YWAM Support Raising Newsletter May 2006

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Hi !fname:

Grace and Peace to you in Jesus name!We trust you had a great Memorial Dayweekend.

Kay & Heather have successfully completedtheir international certification to teachEnglish as a second language. It was aVERY intense 6 weeks of training averagingabout 12 hours a day/6 days a week of classroom, homework, and ending with 2 weeksof teaching international students from theUniversity of Hawaii. We believe thiscertification will open doors for us to countries closed to traditional missionaries.

Kay & Heather will be part of the baselaunching its first ESL school this summer.They will be staff teachers for internationalstudents learning English as a second language.

Holli is in Australia for her advancedleadership training. She will be there fora 6 month school. It was an emotional dayof saying good bye! We are so proud of her,yet not knowing exactly when we will see heragain simply is hard. It is a joy thoughknowing the eternal rewards of serving theLord.

The Lord continues to prepare our hearts forthe mission field. China and India make upabout 2 BILLION of the 3 BILLION people whohave not heard the GOSPEL! We hear intensestories every week of the bondage, despairand darkness that those outside of the Gospel live in. But we also hear of the bona fide miraclesfrom first hand accounts of those on the frontlines. We can't wait to be a part of reachingthose who have never heard. 85% of missionary work is done with people groups who already have been reached to one degree or another. The YWAM vision and work of reaching and sending youth from Fiji into Asia is awesome.

Fiji made it through a very intense time ofNational Elections. 5 years ago at this timethere was an attempted military coup. Thereis much racism, with the country greatly divided between Indians and Fijians. Fiji has elected a Fijian Primer Minister, and he is reaching out to the Indian politicians. Curt is looking forward to working with YWAM in setting up the IWT - Impact World Tour - that will be in 16 different locations around the Fiji Islands next year.

Blessings,

Curt, Kay & Heather Johnson

1-815-226-0669

http://www.johnsonfamilymissions.org

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Would you prayfully consider supporting us in missions?

#1. Monthly. By making a commitment monthly we knowthat you will think and pray for us on a regular basis!"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."We need and want many partners whose hearts will beyoked with ours! The amount isn't as crucial as knowingyou are with us on this journey.

#2. One time gifts. We will need significant onetime gifts in the various outreaches the Lord leads uson. Please consider each outreach and pray if theLord would have you participate. Our next outreachis FIJI.

Our budget for our Missions work in 2006:

$12,400 - 3 month YWAM missions School and 2 month Outreach.

The plan the Lord gave us is that Curt's business wouldtake care of the Johnson's personal living expenses, andwe were to raise support for our Missionary Work. Please pray about linking arms with us for 2006! FCF has graciously allowed us to have our fundsrun through them until we are "official" with YWAMsometime next year.

Make your tax deductible gift out to:

Forest City Fellowship

1300 17th St.

Rockford, IL 61104

Attn: Johnson Family Missions

Although FCF will notify us of your giving, please alsolet us know. We will be starting an intercessory monthlyemail for our giving partners. This will be confidentialand we will share the nitty gritty prayer requests andwhat we are battling on a monthly basis to fulfill thedestiny set before us. Although we have just startedthis new season, there have already been battles andwe need committed warriors with us!