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THE LORD’S ANSWER

by Ralph S. Watts, Jr.

You know that friend you’ve had for years, decades even?

Someone you’ve shared so many experiences with, who’s been there for you countless times?

To me, Quiet Hour Ministries is one of those friends. And we’ve been friends for almost 50 years!

In the late 1960s, I arrived as a missionary in Singapore.

The number of new believers in that region was exploding. And we faced a real challenge to provide even basic places of worship. Every Sabbath in the jungles of Asia there were thousands of brothers and sisters and their children in Christ worshipping outdoors under trees.

So we developed a program to build simple, inexpensive jungle chapels and lamb shelters for all these impoverished congregations.

Then we wrote to J.L. Tucker, founder of The Quiet Hour (now Quiet Hour Ministries), asking if his ministry could help. And he said yes.

He appealed to you, the support of this ministry for so many years. Boy, did you and many others answer! You provided jungle chapels and lamb shelters by the hundreds!

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again, the Lord provided through your many gifts.

That new airplane in Borneo enabled an outreach to thousands of people over the following years!

We had nowhere else to turn.

But faithful Quiet Hour Ministries supporters—people just like you— were the Lord’s answer to our desperate need!

Because of your partnership in this ministry, millions and millions of dollars have reached the most urgent mission needs around the world. Thank you!

Now I’m privileged to serve as chairman of the board of Quiet Hour Ministries, my dear friend of so many years. I cannot help but praise God for what He has accomplished through this ministry, through you, over the last 77 years.

And imagine what tremendous things He has still in store!

I’ll close with a favorite scripture, speaking to the friendship I feel for this heaven-sent ministry.

“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.” Proverbs 17:17 NIV. 

FALL 2014 • VOL. 77, NO. 04 Founder Executive Editor

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TELEVISION THAT CHANGES LIVES

MAILBAG Gerlyn T., Philippines

Thank you Quiet Hour Ministries for helping us to be an instrument to those working students who are in the deepest needs. We are so blessed from your help.

I am one of the recipients of the scholarships. Thank you for your great ministry.

God will bless you more and empower you always.

George T.

I am re-reading He Walked Among Us by J. L. Tucker, which I have had for over 20 years. I just want you to know that each time I read it, I receive such a blessing.

Samuel P.

I thank and praise God for the marvelous ministry you are doing for the glory of God. When I go through your anointed website, my heart fills with great joy and I feel the presence of God. Really appreciate you for the great work you are doing in expanding the kingdom of God. May the Lord continue to bless you and your ministry and use you greatly for His glory in these last days. Please uphold our ministry in your prayers.

Randall B.

Pastor Bill Tucker, thanks for all that you, your family, and the Quiet Hour have done to introduce people to Jesus and His love. The years slip away from us, but I’m proud to have known and been a part of your family’s life during my earliest years.

Olly B., Fiji

Thank you Barbara and QHM team for a tremendous job. All you did in Fiji was well done. Thank you for your time that you spent with us. We truly miss you all.

SINGLE DAD FINDS COURAGE

When his youngest of three daughters was just 15 months old, Robert’s wife passed away suddenly. As he struggled to cope as a single parent, he lost his job and then their home. Severe depression followed.

“I felt hopeless, worthless. The only thing I had going for me was my children for whom I had to stay strong,” remembers Robert. Every day was filled with tears and a feeling of helplessness until he happened to find Hope Channel. The more he studied the Bible with the Hope Sabbath School* class, the better he felt about his dire situation.

Robert continues to struggle to support and rear his children. But through it all, he feels the presence of God and no longer feels alone or helpless. He is so thankful that Hope Channel came to his rescue at the worst time in his life.

*Hope Channel offers a variety of shows on Christian living. If you are a fan of Quiet Hour, you don’t want to miss the series Missions Today.

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Through My Eyes

SOMETHING

by John Youngberg

EVEN BETTER

I TEACH IN THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT degree program at Southern Adventist University (SAU).

 John Youngberg (right, in green) led the construction project during our May mission trip to Costa Rica.

So you can imagine I get tapped frequently to join mission trips as the construction project organizer. And Quiet Hour Ministries/SAU to Costa Rica was no exception.

I went expecting to build a church. But God had something even better tacked on to the job!

The church construction project was especially difficult.

We removed heaps of trash, dug footings, bent and set more than six tons of rebar and poured 43 cubic yards of concrete!

There was just one male volunteer on the project. So I

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tip my hat to the hardworking SAU ladies who daily made the work happen!

Several days into the trip, three of our SAU team members knocked on my door.

I was resting my sunburned, aching body after a day in the “ditches.” But I somewhat grudgingly answered.

They invited me out to the front porch, where they proceeded to explain that in the children’s program they were leading, a 13-year-old girl and her family had caught their attention.

The girl had cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy. Her mother was raising six children in a tiny, dirt-floor, sheet metal shack with no running water.

“John,” they asked, “would you be willing to inspect the house and give us an estimate on what it would take to properly [renovate it]?”

The next night I headed out on the 45-minute van ride to the church where this family was attending the meetings. On arrival our young evangelist, Mara, took me to the shack.

It was small. It was dark (no electricity). It was slippery, as the dirt floor had been soaked by seeping rain runoff. It was smelly because the beds were constantly

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wet from leaking rainwater.

That evening I formulated a plan, made a budget and presented it to the three team members at breakfast.

In less than three days they raised the $3,500 needed!

Quiet Hour Ministries and Pastor Bill Tucker himself also chipped in to implement the project. Now, we had five days to “get her done.”

I was so impressed with Mara that I asked her if she would supervise the project to completion.

She did not disappoint me!

Not only did I get daily spreadsheets of how the money was being spent, I also received pictures and a little write-up of the day’s accomplishments.

Soon the project was done!

This family of six children and a mom, who sold candy on the streets 12 hours a day, now had seven new beds, running water and a bathroom with shower, toilet and sink. And a cement floor that diverts rainwater around the house, rather than through it.

To cap it all off, the daughter with cancer got baptized first. Then several of her siblings. And finally the mom joined her children in the baptismal waters! 

John Youngberg is associate professor of construction management at Southern Adventist University.

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THE LORD GUIDING

LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT QUIET HOUR MINISTRIES

by Steve Hamstra

AT EACH TURN, WE SEE THE LORD guiding this ministry. This year is no exception, as more than 40,000 people have been reached with the gospel and over 1,450 baptized.

Closer to home, exciting things are taking place in our ministry leadership.

be very active in our international evangelism.

As our first associate speaker, we’re delighted to introduce Karl Haffner!

Karl is teaching pastor of the Kettering Seventhday Adventist Church in Kettering, Ohio and mission strategist for the Kettering Health Network.

He’s also a well-known speaker and the author of 12 books, including Are you more spiritual than a 5thgrader?, No Great Love and Destiny.

As associate speaker, Karl will be one of our featured speakers at churches, camp meetings, QHM events and other settings.

In addition, he’ll preach overseas evangelistic series as part of our mission trips.

“I’m so excited to  Pastor Karl Haffner joins be part of QHM as associate speaker. the team at Quiet Hour Ministries,” says Karl. “To be involved with a ministry so active in sharing the message of God’s grace around the world is really a wonderful opportunity.”

Stay tuned for updates on where to hear Karl speak for Quiet Hour Ministries. And you’ll also have the chance to join Karl in the mission field as part of our mission teams!

TRANSITIONS IN LEADERSHIP At our August 4 board of directors meeting, Bill Tucker accepted a new role as speaker emeritus.

Since Bill’s official retirement in July 2011, he has continued to serve and his connection to the ministry will remain very close.  Bill Tucker has entered full “Having grown retirement and accepted the role up in this ministry of QHM speaker emeritus. and served here for 34 years, 21 of them as president/speaker, I will always love Quiet Hour Ministries,” says Bill. “So I’m not going anywhere. I will continue writing to our supporters, speaking periodically and leading international evangelistic series.”

With Bill’s transition, Randy Bates moved from CEO to president and CEO. He will now take up full management of the ministry’s day-to-day operations and long-term strategy.

NEW ASSOCIATE SPEAKER In regards to our ministry’s public face, we’re transitioning to an associate speaker model, with multiple people representing QHM though speaking appointments, media and other venues. They’ll also

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NEW BOARD AND CHAIRMAN ELECTED Also on August 4, a new board of directors

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QHM Update and chairman of the board, elected at the previous meeting, began their service.

Taking over the chairmanship is Ralph S. Watts Jr., who has served on our board since 2004.

Ralph brings an extensive background in international leadership to Quiet Hour Ministries (QHM). He’s led Seventh-day Adventist organizations both overseas and in the United States. And for 16 years Ralph was president of Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA).

His history with QHM dates back to 1966, when our supporters funded mission projects in the Far Eastern Division, where Ralph was a young missionary.  Ralph S. Watts, Jr. is QHM’s “Quiet Hour new board chairman Ministries was a personal blessing to me and to thousands of fellow believers through those mission projects,” says Ralph. “J.L. Tucker and all the donors made such an impact, they earned my affection forever. I’m honored to now serve as chairman of the board of this mission organization.”

Joining Ralph as officers on our board of directors are vice chairman Darold Retzer, and president/CEO Randy Bates. Board members at large are Bill Tucker, Daryl Gohl, Dick Neuharth, Roy West and David Wilkins.

wife Marilyn, were active promoters of the ministry and contributed their singing talents to several albums produced by QHM. “One of the great blessings of my life has been to serve the Lord through Quiet Hour Ministries,” says Dan. “All that’s  Dan Cotton served as QHM board chairman from 2004 to 2014. been accomplished, the thousands won for the kingdom, is a testament to God’s working through this ministry and its supporters.”

NEW DIRECTOR OF FINANCE We’re also excited to welcome Diana Oei as our new finance director. Joining us in May 2014 after relocating from Bakersfield, California, Diana brings an extensive background in finance and accounting.

Prior to  Diana Oei joined QHM as coming onboard finance director in May 2014. with QHM, Diana had served as controller for various entities in the energy, manufacturing, service and health sectors.

Diana holds an accounting degree and an MBA from Cal State Bakersfield and started her career in public accounting.

“My love for evangelism led me to join this organization,” says Diana. “And I’m excited to help further our mission: partnering with God in leading people to share His saving grace.” 

CHAIRMAN EMERITUS With Ralph’s election as chairman, Dan Cotton became chairman emeritus. Dan had served as a board member since 1992, a vice president from 1996 to 2004 and as board chairman since 2004.

Prior to joining our board, Dan had been a pastor, a university theology professor and a hospital developer. He also joined our evangelism mission trips to Russia in the 1990s. In addition, Dan and his

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A F R IC A AWA I T S

EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUTREACH IN AFRICA

by Jim Neergaard

Preparing for our evangelism mission trips, I recently visited three countries in Africa: Kenya, Ethiopia and Egypt.

More than a thousand people have gathered and will remain throughout the day! There is singing, prayer and a spiritual feast. It’s a good day.

It’s also a harbinger of what to expect when our mission team arrives. You see, Western Kenya is fertile spiritual ground.

While our mission team will stay in the city of Kisii, the evangelistic meetings, clinics and construction will take place in nearby villages.

One of these is Tombe, where there is a very active youth-led outreach. Over the years you have supported this youth group’s evangelism, by supplying Bibles for their work.

Now, as our mission team holds evangelistic meetings as well, it will be exciting to work hand-inhand with this dedicated group of young people.

God has opened the way for unique and exciting outreaches in each place! Looking forward to this special work, I want to share with you a bit about these places and projects.

KENYA

ETHIOPIA

 An Adventist congregation at church Sabbath morning in Kisii, Kenya.

It’s Sabbath morning in the Kisii region. And instead of going to a church for worship, I’m being taken to the village of Manga, where an evangelistic series has been going on for more than a week.

The word “manga” means “cliff ” in the local language. Sure enough, our destination was atop the hill in the distance.

As we ascended the road upward, we passed groups of walking people, carrying Bibles and dressed for church.

We stopped at the central market, which was filled with people. Today however, they were not there to shop for food. They’d come to feed on the Word of Jesus Christ!

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 Orphans in Ambo, Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, my destination is the city of Ambo, a three-hour drive west of Addis Ababa. A few minutes beyond Ambo is the New Hope Orphanage, which you may recognize as one of the projects we assisted with in recent years.

As we drove into the compound, about 40 orphans gathered near the gate, singing a song of

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Africa Mission Repor t welcome. A couple of young kids came up to me with hand-picked flowers as a gift. Then they each anxiously grabbed one of my hands and we were off to inspect the campus.

When we reached the boy’s dorm, I was told this is the building your gifts built. It was nice, simple, clean and tidy.

The dining room is housed here too. At two long tables everyone sits around as family.

And the staple food for their diet? If you know anything about Ethiopian food, you know it is injera.

This sour flatbread is poured onto a hot flat pan, creating a wrap used as a base for other foods.

Like Kenya, some of our evangelistic meetings will be in the villages. As we left the main highway, the side road to one village was muddy from recent rains, so our vehicle couldn’t take us all the way. We walked the last quarter mile.

Local church members showed me a couple of sites where they will purchase land for holding evangelistic meetings and building new churches.

The new churches they talk about are very basic— made from wood poles and mud.

While that doesn’t sound very durable, it is how many structures in this area are made. And these members are anxious to have a church where they can meet and worship.

In complete contrast to this site are the meetings in Ambo, which will take place on the local Seventhday Adventist school compound. It’s right on the prime real estate along the main highway that passes through Ambo.

Our mission team will conduct nightly evangelistic meetings in the school’s library, where they currently have worship services every Sabbath.

And our mission team will also help build a block church on the compound.

 A common street scene in the Egyptian villages where our team will serve.

there has been a Christian presence.

Our mission team will stay in the city of Asyut and commute to nearby villages for the evangelistic meetings and construction project.

As I walked with the pastor down one of the village’s narrow dirt roads, avoiding donkeys and carts, a group of farmers drinking tea in front of their home urged us to come and join them.

I apologized and declined, pleading a shortage of time. But I assured them that when our team members come later this year, there will be ample opportunity for such visits.

This is just one example of how the vast majority of Egyptians are not religious extremists. Rather they are welcoming and hospitable and are anxious to show it.

In a conscious desire to build bridges of goodwill with our Muslim friends, our mission team will conduct daily medical clinics and other community activities.

At a time when tensions run high over religious differences, this is a golden opportunity to demonstrate the love of Christ in real, tangible ways. 

EGYPT When you think of Africa, Egypt doesn’t usually come to mind. Neither when you think of mission trips, most likely.

But praise God, we will be sending a mission team to villages in Upper Egypt (“Upper” meaning up the Nile River, in the south of the country).

Yes, evangelism is allowed in this Muslimmajority country. At least 10 percent of the population is Christian.

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Jim Neergaard is executive director for international evangelism at Quiet Hour Ministries.

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GOD THINGS

THE LORD AT WORK DURING OUR GUATEMALA MISSION TRIP

by Natalie Furman

THIS SUMMER I WAS BLESSED TO lead a mission team to Mazatenango, Guatemala.

Our group, from the Loma Linda Korean Seventhday Church in California, was almost entirely young people. Their energy and eagerness to serve were used by God through evangelistic meetings, children’s programs, clinics and construction.

I want to share two lovely things that happened during our time in Mazatenango. They were both so wonderful, they could only have been God things.

First, mid-way through our mission trip, a local television reporter came by and did an interview with our team. A news segment about us and our work was then broadcast that evening.

Not only that, but they advertised for people to come to our clinic the next day!

A little background here. Earlier that day, we arrived at the clinic site and were short on local people to serve.

I recruited a couple of girls to go knocking on doors and tell people about the clinic and invite them to come and receive free care.

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 Some 15 people were baptized during our Guatemala evangelistic meetings!

desperately needed new eye glasses and we were able to give her a donated pair!

She then called her daughter, who is an assistant to the television reporter, and invited them to come to the clinic.

They did an interview with me and Pastors Paul and Chin. We talked about the Adventist Church and how we church members from the United States were partnering with local church members to serve people in Mazatenango.

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 Two dentists on the mission team blessed the local people through our free clinics.

 Many of our mission team members with local children in Mazatenango, Guatemala.

We also talked about what a blessing it is to have a cultural exchange within our church communities.

And how much we loved to provide eye glasses for the people so they can to read the Word of God. Through this interview, God opened the way for us to reach the entire community and introduce them to the local Adventist Church. And lastly, I gave an invitation for the next community to come to our clinic.

I must confess I didn’t expect anything as far as immediate impact. Well, the next day we were swamped with people at our clinic! And many people around town came up to us said they saw us on the news! Praise God! Before the interview, I had been a little discouraged. Because we were low on dental patients and had asked the Lord to please send more. I really wanted both dentists to be busy so they would feel their time in Mazatenango had been a blessing.

You can see how He answered our prayers!

Now for the second God thing.

At one of our evangelistic meeting sites the interpreter was not very good at English. As the team leader, I was truly struggling with what to do about this.

Because the interpreter couldn’t really understand the preacher, he was basically making up the sermons as best he could.

I prayed about it and decided to keep him as the interpreter. We gave him the sermon notes and reviewed the messages with him as best as possible.

We soon learned he has only recently joined the church himself. And he had a one-month-old baby with hydrocephalus (fluid buildup that leads to brain swelling in the skull).

The family is very poor and has no health insurance. Furthermore, nobody wanted to take the case on, as the child could die in the operation or become a quadriplegic.

Pastor Paul and I were invited to visit and pray for the baby, which we did.

I wanted so badly to be able to help them receive care for their baby. Yet trying to arrange something in the United States would be very difficult, if not impossible.

But I brought a local friend from the church with me as an interpreter. Come to find out, her husband is a medical doctor.

For whatever reason, she had not met this couple before. But by the time we left, her husband had agreed to take MRIs of the baby and get the ball rolling on treatment!

Looking back, God had a much greater blessing in store than I could’ve ever imagined with this struggling interpreter.

Through our evangelism and service in Guatemala, 15 people were baptized! And seeing how God blessed each of them, as well as in these two stories, I know there are even greater God things to come! 

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Natalie Furman was the team leader for our mission trip to Mazatenango, Guatemala.

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PROJECT UPDATES EVERY DAY THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON AROUND THE world that’s part of Quiet Hour Ministries’ outreach. Whether it’s church construction, gospel workers giving Bible studies or evangelism teams proclaiming Jesus, there are always projects happening that are furthering the Lord’s work. And these projects only happen through your generous support.

In an effort to keep you up to date on what’s going on in our worldwide outreach, here’s what’s happened in the various areas of our ministry over the last few months:

WORLDWIDE EVANGELISM – Evangelistic meetings were held in India, Ecuador, Guatemala and Fiji. In Tonga, our meetings were focused on health and family talks in conjunction with local evangelism. So far this year more than 1,400 people have been baptized through these mission trip efforts, with surely more to come!

GOSPEL WORKERS – Local gospel workers prepared the way for the evangelistic series in India, Ecuador, Guatemala and Fiji.

Gospel workers are crucial in the success of evangelistic meetings, as they break ground in the local communities by going door-to-door and giving Bible studies.

CHILDREN’S OUTREACH – Coupled with each evangelistic meeting in India, Ecuador, Guatemala, Fiji and Tonga were outreach programs for kids—which included Bible schools, games, stories, crafts, felts and songs. Often there were over 100 kids at each meeting site, eager to participate!

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BIBLES – Thanks to your gifts, each new believer at our evangelistic meetings in India, Ecuador, Guatemala and Fiji were given a Bible to read in their own language.

CHAPELS AND CONSTRUCTION – Thanks to your generous gifts, mission teams helped build churches in India, Ecuador, Guatemala, Fiji and Tonga.

MUSLIM OUTREACH – Our Muslim outreach workers continued to study with hundreds of people excited to know more about Jesus. Your gifts are also laying the groundwork for an evangelism mission trip to Egypt, which will take place in December.

MEDICAL CLINICS & EYE CLINICS– Medical, dental and eye clinics were held in India, Ecuador, Guatemala, Fiji and Tonga with patients receiving general care as well as much-needed eye glasses and dental exams.  www.qhministries.org |

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2014 PROJECTS PROJECT

2014 GOAL

RAISED

STILL NEEDED

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Worldwide Evangelism

$134,750

53% $70,945

$63,805

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Worldwide chapels

161,700

103% 166,060

Thank you!

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Gospel Workers

97,000

176% 171,205

Thank you!

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Bibles

58,520

298% 174,684

Thank you!

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Children’s Outreach

71,400

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Muslim Outreach

60,000

35% 20,937

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Medical Clinics

57,750

57% 32,709

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10% 7,220

64,180

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STORIES OF GOD AT WORK ON THE ROAD WITH OUR VIDEO TEAM IN VIETNAM AND THAILAND

by Greg Batla

A DIFFICULT SITUATION, FOR SURE. NONREFUNDABLE AIRFARE PURCHASED. On-site logistics planned. Our film crew was ready for the Thailand mission trip.

Then a military coup overthrew the government less than two weeks before the trip.

After prayerful consideration, we decided to send the film crew anyway. We realized that, even without a mission team on the ground, there were so many stories to be told.

Our mission projects and evangelism in Thailand. Our many projects in Vietnam in recent years. And our board chairman, Ralph Watts, was already planning to be in Vietnam anyway.

So we hurriedly adjusted our plans and within days were on our way to Vietnam then Thailand.

Vietnam was an amazing experience! I got to see things I never thought I’d see in my lifetime.

Including John McCain’s jail cell, the Vietcong tunnel system and Reunification Palace in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon).

But the stories we found there of God at work were absolutely inspiring! Despite years of turmoil, unrest and even persecution God has been faithful.

We heard from Pastor Tan Tran, president of the Vietnam Seventh-day Adventist Mission, about the difficulties experienced. For example, the government confiscated many of our church properties, including our printing press.

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government would imprison them.

There are many stories of the gospel success in Vietnam today! A Gospel Training Center, made possible through your gifts to Quiet Hour Ministries, has trained many pastors and gospel workers.

House churches all over the country are springing up and growing rapidly with new believers!

Your gifts built so many of these churches. It was amazing to see firsthand the impact you’re making!

After an incredible experience in Vietnam, we headed over to Thailand.

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PROJECTS YOU’VE MADE POSSIBLE IN VIETNAM AND THAILAND:  Motorcycles for pastors  Evangelistic meetings  English language education and outreach to children  Training and stipends for gospel workers  Construction of house churches

THANK YOU!  Greg (left) interviewing Tan Tran (right), president of the Vietnam Seventh-day Adventist Mission.

In Bangkok, we interviewed Pastor Chan Chai Kiatyanyong, president of the Thailand Adventist Mission. He explained that, while it was a good idea to cancel our mission trip after the coup, things had quickly settled. And he very much hopes we will be back soon with our evangelism mission teams.

He also explained the tremendous impact Quiet Hour Ministries has had on the gospel work in multiple regions of Thailand.

We then met five different pastors who are recipients of the mission field motorcycles you provided.

Because of these motorcycles, each pastor is able to move easily between the multiple churches and Bible studies in their districts. All of which was very difficult by foot or taxi.

Soon we were off to Khon Kaen, in northeastern Thailand, where our mission team held evangelistic meetings two years ago. More than 30 new believers were baptized!

We were excited to interview some of them. Especially a lady who was baptized in her wheelchair! You may remember her from our March 2013 newsletter.

The stories we encountered in both Vietnam and Thailand are so inspiring and touching. I can’t wait to share them with you on Missions Today!

The series launch is just around the corner! I hope these stories of God at work are as much a blessing to you as they were to me. 

 Filming with pastors in Thailand who received the mission field motorcycles you provided!

For Missions Today broadcast information or to watch online, visit www.missionstoday.tv!

Greg Batla is marketing specialist at Quiet Hour Ministries and executive producer of Missions Today.

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THE BIGGER BLESSING

by Lena Giltner

MY EXPERIENCE SERVING GOD IN COSTA RICA

I’m a high school student and part of the Mountain View Conference of Seventhday Adventists in West Virginia.

Every other year our conference plans a student mission trip. And this time I got to go!

For a lot of us, this was our first mission trip. For some, it was our first time out of the country. And for a couple, it was our first time on a plane!

We had a total of 31 willing missionaries, including conference president Larry Boggess, 10 students and teachers, pastors and lay people.

Our group was completed when we met Joe Story and Joe Shewchuk, our Quiet Hour Ministries team leaders, at the San Jose airport.

All of us were excited to see new sights, eat a different cuisine and meet new people. We wondered what working in the mission field held in store for us.

Almost immediately we noticed the high level of security—bars and razor wire everywhere on homes and other buildings.

Altogether, our outreach in Costa Rica spanned Friday through the following Sabbath.

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 Student Kelsey Renna leads children’s outreach program at Alajuelita Church.

preparing for the evangelistic meetings, children’s programs, clinics and construction.

Meetings and children’s programs began Friday evening. Clinics and Construction got underway on Sunday.

Four sites hosted our meetings: La Carpio, Leon Trece, Alajuelita, and Coronado. Several were in very poor San Jose communities.

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 Students Noah Falkenstein and Alex Engelkemier check blood pressures.

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each site. Anxious to help wherever they could, our student team members accepted many leadership roles, including evangelistic speakers, children’s leaders, music leaders and so on.

Each and every one of us experienced something special the first night of evangelistic meetings.

We met church members and guests from the community. And I remember what an amazing feeling it was to be loved by people I didn’t even know. I know my group felt that way too.

Another student and I took turns presenting the meetings at our site, Leon Trece. It was a totally new and interesting experience speaking through a translator!

On Sunday, we started the clinics and construction work.

For clinics, we offered both eye and medical care.

Accidentally we’d left our auto refractor, essential for the eye clinic, in West Virginia.

Dr. Frank Artavia, the dentist who’d arranged for our clinics, was able to track down an auto refractor on the other side of the mountain from San Jose.

Definitely a huge blessing!

As the days flew by, the church construction was progressing quickly. In the clinics, local people were getting medical advice and treatment for their health conditions. They were able to see more clearly too!

It was such a reward to watch a child put on his glasses and be able to see clearly for the first time! I could see God was blessing us abundantly.

Each clinic day, we went to a different church to provide free services. On Wednesday, our clinic

arrived at the Alajuelita Church site.

When we arrived to set up, there was already a line of people waiting outside. And nothing seemed to go right at first. It took us about 20 minutes just to set up the clinic. Everyone wanted to set things up a different way instead of working together. For the first hour or so, it seemed as if we were still confused and disorganized.

Yet God blessed us again. He brought us together as a team and soon the day was over and we headed back to our hotel to prepare for the evening meetings.

I was speaking that night and I was very nervous.

The topic was about death.

Catholicism is Costa Rica’s major religion.

About 70 percent of the people identify as Catholics.

So I was afraid of not presenting the topic in the right context.

I asked my fellow missionaries to pray for me before and during my sermon. And I too prayed earnestly for God to help. Without His help, I knew I couldn’t deliver the message.

As usual, the meeting started off with a video of Jesus followed by singing. Five minutes before I was to go up to the pulpit, four loud shots rang through the air.

At first, I quickly banished the thought. Then I asked my translator. “Oh that was gunshots,” he said calmly. “Lord, I need You!” I prayed. “It was gunshots! Gunshots!”

The next thing I knew I was being ushered up to the pulpit.

Before this trip, I had spoken multiple times

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Trece church family again. But our whole mission team gave us encouragement.

The next evening we each joined a different team and helped at their sites.

The Lord always knows what’s best for His children. Local church leaders worked with Joe Story to set up a huge meeting for all the church members to meet together on Sabbath afternoon.

We were so excited to see many people from the meetings baptized!

Thankfully my team was able to see our Leon Trece friends one last time! We told each other it wasn’t the last time though. Because if we don’t meet again here on earth, we will meet in heaven!

When you go on a mission trip, you think, “I’m here to help these people know Jesus.”

However, the reality is that these people are helping you know Christ too! And they will touch your life in ways unimaginable.

You may not speak the same language. But there is this bond between you and them. You know that one day you will see them in heaven and share eternity together.

I am one person who went on a mission trip.

I went to minister to others. I ended up with the bigger blessing. 

 Student Kaycee King (back, beside felts) and VBS group at Leon Trece Church.

at church. But tonight it was different. I prayed throughout the whole meeting for God to speak to these people through me. I felt God with me. It was an incredible feeling that I will never forget.

I made an appeal for the first time and about 20 people stood up!

Shortly after, I was at the church door saying goodbye to the people, when all of a sudden a local woman pushed me up against the gate.

Gunshots rang out, lasting for what seemed like five minutes.

People inside were diving to the ground. Some men were rushing the people standing outside back into the church.

Sheltering inside the church, I remembered that right before the shooting started I had said goodbye to two little boys as they left. Over the last few days I had grown fond of them. I shuddered at the thought of them being injured—or worse.

When it was safe to leave, we were all eager to get back to our hotel.

Later that night Joe Story called a meeting. He informed everyone about the shooting at Leon Trece and said the local people told him it was drug-related.

He went on to say the Leon Trece team could no longer go back to that site because of the danger.

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 Student (and author) Lena Giltner speaks through her interpreter.

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Join us on an evangelism mission trip!

Upcoming mission trips: 2014 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PANAMA EGYPT

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