In The Air

Why Hello There!

This is Jonathan Bishop, Directly corresponding to you from in the air somewhere on the way to Barbados.

This is my first flight ever and I will have to admit that the take-off was the most nerve-racking thing of all, but we felt your prayers and things are going quite swimmingly.

Before the flight, we got to experience the wonderfulness of baggage check, things went smoothly there too, and despite our efforts we made it onto the plane and will be safely arriving in sunny Barbados shortly. 

The thing about flying is that it gets you thinking about your life and how finite (temporary) it is. While I was up here, in the air, I had the opportunity to read a few things for school and pleasure:

It seemed like everything that I had to read was about making more of God and less of me; to become less selfish so that His glory may increase. 

Our lives are so short in respect to the vastness of eternity, and our purpose while we are here on earth is to live for His glory. We are told by the Word of God to worship God in all circumstance, “weather by life or death” we are to glorify the Lord.

Wait …

By death?

That’s right! Even by death we are to Glory in the power of God, and the salvation that he saved us by the deserved justice of sin. 

We, in life, are to rejoice in knowing that we serve an awesome God. In death we should be satisfied in knowing that we are going to see Him that has saved us from Hell for Him!

That’s the realization that finally hit me, while I am hanging here miles above the surface of the earth. The truth is, Barbados may not be a hostile nation towards the preaching of the Gospel, but the reality is that none of us know our time to die.

Each moment that we live could be our last.

 We should live our life accordingly, in the reality of God’s Grace and Mercy. We are going to give our all with a lot of help from the Amazing God we serve.

As you read this I hope you are praying for the mission team as well as the missionaries that will be directing our efforts when we get there. Pray for the 4 teams that will be split to minister while we are there:

 

Team 1:

• ·         Scott Allen
  
• ·         John-Mark Morris
  
• ·         Faith Morris
  
• ·         Jonathan Bishop
  

Team 2:

• ·         Steve Epperson
  
• ·         Josh Gibson
  
• ·         Keri Gibson
  
• ·         McKenzie Martin

·         

      Team 3

• Ashley Bowers
  
• ·         Ryan Campbell
  
• ·         Robin Shultz
  
• ·         Emily Danuser
  

Team 4:

• ·         Chris Bowers
  
• ·         Matt Brown
  
• ·         Alyssa Martin
  
• ·         Quenton McClure
  

Local IMB Missionaries:

• ·         Rick Jenkins
  
• ·         Cindy Jenkins
  

Please take into consideration everyone that is going and pray for us all. If we delight ourselves in Him, the Lord is able to grant us the desire of our hearts. Our desire is to spread the Light of God while we are in Barbados, please pray for the people of Barbados to have receiving hearts and for our words to not be our own, instead, that God would speak though us for His eternal glory.

Psalm 37:4           Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Here is what to be expecting in this next week:

As the week wares onward, we will keep you informed of all things related through the mission trip. This will be done through video testimonials, written testimonials, and various pray requests.

During the remainder of the week we will be ministering to the people on the campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI). On the way to the college, to minister to the people, we will be riding the local bus transport system and be using that as additional evangelism opportunities.

Again, while we are in Barbados, just like any other mission adventure, things are subject to change and we will inform you accordingly. Once again any and all of your PRAYERS are appreciated.

PRAYER is the main way you can help us complete His work for people.

Talk to you again soon!

Correspondent: Jonathan Bishop