Dear All,
I am thankful for many things these days. I want to thank you for your prayers and emails of concern over recent events related to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. I am thankful that the Hawaiian Islands suffered less than expected damage, except to boats that did not leave the harbors, with no loss of life. We need to continue to pray for missionaries, fellow brother in the Lord, and the Japanese people as they go through this difficult time. As you are well aware these types of events, foretold in Scripture, are on the increase.
Matt. 24:4-8 Jesus answered: "Watch out that no-one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumours of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth-pains.
The incidences of all that Jesus told us about are increasing in severity and frequency, so we can know by the signs of the times that the Tribulation, the Antichrist and false prophet, and finally the return of Jesus Christ are at hand. No one can know the day or hour of Christ’s return (Mark 13:32), but we can and should know the signs of the times (Matt. 16:3). That should cause us to be even more diligent as the time draws near (Is. 51:5). This is what we are doing in Hawaii and Micronesia. We continue to prepare people for ministry, to cope with the issues of life, to grow in spiritual maturity, and to take every opportunity to help others.
I am also thankful that our debt at the mission has finally been paid down and we are in the black! Thank you for your prayers and financial help to us. We still need your continued prayer and support, but I just want to thank you all again. I am thankful for your prayers also for our immediate family (including Josiah who is back home with us in HI again) and our extended family in the mainland. We have many continued opportunities for ministry, but not without the incessant attacks of the enemy. But we have not been given a spirit of fear but one of Sonship (Romans 8:15), therefore we rejoice in the knowledge of the power and authority He gives us to overcome the enemy through our faith (1 John 5:3-4) and in the hope of His coming Kingdom on earth (Matthew 6:10).
Mom is teaching through Hebrews again at present. I intend to teach on the fruit of the Spirit from Galatians following, and then likely on the core doctrines after Juanita’s next course. I will be speaking at the end of March twice in a local church on signs of the end times in the world and in the Church. I will also be a speaker at the Learn to Discern Conference in Vancouver, BC in May and will be able to drop by and visit members of my family in California, as well as speak at Steve Leuice’s church. Juanita continues a Bible study she is conducting with some Marshallese ladies in the Marshall Islands via conference call. Thank you for your prayers for our Bible study groups that the Lord will teach them and use them as agents of change in their national churches.
In His hand,
Sandy Simpson
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