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Ministry Greetings
We greet you with great blessings from above in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We are excited about the plan of God for you all as the year 2011 ends and a new chapter is opened in the book of your life for 2012. We know that the plan of God is good as He has plans to prosper us and not to harm us. Whatever you were found to be lacking in 2011 we pray that you will receive in fullness in 2012. Our God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think. Let us approach 2012 with great expectations for what God will do on our behalf. We are praying that God will perfect that which concerns you in 2012. May previously unfulfilled desires come to pass during this year.

Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: Philippians 1:6

The Missionary Family

Things have been going well, and we have been really busy. I, Jason, had been travelling until the 4th of Nov. We had the birth of our 4th child, our 3rd boy, Jehoadah John Daugherty on 21 Nov. and he weighed approx. 5 lbs. 13 oz. Then December started our month of celebrations. Diang had her birthday on 13 Dec. but we wont say how young she is. Then on 16 Dec. we celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary, so we were blessed with 4 children in our first six years of marriage. Then on 17 Dec. we celebrated Shemaiahs 4th birthday. He was excited to get a Woody Cake. He has become fascinated with cowboys recently. Then of course Christmas is always an exciting time of the year especially when you have a lot of young children. After that we celebrated my birthday on 28 Dec. Of course we wont go into my age as well, but we know that Eternal Life is

youth life, full and abundant life. The children also started their winter vacation from school. Here instead of summer vacation, we have winter vacation. The kids ended school in Nov. and will be going back to school on 27 Feb. Both Elishua and Shemaiah did well in school, and Shemaiah especially improved so much. Tehilah is turning 2 in January. She loves the song Jesus Loves Me. Even when we say something to correct her, she says, Jesus Loves Me!

With great joy we present the pictures of our newest son, Jehoadah John Daugherty. He was born on Nov. 21, 2011.

Beautiful Living
Ecclesiastes 3:11 He hath made everything beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

Ministry: U.S., Singapore, Indonesia, India

It was during this quarter of ministry that I had the opportunity to minister in the US at our home church there, Blood Bought Church. It was difficult being away from the family, but I got to see them and spend a couple of days with them in October before heading onward to Singapore and Indonesia. In Singapore, I met with some of the staff of Rhema Singapore to discuss the upcoming school year in Shillong, and to learn how their School of Ministry (SOM) program is run. It was time well spent and an excellent opportunity to see the plan for implementing a similar program in Shillong. During my time in Singapore I also was blessed to be able to spend some time together with my cousin, Jason Betler, and his family. He has been living in Singapore and ministering mostly in Southeast Asia. His ministry is The Nations Hope. He showed me great hospitality, and was able to also help me find my way around Singapore. I am very grateful for him, his family, and the work that they are doing for God in this part of the world. You can check them out on the web at www.nationshope.org I left Singapore and headed to Indonesia to meet my friends Steve and Detty Laidlow. There they have an excellent work going as they are ministering to many different people groups throughout the Jakarta area. They have an international church, a Bible school, and various outreaches. I ministered for them in a variety of ways for the 9 days that I was there. I preached in the church, and taught in the Bible School. I also helped out in a radio broadcast, and was able to minister to people living under the overpass. Steve and Detty are doing a great work, and have a great staff of gospel workers. You can check them out on the web at http://acorn-int-min.org,

This is our Papaya tree loaded with fruit. We just threw some seeds and up came the tree. This is about the 4th year of production from this tree. Although many times others have enjoyed our papayas.

A Teaching From Gods Word The Vision for Harvest

Jesus has a vision for the world, and it is a vision for the harvest of souls. We can see this vision from the beginning, but more specifically revealed from the time of Abraham to the time of Jesus to the time in which we are living. The vision remains the same, and it is a vision that Jesus imparted to his disciples. The vision focuses around Jesus and that through Him all the families of the earth shall be blessed. That is, as many as received Him to them He gave power to become the sons of God even to those that believe on His Name. So today in the church one of the foremost needs is that Gods people will receive a vision from God for the harvest of the souls of the earth. We know that this is a pressing desire in Gods heart. That God Himself is waiting for this harvest, and that Jesus is waiting for the harvest, after which He will return.

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest (John 4:35).
I find it interesting the kind of wording that Jesus used here. I see this as Jesus imparting vision to his disciples. He wants them to see what He sees.
Page 2 Top: Children presentation during Christmas service at Bible Believing Church, Shillong. Bottom: Diang and kids in front of the Umiam Dam.

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Look on the fields. Jesus wants them to get a vision for the harvest. Jesus wanted them to know also that the harvest began at that time. The harvest is now, and we are the laborers in the harvest. The church is responsible to bring in the precious fruit of the earth, the souls of men. What are you seeing today? If you are not seeing the harvest, then God wants to impart to you a vision for reaching the souls of men. This is the vision that God had given to Abraham.

fields were white unto harvest. Then after His resurrection, He commissioned them in line with this vision.

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned (Mark 16:15,16).
This is the vision and mission of the church. The vision is for the harvest throughout the whole world, and the mission is reaching them with the saving message of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The promise that God made to Abraham is being fulfilled through Jesus Christ in our day. We are colaborers together with Him. As the gospel goes out into all the world the blessing of God that accompanies the gospel goes out into all the world. The blind see, the deaf hear, the lame walk, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached unto them. If the harvest is going to come in then we are going to have to be diligent laborers in the harvest of God. Just as the farmer knows that the fruit doesnt come in by itself, the church must know that the harvest is not going to come in by itself.

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed (Gen. 12:1-3).
Abraham had a promise from God that in him all the families of the earth would be blessed. We know that this promise was passed onto Abrahams seed.

And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice (Gen. 22:18).
That is, in Abrahams seed all the families of the earth would be blessed. Finally, we have the fulfillment of that promise in the person of Jesus Christ. That the Savior of the world has accomplished a victory that in Him all the families of the earth are qualified for Gods great blessing. Only through Jesus all the peoples of the earth are redeemed and reconciled to God.

But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come (Mark 4:29).
Many times we sit in the church expecting all the unbelievers of the world to just come in and join us. This is not how we bring in the harvest. The harvest requires us to work out in the field. This means that we must be busy about the vision of God for the earth today. That vision is a world vision, with the harvest being the souls of men. God is not willing for any man to perish. God wants all the families of the earth to be blessed by receiving His Son Jesus Christ. When we lose our vision for the harvest we must reevaluate our ministries and our focus. Of course our focus should be Christ and our ministries should be impacting others with the good news of Jesus Christ that we ourselves have received. If I accomplish what I have purposed in this teaching it is to give you a renewed awareness of the vision that God has for the harvest, and to give you a renewed sense of the urgency that the church needs to have in fulfilling this vision and mission in our day. From my own experience, many things can distract us from this vision and mission of the church. Even good things can come in as distractions. We need to be renewed unto the importance that God has placed on this vision and mission for the church and to be found in step and diligent in seeing that we leave nothing out for fulfilling our part in reaping the harvest.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: (Eph. 1:3)
In Christ God has blessed all the families of the earth. So what is left for all the families of the earth to be blessed, but to be in Christ. The blessing came through Abraham and his seed, and we know from the writings of Paul in the book to the Galatians that the seed is Christ. Therefore how will the people of the earth be blessed without knowing Jesus. It is in the relationship with the Father through Jesus Christ that we become partakers of the blessing that God had given to faithful Abraham. And that means that the people of the earth need to hear the gospel (good news) of Jesus Christ. The need for the hour then is that the church will see the vision of God for reaching throughout all the earth with the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, in order to bring in the harvest for which God is waiting. Jesus imparted the vision to the disciples while He was with them. He allowed them to see that the
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Rhema Shillong
We are rapidly approaching the start of our charter class of Rhema Shillong. The details are being worked out and it seems that the school will start its charter class sometime in July 2012. We will be receiving applications soon. Also we have a conference planned in March to introduce the school, and to begin to advertise the start of the school. For those of you in Shillong look for advertisements concerning the conference and the start of the school. The school will initially be offered only in an English curriculum. We will begin receiving and processing applications for this coming school year after the conference. We also hope to have the Rhema Shillong web page up soon. When it is finished you will be able to check us out on the web at www.rhemashillong.org.

Prayer Requests & Praise Reports

Jason & Diang Daugherty c/o Robekha Khongwir, Riatsamthiah Bl-2, Shillong 793001, Meghalaya, India Phone: (91) 908-906-0083 Fax: (91) 364-224-3105 5. E-Mail:
churchofthefirstbornad@yahoo.com

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Pray for increase in every good gift enabling us to abound more and more toward every good work. Pray for understanding the plan of God and His timing. Pray for boldness to preach the Word. We praise God for His protection upon Jason as he travelled to various places. We praise God for His provision all along the way, that we never lack the things for which we have need. God is faithful. We praise God for answering our prayers giving us wisdom to deal with all the affairs of living in two countries at the same time.

1 Corinthians 9:14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

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USA Correspondence Rev. Jason Daugherty 5593 Saltsburg Road Murrysville, PA 15668 Phone: 724-787-5321

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Financial Support
Once again we are deeply grateful to every person who gives into this ministry. And we know that your faithfulness to give enables us to fulfill the vision that God has placed in our hearts. Thank you. Please send all financial support to the correspondence address at the right. Remember to make checks payable to Blood Bought Church and in the memo portion please include Missions/Daughertys. Financial Support Only: Blood Bought Church 4485 Old William Penn Hwy. Murrysville, PA 15668 Memo: Missions/Daughertys In His Purpose, Jason, Diang, Elishua, Shemaiah, Tehilah & Jehoadah Daugherty

The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus will liberate you

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