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Source of Light Ministries International

Summer 2008

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

4 News & Views rom the General Director

by Bill Shade

5 Observations rom the Director Emeritus

by Glenn Dix

6 Overcoming Obstacles in . . . Congo by Brian Trapp

8 Prisoner or Lie: Free in the Land o the Lord!

by Pavel Greucean

10 Nationals That Make a Dierence . . . Haile Selassie

and Tsedale Teera by Ben Watson

11 SLM Materials

13 Destinations

14 Madison Discipleship School by Bob Hearing

15 People You Need to Know Joe and Nita Certainby Rosina Brandon

16 Reorganization in India by Bill Shade

18 Update: China Printing Project by Pat Dye

20 A Giant Has Fallen by Ray Walker

21 Prayer & Praise

22 Milestones / In Loving Memory

23 Heavenly Treasures Sent Ahead

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Source o Light is engaged in aworldwide literature ministry. Formany years it has been meetingthe spiritual needs o multipliedthousands through Bible studylessons and other literature. Les-sons are distributed by the Inter-national Headquarters in Madi-son, Georgia, and its DiscipleshipTraining Branches and AssociateDiscipleship Schools throughoutthe world.

A brochure, Discipleship Train-ing Using SLM International BibleLessons, is available that explainsthe various plans through whichthe courses may be used by oth-er qualifed ministries.

Representatives, Missionaries,

and Appointees o Source oLight are available to present theministry and its needs to church-es, missionary conerences, andother groups. Contact the SLMPublic Relations ofce or sched-uling.

For inormation on any o theministries o SLM, please contactus.

The Reaper

Summer 2008

The Reaperis published by Source of Light

Ministries International, Inc. and is sent free of

charge to anyone requesting it. Write or call to

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SLM International1011 Mission Road

Madison, Georgia 30650

Phone: 706.342.0397

Fax: 706.342.9072

E-mail: [email protected]

Web Site: w ww.sourcelight.org

The Reaper

Editor: Billie Will

Graphic Design: Marianne Rosenberger

Prepress: SLM Publications

Production: SLM Printing

Board of Directors

D. Lowry, Chairman

L. Valentine, Vice Chairman

Daniel De Jong, Secretary

E.B. Sho, Treasurer

J.C. Carter D r. G.S. Palmer

Dr. R.J. Sans Dr. B.H. Struthers

Administrative Council

Dr. B. Shade, General Director

R.R. Walker, Chief Financial Ocer

J. Strausbaugh, Director of Human Resources

G.P. Busenitz, Director of OperationsE. Brandon, Director of Public Relations

B. Watson, Director of Field Ministries

R.R. Walker, Director of Printing Operations

About the Front Cover Photo:

This waterfall is in the country ofRomania as is the article, Prisoner for Life: Free in the Land of theLord! on pages 8-9.

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It is good to remember Gods

good hand with us. In Luke 16:25,

the Word says . . . Son, remember.

. . . There have been several

recent activities that brought

back memories o the dear Lords

gracious dealing, leading, and

blessing.

In December, Joyce and I

reected on our 54 years o servicewith Source o Light. God has

wonderully provided or us and

or this aith ministry as it has

expanded beyond what we or other

members could have imagined in

those early years. Some o you,

our readers, have been used o

God to help, by encouragement o

prayer, support, communication,

and advice. To God be the glory or

the souls saved; the Word o God

through Bible lessons distributed,

now in 144 languages with more

translations in process; disciples

made; and many churches planted.

I have been reminded o our

Director, Dr. Bill Shades frst

message to us, The best is yet to

be, and have praised God with

ull heart as the reports indicate

new lessons, languages, countries,

methods, and technology or Gods

Good News.

Other memories are o the

passing o dear missionary riends

with SLM. One was my brother-

in-law, Don Nabinger, who went

to be with the Lord last year. I had

great respect and appreciation orhis pioneer missionary work in the

rugged Yukon village work, and

later as he used our adapted Bible

lessons to reach souls in many

villages. Another, Mel Sheppard

just went to be with the Savior he

loved. It was my great privilege

to pray weekly with Mel in Cam

Thompsons prayer room, and to

travel and minister with him here

and in other countries.

Recently it has been my

privilege to visit churches that use

our Bible lessons or door-to-door

evangelism, neighborhood Bible

studies, Sunday school and prayer

meeting study, and prison ministry.

So Son, remember is not just or

past blessings, but or what God is

doing right now. Praise His Name!4

Marks Gospel, chapter 6, records

Jesus eeding o the fve thousand

and what then ollowed. Jesus sent

his disciples by boat to Bethsaida,

while he retired to the mountain to

pray. As darkness settled, a violent

storm ensued and the disciples

were in the middle o the sea. It is at

that point that the Scripture startles

us with this poignant statement, He

saw them.

The sea o Galilee has a

circumerence o thirty-three miles

and is thirteen miles long and eight

miles wide. It is impossible to see

even a large ship on a clear day in

the middle o the sea. Yet in the

blackest o nights, in the midst o

the storm, Jesus not onlysawthem,

but saw their desperation, toiling in

rowing. And He came to their aid,

walking on the waves in the midst o

the storm.

Around the world today, in India,

in Sudan, in Indonesia, in China,

in North Korea, and in a growing

number o lesser known places,

there swirls a thick, dark storm cloud

o persecution which surrounds the

people o God. It is now believed that

there have been more martyrs in this

generation than in all preceding ones

together. We oten orget, because

those who are suering are aceless.

We do not see them we cannot

know them. But there is One, who

assures us that it is not so with Him.

And He saw them . . .may be written

over the lie o every suering saint.

In the Old Testament, the

wandering Hagar discovered that

God had His eye on her as she sat

by the well Lahi-roi, meaning thewell o Him that liveth and seeth me

(Genesis 16:14). He is the same

today. He is alive and He sees. And

when He sees He comes to meet us

in our suerings and trials.

Western Christianity has known

little o the suering endured by

the rest o the world, and thus we

easily lose the awareness o our

need or His presence. But suering

and persecution is nearer thanwe think. Enmity and contempt or

Christ and His people is increasing

exponentially in this country and in

Europe. Secular humanism as well

as radical Islam present a clear and

present danger. But o this we may

be assured, that no matter what our

situation may be, He will see us,

know our struggles, and in a manner

beftting our need, will come walking

on the waves to our aid.


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It was said that it couldnt be done.

How can a ministry be conducted chiey

through volunteers in a country wherethe national average yearly income was

estimated by the World Bank in 2005 to

be $120 (40 cents a day)?

Most people in the city rely on public

transport to get rom place to place and

it is not ree to ride in those taxis or

buses. How would these volunteers

aord to pay or their transport? Not

only the cost o the transport was to

be considered, but also the struggle toget that transport. Kinshasa is a city

o over fve million people and the

transportation system is not adequate

to meet the needs. One has to oten

wait or hours and then fght to get a

seat in the overly crowded run-down

vehicle. Who would go through all that

to carry Bible lessons back and orth

rom our ofce to students all over the

city? No one, unless it was someonecommitted to carrying out the Great

Commission o our Lord Jesus Christ

(Matthew 28:19-20).

One must understand that Kinshasa,

the capital o the Democratic Republic

o the Congo, doesnt have a properly

unctioning postal system. Even i it

was unctioning, most o the population

could not aord to use it.

So, i a Bible correspondence

program was going to work, the lessons

would have to be hand delivered.

In 2000, Brian and Gwenda Trapp

began a Source o Light Associate

Discipleship School in Kinshasa.

Using a small laundry room as an

ofce, they hired one worker, Alain

Elembo, to process the French lessons.

Alain was a committed Christian and

worked through the lessons eagerly.He passed the news onto his riends

and people began coming to the

ofce to pick up lessons or riends,

amily, work associates, churches, and

military buddies. Soon, there were

people waiting outside the ofce, all

volunteers, to collect their lessons and

take them to their mission felds.

Kings Source o Light Congo,

by Brian Trapp

One of our volunteer couriers who hand-delivers

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now a Discipleship Training Branch

o Source o Light Ministries

International in Madison, will celebrate

its 8th anniversary this year. Vadette

Nlandu, a national Congolese, directs

the ministry with a board o national

directors. They have enrolled 6,950students, and 160 o these students have

reported that they have received Christ

through doing the lessons. Kings

Source o Light Congo is an ofcially

recognized non-proft organization

in the Congo and will complete the

purchase o its own property this year.

The ministry has recently partnered

with Missionary Aviation Fellowship,

who has agreed to take lessons intoareas where they y regularly in the

interior o the Congo. Volunteers

traveling into neighboring countries

have also brought new students to the

ministry rom Rwanda and Congo

Brazzaville.

The biggest challenge we now ace

is keeping up with our volunteers. We

have the laborers, but we are having a

hard time keeping up with the supply

o lessons. Please pray that God will

keep our shelves stocked with lessons

so that students will not have to wait

to do lessons. We currently have 500

students on waiting lists.

A soldier recently wrote to share

this testimony: I was attending anArican traditional cult. God met me

through the Bible lessons. Since that

time, I decided to stop attending that

cult. I surrendered my heart to God.

Now I can read the Bible, watch and

listen to the Christian TV and radio

programs which I couldnt do beore.

Another student wrote to say:Beore, I was a tough guy. I was not

able to attend church service. These

lessons have changed my lie. Even

my neighbors noticed the dierence in

me. I am now a deacon.

It was said that it couldnt be

done, but God has done it! For with

God nothing shall be impossible

(Luke 1:37).

Two of the ministry volunteers in front of thecomplex that houses our office.

A school student sits on the sidewalk near theKings office, doing her next Bible lesson.


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As a waterfall cannot stop a river in its way toward the

sea, no prison can stop those who seek God with all theirhearts to return to Him, confesses Adrian Stroe, a prisoner

for life in a maximum security penitentiary in Romania.

After he completed all the

correspondence courses with lots of

dedication, he continued to keep in

touch with his spiritual mentors, day

by day wishing to learn, to understand

the Word of God and more of salvation.From the moment he received Jesus as

Lord and Savior, everyone around him

saw a radical change in his life a

change for the better in his character

and his behavior (which had been

really aggressive before).

In 2002, Adrian had the initiative of starting a Christian

magazine, which he name Emanuel. He worked hardon that. His passion for Jesus culminated in the year of

2006, when he published a book, Free in the Land of the

Lord. In the book, he writes with lots of talent, giving his

testimony of repentance, and essays about the new life in

Christ that he is presently living.

I live, now lled with aith that our Lord made each

and every one o us on the road o lie, leaving us ree

by Pavel Greucean

Becausehappiness. . . is a

state ofpeace its a

matter ofchoosing.

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to think and to choose i we will give Him our lie. I

I would have had a spiritual leader, to show me the

way o God while I was a child, I am very condent

that my lie would not have ailed in such suering

and painul loneliness, in which I have orever lost

the greatest and holiest git: reedom. I come rom a

amily where I received a chosen education, but the

years spent in school did not teach me to get closer to

aith in our heavenly Father, and now I greatly regret

the time I have lost.

It is crazy to meditate on happiness, when you are

a convict . . . And its very daring to try to give a

denition o happiness when youre surrounded by

high walls, cold bars, locks, and guards . . . when

you are araid o everything and you are not sure

o anything . . . but still try to think about things

that can fy over the walls, that can ignore the locks,

and the guards the obvious looks, and even your

own conscience which cruelly points a nger at you.

Think beautiul! And what can be more beautiul

than trying to dene happiness! Do it rom your own

view, with your own words; it could be a masterpiece

that could make your lie more beautiul. Because

happiness . . . is a state o peace its a matter o

choosing.

Adrians testimony encourages us to preserve the service

that we were called to, because the correspondence

ministry can bring the Light of the Gospel, salvation and

freedom to anyone anywhere: both to those that are

free, but dont appreciate their freedom, and to those

who, because of the abuse that they have done, live the

rest of their lives behind bars.

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by Ben Watson

Who hath saved us, and called

us . . . according to his own purposeand grace . . .(2 Timothy 1:9). This verseadequately sums up the story of HaileSelassie Tefera and his wife, Tsedale.

Born and reared in Christian homesin Ethiopia, both Haile and Tsedalecame to know Jesus as personalSavior when they were teenagers.Haile relates that the complete changein his sisters life after she became a

Christian convinced him he shoulddo the same and so, at the age ofseventeen, he trusted Christ as HisSavior. At the University of Ethiopia,Haile met and later married Tsedale.

In 1990, Haile received anopportunity to immigrate to the UnitedStates, where he hoped to achieve the

American dream. He was eventuallyable to own a home, a car, and

everything he and his family wanted.He says that during those years, Godwas shut up in a closet and once ina while he would open the door andtalk to Him. Otherwise, he didnt giveGod any time in his life. But that allchanged.

In 2004, former SLM director,Glenn Dix, met Haile and later Tsedale.Learning that they were Christians,

Glenn brought Haile to see the ministryof Source of Light. When he saw thecourses and realized the powerfulimpact they could have on the countryof Ethiopia, Haile expressed a desireto financially support a Branch office in

Addis Ababa. Haile thought they wouldlive in America and support the ministry

in Ethiopia, but God had other ideas.On a trip to Ethiopia in 2006, East

Africa director, Jack Stiles, challengedHaile to consider returning to Ethiopiato direct the ministry there. Hisimmediate reaction was, No way.This all changed as Haile began toobserve how God was using him topromote the ministry in Ethiopia

When Haile returned home, he

asked Tsedale if she would like toreturn to Ethiopia as a missionary, andshe replied, God has been talking tome about that in my prayer time.

The Tefera family, including theirthree daughters, plan to return toEthiopia in July. Pray for their remain-ing support needs of approximately$1,500 per month, as they begin thisvital work in Ethiopia.

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Nothing reveals who God is and

His care or us more than a

study o His names as recorded

in Scripture and no one is

more qualifed to teach

this subject than Dr. Hap

Struthers. Dr. Struthers

has been presenting The

Names o God series,now called Intimacy With

God, or over 20 years

to audiences all over the

world, and the eect has

been truly lie-changing.

Now SLM is making thistremendous series, flmed

beore a live audience,

available on DVD. Over

eight hours o thrillingexposition. You can own

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I AM GOD appears thirty-

seven times in eight chapters of

Leviticus (Chapter 18-25). God

was establishing His authority

for expecting certain conduct of

His people. It is a good reminderfor us in the Madison Discipleship

School for Gods authority in our

lives and those of the students.

For some time, the active student enrollment has been on a

fat line, but we have seen a blip on the chart that indicates

the school has come to life and on the increase. This is due in a

large part to the students enrolling their friends.

We have seen an increase in the personnel. We thank God

for four new people that have joined the team. I was asked to

take over the leadership of the Madison Discipleship School

last August. My wife, Wanda, is also a full-time volunteer. InSeptember, Joe and Nita Certain joined us as volunteers with

the prison ministry. Joe came with a background of advising

prisoners how to live for the Lord.

With this growth, it has put pressure on the staff because of

space limitations. Increased expenditures and the need of

additional volunteers. Perhaps you should join the SLM Team.

The words of God through Leviticus are still true.I AM GOD.

by Bob Hearing

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Have you ever felt like a loser?

Well, that was the state of mind Nita

was in when she joined the navy

and became a nurse. There she met

Joe Certain. Less than two monthsafter they were married, the Navy

shipped Joe to Scotland. Shortly

after that, Nita got out of the Navy

and joined him there. She settled

in Dunoon, Scotland, to make my

sailor a happy life, but somethinghappened to her one day while Joe

was at the ship.

Nita sat down at her living room

table, a Bible was in her hand, one

maybe left by a former tenant? Asshe opened it, the words God is

not mocked: for whatsoever a man

soweth, that shall he also reap

(Galatians 6:7), spoke to her. That

day her hungry heart responded as

she wept tears of repentance. That

night Joe returned to a changed

home . . . and a changed wife. Her

persistent testimony soon prompted

him to also follow the Lord Jesus.

Nitas zeal to tell others about

Jesus motivated her to begin

ministering to Scottish children,

giving them hope in Jesus. She and

Joe teamed in ministry, reaching

many through Billy Graham flmsand Bible studies.

Georgia became their home when

God revealed a new plan for them.

They sold their home, bought an RV,

and set out to fnd a need and fll

it. Their travels have taken them

to Child Evangelism Fellowship,

Warrenton, Missouri, and Wycliffe

headquarters in Orlando, Florida.They have been active in Campers

on Mission for several years.A few months ago, a large RV

turned into SLM parking lot. Two

people came in and with a hearty

greeting said, Were the Certains, full-

time mission ministry volunteers!

What a joy to have servants so willing

to go anywhere, at any given moment,

to serve Christ! Madison Discipleship

School is growing. They have been a

tremendous help, grading lessons and

sharing Bible truths with students.Their enthusiasm and excitement over

what God is doing in a life is evidentevery day. Were glad theyre here!

Two military veterans never

would have thought they wouldultimately become soldiers of the

cross! Is it possible that you, too,

should be flling a slot at SLM?

If you have questions, please call

706.342.0397 and ask for Judy.

by Rosina Brandon


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by Bill Shade

When, in the course of humanevents, it becomes necessaryfor one people to dissolve the bondswhich have connected them withanother . . . Not pleasant words,but, in the nature o the case,necessary. So begins the documentthat changed the course o historyon this continent and created theland o liberty we enjoy today.

There are times that suchaction is still called or and

that time came or SLM in relationto our ormer partnership withAJI India. Ater years o trying tocorrect the problems in the centraloce, SLM decided to terminatethat relationship in January othis year. But the problems wereat the administrative level - theworkers and evangelists o AJI

were all doing an outstanding job. Scores o churches planted,hundreds o souls saved, yet wewere orced by biblical principleto take the action we did.

God is always previous andHe was certainly previous

in this matter. No sooner had wetaken the action o separationrom AJI than the Zonal Leaders

contacted us, asking to come with

SLM and continue their ministryunder our direction. Tat meantresignation rom AJI, and italso meant a huge step o aithinvolving support, properties,and more. But so serious were theproblems they elt compelled totake that step.

For SLM to be able to aidthem in a oreign country,

we have to have registration withthe Government as a religiousorganization, or a partnershipwith an existing nationalorganization. Again, God wasprevious. Seven years ago, I had

helped a ormer student romBharat Bible College establish an

Christudas and Dr. Shade

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organization called Goodnews orAll People, or GAP. SLM has beenworking with that organization orseveral years now on a peripherallevel. In January, I ew to Indiaand met with the GAP board andDirector, Rev. Christudas Earla.

Te result o that meeting was anew partnership, known as SLM/GAP.

On February 9, the ZonalLeaders aced the AJI Board

and leadership and presentedthem with their resignations enmass. As o this writing, everyleader rom every zone in India has joined with us. Tat means that

all o the pastors, evangelists, andworkers and all o the churchesunder their direction are nowdirectly underthe SLM banner and there issuch a spirit oexpectation andreedom as musthave been presentwhen that frstd o c u m e n twas signed inPhiladelphia in1776.

But ahead othe signers

o that document was a long anddicult struggle and each o usinvolved in this action knows that

ahead o us is the same. Some lookto the possibility o losing theirhomes, their church buildings,and more. But they count it worththe price to honor God and do theright thing. We here at SLM nowace the challenge o a budget o

$10,000 per month a budget orwhich we are in no way prepared.But God has been previous in allelse, and He will not ail us now.

We will return to Indiabeore you read this article

and begin the process o totalreorganization or the greatestadvance o the Gospel we haveever made on that continent.

Please pray or us pray orthese men, these leaders, andthose who serve under them. Pray

or wisdom and vision as we chartthe course o a new day in India,and pray that God will meet theirneeds by meeting ours.

SLM India Team


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What happens to trees and houseroofs and other buildings

during hurricane season in Florida?They are uprooted and damaged ordestroyed. Why? Because they werenot firmly grounded, or establishedon a secure and sure foundation.

Since 2005, it has been the goalof SLM to provide doctrinally

sound Bible study materials toMainland China. The purpose has

been that Chinese churches would be

established in their faith. Our hopeis built on nothing less than Jesus

blood and righteousness is as truefor our brothers and sisters in Chinaas it is for us here in America. Nothingelse but a firm understanding ofthe living Word of God will providestability and security to the believer.

Mass distributions of SLMliterature characterized 2005-

2006, with just a few testimoniesreceived about the impact of theliterature. In 2007, the focus shiftedto more specific distributions andthe testimonies and reports arethrilling. One missionary pastor wasso impressed by the SLM coursesthat he began using them in all his

growing churches. He reported thatthe new believers were delighted

to have a book like ours tocarry with them to church.He taught a Sunday eveningBible class using SLMsNew

Life in Christ 1 course. Hehas requested 6,000 of the New

Life in Christ 2 course, to teach his

congregations. Praise the Lord!

In another large city, two men haveorganized an extensive network of

church fellowship groups that havetargeted colleges and universities 65% of their church members arestudents. Most are new believers.In mid-2007, SLM was delighted toprovide 500 copies of the New Lifein Christ 1 to follow up these new

believers. By the end of the year, thefellowships had grown to over 700members, so the leaders requested,and SLM provided them with 1,000copies of New Life in Christ 2. It isour great joy to partner with theseChinese church planters.

In 2008, SLM will be expanding itsministry into other areas of China.

For this expansion, we will need

$5,000 to print more Bible courses. Along with the explosive growth ofthe Church in China, there has beena proliferation of cults and variousexotic religions that masqueradeas biblical Christianity. So peopleunderstand the difference, we needto continue to publish and distribute

books that contain solid Bibleteaching. Remember that we can

by Pat Dye

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print a 12-lesson Bible course (boundtogether in one small volume) for just25 cents per book. Your gift of $250

will provide 1,000 Bible courses tobelievers in China. Will you join withus in establishing the Chinese churchon the Solid Rock? Please earmark

your gift: China Printing Project.

Does the number 8-08-08

mean anything to you? No? It

has great meaning to the almost

eight million Chinese people who

will visit Beijing or the Summer

Olympics. It is the starting date

o the Games to be conducted in

China rom August 8-25. Will yoube attending? Is your answer No

again? That can be changed!

In response to a request rom

our Chinese brethren, SLMhas published a very attractive

Olympic souvenir booklet in the

Chinese language to be distributed

during the Games. The booklet

includes inormation about the

Olympics and a place to write

in new records. The heart o the

booklet is a beautiul presentation

o the Gospel, called Who is

Jesus Christ? Hundreds oChinese people are poised, readyto distribute the souvenir booklets.

Our goal is to complete the

printing o 100,000 booklets and

to get them into the hands o the

distributors by June.

Each booklet, with 4-color

cover, will cost just 33 cents toproduce. For an investment o $330,

you can provide 1,000 booklets tobe given to Chinese who have never

heard the Gospel o Jesus Christ.

Ask God what He would have you

to do to reach the goal of $33,000or Beijing 2008! Earmark your

git, Beijing Olympic Project,

and send to SLM, 1011 Mission

Road, Madison, Georgia 30650.

Thank you!

The printing facility that God has raised upto print our SLM materials


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Alternative Media is working

toward having a couple o our Biblecourses online beore the year

ends. More courses are available in

Braille and large print. Pray or this

exciting area o ministry.

Pray or Brian and Gwenda

Trapp, and their two daughters,

SLM Congo, who are in the United

States on a six-month urlough.

Pan American Testament

League, directed by Dell

Thompson, has had the able

assistance o SLM missionary,

Mel Sheppard, or 46 years. Pray

that God will provide the help they

need since Mels Homegoing in

January.

Daniel Sappor, SLM Ghana,

will continue deputation here in

the United States until October.Pray that God will provide the

fnancial needs to continue their

rural school projects, and the radio

Bible studies. These ministries

reach many Muslims in that needy

country.

Pray or saety or SLM

workers in the many countries that

are war-torn and where persecution

is prevalent. People are searching

or answers and Christ is that

answer.

Praise the Lord or His

care and provision or Penny

Homontowski. Joe and Penny

are SLM Canada Directors andwhen they came to Maryland to

visit amily or Christmas, Penny

had a near heart attack. Without

medical insurance in the United

States, emergency heart surgerycould be a big problem. But God

undertook! Huge discounts were

given rom the medical providers

and Gods people sent gits to take

care o the rest.

A Cambodian Army General

received a bilingual Khmer/English

New Lie in Christ, course 1, and

because o the help it was to him,

he wants 2,000 more to distributeto others in the army camps.

Our Volunteer Workers,

whether local and coming on a

regular basis, or rom a distance and

coming or a specifc period o time,

are such an encouragement to us as

they assist in the heavy work load o

the various departments o SLM.

We are grateul or our Pre-

Field missionaries and look orward

to the time when the Lord provides

their fnancial needs so that they

can work with us ull-time.

The Administrators and

Board o Directors o SLM seek

Gods wisdom and direction

or this expanding world-wide

ministry. Praise the Lord or theiruntiring leadership and direction.

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Brother Mel, as many knew him, willbe greatly missed. After joining Sourceof Light, he was appointed to workwith Pan American Testament League,

where he served for 46 years. AfterBrother Cam Thompson went to be withthe Lord in 1961, his wife, Sister Dell,carried on the work, ably assisted byMel Sheppard. Faithful, diligent, andhumble are some of the words used todescribe him. He was a man of Godwith a servants heart and a real man ofprayer. A number have spent much timein seasons of prayer with him, inspiringthem beyond their natural inclinationin this area. Many called upon him forspecial prayer and counsel.

Brother Mel had many open doors as a preacher of the Word of God.He had a good pastoral ministry, counseling with those who called,wrote, or came by. He was a dear brother and friend to many.

Mel served as secretary for PATL, responsible for preparing newsletters for mailing, as well as the packaging and sending out of Bibles andother materials. He also was adept as bookkeeper for the organization.He acted as chauffeur for Mrs. Thompson when she was unable to drive.

Other responsibilities included correspondence, ordering Bibles andGospels in many languages, and making arrangements for the Gospel

distributions in many countries. This included over 200 contacts aroundthe world for ministry opportunities.

When a giant tree is cut down out of the forest, it makes room for thegrowth and development of the younger trees, enabling them to reachtheir potential. Brother Mel (or maybe someone close and dear to youto whom you looked for strength and help) is no longer here for thosewho looked to, or depended on him. Maybe the Lord wants you to followMels example and become a stalwart of the faith; a person of faith andprayer, who walks close to God and is able to be a help and guide toothers in their time of need. For thou art the glory of their strength: andin thy favor our horn shall be exalted(Psalm 89:17).

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Gifts received in memory of:

Louis Crank by Mrs. Frances L. Crank

Sue Forte by Mrs. Carolyn K. Pasquarello

Sue Matthews by Ms. Eleanor C. Marzullo

Morris Messmore by Mrs. Mary Esther Messmore

Mel Murawski by Rev. & Mrs. Dennis D. MurawskiMr. & Mrs. Wayne Murawski

Mrs. H. Adele Newell

Ken Samuelson by Mrs. Valeda J. Samuelson

Bill & Julia Scifres by Mrs. Carole Schwab

Mel Sheppard by Clarkston High School Class of 1954

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas RochonMr. & Mrs. James Francis Rodgers

Rev. Walter G. Sandell

Glen Ward, Jr. by Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Ingalsbe

Bob Wilkins by Mr. & Mrs. ODonell TrumperMrs. Catherine L. Wesenberg

Gifts received in honor of:

Marjorie Hall by Mrs. Catherine H. Blacksher

John and Susan Cranmer began

their ministry with SLM International

in December, 1972. Over the years,

John and Susan have been involved in various areas of SLMs ministry.

Presently, John is print shop clerk and responsible for submitting orders

for materials to be printed, and is also in charge of inventory control

for all lessons and literature printed. Susan is secretary for the Field

Ministries Department. Along with secretarial work, she spends manyhours a day tracking the ministry of our Discipleship Training Branches.

We at Source of Light commend John and Susan for 35 years of faithful

service.

An Investment of:

Wills

Grants

StockInsurance

Can result in . . .

Souls Saved

Churches Planted

Lessons DistributedDiscipleship Training

Worldwide

For inormation, please contact: Ray Walker, Source o Light Minis-

tries International. Phone 800.776.1207 or 706.342.0397, or e-mail

[email protected]. We will gladly answer your questions without

cost or obligation. All inormation will be kept in strictest confdence.

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