God is faithful!

The Lord has been so faithful over the years and my family is a testimony to that fact. He has provided all our needs through the ministry and faithful individuals and churches who pray for us and help us out financially. He has brought healing to our family members by His mercy and will. He has allowed us to participate in His work in the islands of the Pacific and around the world through the various ministries He has given us. We see island Christians being brought to maturity in Christ so that they can disciple others and not be blown about by every wind of doctrine. I receive email from all over the world due to my web sites. I am encouraged to see that though there is a real apostasy happening in many churches today, there are individual Christians who are standing tall in the truth of God's Word and have been helped by the materials we provide. Our Bible studies are equipping pastors to be able to lead their island churches more effectively. I want to reprint a portion of our mission annual report here so that you can be aware of what we are doing in greater detail. I am doing this because we are in need of additional support at this time because some of our supporters have gone to be with the Lord and we covet your prayers and financial support. We are looking for churches and individuals to fill this gap as the Lord moves you. If you are led to begin to support our ministry, please send any inquiries or donations to:

Liebenzell Mission USA
P.O. Box 66
Schooley's Mt., NJ 07870

The following is from our annual mission report:

The Simpson family is evangelizing, encouraging, discipling and counseling Micronesian islanders on Oahu, HI from the islands of Palau, Yap, Chuuk, Guam, Saipan, Pohnpei, Kosrae and the Marshalls. Many island groups have their own established churches here on Oahu so we are coming alongside the established churches to provide discipleship and mentoring, especially for the leadership of the island churches, and many of those who come to Oahu for medical purposes or work are going back to their islands equipped to disciple others.

Some of the highlights of ministry for this last year are in the latest Simpson News newsletter at http://ssimpson.www2.50megs.com/ We also have a new Simpson Family News blog at http://simpsonfamilynews.blogspot.com. The amazing story of the rescue of Tender and Ritako, in one of our recent newsletters, who are regular attendees of our Bible studies is proof that teaching Christians to be mature can take you through any trial. This is what we strive to do. We have seen an increase in attendance at our Chuukese Bible study and had many counseling opportunities. The Chuukese leadership has a lot on their plate. Our Palauan, Kosraean, Marshalese Bible study has had sparse attendance during the summer but we expect that to pick back this fall. I took a short week trip to Redding, California to take my second daughter, Cassie, to Simpson University. I also was able to speak at my brother-in-law’s church in Camino, CA. Juanita, my mother, will be gone for three weeks so our Bible studies will start back up in October. I also will be speaking in a local church here on Oahu at the end of September.

What are some difficulties you have encountered in ministry this year?

Some of the difficulties we have are just the normal logistics of contacting people and transporting them to and from our two weekly Bible studies. We need a lot of prayer in counseling island families whose children are dealing with the pressures of moving to a bigger city, drugs, alcohol, sex abuse, and vengeance in dealing with fights that cause family members to be injured or killed.

What are some of the goals you have set that were met this year?

For the most part the goals we have set from last year were accomplished in God's mercy and strength. We have accomplished more than we had first envisioned here from the start because the Lord clearly led us here apart from any "plan" and the Lord has brought us the ministries He wanted us to do and we have simply done them as needed. I have learned over the years to stop making big plans and praying to the Lord "bless me as I go" but to rather rely on His direction completely, no matter how absurd or impossible the situation may seem. Our goals continue to contact island alumni and pastors here in Oahu, invite them to come to our Bible studies when possible, prepare materials and present them in a simple and practical way while giving them written materials they can use in ministry, help with conferences when appropriate and help meet needs when we can with the grace and resources Gad has given us have been met. We have met all the above goals and others this past year, though we have not contacted as many new people as usual. This is because our Bible studies are running at about the maximum we can handle in our home and with transportation. But the impact of the studies, which are composed of more than half Christian church leadership, are having a tangible effect on the island churches. What we hope to do better is equip the church leadership to deal with the many problems of living in an island “inner city” type of circumstance.

What changes/improvements could enhance our ministry in the following areas as they relate to your goals?

(1) Evangelism – We always look for opportunities to witness to non-believers. This comes naturally through the exegesis of the Word in our studies and we see new people come and eventually make a profession of faith as well as older Christians who rededicate their lives to the Lord. We often see pastors who realize they are not living for the Lord come to us for counseling, even for salvation. This is an indication that they trust us and this is always a good sign.

(2) Discipleship – As we continue in this ministry, which is a compliment to Pacific Islands Bible College (PIBC) because we are reaching primarily people who are already in ministry in the island churches, we continue to see the fruit of this ministry in the growth and maturity of island church leaders. We believe that this will pay off in needed church changes in Micronesia, as the younger generation is being discipled by PIBC and comes to leadership in the churches. Our prayer is that the older generation will then accept the needed changes because they have come to fully realize the problems themselves by that time. So we are working from both ends, along with PIBC, toward a middle point of needed change. As to Christian maturity, we have seen some real maturation and sanctification happen due to our intense study of the Word and practical ideas for application.

(3) Training Leadership – This has become a main ministry for us, though we also have many youth who attend our studies. In fact lately we have added many young teens to our Chuukese group. Our emphasis is on Christian maturity and discernment, and practical application of what is taught verse by verse through the Word.

(4) Training Church Planting Teams - The local churches deal with church planting. We teach them the concepts, how to witness, the core doctrines, and issues having to do with the process of sanctification, but they do the mission work of planting new churches. We are not here to plant new churches but to train the leadership of the local islands churches to be able to effectively do that job.

(5) Other ministries - More support from the mission and missionaries for the discernment work I am doing, because it is one of the main issues that we need to address in the islands today. The influx of cult groups like the Moonies, Mormons, and other heretical groups into the islands is at an all time high. I have written a new book and have already produced a video series on the false teachings of the World Christian Gathering on Indigenous Peoples movement that is already gaining followers in the islands. The book is coauthored with another missionary/apologist Mike Oppenheimer. We have been able to help many church leaders deal with these issues through my newsletter the Pacific Waves and through personal contact. Please pray that we will continue to have the funds to send out that newsletter.

Five major goals we have for the coming year are:

(1) Ministry - We plan to continue to help the leadership from Chuuk to deal with serious issues in the churches here and in Chuuk. This is a continuing goal. Our primary goal is to teach them basic Christian precepts from the Bible and help them to learn to apply them here in their churches. We believe this has and will continue to have an effect on the home churches in Chuuk as they become mature in Christ and grow in their understanding of the Word. We also have a number of problems here in Oahu between Micronesian and other island groups and want to help them to be able to work these problems out. The Palauan church here in Oahu needs our prayers. They have established a church under a denomination that is compromised with a number of false teachings, with the blessing of one of the church leaders in Palau. Their pastor was suffering from cancer of the liver and pancreas and recently passed away so there is a need for new leadership there.

(2) Materials - I have written five books in the last three years on the topics of discernment, Christian maturity and end times prophecy. The goal of these books is to teach island Christians to be discerning and dig deep into the written Word. I am also producing DVDs on a number of subjects. For instance, I produced a DVD on my book “Discernment Toolkit”. These issues continue to impact the local churches in the islands.

(3) Speaking Opportunities - I will continue with opportunities to speak in local churches on Oahu and in the islands, especially on the topic of Christian leadership being good “under-shepherds” for the sheep. I have a number of speaking engagements set up for 2007 and into 2008 on Oahu.

(4) Personal – I am home schooling my son Josiah. Cassie is now attending Simpson University in Redding, CA. Josiah is doing much better in school now. Though he seems to have had a touch of ADHD in past years this home schooling computer curriculum seems to have been the answer to his problems. I have been using Teaching Textbooks for math for all three children and it has really helped Josiah. I am actually enjoying home schooling after many years of doing it now, though I initially dreaded the prospect when I learned I would have two students. Thank you for your prayers as they have been answered and please continue to pray for me in this regard. I continue to answer many hundreds of emails each month from people all over the world who visit my discernment web sites. Many thousands of people have been impacted by the sites and have been brought to a closer walk with Christ as a result of the 1500+ articles and other resources available from hundreds of Christian authors there. Certain false teachers have been stopped entering the islands because of the information I provide when the opportunity presents itself. The Moonies have been stopped entering some islands because of an article I wrote in the Pacific Waves but he continues to give out money, gifts and scholarships to his new school here in the Big Islands of Hawaii. The Chuukese principal of that school recently resigned because members of his family, who attend our Bible study, told him that Moon claims to be the Messiah. He did not believe this until Moon visited the school and claimed that he had gone to hell, rescued some of his “Moonies” from there, and took them to heaven. Other false teachers have also been thwarted. I have real opportunities, on a daily basis, to contend for the Faith and help Christians to remain in sound doctrine and put their belief system to work. As I continue to do this ministry the Lord has called me to do, which was something I never thought I would be doing, it has had a direct impact on the islands of Micronesia and many more lives than I ever thought possible. I covet the prayers of those who see the importance of being a Berean in these days of apostasy. My personal goal is to continue to help anyone I can to become mature in Christ so that they will be able to know the difference between good and evil (Heb. 5:14) and will not be blown about by every wind of doctrine (Eph. 4:14).

What are your long-term goals?

Two long-term goals we have would be helping the Chuukese church leadership to sort out and deal with their many problems, and this also applies to all the islands groups. Along with this, our long term goal has been to bring many of the leadership in the island churches, as God sends them to Oahu, to maturity in Christ so that they will, in turn, return to their islands and effect needed changes in their lives and the lives of their families, community and churches. We believe this is being done and is having a good long-term effect, but much more needs to be done, which can only really be done in God's timing.

What are some non-ministry goals?

Almost everything we do has something to do with service for the Lord, so it is hard for me to think about non-ministry goals. I would like to continue to write music and produce videos, which I enjoy, but those are always for the Lord's work so I can't really call them non-ministry. Two verses that guide me in this respect would be Colossians 3:17 "And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." Php 1:21 "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain."

I hope the above portions of our report will give you a little light into our corner of the work God is doing through His Church. If you are not currently supporting us in prayer or in monthly support, please consider doing so. We really need them!

In His hands,
Sandy Simpson