Merry Christmas - Felize Navidad

We pray that you and your family have a great Christmas. If you would like our Christmas newsletter which contains a full report on Hurricane Karl Relief work please email me and request the newsletter. dalepugh@yahoo.com

Hurricane Karl Veracruz

This photo was taken from the upstairs of our home in Veracruz.

Hurricane Karl hit Veracruz City, Mexico on Sept 17. I have worked there since 1982. Many of our friends lost everything, three of our churches had considerable damage. We are trying to raise $25k for the relief effort. If you would like to help you can contact me or visit our web page www.worldim.com click donate, then fill in amount,click, then an option says "please select a branch here" select Disaster Relief 5000. Or you can mail a check to World Indigenous Missions, PO Box 310627, New Braunfels, TX 78131-0627, enclose a note stating "Hurricane Relief". Thanks!

A FULL AND BLESSED SUMMER

JULY: Kathy and I flew to Veracruz, Mexico for a wonderful time of ministry. Some of our friends from Minnesota, the Melanders, joined us. The Lord moved mightily in every service we attended. We also had many one on one meetings with leaders. We were all encouraged. I also officiated a wedding. Here we are with some very good friends.

Here is Kathy with my son-in-law, Adam Durall, they just witnessed the arrival of our newest grandchild, Noah David Durall on June 19. It is great to see our family grow. Our youngest daughter Andrea is the happy mother. Please pray for this family. I believe the have a special work to do in God's Kingdom.

How To Survive on the Mission Field

If you are interested in missionary work or you know someone who is called get this new edition of How to Survive on the Mission field. Go to my publisher www.lulu.com and type the ISBN number which is 978-0-557-42543-3. This book will help you survive and thrive on the mission field.

SOMETHING GREAT HAPPENING IN MY CITY!

Sunday May 23rd we celebrated the Global Day of Prayer in St. Louis. This was the most anointed big meeting I have been at in St. Louis since the Jesus Movement in the 70's. The level of gifted singers, musicians and worshipers was amazing. We met at St. Louis University in their sports arena. After about two hours of prayer the band led us in the the "God of the City" then we all sang "Let it rain, let it rain, open the floodgates of Heaven." The anointing fell, God showed up. I believe our city, country and world are different because of what happened.

JESUS IS ON THE MOVE!

Fruitfulness.

During my prayer time this morning I was instructed afresh and anew reading parts of Jesus message in John 15. Here are the phrases that spoke to my heart.

John 15:2) . . . He prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. v.4 Remain in me and I will remain in you. . . you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. v.5 . . . those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. v.7 But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted.

If you remain in Jesus and in the Father's love you will produce good fruit that will last forever.

Good news from Mexico!

I just got off the phone with the man who is pictured with me here. His name is Candelario, he is an evangelist. I have been working with him for over 20 years. He reported to me the works in Veracruz are growing. They are having baptisms May 16th in two new churches. He is traveling and preaching in other areas of Mexico as well. It has been said, "The true test of a missionary's work is after he or she have left an area they were working in." I thank God for the good reports from Mexico. I thank those of you that sent Kathy and I there to plant churches so many years ago. They are still bearing fruit in God's Kingdom!

The Lord challenged me with a thought. Are you willing to recruit laborers for the harvest field and train them? My answer is yes. "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.

I have been talking with people one on one about worldwide evangelism and full time missions work. Are you interested in missionary work? If so contact me. I have a job for you!

GREAT Men's Retreat.

I just spent three days in the woods with a bunch of great men. We worshiped The Lord Jesus and prayed. I was able to speak with some young men about going on missions trips. I believe we also raised some money for missionary outreach in Tajikistan.

If any of you would like to go on a summer missionary trip please email me dalepugh@yahoo.com.

Recruiting in the USA

This photo was taken at a missionary school in Mobile, Alabama. International Gospel Outreach invited me to their school. I also visited the Globe International School in Pensacola, Florida. I love teaching new recruits for missionary work. I believe now is a time to recruit new missionaries for worldwide evangelism. In the next two weeks I'll be in Michigan, Indiana and the Kansas City area. Jesus said to ask for workers to bring in the harvest.

Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."
Matt.9:37-38 NIV

The worship in the Philippines was so full of the life of God! I really enjoyed working among these precious people. World Indigenous Missions has six missionaries living in Cebu. They have a training center and sending agency named Sea Mist. While there we worked with them on leadership and team building. The leaders really enjoyed our teaching on prayer and daily devotions. One pastor that works with the team asked permission to translate our material to the native language for use in their churches.

We are thankful that you helped send us on this trip. The impact for evangelizing and discipling Southeast Asia should be huge!

Plans for the first quarter of 2010

•The first part of February I will be in St. Louis visiting pastors, preaching and catching up on paperwork (closing out last year).
•Feb. 26th -Mar. 1st I will be in Minneapolis, MN to visit friends and supporters. I will also be recruiting new missionaries.
•March 6-14 is my yearly trip to Globe International in Florida and International Gospel Outreach in Alabama to train missionaries.
•At the end of March I hope to visit Michigan, Indiana, and Kansas City to visit supporters, encourage leaders and recruit new missionaries.
•Kathy will continue her work at North County Christian School teaching Spanish and helping disciple High School Students.

Successful Trip to Asia

World Indigenous Missions president, Chuck Hall, and I just returned from a ten day trip to the Philippines. During our time there we preached in three churches, taught two days at a missionary training school named Seamist. This school is training missionaries to serve as church planters in the 11 Southeast Asian countries. We also enjoyed fellowship with the six WIM missionaries that live and work there. Veteran missionaries Richard & June Bartz hosted us. We had a great time. Thank you for praying for this very productive trip.

New Church in the Philippines

In The Philippines

Today Jan. 18 I am in the Philippines. WIM president Chuck Hall is with me. We are visiting a team of missionaries that are training Philippinos to be missionaries in all of Southeast Asia. This is a great work. These people are changing the world for Christ! We will be teaching at the training center and speaking in some churches. I will upload some photos soon.

Christmas in Spain

We were able to visit Aaron, Mary and Sara in Valencia Spain for Christmas. They are working with a team that is planting churches and training leaders. Senior missionary Jeff Steen and his family served with us in Mexico during the 80's. The photo has Jeff's family along with Kathy and Aaron's family. I am behind the camera.