Gordon & Emie Kalich
God is Faithful Issue No.240 October 20th, 2012
“Therefore know that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;” ---Deuteronomy 7:9 NKJ
“The God, who has called you into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful to His promise”. ---I Corinthians 1:9 Knox bible
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” ---Matthew 28:19
Emie and I and about 30 youth traveled to Babatngon Falls today. Our son Nonoy and I----water baptized 13 youth who had recently received Jesus as their Savior and Lord. It is a blessing to continue to see more youth commit their lives to Jesus and grow in their faith and relationship with the Lord. {We see the faithfulness of Jesus Christ in touching these young people’s lives.}
Dear Friends,
Hi! Emie and I continue to pray for the Lord’s wisdom, favor, and abundant blessings upon your lives. May He strengthen you, encourage you, and use you in new and special ways to serve Him. We also continue to pray for the salvation of your relatives and friends. We believe that as we do our best to reach others for Christ in various parts of the world, the Lord will make special efforts to reach out to all our family & friends—and that many of them will be saved.
It was a blessing to spend a few weeks in the States and spend time with my Mom, brother, and fellowship with several of you who contacted me. I am never able to visit and fellowship with everyone I would like to but hope to see many of you in the next trip. Please pray I will be able to bring Emie with me next time. (It was also a blessing to be able to share encouraging messages to 8 different churches during my visit.)
I left Seattle Wednesday, October 10th, and traveled the approx. 15 hours+ flight, from Seattle to Japan and then on to Manila where I arrived Thursday night about 10:50 P.M. On Friday afternoon I flew to Tacloban, with my suit on, because I left the airport immediately to go to a wedding that Emie and I officiated. I was a little tired but the wedding went well. That night Emie and I drove back to our house and when I drove into the driveway I was greeted by a chorus of our children’s voices shouting: ”Daddy’s home!” I was happy and blessed to see my wife and kids again.
This photo of Emie and me was taken at the wedding we officiated in Tacloban on June 12th. Emie is looking good and her foot is about 70% back to normal.
Tommorrow after we minister in the main Tacloban church, we will prepare for travel to Manila for a seminar relating to Church growth, discipleship, and cell groups. Then when we arrive back in Tacloban next Satruday morning we will drive 2 hours to Bato, on Biliran island to preach during their Church anniversary celebration. Emie has shared with me that the churches are doing well overall and that the radio broadcasts are getting text responses from many people, some who are receiveing Jesus as Savior & Lord and others who are being encouraged in their faith as a result of the broadcasts
Emie would like to share a few words with you:
“Dear Friends
Greetings to you from the body of Christ in Tacloban City. May the Lord bless and encourage you as you read this letter.
The Lord is continuing to work through us here and through the lives of the young people. He has prophesied that in the last days the Lord will raise up young people to be the “arrow” of the church and they will penetrate places everywhere; but the adults role is to disciple them—we are the “bow” that will shoot the arrow so they can go to the target area the Lord leads them to. God is using a lot of young people to reach out to the youth in our community, even the homosexuals are coming to the Lord.
We are really in the last days. God is preparing the bride to become the warrior bride. The Church is called by God to be a beautiful Bride (inside out beauty), but we are also called to be a Warrior Bride of christ. We need to engage in Spiritual warfare because the enemy is working hard against the lives of many Christians, tempting them to fall into sin and even turn away from God. Our duty is to do warfare against the deception of the ememy and pray for the body of Christ to be strong until the end.
Friend, you are the Warrior Bride of Christ. Don’t give up, hold your position, and let us continue to do the work of God.
I love you all and I wish I can vist you all. God bless you and you are in our prayers always.” Love, Emie
This is a picture taken while driving on the road which passes through the fish market in Tacloban. It is often much more congested then this, with dozens of people going through their daily life.
In Luke 14, Jesus is sharing about the Great Supper, (vs. 21b-23) ‘Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ 22 And the slave said, ‘Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ 23 And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.’ To the best of our ability we will go and share the gospel of Jesus Christ to people wherever He leads us.
Once again Emie & I and the Eternal Life Ministries: Pastors and church workers--- would like to express our thanks to each of you who are helping us lead people to Jesus. Your prayers for us in the mission field and your financial investment donations--- help support several effective ministry outreaches and the results are new people being saved every month. We believe that one day you will meet people in heaven who will personally thank-you for the role you played in their hearing the gospel and being saved. God bless you always for your faithful partnership. In Christ’s love, Gordon & Emie P.S. Please continue to pray for us: For the Lord’s anointing & guidance that we might preach the gospel with more power and effectiveness. And for His protection, provision, healing, and strength to do all he has called us to do. Thanks.
