SPRING 2006

Dear Friends,

I’m excited to report that after a year of dating and four months of pre-engagement counseling, Bruce and I are engaged to be married on May 27, 2006! It was almost two years ago, July of 2004, when Bruce Darlington, Jr emailed me to let me know how much he appreciated our website material. Flying as a commercial pilot and living in Salt Lake City for two years, Bruce kept copies of our tracts to use in witnessing to his Mormon and Jehovah’s Witness friends. In September of 2004, Bruce moved to Colorado Springs and we met face-to-face in a city park as I was witnessing to four Mormon missionaries. It’s a long story of how God deepened our relationship and confirmed His will in our hearts, but we know God is in our relationship and we are excited to see what He has planned for our future together.

Some are asking, “Will anything change in the ministry and what will be Bruce’s role in the ministry once you get married?” Initially, there will be little to no change with the ministry. I will continue to work full-time enhancing the website with additional material, running our “Message for Jehovah’s Witness” phone-line ministry, answering the calls and emails that come into the ministry and speaking at churches. Bruce will continue to work full-time as an airline pilot to provide for our personal living expenses, and as his schedule allows, he will also join me in meeting one-on-one with people leaving the cults. In anticipation of the time when I will need to step back from traveling with the ministry to stay home with the kids, we are creating DVDs of my training seminars. We have also hired Jennifer part-time to help in the office when I am out. Since Bruce and I will be getting married this May, we appreciate your continued prayers and financial support as many of the ministry expenses will remain the same.

As for news of what God is doing in the ministry, in March, I traveled to Winnemucca, Nevada to present a seminar on “Answering Questions Your Mormon Friends Ask” for Grass Valley Baptist Church’s Community Evangelism Event. Because Mormonism claims the highest percentage of the religious population in the town, we targeted this religion through a public showing of the Bible vs the Book of Mormon DVD and my presentation afterward. Sixty-one people from area churches showed up for the event. We found out that the local LDS Church called each of its members to tell them not to come. As a result, we are uncertain if any Mormons attended. Ultimately, we pray God will use the seeds planted to bring souls to Himself.

MINISTRY NEEDS:

Your generous support is such an encouragement to us! Although only 61% of our budgeted income is coming from individuals who have pledged to support us on a consistent basis, the additional gifts many of you are giving is enabling us to stay current on our bills and have extra money to produce DVDs of our seminars, continue the Spanish translation of our materials and enhance our website with additional training material. If you haven’t visited our site recently, you might want to check out our new design!

PRAYER REQUESTS:

1. Pray for Bruce and Christy, their upcoming marriage and new life together.
2. Christian inmate Adrian has teamed up with another Christian inmate to reach Jehovah’s Witnesses in their prison. Adrian has already used our books to lead one Jehovah’s Witness inmate to the Lord, and he is reaching out to several others!
3. Praise the Lord that Ron and Debbie’s daughter Heather (who broke-up with LDS missionary Jacob) is now dating the pastor’s son Greg at her church. Pray for God’s leading in their relationship as they are putting Jesus first!
   

In His Grace,

Christy Harvey
Director of Witnesses for Jesus Inc.

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