YOUR SAFE IN HIS HANDS. ISSUE NO. 183
FEBRUARY 22nd, 2007
“Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for Thou art my praise.”
---Jeremiah 17:14
“Then your light shall break forth like the morning, and your healing (your restoration and the power of a new life) shall spring forth speedily; your righteousness (your righteousness, your justice, and your right relationship with God) shall go before you [conducting you to peace and prosperity], and the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.” ----Isaiah 55:8 Amp.
“They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat. For as the days of a tree are the days of My people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them. And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.”
---Isaiah65:22-24
Dear Friends,
Greetings in the name of Jesus----from about 30,000 feet plus in the air, somewhere between the Philippines and Japan. I pray for God’s heavenly blessings upon you and for His provision, protection, and fresh strength and anointing for you. May you truly long enjoy all the work of your hands that is for the Lord.
God guarantees that your labor for Him will not be in vain. When you faithfully call upon the Lord and seek to fulfill His directions and call upon your life---God will bring it to pass.
We once again would like to express our appreciation and thanks to all of you ,for your (eternal) life changing help to many people. Your prayers, exhortation, and financial investments for the ministry outreaches--- are bringing people to Jesus. We continue to pray and believe that the Lord will always reward you.
I am on my way back to the States today and will be there for all the month of March and be ministering to some churches and ministry teams. This is my 1st time home in 2 years. I am looking forward to seeing and fellowshipping with family and ministry partner friends. If you would like to contact me I can be reached at 360-748-3858 or at gordonkalich@yahoo.com
Emie was with me in Manila for a couple of days and returned to Tacloban today with one of our longtime church members, whose husband is an architect and flew today to the Hongkong where he will be working for a construction firm. Emie will be working in all areas of Eternal Life Ministries’ outreaches in the Philippines and also helping take care of our children. Hopefully she will come over in the next trip to the States and we will have qualified people to oversee all areas of responsibility in the Philippine while we are gone. Emie misses seeing you and is looking forward to fellowshipping with you in God’s timing.
As I am writing this section of the newsletter I am sitting in an airport in Japan. I left Manila at 8:00 a.m. this Friday the 22nd of Feb. and with the flying and the layover, will travel for about 16 hours and am scheduled to arrive in Seattle Friday the 22nd of Feb. at 7:35 am----25 minutes earlier than when I left Manila because of the way the international time zones work. I always find that odd but the one thing about it, if you had a bad day, you get to start it all over again and hopefully it will be a good one the 2nd time around.
We have had a busy and productive in the ministry this month. (By the way, I am now flying from Japan to Seattle, WA.) On February 5-7 the pastors from the 16 churches came to our home and missions compound in Tacloban for our monthly ministry & leadership meetings. New people have received Jesus as Savior and Lord at several of the churches. The same week several people were saved when we held 5 evening evangelistic meetings at the funeral services of a member’s mother.
We are continuing to be contacted by people who are receiving Jesus as Savior and Lord through our weekly Radio broadcasts throughout Region 8. And while it is a secular radio station we are having Bible studies with the manager and many of the employees every Wednesday morning, the regular attendees have all become Christians. Also on Friday, Feb. 8th of that week we drove the 3 hour RT drive to the Abuyog prison where we ministered to a prison congregation of Christian believers, the majority of whom have received Jesus as their Savior and Lord in Prison. These men are mostly maximum security prisoners but they have come to love and worship the Lord. We meet in a dirt floor building there and when they praise God you really feel the special presence of the Lord there. They have shared with us that they really appreciate our sermons and ministry to them.
On last Friday the 15th Emie & I were allowed to have a ministry time with many of the employees at the Tacloban City water department and several people received Jesus as Savior & Lord in that meeting. One lady asked if we would visit her family. We did and on Sunday the family came to our Tacloban church and the husband gave his life to Jesus at the alter call along with 3 other people. God is moving and in the ministry outreaches of Eternal Life Ministries and we praise God for the new people are being saved.
This is truly an intercontinental newsletter as I am now in Chehalis, WA. while finishing the last part of this message. (It is the 1st time I had a laptop computer with me on a flight.) When Jesus said: Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mk 16:15---I think He meant what He said, just like when He said in---Acts 1:8b “..and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
When we work as a team in missions (under the Biblical principle; of ‘some go and some help send’ Rom. 10:13-15---we as a team are helping do our part---to fulfill God’s call for us to preach the gospel and be witnesses for Jesus on the city-wide, nation-wide, cross-cultural, and global areas on this earth. It is our prayer that in the days, weeks, months, years, and decades to come---that God will continue to use all of us as a team---to more and more effectively preach the gospel, make disciples, and help the poor. We will always continue to thank-you for your partnership in the ministry, because your help---is helping us to lead more people to Jesus.
The apostle Paul wrote to the Colossians during his 1st Roman imprisonment many Bible scholars believe. But while he was never there physically, he wrote in Co. 2:5 “For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.” While a few of you have been with us personally in the Philippines, many of you may never be in the Philippines physically---but although being thousands of miles away physically---we have felt you being with us in spirit in many of the crusades, seminars, church services, and ministries to the poor. Thanks again for your faithful partnership. We pray the Lord’s blessings will overflow in your lives as you help us in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.
God bless you always.
In Christ’s love,
Gordon & Emie
P.S. Prayer requests: Please continue to pray fro us and the ministry workers: for God’s clear direction and guidance, for His fresh anointing, powerful protection, excellent health, and abundant provision---and that the ministry will become increasingly fruitful in all the ministry outreaches.
Financial needs: Due to the nearly 30% drop in the dollar in relation to the Philippine Peso in the past 2 years, it has but a strain on many missionaries budget in the Philippines. Also in our ministry we have increased needs due to having more churches which we are establishing and increases in other areas of ministry. At this time we could use some extra help in the financial area. Please pray for the Lord to touch the hearts of able and willing people to give as led by the Holy Spirit some special gifts to the ministry. This would help strengthen the budget for the ministry outreaches and allow us to continue to effectively reach people for Jesus at a good level. Thanks.
2 Corinthians 9:8
“And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having sufficiency in all things, may have abundance for every good work.”
