Dear Pastor, Congregation and Friends,

Great news! If you remember in our last letter we talked about a special service that we were going to have at our church in June. We called the service “Friend Day” and we really encouraged our people to invite their friends, family and co-workers to the service. We had really been preparing our people to focus their attention on the people that they already knew to start making an impact in their lives for Christ. We told them that maybe their friends and relatives would not come on that day but they would have at least started the process of introducing them to Christ. We, of course, led by example and were able to invite several people. We had some good quality invitations printed up and gave our people a month to invite their friends and pray for them. Two weeks before “Friend Day” we had the opportunity to preach a mini-series about how God used Andrew to bring his brother Peter to Christ and how Phillip did the same with Nathanael. Then we talked about how God values every individual soul and we used the example of how Phillip was sent to preach the gospel to the Ethiopian eunuch. The result was that the people really got the point. We have a core group of 25 people in our church and that’s usually our weekly attendance. On “Friend Day” the Lord blessed us with 50 people in attendance. We had 25 new visitors on that day and they were all the friends, relatives and co-workers of our members. Although no one was saved that day many people were able to hear the gospel preached in a clear way. The best part of this approach is that our people will have the opportunity to follow-up with all those that visited because they are part of their lives already. Praise the Lord!

As we have mentioned already in previous letters our ministry philosophy is based on the model of our Lord Jesus Christ and how he invested His time on this earth primarily on 12 men. We understand that we cannot do the work by ourselves and we must involve them in the mission. In order to do that we must disciple and train those that are saved in our ministry so that they can become reproducing Christians. This also means that we cannot be a one-man band and have to begin to train and equip them to do the work. As you know the Andrews family are on furlough and someone had to take over some of  Jeff’s responsibilities.   Instead of having us do everything Jeff prepared Eduardo (The guy who heard about us through the ministry website) and He has been doing a fantastic job. What’s awesome is that Eduardo immediately got busy training Joao (He came as a result of the “Bible in every home” project) in case of an emergency. Joao, whose main job is to be the greeter and usher, went ahead and trained Paco to take his place in the event that he had to take over Eduardo’s job. Another way that we involve and train our people in the ministry is by having them evangelize the lost with us. If we have the opportunity to visit someone or deliver a Bible to someone we always take someone that we are training with us. We never want to be alone and we try to use everyday situations and turn them into training opportunities. We really appreciate your prayers and support. Please pray that God would continue to work in Spain. God Bless.

We will be taking our first-ever furlough and we are very excited about reporting of what God has done in the work here.  We have made a video presentation to show in our churches.  This is a glance of what God is doing in Spain.

You can also view our presentation that we used before we came to Spain. It shows our burden for Spain and what we planned to do. You can view that by clicking on the link below.

http://www.thatallmayknow.net/video-presentations.html

January 2011

Dear Praying friends, family, and churches:

Happy New Year!  The new year always brings a sense of renewal and freshness.  We can look back at the things we accomplished and the mistakes we made and reevaluate our priorities for the coming year.  As we look back on 2010, I want to recap all that God has done in our ministry.  I apologize for the lengthy letter, but it is hard to keep short all that God has done in the past year. 

THE MINISTRY IN 2010 

In January of 2010, we began working on remolding the building that would one day be our church building.  We were meeting with one lady, Isabel, in the living room of my in-laws’ apartment.  We had some very sweet Bible studies with this faithful lady who continued to come in spite of us just beginning. 

In February of 2010, we were able to hold out first baptism.  Even though our building wasn’t complete, we were able to baptize 2 people.  It was a very exciting time in our ministry. 

In March of 2010, we semi-finished the building to where we could move from my in-laws’ living room to the church building.  However, we were still not officially open.  The metal door that protects the window was still closed and no one could tell that the building was “open for business.” 

In April of 2010, we began our DVD project.  One of our goals has always been to reach our city with the Gospel.  We began delivering what would eventually be around 40,000 Gospel DVD’s to every household in our city.

In May of 2010, we finally finished the “escaparate” (window that displays information) and we were able to open the metal door that protects the window.  At this point, the building looked like it was open and became the “unofficial” start of our church.  A week after opening the metal door and preparing the window, Stefan passed by, saw the “esacaparate” and came in and joined us for a service.  Since then he has trusted the Lord as Savior, been baptized, gone through one on one discipleship, and is a faithful member of our church. 

In June of 2010, we continued saturating our city with the Gospel.  My father-in-law and I were busy visiting people who were contacting us as a result of our website, DVD project, church services, etc. 

In July of 2010, my in-laws went to visit a couple who had come to one of our Bible studies.  When they got there, the also met their aunt.  Her name is Sonia.  As they explained the Gospel message to the couple, Sonia was very interested in what was being said.  When they were done, Sonia expressed her desire to trust Christ as her Savior.  Also during the month of July, Stefan came to us and told us that he had “come to Christ” while reading the scriptures during the week. 

In August of 2010, we were contacted, through our website, by Eduardo, a young Brazilian man who was searching for the truth.  We offer Bibles on our website and he requested one.  We went to visit him and he was very open.  A few weeks later, he came to our special service and gave his life to the Lord.  He has been a huge blessing to us and the church and has been growing tremendously.  During the month of August, we also had some very high days in attendance, our highest being 41 people.  For a church that “unofficially” opened it’s doors 3 months earlier, we were very excited.  

In September of 2010, Paco, a Spaniard, came into the service to join us.  He came in late and then left early so we were not able to meet him.  We wondered if he would return and sure enough, he returned the next week.  We found out later that Paco was a direct result of the DVD project.  He had received the DVD, watched it, and then decided to come to church.  Paco was an anomaly to us because he never missed a service and he wasn’t even a Christian.  He even came out to our baptismal service that we held in another church some 25 minutes away.  Paco has been a blessing and it has been awesome to see how God has worked in his life.  Paco has recently made a profession of faith and he is currently going through one on one discipleship.  He has a hunger for the Word of God and his countenance has changed since the first time he walked through the doors.  Also in September, we continued saturating our city with the Gospel of Christ.  We had placed DVD’s in 23,000 households. 

In October of 2010, we had completed 85% of our city with the DVD project.  We had given almost 35,000 households a Gospel DVD.  However, the most exciting part is that we had a couple people from our church that began going with us to give out the Gospel.  It is great to see people saved and baptized, however, it is a real joy to see them begin to serve.  On the 31st of October, we held our 2nd baptism.  This was a very emotional night for our church and for us as missionaries.  We had 20 people from our church go to a neighboring church about 25 minutes away and we were able to baptize 3 people.  Eduardo, Stefan, and Sonia were baptized that night.  

In November of 2010, we began to see a core group starting to emerge.  We started to see the faithfulness of the people who had been saved and baptized.  During this time, Carlos and Olenka, a Peruvian couple, visited for the first time.  They were also a direct result of the DVD project.  They received a DVD, watched it, and decided to come to church.  They have been attending our services faithfully.  Please pray for Carlos and his wife as they are both searching for the truth and seem very close to understanding and trusting in Christ as their Savior.  Also, David and Favianna Velasquez, the 3rd member of our team, arrived in Spain. 

In December of 2010, we had a couple of special services for the Christmas season.  Both services were a huge blessing and we could see the people becoming more firm, not only in their relationship with God, but also in their relationship towards one another. 
It truly has been a wonderful year.  I think that 2010, the first year of our ministry, will be remembered by us as one of the best and most special years.  The Lord has truly done something special in our midst.  In 2010 we saw:

• The start of a new church
• The Gospel being spread to an entire city of 150,000 people
• 3 people saved and baptized
• 2 others who had been saved previously were baptized (5 people baptized in total)
• 4 people begin a 16 lesson one on one discipleship series, 2 of which finished. 

I can’t express how amazed we are at how God, not us, is doing the work in their lives.  In 2011, we look forward to what God is going to do in their lives and what new people will come our way. 

In 2011, we plan to saturate our city AGAIN with the word of God.  Bearing Precious Seed has given us 50,000 John and Romans and we plan on giving every household the Word of God, along with a Gospel tract and an invitation to our church.  We also plan on strengthening the core group that we have with life on life discipleship and sound Biblical preaching and teaching.  Our desire is to see our church grow and see the people who were saved in 2010, become leaders and mature Christians who can eventually teach others who come our way.  We want to thank each and every supporter that we have, each and every individual and church who gave toward our DVD project, and each and every person who is praying for us.  May God give us a better year in 2011! 

Dear Co-laborers in Christ,

Our team is finally together in Spain! What a blessing! On November 30, David and Favianna arrived here with their children! Thank you so much for praying for them! Now we are ready to work together in reaching souls for Christ here in Spain.

As we approach Christmas we are planning several activities, one of which is a Christmas program at the church on the 19th of December. Please pray that many people will attend
including some lost families that we have contacted over the past few months. Also pray for me (Julio) as I will be having hernia surgery on the 17th of December in Madrid. Pray that I will recover quickly so that I can get busy in the ministry again.

As we look back on this year 2010, we are thrilled at what God has done through us here. We were able to rent a building for our church, fix it up and then begin services back in March. We were able to distribute over 35,000 Gospel DVDs throughout the city of Parla. We were able to put up a billboard with an advertisement about the DVD and also put ads in a local newspaper. Through these outreach endeavors we have seen many come to our church, call us by phone and contact us by way of the internet. We have been able to baptize 5 converts, 3 of which were baptized just last month. Pray for the families of these new converts. Stefan, since his conversion, has suffered rejection from his wife and family as well as not being able to find a job. Pray for him that God will give him the courage to keep on going for Christ. Pray that his wife, Florina will get saved soon. Eduardo got saved and baptized, but his wife is not saved yet. Pray for Angie that she will be convicted of her sins and come to Christ. Sonia was saved and recently baptized and she desperately needs a new job that will allow her to attend church services on Sundays. Paco and his wife Veronica have been attending church for over 2 months now, after receiving the DVD in their home. Pray that they will come to Christ. There is a new couple, Carlos and Olenka, who also received a DVD in their home and have begun coming to our services. They really seem interested and we pray that they also will come to the Lord.

We recently received a call from a man in the Canary Islands who found our website and was interested in growing in the Lord. He is a Christian but does not have a church where he can attend. He along with several of his friends have been meeting on Sunday mornings and watching our church services via the internet. Pray for this group that they will grow in the Lord and in the future be able to form a local church.

As we approach the new year, we have plans to distribute portions of the Bible to every home in Parla. We also want to continue discipling new converts and we would like to produce another DVD presenting the Gospel in a clear way. Our desire is to serve our Lord and reach the lost here in Parla, throughout Spain and then to other parts of the world. Thank you so much for your prayers and faithful monthly support. We would like to thank those of you who helped with the special DVD project and for the many emails and letters we have received with words of encouragement. May the Lord richly bless each of you as you serve our Lord there in your city.

In His Service,
Julio and Andrea Velasquez

If you are a true Christian, then you have experienced a changed life.  When I trusted in Christ as my Savior at the age of 20, God, through His Word, changed my life.  We, who have experienced a changed life, can sit and talk about how God changed our life and we are continually amazed.  But it is also amazing when, through the ministry that God has allowed you to be apart of, God changes the life of someone else. 

Eduardo contacted us through the website that we set up for our ministry and requested a Bible. (www.estudialabiblia.com)  We took him a Bible and talked about what the Bible says about life, death, and God’s salvation for mankind.  We learned that he had been searching for the truth.  We assured Him that the truth will only be found in God’s Word.  We invited him to the special service that we were having and he quickly said that it was to far away and he couldn’t come.  We left his home with the assurance that God’s Word would not return void and the satisfaction of being able to share the Gospel with him. 

A few days later, out of the blue, Eduardo called and said that he would come to the special service.  He came and we immediately hit it off.  At the end of the service, Eduardo raised his hand when the question was asked who would like to give their life to the Lord.  A few days later, we visited him again.  He told us that he did indeed give his life to the Lord that day and explained to us how he had been reading and studying God’s Word.  His hunger for the Word of God was evident.  He asked the question that we wish every person would ask, “What do I do now?”  So, we began doing personal Bible studies (discipleship) with him and it was evident that God was working in his life and that he is growing. 

God has given us a good friendship and it is a joy to be able to study God’s Word with him each week.  The last time I was at his house, he was telling me about his “old” life, the things he use to do and jobs he use to have.  He told me that he use to put together concerts for a group and he helped write music with them. 

The next evening I got an email from him.  When I read the email, it reminded me and amazed me of the work that God is doing in his life.  Below is the email that he wrote me translated into english:

Good evening,

How are you all doing, thank the Lord, we are well.  Last night and this morning I was writing a song that I finished and I would very much like for you to look at it and see if it is ok. 
If you see something that needs to be changed, I am open to suggestions, so that the message is very beautiful.  Tell me please, what you think. 

I found the Path of my Life

“For a long time, I was walking without you
I thought that I was happy
but I felt something empty in my heart
Day and night would pass by
but still, I couldn’t find my way

Until that day after much seeking and asking
God showed me, along with Christ, that He is the only path to follow.

I found the path of my life
and gave my life to Jesus Christ.
With the light of your glory
light my path with peace and love
and with you Lord, I will walk in surety
forever and always without any fear
Because my life is in You
where I found the path to live. 
Thanks to You, I live everyday
without fear because now my heart knows that every moment you are with me, My God
My salvation today and forever
in Christ it is, in him it is
and one day
with Him safe I will be. 
My salvation today and forever
in Christ it is, in him it is
and one day
with Him safe I will be.”

With much affection and love.....in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!

Eduardo Sedoski in my new life

It is truly a joy to serve the Lord! 

Dear Pastor, Congregation and Friends, 

 “...Ye sent once and again unto my necessity (Phil. 4:16) As we near the end of our  deputation journey I want to praise God for His provision in our lives. In the midst of this  recession the Lord has used many of you to meet our needs. We have lacked nothing and our faith in God has been greatly strengthened. Since our last letter we have had three new churches partner with us and we are currently at 87% of our needed support! We have another 17 churches to visit before our departure. 

We have wonderful news! Last month we received a call from the Spanish Consulate and they informed us that my visa has been approved. We are still waiting for Favi’s visa as well as the kids’ but mine was certainly the most important. That day we purchased our tickets and so we have an official departure date. We are leaving for Spain November 29, 2010. 

Every day our team members inform us about what God is already doing in Spain and we can’t wait to join them. Since we started the gospel DVD project in Parla we have distributed 31,008 DVD’s. We know that people are watching them because several have called or  visited our ministry website after receiving the DVD’s in their homes. Many have requested free Bibles which has allowed our team to share the gospel with people that are already      interested. It gives us such joy to realize that thousands have been evangelized as a direct result of this project. Please pray for Paco. He is a Spaniard that showed up at the church  because he had received a DVD in his mailbox. He is searching for the truth and is hearing the gospel every week. Since August, an average of 20 people have been visiting the church each week. The last Sunday in October two new converts will be baptized. Continue praying for Eduardo. He is a young man that contacted my parents after searching on the internet the phrase, “What is the true religion?” That search led him to our gospel website. He visited the church and trusted Christ as his personal Savior. He is a sponge and is growing in the Lord every day.  

We only need approximately 15 more supporters and we will reach our goal. What’s     awesome is that God called us so we know He will provide. We are leaving for Spain in 47 days regardless of our level of support. It will be exciting to see how God provides. Would you consider partnering with us as we attempt great things for God in Spain? “Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that  may abound to your account.” (Phil 4:17) God Bless.

We are amazed at how God is providing for our Setup Fund. Last month we recieved gifts from two churches and two individuals. So what we still need to raise is as follows:

Container: $3,500.00 ($2,500.00 already raised. Praise the Lord!)

3 Airplane Tickets: We bought the Tickets! 

1 month of rent: $1,200.00 (We have found a home to rent and have put 2 months down already but we still need to pay one more month in advance when we arrive in Spain)

Vehicle:$6,500.00 ($500.00 already raised. Praise the Lord! We found out that cars are not as expensive as we first thought so we have reduced the total amount we need)

If you would like to be a part of helping us with our Setup Fund please send all gifts to:

David Velasquez

c/o M.W.B.M

P.O. Box 519

Braselton, GA 30517

Designated to:

006 Shipping/Travel

I wanted to remind everyone of some good Christian Music.  My wife, (Deanna) Brother-in-law, (David Velasquez) and Sister-in-law (Deborah Velasquez) have recorded 2 CD's, one in English and one in Spanish.  They did a great job and the music is just beautiful.  Most of all, the message of the songs are uplifting and glorifying to the Lord.  If you haven't purchased your copy, please head over to their website and make your purchase.  They are still offering a special if you buy 2 or 3 CD's.  They also offer discounts for missionaries, churches or book store who want to buy in bulk (10 or more).  So check out the site, listen to samples, read their testimonies and indulge yourself with Christ-honor, uplifting, Christian music!

www.alltheglory.org

We are church-planting missionaries. We understand the command in Matthew 28:18-20 to evangelize, baptize those that are saved, and teach them to be like Christ (discipleship), but these demands can only be fully obeyed within the context of the local church. The first century Christians comprehended that they would be unable to reach the world (“…Jerusalem…Judea…Samaria, and…the uttermost part of the earth.” Acts 1:8) without establishing churches in every corner of the earth. That is why they naturally were involved in church-planting. They understood it to be the obvious and practical conclusion of our Savior’s command. We have a mission and God has chosen the church to carry out that mission. If a “church” is not obeying the Great Commission then it cannot biblically be defined as such. We understand the church to be a group of baptized believers gathered together to carry out the Great Commission. We are pioneer missionaries (we are starting a new work from scratch) that have moved to Parla, Madrid and have begun to proclaim the gospel to every individual in that city for the purpose of establishing a church that will obey and fulfill its mission. We are not in the business of constructing church edifices, but of organizing (directly or indirectly) visible groups of believers (starting churches) in every city to shake up Spain for Christ. As we start more churches our reach will be greater and we will be able to effectively evangelize more places than just Parla. We will reach Madrid as well as the other provinces in Spain, Southwest Europe and the world. In other words, we must start churches in order to reproduce what we are already doing in Parla, Madrid in other places around the world. Our desire is to establish churches that will fulfill our three basic and essential ministry goals.

1. Evangelize the lost: Every single individual within the reach of the church must have the opportunity at least one time in their lifetime to accept or reject Jesus Christ. The church must find every way possible to accomplish that task.

2. Enable others: This means that we are to follow our Master’s example in training faithful men who will reproduce themselves in other Christians. This is not an option, but our solemn duty.

3. Establish Churches: We must start churches that will perform the first two goals in other places. The ideal would be a church for at least every 50,000 people.

 We could go to Spain for a short period of time and carry out massive evangelistic campaigns and distribute millions of bibles and gospel tracts. Although through these efforts many would hear the gospel and some would be saved the effects of this style of evangelization are short-lived. The only way to make a lasting impact for Christ in this world is by establishing churches. A bible-believing, gospel preaching church will faithfully and continually evangelize until everyone within the reach of the church has heard the gospel. But then the church will disciple and train the converts and involve them in the work of the ministry and the cycle will be never-ending.

 It is clear that there are more ways than one to establish a church. Some churches are started by a solitary pioneer who goes someplace where the gospel has never been preached. Some are started by a group of pioneers (a team). Both of these methods are perfectly acceptable but we have opted for the latter. We believe that we can accomplish more in less time for the honor and glory of God as we work together towards a common goal. Team missions is not a new or modern idea but it goes all the way back to Jesus and the Apostle Paul. God has given each of us different gifts and abilities that we can use for the furtherance of the gospel. One clear example for us is the technology aspect of our ministry. If it was up to me or my parents we would have no evangelistic website, no gospel DVD project, and you wouldn’t be reading this article because we wouldn’t have a blog or team website. Of course we would still be able to preach the gospel but with these tools our reach is even greater. Thankfully one of the members of our team is gifted in that area. All of us are commanded to evangelize but some people seem to have a greater God-given ability to make friends and start conversations with people. My father is that kind of person. He has never met a stranger. I remember going on door to door visitation with him in Venezuela and seeing how he would somehow convince a grumpy, unfriendly person to allow us in their home. Before the conversation was over he would have them laughing and attentively listening to the gospel message. Without getting into all of our team’s strengths and weaknesses it is sufficient to say that “two are better than one…” (Ecclesiastes 4:9).

 Once the church that we have started in Parla begins to grow and leaders are trained we will practice a third method of church-planting. While some churches are started by pioneers (one missionary or a team of missionaries) others are the product of churches producing churches. We could work diligently as a team to start a church and leave it with a pastor as soon as possible. Let’s say we were able to start one church every five years (It’s not impossible but we have never witnessed this in Spain). In a fifteen year period we would have started three churches. We could certainly attempt such an ambitious goal, but what if we invested ourselves in training men for the same period of time? What if we allowed the church in Parla to naturally produce more churches? Every pastor trained would equal a new church and members from the “mother church” would go and help those pastors start the new works. We want every pastor to enjoy the blessings of working as a team whether they start a church nearby or in a distant place. Please continue reading. Next week I will post the sixth and final part of our ministry philosophy.

Watch the Video or read about it below.

I wanted to give you an update on how God is working through this DVD Project. We have been able to give out 23,329 Gospel DVD's.  If we calculate that there are 3 people per household that means we have given 69,987 people a chance to hear a clear presentation of the Gospel.  Our goal is to saturate our city with this DVD.  The DVD has a gospel presentation, clearly given for those who have never heard it.

So far we have had over 2,000 pageviews per month on the website that we have created.  This means that many who have received the DVD have watched the whole presentation until the end where the website is displayed and then accessed the website for more information.  It is every church's desire that in the lifespan of their ministry every person in their area or city will come through the church doors at least one time so they can hear a clear Gospel presentation.  However, we all realize that in the life of our ministry, only a small percentage of the people in our town or city will ever walk through those doors.  So what we have done is given the people of our city a chance to have the preacher come to them.  In the comfort of their own home, they can watch and hear a sound biblical message on salvation.

Please pray with us as we endeavor to finish getting DVD's to the rest of our city.  Also help us pray about our next project, " a Bible in every home."  Just as the title suggests, we want to get a Bible in every home in our city.  Thank you for your prayers and support.

Dear Pastor, Congregation and Friends,

“For from you sounded out the word of the Lord...so that we need not to speak anything.” (1 Thessalonians 1:8) Most of you have noticed that our website is www.thatallmayknow.net. We have named our ministry in Spain thatallmayknow ministries. The reason that we have chosen this theme is because we believe that this is ultimately God’s heartbeat. Our team members have recently started a church in Parla, Madrid with the vision to aggressively and proactively find a way to reach every single household and individual in the city with the gospel message. Like the church at Thessalonica we want to make a profound impact for the honor and glory of God.

Although the church has not been officially inaugurated, many exciting things have   already taken place! Our team members have been unable to obtain the permit which allows them to place a church sign on the building. This has made it difficult to pass out invitations for the church and no official service has been held to jump-start the church. In spite of all of these setbacks we are thrilled to announce that the team in Spain has been able to personally present the gospel to several individuals and two souls have already been saved. Praise the Lord! Not only that, several people have visited the church and many have shown an interest to visit in the future. 23,329 gospel DVD's have been distributed making the gospel available to 69,987 people. Over 2,000 people every month have visited our evangelistic website and many have requested free Bibles. One person has already been baptized and very soon another will follow. We are thrilled about those that have been saved and baptized, but it is wonderful seeing those same people faithfully attend church services and begin the process of discipleship.

Since our last prayerletter we have had 7 new churches partner with us and we are currently at 85% of our needed support. Based on our average support we only need 18 more churches to take us on for support for us to reach our goal. We have already turned in our passports to the Spanish consulate. As soon as they return our passports with the stamped visas (this should take one more month) we will have 3 months maximum to leave the U.S. for Spain. We are still on track to leave for Spain December 1st. Since we already speak the    language fluently and we have a team in place on the field, as soon as we arrive in Spain we will be busy with what God has called us to do. Thank you for your faithful prayers and support.

As we mentioned in our last prayerletter we will be keeping you updated about our Setup Fund. We have great news! We received two special gifts towards the fund for $500.00 and $100.00. So what we still need to raise is as follows:

Container: $5,900.00 ($100.00 already raised. Praise the Lord!)

3 Airplane Tickets: $2,400.00

1 month of rent: $1,200.00 (We have found a home to rent and have put 2 months down already but we still need to pay one more month in advance when we arrive in Spain)

Vehicle: $9,500.00 ($500.00 already raised. Praise the Lord!)

If you would like to be a part of helping us with our Setup Fund please send all gifts to:

David Velasquez

c/o M.W.B.M

P.O. Box 519

Braselton, GA 30517

Designated to:

006 Shipping/Travel