Weatherly Report October 2020
Has there ever been a time in your life when the Holy Spirit has asked you to sharpen a skill?
I have felt this since August. It's been 11 years since graduating from Bible College and 10 years since being a staff pastor who preached every week. Now God is moving us into the next season of ministry, and my preaching has become rusty. When my family gets back to Spain, I will have to start preaching more often than I am used to. For me preaching is vital as we transition to Global University in Spain. Our mission is to reach the lost, train the found, and create resources. Because of this, God has been asking me to sharpen this skill. So, I've started to read books on preaching, and learning from preachers I look up to.
We all go through seasons in life where we have to learn new things and sharpen old skills. Thanks to COVID-19, we all had to step out of our comfort zones to learn new ways of doing ministry or how to navigate everyday life. Along with that, for missionaries, we have to learn new ways of fundraising. We know that church attendance is down between 30 to 70% of what it was in early 2020. And, many churches made the difficult decisions to cut Sunday evening and mid-week services. Times are tough for all of us.
October marks exactly one year since we have been back in the United States fundraising. We currently have 47 partnering churches (and 21 individuals) that support us monthly (through prayer and financial giving). Because of these churches and individuals, we have been able to stay afloat during 2020. We have raised 45% of our total monthly budget. THANK YOU!!! AGWM said we need on average 120 churches to partner with us, not only to get us to the field but to be effective on the field as well. This means that we need about 75 more churches to partner with us, so we can do what God has called us to do in Spain.
Our friends at On The Redbox ministry have recently filmed a powerful testimony of how Jesus changed a man’s life (Click here to watch). This man's testimony is one of the 49 million reasons why we need to get back to Spain. Spain is less than 1% Evangelical born again Christian. We must go back to Spain to help reach the 49 million people who have not heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
It’s not only our family, it’s all us together who spread the hope of Jesus Christ around the world. We need your help! We are funded through ministry partners like you. We would like to personally invite you to become one of our ministry partners to help us reach the lost, train the found, and create resources in Spain and around the world. To find out how you can become a ministry partner, please click the “Donate” tab on our website www.showingtheworld.com, or feel free to contact us.
Thank you for all you do to share the Gospel around the world
Your Missionaries,
Adam & Bethany Weatherly
Missionaries to Global University in Spain
