Dear Friends & Supporters,
There is nothing more difficult for me personally than to ask people for help. I was brought up in a generation that avoided asking for help almost as a matter of principle. But the Lord has taught me over the 20+ years we have been in full time mission work, and even before that back to 1962 when my family first came out to Micronesia, that sometimes we need to choke back our pride and ask when we are in need. I want to thank many of you who have supported our family and the Lord's work here in the island, in some cases, for decades. All I can do is rely on the Lord to reward you for your faithfulness in prayer and giving. With a heavy heart I want you to be aware of our circumstances at present. Our support level at the mission has been declining in recent years and because of that we have run up a deficit there. In order to pay down our debt to the mission they are now sending us $300. less each month. We were already very tight in our finances before this recent development, but now we are in a critical situation. We are down to having about one month's funds to pay our bills next month. The Lord has been providing our needs and I have been saving every extra penny. We have reduced our payments to the minimum and we, as a family, are doing everything we can to earn extra money each month. We have sold off a number of things lately and are running out of things to sell. But it is not enough. We are going to need your help again. This work has been steadily growing and people are growing in the Lord and are much more able to tackle difficult issues in their families, churches and community. We do not want to quit this work, and in fact have no idea what we would do if we did have to quit. I know these are tough economic times for everyone. I do not ask for your help lightly. But I wanted to lay out the fact that our financial situation is critical at this point. I am hoping that by the end of this year we will have paid down our debt at the mission and they will be able to resume sending us what we need to pay our bills here. I am also hoping more churches and individuals will commit to supporting us through the mission. But until that happens we are going to need some help.
Please continue to pray for the possibility of my speaking at a conference for youth and men in the Marshall islands. Please continue to pray for Mike and Cassie as they are struggling and homeless in CA right now. Pray that they can find work. It is very hard for me not to be able to help them financially but we are in no position to do so at the moment and can only pray that the Lord will provide for them. Please pray that Fudge, Carissa's husband can find full time employment here, where the jobless rate continues to rise. Thank you for praying for Juanita in her hospital visitation. Please continue to pray for Josiah who continues to struggle with home schooling. Pray that I will be able to accomplish everything the Lord sets before me, which is sometimes overwhelming.
The Lord is good and I praise Him for His provision.
Ps 106:1 Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures for ever.
In His love,
Sandy Simpson & family
Monday, March 29, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Dear Friends,
This is an addendum to the last post I just made on our Simpson Family News blog. I just got an email from Google saying that they are not emailing those who signed up to be notified when I make a new post on our blog. I wrote to them but it seems they are having problems with their emailing lists. In view of this fact I would suggest that you sign up for this blog again. You can do that in a number of ways under the "Subscribe To" tabs to the left of this post. I was hoping to notify everyone of the changes to Google through my email but I am now restricted by my ISP from sending more than 100 emails per hour and 1000 per day. I have at least 2500+ on my friends email list and it would take me many days to email everyone. This is why I have changed my apologetics newsletter to a paid email server. If you want to subscribe to that list, you can do so by going to the following URL and using the "Join Our Mailing List" by entering your email address.
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/ditcnews.htm
Joining this DITC e-Newsletter will NOT sign you up for this blog, however. You have to subscribe on this blog page. I'm sorry for the inconvenience but hopefully those of you who want to know what is going on in our ministry will visit here and subscribe again using one of the "Subscribe To" options.
In His hands,
Sandy Simpson
This is an addendum to the last post I just made on our Simpson Family News blog. I just got an email from Google saying that they are not emailing those who signed up to be notified when I make a new post on our blog. I wrote to them but it seems they are having problems with their emailing lists. In view of this fact I would suggest that you sign up for this blog again. You can do that in a number of ways under the "Subscribe To" tabs to the left of this post. I was hoping to notify everyone of the changes to Google through my email but I am now restricted by my ISP from sending more than 100 emails per hour and 1000 per day. I have at least 2500+ on my friends email list and it would take me many days to email everyone. This is why I have changed my apologetics newsletter to a paid email server. If you want to subscribe to that list, you can do so by going to the following URL and using the "Join Our Mailing List" by entering your email address.
http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/ditcnews.htm
Joining this DITC e-Newsletter will NOT sign you up for this blog, however. You have to subscribe on this blog page. I'm sorry for the inconvenience but hopefully those of you who want to know what is going on in our ministry will visit here and subscribe again using one of the "Subscribe To" options.
In His hands,
Sandy Simpson
Prayer Requests for March
Dear All,
Thank you for your continued prayers and support. You are a very real participant in this ministry through your lifting it up before the Lord. Our Bible studies continue to be packed out. Praise the Lord that a friend donated the funds we needed to put a running board on our 15 passenger van to help the many elderly disabled people I pick up. That van has been very hard for some to get into so this is a big blessing. I continue to be encouraged about the spiritual growth of many in our Bible study groups. One pastor was waiting for me to pick him up when a former deacon whom he hadn't seen for years came up and sat down with him. He poured out his heart about how sorry he was for the things he did which caused that church to tell him to step down from being a deacon. Our pastor friend used the opportunity to talk to him about repentance and forgiveness. These issues are often difficult for islanders to deal with as holding grudges is a cultural phenomenon in many islands. I was pleased to see that this pastor extended the olive branch of forgiveness and hopefully down the road this deacon will come back to church, if not in a leadership position, at least for fellowship and Christian growth. Please continue to pray for the many from our Bible studies who are struggling with health issues. Two of our pastors have had heart operations recently but both are doing much better. We have a number of alumni from our mission schools who are amputees due to complications of diabetes.
Concerning family issues, please be in prayer for Cassie and Mike. They are struggling right now without a permanent place to live and without jobs. It is hard for us as we are so far away from them and cannot help them financially due to the fact that we are still short on support. Pray that the Lord will continue to meet our financial needs as He always has. Pray for Fudge, Carissa's husband, as he has been out of work for some time and it is very hard to find a job here these days as it is in most parts of the country. Pray for them as they may have some difficult decisions to make concerning where they will be living. Pray for Josiah as he continues to struggle with school work. He is a bright young man and works for the school where Rose teaches doing maintenance and other odd jobs, but he continues to struggle with ADHD issues. Pray that the Lord will give me the opportunity to do a conference series for youth and church leaders in the Marshalls this summer. They have still not contacted me about that. I recently did the first part of a series called "A Whole Lot Of Wishful Thinking These Days" at a local church here. I intend to put it on DVD when I can finish the last part of that series which is about a number of false ideas people have these days compared to what the truth of Scripture teaches. Thank you for your prayers for Juanita. Her health continues to be good and she is currently teaching in Romans. I will be following that up with a study in the book of Galatians. Rose has been busy during this spring break as they moved her classroom. She is happy with the move, however, as her new classroom has windows and is a bit larger. Continue pray for her health also as she struggles with a few issues.
In His hands,
Sandy Simpson
Thank you for your continued prayers and support. You are a very real participant in this ministry through your lifting it up before the Lord. Our Bible studies continue to be packed out. Praise the Lord that a friend donated the funds we needed to put a running board on our 15 passenger van to help the many elderly disabled people I pick up. That van has been very hard for some to get into so this is a big blessing. I continue to be encouraged about the spiritual growth of many in our Bible study groups. One pastor was waiting for me to pick him up when a former deacon whom he hadn't seen for years came up and sat down with him. He poured out his heart about how sorry he was for the things he did which caused that church to tell him to step down from being a deacon. Our pastor friend used the opportunity to talk to him about repentance and forgiveness. These issues are often difficult for islanders to deal with as holding grudges is a cultural phenomenon in many islands. I was pleased to see that this pastor extended the olive branch of forgiveness and hopefully down the road this deacon will come back to church, if not in a leadership position, at least for fellowship and Christian growth. Please continue to pray for the many from our Bible studies who are struggling with health issues. Two of our pastors have had heart operations recently but both are doing much better. We have a number of alumni from our mission schools who are amputees due to complications of diabetes.
Concerning family issues, please be in prayer for Cassie and Mike. They are struggling right now without a permanent place to live and without jobs. It is hard for us as we are so far away from them and cannot help them financially due to the fact that we are still short on support. Pray that the Lord will continue to meet our financial needs as He always has. Pray for Fudge, Carissa's husband, as he has been out of work for some time and it is very hard to find a job here these days as it is in most parts of the country. Pray for them as they may have some difficult decisions to make concerning where they will be living. Pray for Josiah as he continues to struggle with school work. He is a bright young man and works for the school where Rose teaches doing maintenance and other odd jobs, but he continues to struggle with ADHD issues. Pray that the Lord will give me the opportunity to do a conference series for youth and church leaders in the Marshalls this summer. They have still not contacted me about that. I recently did the first part of a series called "A Whole Lot Of Wishful Thinking These Days" at a local church here. I intend to put it on DVD when I can finish the last part of that series which is about a number of false ideas people have these days compared to what the truth of Scripture teaches. Thank you for your prayers for Juanita. Her health continues to be good and she is currently teaching in Romans. I will be following that up with a study in the book of Galatians. Rose has been busy during this spring break as they moved her classroom. She is happy with the move, however, as her new classroom has windows and is a bit larger. Continue pray for her health also as she struggles with a few issues.
In His hands,
Sandy Simpson
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