I just wanted to update you on things that are happening here in the islands so you can be praying for us. We have been having good Bible studies even though we have a number of people who are back in their home islands right now. I have been teaching in 1 Corinthians and will conclude that study the first week of June. The two letters to the Corinthians are packed with practical teaching as well as doctrinal issues. This week I am teaching about the law of Christ, which is love. Juanita will teach another Bible study after I am done and then I will conclude with 2 Corinthians. Juanita has been invited to do a woman's conference in Majuro in the Republic of the Marshalls at the end of June. Please pray that she will be prepared and that her health will hold up. It is not always easy for her to take a trip like that. We will be blessed to have my sister Angela and her family visit us in June. We are looking forward to that time together. We had a young man run into Rose's car who was uninsured. Fortunately myself, Rose and Juanita are fine after that accident. Josiah was the main actor in a play about Christ's death and Resurrection at a local church. This was a first for him and he did a great job as the centurion who crucified Christ. Carissa has had a very bad ear infection this week with bleeding from her ear so we would appreciate your prayers for her. Carissa and Fudge continue to be on the worship team at our church. There has been renewed violence among the different island groups here especially in Chinatown. Please pray for the safety of our Bible study people as a number of their families live close to that area and they are often under threats of violence. Please also continue to pray for many of our Bible study people who have various medical problems. We would especially covet your prayers for Bila who has been facing possible amputation of one of her feet. This week the doctors were going to amputate but another doctor decided to wait and see if her foot can recover. Thank you for your continued prayer and support for this ministry.
In His hands,
Sandy Simpson
Friday, April 17, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Simpson Supporter Update
Dear Supporters,
I thank the Lord for you and the fact that you continue to support the ministry the Lord has given our family. I know that it is not easy for anyone financially these days, which is why I am even more grateful than usual. I just wanted to remind you of what you are doing and how you are helping this ministry.
Some of you may have been aware that we had been having van problems with our smaller van for a while. I had been working on our small van that belongs to my mother and had replaced a number of things I thought were contributing to the problems we were having with it misfiring and lurching up hills. Just when I had reached the end of my ability to repair the van we received a check in the mail from one of our supporting churches. To make a long story short, the van is now running great! Thanks to your prayers and the church that sent us the money, which was enough to cover 2/3 of the repair cost, we now have a running van. Many people have expressed thanks for the Bible studies lately. Juanita went through Malachi and I am now teaching 1 Corinthians. We have some new pastors coming to the study and lately we have had a lot of youth attending. I really try to make it interesting for them and deal with issues they have to deal with. A number of times, on my way to picking up and dropping off attendees, a group of the youth ask me many questions. It gives me a golden opportunity to answer their questions and encourage them in their faith. Many of them attend public school here and are dealing with issues of being taught by unbelievers. I appreciate the time I have while picking people up to discuss issues and answer additional questions that arise in the Bible studies. It is not uncommon for me to be on the road for an hour and a half picking people up and an hour or more dropping them off. Please continue to pray for Pastor Graceful and his wife Bila. She continues to convalesce from serious problems that left her feet and hands black and gangrenous. She has had some improvement and would appreciate your prayers. So far the doctors have not had to amputate and it has been many months now.
I want to leave you with this prayer in these uncertain days:
Lord, I would trust Thee completely; I would be altogether Thine; I would exalt Thee above all. I desire that I may feel no sense of possessing anything outside of Thee. I want constantly to be aware of Thy overshadowing Presence and to hear Thy speaking Voice. I long to live in restful sincerity of heart. I want to live so fully in the Spirit that all my thought may be as sweet incense ascending to Thee and every act of my life may be an act of worship. Therefore I pray in the words of Thy great servant of old, "I beseech Thee so for to cleanse the intent of mine heart with the unspeakable gift of Thy grace, that I may perfectly love Thee and worthily praise Thee." And all this I confidently believe Thou wilt grant me through the merits of Jesus Christ Thy Son. Amen. (A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit Of God, The Sacrament of Living, Chapter 10)
In His hands,
Sandy Simpson
P.O. Box 1759
Pearl City, HI 96782
Email: ssimpson@hawaii.rr.com
Blog: http://simpsonfamilynews.blogspot.com/
From Juanita ...
God called us to minister to the Micronesians now residing temporarily or permanently here in Hawaii. Why do Micronesians come here from their islands? There are a number of reasons, but the most prominent and obvious is their need for health care. The health facilities in those small islands leave much to be desired. For instance, there are no dialysis machines there except in Palau. So when a Marshallese, Chuukese, Kosraean or Pohnpeian suffers from kidney failure, he has 2 choices: come to Hawaii or die! We found that those staying here need encouragement. comfort, prayer and Bible teaching. And so there developed a visitation ministry. The other great need we found was for deep verse-by-verse study of the Bible, especially for the pastors and church workers. And so we began Bible Studies.
We are very thankful for the ways in which the Lord is blessing the Bible Studies each week on Tuesday and Saturday at our house. The attendance has increased. There are 50 or more attending each week. Of these, 7 are pastors. The rest are men, women, and young people. Most come with their Bibles, eager to learn and sometimes asking questions. One woman whose husband has to work at night tapes each lesson for him. Sandy and I take turns teaching. I just finished teaching Jonah and Malachi, and now Sandy is teaching I Corinthians. We copy our teaching notes and pass them out to everyone so that they can reread and study them further at home, or use them in ministries of their own.
Certain things that are happening encourage us to know that God is at work instilling His Word deeply into the hearts of those who attend the studies. One is that people feel free to call us up whenever they are stumped in their personal Bible Study or sermon preparation. They call to ask for further explanation of a passage they are studying. Others call just because they need someone to pray for and with them. In recent weeks I have been asked repeatedly to order a commentary for someone from Christian Book Distributors. They carry a big variety of Bibles and other helps. The people at CBD must wonder why this lady is ordering so many commentaries! Others have asked me to order large print Bibles for themselves, or small teen Bibles for their grandchildren. I rejoice to see God’s Word being taken seriously!
We have seen God wonderfully answer prayer in the lives of people I have been visiting. Let me give you a few examples from recent weeks. Ponet had breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy and chemo treatments. The doctors in Majuro and Hawaii all told her she would die. But she loves the Lord and we visited weekly and prayed urgently for her. She is much better and has returned home for a few months. Ashton is a young man who fell under a city bus. His hand was crushed under the wheel. His hand is healing, but he still needs the Lord. Bila came very close to death and ended up with gangrene in her foot and most of her fingers. It looked like amputation would be necessary. She is still bed-ridden, but the gangrene is slowly disappearing. We love to sing praise to the Lord when I visit her before studying the Word and praying together.
Billy was very close to death when he arrived here from the Marshalls. He was suffering from severe kidney failure. When we first visited him he looked very bad, was on oxygen and IV. A few days later I visited him in the hospital again. I could hardly believe the change. He said it all started when we prayed. “To God be the glory!” was what Cathleen and I were singing as we headed home down the halls of the hospital. Juaier is a high chief in an area of the Marshalls. When he got here the doctors told him they would amputate his arm that was full of infection. His wife refused and we prayed. He still has his arm and it is much better. Pray that he will give his arm and his heart to Christ as I have urged him to. Liklol had bypass heart surgery. He wept as we rejoiced together in God’s love and mercy at rescuing him before it was too late. Please pray with us that our love and God’s powerful and comforting Word will produce much fruit for His kingdom.
“God is not unjust. He will not forget your work, and hthe love you have shown Him as you have helped His people and continue to help them.” Heb. 6:10
Gratefully yours,
Juanita Simpson
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
On adVANcing the Gospel
Some of you may have been aware of our van problems for a few months. I had been working on our small van that belongs to my mother and had replaced a number of things I thought were contributing to the problems we were having with it misfiring and lurching up hills. Here is what I did, for you car buffs out there: I replaced the spark plugs and wires. I cleaned out all the air, vacuum and fuel hoses. I replaced the fuel filter twice, once before I added condensation evaporation additive and two types of fuel system cleaners, and once afterwards. I tried adjusting the timing on the distributor cap and air adjustment on the carburetor. After running a diagnostic on the car's computer system with an instrument I borrowed from a friend, which indicated the car was misfiring, as was already obvious :), I changed the Throttle Position Sensor (TPS). I did a number of other things to the van but it never seemed to solve the problem. The problem had developed after taking it to a shop after a belt broke and it never did run right after I took it there. I talked to them about it but they were not willing to say they did anything wrong so I was loath to take it back there and pay them to fix a problem they likely had created. Just last week we received a check in the mail from one of our supporting churches. This prompted us to bring it into the Mazda service center. (Motto: always get a professional to do a professional job!) They got the same diagnostic reading I did but found one of the spark plugs (I put in) was cracked, a vacuum hose was disconnected (likely what the other auto shop forgot to reconnect when they put on my belts) and that it needed a new distributor cap and rotor (two things I did not replace). To make a long story even longer, the van is now running great! Thanks to your prayers and the church who sent us the money, which was enough to cover 2/3 of the repair cost, we now have a running van again just in time for our Bible studies to start up in earnest. Just to let you know, many people have expressed thanks for the Bible studies lately. Juanita has been going through Malachi. We also had a group of friends come out to hear Jacob Prasch who was here in a local church on his way to the Philippines for some pastor's seminars. They were powerfully blessed, and one of the men said that he wished every church on the island could hear what Jacob preached from Heb. 12-13. I have been receiving many thanks through my web site also lately for the information and articles provided there and for my personal responses. I will be starting my study in 1 Cor. when mom finishes. Thanks again for your prayers. The Lord has been very good to us and has continually provided for us, many times using you, our faithful supporters, to do so.
In His hands,
Sandy Simpson
In His hands,
Sandy Simpson
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Wishing you a blessed Christimas!
Dear Supporters & Friends,
Christmas blessings from our family to you and yours this season!
We want to start out by thanking you for your faithful support in finances and prayer. The Lord continues to bless our ministry with Micronesian islanders. We have more people attending our studies than ever, in fact many times we don’t have room in our 15-passenger and 8-passenger vans to pick up the ones who are unable to drive themselves. The number of island pastors who have been attending our studies has increased lately and we know they are using our materials. In our last study one of the families who come to our studies brought enough food to feed all of us … Queen Seagull of the Ebeye islands with her husband Morrison are here on island for medical reasons for an extended period. We also have an increase in the number of Marshallese in our studies. Many of them are Bethania alumni.
In personal news: Rose continues to be a blessing to her Kindergarten class at Pearl Harbor Christian Academy. Carissa is still working for the Bank of Hawaii, currently as their business teller. Her husband Fudge works teaching at a charter school in Waianae that has a large population of Hawaiians. Cassie is in California working and still planning to continue her college education. Josiah is in 10th grade home school and works part-time four days a week at the school where Rose teaches. I have been working on video projects lately, keeping up with my web sites, preparing Bible studies and writing messages I will be sharing in a couple of local churches.
We covet your prayers at this time. Juanita and I both lost a significant portion of our retirement funds in the recent stock market “crash”, as many others have. This is much more difficult for mom since it is her main source of income. We are praying that the Lord will provide for our needs as we face an uncertain future, as He always has. The Lord led us here and we have seen many people become believers and/or grow to Christian maturity as a result. We hope to continue to do this ministry as the Lord allows. We also realize that many people have been supporting us above and beyond the call of duty. We are thankful everyday for that. Be in prayer for many Christian ministries during this time, as finances have or will become an issue.
I want to leave you with a Christmas prayer I ran across that expresses my thoughts of thankfulness:
Father God, When your precious Son became a tiny baby in a stable in Bethlehem in poverty and simplicity, you changed our world. As we imagine those surroundings, we join with the shepherds and the wise men in wonder and praise. We thank you for our material lives, praise you for our spiritual lives, and trust in you for our eternal life. Amen.
With love,
Sandy Simpson and family
P.O. Box 1759
Pearl City, HI 96782
Sandy Simpson and family
P.O. Box 1759
Pearl City, HI 96782
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
A praise report regarding my discernment web site.
Dear All,
I received the following letter from someone who has been rescued out of false Christianity. I have removed her name to protect her identity as reprisals are common among these groups. I get a lot of letters from people who have realized they have been deceived by false teachers, but after having gone through what this lady describes I can only praise the Lord that He rescued her from such a dire situation.
Dear Mr. Simpson,
I would like to share with you that I am just now coming out of the false teachings of Latter Rain theology. I have been a member of a MorningStar {Rick Joyner} congregation for 13 years. I was an "intercessor" in my church for 13 years and led and trained other intercessors in "Spiritual Warfare" techniques perpetrated by Peter Wagner and Cindy Jacobs and all the rest of them. I was one of the false teachers. Sept 14, 2008 I walked out of my former congregation never to return. My former pastor has used guilt and condemnation and manipulation to try and make me continue to believe the false teachings. I could literally write a book on the deception that we are spoon fed a little at a time, year after year.
I have two garbage bags full of books, 60 so far that are now in the garbage waiting to be picked up tomorrow morning. I was indoctrinated into the deception. Being an avid reader I love books. The only problem is I was going to hell in a hand basket and none the wiser. Deception In The Church website has been a lifeline to me during this trying time. I literally thought that I was going to go insane. Everything that I have based my life on these last 13 years is false. I was a leader and a member of the highest standing in my former congregation. I was there 3 times a week, year in and year out. I was the poster child of my church.
I am ordering the (New Apostolic Reformation) DVD because I have to renew my mind on the truth of the scripture. My former pastor actually told me that, "Not all teaching has to line up with the Bible." We were having a heated discussion about Rick Joyner's teachings at the time. I answered and said, "I live my life by what the Bible says and for me it has to line up." As I said I could write a book about the twisting and lies.
Thank you for your service to the body of Christ. You are literally saving souls who are being led down a path of no return unless they find out the truth. God bless you and keep you.
Received by letter 9/15/08
Be encouraged that your support and prayers for the apologetics I am doing are paying off. Please continue to pray that God will grant more and more people repentance (2 Tim. 2:25). He is the God who rescues (Is. 46:4).
In His Hands,
Sandy Simpson
http://www.apologeticscoordinationteam.com/
I received the following letter from someone who has been rescued out of false Christianity. I have removed her name to protect her identity as reprisals are common among these groups. I get a lot of letters from people who have realized they have been deceived by false teachers, but after having gone through what this lady describes I can only praise the Lord that He rescued her from such a dire situation.
Dear Mr. Simpson,
I would like to share with you that I am just now coming out of the false teachings of Latter Rain theology. I have been a member of a MorningStar {Rick Joyner} congregation for 13 years. I was an "intercessor" in my church for 13 years and led and trained other intercessors in "Spiritual Warfare" techniques perpetrated by Peter Wagner and Cindy Jacobs and all the rest of them. I was one of the false teachers. Sept 14, 2008 I walked out of my former congregation never to return. My former pastor has used guilt and condemnation and manipulation to try and make me continue to believe the false teachings. I could literally write a book on the deception that we are spoon fed a little at a time, year after year.
I have two garbage bags full of books, 60 so far that are now in the garbage waiting to be picked up tomorrow morning. I was indoctrinated into the deception. Being an avid reader I love books. The only problem is I was going to hell in a hand basket and none the wiser. Deception In The Church website has been a lifeline to me during this trying time. I literally thought that I was going to go insane. Everything that I have based my life on these last 13 years is false. I was a leader and a member of the highest standing in my former congregation. I was there 3 times a week, year in and year out. I was the poster child of my church.
I am ordering the (New Apostolic Reformation) DVD because I have to renew my mind on the truth of the scripture. My former pastor actually told me that, "Not all teaching has to line up with the Bible." We were having a heated discussion about Rick Joyner's teachings at the time. I answered and said, "I live my life by what the Bible says and for me it has to line up." As I said I could write a book about the twisting and lies.
Thank you for your service to the body of Christ. You are literally saving souls who are being led down a path of no return unless they find out the truth. God bless you and keep you.
Received by letter 9/15/08
Be encouraged that your support and prayers for the apologetics I am doing are paying off. Please continue to pray that God will grant more and more people repentance (2 Tim. 2:25). He is the God who rescues (Is. 46:4).
In His Hands,
Sandy Simpson
http://www.apologeticscoordinationteam.com/
Thursday, August 21, 2008
August Update
First of all I want to thank our financial supporters. We continue to see an increase in our support level. We are still in need of a further boost in our support, but we are slowly getting to where we should be. Thank you especially for your prayers. We have had many opportunities for ministry lately and our Bible studies have been very full. Both Juanita and I have had speaking opportunities at a local church.
I would like to recount for you a situation that just happened. One of our study attendees, a pastor who is now an invalid and being cared for by his wife who continues to be a regular at our Bible studies, had a relative recently die of cancer. We had been praying for her and Juanita has been visiting this pastor and his wife regularly sharing a Bible study with them. I also visit when I can. I have been sending the current study I am doing on forgiveness home to him through his wife. There has been years of tension and trouble between his family and the family of the relative who just died. At the memorial he shared with them from my study about the need for forgiveness among the two clans. They were able to come together and forgive one another and that relationship between the clans has been restored. This news was an encouragement to me that the lessons the Lord led me to put together, which are now also in book form, have been a blessing to many. I believe this subject is hitting home with many others. I hope the lessons and book will be a help to many in this area of the world who struggle with this issue.
Please continue to pray for our family and ministry. When you are on the front lines for the Lord you need a support team back home. We cannot do this without you. Thank you for your support and encouragement.
In His hands,
Sandy Simpson
I would like to recount for you a situation that just happened. One of our study attendees, a pastor who is now an invalid and being cared for by his wife who continues to be a regular at our Bible studies, had a relative recently die of cancer. We had been praying for her and Juanita has been visiting this pastor and his wife regularly sharing a Bible study with them. I also visit when I can. I have been sending the current study I am doing on forgiveness home to him through his wife. There has been years of tension and trouble between his family and the family of the relative who just died. At the memorial he shared with them from my study about the need for forgiveness among the two clans. They were able to come together and forgive one another and that relationship between the clans has been restored. This news was an encouragement to me that the lessons the Lord led me to put together, which are now also in book form, have been a blessing to many. I believe this subject is hitting home with many others. I hope the lessons and book will be a help to many in this area of the world who struggle with this issue.
Please continue to pray for our family and ministry. When you are on the front lines for the Lord you need a support team back home. We cannot do this without you. Thank you for your support and encouragement.
In His hands,
Sandy Simpson
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Simpson News - May 2008
Finances
I know some of you have been waiting to hear where our support level is at the moment. I want to start by thanking our many supporting individuals and churches for coming to our aid. Our monthly support is now almost to the level it needs to be! The Lord has been so good to us. I am writing this report to ask those who support us to prayerfully continue the level of support you have been sending into the mission for us, and to ask those who have not yet come on board our financial support team to consider doing so. We had many donations sent in at the beginning of 2008 and are hoping that through both donations and pledged monthly support we will be able to meet our monthly goals and also pay down the debt we have at the mission for the shortfall of the past few years. I am very grateful for many of you who have given sacrificially to the work we are doing with Micronesians. It means a lot to us.
Family Visit
We were blessed to have a 10-day visit from my sister Angela and brother-in-law Steve Leuice. It was a good time of fellowship together. They attended our Bible studies and were able to see some old friends and meet others. We were also able to have some extended family get-togethers. Please be in prayer for their church ministry in Camino, CA.
Following are some updates on our ministry and how people are being helped.
Helped In Prayer & Counseling
From Juanita: It was difficult to watch Kyle, an 18-year-old Marshallese, slowly sink. He was dying of leukemia. I visited him twice a week at the hospital on the other side of Honolulu. He was not always coherent because of the heavy drugs they were giving him. I spoke to him of the need to give his heart to Christ and prepare to meet Him. Sometimes I sang to him. I did my best to comfort his grieving parents who were usually there with him. A young man of few words, he said to me at one visit, “Thank you so very much for everything!” One day he told his mother who was crying, “Don’t cry, Mother. I am OK and know now where I’m going.” I believe he came to faith in Christ during those weeks. It was a privilege for me to give the message at his funeral at the request of his parents.
From Juanita: Pastor Aikawa from Chuuk is on his bed in their apartment downtown. He is a severe diabetic who has lost the use of his feet. Accustomed to being greatly involved in the life of his church, he is suffering loneliness and disappointment, as well as the embarrassment of wearing a diaper and needing to be cleaned up by his wife and niece. He and his wife Yusta call me often to ask for prayer or to tell me about their latest family or health problems. Pastor Aikawa looks forward to my weekly visit when I take a plate of fruit or baked goods and spend some time in fellowship, Bible study and prayer. Pray that his spirit will remain strong as his body weakens.
From Juanita: I visit Grace each Sunday at the nursing home where she lives. She is from Ailinglapalap in the Marshalls. Grace has had a stroke that paralyzed one side. Recently they have found spots on her back and brain, for which they gave radiation treatments. Raised a Catholic, she has limited knowledge of the scripture. Cathleen, her cousin, gave her a Bible and now she is eager each week for the short Bible Study I do with her. She is learning where to look for the various passages, finds them with her one good hand, and marks them as we go along. I praise the Lord for His work in her life.
At the writing of this newsletter we had a Chuukese lady come over to our house who is concerned with witchcraft in her family. Please pray for her and for us as we sometimes are called to counsel people on this subject.
Helped In Bible Studies
I finished my series on the Seven Letters in Revelation and currently Juanita is teaching through the book of Daniel. The amazing prophecies of Daniel have encouraged and strengthened the faith of many in our Bible studies. It is amazing how the Lord showed us the kingdoms of the earth, which would come and are coming, hundreds and thousands of years before their fulfillment. He also showed Himself to be One God with more than one person in the Godhead (Dan. 7:13). Our meetings have been packed recently. I had 19 people in my 15-passenger van one evening, which was kind of scary. But the Lord is blessing us. We have had a number of visitors from off-island recently at our studies.
Helped In Preaching
Both Juanita and I have recently had the opportunity to speak in a local church. Juanita taught a two-part series on Jonah. I taught the first of a two-part series on some of the current trends and false teachings in the churches. I will preach the second part of that message in August 2008. Some of our Palauan friends also attended the services as the church we spoke at was in their area. Many people told us they were blessed by our preaching and personally helped.
Helped To Be More Discerning
Following are a selection of emails from the past month by those who have been helped by my web sites and my responding emails. I get many good reports each month from Micronesia and beyond on how the information I have provided on the web has helped them.
Dear Sandy Simpson, Thank you so much for your response concerning the Todd Bentley Revival In Lakeland Florida... Seems like you've seen this error before and are very familiar with it... After my email to you I searched your site further and read some materials on those he's associated with... So many of our brethren are enamored with the sensational experiences people are having not realizing the deception therein... Blessings and Prayers for your continued search for the truth, a watchman, and sharing what the lord shows you with others who are also searching for truth...In Him... N. C. G.
I want to send a note of thanks for providing this website. My husband and I were attending a church that believes in all the gifts, signs & wonders experiences and all that is shown on GOD TV. One of the practices that disturbed me was "soaking" that one lady learned at a Toronto Airport Conference gathering. … Having been involved with the occult before I was saved (astrology & such things), it made me rather uneasy. I know it could only come from two sources. … It is important to me that I live in truth. A.C., England
Heads up for doing a wonderful job in being a true pastor/shepherd- defending the flock from wolves, deceivers and hucksters. … Australia is being plagued by the big churches doctrines- they channel big names through their conferences and endorse faulty teachings where average Christians take hook line and sinker. … Once again, your site is great. God bless! J. E., Australia
Thanks so much for your website. I only just found it today through a crazy maze of googling and following links from other sites. I must admit to being misled for a time by the Elijah List and various "ministries" featured there. …I have only been on your site about ten minutes and I am already refreshed and encouraged. Thank you for the obvious time and effort you have invested. … R.
Thank you for all your hard work on this subject, it is a burden, I just hate this stuff, especially the spiritual warfare techniques in those books they have on their site and beyond, their council increases peoples hurt confusion, and damages them. The Peter Wagner training, railing against powers, is growing not just in the established church but outside … J.
Dear Sandy, Finally someone is starting to expose the NOLR hub of prophetic … known as Elijahlist!!! … I think that we as Christians when we interface with others who claim to be Christians … need to spell out what we mean by "worship and prayer" as many NOLR leaders have at least one second covert meaning for the same term!!! …W. M., U of Minnesota
Sandy, May the Lord bless you with this important endeavor. What evil has been coming from that (ElijahList). They have no fear of God, shamelessly marketing the church. Sandy, I support you fully with your exposing the unfruitful works of darkness. … B. A.
There is much deception in the Body of Christ and drawing a plumb line from an apologetic Biblical point of view is certainly one way to do it. … I love your disclaimer it shows that you want the truth and says none of us has a market on the truth we can only point to scripture and share what we think it means. I suspect sometimes you guys feel like John the Baptist a voice crying in the wilderness as it seems people are like sheep to the slaughter so easily persuaded with so little effort from so many. Keep up the good work. …Sincerely, C. E., Waco, Texas
Thank you for your fantastic web site and I would be so grateful to receive your newsletter. I am so very concerned about being deceived as a young Christian. In my own church I believe there is false teaching going on and I am not sure how to tackle this. Many thanks again and may the Lord bless your ministry. … S.
Hi, I recently got your DVDs "The New Apostalic Reformation" it was a real eye opener for me. I recently left my present church, which has been getting quite involved with the prophetic movement for sometime now. … My now ex pastor is starting to preach Kingdom Dominon. … Just wanted to say what a great set of DVD's and hope you produce more. … Sincerely, C. S.
Hello, I had bookmarked your site years ago and find myself going in and out of it on a regular basis. Great job being done by you. … Sincerely, J. H., Canada
Hello and good day, Just a quick note to thank you for all your excellent articles. I've been going to the site for some time now ... God bless you and yours, … M., Eph 6:10-18
Hi Sandy, The "word of faith" movement has concerned me for quite some time, but I have only recently become aware of how widespread it has become in the Church. Thank you for making this information available. God bless, L. W.
Dear Sandy, I'm C. C. and I'm from Singapore. I've been reading your website for quite a while and I must really thank the Lord for your faithfulness and perseverance in the maintaining, researching and writing to contribute to the speaking of the truth today. … Many thanks and God bless you! … love, C. C.
Dear Brother Sandy, Warm Greetings in Jesus Name! My name is A. G. I am married with two children. I am 37 years old and have been in ministry since 1987. I am a pastor and lecturer at a Bible Seminary in Durban, South Africa. 95% of our students come from previously disadvantaged communities. I also lead a pastors fellowship, where about 25 pastors meet every month. I was recently asked to address a pastors conference in Durban. My subject was the core teachings of the NAR. I really had trouble with this and with the assistance of a friend, I was able to present something of the root teachings of the NAR. I must confess, I really had a challenge. Why Am I writing to YOU? I was made aware of a set of six DVD's that are available on the subject. I contacted Moriel Ministries in Johannesburg, South Africa. I am appealing to you for your help in this regard. I am very concerned about the influence of the NAR (although in different forms) in South Africa. Can you please help me with a set of the six DVD's? Your response will be highly appreciated Thanking you in anticipation … Dear Sandy, Thank you for your favourable response and kind gesture. It is really greatly appreciated. I look forward to receiving the DVD's. I will definitely use your gift to enhance my life, ministry and that of our pastors and students at the Bible Seminary. Thanks Again, A. G., SOUTH AFRICA
Dear brother Sandy, Greetings in Jesus name. I really do appreciate your promptness in answering my questions. Thank you very much. The Lord our GOD bless you and your ministries, bro. S.
Shalom in Messiah Sandy! I just had to drop you a note to thank you again for your great work for the Kingdom. I have just downloaded the ELIJAH LIST teaching, and I cannot thank you enough for your sound editorial. I just wanted to encourage you a bit, and say keep it up! Jesus is proud of you! Watching and Praying with you, E. M. just a PS...I did want to thank you that these wonderful and useful apologetic materials and articles are FREE. While on Elijah List, if you want a prophecy for 2008, you have to pay $70+ ... that is the first thing that I thought was weird about their policies... thank you for offering your Spirit-given insights for free!
You Can Help Us!
If you wish to start supporting us monthly, or wish to send in a special financial gift, you can do so by making your check payable to “Liebenzell Mission USA”, writing “Simpson Support” on the check and sending it to:
Liebenzell Mission USA
P.O. Box 66
Schooley’s Mt., NJ 07870
We also covet your prayers for our work. We believe the Lord has us here for His purposes and we are seeing His Work through the lives of Micronesians and others. Please continue to pray for our family.
In His hands,
Sandy Simpson
I know some of you have been waiting to hear where our support level is at the moment. I want to start by thanking our many supporting individuals and churches for coming to our aid. Our monthly support is now almost to the level it needs to be! The Lord has been so good to us. I am writing this report to ask those who support us to prayerfully continue the level of support you have been sending into the mission for us, and to ask those who have not yet come on board our financial support team to consider doing so. We had many donations sent in at the beginning of 2008 and are hoping that through both donations and pledged monthly support we will be able to meet our monthly goals and also pay down the debt we have at the mission for the shortfall of the past few years. I am very grateful for many of you who have given sacrificially to the work we are doing with Micronesians. It means a lot to us.
Family Visit
We were blessed to have a 10-day visit from my sister Angela and brother-in-law Steve Leuice. It was a good time of fellowship together. They attended our Bible studies and were able to see some old friends and meet others. We were also able to have some extended family get-togethers. Please be in prayer for their church ministry in Camino, CA.
Following are some updates on our ministry and how people are being helped.
Helped In Prayer & Counseling
From Juanita: It was difficult to watch Kyle, an 18-year-old Marshallese, slowly sink. He was dying of leukemia. I visited him twice a week at the hospital on the other side of Honolulu. He was not always coherent because of the heavy drugs they were giving him. I spoke to him of the need to give his heart to Christ and prepare to meet Him. Sometimes I sang to him. I did my best to comfort his grieving parents who were usually there with him. A young man of few words, he said to me at one visit, “Thank you so very much for everything!” One day he told his mother who was crying, “Don’t cry, Mother. I am OK and know now where I’m going.” I believe he came to faith in Christ during those weeks. It was a privilege for me to give the message at his funeral at the request of his parents.
From Juanita: Pastor Aikawa from Chuuk is on his bed in their apartment downtown. He is a severe diabetic who has lost the use of his feet. Accustomed to being greatly involved in the life of his church, he is suffering loneliness and disappointment, as well as the embarrassment of wearing a diaper and needing to be cleaned up by his wife and niece. He and his wife Yusta call me often to ask for prayer or to tell me about their latest family or health problems. Pastor Aikawa looks forward to my weekly visit when I take a plate of fruit or baked goods and spend some time in fellowship, Bible study and prayer. Pray that his spirit will remain strong as his body weakens.
From Juanita: I visit Grace each Sunday at the nursing home where she lives. She is from Ailinglapalap in the Marshalls. Grace has had a stroke that paralyzed one side. Recently they have found spots on her back and brain, for which they gave radiation treatments. Raised a Catholic, she has limited knowledge of the scripture. Cathleen, her cousin, gave her a Bible and now she is eager each week for the short Bible Study I do with her. She is learning where to look for the various passages, finds them with her one good hand, and marks them as we go along. I praise the Lord for His work in her life.
At the writing of this newsletter we had a Chuukese lady come over to our house who is concerned with witchcraft in her family. Please pray for her and for us as we sometimes are called to counsel people on this subject.
Helped In Bible Studies
I finished my series on the Seven Letters in Revelation and currently Juanita is teaching through the book of Daniel. The amazing prophecies of Daniel have encouraged and strengthened the faith of many in our Bible studies. It is amazing how the Lord showed us the kingdoms of the earth, which would come and are coming, hundreds and thousands of years before their fulfillment. He also showed Himself to be One God with more than one person in the Godhead (Dan. 7:13). Our meetings have been packed recently. I had 19 people in my 15-passenger van one evening, which was kind of scary. But the Lord is blessing us. We have had a number of visitors from off-island recently at our studies.
Helped In Preaching
Both Juanita and I have recently had the opportunity to speak in a local church. Juanita taught a two-part series on Jonah. I taught the first of a two-part series on some of the current trends and false teachings in the churches. I will preach the second part of that message in August 2008. Some of our Palauan friends also attended the services as the church we spoke at was in their area. Many people told us they were blessed by our preaching and personally helped.
Helped To Be More Discerning
Following are a selection of emails from the past month by those who have been helped by my web sites and my responding emails. I get many good reports each month from Micronesia and beyond on how the information I have provided on the web has helped them.
Dear Sandy Simpson, Thank you so much for your response concerning the Todd Bentley Revival In Lakeland Florida... Seems like you've seen this error before and are very familiar with it... After my email to you I searched your site further and read some materials on those he's associated with... So many of our brethren are enamored with the sensational experiences people are having not realizing the deception therein... Blessings and Prayers for your continued search for the truth, a watchman, and sharing what the lord shows you with others who are also searching for truth...In Him... N. C. G.
I want to send a note of thanks for providing this website. My husband and I were attending a church that believes in all the gifts, signs & wonders experiences and all that is shown on GOD TV. One of the practices that disturbed me was "soaking" that one lady learned at a Toronto Airport Conference gathering. … Having been involved with the occult before I was saved (astrology & such things), it made me rather uneasy. I know it could only come from two sources. … It is important to me that I live in truth. A.C., England
Heads up for doing a wonderful job in being a true pastor/shepherd- defending the flock from wolves, deceivers and hucksters. … Australia is being plagued by the big churches doctrines- they channel big names through their conferences and endorse faulty teachings where average Christians take hook line and sinker. … Once again, your site is great. God bless! J. E., Australia
Thanks so much for your website. I only just found it today through a crazy maze of googling and following links from other sites. I must admit to being misled for a time by the Elijah List and various "ministries" featured there. …I have only been on your site about ten minutes and I am already refreshed and encouraged. Thank you for the obvious time and effort you have invested. … R.
Thank you for all your hard work on this subject, it is a burden, I just hate this stuff, especially the spiritual warfare techniques in those books they have on their site and beyond, their council increases peoples hurt confusion, and damages them. The Peter Wagner training, railing against powers, is growing not just in the established church but outside … J.
Dear Sandy, Finally someone is starting to expose the NOLR hub of prophetic … known as Elijahlist!!! … I think that we as Christians when we interface with others who claim to be Christians … need to spell out what we mean by "worship and prayer" as many NOLR leaders have at least one second covert meaning for the same term!!! …W. M., U of Minnesota
Sandy, May the Lord bless you with this important endeavor. What evil has been coming from that (ElijahList). They have no fear of God, shamelessly marketing the church. Sandy, I support you fully with your exposing the unfruitful works of darkness. … B. A.
There is much deception in the Body of Christ and drawing a plumb line from an apologetic Biblical point of view is certainly one way to do it. … I love your disclaimer it shows that you want the truth and says none of us has a market on the truth we can only point to scripture and share what we think it means. I suspect sometimes you guys feel like John the Baptist a voice crying in the wilderness as it seems people are like sheep to the slaughter so easily persuaded with so little effort from so many. Keep up the good work. …Sincerely, C. E., Waco, Texas
Thank you for your fantastic web site and I would be so grateful to receive your newsletter. I am so very concerned about being deceived as a young Christian. In my own church I believe there is false teaching going on and I am not sure how to tackle this. Many thanks again and may the Lord bless your ministry. … S.
Hi, I recently got your DVDs "The New Apostalic Reformation" it was a real eye opener for me. I recently left my present church, which has been getting quite involved with the prophetic movement for sometime now. … My now ex pastor is starting to preach Kingdom Dominon. … Just wanted to say what a great set of DVD's and hope you produce more. … Sincerely, C. S.
Hello, I had bookmarked your site years ago and find myself going in and out of it on a regular basis. Great job being done by you. … Sincerely, J. H., Canada
Hello and good day, Just a quick note to thank you for all your excellent articles. I've been going to the site for some time now ... God bless you and yours, … M., Eph 6:10-18
Hi Sandy, The "word of faith" movement has concerned me for quite some time, but I have only recently become aware of how widespread it has become in the Church. Thank you for making this information available. God bless, L. W.
Dear Sandy, I'm C. C. and I'm from Singapore. I've been reading your website for quite a while and I must really thank the Lord for your faithfulness and perseverance in the maintaining, researching and writing to contribute to the speaking of the truth today. … Many thanks and God bless you! … love, C. C.
Dear Brother Sandy, Warm Greetings in Jesus Name! My name is A. G. I am married with two children. I am 37 years old and have been in ministry since 1987. I am a pastor and lecturer at a Bible Seminary in Durban, South Africa. 95% of our students come from previously disadvantaged communities. I also lead a pastors fellowship, where about 25 pastors meet every month. I was recently asked to address a pastors conference in Durban. My subject was the core teachings of the NAR. I really had trouble with this and with the assistance of a friend, I was able to present something of the root teachings of the NAR. I must confess, I really had a challenge. Why Am I writing to YOU? I was made aware of a set of six DVD's that are available on the subject. I contacted Moriel Ministries in Johannesburg, South Africa. I am appealing to you for your help in this regard. I am very concerned about the influence of the NAR (although in different forms) in South Africa. Can you please help me with a set of the six DVD's? Your response will be highly appreciated Thanking you in anticipation … Dear Sandy, Thank you for your favourable response and kind gesture. It is really greatly appreciated. I look forward to receiving the DVD's. I will definitely use your gift to enhance my life, ministry and that of our pastors and students at the Bible Seminary. Thanks Again, A. G., SOUTH AFRICA
Dear brother Sandy, Greetings in Jesus name. I really do appreciate your promptness in answering my questions. Thank you very much. The Lord our GOD bless you and your ministries, bro. S.
Shalom in Messiah Sandy! I just had to drop you a note to thank you again for your great work for the Kingdom. I have just downloaded the ELIJAH LIST teaching, and I cannot thank you enough for your sound editorial. I just wanted to encourage you a bit, and say keep it up! Jesus is proud of you! Watching and Praying with you, E. M. just a PS...I did want to thank you that these wonderful and useful apologetic materials and articles are FREE. While on Elijah List, if you want a prophecy for 2008, you have to pay $70+ ... that is the first thing that I thought was weird about their policies... thank you for offering your Spirit-given insights for free!
You Can Help Us!
If you wish to start supporting us monthly, or wish to send in a special financial gift, you can do so by making your check payable to “Liebenzell Mission USA”, writing “Simpson Support” on the check and sending it to:
Liebenzell Mission USA
P.O. Box 66
Schooley’s Mt., NJ 07870
We also covet your prayers for our work. We believe the Lord has us here for His purposes and we are seeing His Work through the lives of Micronesians and others. Please continue to pray for our family.
In His hands,
Sandy Simpson
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