This is an exciting time of year for New Mission Systems.
Bob has just returned from the Pre-Field Training Retreat for
summer leaders and interns headed for various international ministry projects.
At the end of the conference these students and NMSI interns departed in
teams to Jamaica, Honduras, Kenya, Malawi, Bulgaria, Russia, North Africa, and
Australia. Typically the ministry
these summer teams have, greatly advances the work being done year-round by our
long term affiliates.
For example, last summer a team of three young women and a nineteen
year-old guy spoke to hundreds of Malawi high school students about the
importance of sexual purity before marriage.
(Malawi, like many African countries, is experiencing an AIDS epidemic.)
They also did street preaching and house-to-house evangelism in villages
and as a result, scores and scores of people came to faith in Christ.
Since then, Rutherford Banda, our national affiliate in Malawi has been
busy teaching and baptizing the new believers, selecting and training leaders,
and overseeing the fledgling churches.
This summer, a team of three guys and one young woman is in Malawi having
a similar ministry. The Honduras
team is reaching out to teenage victims of abuse; the Bulgaria team is doing
child evangelism and Vacation Bible School in Gypsy churches; the Russia team
will be having a ministry with teens in youth groups; the Kenya team will also
be teaching abstinence to youth and sharing the gospel with villagers in the
bush.
Bob had the joy and privilege of helping to prepare these young people
for their summer experience on the field. He
was asked to teach the sessions on spiritual gifts, devotional life, and living
in community. He also assisted the
interns in preparing their personal testimonies and presentations of the gospel.
There were also numerous opportunities to interact personally with
various individuals, answering questions, counseling, and praying for them.
Please pray for the physical and spiritual protection of these young
servants of the gospel, for boldness, and for fruitfulness.
What’s
Ahead:
--July 26-29 Bob will
participate in the Debrief Retreat near Fort Myers for these same
interns.
--August 18-21 Bob
will attend annual office organizational and planning meetings at the
international headquarters in Fort Myers.
--September Anne is
tentatively planning a visit to be with affiliates in Bulgaria and the Middle
East.
We are now beginning to anticipate and prepare for our move to Fort
Myers, which is about a year away. Thank
you so much for your partnership with us in this ministry and for your
faithfulness in this period of transition.
We appreciate you!
Bob and Anne Krepps
We greatly appreciate your prayer and financial support of our ministry. Thank you! We are responsible for raising all funds needed to cover our salary and ministry expenses. You can give online by following the link to this secure website and designating your gift for "Bob & Anne Krepps". We also need many faithful prayer "warriors" committed to praying for us as face the challenges of ministering throughout the world. Please let us know if you are committed to praying for us. We send out regular prayer updates.