Then We Are Stronger

Johann and Louise: Training Disciples to Make Disciples in the Netherlands I’ve been thinking about my life from the time I first met Jesus in 1980 up to today. I’m still in touch with many of my colleagues and converts, those we trained and those we taught, those who have become Bishops, leading pastors, missionaries, and evangelists themselves in many countries all over the world and then some. They still read and engage with my sermons, writings, my poems and songs, and other social media posts and many read and use my books as evangelism tools, Bible study material, and resources for their own sermons and writings. In many ways, Louise and I serve a global community that includes developed and developing countries…I often like to use the word “glocal” to describe what we do.   But we cannot do the work of ministry without our support team…our partners…our supporters…we cannot do what we do without you. Our SAMS-USA personal support account has now reached an all-time low. We have prayed about this and are still convinced that the Lord led us to Christ Church, Heiloo. Evangelical churches are few and far between in North Holland…this is not the so-called “Bible-belt” of the Netherlands…a narrow band that stretches from Amsterdam to Zwolle. Ministry here is tough and slow but rewarding.   Would you please pray with us and seek God with us?   God willing, we will be at the SAMS-USA pre-conference (where I will be speaking on ministry in post-Christian Europe) and the New Wineskins Conference at Ridgecrest, NC from September 16-20. The plan is then to drive down to Greenville, SC and preach and speak at Holy Trinity, North Augusta on September 21. We are hoping to meet with our supporters in the Upstate as well as all in the Low Country, but we need you help to facilitate these meetings. We don’t have much time as we leave for Ambridge to meet with the SAMS leadership and staff on September 25 and return to the Netherlands September 27. We do hope we will be able to also meet up with some of our friends and colleagues in Ambridge somehow…   Louise and I are burning the candle on both ends as well as in the middle…trying to reach people through friendship evangelism is not easy because it must be real if it is to be meaningful…and building friendships, especially with folks with radically different worldviews takes time and effort and commitment. And then there is the preaching, teaching, writing, and the many things that go with church planting... We need our friends…we all do…we need you. Please pray. Please help. https://give.samsusa.org/missionary/johann-and-louise-vanderbijl Love, hugs, and blessings Johann and Louise Support Us Johann and Louise spent two years helping to develop the St. Frumentius Seminary in Gambella, Ethiopia. They then worked in Southern Africa, serving in seven southern African countries, while continuing to work with the Diocese of Egypt, North Africa through engaging in a disciple making movement in order to grow the body of Christ. They are now serving in Heiloo, the Netherlands. We are sent  through the Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders, a missionary sending community, engaging in building relationships with the worldwide church to experience the broken restored, the wounded healed, the hungry fed, and the lost found through the love and power of Jesus Christ.  Support SAMS Copyright © 2016 Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders, All rights reserved. www.sams-usa.org      Our mailing address is: PO Box 399 Ambridge PA 15003 Attention to: Johann and Louise van der Bijl Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

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