"Lew and Marion have faithfully served the church for many years. Their heart for people and their faithfulness to the house of God has been exemplified in their everyday life. Their lives have been a testimony of the greatness of God. They speak from a wealth of knowledge and experience as they have served overseas on the mission field and in the church here at home."

Frank Damazio

God's Provision in God's wa

Action, Answers & Affirmation
God's Provision in God's Way
 May 2011
Greetings,Marion-2006

Is the VISION too big for the PROVISION ?

The answer: Obviously NO! HE is our Jehovah Jireh - our PROVIDER.

Provision comes God's WAY in His TIME!

Usually circumstances dictate to our reasoning and we often don't recognize God's plan. We ask - What's happening? Like the disciple Thomas; he just didn't get it! Even though Jesus had told them clearly what was going to happen, yet when he was told Jesus was alive, he said, "No Way! - I'll believe it when I see it and even then I will have to touch the nail prints in His hands before I will believe it!"

Personally this has been the biggest challenge of our lives - to totally trust HIM. Being called to a ministry of pioneering we figured things out for ourselves and just kept pressing onward trusting that HE would come through one way or another and in the meantime we would GET IT DONE!!!! You see...it is HIS provision HIS way in HIS time because it is HIS vision! HE has reminded us of that over and over again.

Be blessed,

Marion Peterson
Action!

Let us believe for PROVISION for the VISION!

  1. For the myriad of local church leadership who are meeting the daily challenge of trusting God for HIS provision for HIS church during these tough economic times.
  2. For the discouraged business owners who have watched their business dreams and accomplishments dissolve into thin air.
  3. For employees searching for jobs, their 401K savings gone, the promise of promotions gone as the job market becomes tougher.
  4. For the return of equity for everyone who has lost their property and for those who are still hanging on through this down turn.

For a deeper understanding and new confidence in every individual of God's provision for their every day lives to trust HIM and know HE has only their good in mind.

Answers!

Years ago in Uganda when we were beginning the Leadership Training Institute, we found ourselves going "head to head" with God!!!! We were working for Him, wasn't He aware of our sacrificial labors? Our words went something like this..."It is rainy season! We have promised 100's of Pastors we will be ready for them! They need encouragement and teaching! We must have a roof! We have no money! It is your work Lord, don't you understand how badly we need $10,000.00 RIGHT NOW to finish the Institute building ready for the Pastors Conference that is only weeks away?"

Quickly He reminded us of what He had already done for us and the Holy Spirit gave us His plan! "Get yourself to the morning devotions with the students; divide them into 10 groups with each group asking for $1,000.00." The students believed, asking in faith and later that day a call came from the States, an anonymous donor had sent $10,000.00!! Why the waiting? I don't understand God's timing but that is why He is God and HE is the provider who owns the cattle on a thousand hills!

Affirmation!

This month we have chosen to affirm James Okello of Uganda, East Africa. This is a recent email we received from him and were thrilled at the account of his journey as he has learned to trust his God to provide the PROVISION for the VISION.

"Dear Marion and Peterson Lewis,

First and foremost permit me extend my sincere and heart felt appreciation to you for being a source of great blessings to me as a person, my family as a unit and the body of Christ in Uganda. I am always humbled by your memory while attending Bwerenga Bible Leadership Institute surrounded with high level leadership disciplines.

After attending RUN Bible Leadership Institute 1993, I rejoined my family in Soroti. In the same year I went back to College and earned a diploma in Business Studies from Uganda College of Commerce. I became employed as a licensed teacher in one of the Private High Schools in Soroti for five years. In 2000 I left teaching and worked for the Soroti branch of the Uganda Gatsby Trust Club as the Manager for two years but left due to poor and low remuneration. I volunteered with Teso Anticorruption Coalition (TAC) as the accountant but the contract ended. In 2007 I was employed by CLIDE Consultancy, a Christian NGO which was started by an American Missionary from Portland, Oregon, USA and to date I am still working with this Missionary as an accountant. We receive teams from Portland every year and several times I have made attempts to find you by asking them but did not succeed until while browsing the internet this week I found your web site!

I am so glad to have connected with my Spiritual parents once again and I am sure we will meet one day and praise God together. Thanks so much and please keep in touch.

Looking forward to hearing from you again and may God richly bless you."

James Akoko Okello

"You can be sure that God will take care of everything you need, his generosity exceeding even yours in the glory that pours from Jesus, Our God and Father abounds in glory that just pours out into eternity." Philippians 4:19&20 msg