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1. My Relationship With God
In January, I started getting up one hour early to
pray and it is my desire to continue to do so
throughout the year. I would also like to read
through at least three books.
Six Month Update:
Getting up and praying for
an hour each day has been a struggle for me
lately. Why is spending time in prayer so diffi-
cult? As for reading three books, I finished the
second one—Why Revival Tarries, by Leonard
Ravenhill and Anabaptist Destiny, by Ben
Girod. Anabaptist Destiny has not yet been
published, however, I had the privilege of read-
ing the manuscript. It shares the miraculous
story of Ben Girod (former Amish) and his fami-
ly, as they forsook all to follow Christ. To read
about Ben and his Anabaptist vision, go to
http://www.anabaptistconnections.org.
2. Bible Club Promotion (24-page catalog)
In His Steps Foundation
gave MAP a $5,000 grant to
help us get a catalog printed, listing all the Bible
courses we have to offer at MAP. Our goal is to
send this 24-page catalog into a minimum of 7,500
Amish homes. This will allow a family to see what
all we have to offer, as well as allow them to choose
which course each person in the family would like
to enroll in. The cost to print and mail 7,500 cata-
logs will run us: printing = $3,495; postage =
$5,600.82.
Six Month Update:
At the time of this writing,
we have mailed out 7,500 catalogs. Our re-
sponse: 1,821 people have requested that we
enroll them in their choice of Bible study course.
About 50% of the requests came from adults. So
far this year, 106 people have made professions
of faith.
3. More Office Space
Anybody that has ever worked at the MAP office
knows that our little 2000 sq. ft. building has long
been over-due for an expansion. At times, we have
very little elbow room. What we would like to do is
add at least 2,000 more sq. ft.
Six Month Update:
Our goal has always been to
run a debt free ministry. For that reason, we are
continuing our efforts to raise the needed funds
before we get started. Churches from as far
away as IA and NY have offered to come and
help us build. In all, we will need to raise about
$20,000. At this point, we are at the $5,530
mark. Once we reach $11,800, we’d like to start
putting up the main structure.
Note: In a few weeks, you should receive a let-
ter from us showing a breakdown of all materi-
als and costs. At which point, we would like to
invite individuals, businesses and churches to
buy a certain package of materials—a door, a
window, 2x4’s, nails, insulation, roofing sup-
plies, etc.
4. Missionary For Columbia Missouri
We have long prayed that God would send a mis-
sionary to the former Amish in Columbia MO.
Six Month Update:
Off and on, I run into peo-
ple who share our burden for Columbia. How-
ever, no one has stepped up to the plate and
said, “God is calling me.” The need is over-
whelmingly great, as many of you saw during
the 10 episodes of “Amish Out of Order” during
May and June.
5. Part Time Assistant For Joe
It is my desire to add a part time person who can
help me in the following areas: A) present MAP to
new churches and update the ones who already
support us. B) take over some areas of ministry that
I can hardly keep up with, such as the Amish Voice,
mentoring, discipleship groups, emails and phone
calls.
Six Month Update:
We have not been able to
raise the necessary funds to bring another per-
son on.
6. Make More Adult Level Bible
Since many of our Bible courses are very simple and
evangelistic in nature, we have a desire to offer deeper
Goals for 2012: Six Month Update