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.

Heading to Spain for Christmas!

Saturday Kathy and I will fly to Spain to visit our son, Aaron, and his family. They are serving as missionaries in Valencia along with the Jeff Steen family. We plan to enjoy family time, encourage the missionaries and be a part of the life of God's church in Spain.

Please pray that everything goes well. As we celebrate Christmas in Spain we pray that you will be filled with the Joy that has come to the world in Jesus!

Visitation at Phayao

I am going to describe to you a visitation of our Lord to a group of children living in a girl’s home in Thailand. The home is named Phayao which means “House of Dreams” in Thai. Three different missionaries described this story to me. The following is a conglomeration of what I heard from all three.

In the fall of 2008 when there were 22 girls living at Phayao they were having a worship service. Suddenly one of the girls said, “Jesus wants to come into the room”, at that point everyone looked to the doorway and 21 of the girls saw Jesus standing there. None of the adults that were present saw him. The girls (youngest was 7 at the time the oldest was 15) said he walked in smiling at them. They all thought he looked very loving. After he walked around the room he started to walk up the stairs to the 3rd floor of the home. All the girls followed. He then stood outside the door of the isolation room where one of the girls lay inside sick. One of the older girls named Eif said, “Jesus wants to go into that room.” Eif then stepped in front of Jesus and opened the door. The Lord walked into the room and looked down at the sick girl, she saw Jesus. He then reached down took her hand and she got up out of bed. Jesus walked her out into the room with the other girls. He smiled at all of them and then walked down the stairs and out the front door where he disappeared. The little girl that was in the sick room was healed after being touched by the Lord.

No adult saw any of this. The missionary in charge who speaks Thai along with some other staff members took the girls into a room one by one to interview them. They all told the same story. The staff along with the three missionaries I spoke with all believe the girls saw Jesus.

Here is a bit of evidence I find interesting. The girls attend a public school. Most of the students are Buddhist. Eif shared this visitation with her friends at school and 17 have given their lives to the Lord. All the girls are testifying to everyone about this visitation. One more interesting fact, when the girls came to Phayao they were oppressed, poor girls that did not know the Lord. Most of them were at great risk of being sold into prostitution. When I met them one year after the visitation they were some of the most well adjusted, on fire for God youth I have ever met. The night before we arrived they had a 6 hour worship service that ended at 2:00 AM.

I was not there but I believe Jesus did appear to the girls at Phayao. He has definitely done a wonderful work in their lives.

THE GIRLS’ HOME AT PHAYAO THAILAND

Eight girls are in this photo with me and two staff members. These girls were rescued from being sold into prostitution. Just by looking at their faces you can see the wonderful work God has done in their lives. Sadness and depression have been replaced with hope, love and the joy of Salvation in Christ. The night before we arrived they had a 6 hour worship service, they are full of the life of God.

If you would like to help sponsor the work at Phayao email me at dalepugh@yahoo.com I will send you a photo of one of the girls along with her bio. You can pray daily for your child and send in a special offering or monthly support.

SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED SEND ME TO ASIA!

I am in Thailand today. Chris Briles and I are having a great trip. Yesterday we visited the home where 34 girls live that were saved from being sold into prostitution. We visited, played games, talked with them about God's will in their lives then we prayed for them. At the end they prayed for us. It was a powerful day.

Tomorrow we head for China.

Thanks to all of you that are praying for this trip.