Update – Acts Chapter 19 … Today!

I received a sad yet absolutely wonderful text message from Pastor Tomás Sánchez this week:

Acts 19 ... Today!

Pastor Chuquipiondo was elderly and ill. A sincere preacher and believer in Jesus Christ in the jungle city of Iquitos, Peru, he was now faced with situations beyond his control...and he didn't have answers.

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"And people who do not know the Lord ask why in the world we waste our lives as missionaries. They forget that they too are expending their lives, and when the bubble has burst they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have wasted." ––Nate Saint

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You can only do two things with your life: give it away or throw it away.  ––Ron White

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“Don't complain to yourselves that you can't go to the mission field! Thank God for bringing the mission field to you!”  ––Brother Andrew (God's Smuggler)

These words have never been truer. The political debate rages (and rightly so) as to the

Myron Ian Nix!

What a wonderful young man...my son!

Old Songs Say It So Well (3)

MY HOUSE IS FULL

L. Wolfe

There is peace and contentment in the Father's house today

Lots of food on the table, and no one is turned away;

There is music and laughter as the hours pass by

But a hush calms the singing as the Father sadly cries:

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“Just one life. This is all any one of us has to offer. How can it be used for the greatest glory of God and the greatest blessing to men? How can we be as useful as possible and as effective as possible as Christians?”—Michael Griffiths, Give Up Your Small Ambitions, 1970

Ryan Noah Nix!

...Your Daddy loves you so much...

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“The missionary heart: Care more than some think is wise. Risk more than some think is safe. Dream more than some think is practical. Expect more than some think is possible. I was called not to comfort or success but to obedience….There is no joy outside of knowing Jesus and serving him.”—Karen Watson, martyr, March 15, 2004

The Business of Soul-winning Can Hurt

Loving souls can be a risky endeavor. Sometimes the rewards are great...others, not so much; occasionally, you end up with a lot of egg on your face.

I am sad to report that this is an "egg-on-face" moment: there is not much good to report in regard to the previous post, "A Tract and a Jehovah's Witness."

It appears, at this juncture, that we were almost the victims of a very sophisticated swindle –with a cast of actors that deserve an Oscar.

The man hit us up for a goodly sum of money for a "bone marrow transplant," but when our office administrator asked him for ID, he gave it - but stopped accepting or returning all phone calls and text messages, even though it was supposedly urgent for right then (yesterday). We've been doing a lot of investigating, and find no connections so far between him and the JWs. 

I hate to have to report this, but at least there isn't a dying 15-year-old. Still...what a sad story. Thank you all for praying in good faith...and I'm glad we were alerted in time.

The Power of a Tract...

A Gospel Tract and a Jehovah's Witness

How did it happen? Jehovah's Witnesses aren't allowed to read our literature; it is strictly forbidden, under the threat that evil spirits will enter the reader from the literature.

But we're passing out thousands of flyers and tracts, laying the groundwork for our annual Lima crusade this week...

And a Jehovah's Witness leader took one.

Old Songs Say It So Well (2)

     BROKEN PROMISES (Ruth Munsey)

     Chorus
     Only broken promises, only broken vows:
     "Tomorrow, Lord, I'll work for you –I see the need so clearly now!"
     But until you heed the Master's call and lift the sinners from their fall,
     These are only broken promises, broken promises...
     That's all.

     Yesterday I saw a sinful land: neglected fields on every hand
     A million souls reached out to me – I cried, "Lord! I'll go willingly!"
     I vowed to make a brand new start:
     "Lord, count on me; I'll do my part..."

     But today, the morning sun arose; a busy day, it soon disclosed;
     I walked in my own willful paths, followed close all my selfish plans
     Those prayerful vows made in the night,
     Forgotten when the sun shone bright...

     For they were... (chorus)



How about you, child of God...servant of the Most High? Are there some promises that need dusting off and keeping?

Millions of souls reach out...

Old Songs Say It So Well (1)

     DON'T TAKE JESUS  (Dottie Rambo)

     Take away my earthly wealth and treasure,
     The feeble things I call security;
     Take away the things that bring me pleasure
     But don't take Jesus...He's life to me.

     Take away the child that brought me sunshine,
     The little girl I held upon my knee;
     God can dry my tears and mend this heart of mine
     But don't take Jesus...He's life to me.

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     He's more than life to me, more than life to me
     Don't take Jesus...He's life to me.

          (Listen to it HERE)


He really is everything...more than we realize, until He's all we have left.

We live in a world full of things; we're obsessed with things. Yet the suicide rate is climbing fast; there are more divorces yearly than weddings; consumption of illegal substances is fast becoming legal. More and more are turning to Eastern mysticism, to outright paganism, even to Islam. They seem to be driven by the realization that there is something missing...something without which nothing else really matters. If they can't find it, they drown themselves in substances...or force an end to what seems to be a pointless existence.

Perhaps that is why God sometimes allows His children to be violently stripped of everything the world holds dear ––even the very things He created us to hold dear: to serve as living advertisements to a desperately seeking world of a God Who is sufficient. To speak to them in the only language they understand, and cause them to see that Jesus Christ really is that Something...that Someone they can't do without. To give them irrefutable proof that without Him, nothing makes sense, nothing satisfies, nothing matters. Please don't take Jesus; He really is Life to me.

Sometimes we're missionaries without even knowing it.

Kirby Nathanael Nix!

...From a grateful and very proud father...and a believing one.

A Matter of Time...Earthquake Readiness

This missionary's heart is heavy in the wee hours of this Sunday morning. What a terrible seven days  this past week has been: Three major quakes in Japan; three in Vanuatu; one in Myanmar; one major quake in Afghanistan; another in Nepal; one in Alaska; one in Guatemala...and now, one in our neighboring country to the North: Ecuador...77 dead so far, and the numbers will surely increase. And that is without even mentioning the many quakes in the month of April prior to this past week –the worst of them being the deadly quake in Taiwan.

Spiritual Commandos (3) – Updated Photos

In and out. Back home, we're measuring the results. Some of them may not be seen for a while, but it was an exciting time.

We offered a three-day seminar at a hotel. We came under the auspices of a Bible School, to dictate a Continuing Education course to anyone interested. The subject: "Re-examining the Apostles' Doctrine in the Light of Biblical Hermeneutics."

Zacchaeus Update (4)...

Tragically, this young man passed away last night.

We hope and pray the family will be responsive to God and His truth during the time of their grief, and look to him.

Spiritual Commandos (2)

UPDATE: Baptism scheduled for 10 AM Sunday. Preaching in a Non-Oneness church at 2PM. Thank you for praying.

Reagan Ethan Nix!

Your Dad is very proud of you...

Spiritual Commandos

Commandos...few in number, usually unannounced, they go into places on what are often secret missions. Sometimes what they are attempting can blow up in their faces. When they succeed, though, it is often the opening of a door of great opportunity for their forces.

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There are spiritual commandos, as well. They are neither political nor military; they do not fight governments or institutions. They don't even fight people. Demonic spirits and doctrines are the only objects of their attacks. Violence is forbidden; they carry no weapon outside of the Sword of the Spirit, the Word of God. They travel light, they work as a team, and they don't care who gets the credit. They're after captives of Satan; their deliverance into the glorious light of the Gospel is what matters.

Preparing Workers, Shaping Young People

Peru's National Conference 2016 just concluded, and National Youth Camp 2016 followed on its heels. God truly did a great work!

Thank God for more ministers ordained to the work...