The Lord has called me to serve Him at Gospel for Asia full-time on staff at the US Home office in Carrollton, TX, a suburb of Dallas. I had been serving the Lord here for 1 year in an intern discipleship program. It was the best year of my life, but also the hardest year of my life!
Through much prayer, thought, and counting the cost, I sensed the Lord calling me to serve at GFA's home office. The Lord has shown me countless reasons why He'd have me serve at GFA. Along with this, there is a huge need for staff; the need for me to get back to GFA as soon as possible is vital, Lord willing!
About Gospel for Asia
GFA is a native mission organization committed to reaching the lost in the most unreached villages in Asia. GFA's trained native missionaries work full-time in some of the most fruitful mission fields in the world. These national workers are reaching people who have never even once heard the name of Jesus, in many countries that are completely closed to Western missionaries. Many countries in Asia are completely closed to Western missionaries, but the native missionaries are already there and even know the language, culture, and people to whom they are witnessing! Currently, GFA supports more than 16,500 native missionaries who are sharing the Gospel all over the Indian subcontinent and other surrounding Asian countries, and last year thousands of lives were dramatically transformed by the liberating message of the Gospel. They are now faithfully attending local churches, being discipled, and freely worshipping the one true God! Actually, last year there were more people to come to know the Lord in the first few months than the whole year previous to that. God is moving!
Since native missionaries live the lifestyle of their home country, it only costs about $1,000 to $2,000 a year to support each one. That is many thousands less than it would cost to send a Western missionary.
GFA’s goal is to reach all of Asia with the love of Jesus in this generation! Significant progress has already been made, yet there are still millions to be reached.
Bridge of Hope
Bridge of Hope (BOH) is another vital part of GFA. BOH is GFA's children out reach ministry reaching out to India's Untouchable children and other low caste children. Currently there are over 48,000 children enrolled. BOH children learn English which can open doors to better jobs and higher education since being an untouchable that is only a dream! BOH also provides education, well-balanced nutritional daily meal, school uniforms, medical care, lessons on hygiene (many of these children have never used soap or a tooth brush before) and are taught the bible and Gospel and share that bible to their proud parents! The children are loved and cared for by their teachers and are for the first time treated like real people and not like animals. This opens the doors for parents and whole communities to be transformed by the Gospel and this is a Bridge of Hope to reaching India's Dalits...reaching the children to reach all of India's Dalits! I am so thankful to be apart of this!
Why I am needed
To accomplish the work on the field, GFA needs a large full-time staff to serve in its Dallas home office, the lifeline for the missionaries on the field. The task of providing financial support for these thousands of missionaries in an area the size of Asia is immense, not to mention the communications and record keeping that are involved. The need is great! In many ways we home team workers are no less important than the native missionaries on the field. It is the native missionaries that are spreading the Gospel, but it is the work of the US home team that shares with the West here, raises up funds and sponsorships for the missionaries and Bridge of Hope (for info on Bridge of Hope, check out www.gfa.org/bridgeofhope), and raises Western funds for numerous other outreach projects, and sends 100% of it to the field. Everyone's job at the US home office is important, and through God working, makes it possible for the native missionaries to reach the lost!
I have been invited to join the home staff to serve in the work the Lord is doing. I am very excited about this opportunity, and I am very eager to go as we are in the days where the harvest is plenty but the workers are few, and 80,000 people are dying each day in Asia and going to Hell. However, because GFA sends 100% of all missionary support donations to the mission field, the home office staff must raise their own financial support, so before I can go I need $1900 in monthly commitments from fellow believers who want to partner with me in reaching the lost world. I am delighted to invite you to be on my support team as we work together to reach Asia with the Gospel! What a blessing it is to have our hearts and minds set above on eternal things! I would love to have you prayerfully consider supporting me through finances, prayers, or both! I thank God for you and the blessing you are in my life! I need your help because I can't serve at GFA on my own. I pray for the Lord's blessings on you as you make the decision to come on my team.
If you would like to talk to me more about this, please catch me on facebook! I would love to contact you or talk to you about this awesome opportunity in serving the Lord, reaching Asia in this generation!
I will be sending updates through this group! If you would like to receive my updates and monthly newsletters, please send me a message on my facebook with your email address, and I'll add you to my list! I'm delighted to share with you monthly what God is doing in my life as I serve with GFA!
Please pray about joining my support team. I need several who will support me monthly, quarterly, or yearly. One time gifts are also a huge blessing, as they'll help get me to GFA soon! All gifts made to Gospel for Asia are tax deductible. Please make any checks out to Gospel for Asia, and include a note that it is for home team staff member Alex Pruckler. My account number is 6260, which should be included in the memo line of any checks sent to:
Gospel for Asia
1800 Golden Trail Court
Carrollton, TX 75010
Monday, May 18, 2009
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Hey, thanks for saying "yes" to God. I'll be subscribing to your blog, looking forward to reading how the Lord uses you.
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