Friday, August 29, 2008

Leaving in the Morning


Well it's time to leave.  Since I was 15 years old I have longed to work on the missions field and it is finally here.  At 9:45 A.M. in will be boarding a plane and heading down to Roatan Honduras.  So before I leave, I want to thank everyone who has helped me through this process, people like my parents, brother, sister-in-law, nephew, nana, friends and former pastor and mentor John Clobaugh.  I also want to thank the pastor staff at Lawrenceville Church of God for all there help and guidance.  There have been so many people who have helped me and it is very much appreciated.  I am sure that i have forgot to mention someone, and if i did i am so sorry. Also before I leave I would like to ask one more thing from everyone who reads this, pray for me everyday.  Pray that I am always in God's will and that I can hear His voice everyday, pray that I will touch the lives of the people on the island, and that my ministry would be very successful and would accomplish the will of God. I know that God has called me to the place where I am right now and he will protect me through my journey. 

God Bless
Ross Jeffords

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Hitting the Streets...Again

Several weeks ago my home church, Lawrenceville Church of God, had a week long revival hosted by Tommie Zito Ministries. This revival was different than most that I have attended through all my years in church. The main differences were that it lasted the entire week, most revivals only last two or three days during the week but no this one, the second thing that was different about it was the fact they had services during the day and during the night. The night services were regular church services, but the day services were very different they consisted of coming to the church, taking a class about how to witness to people and then going out to the streets of the town of Lawrenceville and witnessing to the people. So as the revival dates approached i committed to God that i would go to every service day and night, so i requested off work and my very generous boss gave me the week off, and i was so excited. We had the Sunday night service and it was incredible and the spirit of the Lord was in the church that night and the same thing happened on Monday night, Then came Tuesday morning.  Different story I was so nervous about witnessing to people on the streets. We got to church, went through the class and learned the do's and do not's of street ministering, then we were on our way. I was so nervous until i approached the first person at the Gwinnett Place Mall and they were very receptive and actually let me lead them in the salvation prayer. I went back every day for the rest of the week and was able to lead many people to Christ. Then the week was over and we did not have any radical, on-fire men and women of God pushing me to talk to everyone about the Lord, I began to question myself and wonder if i would ever do it again.

That was until about a week and a half ago. After me and several of my friends got out of a prayer meeting, we were walking to our cars, a homeless woman came up to us and told us she was very hungry and wanted some money for food. We told her we would walk with her to a restaurant and by her some lunch. We got to the restaurant, got her a meal and before she left she asked me to pray for her. As i prayed i felt the Lord telling me to lead her in the prayer of salvation that moment I stopped praying and looked at her and said "If you dies today, do you know that you would go to heaven" she looked at me and said she would not go to heaven and i proceeded to lead her to salvation. I left the restaurant and went back to my car and just thought about the entire day and how amazing it was that God used me again to lead someone to the Lord. It made me realize once again how incredible my God is and how much he loves each and everyone of us. So much that he plans our day that we can come in contact with the right people. My prayer for everyone who reads this is that next time you feel that "itch" to witness to someone, do it, you never know how bad they really need it.

God Bless
Ross Jeffords

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Congratulations to Rescu Student Ministries



My youth group, Rescu Student Ministries had several groups competing in the Teen Talent in San Antonio, Texas this week and i am proud to say that the large vocal ensemble came home with the 1st place trophy. Thank you guys for doing such a great job representing our church. We are all so proud of you! 


Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Here I Go




Well its almost time for me to leave.  On August 30th I will be jumping on a plane and flying down to Roatan Honduras to embark on the next chapter of my life. I just wanted to start by saying thank you to everyone who has partnered with me, with out you guys this whole thing would not be possible. I am so very excited about this opportunity to go to the country of Honduras and try to make and impact for the Lord. As I prepare to go I pray a prayer every morning that was prayed by my mentor. 

Dear God,

Help me to see what you see, and feel what you feel when I see people.
(What I see will affect what I feel and what I feel will affect what I do!)


This is my prayer, that I will be able to make friends with the people of the island so that I will be able to impact there lives and lead them to the Lord. I will miss all you guys and cant wait to see yall down in Roatan when you visit me. Never stop praying.

God Bless
Ross

Monday, August 4, 2008

My First Post

Missionary Ross Jeffords