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April/May/June 2018 Focus

The Official Publication of Drive-In Ministries


Volume 34/ No. 2

Director’s Cut by Mike Jones


In This Issue
“So send I you”
The post-resurrection We also have a vibrant and growing Inter-
Director’s Cut message of Christ to His national ministry partnering with seminar-
- “So send I you” disciples is very clear; all ies, Bible institutes, and churches in many
four gospel writers quote countries, including Ukraine, Romania, Ni-
Ministry Newsreel Him. It’s not just a mes- geria, The Gambia, India, Indonesia, Peru,
sage it’s a mandate, a mission, a great com- Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico, utilizing
U.S. Report
mission. It was obviously not given only to missionaries and Mobile Units presenting the
- Alabama Property
the 11 disciples but to all. In Acts 1, He ad- gospel in more than 10 languages. There is
- Allen Nye
dresses 120 disciples, both men and women, always a growing waiting list of ministries
who would soon be empowered by the Holy and countries desiring a Mobile Unit to be
Spirit to further accomplish this mandate and used for reaching their people.
International Report mission. Then throughout the Book of Acts For two years now we have been seeking
- JIM2ROMANIA we see the continued expansion of this group funds to be able to place a Mobile Unit with
- Haiti through the churches and missionaries sent our partner in Haiti. Haiti is a very spiritually
- BEAUMONTSTOBRAZIL out from the churches. And so it continues needy country and our partnership is in place
to us today. but a Mobile Unit is not yet. We also have
It has been called and referred to throughout a missionary couple with Drive-In who are
Ministry Spotlight
many generations as the “Great Commission” raising support and taking language studies
-Nigeria (Faith Baptist
and for good reason. It is a mission of greatest to serve in Brazil.
Church/Safe Harbor
importance, involving the Trinity. Jesus said, Drive-In does not have the staff nor language
Ministry
“As my Father has sent me, even so send I training to go into all the world personally,
you,” John 20:21. In verse 22, He breathed but we can partner with those who are al-
General Fund on them and said, “receive the Holy Spirit.” ready there. The same is true with all of us.
It is also great in its magnitude of reaching That’s why churches/individuals support for-
the whole world, all nations, and, as noted
Mailing Costs eign missions. Every believer can help reach
above, involving all believers/disciples, both all nations, if not by going, by partnering with
personally and corporately. those who are.
Memorials Drive-In is committed to helping local church- The call to missions is “great” and the cost
es and other Christian ministries reach the of missions is also “great,” but the casual-
www.drive-inministries.com world for Christ. We serve churches in the ties apart from missions is unacceptable. We
U.S. through mobile movie ministry through must go, one way or another.
P.O. Box 680250
Prattville, AL 36068 our missionary staff and by partnering with
We need your help. God bless you as
O 334.361.1660 churches and ministries, loaning Mobile Units
F 334.361.9578 you read this FOCUS.
for specific periods of time.
Ministry Newsreel films all over. We want to keep this new tool busy reaching
people with the Good News
U.S. Reports of Jesus Christ! Perhaps we
could bring this effective tool
ALABAMA PROPERTY to your area and partner with
HEADQUARTERS FACILITY
your Church in a movie out-
“Are we there yet?” Like children asking parents as they
reach event. Call or text (727) 481-1356 for more infor-
travel toward a distant destination,
mation.
that’s the way we are as we work
toward satisfying the require-
International Reports
ments/regulations of the local
authorities to grant occupancy so we can begin ministry JIM2ROMANIA
activities. The area looks good and about ready, but, as Hello from Romania! Returned here February 24. The
the parents reply again and again to the children “almost spring weather is very nice, temperatures in the 60s and
there,” that too, is where we are. low 70s. I may have mentioned two boys to pray for in a
The weather is getting nice and we would love to get start- previous edition, but I will tell you about them again and
ed. We have a volunteer group show you a picture of
coming next week and individu- us together. David is
als who are helping regularly to on the right, about 23
finish up odds and ends, mow years old. He is read-
grass, etc. Please pray for the ing a Bible I gave him,
Lord’s help to complete and satisfy the few remaining needs he started with Genesis,
and for a fruitful ministry this summer. but is also reading in John. The boy on the left is Loan. He
We are buying 10 picnic tables for the finished pavilion, five is 20 and said he doesn’t like to read so I gave him a dvd
for each side, and will buy more as needed. We have had of the Jesus Movie! Pray for these boys that the Lord will
several people pay for one or two tables (a big help). They open their eyes to the Gospel.
cost $168 each, if you would like to help with this, note it As you recieve this I will be in Kazan, Russia from April 11
with your gift, or contact AnnaMae at 334-531-8673. - May 3. I’m going to disciple two boys who trusted Jesus
as their Savior, Gera last year and Philip the year before.
ALLEN NYE I have John MacArthur study Bibles in Russian to give
Since we have launched our new DVD Trailer, we have had
them! I will have photos of me with them when I return.
three movie events and have traveled to the East Coast,
Pray for our summer work. Requests are coming in al-
West Coast and Northern border of Florida. Plans are in the
ready! Mike and AnnaMae Jones are coming in June to put
works to travel to Central Florida
a screen on a pastor’s van, which will give us 3 vehicles in
near Disney World soon.
Romania! God bless you!
Our trailer can also be used to
announce movie events and to HAITI
advertise various products. The by Mike Jones
company we bought the LED Pastor/Director Predestin Herard and the 90 pastors and
screen from is an advertising company. They recently of- churches in the Haiti Baptist Association continue to pray
fered some advertising jobs to help pay for the building and faithfully and patiently with us for God to provide a Mobile
operational costs of our trailer. Unit for them and the country of Haiti.
Please pray for opportunities to advertise and show gospel We are also praying for the Lord’s grace to work in con-
junction with another mission to be able to ship the Mobile We know God is working. Pray that our Lord raises annual
unit to Haiti at no cost, greatly reducing the price of a new support of $72,000.00. Pray that we learn the Portuguese
one in Haiti versus a late model used language thoroughly. Please continue to pray our Lord
one here. continues to expand our circle of contacts.
The current balance in the Haiti fund is
$12,065. If we can ship with our sis- General Fund
ter mission, we will only need about Since last fall we have seen a good increase in regular gen-
$8,000 to complete the purchase and eral fund giving but not enough to offset extra expenses.
place it in service in Haiti. Please pray and help us get this Also, as we enter into the summer months, our ministry
done for the ministry in Haiti ASAP. activity increases considerably increasing expenses even
more. We estimate needing at least $1000 more a month
BEAUMONTS to BRAZIL to cover basic operating expenses during the summer and
God is moving rapidly. We have sold our home, moved fall months. It seems overwhelming at times, but “many
into an apartment, and sadly had to give up our 10 year hands make light work” when it comes to giving too. If 10
old Labrador, Jasmine. Chad and I had no idea how much people give $100 a month, or 20 give $50 a month … you
stuff you can accumulate in 20 years. God is teaching us get the picture. “By faith” I thank you ahead, as “by faith”
what we need and what we want. It can be a hard lesson. you pray and give.
But we are almost debt free! PTL!!
We were able to share DIM and our vision with the good Mailing Costs
people at Noxapater, MS. We believe it was well received. With mailing costs having increased again this year, and

Ministry Spotlight Nigeria Faith Baptist Church/Safe Harbor Ministry


by Mike Jones
I thought you would appreciate knowing some of the conditions our International Partners deal
with as they conduct Mobile Meetings in different areas. Pray for our Internaional Partners. They
endure much to share the gospel, and the Lord is giving much fruit in return.’ Reports received:
“Thank you for praying, we had a successful outreach tonight. At first we had a delay due to a
sand storm and rain after that, but we waited until it was over and started at 10:35pm.”
“We had the crusade last night and had about 5 new people saved. We were asked to inform the Police
about our outreach incase of any unforseen circumstance. We move out of the town early tomorrow
morning and drive through a highly dangerous road where armed robbers and kidnappers operate
almost on a daily basis.”
“We were told yesterday by one of the Benin Republic people that many of them have converted to Is-
lam so as to be able to get a land to farm in Ilesa Baruba. According to the Pastor in the town, “the Baruba people are always
hostile to foreigners especially non-Muslims”, either you are a Muslim, or submit to their rules. We praise the Lord, many
were reached after the movie and even requested that a church should be started in their settlement alongside many Fulanis.
Please pray that the Lord will strengthen the Pastor over there and meet their needs towards that.”
“We had film shows with over 15 people responding to the call for Salvation. We also had an-
other outreach at Ladokun Village. We were about to start when it started to rain heavily. We
couldn’t proceed that day and returned the next day, It was also a successful outreach as we had
over 25 people put their trust in Jesus.”
“We had over 170 people in attendance and 46 Fulani Adults trusted Chist as their Saviour.”
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