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Trust: Total.Reliance.Upon.Spoken.Truth.

Team JamaicaWe wouldn’t be here were it not for the support and foundation provided,

by God, through Apostolic Christian World Relief. One such blessing andprovision was the recent visit by some of our board and supporters from

back home. Ron and Donna Hodel, Tom and Cindy Hitz, Loren and

Marlene Detweiler, Randy Gudeman and John Huber spent a week on the

island and dedicated a few days to our team. It truly was a blessed

experience for all and I am thankful for their investment in the Lord’s work

and our needs.

Their visit helped in several key areas. Having other perspectives and ideas

was a huge help for our team to sort through and process challenges and

opportunities. Also, there is wisdom in a multitude of counselors, and our

team was encouraged and exhorted with sound advice and seasoned

experience. Emails and phone calls from back home are great and have the

place, but NOTHING replaces being visited by, sharing with, and

worshipping amongst brothers, sisters and friends in Christ.

In Matthew 4:4 Jesus tells us, “It is written, Man shall not live b

bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mout

of God.” In John 1:1 we learn that “In the beginning was the

Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”Later, in verse 14, it says “And the Word was made flesh, an

dwelt among us, full of grace and truth.

What is the meaning of TRUST? To rely not on earthly things su

as ourselves or material blessings (bread), but to depend on

what God has spoken to us through the Word, that Jesus cam

full of truth, to be our propitiation.

This is a newsletter updating you on the happenings of my life in

Jamaica, as I learn more about what it means to trust.

SNAPSHOT OF THE LAST MONTH

Nov 4 – Wrap up JDV business planning process

with our final meeting

6 – Pick up the ACWR Evaluation group at MoBay

airport

7 – Team meeting #1

8 – Travel with ACWR group to Kingston

9 – Team meeting #2

10 – Meeting with New Beginnings Ministry in

Ramble13 – Craft Fair in Mandeville

15-20 – Life at JDV and sea container in MoBay

21 – Second trip to Sav outreach

22 – Travel to Kingston for work permit things,

this time getting fingerprints to apply for a police

record

27 – Nation Deaf Sports Day and Team Jamaica

Thanksgiving Dinner

29 – Back to Kingston to pick-up my police record

and submit my application for a work permit

extension

30 – Hang out at the School for the Blind withChe enne and Jade

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Team Jamaica! I praise God for the family He has blessed me with in my ACWR team.

Danae, Caleb and Phoebe Campbell get their facespainted at the Mandeville Art and Craft Fair. Theirparents are Damian and Felicia Campbell , missionariesto the Deaf here in Jamaica and pastor of New Life

Church of the Deaf.

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Total.Reliance.Upon.Spoken.Truth.VOLUME 1 ISSUE 7NOV 2010

Meet Jersey Rae Widmer, My NIECE!!!Normally a text at 3:30am isn’t going to be a good thing, except when its your

brother telling you that he and his wife have arrived at the hospital to deliver a

little princess! Jersey Rae Widmer, 6lbs 11oz, was born on Nov 28th and was the

icing on the cake of a blessed Thanksgiving holiday. I was able to skype with

John, Brooke, Jersey and the fam on Sunday night…its not quite the same being

on a computer screen, but I felt like I could sense the excitement and am

thankful for technology. Isn’t she precious!?!

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A PRAISE REPORT

The birth of Jersey Rae Widmer on Nov 28 th

weighing 6 lbs and 11 oz…. I am an Uncle!

Sweet and edifying fellowship and discussion withour ACWR evaluation team. We covered a lot of

ground and have a stronger sense of where God is

leading us in future ministry, yet we still see

through the glass, darkly.

A blessed Thanksgiving, I truly have SO much to

be thankful and great hope for the future.

Hurricane Tomas faded and dodged us, making

much ado for nothing as it barely rained.

Safe travels for the Huber family.Proud Mom and Dad Widmer with sweet baby Jersey Rae and a glowing Aunt Katie!

Acts 1:7 - 8

It is not for you to know the

times or the seasons, which the

Father hath put in his own

power. But ye shall receive

power, after that the Holy

Ghost is come upon you: and

ye shall be witnesses unto me

both in Jerusalem and unto the

uttermost part of the earth.



Thanksgiving is not a holiday celebrated in Jamaica, so this year we held off on our

“big family dinner” until Saturday when we all weren’t so busy. Turkey is also super

expensive and hard to find, so we celebrated with ham instead, which is still a

delicious treat. Kirk and Keri Plattner hosted our ACWR team at their place.Unfortunately Chad and Pam Huber (and family) were already back in the states, but

we had other things to be thank ful for, in particular, a new team member! Tashi Bent

was announced in Leo church in mid-November expressing her desire to join the AC

church. It was a blessing to all get together (minus Hubers, of course) to share in the

joy.

A little background on Tashi. She attended Taylor University in Ft Wayne, IN from

fall 2005 until she graduated in the spring of ’09. During that time she lived with the

Steve and Linda Schrenk family and attended the Leo AC church. Recently she shared

with our team that she had an interest and a desire to join the AC church during her

last two years of college, but k nowing she’d be returning to Jamaica where there

aren’t any churches, it didn’t make sense. But, in the last few months we’ve had a lot

more opportunities to have her join us and she also began leading a Bible study along

with ACWR teammate Erin Davis for single women in New Life Church of the Deaf.

This same Saturday we also had the added excitement of a National Deaf Sports Day

hosted here in Mandeville at Manchester High. Kirk and I got recruited last minute to

ref the basketball games…it was interesting, I’ll just leave it at that!

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Thanksgiving and Thanks Giving

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PRAYER REQUESTS:

• Fruitful last few weeks before heading

Stateside for Christmas

• Work Permit / Visa issues…please

pray the Lord goes before me in this

process and blesses it. And if it ends up

being a pain, that I will be thankful

anyways. My Visa expires Dec 14 but

my ticket is booked for Dec 15…please

pray for an extension to be granted by12/13!

• Preparation for Gridley ACWR work

team in January, both for the work and

for the hearts of team members

• For sweet and memorable time with

friends and family, both for me and the

rest of my ACWR team

• Continued support of the new Christian

Fellowship recently begun in Sav-la-

mar, an area with a large deaf

community. Pray for the Word to go

forth in Truth and Sincerity and God to

be honored. Pray also for them as we

are unable to hold service as all are off

the island in December.

• Pray for our team as we sort through

opportunities that God presents and

doors He opens

• Pray for Tashi and our team as she

becomes an integral part of us

• Pray for the healthy growth of Jersey

Rae. Also pray for the healthy delivery

of Robin and Peter Kim’s baby (due

December 12th)

Top: Referees! Bottom: Thanksgiving 2010 with Kirk and Keri Plattner, Tashi Bent and Erin Davis

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Work Team Coordinator

Other Ministry Activities in Jamaica:On Nov 18th we received, unloaded and distributed the fourth and final

ACWR sea container for 2010. The process never seems to work the same

way twice, but everything always works out and at the end of the day, people

and ministries who need physical aid receive some of the essentials. We are

currently evaluating and praying for wisdom as we desire to be good stewards

of the resources we have on a tighter budget.

Nov 21st I was able to go back to Sav-la-mar for another Sunday worship

service. This time the whole McKenzie family went with me; Sheldon,

Simone and their daughter Ashley. They did a great job coming up with

drama’s to show how miscommunication leads to hurt relationships. This was

paralleled to how when we misunderstand God, and His Word, our

relationship with him is hurt because we aren’t communicating properly.

Beautiful sunset captured on south coast near Whitehouse on the whome from delivering the sea container in Montego Bay. Great pic

Erin!

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