Current Business
A list of current projects is located on the "Current Business" page and will soon have some photos of our work.
July 2010
So far this month(7.24) there has been little done within the ministry. I've been kept so busy working my two jobs that I've had little time or energy to work on much else. I've had several offers to give my testimony at several churches within the area and have placed this matter before the LORD! These will have to await HIS timing to happen. I know it is HIS will to give our testimonies to others, but unless given HIS permission to do so, this will wait until such is given. This would be a big step for me, for I've only done so one other time since becoming a Christian. This doesn't mean that I've never given 'personal' testimonies to people when led, but only once before to a large group at once. These would be in formal settings, set up and prepared for, more along the lines of preaching than witnessing. I know the days of my formal preaching will come, for it was in the visions of '97', but until it is the LORD's time, they will be delayed until the door is opened.
June 2010
For the most part, the month of June was one of working to make a living. After moving out of my host family's house and into an apartment there are now bills that have to get met. Since there is no money coming into the ministry at this time, these all coming out of pocket. Many who've started ministries know just what I'm talking about. All the bills of start up ministries will usually come from those within the ministry itself! Thus VCM has been funded in this manor and with it being myself alone that has been blessed with it's vision, I willing support everything that it does!!!
May 2010
(5.19.10) I've been doing a good amount of work lately. I've finished up the work on the elderly couples home, then they contracted me to also paint their garage. Which was undertaken and has been finished. I've also completed an interior paint job for a couple from the church. This included a fair amount of drywall repair also. I've also been contracted to paint the exterior of their house and should be starting this sometime near the start of next week. I had placed a bid in on a bathroom renovation and over a thousand sq. ft. of flooring, but was under bid by a man from the mission. Praise the LORD, for all is according to HIS will.
April 2010 (4.13.10) The weather had broken and I've been able to do some work outside. I've replaced an old chainlink fence, 67 feet worth, with a wooden privacy fence. I've also been able to get a little work done on the 'ongoing' project and removed and replaced a air conditioner unit that had been improperly mounted in the wall. This included having to trim out the exterior of the house where I'll be painting at shortly (as soon as the rain stops and the temps. remain above the 60's at night. I've also several other jobs that I'll be contacting here shortly, one a floor job and the other drywall and painting (int. and ext.).
March 2010 (3.10.10) VMNI Liberia Branch now has a total of 25 members, praise the LORD!!! They've more people the then have even asked about the ministry here. It is glorious!!! This has all come about through my providing one man with a copy of "Out of the LIGHT" and his taking it around to others and allowing them to read it. They've set up a board of directors and now have a temporary location for meeting and their office needs. GOD is truly moving there among people who truly are listening to the voice of GOD and seeking to reach out to all those that they can. They have a true servant's heart when it comes to spreading the GOSPEL. Now if only this will begin to happen in the United States!!!
Feb. 2010
Most of this month has been spent networking the site, with little results, but there has been plenty accomplished on the website. New items have been added and some added features to several pages. This has been minor though, due to the limitations of this computer system. Several modifications on ministry logos have been made and they now are colorized. Several forms have been modified also. The daily devotional has been going well, though there has been the need to re post several times, due to the old 'puter, again. I will continue to try to keep it running the best I can, but there is only so much that I can do and improvements are truly out of the possible fixes. More RAM would only give it 512 M, the hard drive is about filled and a card to added USB 2.0 wouldn't make things much better. We'll just have to wait a better system, before going to much farther on site improvements.
There has been two people that have joined this month. One assisting with the prayers and the other helping in the online promotions of it. The LORD is moving and I'm very thankful, but there is still a long ways to go for it to be that which HE has shown me in the visions of ' 97-98' and I do mean a long ways!!!
January 18, 2010
There has been a large amount of work on VMNI in Liberia, Africa taking place. There are currently five members getting ready to go 'in country' on a evangelism crusade. We've also another brother in CHRIST that is willing to go to Serra Leone on the same lines, but also more so a fact finding mission.
There is more working coming our way here in Kingsville also. I've a small drywall and painting job to undertake in the next several weeks. The word is beginning to spread and request for assistance beginning to come in. I will continue working to fulfill all that I can, until there are 'laborers' added to our ministry.
With the advent of the recent earthquake in Haiti I've been focusing on studying every report I can get. This is to work on implementation of the techniques that will solve a lot of the logistic problems that are currently hindering all the efforts currently ongoing! VCM represents CHRIST and all that we do shall bring honor to HIS name by being of the highest caliber. I will be looking to talk with those that return from Haiti in the future to garner what they had to face on a daily level. What were their needs? What were their expectations? Also what would they suggest, as to the improvements to responding to such disaster? Answers to all these and more, will improve all that we respond to in the name of CHRIST, bringing HIM honor, glory and praises, not condemnation!!!
December 14, 2009
I am currently still attempting to finish the work on the elderly couples home. Winter weather has set in and hasn't given me an open window to do the painting, all of which is outside. LORD willing this can be completed before or shortly after the first of the year, Please pray for this to be completed and for us to move onto other projects!!!
November 20, 2009
VCM is a registered company in the state of Texas. There are but a few more details to complete and we will be a registered Unincorporated Non Profit ministry in the state also. Please keep us in your prayers for we can do nothing without the blessings of GOD being upon us.
November 21, 2009
I continue to work on a house here in Kingsville where the original contractor left before finishing. It's a slow process when going it alone, but the LORD has blessed me so far. I've complete about 60% of the painting that needed to be done. Weather permitting Monday I'll go at it some more. LORD willing by Friday it maybe completed. This job is a labor only one, they've supplied all the materials needed to complete the work. They just needed someone to do it.
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