Monthly Archives: June 2011

Hello Friends, this is just a follow up blog on our progress as we prepare for another extended stay in India. As we speak, we have around 7 weeks left to prepare for our second Missionary journey.

There is a definite sense of excitement and anticipation as we think about re-uniting with our Brothers and Sisters in India. When we say Brothers and Sisters I know that some immediately think in the context of Church jargon. But when we say Brothers and Sisters we really mean Brothers and Sisters as in members of our own Family. While living in India we were able to forge many lifelong friendships and so returning  to work there is almost the same as returning home for us.

Even though we are definitely excited to return to India, we vividly remember the intense heat, as well as the daily 2-3 hour power cuts, the never ending supply of mosquitoes, the water problems, the sewage problems and near death illnesses.  These and other very real challenges are things we must daily weigh in the balance beside our love for our brethren in India. People commend our Family all the time and tell us how wonderful we are for being Missionaries but I will be real and honest and tell you friend that sometimes there is a part of me that wants to stay in the US where we have hot and cold water, A.C, a comfortable bed, and clean and healthy surroundings and put off until another time our going back into the Mission Field.

As I assessed the situation one day it dawned on me that the Gospel has not gone to the World yet precisely because of this kind of reasoning. Where would Christianity be if all the leaders in the Reformation movement thought about their own comforts first? Where would we be if the Pioneers of the Advent Movement share in that Philosophy? Where would the Christian Church be if after Pentecost The Apostles did not leave Jerusalem and carry the precious Gospel message of salvation free and complete through Christ to the very ends of the Earth, what if they did not go because they wanted  to be comfortable? My brother and Sister where would we be if Christ did not leave His comfort and glory unspeakable, to become a homeless wanderer, despised, slandered and hated of men as he sought to find His one lost Sheep you and I?

I realized that as a Christian (one who does as Christ does) I must follow His great example and carry the torch that has been passed down to me as such a cost of suffering and sacrifice. It is clear that as a Christian I am called not to stay but to Go, (Matthew 28:19) whether locally or internationally we must each decide for ourselves.

Since we returned back to the U.S. we have been very busy with Ministry as we wanted to get some awareness for the work in India. After living there for several Months, we saw great needs and unbelievably difficult circumstances for the very small Christian minority there. My Wife and myself after seeing the hardships of Christians there decided that we must do something more to assist our brethren. So we have been travelling from place to place sharing our pictures and Testimonies of our work with whoever will hear us.  There have been many Churches that have been less than receptive to us but still God has opened up doors for us in several places.

We have taped 2 interviews and a sermon with Mission T.V in Tennessee last week. The Simpson Family will be appearing in the Visitor magazine July 2011 edition where we will be sharing some of our  Mission work with the entire Columbia Union. We have also visited several States and spoken in many Churches. We would like to also solicit your special prayers as we tape an interview for 3ABN Television on June 22 for the 3ABN Today Program. We especially hope that through the medium of television we can share God’s Ministry with a broader audience. We hope to share many more photos on our blog as we did last year but in addition to that we hope to post bi weekly high definition videos of our tour . So those who are receiving this blog can get a better fell as to what’s taking place on the ground.

We have a great vision to carry the Everlasting Gospel throughout this Nation and into the Regions beyond so that this long night of sin and suffering can come to an end.  The truth is we need your financial blessings to continue our planned projects in India. I know that we cannot all go but we can either go or send. Our time to work is short and I know that with or without The Simpson Family God’s work will go forward, not only in India but throughout the whole World. But we are very grateful to be His helping hands in these exciting and eventful times. Even though the hour is late, God is still offering us an opportunity to invest ourselves not in the temporary but in the eternal World to come.   By faith in these last days God can and will give us the nations (Psalm 2:8).

Your generous support to our Ministry will help us to sponsor native Bible Workers who can begin the ground work and preparation work as well as give bible studies to new converts as we enter into more unreached territory We presently employ 4 but we hope to be able to sponsor 10 workers. We want to provide widowed Village women with micro loans to help them start small business and generate for themselves an income. We hope by God’s help to start several new congregations this year in Villupuram .  After people accept God’s message we must have somewhere to place them. Hence we must purchase land and build a few Churches. We can build a Church for $10,000 in India and we hope to build at least 3 in the very near future. Some have inquired about our projected budget for this upcoming mission. We have put together some of our immediate expenses for those who are impressed to support if possible, but most importantly to help us pray  as we again move forward by faith.

• Air fare $4,500 round trip to India
• Housing: rent $70 monthly + furnishing & amenities =$1,800  total
• Transportation $150 weekly
• Bible workers (6) $350 monthly
• Health Screening supplies & equipment for 3 villages $700
• Evangelistic meeting $700 times 5 villages
• Micro loan (goal to loan 10 women $ 100 each to start small businesses to generate income)
• Lay Pastor training $500
•  2^nd annual Christmas project (clothes for widows, orphans & impoverished children) $800

May God bless and keep you in His care, until then. Maranatha.

The Simpson Family

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Greetings to you friend,

It has been a few Months since we have communicated by way of a blog and I felt as though we were past due. We have now been back home in the U.S.  3 Months,  after a  6 Months tour of duty as foreign Missionaries to the Country of India.

First of all we want to say a sincere and heartfelt thank you to all of our friends and supporters of our Ministry. We know for absolute certain that the work which we did in India was a great success because of your faithful prayers on our behalf and the generous support of many who are reading this blog today. Our Family stands forever grateful to you and we know that God will richly reward you on that great day.

Making the decision to go and serve in India as Missionaries was the most difficult decision that our Family has ever had to make. We discovered that it takes a tremendous amount of courage, faith and determination for one to embark on the journey as a full-time Missionary. We learned from experience  that it is not easy to break away from one’s  ‘normal ‘, daily , predictable life and set out on a course toward self-supporting labor in order to spread the Gospel. There is that ever resounding ‘what if ‘that always seeks to hound us every  day and at every advance step.

What if we fail? What if we fall flat on our faces?  What if we don’t stay afloat financially?   What if all of our struggling and sacrificing is in vain? What if we return to India and we get terribly sick or even die due to the environmental conditions there?  These and many other what if’s are a regular part of everyday life. The book Patriarch’s and Prophet however, has given us some sound counsel that has helped to guide us on this journey. It says “ Often the Christian life is beset by dangers, and duty seems hard to perform. The imagination pictures impending ruin before and bondage or death behind. Yet the voice of God speaks clearly, “Go forward.” We should obey this command, even though our eyes cannot penetrate the darkness, and we feel the cold waves about our feet. The obstacles that hinder our progress will never disappear before a halting, doubting spirit. Those who defer obedience till every shadow of uncertainty disappears and there remains no risk of failure or defeat, will never obey at all. Unbelief whispers, “Let us wait till the obstructions are removed, and we can see our way clearly;” but faith courageously urges an advance, hoping all things, believing all things.”{PP 290.2} .

Beyond all of the challenges and hardships that we have faced over the past year, we the Simpson Family have proven beyond the shadow of a doubt  that God is faithful. And because God is faithful we can go out on the limb for him at any time. And so with that foundation being laid have decided after prayer and serious consideration to return for a second Missionary tour to the Country of India in July 2011.

We plan to return to the Villapuram Region in the State of Tamil Nadu India to continue our work there as Missionary Evangelists. Our initial visit last year yielded much fruit to the glory of God even though it was only our first visit to this Region. We were able to evangelize many unreached Villages and spread the Everlasting Gospel Message there.  We were also able to secure land for a group of persecuted believers, this property is still being finalized and plans are currently under way to construct a Church building for this Village.  We were also able to provide employment for 4 native bible workers who will be working with us to do ground work and follow-up work in our new areas of outreach.  As a result of our family’s humble efforts in helping to open this new Region, the Southern Indian Union has plans to plant several Churches in the  Villapuram Region  over the next  5 years, all to which we can only say praise be to God.

Our plans this time are to visit the local Villages where we have already conducted  Evangelistic meetings as well as to start  new congregations in un entered Villages. We also hope  to conduct nightly health meetings and provide free high blood pressure and diabetes testing for local Villagers throughout the region.

We want to solicit your earnest prayers for our family as we make preparations for a second Mission trip. We know that there will inevitably be challenges to meet in India, the last time we  worked in India we suffered through several bouts of Dysentery, internal parasites and various other ailments and afflictions. Yet, nevertheless we feel compelled to again advance in faith as we hear the Macedonian cry “come over and help us” sounding from this distant heathen land. As we see all of the unfolding of events taking place in the relentless tornadoes that are now battering our land. As we see the tumults and uprisings of Nation against Nation we know that our Earth’s history will soon close and that we must work while the day lasts for the night cometh when no man can work.

May God bless you as we  work together to hasten our Lord’s coming, Maranatha.

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Hello and Greetings to you friend,

It has been a few Months since we have communicated by way of a blog and I felt as though we were past due. We have now been back home in the U.S.  3 Months,  after a  6 Months tour of duty as  Missionaries to the Country of India.

First of all we want to say a sincere and heartfelt thank you to all of our friends and supporters of our Ministry. We know for absolute certain that the work which we did in India was a great success because of your faithful prayers on our behalf and the generous support of many who are reading this blog today. Our Family stands forever grateful to you and we know that God will richly reward you on that great day.

Making the decision to go and serve in India as Missionaries was the most difficult decision that our Family has ever had to make. We discovered that it takes a tremendous amount of courage, faith and determination for one to embark on the journey as a full-time Missionary. We learned through experience that it is not easy to break away from one’s  ‘normal ‘, daily , predictable life and set out on a course toward self-supporting labor in order to spread the Gospel. There is that ever resounding ‘what if ‘that always seeks to hound us every  day and at every advance step.

What if we fail? What if we fall flat on our faces?  What if we don’t stay afloat financially?   What if all of our struggle and sacrificing is in vain? What if we return to India and we get terribly sick or even die due to some of  the difficult conditions there?  These and many other what if’s are a regular part of everyday life. The book Patriarch’s and Prophet however, has given us some sound counsel that has helped to guide us on this journey. It says “ Often the Christian life is beset by dangers, and duty seems hard to perform. The imagination pictures impending ruin before and bondage or death behind. Yet the voice of God speaks clearly, “Go forward.” We should obey this command, even though our eyes cannot penetrate the darkness, and we feel the cold waves about our feet. The obstacles that hinder our progress will never disappear before a halting, doubting spirit. Those who defer obedience till every shadow of uncertainty disappears and there remains no risk of failure or defeat, will never obey at all. Unbelief whispers, “Let us wait till the obstructions are removed, and we can see our way clearly;” but faith courageously urges an advance, hoping all things, believing all things.”{Patriarchs  And Prophets pg. 290.2} .

Beyond all of the challenges and hardships that we have faced over the past year, we the Simpson Family have proven beyond the shadow of a doubt  that God is faithful. And because God is faithful we can go out on the limb for him at any time. And so with that foundation being laid have decided after prayer and serious consideration to return for a second Missionary tour to the Country of India in July 2011.

We plan to return to the Villapuram Region in the State of Tamil Nadu India to continue our work there as Missionary Evangelists. Our initial visit last year yielded much fruit to the glory of God even though it was only our first visit to the Region. We were able to evangelize many unreached Villages and spread the Everlasting Gospel Message there.  We were also able to secure land for a group of persecuted believers, this property is still being finalized and plans are currently under way to construct a Church building for this Village.  We were also able to provide employment for 4 native bible workers who will be working with us to do ground work and follow-up work in our new areas of outreach.  As a result of our family’s humble efforts in helping to open this new Region, the Southern Indian Union has plans to plant several Churches in the  Villapuram Region  over the next  5 years, all to which we can only say praise be to God.

Our plan this time is to  visit the local Villages where we have already conducted meetings as well as to start  new congregations in un entered Villages through nightly preaching and evangelistic Campaigns. We also hope to conduct nightly health meetings and provide  free high blood pressure and diabetes testing for local Villagers throughout the region.

We want to solicit your earnest prayers for our family as we make preparations for a second Mission trip. We know that there will inevitably be challenges to meet in India, the last time we went we suffered through several bouts of Dysentery, internal parasites and various other ailments and afflictions. Yet, nevertheless we feel compelled to again advance in faith as we hear the Macedonian cry “come over and help us” sounding from this distant heathen land. As we see all of the unfolding of events taking place in the relentless tornadoes that are now battering our land. As we see the tumults and uprisings of Nation against Nation we know that our Earth’s history will soon close and that we must work while the day lasts for the night cometh when no man can work.

May God bless you as we all work together to hasten our Lord’s  coming, Maranatha.

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