{"id":2958,"date":"2019-07-01T10:52:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T15:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/?p=2958"},"modified":"2019-07-01T10:52:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T15:52:43","slug":"mcclung-newsletter-july-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/missions\/mcclung-newsletter-july-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"McClung Newsletter: July 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thank you for your love, prayers, and generous missionary support!<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Dear Friends,<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I hope this letter finds you in good health and enjoying the blessings and benefits of abiding in Jesus Christ, our Lord. Jeannie and I thought it would be a good time to update you on our missions activities here in Europe.<\/p>\n

While waiting for our Visas, we are staying in a small apartment right in the heart of Brussels, Belgium. Outside our door, hundreds of people from all over the world are passing by every day. This is truly an international city. Most people speak English as their second language, which provides us an opportunity to share the gospel without having to learn another language.<\/p>\n

I have written a gospel tract called \u201cThe Bridge,\u201d that we use as a tool in sharing the gospel. This tract, see photo, uses just three portions of scriptures: John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8-9, and John 1:12-13 to clearly explain God\u2019s plan of salvation. This tract has opened the door for me to speak to and pray for people to receive Christ. A few blocks from the apartment is a large park, called the Botanical<\/p>\n

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Bill & Gretchen Schwartz<\/p><\/div>\n

Gardens, where people go to relax and take in God\u2019s creation. This setting has provided many opportunities to meet people and share the good news.<\/p>\n

Our thanks to Bill and Gretchen Schwartz for helping us start our new term and making us feel at home in the Belgium Crosspoint Conference. We are making many new friends as we participate in weekly services. Also, our thanks to our regional director, Harold Presley, for his oversight and spiritual direction for our new work here - evangelism and church planting in the German region of Belgium.<\/p>\n

Please join us in praying:
\n\u2022 That many people will receive Jesus as Lord and Savior
\n\u2022 For favor with government officials in granting Visas
\n\u2022 That God will raise up a solid core group of believers to help in planting a new church<\/p>\n

FROM JEANNIE ~ Ministry to the Women in the Red Light District<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Prostitution on the streets of Berlin looks quite different than here in Belgium. I am now learning new dynamics of reaching out to the women behind the windows. My location may change but meeting the women, finding out what their needs are, praying for them, as well as offering healing, hope, and freedom in Christ Jesus remains the same, wherever I might be.<\/p>\n

Prayer requests:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pray that the Lord will raise up a team of women for the new outreach in Aachen.
\n\u2022 I was asked to help a small group of Bulgarian women establish an outreach to the women in the Brussels red light district. A high percentage of the prostituted women in Western Europe are from Bulgaria. Pray this will happen!<\/p>\n

As some of you already know, there continues to be long delays in receiving Belgium missionary Visas. Because of this, it was recommended that we live near the border in Germany and reactivate our German visa status. We have found an apartment to rent in Aachen, and we will move in on August 1. We will live five miles from the Belgian border.<\/p>\n

Our new address will be: McClungs, Heidchen 14a, 52076 Aachen, GERMANY<\/p>\n

Our prayer for you ~ \u201cThe Lord bless you and keep you: the Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you: The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.\u201d (Numbers 6:24-26)<\/p>\n

\u201cNow unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory and with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen!\u201d (Jude 24-25)<\/p>\n

Have a blessed day in Christ<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a1Saludos!<\/span><\/h2>\r\nEstamos en la mitad de 2019, y estoy muy agradecido de ser parte de lo que Dios est\u00e1 haciendo a trav\u00e9s de la Iglesia Vida en Jes\u00fas en la ciudad de Baguio y Asia con los ministerios People to People. Disfruta leyendo estos testimonios.<\/span>\r\n

Se\u00f1ales de vida<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\n\"Se\u00f1ales de vida\" es el ministerio de sordos a trav\u00e9s de la Iglesia Vida en Jes\u00fas que comenz\u00f3 hace varios a\u00f1os. Los domingos por la ma\u00f1ana, sus sillas est\u00e1n dispuestas en una secci\u00f3n espec\u00edfica de la iglesia. Como con cualquier ministerio, hay altas y bajas; La emoci\u00f3n llega a su punto m\u00e1ximo y se disipa y las asistencias disminuyen. Este ha sido el caso con este ministerio durante los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os. Esa secci\u00f3n puede tener uno o dos sordos y, varios domingos, los \u00fanicos son los int\u00e9rpretes.<\/span>\r\n\r\nLa parte sorprendente de este ministerio es que la iglesia siempre ha tenido miembros dispuestos a aprender el lenguaje de se\u00f1as, incluso si no ven\u00eda nadie. Despu\u00e9s de uno de los servicios dominicales, en la primera parte del a\u00f1o, sent\u00ed que el Se\u00f1or dec\u00eda \"re\u00fane a los int\u00e9rpretes y reza\". Les pregunt\u00e9 qu\u00e9 esperaban y por qu\u00e9 estaban all\u00ed. Cada uno comparti\u00f3 que cre\u00edan que Dios estaba haciendo, y har\u00eda, algo en la comunidad sorda. Nuestra oraci\u00f3n fue: \u201cDios, si necesitas dejar que este ministerio muera, si necesitas hacer algo totalmente diferente, no nos importa, pero reconocemos que este ministerio es tuyo. Entonces, depende de ti resucitarlo y darle vida \".<\/span>\r\n\r\nUnas semanas m\u00e1s tarde, una de las ex asistentes y su prometido se presentaron en nuestra oficina pidiendo asesoramiento prematrimonial. Durante esa sesi\u00f3n, se restableci\u00f3 una relaci\u00f3n anterior que tuvimos con una escuela de sordos. En los \u00faltimos dos meses, 15 han aceptado a Jes\u00fas como su Salvador y son fieles a su estudio b\u00edblico entre semana. Dios est\u00e1 dando vida nuevamente a este ministerio.<\/span>\r\n

Myanmar - Haciendo la diferencia<\/span><\/h3>\r\nDurante un viaje a Myanmar en mayo, a TEAMS, uno de los ministerios de People to People, se uni\u00f3 un grupo de estudiantes de Emmanuel College. Siempre es divertido ser parte del primer viaje misionero de alguien. Unos pocos est\u00e1n obteniendo t\u00edtulos m\u00e9dicos, por lo que ser parte de un programa de asistencia m\u00e9dica tuvo un impacto significativo en sus vidas. Nos encontramos con tantos pacientes que, al final de cada d\u00eda, sab\u00edamos que las necesidades personales se satisfac\u00edan y que las vidas se ve\u00edan afectadas por el amor mostrado.<\/span>\r\n\r\nLas iglesias acogen las cl\u00ednicas. Esta es una manera maravillosa no solo de alentarlos sino tambi\u00e9n de impactar y fortalecer a la comunidad a la que sirven. Por supuesto, estos eventos atraen multitudes y una gran cantidad de ni\u00f1os curiosos. Dado que los ni\u00f1os est\u00e1n de vacaciones de verano, pasear\u00e1n todo el d\u00eda. Otros estudiantes de EC aprovecharon esta oportunidad para ministrar y jugar juegos con ellos. S\u00e9 que estos ni\u00f1os tuvieron una experiencia que nunca olvidar\u00e1n, y oramos para que las semillas sembradas en sus vidas florezcan e influyan en ellos diariamente.<\/span>\r\n\r\nEn una esquina de la sala hab\u00eda una mesa muy popular, que apod\u00e9, \"La mesa feliz\". \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 era esta mesa tan diferente? A medida que pasaban por una serie de preguntas y ofrec\u00edan una soluci\u00f3n a su problema, sus caras se mostraban radiantes. \u00bfQu\u00e9 fue lo que trajo esta alegr\u00eda? Un simple par de gafas de lectura sin receta!<\/span>\r\n\r\nMayo es un mes extremadamente caluroso en Myanmar y, durante varios d\u00edas, las temperaturas fueron de alrededor de 105 grados. En habitaciones congestionadas, esperamos a los fan\u00e1ticos, pero sin electricidad, pensamos que esto no podr\u00eda suceder. Ahora he descubierto mi uso favorito de una bater\u00eda de autom\u00f3vil; Atar un ventilador a ella y ganar alivio. Con la cantidad de ventiladores configurados cada d\u00eda, estoy agradecido por las personas que conozco que nos prestaron sus ventiladores y bater\u00edas.<\/span>\r\n

Estar involucrado<\/span><\/h3>\r\nLos testimonios no solo nos alientan, sino que tambi\u00e9n encienden el Esp\u00edritu de Dios en nosotros para que participemos. El privilegio de servir a los Ministerios People to People, los l\u00edderes en los pa\u00edses de Asia, y ser enviado por usted es una experiencia muy humillante. Necesito su colaboraci\u00f3n en apoyo y oraci\u00f3n; A continuaci\u00f3n se muestra la informaci\u00f3n que necesita para hacerlo. \u00a1Sigamos todos testificando de su bondad!<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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