2009 Reaper - Spring

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Just Imagine

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Source o Light is engaged in aworldwide literature ministry. Formany years it has been meetingthe spiritual needs o multiplied

thousands through Bible studylessons and other literature. Les-sons are distributed by the Inter-national Headquarters in Madi-son, Georgia, and its DiscipleshipTraining Branches and AssociateDiscipleship Schools throughoutthe world.

A brochure, Discipleship Train-ing Using SLM International BibleLessons, is available that explainsthe various plans through whichthe courses may be used by oth-er qualifed ministries.

Representatives, Missionaries,and Appointees o Source oLight are available to present theministry and its needs to church-es, missionary conerences, andother groups. Contact the SLMPublic Relations ofce or sched-uling.

For inormation on any o theministries o SLM, please contactus.

Spring 2009

The Reaperis published by Source of Light

Ministries International, Inc. and is sent free of

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Madison, Georgia 30650

Phone: 706.342.0397

Fax: 706.342.9072

E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: w ww.sourcelight.org

The Reaper

Editor: Billie Will

Graphic Design: Marianne Rosenberger

Prepress: SLM Publications

Production: SLM Printing

Board o Directors

D. Lowry, Chairman

L. Valentine, Vice Chairman

Daniel De Jong, Secretary

E.B. Sho, Treasurer

J.C. Carter C. Mayeld

Dr. G.S. Palmer Dr. R.J. Sans

Dr. B.H. Struthers Dr. Earl Parvin

Administrative Council

Dr. B. Shade, General DirectorR.R. Walker, Chief Financial Ocer

J. Strausbaugh, Director of Human Resources

G.P. Busenitz, Director of Operations

E. Brandon, Director of Public Relations

B. Watson, Director of Field Ministries

R.R. Walker, Director of Printing Operations

B. Hearing, Director of MDS

About the Front Cover Photo:

A Jamaican school child prays

Source of Light

Ministries

International

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4 News & Views rom the General Director

by Bill Shade

5 Observations rom the Director Emeritus

by Glenn Dix

6 Haiti A Nation Once Dedicated to Satan

by Arthur Spalding

8 Have you Raised Your Flag? by Rosina Brandon

9 Helping Hands Braille Ministry by Ben Watson

9 Updates

10 Just Imagine by Bill Shade

12 SLM Materials

14 A Celebration o History by Richard Beam

16 New Kids on the Block by Billie Will

19 Overseas Projects or Prayer and Participation

19 Destinations

20 In Loving Memory / Honor

21 Prayer & Praise

22 Our Newest Board Member Earl Parvin

23 The Joy o Giving

Source of Light Ministries International

Spring 2009

Table of Contents

The Reaper


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In 606 BC, the invading armies o Babylon

had surrounded Jerusalem. They occupied all

o the territory and their armies now camped in

and around the allen cities, including a place called Anathoth.

Jeremiah was in prison or predicting the ultimate all o the nation and

her captivity or the next 70 years. In this impossible situation, a cousin

o the prophet visited him in

jail with a real estate proposal.

Obviously, the man wanted to

turn worthless property into

cash to care or his own survival, but who would be oolish enough to

buy occupied territory under these conditions?

As we know, Jeremiah did, and his Real Estate Counselor was none

other than God Himsel. The entire story is ound in chapter thirty-two

o Jeremiah. He paid the money and careully secured the legal evidence

o purchase, knowing ull well that he would never own that land in his

lietime.

Why did he do it? Well, rst because God told him to. It is always

wisest and best to obey God, even when His command runs counter to

human reason. Secondly, Jeremiah wanted to demonstrate his aith in

Israels restoration. He had predicted it, now he was investing in it. But

Jeremiah did not even have a amily that could one day look orward

to occupying that land when the restoration happened so will he ever

recover his investment?

Someday, perhaps not too many years hence, the King is coming to

set up the Kingdom He has promised. I suspect when he does, that land

deed will be ound and I expect I will be visiting Jeremiah someday

in peaceul little Anathoth where he will be enjoying the retirement

investment he made so long ago.

Have you made any investments in the eternal Kingdom recently? Its

going to be a long retirement.

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When Jesus was preaching He requently

reerred to books. Paul admonished Timothy,

. . . bring . . . the books. . . . We have a tremendous reservoir o

excellent Christian books to assist us to know the greatest o all

books, the Bible.

My sister, Rose, and I accompanied our mother to the local

library where we used a childs wagon to get Moms twenty books

and our ew books home. She encouraged us to read broadly.

Later, when I started a Christian bookstore in Arrowhead

Christian Center, in Binghamton, New York, Dr. Paul Gris

suggested that we mention, on our daily radio broadcast, that

people could donate good used Christian books to our lending

library. We were overwhelmed with ten thousand books. Many

people came to borrow and to bring books. This started in me a

great love or good Christian books.Despite two house res that destroyed all o our books, my

wie, Joyce, and I have ound wonderul riends in good books to

enrich our lives as we have built up another good library.

Source o Light has been involved with good books in Jamaican

Christian bookstores. Through our World-Wide Bible Institute

and World-Wide LIT programs, our Bible studies are based on

excellent Christian books.

The best o all books to read is the Bible. Proverbs 4:20-22

promises . . . attend to my words . . . for they are life . . . and they

are health. . . .


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SLM Haiti who would havethought or dreamed o its existenceor its impact. For my thoughts are

not your thoughts, neither are your

ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Haiti, a land that in 1804 wasdedicated to Satan or 200years in ransom or its release rom

the oppressive French colonists, wasa land ar rom the Lord and ar rom

hope.

SLM started impacting Haiti in the1990s. By 2003, lessons weresent by bus to ve cities throughoutthe country, resulting in the

enrollment o about 400 students and

65 salvation decisions. On December

13, 2003, the Arthur Spalding amily,

contrary to the tide o unrest in the

country, moved to Haiti with the goal

o making the discipleship ministry a

ministry o the local church in Haiti.

Independence Day, January 1,2004, marked the bicentennial othe country and a potential turning

point o the nation. The president,

Aristide, had called in voodoo priests

rom Arica to rededicate the country

to Satan. Christian churches across

the land were calling upon God to

deliver the land rom the hands o

Satan. Ater much discussion and

arguing about the voodoo ceremony,the priests returned to Aristide and

said they could not do it, because they

could not agree and the spirits were

not with them.

The country was in a state o unrestand instability. The United Statesembassy evacuated all personnel,

locked down all transportation, and

President Aristide fed the country

as a nationalist army marched on

the capital to take control o power.

The marines helped maintain order

during this time until the United

Nations landed a peacekeeping orce

and Haiti established an interim

government lasting until 2006. Please

note that this new government was

in prayer beore each meeting and

read rom the scriptures on national

television, giving constant reerence

to the nations need to rely on God.

That same year, hurricanes emptiedthousands o cubic meters owater on the country o Haiti, literally

washing out towns and carrying them

downstream. Lie takes on a new

signicance when its ragility is all

by Arthur Spalding

Spalding Family

Haiti is a land o beauty!

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around. Despite the turmoil in the

country, SLM was able to open a new

discipleship ministry in Cap Haitian

on the northern coast.

Haiti had a dicult period in 2005and movement was very limited.Gangs which previously were limited

to ghetto

sections began

c o n t r o l l i n g

major routes

with arms they

gained duringthe time o

unrest. During

this time the expansion o SLM was

limited, but it was a great time to work

in the local church. Attendance grew

rom 25 to highs o over 200. This

was a testing point or the church, as

there was

not a body

o mature

bel ievers

who were

able to

m i n i s t e r

to all the

new attendees and their children.SLM materials were used with the

young believers, grounding them in

the basics o salvation and Christian

living. It is this group o young

people who today are key leaders in

the church.

Rene Prval became the presidento Haiti or the second time in2006. During that year, I was almost

kidnapped as I was delivering SLM

lessons. God merciully brought me

through the snare in the road. SLM

discipleship in the north grew.

The ollowing year was to be ayear o great steps. The UnitedNations took the green light and went

ater gang leaders, scattering them

throughout the country and hunting

them down.

The cost o ood and uel nearlydoubled in 2008. The nancialbase, coupled with unemployment,

produced ood riots on a national level.

Blame was laid on the prime ministerand he was removed. For Source o

Light Haiti, God continues to give

the increase. In 2008, we distributed

41,698 Bible study lessons. Our work

this past year was directed to a greater

number o young children, using the

Explorers and Overcomers series.

Please pray about what God mighthave you do to meet the manyneeds o 2009.

A forty-foot container for storage of

lessons.

The loading and shipping of the

container to Haiti with lessons

Translate lessons into Creole

Print translated lessons

Local home

Village well Children who need the Lord


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There it was; the church we were

looking or. Once again our GPS,

co-named Mizzy, pointed us in

the right direction. We had arrived!

Prior to this weekend engagement

in Andover, Maine, we enjoyed

this beautiul state or a week,

with its breathtaking scenery, the

cool, blue waters o its magnicent

lakes, and we were always on the

lookout or the ever-present moose

lumbering across the highway.

As we pulled into the parking

lot o Calvary Bible Church, we

noticed the parsonage attached to

the let o the church, but on the

right . . . mailboxes? Why would a

church want a bunch o mailboxes?

Each one had a name; i.e., Julia,

Rebecca, Drew, etc. Our curiosity

was peaked!

The fagwas up

on Codys

box. What

or? Later

on, when

questioning

the pastors wie, she shared

with us that this was the churchs

Mailbox Club. When a lesson

is ready to be checked, up goes

the red fag. What an exciting

by Rosina Brandon

incentive or children to study the

Word o God!

Calvary Bible Church has been

a Village Missions church since

the early 1990s. It began in a

schoolhouse on October 5, 1964,

where they met until building theirnew acility several years later,

now seen at the present location.

Compassion and love or the

people? Thats exactly what we

saw in Pastor Kenneth Wagsta

and his wie, Kathy. Believing that

a little child shall lead them, the

prayer o the Wagstas and their

church amily is to reach amilies

o the community or Christ by

teaching their children through

varied avenues o ministry, such

as the Bible correspondence

lessons, Awana Club,

and summer camp at

Camp Good News. It

was a privilege to hand

out award certicates

to deserving students

the Sunday we were

there. May the Lord

expand His kingdom through this

dedicated pastor and his wie in

their desire to see Him work in

hearts, as they encourage others to

raise the fag.

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In 2009, Helping Hands Braille Ministry o Grand Rapids, Michigan, willjoin Source o Light Ministries International in providing more tools to helpthe blind person participate in his/her local church and in helping ulfll theGreat Commission. Since 1999, Helping Hands has provided, ree o charge,or at cost, devotional guides, such as Our Daily Bread and Keys or Kids,hymnals, Sunday school materials, and a variety o Christian books requestedby blind people.

Current inormation suggests that 95% o blind people in the United

States do not regularly attend church and o the fve percent who do, many areunable to participate in the lie o their church or in the wider opportunity omaking disciples. With the addition o Helping Hands equipment, volunteertranscribers and prooreaders, and those additional people we hope totrain, we hope to make it more possible than ever or the blind Christian toparticipate in his local church and to grow in grace and in the knowledge othe Lord Jesus Christ through Christian books and SLM Bible courses.

Now that you are inormed, there are two things you can do. First, youcan pray or this expanded outreach to blind people in the United Statesand overseas. You can look into becoming a Braille transcriber. Trainingis available and Helping Hands can get you started. For more inormationcontact [email protected].

by Ben Watson

Second Floor ExpansionWork continues at Headquarters with

the demolition o the existing kitchen,

Madison Discipleship School area, Dark-

room, Graphics Department, Alternative

Media room, Audio Visual/Photography

room, and several ofces. All these de-

partments and ofces have been moved

into other areas o the building. Please

continue to pray or the $80,000 needed

or construction. Many additional work

teams are needed to help in this project.

Perhaps your church or business could

help!

EthiopiaDirectors Haile and Tsedale Teera

are praising the Lord or the start o the

building in Dukem that will house the

SLM Ethiopia ofce, print shop, medical

center, and dormitory.

Tsedale and the three girls were able

to join Haile in Ethiopia in December to

establish their home there.

Continue to pray or the unds need-

ed to complete the Ethiopia multi-pur-

pose building and or additional month-

ly support or the Teera amily.


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Can you imagine yoursel directly

involved in a Gospel outreach that is reaping a

harvest o souls rom around the world. Such

had always been my dream and perhaps it

has been yours. Source o Light International has allowed me to see the

ulllment o that dream and it can do that or you as well.

Just imagine, your inbox is lled with last nights E-mails giving

greetings and reports rom a dozen countries. You recognize the names

o people you have never met, but through their letters you have built

a warm and loving relationship with them. You know their joys, their

burdens, and the names o their children. You have their picture on the

wall. As you read o the wonderul works o God taking place through

their ministry, your own heart is lled with joy a neighbor or whom

you were praying came to Christ. The babys ever broke during the night

as believers prayed. Work on the village church is going orward, but

there is persecution. You eel like they are your amily as you have born

their burdens, needs, and joys beore the Lord. You are actually a part o

their lives and the work you will do rom your oce today will help and

strengthen them. Just imagine!

Just imagine sitting at your desk in the Madison Discipleship School

and opening the pile o envelopes to nd the correspondence lesson rom

a student whose name you know. Last month, as you graded his lesson and

prayed, you jotted a short note to encourage him to respond to the truth

he has now learned. You immediately go to the response orm. YES!He has given his lie over to Christ. You ring the bell loudly. Your co-

workers and those in adjacent oces join you and the angels in Heaven

in rejoicing. Just imagine?

Imagine yoursel joining

your co-workers in the Print

Shop or a brie Bible study and

prayer or the concerns that are

in the Chapel Chats a daily

memo that briefy describes

needs and blessings rom the

Source o Light amily, not only

by Bill Shade

Madison Discipleship School

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in the Madison oce, but around the

world. You will be looking or reports

o answers to the prayers you prayed

yesterday as well.

Ater prayer, imagine the work

assignment or the day printing

18,000 lessons or the Philippines.

First, you will set up a cart to move

printed lessons to the collator that

stretches or ty eet in a series o

chains, belts, cutters, and staplers that nally brings the product to a

conveyor belt where exactly twenty-ve lesson books, bound, cut, andcompleted will move orward to your coworker at the other end. He takes

every pile o twenty ve and shrink wraps them, so that they will arrive

at their destination clean and dry. When a cage has been lled, someone

will move them to shipping to be boxed and prepared to be loaded on a

truck, that will take it to a container, that will be placed on a ship, that

will nally deliver the Word o Lie to waiting evangelists and workers in

Manila. Those lessons will go to Bilibid Maximum Security Prison where

thousands have come to Christ, and others will go to churches, schools,

hospitals, and quietly many will nd their way into the Muslim south,

where hungry hearts will meet the God o redemption or the rst time.

And imagine all that, becauseyou were there to make it happen. No

wonder at the end o the day, your heart is happy and rejoicing and you

know the ulllment o being a part o something o eternal importance.

Just imagine.

I could easily go on.Imagine working on the cutting edge o moderntechnology, converting powerul Bible lessons into a orm where they are

available on the world-wide web or recording them in audio or the

seventy percent o the world that is unctionally illiterate, loading them

into a small device that is solar-powered and able to bring Gods message

to a tribe or village ar out in the jungle or years to come.

Today the unimaginable has become a reality. You no longer

have toJust Imagine. You can make it a reality right now. Reaching

the world is really possible rom Madison Georgia. You have only

one lie, when will you start using it or eternity? Contact us at SLM@

sourcelight.org or visit our website at www.sourcelight.org.He is no fool

who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose.

Working at the collatorin the Print Shop


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NEW TESTAMENT

STUDIESrequire detailedstudy and are excellent stud-ies or the diligent studentsince they are somewhatadvanced. A certiicate isgiven or the completion oeach o the New TestamentStudies. Each study (includ-ing the test booklet) costs$1.00, except Galatians,

which is $ .30 per booklet.

JOHN (NTS-JOHN)

The study o the Gospel o John has 23 lessons in a 56-pagebooklet. The test or these lessons is in a separate booklet.

MARK (NTS-MARK)

The study o the Gospel o Mark has 25 lessons in one 56-pagebooklet. The test or these lessons is in a separate booklet.

ACTS (NTS-ACTS)

The study o the book o Acts has 17 lessons in one 48-pagebooklet. The test or these lessons is in a separate booklet.

GALATIANS (NTS-GALA)

The study o the Epistle to the Galatians has 6 lessons in one32-page booklet. The test is included in this booklet.

taught by Dr. Hap Struthers, reveals who Godis and His care or us. This is more than a

study o the Names o God as recorded in

Scripture and no one is more qualifed to

teach this subject than Dr. Struthers. The

series, now called Intimacy With God, is made available on

DVD by SLM. This was flmed beore a live audience, with over

eight hours o thrilling exposition. You can own the entire set

or just $49.00.

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CrossWalk 220 (CW-220) is a discipleship course of 13 lessons, toground the believer in the Christian life.

CrossWalk Christian Marriage & Family(CW-CMF) has 14 lessonsand is designed to teach Biblical values for the family.

CrossWalk Interpersonal Relationships (CW-IPR), a 15-lessoncourse, shows Biblical principles for handling everyday problems as werelate to others.

The CrossWalk courses are

spiral-bound (8 1/2 x 11) and

each book is 100-123 pages in

length. These courses, costing

$10 each, are fantastic for inter-

active small-group study.

Order/Information Request Form

o Please send New Testament Study $ 1.00 per study

oJohn o Mark o Acts o Galatians ($ .30 each)

o Please send CrossWalk 220 $10.00 per course

o Please send CrossWalk CMF $10.00 per course

o Please send CrossWalk IPR $10.00 per course

o Please send Intimacy with God $49.00 for 4 DVDs

Preferred minimum order is $10. Please add 30% for Shipping & Handling.

Name _____________________________________ Phone _____________

Address ______________________________________________________

City _______________________________ State ______ Zip ____________


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It was the summer o 1958when I, as a 13-year-old, had theprivilege o working with Source oLight men in constructing the new80 X 80 steel building that wouldhouse the headquarters and printshop on the recently donatedacreage outside o Madison,

Georgia.I remember shoveling sand

into the two-bag cement mixer aswe poured the slab. I rememberCharles Gilmore using a transitto line up each o the ooters thatwould support the steel girders.Bolts to hold the vertical girderswere welded to the tops o a rebarcage, which was buried in theconcrete. Every girder lined upwhen assembly began!

It was discovered that thereestanding girders would bendwith the weight o an adult when

the time came to bolt the roogirder to the vertical post. This13-year-old boy, however, was just light enough to climb up theladder and insert that starting boltand screw on the nut.

Over the years that ollowed,God has blessed SLM with muchgrowth, and that original buildinghas been added to and now iscontained within a much largersteel building. God is continuing tobless and now the time has come

when the old steel building mustgo to make room or a secondoor or administrative ofces andthe Madison Discipleship School.

Not very oten does one getto see the ull circle o history intheir lives. God has graciouslyallowed me to participate in theun-building o that same steelbuilding that I worked on 50 yearsago!

This is not a demolition o deeator ailure. Oh no! It is anotherevidence o Gods continuedblessing on the ministry ospreading His Holy Word throughBible correspondence lessons.

In my retirement, my wie andI have become involved with anorganization called Campers OnMission, which uses volunteerswho donate their time or GodsWork.

On the let, the fve members o CampersOn Mission team; members o work teamrom Pennsylvania are on the right.

by Richard Beam

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Genesis 24:27And he said;blessed be the Lord God of my

master Abraham . . . I being in the

way, the Lord led me. . . .

Let us remember the GoodHand o the Lord that is upon usand give praise to His GloriousName!

Five o us came in our campers and spent the week o August 18,2008, along with a group o seven rom Pennsylvania, and were ableto dismantle about hal o thebuilding.

A moment o history was celebrated asGlenn Dix and mysel removed a bolt

that we had installed a hal-centuryago. On the let, Ray Walker, now Chie

Financial Ofcer, stopped by with hisBordens Ice Cream truck and gave us

children ree ice cream!

Where is that 13-year-old bodywhen I need it? The originalgalvanized siding had to beremoved. Paint had to be

chiseled o o the bolt headsbeore the socket would ft.

Two wives rom Campers On Missionprovided much needed help in grading

lessons. Both ladies were moved by thestudent testimonies and prayer requests.

A group rom Pennsylvania did a yeomans jobin the dismantling process. Here, one o the

roo girders is being unbolted.


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We have been very happy to see new aces

coming on board to help here at SLM

Headquarters. These New Kids on the Block

are a big encouragement to the sta.

Stewart Overbey comes to us rom

Springeld, Missouri. As a very youngchild, Stewart contracted a virus that

eventually destroyed his sight. Stewart

says sight has never been a big part o

his lie because he never had it. Stewart

lives alone, walks to and rom work, and

does his own cooking.

His work at SLM is with the Alternative Media Department, reaching

those with impaired vision as well as with the sighted. Ben Watson, the

director o this department, was instrumental in getting Stewart here.

Even though he had marketing and journalism training, Stewart had

decided that he wanted to go to seminary. Ben asked him what was

more important: scholastic credentials or ministry. Thank the Lord,

Stewart chose ministry!

David Mosbey hails rom Tell City, Indiana.

He is a graduate o Washington Bible College.

He has worked

with several

ministries that

use SLM materials. David was saved at

the age o eleven and has been involved

in various Christian works since

graduation rom high school. He was a

missionary or a time in inner-city New

York City with Hope Bible Mission.

by Billie Will

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David was encouraged by Ray Walker, one o our sta members, to

come by and see the ministry. He came and agreed to stay i he could

be used. He has been a big help in several areas switchboard,

housing, Madison Discipleship School, and the Print Shop.

Our third New Kid on the Block is the amily o Phil, Vera, and

Daniel Winder. The Winders come rom Ft

Pierce, Florida. They have been here several

times in the last several years with work groups.

It almost seems like they have been a part o

this ministry or a long time, not just a ew

months.

In Florida, the Winders owned and

operated a landscaping business.

Both Phil and Vera were involved

in the business and they also were

home schooling their son, Daniel,

who is now sixteen. Their church

was very mission-minded and this

emphasis, along with the many

mission work teams they took part in, impressed on their mind the call

to missions. It seemed only natural that God would call them here to

Source o Light.

In talking with the Winders, Phil mentioned that when they cameup to a seminar or new candidates two years ago, they were very

discouraged. They basically elt that SLM was not the way the Lord

was leading them. Then something that Ben Watson said completely

turned things around. This comment, coupled with the book, Knowing

Gods Will, were the two actors that pointed the Winders in our

direction. We are happy to have them on board at last.

Phil is in training or the job o Director o Operations. As the name

implies, this job covers many areas. Vera is concentrating on home

schooling or Daniel and she also is working in Madison to supplement

their support.


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Greg and Chris Miller are our next New Kids

on the Block. They met in Pennsylvania and

they also met Jesus Christ there and this

changed their direction in lie. They went to

Brazil, South America, as missionaries or

thirty years. The Lord used them in several ministries: Amazon Valley

Academy, Word o Lie Bible

Institute, Abaetetuba Conerence

Center and Bible Institute o

Belem, as well as in church

planting and teaching Bible in the

public schools.

Ater thirty years in discipleship

type ministries, and due to some

health issues, they elt they should look or a ministry state side. They

were encouraged to come by SLM and see the ministry. They were

impressed with the scope o the work and with the enthusiasm o the

sta.

God led and their sending mission, CrossWorld, has agreed to

second them to Source o Light. Chris says this is their Golden Years

Challenge. Greg will act as the European director o SLM and oversee

WWBI (World Wide Bible Institute). He will also be involved with

the Alternative Media ministry reaching the blind and vision impaired.

Chris will be answering letters and grading lessons rom our Spanish-

speaking students. The Millers have our grown children and eightgrandchildren and they are starting a new and challenging career with

SLM.

We welcome all these New Kids on the Block to our sta.

All o these olks need monthly support. Please remember to pray or

them and or this need. They have agreed to come on to SLM to begin

ministry even though they are not ully supported. You may get urther

inormation on their support needs by calling 1-800-776-1207 and ask

or Judy.

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OverseasPrOjectsfOrPrayerandParticiPatiOn

India Christudas Earla Ofce equipment $ 570

Building project $ 1,500

Chile Guillermo Salazar Ministry equipment $ 2,540

Repairs to house damaged in storm

Haiti Vehicle or literature distribution $ 5,000

Eastern Europe Romania Finish Discipleship Training Center $ 17,000

Liberia Finish Discipleship Training Center $ 4,000Vehicle $ 5,500

Ghana Daniel Sappor Ofce Building $ 20,000

Reading Room/Ca $ 10,000

* Work team needed or building project Contact SLM

Togo Generator or outdoor meetings $ 725

Peru Financial needs

Bill Shade

March 9-10 SLM Board of Directors

Meeting, Madison, Georgia

April 5-11 Northland Baptist Bible

College, Dunbar, Wisconsin

April 14-18 ANAM Executive Forum,

Carlinville, Illinois


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Mr. & Mrs. Ed Teat by Mrs. Carrie Shults

Wilma Teatby Mr. & Mrs. Tommy O. MorganRSC Conyers LLC

Gifts received in honor of:

Keith & Dorothy Van Der Lindenby Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Y. Woolford21

Pablo and Dalila Correa,

Directors o the Discipleship

Training Branch in Peru, are in

desperate need o unds or the

ministry, as well as personal

support.

Daniel Sappor, Director o

the Ghana Discipleship Training

Branch, is in need o work teamsto help in building projects during

2009.

In Chile, Directors Guillermo

and Vicky Salazar have been busy

trying to assist those rom their

country church who lost everything

in the foods. While helping in a

Marriage Encounter outreach some

100 miles rom their home, a thie

robbed their home o a camera,

projector, cell phone, etc. Pray that

God will supply their needs during

this dicult time.

The Jamaica Discipleship

Training Branch is in need o

more workers and nances or

the ministry. The storms last all

aected the school ministry as the

roads were impassable, etc. Pray

or health and strength or Joy

Webster as she directs this ministry

and has decisions to make. There

is also a need to sell the Clairdale

property.

Sampson Hinneh, Director o

Source o Light Liberia, has been

suering with malaria and typhoid

ever. Due to rising costs, more

unds are needed to nish the

building project.

Pray or political stability in

many countries, particularly the

Congo and Uganda.

Funds were received or a

motorcycle or Sika Yawo, Director

o SLM Togo.

The containers o equipment

and supplies arrived saely in

Ethiopia. Director, Haile Teera, is

there directing the work.

Pastor Red Dizon, PhilSOL

(Philippine Source o Light) NBP

prison ministry, reported 3,201

salvation decisions rom inmates

in the rst three quarters o 2008.

Progress continues with

the demolition, construction,

and renovation o areas o our

Headquarters, thanks to our

ecient Maintenance Department

and the volunteer work teams and

individuals who have helped.

The new computer-to-plate

system or the Print Shop is up and

running.

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I grew up in a semi-Christian home,aithully taken to church by my motherand then by both parents when my ather

was saved in middle age. We had a godlypastor who aithully proclaimed the Wordo God week by week. What a relie it wasto discover that I had an advocate, a lawyer to plead my sinners case beore

a perect God, one who knew no sin and had died on Calvarys Cross or me.All I had to do was realize that I was a sinner, coness my sins, and He wasaithul and just to orgive me.

I am grateul that I have not experienced the great sins o this world. Idont have those lingering doubts or ears or addictions that others coness.Even so, I was just as lost and in need o a Savior.

The Lord brought me under conviction that He wanted all o my lie and so Iyielded to His direction to prepare or service in the Muslim world. At ColumbiaBible College, He directed to the feld o Pakistan, and we prepared to teachin a Bible institute there. That Bible school never materialized and the Lordredirected us to a pastorate in Mansfeld, Ohio. During that time, we wereinvited to develop the missions department o Appalachian Bible College.

Later, He asked us to become the Associate Director o Berean Missionand manage their ourteen felds around the world. Then, He directed me tobecome the Executive Director o the Association o North American Missions.During that time, we moved to Florida, where my wie could care or her agedmother. We were members o a Bible church in Sarasota or several years

where I was an associate pastor, in charge o Biblical counseling.

Now we are retired, living in Beckley, West Virginia, and members oFaith Baptist Church. My wie is in charge o the Childrens Church ministryand I administer the Faith Missions budget, at this time o $102,000. Asopportunity aords, we give seminars on Understanding Islam and theBiblical Worldview.

Our our children are all around us and we attend church together. God issuch a wonderul Savior and proound Friend. We love to serve HIM.

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Maintenance: 1 Brandco 612 Trencher $ 6,250.00Print Shop: Challenge 2436A Jogger $ 2,895.00

Shrink wrap $ 133.00/rollDiscipleship School: Postage for mailing lessons $ 3,000.00/moPrepress: Xerox 24# paper $ 7.60/ream

Proof Printer Ink Cartridges $ 99.00/eaGeneral: 5 electric pencil sharpeners $ 16.00/ea

Key Tags $ 6.98/pkg

Here are some items needed in our

various departments that you can supply

through your giving.

Please indicate the item you wish to help with and enclose this pagewith your git in the envelope in the center o The Reaper.

Item(s) I want to help provide ______________________________ $ _____________

Name _______________________________________________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________

City _________________________________ State ________ Zip ______________


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Phone: 706.342.0397Fax: 706.342.9072

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