ministry use of—and at last providing
them with CDs containing—the FaithSearch Discovery
presentation. Our Spanish evangelist, Carlos Fernández,
is translating the FaithSearch Discovery Participant
Guide and the Surprised by Faith Study and Discussion
Guide into Spanish and will be training and equipping teachers
in the new year in Mexico and other parts of Central America.
In recent weeks our ministry has welcomed Janet McFarlin
to the staff as part-time assistant in accounts receivable.
She undertakes responsibilities formerly carried out by Jason
Gudim. Jason is now attending seminary, but continues to
assist us part-time in a variety of capacities. We also recently
said good-bye to evangelist Denny McKeever after more
than four years of ministry with FaithSearch.
We are grateful for his ministry with us and wish him and his
wife, Joanie, God's blessings in the years ahead.
As you take time to reflect this Christmas I hope you will
be amazed to see how God is at work through the ordinary events
and people of our lives.
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