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We're Going to the Nations

 

What a crazy two weeks! I'll try my best to summarize the main points:

 

We covered major topics during lecture: Biblical Reconcilliation and Baptism of the Holy Spirit.

 

Caroline and I continue to pray for a long-term team to Melanesia.

 

We continue to experience ever increasing amounts of spiritual freedom and authority in ways we never saw coming. The mysteries of God are truly amazing.

 

Our Fire and Fragrance school had a suprise visit from Francis Chan and David Platt.

 

We were able to see another Messenger Fellowship friend who was speaking at a differnt DTS here in Kona: Adam Narciso.

And last, but not least....  

 

 

We received our outreach locations! 

 

 

 
 
 
 
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Uganda 

The big reveal for our outreach location was on November 12. It's a day that I will remember for a long, long time. The zeal. The Fire. The Fervor of this DTS is off the charts. Their love for the nations, no matter the cost, has brought me to tears many times. It's an honor to be counted among them, and we are truly excited to be going to Uganda. 

 

As of right now, there isn't much else to report on this. We will be in Mityana, Uganda, 70km outside of Kampala. The type of ministry we will be doing there is still be worked out, but so far it sounds amazing. We'll share more as the weeks roll on.

 

Meanwhile, the link below will lead you to a video of our outreach reveal. Our team reveal is only the last 45 seconds of the video, so feel free to skip ahead - but if you want to watch a whole bunch of young people going bananas for the nations, you can watch the whole thing.

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Adding Value

I have been on the receiving end of missionary newsletters that often sound like this: "Haaay, sorry it's been a long time. We've been crazy busy. Here's what's been going on, God is so good, so sorry to the delay!." 

 

And I feel it. I really do. Missions is a weird world. At yet at the same time Caroline and I are trying to be very conscientious about not only keeping people updated, but we also want to equip our followers. Be it a pursuit of full-time ministry, missions, YWAM, or even if you've been on the fence of confessing a faith in Jesus, we want to be a resource for you (at the very least, have a conversation that serves you towards what you're after.)

 

That being said, if there is content that you would like to see in our newsletters, our blog, or our youtube channel, let us know! We want to be responsive to you guys. Feel free to shoot us an e-mail with any and all ideas you may have, and we'll take them into consideration.

 
 
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Intercession is Key

Over the past three or four years I (Greg) have had the opportunity to become friends with someone from Kampala, Uganda. I've prayed with his family and I've followed the ministry that he does in Uganda. Through him I've learned that the demonic oppression, the pattern of sin, the civil unrest, are all very real issues in his area. The wounds that many of these people carry can only be healed by an authentic encounter with Jesus.

 

That being said, Caroline and I are asking for people to join us in intercession for those we are going to meet. These people need Jesus. These people need the freedom that we have experienced in our time here. We are uniquely positioned to change destinies and we don't take that lightly. Keep us and our team in prayer. Pray for the nation of Uganda. Pray that the Lord would give you a heart for the least, the lost, and the forgotten. 

 

"I feel sure that as long as we look on prayer chiefly as the means of maintaining our own Christian life, we shall not know fully what it is meant to be. But when we learn to regard it as the highest part of the work entrusted to us, the root and strength of all other work, we shall see that there is nothing that we need to study and practice as the art of praying aright"    

 

       -- Andrew Murray, With Christ in the School of Prayer

 

 
 
 

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A Prayer for You

Heavenly Father,

 

Your love for us is more than we can comprehend. Your love for your children is never ending. Help us to have a heart that breaks for the things that break Yours. Help us to break free from what binds us. Free us from ourselves. May Your Spirit lead each and every one of us into a deeper relationship with You. May You lead us also into a deeper place of prayer and intercession for those who are far off.

Bless each and every one of these who have received this e-mail. Draw them closer to you, In Jesus Name,

Amen

 
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Greg, Caroline and Ellis Shepler

Fire and Fragrance

75-5851 Kuakini Hwy #255

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740


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