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Nationals . . . See page 16
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Source of Light Ministries International
SLM International
1011 Mission Road
Madison, Georgia 30650
Phone: 706.342.0397
Fax: 706.342.9072
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.sourcelight.org
Board of Directors
D. Lowry, Chairman
L. Valentine, Vice Chairman
Daniel De Jong, Secretary
E.B. Sho, Treasurer
J.C. Carter C. Mayeld
Dr. G.S. Palmer Dr. R.J. Sans
Dr. B.H. Struthers Dr. Earl Parvin
Barry Blenis Dr. Anita Cooper
Administrative Council
Dr. B. Shade, General Director
R.R. Walker, Chief Financial Ocer
P. Winder, Director of Operations
G. Miller, Interim Director of Field Ministries
R.R. Walker, Director of Printing Operations
B. Hearing, Director of MDS
The Reaper
Editor: Billie Will
Graphic Design: Marianne Rosenberger
Director of Publications: Ray Walker
Prepress: SLM Publications
Production: SLM Printing
the ReaperWinter 2009
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Source of Light Miistries Iteratioal is an independent, aith mission
that exists to bring people o every nation, language, and ethnicity into a mature
relationship with Jesus Christ and into ellowship with a local church.
SLM is a world-wide, disciple making, church planting mobilization that uses
the medium o Bible lessons or all ages in both printed and electronic ormat
to achieve its goals. The International Headquarters in Madison, Georgia, and its
Discipleship Training Branches (DTBs), and Associate Discipleship Schools (ADSs),
distribute lessons throughout the world.
Reresetatives, Missioaries, a Aoitees of SLM are available to
present the ministry to churches, missionary conerences, and other groups.Contact the SLM PR oce or scheduling.
For iformatio o ay of the miistries of SLM, see
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Ugandan children in need offood ~ spiritual & physical
see page 16
4 News & Views
5 Observations
8 SLM Kansas
12 SLM Materials
15 Building Update
18 New Board Member
20 Prayer & Praise
21 Milestones
22 In Loving Memory 23 Maximize Yourself!
23 Foreign Branch Needs
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Winter 2009
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ABOUT THE COVER
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Give ye them to eat.How simple the words . . . how impossible the task!
The sheer numbers were overwhelming. Five thousand men plus an unknown
number o women and children (that possibly equaled or even exceeded the
men). Was it really ten thousand? . . . twenty thousand? Who can tell nor does
it matter. Whatever the numbers the resources were ridiculously inadequate.
But a child-aith does not ponder the numbers. It only oers what it has and wonder o wonders the multitude is ed.
Neither you nor I have what is needed to eed the multitudes which seems
to grow increasingly greater and ever more hungry each day. A container o
Bible lessons is sent to Arica to strengthen the growing church and bring
the light o Truth to benighted souls in the darkness o superstition or the
hopelessness o Islam. Funds are provided or the printing o 240,000 lessons
or a closed access country. But what are they among so many? Funds arerequested or a new translation into Muslim Bengali so that scores o new
converts can be trained to reach their own people. There is, as Amos lamented,
. . . not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord
(Amos 8:11). We here at SLM are daily asked to do more, and in our altering
aith we hear ringing in our ears His words,Give ye them to eat.
How can so small a provision (fve small cakes o bread and two fsh), ever
make a dierence when aced with so great a need? but it did! Multiplied
in the Masters hands it proved to be enough and more than enough. How
can our eorts or your small mite, however much or little it might be, eect
the vast need o an ever-increasing multitude who are crying out or Gods
Word to be given and explained in their own language? I cant answer that,
but I know that it will. I you and I give what we have, we will see the miracle
perormed and the multitudes ed.
The disciples had another solution. It was reasonable, and it was the only
apparent option,send them away. It was not that they were heartless, onlythat they were helpless. Like us, they asked,what are these among so many?
You and I may be tempted to ask the same question. How could the little I can
do possibly make a dierence? But aith knows that somehow, someway it
will and we only have two options: Give ye them to eat,or send them away.
Which one will you choose?
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The Bible requently reers to light beginning with Genesis 1:3.
God said,Let there be light: and there was light. Then God identies
himsel with light in 1 John 1:54, God is light. Jesus also says,I am the
light o the world(John 8:12a). We are admonished to walk in the lightand to take the light into the world (John 1:7; Acts 13:47). Source o
Light has been involved in taking the light o the Gospel to the ends o
the earth in many venues and languages. Light is in our name.
There are some who live in darkness physically and spiritually. Two
o our men, Ben Watson and Stewart Overbey, are physically blind. It
has been my privilege to travel with both men and to think how to behelpul to them. I was with Ben in Arica or three weeks. The eort
to think and communicate to Ben the things I was seeing made me
conscious o the blessing o light and sight. When I came into our room
it was dark, so it made me conscious o Bens darkness. I had a period
o time in my own lie with both eyes covered, ollowing a chain saw
accident, and the thrill o seeing light was great when the bandages
were removed.
It has been a blessing to me to minister the Word in orty-our
countries as I have shared truths rom the Word o God, even through
two interpreters at a time. I could clearly see when the light rom the
Word would come on in aces. One o the greatest thrills is to lead a
person to Christ and then to witness in them the light and joy, illustrating
Gods truth,I any man be in Christ he is a new creature.
As God uses our Source o Light courses, our people and others
who use our lessons, testiy how Gods light has shined into many
peoples hearts. Lets all be involved in letting our light shine.
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Manuel and I are involved in several ministries pastoring our church,leading Bible studies, teaching the dea, counseling the needy, eeding thehungry, and reaching the lost. These give us the opportunity to reach manypeople personally. We are thankul or the opportunity to minster to thousandsmore through the Source o Light correspondence courses. We could writepages about each ministry, and share many needs in every area where wework. Instead, were going to share two letters weve received rom others thatuse our lessons. We hope their letters will encourage you to pray or the ar
reaching ministry o Source o Light Mexico.Cristina aithully grades the lessons thathundreds o students send directly to theofce located in our home in Puebla. About40 Discipleship Centers (that do their owngrading) also receive lessons rom us anddistribute them to their own students. In thisway, we reach thousands more. Following
is an excerpt rom an E-mail we receivedrom one o our Discipleship Centers.
136 people in our church are taking the
Fuente De Luz (Source o Light) courses.
23 will receive certifcates Sunday or
completing the frst series: A Country
Called Heaven. We have many more coming up right behind them. We plan
to give out certifcates at the end o each month to those that complete a series.
Our members are real excited about all that they are learning, and so are we.
Even our own 14-year-old sat down on Monday (without being told to do
it) and read the whole lesson and answered the questions (all in one sitting,
which is amazing or him). Then he came to tell us about what he had learned
and asked i he could give lessons to two o his soccer riends that he has been
witnessing to.
There is a 15-year-old named Ruth who recently came to church with a
riend and got saved. When we explained the Fuente de Luz courses to theteenagers she took the frst book or hersel. She showed it to her unsaved
mom who thought it sounded interesting and asked i she could read it too. So
Ruth gave hers to her mom and got another one or hersel this week.
God also allows our ofce to oversee a satellite in an area we call the Island.
by Ruth Lopez
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The lady that runs our satellite singlehandedly has nophone and no Internet service. Her son has access toboth o these services but lives in a city several hoursaway. When he visits his mother, he collects reportsand inormation or us, and ater getting home he sends
them to us by E-mail. All the lessons are printed theresince it is impossible to ship lessons. At this time, oursatellite is running very short on unds and on printedlessons. Pray well soon be able to send money to them.Following is an E-mail our riend on the Island recentlysent through her son.
Its been fve years since we began working with the
Source o Light Bible Correspondence Courses here
on the Island. Here people do not have easy access toChristian literature. The testimonies o personal growth
that we hear rom people encourage us to continue
in spite o many difculties we ace. I prayerully
include a personal letter and a Biblical text with each
lesson. My husbands loss o memory (probably due to
Alzheimers) makes it impossible or him to continue
helping me take the mail to the post ofce. But God is
good and His grace abounds every day. I am saving many letters rom students so that
some day others will also know what God is doing
through this ministry.
We urgently need to print more lessons. Were out
o Explorers and would also like to print Overcomers.
It would be good i we could print Practical Christian
Living or adults.
The ministry is being blessed o the Lord as wedistribute lessons. God gives us strength and helps us
to be aithul. His grace is permanent. Even though
many miles separate us, we are joined by Gods love.
Grace and peace.
For many years God has provided or some o theofce expenses here in Mexico and all o the expensesor the Island ministry (ofce and printing) through a
subsidy received rom the SLM Global Outreach Fund.That subsidy is no longer ully available. Pray with us,please, that the Lord would provide the needed undsso these ministries can continue. Wed love to sharemore with you i you are interested. Please eel ree tocontact us at [email protected].
Lopez Family
VBS is part of our
church outreach . . .
Manual teaching
Crat time
Cooks preparing ood
Paperwork on the 247
children who attended VBS
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The Branch Oce o Source oLight Kansas is in the heartland o
our country. Leon and Susan Scott
head up the oce that is comprised
o 25-30 volunteers, ages twenty-two
to ninety-our! Yes, you read
it correctly. The oce sta are
volunteers!
Who can measure the impact
o a ministry that reaches many
people that are unknown to us
and that we will never see or
know this side o eternity? Who
can guess the transormation
taking place in the Spanish-speaking population that are being touched bythe three retired missionaries who disciple them on a one-on-one basis?
Who can athom the impact o children who are learning o Christ and
His love or them and learning to become godly adult citizens? Who can
imagine how special the blessings and joy, volunteers receive, who have
a share in proclaiming Gods eternal truth to the unsaved and making
disciples o believers.
With all these questions, what is our
Heavenly Father accomplishing through the
ministry o Source o Light Kansas? I can
see the Father allowing us to learn the joy o
the Lord through serving one another and
the students. Most o the volunteers are in
their golden years with a ew in their 20s
and 30s. As I stand back and observe thevolunteers, their love or the Lord Jesus
Christ becomes more evident with each
passing day. As they continue to grow
in their relationship with the Lord, their
by Leon Scott
The volunteer ofce sta
Scott amily
Volunteers grade the Bible
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relational interaction with each other also
grows as they pour themselves into the
students through the medium o the printed
page.
The Kansas oce receives approximatelythirteen to ourteen thousand lessons each
year. Many o these lessons are in Spanish!
God in wisdom guided three retired
Spanish-speaking missionaries to settle in
the area. These three graders answer all the
Spanish lessons.
Also, I see the Heavenly Father provide dierent orms o equipment
to enhance the work o spreading the Gospel o the Lord Jesus Christ.
Recently, the Father provided a used Xerox 790 color laser printer with
minor problems. The image drum has been replaced and the printer
produces extremely clear and colorul pictures. We are thankul to the
Father and the Lord Jesus or this piece o equipment. We also have a young
lady, who recently graduated rom a graphics program, assisting us by
placing graphics in our monographswe produce as additional material
or the students.
In addition, we have needed to
replace the carpet is some o our
grading rooms or a long time. A
local church gave enough carpet to
replace all the carpet in the entire
building. These may seem small
incidentals. We just praise the Lord
or all He has given to this ministry,
so that we can invest more o our unds in the Bible lessons.
What I see is that our Heavenly Father is building His kingdom one person
at a time through the study o Gods word distributed by His servants andchildren o various ages and backgrounds.
When director Leon Scott was asked the biggest need o Source o Light
Kansas, he said, We need a ull-time secretary. Maybe this is a spot you
can ll! Think about it.
Volunteers do data input
Volunteers open the mail and
stock the lessons
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There is a new sound being heard here at SLMHeadquarters. It is the sound of six Braille embossersrunning hour after hour. SLM lessons, devotionals,hymnals, and other books are being made availableto the visually impaired. With these new soundscomes John Hemphill and the Helping Hands BrailleMinistries, operated in Michigan for the past ten
years.
John and Ben Watson metthree years ago and begantalking about the possibility ofJohns ministry becoming a partof the SLM outreach. In June2009, this became a reality. John
has a passion for getting printedmaterial embossed in Braille andinto the hands of the visuallyimpaired.
John and others in AlternativeMedia are reaching out to a group
of people often overlooked. The visually impairedcan have a valuable role in the life of the church ifwe can give them the ability to read.
With John comes a host of new volunteers people who read Braille, transcribe print intoBraille, and proofread Braille documents. If you area transcriber and would like to serve the Lord, we
need you to help us. If you are interested, call SLMand ask for Alternative Media.
Look at the Helping Hands link on the Source ofLight web site at www.sourcelight.org.
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While living in Caliornia the last couple o years, I was constantlyreminded that earthquakes were imminent. But upheaval in my lie came
ater I let there.
I had come rom 33 years in church planting in Ireland, knowing I couldnt
return. I was looking orward to a uture ministry in Canada. In the interim,
my mission board (Biblical Ministries Worldwide) asked me to serve with
the dea blind in Caliornia; I thought it would be just a small detour.
As I started toward Canada, by visiting churches and supporters, my earth
began to tremble and quake and when
the upheaval was over, I was not
only not going to Canada but I was
moving to Georgia where I joined
the Alternative Media Department
at Source o Light Ministries.
I met Ben Watson in 2006, when
I was invited to participate in a
conerence call exploring how to put
lessons online. Ben asked me then
to come to Source o Light and work
with Alternative Media, but I had
already committed to the dea blindwork in Caliornia. I rarely thought o it again. I was headed to Canada.
While in Caliornia, part o my job was to create a newsletter every week
and put it into Braille, and a desire to learn Braille grew in my heart. When
I let, I wondered how I would ever continue with Braille. All these pieces
are now tting together. I started a Braille transcriber course this Fall. In
November, I began learning sotware that allows us to put our lessons
online. I am excited to see how the Lord is using all the areas o ormerministry in what I am doing now.
When the Lord moves us, at times it means great upheaval. He has
overturned all my plans and put me on another path and it is an adventure
that I would not have missed. MAn pLAnS BUT GOd dIRECTS.
by Bev Mullens
Bev Mullens and John Hemphill
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Book 1 REPENTANCE Called Unto Repentance
Book 2 FAITH The Evidence of Things Not Seen
Book 3 REGENERATION Created in His Image
Book 4 JUSTIFICATION Accepted in the Beloved
Book 5 ADOPTION Sons Not Servants
Book 6 PRAYER Master Secrets of Prayer
Book 7 SANCTIFICATION Called Unto Holiness
Book 8 GLORIFICATION Called Unto His Eternal Glory
Book 9 HOLY SPIRIT The Work and Ministry of the Holy Spirit
BASIC BIBLE TRUTHS is a course on great Bible themes. This studyis more advanced than many o our popular level courses andmay be used or older teens and adults. Mature believers will fndit helpul, as will newer Christians. These studies are doctrinal innature with great oundational truths, leading to more serious Biblestudy.
KNOW & GROW is a basic course or
new believers. It is ideal or new convert
classes and or all believers who have not
had extensive Bible study. The detailed
exercises help the students as they learnto pray and study Gods Word. There are
three booklets in this course.
Knw
&GrwBook1
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there is a whole special Department o Bible Studies called
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I you are a teacher, you cant aord tomiss this opportunity to have the entire Old
Testament Tabernacle study at you fngertips.The entire Christian Experience rom Salvationto Sanctifcation to Glorifcation is set orth inpicture orm in the Tabernacle.
The C-D includes fve one-hour PowerPoint studies, Leaders Scriptsthat accompany each slide, and Students Notes or each session. Youcan now have this tremendous tool or your students at a cost o just$15.00. Thats fve complete sessions with every major spiritual truthclearly explained.
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Hallelujah! . . . the concrete
is poured and 12,600 additional
square eet on the second foor is
now available as God enables us
to construct the oces and nish
the work. In addition, we now have
6,400 eet o space on the rst foor
to reconstruct.
The construction team did a antastic job.
They began at 4 oclock in the morning and
did not leave until 9 oclock that evening.
They worked in 106 degree temperatures
(partially as a result o the chemical
reaction that occurs as concrete begins to
cure), pouring a total o 140 cubic yards o
beautiul smooth foor that will be a delight
to work with. They then poured, in addition,
all o the columns and the new steel and concrete stairs To God be the glory!
The next step is the elevator. We have contacted the Otis people and we have a
very attractive and adequate unit on order. The elevator should be installed shortly. In
the meantime, the men will be cutting in the channels or the plumbing or the new
bathrooms and kitchen area.
Several temporary walls had to be
erected to close o the construction area
rom the trac fow. These walls will
now be removed. The main hall will be
widened by about ve inches. That does
not seem like much, but it will make a
huge dierence in the appearance o the
hallway area.
We expect to have ceramic tile donated
or the trac areas, and by the time you are reading this, I hope that most o it will
be laid by volunteers. Please pray that God will provide the volunteer help needed
or this gargantuan task.
The biggest challenge now is to match the $50,000 that has been given as amatching gift. Since we have had little opportunity up until now to let people knowo this need, the deadline or matching that has been extended to December 15.
Please join us in prayer that this need will be met. I hope to be able by next time to
project a date or the dedication o this new expanded area. Watch or inormation in
an upcomingREAPER.
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Four years ago we introduced to ourREAPER amily our Ugandan Director,Rev. Aloni Mwisaka Wandeeka. Aloni hasbeen working in Uganda now or the pastten years. Since that rst article, he hastaken a wie (Ovia), and God has giventhem two wonderul children (namedor Ruby and me), Favor Shade (age 6),
and Gity Ruby (Age 5).
Alonis rst outreach was to schoolsand institutions o higher learning. He has had a tremendousresponse. Over 70,000 students have now taken the Bible coursesand received certicates. In one rather exclusive girls school thatI visited, the headmaster expressed her deep appreciation or thecourses, especially the course Understanding True Love rom a Biblicalperspective. She told usthat it has made a hugeimpression on the girlsor chastity a much-needed and little knownconcept in Arica.
Aloni next turned tothe plight o the prisoners.
Being in a Ugandan prisoncan mean sleeping directlyon the concrete foor andeating only one meal aday. Aloni approached the department o Chaplains and oered toallow them to use our lessons i he could rst train the Chaplains
in our soul-winning course, Fishers ofMen. Today, Chaplains serving under
his direction, meet every month to prayand plan strategy. They have given out2,212 certicates to prisoners who havenished their Bible courses. Several havereturned to their homes and are active
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Christian witnesses one hasbecome a pastor.
Just beyond Mbale, thereis an area known inormally
as the Muslim Corridor, a nogo zone where the Gospel hadnever penetrated. The teambegan by giving the lessons toa ew interested people. Thencame small home study meetings, then prayer meetings, then camethe break they had prayed or. It was the very dramatic and publicconversion o one prominent Muslim woman who insisted on being
baptized by immersion in the river, which runs in through the hearto that area. From that event and the circumstances that surroundedit, twenty seven Muslim amilies turned to Christ, to become whatis known in Mission circles today as MBBs (Muslim BackgroundBelievers).
Today, Aloni and his team preach the Gospel openly in the hearto the Muslim community (see picture) and 6,217 ormer Muslimshave been converted to Jesus Christ. O course these advances did not
occur, nor do they continue,without opposition. Recently,the team was attacked andbeaten and all o their soundequipment destroyed. But theollowing day they returnedand preached or two moredays and over 150 came to
Christ.
The challenge o thisministry comes rom a variety
o situations, growing out o their successes. Muslim believers are putout o jobs and homes and need assistance. MBB parents lack theunds to pay school ees (education is not ree in Uganda) or theirchildren. Former prison inmates need help to re-start their lives. As
the work grows so do the opportunities or you and me to take thewords o the Savior seriously,For I was ahungered, and ye gave me meat:I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison,and ye came unto me. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least ofthese my brethren, ye have done it unto me (Matthew 25:35-36, 40b).
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Barry Blenis is rom Grapeville, New
York, a town just south o Albany.
He has been a member o GrapevilleBaptist Church or over 30 years
where he serves as chairman o the
Board o Trustees. Barry is the latest
member o the Board o Directors o
SLM International.
Barry came to know the Lord as a child and oten went with his
mother to serve meals at the Capitol City Rescue Mission where hegot a burden or the Lords work and especially a vision or the rescue
mission ministry.
For many years, Barry served as Executive Vice President and Chie
Operating Ocer or a multi-state Bank that operated in New York,
Massachusetts, and Vermont. In 1999, the Bank was sold providing
Barry with the time and opportunity to manage the construction o the
new Capitol City Rescue Mission, where he has also served as a Boardmember or over 25 years. In that role, he saw the Mission grow rom
a small 3000 square oot acility to it current site, covering a city block
and having a budget o several million dollars a year. The Mission now
has a ministry ocused on women and children, as well as the men who
come to its doors.
Barry has also acted as a consultant with a number o Christian
organizations. His nance and organizational skills have allowed
him to review each organizations calling and how the organization
might be more eective going orward. Along with this project, he has
become involved with a number o international eorts or the cause
o Missions.
Currently, Barry also serves on the board o the national prayer
ministry known as Prayer Force One, which he helped ound. This
organization networks prayer eorts challenging believers to seek
God or our country and its leaders.
We at SLM International are grateul to God or bringing Barry to us
and we look orward to a long and ruitul ministry together.
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Did you ever have something happen in
your life and you had no idea why God had
allowed it to happen? This was Sanjeeb Sahus
thought . . . When I went here for the Lords
work and we committed everything into the
Lords hands . . . WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?
Sanjeeb had gone to Nepal to make
arrangements for a medical camp. He was
carrying 6,000 Nepali Bible lessons. He was
driving at a very slow speed when suddenly
a man on a bicycle swerved into him. The
collision of the car and the bicycle threw the
man under the front wheel of the car. Sanjeeb
immediately took him to the hospital andadmitted him. Sanjeeb was taken to the police
station and was kept there two days and two
nights.
In Nepal, the person involved in an accident
is detained until the victims family is satised
and signs an agreement with the police.
In Nepal, the people dont usually take the
injured to the hospital. They drive the vehicleover the injured person again and again until
they kill that person. Then the family of the
victim is given a lump sum of money and the
other party is freed from prison.
Sanjeeb took the victim to the hospital and
paid his expenses. Because of what happened,
most policemen in Nepal and all the staff at
the hospital now know Sanjeeb. The police
came to know about the medical camp that
was planned. They said, You are concerned
for the citizens of our country. News of thisaccident was in the Nepali newspaper. With FM
radio almost everybody in Nepalganj heard of
this incident. The best part was that the entire
situation was handled in a way which was very
new to them. Sanjeeb was able to make many
contacts because of the incident. He was able
to make good arrangements for the medical
camps. Now everybody there knows about themedical camp that was held in August.
Before Sanjeeb left Nepal he went to
visit and pray for the man in the hospital. He
gave him a Nepali Bible lesson. Pray for the
salvation of this man and his family.
Sanjeeb says, I believe this incident is the
beginning point for people who are in bondage,
who do not think twice before killing, who arein slavery to liquor and who are lost.
Why did this happen? Simply this
God is in control and it is for us to watch in
amazement as His will is done on earth as it
is in Heaven.
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k General Director Emeritus, Glenn
Dix, has to adjust his liestyle to deal
with the 30 percent eciency o his
heart now. The doctor does not wantto try urther surgery at this time.
k Our Pre-elders are anxious
to begin serving with SLM and are
working hard to raise the support
necessary to be on the eld. I the
Lord is speaking to you, contact SLM
or specic names and needs.k Due to the downturn o the
economy, SLM had to discontinue the
subsidies given to the Discipleship
Training Branches. Some have very
little nancial support. Pray that
God will supply the needs o these
Branches so that His Word will
continue to go out around the world.I the Lord is speaking to you, contact
SLM or specic needs.
k PhilSOL is in need o a new
headquarters building. Dr. Lucy
Nacionales, PhilSOL Director,
along with missionaries, Faustino
and Virgie Espinas, presented theirministry and needs in churches in the
United States this summer.
k There are a number o key sta
positions at the SLM headquarters
that need to be lled. Pray or willing
hearts and support or those God
would have ll these vacancies.k SLM India needs urther unding
to reprint the Bible courses in many
Indian languages, as well as support
or the India Branches. Also pray
or protection o our workers in the
current climate o religious violence.
k Praise the Lord that progress
is being made in the renovations
and expansion o the headquarters
building.
k Praise the Lord or the $50,000
matching grant toward this project.
This amount needs to be matched by
December 15.
k Joy Webster, SLM Jamaica,
praises the Lord or the sale o the
Clairdale property which was used
or storage. The unds rom this sale
enabled them to pay some debts.
k Sanya and Bosun Dosunmu, SLM
Nigeria, have obtained oce spaceand have also begun the oundation
o the rst church ever in their town.
k Pastor Philip Thang, SLM
Myanmar, now has 24 Associate
Discipleship Schools with about 500
students.
k The Million Card Campaigncontinues, resulting in many new
students taking the Bible lessons.
Thrilling testimonies are received
rom the students, telling how Christ
has changed their lives through the
study o the Bible courses.
k The SLM website has beenimproved. Check it out at www.
sourcelight.org. Praise the Lord
or those who have spent hours
improving this site.
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Joshua Chapter our gives the account o
GODs delivering Israel through the middle
o the Jordan River. Stones were taken bythe priest rom the river bed and placed
on the other side or all to see and remind them o how GOD had led
them. So, in each lie God gives us Milestones o His Faithulness.
Dave and Eula Keener met in Bible college, now Calvary Bible College,
ater Dave had graduated rom the Kings College and served in the U.S. Army.
Eula began nurses training ater one year o Bible college, and upon Daves
graduation, they were married. Their rst experience o living by aith waswhen Dave became ull-time Youth or Christ Director in Springeld, Illinois.
Dave pastored three churches, located in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma,
beore making the decision to accept the position o Director o Youth Ministries
at Woodland Acres Bible Camp, a ministry o the small church-planting mission
in Arkansas, Mid-America Mission. With much hesitation, ear, and trembling,
they set out on their second venture o aith, along with their ve children.
There was no time or deputation beore taking on the camp responsibilities orthe summer. A love oering paid or the move and a amily promised them $20
a month! But where God leads, He provides, and the Keener amily saw His
hand providing not just needs, but wants.
The Keeners loved the years there at camp and that is where they were
introduced to Source o Light. The campers were ollowed up with the Bible
lessons. At the annual Workers Conerence, Glenn and Joyce Dix came to
speak a couple o times. Dave was asked to be a representative or Mid-America Mission in Fremont, Nebraska, and he also became a church planter
or about our years.
When the Lord was indicating
another change or them, they
contacted Source o Light. Arriving
in August 1986, the time o ministry
here has been a real joy. Dave has
served in various capacities Public
Relations Director, Director o
Human Resources, and Chaplain.
Eula has served as Secretary to
the General Director, Glenn Dix,
continued next pageANAM Lifetime Commitment Award
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Gifts received in memory of:
doal Acoxby Neil Ks Hairstyling, Inc.
Mr. & Ms. Edward B. Sho
Jerry Acoxby Mr. & Ms. Edward B. Sho
Boie Marieby Mr. & Mrs. Gale Ingalsbe
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin L. Ingalsbe
Mr. & Mrs. John Reynolds
Joh McCoyby Mrs. Judy McCoy
Louise Sheehaby Mr. & Mrs. William T. Carrigan
Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Cole
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert E. Foster
Miss Martha M. Grifn
Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Gwinner
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Holleman
Atty B.G. Hudson, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William A. NewsomeMr. & Mrs. James W. Partin
Gayle Sheehan
Mr. & Mrs. James S. Sheehan
Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Sheehan
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Sheehan
Mr. & Mrs. Edward B. Sho
Ms. Margaret A. Stringer
Jim Stilesby Mrs. Sue M. Stiles
Charles Taylorby Mrs. Lillian P. Taylor
Advanced Biblical Studies Assistant, and other things, such as switchboard
operator. Now Dave has had to step aside because o a stroke, Eula continues
to serve rom home as time allows.
In April 2009, at the annual Association o North American Missions
(ANAM) Executive Forum, Dave and Eula were presented the Lietime
Commitment Award in recognition o a lietime o service to our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Milestones continued from page 21
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Please send a separate note with your gift indicating how you wantyour gift to be used. Thank you for your prayers and participation.
Here are some needs at our Foreign Branchesthat you can supply through your giving.
CHILE Projector that was stolen $ 1,226PERU Personal support needed $ 2,636
ROMANIA Pavel: Urgent need to nish building the DTC $ 17,500
LIBERIA Christmas program for street and disabled people $ 715
GHANA Oce Building in Muslim area $ 19,500
INDIA Dodla Wilson: Visual Aid materials $ 3,248
Christudas Earla: Jeep $ 8,375PHILIPPINES Headquarters building project in Manila $ 36,300
(Praise the Lord for $23,700 received)
What do you want to accomplish with your life? Most committed believers long
to be effective! They dream of winning souls, discipling believers, and making an
impact on a needy world.
Let me tell you about an opportunity to maximize yourself no
matter what your skills may be.
Missionaries with SLM are actively discipling nearly 20,000 students of all ages
by correspondence from our headquarters in Madison, Georgia. They answer
questions, counsel with them, and build relationships through the medium of
correspondence. You could do that!
Missionaries with SLM are producing 6 - 8 million Bible lessons every year
and over one million other pieces of Gospel literature, and we receive responses
to this effort every day from all over the world. You could be a part of that
production team!
Missionaries with SLM are producing on-line Bible studies, videos, and audio
courses that will blanket the world. You could speed their efforts by using
your skills!
All of that and more is being accomplished by SLM Missionaries serving from
our Headquarters in Madison, Georgia. Do you really want to make an impact
on this generation?Do you really want to maximize yourself?Then consider
becoming a member of the SLM Missionary team. A preliminary application
is available from www.new.sourcelight.org and click on Preliminary
Questionnaire. Why not fll it out and see what God may do?
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