Churches In Missions P.O.
Box 1559 Sanford, NC 27331
“Mobilizing
the Church Through Short-term Missions”
John Denver wrote “Country Roads” in 1971 and has become
the state anthem since. The chorus says
“Country roads, take me
home, to a place, I belong.”
Every West Virginian knows this song and can sing it from memory. West Virginia is built on old rugged country
roads. Those
country roads take you to displaced communities far off the beaten path. They take you into broken places where drugs,
abuse, sickness, hopelessness, and sin reign.
The people in Southern West Virginia battle intense poverty each day. They are typically a reserved people and are
skeptical of outsiders since many people pick on ‘those dumb hillbillies.” They think that they are a forgotten people
and that no one cares, even God. But
thanks to faithful teams we are able to show the love of Christ to these lost
places.
We traveled to Southern West Virginia twice in the month of April. Matt was with Boonsboro Bible Church from
April 8-10th. The team worked incredibly hard at God’s Grace Ministry
in Welch WV to provide food, groceries, care packages, Bibles, and
organization. We had quite a few
conversations with people despite the fact that the weather would drop into the
lower 30’s, sending hail and snow. That
afternoon the team traveled to Gary WV to help out with the School for
Life. The team helped sort clothing and
clean the gym. School for Life
desperately needed a team to help them prepare for their summer
ministries. It was such a joy to work
alongside Pastor Allen and his congregation. Matt also used
this trip as a chance to survey new towns, to meet with city officials, and to
meet contractors for future ministry.
The second trip consisted of a team of 30 people from four
different churches. They served from
April 22nd to 24th.
They served at God’s Grace Ministry too.
This team provided care packages, hot food, Bibles, groceries, built
industrial shelving for the food ministry to children, organized the baby
pantry, provided 100’s of diapers, had a large clothing donation, and deep
cleaned the ministry. The team ministered
to over 120 people during the lunch hour.
They then switched gears and headed to a local park to celebrate a
family fun fest. The family fun fest had
games, a bounce house, prize bags for kids (with Gospel tracts), hot food, nail
painting, face painting, HUGE clothing donation, and more. We were expecting around 75 people but God blessed us with over
200. One person said that it was the
largest community outreach in DECADES. This team worked so hard to serve the Lord
that evening. We built such deep
relationships and had A LOT of Jesus related conversations. We also had multiple ministry partners there
to invite the folks to their churches the next day. We were so privileged
to be a part of this fun, faithful, and fruitful team. The community has since requested that we
come back. They were in awe of how the
team loved them and cared for them!
Many of you have already noticed the new CiM
logo. We are busily working as a team to
update our ‘brand.’ We are launching a
new website, Facebook page, and Youtube channel in the next few weeks. Look for that exciting information in our
next update.
Keep
praying for us we continue to plan three more mission trips (Welch, New Mexico,
and Ansted WV), lead two vacation Bible Schools, and work with two different
camps. The summer is a SUPER busy season
for us. Also pray for us as we are presenting the mission to
multiple new churches in the next few weeks.
Thank you for faithfully loving us!
Gifts sent to: P.O. Box 51519
Durham, NC 27717
Or give online via www.churchesinmissions.org
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for Matt & Tiffanie Robinson
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