Greetings from the International Office where it has been a busy week. Our super storm, Sandy, has been the talk of the town for the past week. Yesterday the storm came ashore on the east coast and caused wide spread damage. The Maryland area was spared a lot of the destruction that they had predicted, but I am ok with that. The call volume here in the District of Columbia Fire and EMS Department was also lighter than expected. That wasn't the case for New Jersey and New York. Our members were pounded by Sandy and are currently cleaning up. One of our International Board members, Russ Stammer, told me he just had a break after 17 hours of constant calls. Please remember to pray for the victims of the storm. In New York City the 80 homes that burned last night were in an area where mostly firefighters and police officers live.
Our Bible study had to be moved to Thursday night. Please e-mail me if you need the links for "Fearless in the Fire Service". My e-mail address is firequacker621@aol.com I am loving the Bible studies. I feel that this is an opportunity to strengthen the knowledge of our members. Sometimes we are good at studying fire related stuff, but neglect a regular study of God's Word. I love the verse that says "Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not be ashamed rightly dividing the Word of Truth." (II Timothy 2:15)
Our International Board members are making progress on improving the bylaws of the International and coming up with an Operational Plan. It is so important to have a vision and a plan for an organization. I am thankful to God for our previous Presidents/Missionaries and the vision that worked so hard to share with the fire service. Please pray for our meetings as we plan for the future of FCFInternational. We want to be well pleasing and faithful to God in our ministry to first responders.One thing I love about this ministry already is the relationships that are being forged with the board members. These folks are so dedicated and wise when it comes to the ministry. I look forward all to all of their input and ideas. I can hardly wait to start learning a lot about the Regional Directors that we have and how they are ministering to first responders.
The other area of the ministry I love is the local prayer breakfasts our groups have. I recently went to the Pierce Damewood chapter and had an awesome time. I have put some of the pictures up for you. Please pray for these members as they serve the Lord in Prince George County Maryland.
The Family
The family is doing fine. It was nice to watch the boys as they prepared for the storm. They love to help people out and always have extra generators to help save the day for some of our neighbors. It is quite the ministry that they have. Please continue to pray for Seth as he is seeking an assistant pastoral position. I think he will make a fine young pastor some where. He just wants to make sure that it is where God wants him to be.
Prayer Requests
- The storm victims
- FCFInternational would create a good Operational Plan
- That I would be able to be a good administrator of the ministry
- That our members would gain spiritual wisdom
- That God would open up doors for us to minister to first responders
- That God would provide 100 churches to sponsor our ministry
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