Timothy Ministries: Important Information about the rest of 2010

Dear Mission Friends and Family,

Please STOP and read this letter. It will give you very important information about the rest of 2010, well into 2011, for those of us who work together in Timothy Ministries here and overseas. It'll help you know how to pray for all of us.

In October, Larry and Sue will leave Beloit, once more, to preach the Word of God and strengthen local churches in Colorado, California, Arizona, and along the Mexican border.  From Autumn through next Spring, they will teach, preach, pastor, and counsel in numerous places as itinerant missionaries in the American Southwest. Between speaking at Church Mission and Bible Conferences and caring for the spiritual needs of hundreds of senior citizens and "snowbirds", they will put on 1000s of miles and keep happily active serving Jesus Christ. Along with the hands-on work, they continue to consult and mentor many Christian pastors and their families in Europe, Africa, and North America. One of the great joys of the mission work is to watch younger Christian pastors, whom they've trained, take their place in local, regional, and national leadership in their countries.

In 2011, following grandchildren's High School graduations and officiating at the wedding of a Christian friend and co-worker, Larry and Sue will begin to plan for one more trip to Europe and Africa to encourage and support the evangelists, pastors, and congregations with whom they've ministered since 1993. It's time to hand over all the overseas work and become their "Cheerleaders!"

One such young man is Israel Kande, pastor of the Emmanuel Church in Capetown, South Africa. Through the years of hard work at Kum Bible College (KBC) with Edmunds and Brenda Flatela, Charles Damse, and Ewart Masondo, we discovered "God's man" for the war refugees from the Congo who were forced to flee their land and settle in Capetown. Pastor Kande is a resourceful, bright, energetic spiritual leader who has established a wonderful ministry to the downtrodden, poor, and homeless. We consider it an honor to have Israel and his wife, Rachel, as our Timothy partners. Soon, he will also return to Kinshasa, Congo to conduct evangelistic meeting there. We are supporting his work and have since his days with us at (KBC).

Larry and Sue continue to teach and counsel young Mexican Christians who are getting their pastoral training on the "border" where life, itself, is a risk. We cannot pray enough for those young men and women who are called to "carry the Light of Christ" in a very, very dark land. We must be like "Aaron and Hur" to them, if we can.

Havalyn Nesler, our "woman in Belgium" is beginning a new and exciting chapter of her missionary life. As our Timothy Worker in French-speaking churches, she has planted "good seed" for the Gospel and is ready to head into the next phase of her work. We'll let her tell you first-hand .....

"After spending a challenging, miraculous, and eye-opening six months working and training in Belgium, I am just back in the USA and hard at work "earning my keep" and continuing the training process that began overseas. During my time spent in Auvelais, Belgium, God showed me a tremendous need for committed church workers and I know I am personally called to help nurture and prepare Belgian Christians for Christian ministry. I will return to Auvelais and the greater Sambreville area in August, 2011 as a long-term missionary, working with the same church where I've been ministering since January, 2010. During this year in America, I will travel with Larry and Sue in the Midwest (and then "solo'?) to raise prayer and financial support. I'll also begin coursework with Moody Bible Institute toward a "Certificate in Biblical Studies" so that I'll be better equipped to minister now and upon my return to Belgium. Please pray for me as I balance all these responsibilities ... a full-time job, school, home and family, and the raising of my support during these next 11 months. God bless you for caring about me. " –Havalyn

Over the years, we've been blessed with wonderful co-workers. We consider Havalyn one of our "torchbearers for Jesus" in Timothy Ministries' future. With people like Havalyn (in Europe), Israel and Rachel and Edmunds and Brenda (in Africa), and Larry and Sue still wandering all over the place (plus our home volunteers) we have high hopes for the simple, quiet mission of the Timothy Ministries family TO GLORIFY GOD, STRENGTHEN THE CHURCH, AND OFFER CHRIST WHEREVER WE GO!

We thank you for
praying ...
giving...
loving...

–Larry & Sue

2 Timothy 2:2

Timothy Ministries, Summer 2009

Dear Friends and Partners,

If you are traveling on the roads this summer, look for Sue's little yellow Mini. We'll be spending a lot of time in it. During these "furlough" months, we are trying to re-connect with our prayer partners and supporters. We want to say THANK YOU for all the love and support you continue to give. And, we are pleased to be invited into new churches who are willing to hear our stories of Jesus and people around the world. We have preached across America, already this year, from south-central California to the Detroit area to Florida. God has opened doors for us in our own Midwest and we'll be sharing the Word and our stories of the mission work in many congregations, at our national church convention, and across kitchen tables in many homes. And, we have 3 exciting bits of news for the future:

While here in the USA, we've just had the privilege of hosting our dear friends, Dick and Moira Curry, who run an NGO (non-governmental organization) in Uganda. We are trying to help them find more support for their Christian-based development work in Mbali and Buta. Later in the summer, Philip & Helen Clarke, from Aberdeen, Scotland will be staying with us in Beloit. From 1997 to 2003, Philip and I trained young Romanian church leaders in the Transylvanian region and now they are training their own pastors & teachers. It's a joy to See so much of our work in the hands of Christian nationals.

In September, we send Havalyn Nesler to Auvelais, Belgium to work for a season as our Timothy Ministries missionary-in-residence there. This 24-year-old woman will be ministering with a local church across the generations and in the French-Walloon language in a region where there are very few committed Christian believers. We are thrilled to help launch her out into the world of foreign mission.

On 7 October, we trade Sue's Mini for an airplane and head back to Africa. We are excited for you to know that we will be doing Bible teaching and church revivals among Congolese war refugees. With Kum Bible College completely on its own now, we are, also, free to help do bush evangelism and new church planting in villages along the Eastern Cape/Kwa-Zulu Natal border. We will be working alongside our old friends Edmunds Flatela, Banzi Kobo, Jude Mua-Kebei, Ewart Masondo, and Ayanda Mbombo. Living rough, preaching every night...it's tough, but it's wonderful work!

We are amazed that God still wants to use us to build up and encourage HIS mission here and overseas. Please continue to pray for us and our co-workers. We'll add more details when we write to you in the autumn.

GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU IN HIS LOVE!

Your friends in Christ,
Larry & Sue Correll

1724 Crescent Drive Beloit, WI 53511 USA
http://timothyministries.org
2 Timothy 2: 2

TIMOTHY MINISTRIES Summer Update 2008

Just a brief note to let you know that things are going very well. There are signs of major reconciliation and spiritual restoration that are having a very good effect upon relationships in the Body of Christ. Guess what? Calling people back to their First Love in Jesus Christ" is really the key thing. When people start enjoying Jesus, its amazing how they start to enjoy each other, again. We feel so honoured to be here watching God at work.

Wanted you all to know that we're thriving in this home mission. It's good work to see the Church revived and renewed and finally starting to look to its brighter, hopeful future, rather than languish in its painful past.

Hope you all are very well. God be with you and give you His JOY!

Love,
Larry and Susan

Dear Timothy Family,

Greetings! If you had to miss the Saturday meeting due to family situations, travel, and/or ministry and mission responsibilities, I wanted to bring you up-to-date concerning decisions and plans for the future with Timothy Ministries.

1. Our current USA Treasury (Dick Thompson) had approximately $34,000 as of 14 March, 2008. And, our UK Treasury (Lesley Robinson) had about 2200 Pounds or
   $4400 in it. We are solvent and praising God for His provision.
2. Current Involvements for March include officiating at the wedding of Rob Tust and
   Jodi Dunham in Elkhorn, WI..... a young couple who met on a Timothy mission trip to Frodsham, England. (Timothy Ministries has even "planted" a new family!!! :>) Philip
   Allen will represent Timothy Ministries at the Annual Meeting of the Northern Illinois Fellowship of the CCCC, in Chicago. And, Larry & Sue Correll will speak at the Winneconne Christian Fellowship on 5-6 April.
3. To honor the ministry of Tom Amundson (one of our dedicated workers who died of cancer in February), those here established a Short-term Mission Scholarship Fundto assist applicants who need help with funding for short-term trips, here or abroad. We allocated a total of $2008 for this year, $2009 for next year, and $2010 for the following year... to be awarded to any number of American local church applicants who meet these criteria:
   • have a testimony of a born-again relationship with Jesus Christ, and an ability to express why they are going on a short-term mission trip.
   • are going with a church and/or mission organisation that is Bible-based and Christ-centred, and have a legitimate reference from their pastor and/or mission director.
   • that the main emphasis of the short-term trip is evangelistic.
   • that the applicant has made legitimate attempts to raise funds and still has a need for money to get to 100% of the cost of the trip.
     We have sent out notices to our supporting churches & representative donors stating that potential applicants should contact Rudy and Marty Zuniga. They are our contact people for administering Scholarships and are working with our evaluation group (Joe Correll, Philip Allen, Doug Gearhart, and Jean DiBenardo). We hope to be able to quietly help Christians serve their Lord in short-term mission for the next 3 years.
4. Future plans for mission trips include:
   • 28 March-7 April...Joe Correll in Uruguay, building a YFC Training Centre. We contributed $800 for his contingency fund (tools, construction supplies, food, travel, as needed).
   • 8 April-5 October...Larry & Sue in California, assisting and teaching a church in crisis, developing leadership and mission for the future. Those here made the decision to continue Larry & Sue's basic salary package (base pay, social security, & ministry expenses) during the 6 month work in CA)
   • 20 October-12 November...Larry & Sue in Belgium, assisting David Doyen in leadership training and laying plans for a massive youth outreach in 2009.
   • 30 December-18 January, 2009...Larry & Sue in Mexico, teaching Mexican pastors and church workers (at the invitation of Indian Trails Mission). We allocated $3000 for ITM to help our own Buck Van Zandt finish construction of the Tabernacle at Naco Bible Training Centre, Naco, Mexico.
   • 27 January-10 March, 2009...Larry & Sue in Africa, teaching at Kum Bible College and at Emmanuel Christian Church, Capetown, leadership training. We allocated a total of $3000 for the support of ECC and its desire to lead in the ministry training of Congolese refugees in Capetown. The money is to be sent in March ($1200), August ($1200), and December ($600) of 2008. KBC needs to be self-sufficient and has other sources of funding, now. Larry will completely hand over leadership of KBC and its associated work by mid-2009. Sue, likewise, will complete her development work at Sizani School at the same time.
   • 11 March-31 December, 2009...Larry & Sue will take a furlough (R & R) during these months, after 42 years of constant ministry and 15 years of travel for world mission on 3 continents. During these months, they will visit partners and donor churches to give updates and extend gratitude for prayers and support. These are the tentaive plans.
5. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DID ON SATURDAY WAS TO WORSHIP, SING, AND PRAY TOGETHER, BOTH AS WE BEGAN AND AT THE END OF THE BUSINESS MEETING. IT IS THAT COMMITMENT TO GIVE GLORY ONLY TO GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, THAT KEEPS US GOING AND WORKING BY EACH OTHERS' SIDE. WORSHIP & PRAYER WILL ALWAYS BE THE CENTERPIECE OF TIMOTHY MINISTRIES AND HER PEOPLE! Then we ate lunch, together.
6. Our next annual mission gathering will likely be 25 April, 2009. THANK YOU AND GOD'S BLESSING TO EACH OF YOU WHO WALK WITH US! Philippians 1: 3-6.
   
   To everyone, our love and thanks,
   Larry

Dear Friends & Co-workers,

It's that time of year...our annual TIMOTHY MINISTRIES gathering at Clare Cottage, Beloit, WI.

We will meet Saturday, 15 March, at 9:30am ON THE DOT!!! You'll be free by early to mid-afternoon. Here's the agenda (for information & prayer)

• Prayer & Mini-Worship (no, we're not worshipping Sue's Mini
• Treasurer's Reports
• Communications & upcoming church meetings for deputation, etc.
• Talk about a scholarship to honour Tom Amundson's memory?
• Future Mission trips (March 2008 through March 2009)?
• Grant & money allocations for 2008?
• Thank you's
• WORSHIP & SHARING IN THE WORD TOGETHER
• Lunch

If you plan to attend, please let us know you'll be here (& how many) so Sue knows what & how to prepare for lunch. Thanks. We are always excited to open our home and our hearts to all of you. Looking forward, happily, to the 15th.

Together with you, in Jesus,

Larry & Sue

Timothy Ministries
2 Timothy 2: 2
timothyministries.org