1 Pray;  2  Listen for the LORD’S leading;  He 3 Leads;
we 4 Follow;  5 He Blesses.

That Blessing is seeing God fashioning the seeds we planted grow into lives changed for eternity. We enjoy reading reports where we followed God’s leading. Yes, He is Blessing. We reflect and share with you reports of our being planters and God is making the seeds grow.

INDIA
Praise God that radio is taking the gospel to some of the neediest and most remote people in South Asia.
Response from a man, Pradeep in India. “I have been so sad since I lost my Job, as there is no income to take care of my family. On my mobile phone, I received the word of God from you through WhatsApp. I wasn’t going to play it, as I was so vexed and was murmuring against God.  
My son took my phone to play games, and he unintentionally pressed the button in the notification center. It played your message, and that message was just for me. It said, ‘don’t give up. God is on your side.’ It was like an angel of the Lord coming home and speaking to me. I am now regularly listening to the word of God.”

We were honored to receive a visit from the Minister of Social Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Mrs. Grace Batubara regarding the Submitting Ministry of Social Assistance in the form of Food Packages for the prevention of Covid-19. This event was attended by the wife of the governor of Bali, as well as the wife of the Mayor of Denpasar. During the visit, Mercy Indonesia was trusted to distribute 1,000 relief packages to people affected by the Pandemic. Some of these packages went to the Orphanage in Atambua where we placed a fresh water well.

NEPAL
Praying for the application process for a new Christian radio station in Nepal. This station will be focused on an unreached and marginalized people group in the country. Reports regarding the coronavirus indicate lockdown continues throughout the country.

Central Asia
"I wanted to say that you have great radio programs. I've been listening to you for two months. Surprisingly, your radio gives power. May the Lord protect you. I came to Christ in 2017. I am the only believer in my family. I have suffered a lot because of my faith in Christ. I was fired several times after co-workers learned that I’m a believer.​

They even tried to kick me out when I was studying at the institute. It was painful. But the worst part was that we were caught by the national security service, while we were studying the Bible. The case did not come to court, but we were forced to pay a large fine, which I could not afford. They are still trying to persuade me to give up this belief. But I will not do this. I already enjoy suffering for Christ.”

Your gifts continue to make a difference as our partner ministries in Indonesia, Nepal, Liberia, Ghana and a restricted access country are actively watering and reaping souls with the saving Grace of our LORD Jesus Christ.

One way you can give is by making a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) gift this year. When planning your IRA withdrawal strategy, you may want to consider making charitable donations through a QCD. See your financial advisor for information to enable you to make this tax advantaged gift.

​David and Sharon Kealy

Train up a child in the way he should go,                                                                                                                      Even when he is old he will not depart from it.“
                                                      Proverbs 22:6 NASB

Often over the years I have quoted preachers and friends who have been an influence on my life. Perhaps it is about time I share something by one of our sons, Dwight. He writes about a personal journey. His personal faith journey as follows:

Recently I have come to think about my understanding of God as we think about colors.  The color spectrum is infinite—as is God—but we label the spectrum with different color names so that we can discuss the infinite.

I grew up in a committed Evangelical Christian home.  In kindergarten I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up.  I answered, “A Christian or an ambulance driver.”  My parents tried to explain that I could be both.  I was not convinced.  I knew Christianity like I knew the color blue.  Blue was a thick wax crayon that left its mark across the coloring books, papers, or on whichever wall I might drag it.  I knew blue.

I was looking at study abroad programs in high school and one day my dad asked me, “How would you like to study abroad and live at home?”  What did he mean?   How was this possible?  It turns out that my parents had always thought about being missionaries.  Six months later we were on a plane to Ecuador where I ended up graduating from high school.  In this experience I learned more about my faith like we learn more about the color blue.  There is blue before the dark storm clouds and blue in a clear sky at noon.  God loves us.  And God is good. 

There was a great pastor in Ecuador.  I learned much from him about the Bible.  I also learned through his daughter that he was a pastor in Ecuador because he had had an affair with the church secretary at his former congregation back in the Midwestern United States.  Evidently his wife decided it was a good time for the family to become missionaries in South America.  There is blue that is azure and aqua.  Closer to darkness there is cobalt and navy.  There is sin.  There is forgiveness.  And God has a plan.

I was a religious studies major at Westmont.  I did graduate work in Archaeology in Israel with Harvard and earned my Master’s Degree in Religion from Yale.  This is like becoming an expert in blue and spending all my time with people who know the difference between indigo and lapis lazuli.  One time we heard someone call the sky blue when we all knew it was really cerulean, and we laughed.  With education and experience it is easy—and common—to become increasingly critical in describing the world around us.  How else do we describe a blue except to distinguish it from other blues?  Certainly one blue must be better and one must be worse than the other, and by stating this, one can establish himself as the experienced, lonely, expert of blues.  At times we discussed God like serious wine-tasters describing wines.  We look at the hue.  We smell it.  We loudly sip it, swirl it in our mouths, hold it on our tongue for a moment…and then spit it out.  God is real and exists not just to be discussed or tasted, but to indwell in our bodies and change our lives.

I heard that there was no God.  It was like hearing there was no blue.  I checked.  I scooped up the blue sea in my hands.  It dripped through my fingers, clear.  I grabbed at the sky.  It slipped through my fingers without leaving a stain.  Doubts.  But even on cloudy days I know the sky is blue.  This faith comes from a history of trust.  As a child in church we would sing, “Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him, How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er…O for grace to trust Him more.”  I trust in God and he has proved that he is faithful over and over.

I heard that the reason is economic.  It takes too much time, money, and effort to make a wrapper for each color.  At some point we decide, for laziness or economy, that we understand the infinite well-enough.  We wrap a label around it and stop.


And so, I tell you now, “The sky is blue and God is faithful, just, and loves us.”  I know that sounds simple, but don’t laugh.  It’s true.  I have argued about the shade and saturation.  I have waited for clouds to pass and the dawn to come.  I have trusted in Jesus, and he has proved himself to me over and over again. ​

Let’s be perfectly clear I am a Christian. I am not a racist, I am a Christian. So your question might be, “What is the Christian Life?” And you just might ask, “Where is the Christian Life?” And you might go on to ask, “Why does the Christian life exist?” These three questions are asked by my missionary / Pastor friend Bud Carlos McCord who lives and ministers in Brazil. He was our beloved pastor when we lived in Florida in the 1980’s.​

I am a Christian and I believe the Bible is the inspired word of God. It is my guide to help me to be more like Jesus. Why do I live to be more like Jesus? Because that is the answer to the first question above. Jesus is the Christian life!

It was the right thing to do and we are blessed to have been prepared to help at such a time as this. Yet there is much more to do.​

Recently I heard Robert Woodson Sr. say, "in America we, spontaneously respond to need!” I like that and I see it all around me these days as people respond to those truly in need. 

Providing a helping hand in a real time of need is something, we with your help, are able to do.​

Your gifts are sent to support our Partner missions during this COVID-19 pandemic. We were able to support five different ministry mission partners in April and May and June for them to spend where needed most. And the need remains great as the pandemic continues. Their response was tremendous and heartwarming.