FOCUS

October/November/December 2018

The Official Publication of Drive-In Ministries

Volume 34/ No. 4

Director’s Cut by Mike Jones

In This Issue
ing instead; for you were called for the very
Director’s Cut purpose that you might inherit a blessing.”
-Blessed to be a Blessing In 2 Corinthians 8-9 the subject is “grace giv-
ing.” Giving is an act of blessing and as the
Ministry Newsreel Lord loves to bless in giving to us He also
loves for us to bless in giving to others and
U.S. Report will make sure that we are able to give and
- Alabama Property
bless as we desire (9:7-8). He uses the illus-
- Allen Nye
tration of sowing and reaping. The more our

Ministry Clips willingness to give, the more He will provide

Blessed to be a Blessing to do so (9:10-11).
- Alabama When we think of being “blessed” we usu-
- Nigeria We, at Drive-In, are privileged and thankful to
ally do so using a general definition of the
- Colombia you and the Lord for the blessings of ministry
term meaning “to prosper”, “prosperity”,
- India He gives us. He blesses you to be a bless-
“good done to us or for us”, or “spoken well
- Haiti ing to us and in turn He blesses us to be a
of or praised.” “Blessing” of course, started
- Beaumonts to Brazil blessing to others and ministry takes place,
with God because He is the God of blessing.
- Joneses to Colombia the gospel is given out, people come to Christ
But His blessings from the beginning had a
and are blessed with salvation, love, and hope
second component, which was passing the
Ministry Spotlight of eternal life, and in turn they share their
blessing on. In Genesis 1:22, after He had
- Jim2Romania blessings in Christ with others and on and
made the sea creatures and birds of the air,
on. It is always good to count our blessings
He blessed them and told them to be fruit-
and be reminded of and thankful for what
General Fund ful and multiply and in 1:28, when He made
God has done, but it is also a good reminder
man/woman, He did the same thing, and also
of how He has Blessed us to be a Blessing.
End of Year Giving in Chapter 9:1 to Noah and his sons. Then
in Chapter 12:2-3, when God called Abraham
Thank You to go where He would send him, He said, “I
will make you a great nation, and I will bless
Memorials you…and so you shall be a blessing.” He was
“Blessed to be a Blessing.”
www.drive-inministries.com All the way through Scripture, it appears
that when God blesses someone, part of the
P.O. Box 680250 In this FOCUS you can read about how many
Prattville, AL 36068 blessing is the ability to use the blessing to
blessings are blessing others and needs and
O 334.361.1660 bless others. In I Peter 3:9, Peter is exhorting
F 334.361.9578 ways you can continue blessing. May God
believers on Christian behavior and says, “…
bless you.
not returning evil for evil…but giving a bless-
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U.S. Reports
ALABAMA PROPERTY
Blessings of money for the soccer field fence have poured
in, fence posts are being set, and volunteers are preparing
to come and help our local few to get the fence up soon. The
difficult and prolonged effort to satisfy the Alabama Depart-
ment of Environmental Management (ADEM) storm-water
runoff /drainage requirements and fees have finally been
met and our civil engineer has filed for termination. Praise
the Lord! This, plus an extra rainy
summer, and an inability to satisfy
the city’s heritage tree replace-
ment requirements, means we
were not able to begin ministry on
the property this summer. Conse-
quently, our new goal is to com-
plete all requirements, including
finishing the second pavilion by
next spring. It is a blessing that we are able to work outside
during the winter and we believe around $20-25,000 will
be needed to finish all of these things. Please pray with us.
ALLEN NYE
Can you imagine having 199,200 colored lights all syn-
chronized to show a moving picture with a strong gospel
message? We have used this technology all over Florida,
Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama and people have re-
sponded to the gospel and trusted in Christ since this past
February! Several opportunities have opened up with this
technology that we did not expect. Before we could show
only movies at night and now, when it’s daylight, we can
just show up somewhere and start a five minute count-
down. This surprises people and draws them in to see what
will happen next. We do not necessarily need to print up
invitations and hand them out days before an event. I like
to call that aspect “surprise evangelism”. Apartment com-
plexes and recreation areas become great places to reach
people where they are. Churches have a new tool to reach
people they would not otherwise encounter.
Our LED screen can also
become a billboard to an-
nounce VBS or other spe-
cial events. Local parades
that include floats can be
a great place to advertise
a Church or a ministry. The
new possibilities are endless! It may take years for us to
explore all those opportunities God will open up!
Ministry Clips
ALABAMA: Unexpected Opportunity…Blessing?
The company/people in Florida that sold the LED panels,
etc. to Allen and helped in making that LED project happen
have a slightly smaller custom built LED screen (around
5’ x 10’) already mounted on a trailer and ready to use for
$15,000. This could be the next step in providing an LED
screen for the Alabama ministry. It is for sale to anyone so
pray for the Lord’s will, timing, and provision accordingly.
NIGERIA: Gospel Faith Mission International (GOFAM-
INT) Evangelist George Adeniyi
Bro. George and his teams continue to hold 2-3 day
film meetings each week in different areas with different
churches 40+ weeks a year.
Report for September 2018: 3 weeks, 3-day crusades, 3
districts. Meetings= 9 Attendance= 1989 Decisions= 261
COLOMBIA: Mission teams from Renacer Baptist
Church (Bogota) continue to travel to Ambalema and
other rural towns bi-weekly where they continue to make
disciples and prepare the way for church planting using
door-to-door evangelism, Bible studies, and mobile movie
evangelism.
INDIA: Our partner, New India Evangelistic Association
(NIEA) in southern India is still responding to the needs of
hundreds of thousands of people who lost loved ones and/
or whose homes were destroyed or damaged in the floods
which happened over a month ago. They are using the Mo-
bile Units to carry teams and supplies and to share the
gospel to these people who are now open to hear through
the outreach of love and help from the seminary students.
HAITI: Haiti is enduring the effects of yet another earth-
quake (Oct. 6). The most impoverished country in the
Western Hemisphere continues to be in desperate need both
physically and spiritually, yet we are still not able to send a Mo-
bile Unit to our Haiti partners who are ready and waiting to uti-
lize this Unit to help meet both needs. Please pray earnestly
for the Lord to Bless us with $5000.00 needed to complete
this Mobile Unit.
Beaumonts to Brazil
Hello from Chad and Cindy,
This summer God taught us so much. He has sustained us
through Chad’s pneumonia and atrial
fibrillation and my knee replacement
surgery. Even though we asked God
what is going on, He never left our
side. He assured us that our call to
missions is irrevocable. We are so
thankful for your prayers as we are
working on raising support, getting
our visas, and continuing to learn Portuguese.
Joneses to Colombia
Greetings from Stephen and Erika,
We have some very exciting news! Erika has been approved
for her green card and is now a permanent resident of the
United States of America! Praise the Lord! Now, she can
travel internationally again which means we have started mak-
ing preparations to return to
Colombia to go with Erika’s
home church to Ambalema to
do VBS, Drive-In, and door to
door evangelism. We are also
happy because we will finally
get to visit with Erika’s family for the first time in a year
and a half and celebrate Christmas with them. Please pray
for us as we continue to raise our monthly support and as
we begin raising funds for our plane tickets and Christmas
gifts for the kids who attend VBS in Ambalema. Please es-
pecially pray for our team as we minister to the people of
Ambalema!
General Fund
Thanks to many of you for being a blessing and some
being an additional blessing, the General Fund has in-
creased substantially, so much so that we are not in the
red as much now as we used to be. We are watching the
balance closely each month and chart ahead what ex-
penses are coming and pray and plan accordingly. We
are thankful to get to this point and pray that more people
will be able to be a monthly blessing to the General Fund
to get us to that regular positive balance mark. Like many
of you, we operate month by month by faith and love to
watch the Lord orchestrate His faithfulness.

Ministry Spotlight Jim2Romania

by Jim Morgan
God has done very amazing things this summer in Romania! He gave us a whole second team for 3-4 weeks. He pro-
vided money for them to operate. He has provided an American to operate the Timisoara team. He provided a pastor to
request a screen, and within the first 3 weeks of it being on his van,
he showed the movie about Jesus 11 times! He provided a helper for
me who can operate the team without my help! We plan for 4 teams
next summer! Narcys who ran our team 2 this year will operate all
summer next year with the help of the loan of a van from the organi-
zation his brother Daniel manages! The photo shows Narcys, Dan-
iel, and the van! We need a new audio system for the team, screen,
and projector, about $6000 dollars. Please pray with us about this
expense which we need by May, 2019. God is working in Romania!
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