LTW Team Feeding the Homeless for Christmas

Dan Hubbard and the team were busy this Christmas feeding the homeless in Venice Beach, Skid Row (downtown LA) and Mexico...

The team plans to set up the "Heart for Him" outreach table in West Hollywood again this Friday night on Santa Monica Blvd. alongside the gay bars.

Work Today

I wish I could say I am done with all of my bookkeeping, after working on it all day, but I am not done. I am close, though, and plan to be done by the end of this week. I have had a huge mountain of receipts to sort through and file for my bookkeeper, starting from last November, as I was packing for my move. It feels great to be getting more organized.

Tomorrow is a big mailout day. Today I have been preparing some packages to be mailed out to various locations.

I have also been working more on the new LTW web site. The web designer is fixing the Pay Pal connection for online donations. Then, I think we will be ready to go live.

I have also been working a lot on my new music video for "America Come Home." This is a special song I have written, which will be involved in the Presidential campaign and go out to our soldiers in the military. The video has to be perfect, because so many people will be seeing it. It is about 75% done.

The team in CA plans to set up this Friday again in West Hollywood. I will be praying for them. I have photos to post tonight from their recent outreach to feed the homeless at Venice Beach.

I am enjoying NYC on this cold, winter night. It is one of the coldest we have had, and I am so happy in my warm apartment. My mother is with me, and she has had a slight earache today, so we did not make it to church prayer meeting tonight. I am so thankful to have her here with me.

Christmas Outreach in Celebration of Jesus

We wanted to set up the outreach table last week in celebration of the birth of Jesus to let others know why we believe in Him. What a pleasure for me to work with my pastor, Matthew Recker, of Heritage Bapt. Church where I am a member. (http://www.hbcnyc.org/ ) I want to say that I thank God to have a pastor who loves evangelism and is humble enough to want to reach the lost from all walks of life in NYC, enthusiastically and sincerely working at a table outreach with me. Andy Santiago was also a blessing. He was home from Bible college in North Carolina, and he also joined us. We had a great time telling people about why we love Jesus and offering free materials. We had planned to set up in the warm hallways of the Long Island Railroad, underground at 34th Street and & 7th Avenue, just a couple of blocks from the church office. I found out I must get a permit to set up down there, so back out in the cold we went. It was really too cold to do outdoor ministry, so I am praying for God to give us the safe, warm, clean mission field of the Long Island Railroad in winter months. I plan to turn in the application for a permit this week.

Yet, as we stood out in the cold fighting the wind, God brought people over with questions, many open to know more about Jesus. One man came over interested in the difference between Buddhism and Christianity. He said he was a Christian. He took Zen Buddhism Part 1 and Part 2 by Walter Martin and promised to listen to the sermons on CD, explaining Zen Buddhism from a Christian perspective. I reminded him that Zen Buddhism offers no pure Savior for sin, and no Savior that rose from the grave! He spoke with Pastor Recker for a while and said he would listen to his sermons on the radio in the greater NYC area and hoped to visit our church.

Pastor Recker offered a man a tract, and the man sat down beside him. Pastor Recker began speaking with him. Pastor Recker said, "I want to pray a blessing for you this season." The man said, "Pray that I will repent of my sins."

God was really at work! He brought over a woman with faith in Jesus who needed encouragement. She was living in a homeless shelter with her kids. She said, "I need to have wings like an eagle to rise above my situation." We prayed with her, and she began to weep. We promised that God will be faithful to her as she keeps her eyes on Him. She took materials for her kids and teenager from our table for Christmas, explaining that they love to learn about Jesus.

A Catholic man came over, and we offered him "Scripture vs. Tradition." He read the timeline of the Catholic church with interest and then the comparison between what the Bible teaches and what the Roman Catholic Church teaches. He said he never knew the RCC has teachings so different from the Bible. He said he would share the tract with his family. (Everything was documented from the worship of Mary to the Mass vs. repentance from the heart over sin, as the Bible teaches for salvation, with a relationship with God vs. man-made religion and traditions.) He said he had been in the Catholic church all of his life, but he had never read the Bible before.

One woman approached our table with a background in Hinduism, from a Hindu upbringing. Now, she stated, she did not know what to believe. I started to explain that we are all in a spiritual war, and it is differnt from the battles we face physically. As I continued speaking about a spiritual battle for her soul, she began to nod in aggreement. She replied, "I know I am in a battle. I know about dark spirits." I began to explain the difference between the Holy Spirit and the other impure spirits who lead people away from Jesus. We began to speak about the difference in Jesus vs. the millions of gods and goddesses, which are demons, in Hinduism. She took materials for Hindus, explaining the dangers of the demonic realm. She seemed very open and promised to read all we gave her. She saw a Bible on the table and asked, "May I have the Bible?" I answered, "Yes, but only if you promise to read it." She said, "I promise," and I turned to read her the passage in James 2:19: "You believe in God; you do well. The demons also believe and tremble." She promised to read the book of James and the book of John on the train back home.

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth." John 1:14

"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same, that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil." Hebrews 2:14

"No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him." John 1:18

"For God so loved that world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

"He that believeth on Him is not condemned; but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." John 3:18

"In this was manifested the love of God toward us because God sent His only begotten Son into the world that we might live through Him." 1 John 4:9

Merry Christmas

I am having a wonderful Christmas Eve. I wanted to post about why I have not yet updated the blog with the recent photos from the outreach. I got a sore throat from standing out in the cold. It was great to be used of God to tell people about Him, but it was really too cold. I hope we get the permit for setting up in the Long Island Railroad tunnel. I plan to turn in the application next week. I have just needed to rest a few days, because I have felt like I was really getting sick. I am much better now.

I plan to get the photos and update posted tomorrow. It will be too cold, though, to set up on the street tomorrow on Christmas like I had hoped. I pray He gives us a warm place to set up in the winter. It is a pleasure to set up the table outreach and speak with people about Jesus. (I know I don't "have" to. I get to!) The Long Island Railroad is so clean and warm and only 2 blocks from the church office where our supplies are stored. It seems like the perfect place, but we can't set up there without a permit. It brings me so much peace to know that God has the pefect plan and is never taken by surprise.

We can never repay God for all He has done, but we can give Him ourselves. That's "all" He wants!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

In Jesus and His faithfulness,

Dwayna

NYC Outreach Today in Celebration of Christmas

We had a great outreach. I had three people joining me, and it was an honor for me to serve the Lord with them as we got to tell people about why Jesus was born.

I wanted to set up in the warm and clean tunnels of the Long Island Railroad (at 34th and 7th), but we found out we have to get a permit to set up down there. I am working on that now.  The office said it would take some time to get approved. I pray that Lighting the Way will get permission to set up there. It seems so perfect, because we wouldn't have to deal with the cold weather in the winter months. It is much nicer than the subways and only a couple of blocks from the church office where we store all of our materials.

I want to thank anyone who prayed for us today. God was at work, and it was a blessing to be part of that work. I will post photos with a summary as soon as possible.

Celebrating the incarnation of Jesus with you,

Dwayna

Hoping to Set Up Outreach this Sunday on Christmas

I am going to scope out the area for a warm place to set up the outreach table this Sunday after church. I can't think of a better way to spend Christmas than to set up the outreach table in NYC in celebration of the glorious birth of Christ.

All Settled in NYC

I join church tomorrow morning at Heritage Bapt. NYC. I am all moved in and settled. However, I will be focusing daily on catching up on bookkeeping next week. I have everything else pretty organized in my new apartment.

We plan to begin the outreach somewhere warm in January in a location we have not yet discovered. When I have lived here in the past, we only set up in warm weather. I am not opposed to the subways, but there are so many cultists setting up there that it makes our job more difficult. I saw a table that looked like a Christian table as I was passing through on the way to church last Sunday. Sure enough, it was the Jehovah's Witnesses.

This is a wonderful time in my life and a very precious time with the Lord. I am leaning on Him, excited about all He has in store.

I have had to focus on bringing two very important music projects to fruition since I moved here. I have written a song called "America Come Home," and we have had to work on the video. We are going to get the song to Newt Gingrich and others, so the video is very important. My other music project, "Counting Your Blessings" is also under a deadline. It needs to be done by Jan. 1st. I am thankful that we made our deadline for mastering, and I am now working with a graphic arts team for design. I have the opportunity to get it to key people who book rooms like the Kennedy Center for orchestras and singers Jan 4-10th, so I am praying daily that God will let the CD be done by Jan. 1st. It would help pay my high bills in NYC if God provides such singing jobs. Of course, I realize it is all in His hands.

Dwayna

Update: Georgia Tech Outreach

Come and participate in the Georgia Tech Apologetics Outreach

When: Thursday, December 15th

Time: 7:00-9:00 PM
Where: Georgia Tech Student Center

This will be an opportunity to share the gospel and interact with students while giving sound Christian apologetic answers with materials to students with various worldviews

If you are interested in participating in this outreach, please contact us by e-mail.
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Contact John Rosser: e-mail- jrosser@john-lee-ministries.org
http://www.john-lee-ministries.org/

LTW Update: Table Outreach in Israel

From Rami:

Dear brother's and sister's in Christ,

In the coming days and during the month of December 12th, there will be celebrations in the city of Haifa. We pray that we serve every Saturday during the activities that take place.  We will set up the table ministry, which has books, the Holy Bible, brochures and other materials helpful to someone who needs God.

Please pray for us, as well as our evangelistic team of missionaries in the West Bank.

Two days ago we had a day of service in Bethlehem. In that day we met many people, and we shared the message of salvation. Some people did not care about the subject, but two of them ( Edward and Audrey ) did accepted Jesus to be their Savior. We prayed with them and gave them our team phone number as follow up. We pray for them, that they will be blessed by the Name of our Lord Jesus .

Please be praying for the services in Bethlehem, which take place on this month ( Christmas services ) ... Pray for the service team :  Rami, Eveit, David, Sally, Jabra, Jeo, Rose, Joseph, Paul, Ronit .

Also, we are always praying for more workers to be added to the team.

Thank you, and God bless you where you are.

Rami (and team)

Table Ministry in Israel

Update from Rami and Evette in Israel

First of all I want to thank the Lord for everything He did for us, for the way He stands before us as we contact with the people. Secondly, I thank you, brothers and sisters, for your prayers. Without your prayers and without our Lord we couldn't make it.

Today has been very blessed by the Lord as we shared the message of salvation with the people in Haifa. The people coming to our table to have a look took some of the books, brochures, Bibles, children's stories in 3 languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Russian. Also we thank the Lord for His love as he prepared two people to come today who opened their hearts to accept Jesus Christ the Lord.

So we ask you to continue your prayer for our Table ministry service Team in Haifa and for this husband and wife to continue their journey with the Lord Jesus and for God to bless everything He has given out in the hands of His people.

God bless,
C M A
P.O BOX 50
Jerusalem 91000
ISRAEL
http://www.facebook.com/CmajerusalemTableministry