Ministry Reports

Faisal John presented these reports at the 2018 VA Conference

Prayer Points from PNG Mission We would love to have you join us in prayer for some of the needs we came across on our recent mission in PNG. Again, I urge you to pray for Taylor and his work [...]

January/February 2018 Jungle Missions, PNG Style After the first week of classes in Numba village were complete, Nan, Rich, and I set off with a team of approximately 16 of our former students and graduates for a week of trekking [...]

January/February 2018 “Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” Joh 20:21 Ese Bible Institute Nan and I had the privilege of serving once again to the students of Ese Bible Institute in the [...]

Numba Village, Papua New Guinea Graduation Day Ceremony January 13, 2018 Greetings from Numba Village, Today, we graduated the seventh group of Ese Bible Institute students. What a great day of celebration and giving of honor to the Lord Jesus [...]

Dear Subscribers,  Here is the link to a wonderful video on the 2017 India Children's Ministry. Please view it [HERE].   By grace alone, BTBM    

   Often, while I am in India for the Children’s Ministry, the pastor asks me to share some Scriptures with his congregation. This year, I spoke with them from Psalm 138—a psalm of thanksgiving from the heart of David. Verse [...]

Many of you know that we have made many mission trips into Nagaland. I thought you might enjoy the following article published in the April 4, 2017 issue of the U.K. Sun—GeneLAST OF THE HEADHUNTERS by Mark McConville  Meet India’s [...]

Mexico Mission Report—March 2017 “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation …” Isa 52:7a   We recently returned from an [...]

Greetings from Singapore!Nan and I have just enjoyed two wonderful weeks with our extended clan in Australia. It is always wonderful to catch up with our Aussie family, and see how much the grand-kids are growing and developing. We always [...]

 A Cautionary Tale   On our return from Asia, we received the following story, which confirms what I have been trying to warn people about. I will abbreviate for the sake of both time and space.   The story concerns [...]

Nagaland—January 2016 “I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness ... For as the earth brings [...]

“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will guide you with My eye.” Psa 32:8   Stay or Go?   This was our quandary as we decided to leave Ecuador. Following the conferences [...]

“Therefore encourage one another, and build up one another ...” 1Th 5:11Welcome to Saramariza … a little Peruvian town sitting on the banks of the Maranon River. When we were planning our trip into Peru, we prayed for guidance as [...]

  These are the brothers and sisters you prayed for. They send their love with thankful hearts!   Thanks to your prayers and God’s amazing grace we have finished the first Peru conference in Tambogrande! As we arrived on the [...]

“The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him.” Nah 1:7  The above verse has been a source of strength and comfort to me in many places and conditions. Someone [...]

“I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul will make its boast in the LORD; the humble will hear it and rejoice. O magnify the LORD with me, and let [...]

Mission ReportMarch 2015 From the Mountains of South Asia   We have returned from an amazing journey into the mountain villages of southern Asia, where India, Burma, and China crowd together. These are tribal people—still headhunters up until the 1960s. [...]

 The Greatest of These is Love   “And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1Co 13:13    Unexpected Invitations and Opportunities   It seems that our lives are filled with many expectations, [...]

Dear Friends,  We would like to share this recent letter and pictures from our contact in Peru that you might be encouraged to know your prayers and support are being blessed. Please remember us in your prayers as we begin [...]

Commentary and Mission Report  “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” Jam 5:16b   What a tragedy it is that in modern Christian thinking, the greatest power ever entrusted to men by God is both misunderstood and [...]

   One of the passages I taught my senior class in India this year was Isaiah 9:6:   “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His [...]

  “Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the Word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with you, and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith. [...]

 “For God, who said, ‘Light shall shine out of darkness,’ is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this [...]

   “And they shall take of the blood [of the lamb] and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses … it is the Lord’s Passover … For the Lord will pass through [the land] [...]

   Sanctified Sauntering   At one point, I shared with our fellow travelers the roots of the concept of “sauntering.” Though the etymology of the word is uncertain, there are two ideas that definitely related to our Israel tour. The [...]

Peru Mission ReportJuly/August 2012   "And you became followers of us and of the Lord, having received the Word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became examples to all in Macedonia and Achaia [...]

 “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.” Jdg 17:6   The book of Judges is a solemn warning to any nation that rejects divine revelation and the absolute standards [...]

We recently completed our 12th consecutive year of Children's Bible Schools in Southern India—by God's grace! At one point, I looked out on a sea of faces composing the children in my senior class—children between the ages of 10 and [...]

Asia/Australia Mission ReportJanuary/February 2012   “Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren and for strangers, who have borne witness of your love before the church. If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy [...]

     When we leave for a mission trip, our heads and hearts are filled with truths from God's Word that we are excited to share with our brothers and sisters across the seas. Since 4% of the world's population [...]

       Greetings, prayer warriors and supporters,   I apologize for the delay in sending out a report on our recent ministry in Africa. Since returning home, we have had some big problems with our computer server company hindering our [...]

 We are currently in the airport in Joburg waiting for our flight to Zambia. We had a wonderful time of ministry in Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and since these people are so fresh in our mind, we will start with prayer requests for this [...]

Dear Family and Friends,  Thank you for your prayers for ministry in Zimbabwe. We have been so refreshed by our time with believers here and will give you a more thorough report next week.   Pastor Ken Mawire is our [...]

A Time for Praise and Prayer!    We recently returned from travel to Papua New Guinea for ministry in Numba Village, followed by a Bible conference in Australia. We praise God for your prayers and support that continue to make [...]

What Have You Deposited for Eternity?   For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed [...]

India/AustraliaMission Report January/February 2011  And it came to pass, when the Lord was about to take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal ... on to Bethel ... on to Jericho - 2Ki [...]

   I will never look at a grain of rice in the same way again. Last week, we were working in the villages of India near the Bay of Bengal. It was early summer and the peasant farmers were busy harvesting their [...]

 Australia/India Mission Report Aboriginal Youth Camp India Pastors’ Conference, July 2010   Aboriginal Youth Camp We were honored to be asked to join Jamie and Natasha Short for this youth camp, held in the far north of Western Australia, at [...]

Dear Friends and Family,  Just want to write a quick note to thank you for your prayers for the Aboriginal Youth Camp "down under."  It was quite an adventure as we started out along the beach of One Arm Point, [...]

BTBM Ministry UpdateMay 3, 2010 Biblical Chivalry Conference   The Arizona weekend conference of 23-25 April was well attended, drawing conferees from as far as Texas, California, and Colorado.  Some who came are in serious danger of becoming “conference junkies,” [...]

Recent Conference News—Fall 2010  We just returned from the two recent conferences in Texas and Kansas.  Upon our return, we had just a few days to attempt a move to our new location (more on this marvelous grace provision in [...]

Dear Friends,I am sitting in a little hotel room in India with the incessant noise of the city all around. We leave in a few hours for the airport at the end of three weeks of amazing time ministering to [...]

 A Seat of Honor   Report from Ese Bible Institute Graduation Numba Village, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea January 2010   “He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit [...]

Papua New Guinea UpdateFebruary 2010 It has been some time since we returned from working in Numba village, PNG, but even with the delay we want to update you on the work that was done there, as you are always [...]

 India and Asia ReportNov/Dec 2009   “Who is he who condemns?  It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, Who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.” Rom 8:34   “I [...]

Gal 5:1 "It was for freedom that Christ set us free...." September, 2009 A mission trip is about sowing the truth of God's Word into the souls of God's people.  No matter where we go on earth, no matter how we get [...]

Greetings to all,  Thanks for your prayers, we have returned home safe and sound. The journey was under the evident guardianship of the Lord from start to finish. We just walked in the door about an hour ago. Sometimes the [...]

Greetings from the heart of Asia!We send you all many greetings from the truly great ones over here. We ask that you lift us up in your fervent minds over the next four or five days, that we might be [...]

Mission Report28 July, 2009 “Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience….And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope [...]

 Arkansas Youth Camp Mission Report   We returned on Monday night from a long-haul cross-country road trip in which we clocked nearly 3,000 miles on our vehicle. As we travelled across the country we saw beautiful vistas, met some fellow [...]

Peru Mission ReportJuly 2009 Three Day Conference We returned to Peru for a short time this year in a time of crowded schedules. However, we thought it necessary to visit Julio and Betty, our representatives in Peru and South America. [...]

Asia Mission ReportMay, 2009   “Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who  are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.” Heb 13:3   “The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I [...]

Camp Report, Prayer Request (July 2008)Arizona Youth Camp We thank all of you who were praying for our youth camp this past week. We were blessed with nine young people who claimed Christ as their savior (as much as we [...]

India Children's Bible Schools May 2008   God did it....again!  We recently returned from our 8th annual Children's Bible Schools in the enchanting land of India.  Once again we enjoyed two weeks of teaching hundreds of eager little Indian children [...]

            The Sorrow and Suffering of The Woman In my travels with Gene the last year I have had the opportunity to teach and fellowship with many women from a variety of countries and cultures.  Everywhere I go I am stricken with [...]

Asia/Pakistan Mission ReportApril/May 2008 "I will also  make You a light of the nations so that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth."     Lisu Bible School- Asia It is always a great joy to teach the [...]

Prophetic ministry21 May 2008 “For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy” – Rev 19:10   Floods, Earthquakes, Famines, and Plagues. We have just returned from six weeks in China, India, and Pakistan. After such a long time, [...]

May 7, 2008  Dear Friends and Family,   We apologize for not writing sooner as we know many of you have been praying diligently for us while we have been overseas.  We have not had much opportunity to email and [...]

Mission field/prayer report - April 2008 "Then those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the gospel" (Act 8:4 ) Nan and I request that all you prayer warriors remember us over the next six weeks. We will be visiting field [...]

Dear Friends,We have just finished a wonderful time in India.  The conference there was 3 days long with about 100 pastors and 50 wives.  Gene taught through the book of Revelation and the people were so encouraged.  On the last [...]

Letter of Thanks from Papua New Guinea  Jesus said, "for I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you [...]

    India Children's Bible Schools  2009 Many hands and hearts worked together this year for the children of India!  Some went, others stayed, some taught, others prayed, some printed, drew, laminated, cut, gave, translated, designed, colored, punched and packaged!  All was done with one [...]

Greetings to all!  Wow!  This is my ninth year of doing Children's Bible Schools in India and each year I am amazed all over again!  God's faithfulness and grace is renewed each year, the children return each year hungry for more [...]

Mission Field ReportApril, 2009   Papua New Guinea In January it was our privilege to return to the Ese Bible Institute in Numba village. We always consider it a real honor to work with veteran Bible translator Jim Parlier. The [...]

Greetings, fellow saints!  Gene and Nan called from the middle of the Papua New Guinea jungle via satellite phone and wanted to give a quick report, as well as convey a request for prayer support.   They arrived safely to [...]

Australia/Zambia Mission Report  15 August - 17 September 2008 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of [...]

Fellow Saints,  We are back in Livingstone Zambia after our journey into the deserts of Western Zambia. Due to some information and support from our group in Australia we were able to make the trip by 4 -wheel-drive instead of [...]

Peru Mission Report "And from there they sailed to Antioch, from which they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had accomplished...and gathered the church together, they began to report all things that God [...]

  Pakistan Mission Report 2007 Recently I was blessed with the opportunity to visit an amazing ministry in Pakistan. I was accompanied by my "Timothy in training", Logan Carnell (while his wife, Desiree, was helping Nan in India at the [...]

BTBM  India Children's Ministry Video"Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me". (Mat 18:5 NKJV)  Brighty, Grace, Salomi, Isaac, Mary, Ishwant, Jyothi….. the names and faces go on and on! They are the children of India- [...]

Kenya Mission 2007As Nan and team were in India for the children's Bible programs, Logan and I were able to continue on to Kenya. I was last in Kenya in 2003 with Nan and Cody. We had worked with Pastor [...]

Mission Accomplished! Thanks to all who covered us in prayer on our recent trip into Asia.  We can't tell you where we went but by God's grace we arrived safely to a remote little bible college tucked away in a sleepy village high [...]

 India Children's Ministry 2007   Brighty, Grace, Salomi, Isaac, Mary, Ishwant, Jyothi….. the names and faces go on and   on! They are the children of India- roughly 700 million of them in a country one third the size of the USA!   My [...]

Papua New Guinea Mission Report January 7-20, 2007   First Ese Bible Institute Graduation We had the great joy of participating in the first graduating class from the Ese Bible Institute in Papua New Guinea. Thirty five men, and one [...]