“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.” –Isaiah 61:1-3
Oct 29, 2014
Dear friends and family,
Greetings in the Lord! I hope all is well with you! I wanted to take this brief time to share with you regarding an opportunity the Lord has opened in my life to go on missions this winter!
From January 30- February 6th, I will be traveling with a missions team to Kathmandu, Nepal with my church, New Philadelphia Church (www.facebook.com/newphilly). My team consists of 11 amazing people who are giving up their vacation days for the cause of the gospel. With our local NPWM (Native Partners for World Missions) contact, Pastor BP, we’re believing to go forth in the Isaiah 61 anointing to strengthen and encourage local churches and pastors, minister to Tibetan refugee communities, empower the youth, hold revival services and pray for the sick. It’s also been 3 years since New Philly has been to Nepal, so we look forward to returning to the Himalayas and rebuilding our bridges with our partner churches there. As for myself, I’ll be serving the role of team preacher. This means I’ll be the main preacher for the team and leading all the ministry efforts of our trip. I’ll also be playing a significant role in providing spiritual leadership for the team. As you may sense, this is a big responsibility to bear, but I’m humbled and grateful to have the opportunity to serve God in this way.
I know that a missions trip to Nepal can be a spiritually and physically challenging one, especially enduring the cold weather of being up in the Himalayas, but I’m equally confident that with your prayers and support, the Lord will more than surplus His extravagant grace and power upon our team and make us effective witnesses of His gospel in the forms that we minister with.
There are two ways in which you can partner with me on this missions trip. First, I’d like to ask you for prayer. If you go to facebook.com/newphilly, there will be daily updates of our team’s progress from the field so that you can pray for what we will be doing and for our specific needs. Secondly, the total trip cost is 1,700,000 KRW and after my personal contribution, I will be raising 1,100,000 KRW to cover trip expenses. If you’d like to partner financially, please visit the web site: http://support.newphilly.cc. A team profile and picture is available there.
Thank you so much for your time in reading this letter!
Contending for His Kingdom,
Joel Kim
Joelkim@newphilly.cc, 010-2171-2447
If you’d like to support me, please visit http://support.newphilly.cc