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July 8th
I’ve been keeping pretty busy the last couple of months with various deputation opportunities and planning for my trip up the East Coast. I leave for that trip this afternoon (July 8th) and plan to get back into Greenville late on August 2nd. I’ll be visiting High Point and Reidsville, NC, on my way up to Philadelphia, PA, where I’ll be able to attend a friend’s wedding as well as meet with a few pastors. I will then head on up to Concord, NH, and meet with people in that area before heading back down to Washington D.C., after which I'll return to Greenville. You can keep up with my schedule for my trip on my calendar page. I’ll be keeping this updated as I get new meetings and things become more clear as to where I’ll be at what time. I am still trying to schedule more meetings while I’m away and connecting with people while I’m in the area.
I’ve already done quite a bit of traveling this past month. I went down to Lawrenceville, GA, to my mission board HQ for Synergy, which was a great time of encouragement and relaxation with fellow missionaries from various parts of the world. It’s so encouraging to make new friends who are serving God on the foreign field. I also had a chance to teach a class on photography tips for the 3rd year running. It went well and, as always, was good fun.
I was back from Synergy for a week before heading down to Orlando, FL, with my sister and a friend for a vacation. We were given the opportunity to go to Discovery Cove and a couple of the other parks, including the Holy Land Experience. It was so nice to be able to relax in the middle of this hectic and uncertain time. However, I did take the opportunity to talk to some pastors about my ministry as well.
I returned from Florida last Monday, which has given me a week to get ready for the trip up north. Many years ago, I was in an accident that caused a neck injury and I have since had neck and shoulder trouble when I drive or carry bags for any length of time. Due to the amount of driving I’ve been doing recently, my neck and shoulder have been quite uncomfortable. I would appreciate prayer for the many miles and hours I’ll be driving on this trip that the pain in my neck and shoulder will not bother me too much. I have been given some exercises and a heat pack to help, but even with two chiropractic treatments and a separate massage therapy, I’m still a little uncomfortable and that’s before I start the trip! I also tend to get particularly sleepy when driving so would appreciate prayer that I’m able to stay awake and get to each destination safely!
There are still many unknowns regarding my immediate future. I should have a better idea of timing and plans regarding the videos I’ll be doing in Italy by the beginning of August and will then be able to schedule my departure date accordingly. At the moment, I don’t have anywhere near the funds that I need in order to cover living expenses in England. I am at 43% of what I need, which means in practical terms that I need to raise about another $3,000/month. I also need to raise a significant amount for my outgoing expenses – ideally, $19,000.
With the financial situation as it is and the time running short before I leave the States (8-10 weeks approximately), I’m wondering if you might pray with me that God would supply all that I need to make the move back to England. That includes ‘special gifts’ that can go towards my outgoing fund (which has nothing in it right now) and my monthly support needed to live in England.
In order for you to pray specifically, I’ve included a breakdown so you can pray about whether you can be a part of helping yourself and/or pray that others might take on the challenge and be one of the 9, 15, 44, or 150.
Challenge:
Monthly support needed: $4,920
Current support: $1,910
Need an extra $3,000
These goals can be met by:
9 people giving $100 = $900
+
15 people giving $50 = $750
+
44 people giving $30 = $1,350
Total = $3,000
or
150 people on this mailing list giving $20 = $3,000
Thank you again for your prayers and support.
Trusting Him,
Demelza
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Can you help?
The Newquay DVD is now online for you to watch. This DVD will provide more information regarding the church plant, where it'll be located, and the needs related to this venture.
Click here to watch the Newquay DVD
Also, I am planning a trip up the East Coast in July. My main target areas and approximate route is planned to be:
High Point, NC
Take the 81 to...
Philadelphia, PA (over the weekend of the 12th July)
Head on up to...
Concord, NH
Back down to...
Lancaster, PA
Down to...
Washington DC (days leading up to the 29th of July)
Back home via 95 and 85
I'm interested in anywhere that lies approximately en-route of these cities. See 'Calendar' for approximate dates.
Do you have friends, family, churches, Christian businesses, etc. that you think would be interested in knowing about my ministry? I'm looking for opportunities to share my ministry during week days as well as weekends so would love to be able to schedule lunches, afternoon coffees, dinners, etc. with anyone you might know in these areas that might be interested.
Please could you email me names and contact info. (phone numbers and addresses) so that I might be able to contact the people you recommend and see if I can schedule a time to meet them?
I will compile your suggestions and plan a more definite route so that I can schedule actual dates and times with your recommendations. Then I'd ask that you might contact them to let them know about me before I call them myself.
If you can help in this way, that would be awesome! I don't really have many contacts in these areas so it would be great if I'm able to make the most of the time away being able to schedule as many meetings as possible. This is a very practical way you can help me with my ministry needs and would be really appreciated!
If you could send your suggestions to me by the 24th of April (next Thursday), that would be great - I've got to get this trip organized soon! You can email me at: djarrett@biblicalministries.org .
Thanks in advance for your help. I look forward to hearing from you!
Demelza
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April 7th, 2008
God is good! It's been exciting this month to look back at the road
God has brought me along to bring me to this point and to see how He
is working to move me forward towards what He has for me with video
ministry and church planting.
This month, I have been blessed to meet with several friends and
groups to present my ministry and update with the recent changes. It
has been such a blessing to share and be encouraged at these
meetings. One of those meeting was pretty neat because it was a
pastor who contacted me to do a presentation at his church - something that
doesn't occur very often, but it was very encouraging. To see my
schedule of meetings, please see my calendar on the 'calendar' page
which is updated as meetings are scheduled. If you would be
interested in meeting up while I'm still here, please email me or call
me - I'd love to see you.
One of the couple of projects I was able to complete this last month
includes my new prayer card. It's designed as a bookmark this time
and includes my new ministry aspect of going to Newquay, England. You
can see pictures by clicking here. If you would like one or more of
these new prayer cards, please let me know - djarrett@biblicalministries.org - Please include your address if you need me to mail it to you.
The other project I've been working on is the Newquay DVD. This DVD
is about 6 minutes long and is designed to promote and inform about
the area of Newquay as a mission field and why a church plant is being
planned for this area. I hope to have the DVD finished this week, at
which time I'll upload it on my website as the featured video for the
month. We are looking for people who might be interested in being
involved in this church plant. If you are interested in finding out
more information, please let me know.
I would appreciate prayer for tonight (Monday 7th April) as I have the
opportunity to present my ministry on Channel 16's 'Nite Line' between
8pm and 10pm. I'm not sure exactly when I'll be on the show but it'll
be sometime within those two hours. I am thankful that the Lord has
provided this opportunity for me to let more people know about my
ministry. Please pray that I will ultimately glorify God in all that
I say and that I'll be able to communicate clearly the potential of
video ministry and the Newquay church plant. I want to be able to
encourage viewers regarding mission work around the world. It would
be great if, through this opportunity, viewers that otherwise might
not have heard about what I'm doing might be led to support the
ministry in some way. I'm aware that I have a lot of funds to raise
over the next 4 months before I leave for England so it would be great
to see if God might provide in some way through this opportunity.
Serving a Great God!
Demelza
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March 5th 2008
I'm sorry it has been a while since I updated you all with what I have been doing. As you can see, I now have my new website up and running and I hope that this will be more effective than my previous one, which, although creatively designed, I had outgrown with what I envisioned doing in order to keep you all better informed.
On this new site you'll find several pages with the same information that was on my previous site, but also many more pages with more information, pictures, media, and other things to help you keep better informed with what I'm doing.
There are several major changes taking place at the moment. I've not only updated my website, but I have also taken a slight change in my career missionary path. There is a new church plant taking place in Newquay, England, and I have been in prayer for the last couple of months as to whether I should be a part of this adventure.
The benefits to me participating are many - but primarily the fact that I'm English is a huge plus. I will be getting involved in 'traditional' missions by being involved in the church plant, but I will also be continuing with the video work. Being in Europe will actually make it easier and cheaper to travel to all of the BMW European fields to do videos.
The last couple of months, I have not only been working on the website, but also on redesigning my prayer card and making other necessary adjustments to my materials. Now that this site is online, I am working on the DVD showing the need for the Newquay church plant. I plan to have this new DVD online when it's finished along with my new prayer card design. In the meantime, please take a look at this month's featured video.
At the end of 2007, I put together a deputation DVD for the Louks who are raising support for being missionaries in Romania - specifically wanting to minister to the large orphan population. You can watch this video on the 'media' page.
Regarding the next few months, I plan to do full time deputation (raising support). I haven't been able to devote as much time as I would have liked to specifically raising support due to projects I've been working on at the same time. However, I now have 5 months to raise my support for moving to England. I will be leaving the United States in August this year and I'm trusting God to provide the support I will need before then. If I am short of any support, then I will need to return on a visa waiver for 11 weeks to try and raise the rest (or as much as God provides), but I won't bother you with details right now, although feel free to ask questions if you have any.
I will be leaving the United States in August in order to head over to Italy to do a couple of videos for missionaries in Venice and Florence. You can read more about these projects on the 'projects' page.
Please take a look around the new site. There are several new and updated pages such as my support page with my new needs, the NCCC page which elaborates a little more on the church plant, my calendar, as well as pictures from my Romania trip.
Thanks for your support and interest. I look forward to keeping you updated with the ministry through this medium.
God bless,
Demelza
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