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Water Mill
Church of Christ
3020 North Barnes
Springfield, MO 65803 |
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Goal of the Work |
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· Evangelizing
Tinian and Rota, and continue evangelizing Saipan |
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· Edifying
the saints and future converts |
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· Equipping
the saints to teach, lead, and evangelize |
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· Encouraging
the saints to be self-governing and supporting |
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"Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your
eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to
harvest."
John 4:35 |
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Another Great Month!
(September)
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 Hafa
Adai! We are very happy to report that September was another great
month on Saipan & Tinian. We now have 22 people on Tinian who have
signed up for the correspondence courses.
We went to Tinian 3 times in the month of September. We have gone
house to house door knocking in all but one section of Marpo
Heights/Valley. We will, Lord willing, be able to move on to
Carolinas Heights after one more good weekend of door knocking in
Marpo Heights.
We also received enough funds to purchase a 1995 Toyota Camry to use
on Tinian. This purchase along with renting the building, are
vitally important in our plan to take the Gospel to Tinian. Without
them, it would have been much too expensive to pay for a hotel and
car every weekend. So thank you to all of you who contributed to
the car purchase.
 Before
we purchased the Toyota, we had been renting a car from Hertz. The
lady who rented the car to us is Elma Pinta. She had asked
questions in the past about what my family and I were doing on
Tinian. I explained the desire to establish a congregation of God’s
people on the island. About 3 weeks ago, I handed her a tract about
the church of Christ and invited her to worship. She said she loves
to study the Bible, so I told her that I love to study the Bible
with people. She told me she would be on Saipan the next week and I
invited her to our “Searchers and New Converts Class” on Thursday
night. She came, and she loved it. She then showed up on Tinian
for class and services on the Sunday that Ruel taught class.
It was a great day! Ruel, a
Christian for about a month, was teaching his first ever Bible class
with Elma, a searcher, coming to her first ever Sunday morning Bible
class of the Lord’s church! Please pray for Elma as she searches
for the Truth, and for Ruel as he continues to grow and learn.
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 On
another trip to Tinian, Jacob went with me. Minda was on
island, and she taught the children’s class. To our
knowledge this was the first children’s Bible class on the
island of Tinian. Present were Irene, Ryan Jr., and Olivia
Evangelista, the daughter-in-law and grandchildren of the
owner of our building. Please pray for them also, that they
might want to learn more about God and His church.
We have a new brother in Christ! Rene Maligsa (pictured on
front), has been visiting the services on Saipan for a
while. Boyet and I started studying with him the first week
he visited. He expressed a desire to know more about Jesus
and what to do to please God. After a few studies, Rene
asked to be baptized. We had a study on Wednesday, October
8th, and studied the purpose of baptism, who should be
baptized, and why. Then we studied about counting the cost
of discipleship, that he would have to change many things in
his life. We had previously studied about the Lord’s one
church, and we went over that again. At the end, Rene said,
“I must be baptized!” At 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, less than 30
minutes after Rene made his decision, he was baptized into
Christ!
All four of the men who have been baptized on Saipan this
Summer and Fall, had no previous relationship to the Lord’s
church. All were invited by friends or co-workers.
Brethren, friendship evangelism works!
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 Hello
friends,
One joy of being
here is that there is always lush vegetation. When you step outside and
feel the sauna you know why, but the view is a joy. Often the children
will bring me a beautiful flower from the yard. I wished they could
send their grandmothers such a flower, so we took this picture for their
grandmothers. Maybe you will enjoy it as well.
We miss our good
friends and our families, but we do enjoy the beauty that surrounds us
every day. Our yard is full of flowering plants, palms, and bamboo. I
have learned to love the sound of the wind rustling the bamboo . Of the
hundreds of birds that claim these bamboos as home, some have the most
beautiful songs; although at times the mosquitoes squelch any desire to
stay outside listening. This is one pleasure I enjoy as I hang our
clothes on the line. 
I’ve had several
kind offers from some of you to send items to us that we cannot get here
on island. We can get about what we want if we are willing to pay the
price. There are things we were used to buying that we no longer keep
on hand, but we have all we need.
The Lord has
blessed us richly that we have good food to eat every day, and all our
needs are supplied richly. We are learning that much of what we expect
in America is not really necessary. Thank you Lord for opportunities to
learn what’s important.
Maria |
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Matthew 28:19
Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost |
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