P atrick was eager for an adventure. He arrived at the Heartgood Foundation in Norway, not knowing much about the European Bible School he was about to attend. The year began well. He was learning how to make and give Bible studies, going door-to-door with religious surveys, and meeting fellow students from around the world. Then, adventure slapped him in the face. The sponsorship he’d arranged for fell through, and he had only enough of his own money to stay for the first three months. Sadly, he told the principal that he would have to go home when the other students left for the mission trip. The principal told him to pray about it. He had seen Patrick’s deepening interest in God’s work and believed the young man needed to stay through the year. Patrick prayed, telling God that he was going to leave. “Stop me, God,” he prayed, “if I should stay.” God stopped him, providing a sponsor just in time. Instead of flying home to the States, Patrick traveled to Bulgaria to hold an evangelistic series. All day he studied, and each evening he preached. It was a pivotal experience for him. From there he went to Honduras for the mission trip, and that solidified his desire to keep working for God. These and other opportunities to practice what he was learning made EBS stand apart from other schools he had attended. He learned a lot in the classroom, but he found he learned the most from holding Bible studies, working on the farm, and giving massages. Patrick is going back to finish his formal education, but his heart will remain with self-supporting ministry. As soon as he receives his physical therapy degree, he hopes to use it and his agriculture skills to meet the needs of self-supporting ministries wherever God leads him. p The European Bible School equips young people to be missionaries wherever God leads them. $2,000 will provide a scholarship to help a student attend EBS Patrick (right) learned the most by teaching others, especially while preaching in Bulgaria. p All His Money Was Gone C ONNECTION your to Missions Worldwide europeanbibleschool.com Outpost Centers International F Monthly Newsletter 2.6 F June/July 2008
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Patrick was eager for an adventure. He arrived at the Heartgood Foundation in Norway, not
knowing much about the European Bible School he was about to attend.
The year began well. He was learning how to make and give Bible studies, going door-to-door with religious surveys, and meeting fellow students from around the world. Then, adventure slapped him in the face.
The sponsorship he’d arranged for fell through, and he had only enough of his own money to stay for the first three months. Sadly, he told the principal that he would have to go home when the other students left for the mission trip.
The principal told him to pray about it. He had seen Patrick’s deepening interest in God’s work and believed the young man needed to stay through the year.
Patrick prayed, telling God that he was going to leave. “Stop me, God,” he prayed, “if I should stay.”
God stopped him, providing a sponsor just in time.
Instead of flying home to the States, Patrick traveled to Bulgaria to hold an evangelistic series. All day he studied, and each evening he preached. It was a pivotal experience for him. From there
he went to Honduras for the mission trip, and that solidified his desire to keep working for God.
These and other opportunities to practice what he was learning made EBS stand apart from other schools he had attended. He learned a lot in the classroom, but he found he learned the most from holding Bible studies, working on the farm, and giving massages.
Patrick is going back to finish his formal education, but his heart will remain with self-supporting ministry. As soon as he receives his physical therapy degree, he hopes to use it and his agriculture skills to meet the needs of self-supporting ministries wherever God leads him. p
The European Bible School equips young people to be missionaries wherever God leads them.$2,000 will provide a scholarship to help a student attend EBS
Patrick (right) learned the most by teaching others, especially while preaching in Bulgaria.
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Hope of Health, Hope of Life
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Thank you: Over 100 volunteers came to help build new staff housesadventhome.org
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Funds: $50,000 Bilingual elementary school renovationcmsmex.com
Gospel Ministries International, USA
Prayer: Papers and needed workers for a new medical evangelistic launch in BrazilFunds: $30,000Land for a helicopter base in the Philippinesgospelministry.org
Peru Projects, PeruFunds: $5,000A reliable car for ministering in the local areaperuprojects.org
Reaching Hearts for Kids, USA
Funds: $5,000Blankets, sheets, beds, and shelves for orphans in Ethiopiareachinghearts4kids.org
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People giving massages, measuring body fat, handing out fruits, and
blowing into tubes. If you look around and see all of this and more, you could safely assume you’re at a health expo. And if you look closely, you’ll probably see the Health Education Resources logo on most of the banners.
HER provides tools and instructions that make it possible for anyone to hold a health expo. And the church in Brazil is making the most of these resources.
Martin Neumann moved from Austria to Brazil, loaded with HER health panels in Portuguese. He has gotten churches across the country involved, and pastors and members alike are seeing results.
Often volunteers at an expo will meet more than a thousand people in just three days. One time, when that happened, a couple thanked one of the volunteers. They had lived in the town more than 30 years and had never seen such a good program. They and many others wanted to know what church was organizing it.
Another lady had just lost her mother. A church member was able to share the hope of the resurrection and to pray with her.
The churches holding expos follow up with health seminars and Bible studies, building relationships with people and introducing them to the Source of eternal life and health. p
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