Monday, May 28, 2012
Memorial Day Update
As our month of planning comes to an end, wanted to share this brief update with you.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Video Update from 05/17/12
I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you the amazing night we had last night. Please watch and enjoy.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
April Prayer Letter
Dear
Praying Friends, May 1, 2012
Our
journey is now complete! I do not know
if sweeter words have ever been spoken! After
surrendering to God’s will for our lives, we set out on 16
months of deputation. What a
life-changing chapter of our life! God
has allowed us to travel through 47 states and share our burden and calling in
118 different churches. We have seen
some of the most beautiful country, attended some of the greatest churches, and
met some of the most amazing people.
Without a doubt, God has used deputation to teach us, challenge us, and
change our lives in the most incredible way.
I am so thankful for the last 16 months.
However, I am much more excited to begin this new chapter of our life in
missions.
April
was definitely a high note on which to complete our deputation travels. Not only were we able to be in some wonderful
churches, but I was finally able to do something I have been waiting to do for
a very long time. Two weeks ago, I
purchased one-way plane tickets to
Lima! What an adrenaline rush! After thousands of miles, hours of phone calls,
a lot of hard work, and a ton of anticipation, we were finally able to put a
date to the work God has called us to.
Thank you to many of you who have been praying about this. I was able to get an incredible deal on
airfare! We will be traveling with one
of our fellow team members up to Canada and will be flying out of Toronto (feel
free to insert Canadien jokes here)!
Believe it or not, by doing this, we will be saving $800. God is so good! We will be flying out June 19. Counting down the
days is a great feeling!
We
have been so incredibly busy this month.
April was a “kick it in gear” month.
We spent a lot of the month preparing all of our legal documents to
apply for our Peruvian visas. What a
process! We had to acquire and
authenticate multiple copies of both of our birth certificates, our
marriage license, and all of our high school and college
diplomas and transcripts. Getting this
done will make May a lot easier and put us well ahead of where we need to be
when we arrive in Peru. Between all this craziness, we have been busy packing
up our belongings to be shipped and shopping for apartments, and we still
traveled! We were able to be in four
churches in Michigan, Ohio, and Arkansas.
Each meeting was a special blessing to us. I am so thankful for God’s people and for His
mercy and provision in all He allowed us to accomplish this month.
Looking
back over our deputation, I am constantly aware of God’s hand in every aspect
of our life. Just to see the way God has
protected and provided for us is so humbling.
As I hear of so many families striving to get to their field, I am
overwhelmed by the generosity of the people God has put in our path. I am especially grateful for the new churches
that partnered with us in April: Community
Baptist Church in Michigan, Grace Baptist Church in North Carolina, and Gospel
Light Baptist Church in Arkansas. We are
at 95% of our support, and I am confident that God will supply the remainder of
the support we need before our departure.
Each
and every one of you have a part in our ministry. Whether you support us through your prayers,
giving, or both, you make everything we do possible. Day by day, God reminds me that nothing we do
is done by our own strength. Please know
that your prayers are not in vain; but in everything God does through us, from
the nine people we saw trust Christ in April to every church that is planted in
Peru, you have a part.
May
will continue to be a busy month for us as we get our container loaded and
spend the entire month doing some intense training and planning for the launch
of our ministry in Peru. We will be posting
updates regularly and cannot wait to see what God has in store for us. God bless you!
Your
ambassadors to Peru,
Junior
and Jessica Martin
Romans
9:3
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
Weekly Video Update
Just wanted to give you an update as to what God is doing for our family. Thanks for your prayers!
~ Junior
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
March Prayer Letter
Dear Praying Friends, April 2, 2012
“Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even
the God of our salvation. Selah.” (Psalm 68:19) How
true this is! I must admit that when we
began deputation, I really did not know what to expect. However, these last 15 months have been such
a blessing. God has taught us so much,
given us so many godly friends, and showered us with blessings. There is no doubt in my mind that His strong
hand will continue to guide us and provide for us once in Peru.
March was quite an amazing month! Jessica and I were so excited to get back to
some serious traveling, as well as be in several missions conferences. The whirlwind began the last week of February
and continued through most of March. We
spent a total of 22 nights in church! By
both land and air, we were able to be in 6 different churches in Colorado,
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
Besides our busy travel schedule, God has continued to bless
in my healing process. My weight-bearing
therapy has been going very well, and I continue to heal ahead of
schedule. Seven days ago I got off my
crutches and “downsized” to a cane! It
feels great to be able to walk again, and, Lord willing, I should be walking
“normally” by May. God is so good.
With the beautiful March we have had, we have had many more
opportunities to go out soul winning. Praise
God for the 14 people we saw trust Christ this month! While door knocking in Metro Detroit, I met a
teenage boy named Aaron. After talking
about his plans to play football, I asked him if he knew for sure he was on his
way to heaven. He said he did not and
asked me if I could show him! After
several minutes and a lot of yelling from the back of the trailer, Aaron bowed
his head and trusted Christ. Some of the
men from the church went back to visit Aaron the next week. When they did, they met his mother who went
on to inform them that they were Jehovah’s Witnesses. Praise God Aaron was able to hear the truth
and was spared from those awful lies!
I can hardly believe that we are commencing our last month
of travel. After this month, it will be
all preparation and training to transition to Peru. We have even begun to shop for plane
tickets. At this time we will probably
be leaving the second or third week of June.
If you could please pray with us, we are needing to raise the money
needed to fly to Peru. We have money set
aside for furniture, housing, and to cover all of our “getting settled”
needs. All we need to raise is enough
for our plane tickets and for the baggage we will be taking with us. I have been shopping around, and currently it
will cost us about $2,000. Please
pray that we will find the best deal possible and that the funds will be
raised.
God continues to validate His calling to us. There is no way that we could have done any
of this in our own strength. God has
truly prospered our deputation. I am
grateful for each and every church that has adopted our vision for Peru and
made it their own. To date God has allowed
us to raise 88% of our needed to support!
Praise the Lord! I would
especially like to thank the Freedom Baptist Church in Arizona for partnering
with us this month. I know I say it each
month, but we could do nothing in Peru without you. We love and appreciate all of you.
Please continue to keep us and our team in your prayers. We
try to keep everyone updated as much as possible. Please find us on Facebook and Twitter, or
check out our blog or website to keep up to date with all that God is doing for
us! Thank you for your prayers and God
bless you!
Junior and Jessica Martin
Romans 9:3
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