AJM

2018 - Volume 1
 Welcome .......................................................................... 5
Intro ................................................................................... 6
Core Beliefs ......................................................... 8
Testimony, Steven Payton ............................................ 13
“Bittersweet Survival” Diana Westfall .......................... 14
Music Ministry ............................................................... 16
Why Music ........................................................ 18
AJM Bands ........................................................ 20
“Learning to Live in Unity” Shey Walters .......... 22
“A Lesson from Tour” Kyle Tanuma .................. 23
Tour Article, Andy Z. ......................................... 25
“Always On” Sam Carson ................................ 31
Coffee Ministry ............................................................. 32
“Why Coffee” Ashley Postier ............................. 34
Coffee Missionaries ........................................... 36
Kingdom, Coffee for Good ............................. 39
Dominican Republic .................................................... 44
“Beauty of the DR” Anayz Zurita ....................... 46
Missionaries to the DR ..................................... 48
Missionaries to Europe ................................................. 52
“A Vision for Life” Doug Z. ......................................... 53
“Joy of Obedience” Tyler Ryals .................................... 56
“Kyle Walks the Freeway” Steven Payton ...................... 56
Music Missionaries ...................................... 58, 62 & 67
“One Step Back...” Sam Carson ................................... 64
Leadership & Administrative Teams ........................... 68
Social Media ................................................................. 71
“A Thought on Missions” Pierce Westfall ...................... 72
“Get Ready!” Andy Z. ..................................................... 74
Donate or Apply ............................................................ 77
Contributors .................................................................. 78

Ashley Postier, Coava Coffee Roaster in San Diego, CA All scriptures taken from CSB, unless otherwise notated
Five of us sat huddled around a tiny wooden table, still thawing from the
freezing climate of Aarhus, Denmark. Each of us lost in our own thoughts
and, in my case, simply in awe of our current setting. The New Divide was
on a tour ministering to youth at different boarding schools around the
country. It was our “day off”, so of course we were in our favorite cafe.
Andy walked over and dropped a large magazine on the table with a
prominent thud. It was thick, with a black and white cover and pristine
looking title. Slick.

“What if we created a magazine like this, but for A Jesus Mission?”

We all looked at the closed book which now sat before us.

The next hour was spent flipping through the pages of this magazine,
raving about the simple, clean designs. The more we talked about it, the
more possible it became that we could, in fact, create an AJM magazine.
So we did.

None of us, especially myself, were qualified or experienced enough to

take on such a project. I suppose, however, we are people who just do
stuff.

From creating a missions organization, doing administration work,

melting faces with sweet guitar solos and leading the audience to
receive Christ. From teaching specialty coffee in Mexico, digging ditches
in the Dominican Republic, or serving our home churches. We are told all
to “go and make disciples of all nations” (Matt 28:19).

Made possible solely through Jesus, these are the efforts we’ve made to
magnify our Creator.

We are ecstatic to present to you our very first edition of

A Jesus Mission Year in Review, Vol 1.

Jiross Lakey
Editor in Chief

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We are a Christian missionary sending organization with
the sole purpose of equiping the found & finding the lost.

“Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful works

among all peoples.”
1 Chronicles 16:24

6 Copenhagen, Denmark
 Core Beliefs
The Bible is true and to be interpreted literally.
It is the inerrant word of God, transcribed by
man through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
The totality of the Gospel is to be used as the
final authority in knowing the nature and
commandments of God, so that the believer may
be equipped to do the will of God.
(2 Timothy 3:16-17)
Jesus was born of a virgin as the son of God.
He lived a sinless life. He died on a cross to pay
the penalty for sin which separated mankind
from God, and rose to life on the third day. He
ascended into heaven where he intercedes on
behalf of the believer. Jesus was the turning
point in humanity, giving us the opportunity to
have a restored relationship with the Creator.
Jesus came with a mission, to seek and save the
lost. (We GO on a Jesus Mission to equip the
found and find the lost) (Matthew 1:18-25, Luke
1:26-38, Luke 2:1-20, Luke 19)
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The Holy Spirit indwells the believer, drawing
them into right relationship with God. He
convicts the world of sin and equips the believer
to know God and grow in spiritual maturity and
guides them in truth. We believe that the gifts of
the Holy Spirit are actively working in the lives of
believers today, empowering us to go on A Jesus
Mission. (1 Corinthians 12-14, John 16, Acts 1:8)
The Church is a vital part of God’s plan for both
salvation of the sinner and sanctification of the
believer. Through both the local and the global
church, believers are able to grow together
in spiritual maturity, to teach the word of God
throughout the nations, and to exercise spiritual
gifts for the glory of God. Wherever possible,
believers should be both engaged in a local
church and actively engaged in the mission of
Christ. (Acts 2:42-47, Hebrews 10:23-25,
1 Corinthians 12:12-27, Romans 12:4-13)
Grace is the free gift of God. We must only
believe in Jesus and confess our sins to receive
salvation. All who call on the name of the Lord
will be saved by grace, through faith because
of the finished work on the cross. It is through a
restored relationship with God, through Jesus,
by the confession of our need for Him that we
can spend eternity with Him. The good works we
do cannot earn our salvation, but instead should
be a response to the grace of God.
(Romans 10:9, Romans 3:23-26)
Sin separates man from God. As a result of the
fall of man, our relationship with the Creator was
damaged. All are born sinful, deserving of
eternal punishment. No one is innocent.
Humanity is in need of restoration with God.
(Romans 3:10, Romans 3:23)
The Godhead is triune in nature, being God the
Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who
exists eternally as one being.
(Colossians 1:16-18, Deuteronomy 6:4)
Humanity and marriage were designed by
God.
We believe that mankind was created by God, in
the image of God, and for relationship with God.
Humans are temporal in our flesh, but eternal in
existence. We believe that life begins at
conception and that God foreknew each of us
before we were formed in our mother’s womb.
As created humans, the creator’s original design
for marriage has been clearly defined for us in
the Bible. Both marriage and sexual relationships
are to be between one man and one woman, in
which we fulfill specific roles in marriage, in the
family structure, and in the church. (Genesis 2:7,
18-25, Psalm 139:13-16, Matthew 19:3-6)
 & Find the Lost
Millions of people have never heard the story
of Jesus. We believe that His name has the
power to save, so we are to go into the world
to make disciples, teaching them all that
Jesus commanded us. We go into our local
communities, distant countries, and to the far
sides of the world with the purpose of sharing
the eternal hope we have.
We go into the world to find the lost.

Equip the Found

We make it our aim to equip believers and
send healthy disciples out into the world on
mission. In our efforts we strive to push
forward the local church, practice effective
methods of discipleship, and send out
missionaries who will run the race with
excellence. We believe that as the Church we
are to be pushing each other forward, striving
to grow into the image of Christ every day.
We go into the world to equip the found.
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 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
But how can they call on Him in whom they have not believed?
And how can they believe without hearing about Him?
And how can they hear without a preacher?
And how can they preach unless they are sent?
Romans 10:13-15
“Why is this happening, Where are you?” This
is one of the questions I found myself asking God
this year. From going on my second European tour
to being stranded in the middle of Arizona with a
totaled van and a broken spirit, God has shown me
how it is paramount to rely on Him and His word. I
want to focus on the most important thing I’ve been
taught throughout this year: reliance on God is the
best way to handle difficult situations.
During one of the summer camps with Final
Greetings, I had to learn how to ultimately rely
on God and His power to restore brokenness. My
Godfather, whom I was very close to, had passed
away. My dad called me right before James and I
were headed up to lead a morning worship session.
I was completely broken, and the pastor noticed.
He asked me what was wrong, so I told him. He had
the whole camp pray over my family, and we led
worship. I don’t feel like I was the one leading at that
moment; God had already put me in His presence. I
couldn’t help but weep as I was so overwhelmed by
my emotions. But my negligence to keep my eyes
fixed on the Lord took its toll later on that week. I
started to notice how I wasn’t acting like myself
anymore. Depression had ensnared me, and I was
desperately searching for a way out of its trap.
Barahona, Dominican Republic
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I had begged for God to show me how to get out
of this hole that I was in. Then, I felt a strong pull to
go read my bible. I opened up to Romans 8, right
where I had left off at. Then I read something that
changed my whole perspective. Verse 28 reads,
“We know that all things work together for the
good of those who love God: those who are called
according to His purpose.” At that moment I realized
that it wasn’t about how I felt or how I saw things. It’s
about how in every situation that I find myself put
in, there is a Creator who has a master plan. Even
though I may not understand the reason things
happen, I can have confidence and faith that it is for
the good of those who love Him, and it is according
to His purpose.
Proverbs 3:5-6 has also been a huge part of my
restoration process. “Trust in the Lord with all your
heart and do not rely on your own understanding;
think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide
you on the right paths.” So all of this is to say I’ve
learned that the question isn’t, “Why is this
happening? Where are you?” It isn’t even a question
anymore; it’s a statement of trust and faith. “God, I
know that this is your will, and I trust your process.”
So my question to the reader is this. How can you
trust God this next year?
Steven Payton
Bittersweet Survival
What did traveling the world for five years straight with my
husband, two small kids, and an ever-changing myriad of
music missionaries teach me? I cannot do a thing.
Not.
A darn.
Thing.
I cannot sufficiently express to you the brokenness I lived in
when this year began. I felt things I thought I would never
feel because I was “too mature in my faith to feel that way.”
I have the Lord, and people who are close to God don’t
feel this way. Still, there I was. For months, I woke up every
morning and went to bed every night feeling like I was
wandering around in the dark, purposeless.
Empty.
Broken.
Alone.
I had tried all of the Christian answers. I spent time in the
Word. I flooded my time with worship music to help keep
me continually in prayer and meditating on God. There
wasn’t a thought I had without God because I felt deep
in my soul my need for God to heal me. I went through
the motions of doing everything I could possibly think to
do myself. Then when I had no strength left, I continued
on going through the motions of daily life, but instead of
trying to do this or that, I felt the depths of my “non-Chris-
tian” emotions and waited. Despair has a connotation of
hopelessness, so I can’t quite use that word to describe
how I felt. My hope in the power and goodness of God
never wavered. I’ve always known His promises. I’ve known
His ability to heal, and I’ve always known He works for the
redemption of all things.
So I waited. I rested my hope in the assurance of God’s
promises, and I waited to feel them. I waited for months
with no fruit. I started and ended every day with these awful
feelings I “shouldn’t” have been carrying with me, and I
waited for God to change them. I waited for Him to change
me. While I waited, I found a persevering love I had heard
of but never seen for myself quite like this. I found the God
of all hope who was willing to gently restore my spirit and
provide comfort for my soul. I found the God whose for-
giveness does not run out, and let me tell you, I needed
forgiveness because here is what I discovered about
myself.
I am a consumer of God. I treat Him like a convenient store
I go to when I need something, or like make-up I pull out of
a drawer and put on to feel better –laughably as though it
could possibly be an adequate substitute for the constant
covering of the armor of God. I know I am not the only one
who does this, but that fact doesn’t make it okay, right, or
just. God had waited much longer for me to stop trying
to “do” in my own capacity, for me to learn to dwell in His
presence and seek Him first always, like my life depends on
it. Because it does. Because the air is not the breath I need
in my lungs for life. God had been waiting and watching
me come to Him then leave when I had my fill.
It must hurt Him so deeply.
To be used like that...
What caused me such grief before, I can now appreciate
for having positioned me to understand my dependence
on God. This year, God showed me some of my own wick-
edness and some of the ways His promises are treasures
for us. He brought me closer to understanding His heart for
His children. He produced in me a heart of gratitude,
perseverance, and a better theology of suffering. Being
called out of full-time, year-round tour life has filled me with
excitement and a little bit of relief if I’m honest. It has also
made me reflect on the lessons I learned in the previous
season of my life; I can’t escape the clear value produced,
and now I have this ironic fear. I have shared it honestly with
everyone who has asked me how I feel about this transition
and new season. It’s an easy transition, one I have hoped
would come. I can’t help but feel as though the easiness is
a bit deceptive though. Here’s the thing: I will never need
God any less.
I can only become less aware of my eternally existing need
for God. This reveals my fear. When I am not at the end of
myself, when I can still rely on my own strength, I do. I pray,
absolutely, but I have discovered I am unable to surrender
in my soul until I have exhausted all of my options. What
if I can handle my life now? Will I come to God less? Will I
treat Him like a product provider for which I am a vacillating
consumer? If I can do it on my own, will I forget how much
my soul needs Him?
I have discovered my own tendency to be unfaithful in my
devotion toward and pursuit of the Lord. This ministry has
always been different for me because I realized early on
everything about it was the antithesis of how God had cre-
ated me. It was an environment I could never thrive in, one
I never would have chosen if not simply out of obedience
to God’s will. Now I am moving into something I feel I may
actually have been made for, a position everyone else has
sought out and received, a place to thrive in my naturally
given abilities. Do you know what I expect to happen? I will
be humbled. I expect to learn all over again that I cannot
do a thing.
Not.
A darn.
Thing.
Even when I was made for it, I could never hope to do it
without God. I expect to cycle through failure and success
in God. I expect to see God make advances in His
Kingdom in spite of my flesh. The moments of triumph will
be treasures in Heaven, and the moments of failure are sure
to carry a tinge of pain; it will be but a slight momentary
affliction in comparison to the glory of God. I am truly so
excited for the future of this ministry, and I’m grateful to all
of you who have sent me into the field to experience all
of this. The past has been incredible, and I anticipate the
future will hold similarly unbelievable stories of the
miraculous workings of God. Because of your sending, I
have been given an even greater testimony, and
testimonies are meant to be shared. Thank you to all who
have invested in my walk with the Lord. Thank you for your
own obedience, sacrifice, and love. God has used you to
far greater extents than I can express well or you could
imagine.
Grace and peace,
Diana Westfall 15 Pierce & Faye Westfall
Music
Ministry

Small Giants
Abbe Lewis
Final Greetings
The New Divide
Cadence Please
Josh Walker Band
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Why We Use Music

The way we share the Gospel is much less important

than the Gospel itself. That is why in A Jesus Mission
we use music as a method of reaching the world.
Crossing the difficult divide of language and culture
becomes easy when you apply a melody.
The Creator of the universe generously gave us the
capacity to create, so we use those things we create
to point to the Creator.

It is important to remember that the art we develop

has no eternal existence, while those who consume
our art do. Because of this, we aim to use music to
Pictured: Cadence Please
build Earthly relationships through which we can Steven Payton
point people to an eternal relationship with Jesus. Gabriel Picker
Pierce Westfall
Justin Ellen
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 Small Giants Abbe Lewis
Frankie Trejo Abbe Lewis
Seth Rineholt
Joshua Simpson
Sheyanna Walters

Final Greetings The New Divide

Sam Carson Andy Ziesemer
James Payne Douglas Ziesemer
Kyle Tanuma Sam Carson
Steven Payton
Garrett Larsen
Alissa Adent

Josh Walker Band Cadence Please

Served with AJM in 2018 Served with AJM in 2018
Amy Walker Pierce Westfall
Josh Walker Diana Westfall
Thom Walker Kyle Tanuma
Matt Walker Steven Payton
Gabriel Picker
Justin Ellen
Paris Westfall
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Learning to Live in Unity
Sheyanna Walters, Small Giants
For me, being on tour for the first time this summer was
something I’ve always wanted to do, and I knew I was called to
specifically. It is so exciting in the beginning stages... dreaming
of everything you can do, everything you’ll see, the people you’ll
meet, the chance to bond with your team. But living each day
one at a time can be a real challenge when you are on tour. Yes,
you absolutely love your team, yet sometimes you just want to
rip your hair out! However, despite all of the frustrations, my
heart was always being restored during the times we played
together as a band. The arguing would stop, and we were
continually reminded why we were doing this thing together.
In the picture below it’s hard to see the extent of our blown out
tire. It was gnarly, and it happened twice this summer. We were
driving through Virginia to get to South Carolina, and suddenly
we hear a loud bang. Our van was definitely not driving the
same… Everyone jolted awake, very worried. We pulled over
right away, considering we couldn’t really drive any further. I kid
you not, we were on the side of the road for HOURS. Our tire
iron wasn’t quite right, we couldn’t get the spare tire from under
the van, and AAA was not able to help in this circumstance. After
some time, a city freeway worker came along and happened to
be able to help us in exactly the way we needed. He was a very
nice man and got the job done quickly. It was a huge answer to
prayer.
The second time it happened, I don’t remember exactly where
we were, but it was somewhere in the southern part of America.
We were on a tight budget and still didn’t have the right tools.
So when we pulled over at a gas station with our bad tire,
thankfully two different people stopped to help us. One man
who stopped to help had a little boy in the back of his truck,
and the other man couldn’t really do anything to help us, but he
kindly stayed to do what he could. As we got to know him, he
told us he was an atheist.
Before, I was saying how the day to day of touring can be so
hard, but moments like these encourage me. We may have gigs
booked and churches to play at, but it is when we get stopped
to deal with things we didn’t plan for, this is often when we see
God working the most. We were not able to sit and tell them
the Gospel for hours, but we did get to talk a bit about what we
were doing and share why we live on mission. Those people
who stopped to help us got to see how Jesus changes our
hearts! Before he left, the atheist guy bought us a case of water
and we were back on the road.
Now here is where the story gets good… There was this one day
we were trying to get laundry done. We were on the way back
to our host home when some of our stuff flew off the top of our
van while on the freeway! We pulled over and Seth stepped out
right on top of a fire ant hill. What are the odds you ask? Slim, I
say. So he’s writhing in pain, the ants end up in the van, and then
we’re killing them on the rest of the ride back while trying to
keep them out of our freshly done laundry. We get back to the
flat, and discover there is also a leak under the van! We began to
search around town to see where we could get it fixed. So now
we had taken out all of the stuff in the van again because of the
ants, and I wanted to start cleaning everything up. Mind you, it’s
Florida and a big rain storm was coming. So Josh and I jump in
the van before the storm hits to run to the store to get ant spray.
Thunder and lightning are cracking around us, and everyone is
in a mad dash to get all our belongings under cover.
We got in to start the van, and for some reason now we cannot
change gears from park to drive. The car will literally not move!
After maybe 20 minutes of messing with the van, one of us
finally figures it out, and we run to the store. Just as we’re
leaving with the ant spray, it starts pouring in the parking lot!
That was an insane few hours in Florida, and I still can’t nail down A Lesson from Tour
why it was all unfolding, but in that moment we just had to trust
God to get us home. Which only brought us closer to Him as we Kyle Tanuma, Final Greetings
learned to trust in the middle of the chaos.
In saying all of this, tour is hard. It’s not cotton candy and
rainbows like we wish it to be or we imagine it would be. But it This tour was one of the oddest and longest I saw God provide for us time after time and
is the calling we have. I’ve learned that even though it is not for tours that I have been a part of. As Pierce & work through us as we began the transition
everyone, it is not the faint of heart, nor probably something for
the inflexible. But that it truly is a huge privilege to be called to Diana stepped out of Cadence Please to fulfill into leading a new band. The biggest thing
live in unity while we go on a Jesus mission. their roles within AJM, Steven & I knew we I learned and keep coming back to can be
needed to fulfill the commitments CP had found in Proverbs 16:9, “A man’s heart plans
booked this last summer. We originally his way, but the Lord determines his steps.”
decided to bring on Sam from The New Divide Even though within this tour we thought our
to help out with the tour, but we soon realized future was planned, God showed us that he
that we felt God was leading us to come was in control of whatever was happening to
alongside Sam in the making of a new band, us in the moment whether or not it aligned
called “Final Greetings.” We then decided to with our plans.
fly out James, a Hungarian who had As a sinful man, this stressed me out at first!
committed to being a part of FG, and to finish But as God revealed that he was willing to use
the previously booked summer tour as this others to take care of us, I was comforted. As
mismatch of CP & TND which was working Christians, we should take relief that it’s not all
towards becoming FG! When the end of on us. The difficult life that we all experience
August came, we all had the thought, “Why can be something so much more when we
not continue touring for the rest of the year? decide to co-labor with our Creator. Instead
We already have everyone together,” and thus of working for our own gain in this world, we
sprung forth our decision to continue touring. must look towards working for His gain out
Within this six month span, we have traveled of this world. As for Final Greetings, we will
across the US and back nearly 1.3 times as continue the mission set out through Jesus to
well as up & down the West Coast. We went “Equip the Found & Find the Lost” through our
through two tour vans (& practically a trailer!), methodology of music.
brought on a summer intern, and finished out
the tour with two new members.
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 Possibly the Most Important Thing I Learned on Tour
Andy Ziesemer, fifteen years touring

If I learned one life lesson after fifteen

years of touring, it is that conflict will do
one of two things. Conflict either drives us
apart or causes us to grow. As much as it
depends on us, when we are believers in
Jesus, we should strive for growth.
Specifically, we should be aiming for
growth in our spiritual maturity.

The Gospel is the good news of how

Jesus restores us into a right relationship
with God. In response to that restoration,
we should be people striving to rebuild
the broken relationships around us. It is
important that we are living out the
instructions to the church in 2 Corinthians
5. That is where Paul tells the church that
they have been given the ministry of
reconciliation. We have been entrusted
with the task of reconciling relationships!

We will almost certainly end up causing

someone in a close relationship with us to
be hurt eventually.
It is inevitable, but I’ve learned that what
matters is our response.

Christians living together on mission need

to be constantly aiming for relational
health.
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Josh Walker Band playing at Creation Fest in Cornwall, England
 Child of the King Hijo Del Rey

Grace ran down your arms Su sangre nos mostró

Mercy slid down your brow Su gracia el derramó
Yet through all that pain Pensaste en mí
You still thought of me somehow Aún en medio del dolor

Freely you laid down Rindió su santidad

Your Father’s shining crown Cambió su majestad
For all my shame Por fallas y pecado
God that was my shame Todo mi pecado

Oh, I know, I’m a child of the King Hoy, sé, soy hijo del rey
Oh, I know, it’s mine to proclaim Hoy, yo sé, puedo proclamar
I was paid for in blood Él mi precio pagó
I was paid for in blood Con su sangre pagó

I was paid for in blood Él mi precio pagó

I was paid for in love Con su amor el pagó

The New Divide’s “Child of the King” in English and Spanish

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Sam Carson melting faces in Denmark
Always on
Sam Carson, Final Greetings
I’m Sam, and I’m an introvert.
To give a little background, I have been on A Jesus Mission for about two years now.
I played electric guitar for The New Divide and recently started the band Final Greetings.
I’ll strip it down to definitions. Being an extrovert means you are an outgoing, overtly
expressive person. To be an introvert normally means you are a shy, reticent person. By
these definitions, I do tend to lean into the second one. However, I had to learn how to be
outgoing and engaging, especially playing rock shows and being at summer camps with
The New Divide. On stage, it’s really not hard for me to be the extroverted person I need to
be. The hardest part for me is off the stage, talking and interacting with the people we come
in contact with every day.
From the most terrifying moment at my first camp with The New Divide, where we split up
and sat at different tables for our meals, so we could hang out with as many kids as
possible—to constantly meeting new people and staying with host families while on the road,
and all the way to standing by myself in front of a Danish classroom trying to get teenagers
to talk to me for a whole class period, I am definitely still learning and being stretched every
day. The life as a member of The New Divide is very much described as being always “on.”
From the moment we wake up in a host home, to the coffee shops we go to, and all of the
people we get to hang out with before and after shows, there’s no time to be an “introvert.”
I was told early on that for our band, the people will always be more important than the
music. This statement defines what our band is about, and for someone like me, this can
be really trying. Being a more introverted person, I am definitely not in the minority when it
comes to musicians. In fact, I would say the vast majority of musicians probably lean more
toward being introverted.
On tour, shying away and keeping to yourself really isn’t an option when the goal is to
engage and share the Gospel. I’m learning more and more every day how to be a person
that will boldly initiate conversations with strangers for the sake of sharing God’s love. I still
don’t have it all figured out. When I get the question, “Where’s your favorite place you’ve
been to?” the answer used to be easy for me—wherever the best food was, or if I got to go
surfing, snowboarding, mountain biking, etc. Now, when that question is posed to me, I find
myself thinking about the people I’ve met who make up these places we go. The really nice
barista at that coffee shop, or that pastor we went out and got dinner with, or those super
cool volunteers that we worked with to put on an outreach event. All of the opportunities
we had to share the Gospel. So, I guess, maybe with a little intentionality, and a lot of sweaty
palms even an introvert can learn how to extrovert
for the sake of sharing the most important story.
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Ministry

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Why coffee?
Ashley Postier, Missionary to Mexico
Although being a barista is a great
place to serve in missions, it is not
the only place. You can be on mission
in any job you are at.
Specialty coffee is such a unique
thing. The barista culture is really
fascinating to me. Right now in the
world (especially in the US), there is
so much separation of the people.
So many people are told they are
not wanted and they are not good
enough. In specialty coffee culture,
on the other hand, baristas all around
the world are throwing events and
parties for those who are outcast,
fighting for those who are rejected or
treated unfairly. For example, in 2018
there were latte art competitions in
support of the LGBTQ community
and women. There is a huge move-
ment right now of people of color in
coffee. The coffee community is
beginning to grow to where if you
make someone feel uncomfortable
for who they are, people don’t want
to buy coffee from you or support
you. It is really a beautiful thing to see
people from such a strong communi-
ty and culture of acceptance.
All that being said, being a Christian
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in that culture is so important. You
can see how these people are
longing for true relationships with
others, for a sense of belonging.
They have turned to the coffee
community because it’s a very
friendly community of people. As a
Christian, you get to develop
relationships with people of all
different walks of life and show them
the acceptance Jesus has to offer
to them, and the desire He has for
them. You get to be the one person
who instead of yelling with the
masses “you are not enough as you
are,” quietly speaks “Jesus loves
you even as you are.” You get to be
a voice they will hear. Not one they
have learned to tune out.
You get to live a life in front of them
that mirrors God’s love for them. That
all they seek, they can find in Jesus.
And this doesn’t just go for behind
the bar. On the other side of the bar,
you encounter customers who are
also human and seeking connection
and love. The beauty is that the type
of people who drink coffee range
from your grandma to your fifteen-
year-old niece. There are so many
people you serve coffee to each day
who you probably would never talk
to if you weren’t making them a cup
of coffee. These people come back,
every day, and you start to develop
a relationship with them. And just by
the way you serve them, they will see
something different in you, and again
you get to mirror to them God’s love
for them.
Here in Mexico, we are trying to
create a coffee culture that resembles
the heart of God, one that brings up
a group of people who will sit with
those who are hurting and feel their
pain and then bring it to the One
who heals all our pain. A culture of Ashley working in Horizonte Cafe,
humility and service. One that points Ensenada, Mexico
people to God.
That culture starts with me. With you.
and we served them with our whole
If we each individually actually lived
heart, imagine what could be done.
how Jesus lived and we followed
God could use your kindness to be
what His Holy Spirit whispered to us,
showing Himself to that person. And
if we treated each person as a human
then that person goes and has an
being who Jesus died for and loves
encounter with God, and they begin
to serve each person with their whole
heart being sensitive to the Holy
Spirit. Even more, another person has
an encounter with God, and pretty
soon we have a revival on our hands.
It starts with you.
Ask Him to teach you. Listen closely
to His whispers. He wants to use you.
Ashley in Cafe Petra, Ensenada Mexico
 Ashley Postier Jiross Lakey
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Coffee Missionary Coffee Missionary

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Stephanie Vance Keana Bo-ung

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Kingdom Coffee Roaster Kingdom Coffee Roaster

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 In 2019, we will be launching a
coffee roasting ministry called
“Kingdom: Coffee For Good”
out of Modesto, CA with the
end goal being to launch an
evangelistic missions base. This
would function as an evangelistic
coffee shop, while also serving the
purpose of being the AJM
Headquarters for our admin
department. 100% of the profits
will be heading toward this goal
and other various missions around
the world! We just finished
installing the roaster, training our
staff, and are finalizing permits
now!

Check back in 2019 for sourcing

your church’s coffee!

Pictured: coffee roasting class with Brandon Pasa, owner of

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 V-60

1:16 ratio coffee to water.

25g (4 tbsp) medium ground coffee.
400g (1.6 cups) water just under boiling.
Rinse filter to remove paper residue and
preheat vessel.
Pour out water and add
coffee grounds to the filter.
Pour enough water (75g) to
just submerge the coffee.
Wait 30 seconds.
Add the rest of the water in circular motions
every 30-40 seconds, just covering the coffee
grounds until you’ve reached a brew time of
3 minutes.

Enjoy!

Marcsi Ziesemer in our AJM office, Vancouver

Washington
La Cabra Coffee Roaster, Aarhus Denmark
in the Dominican Republic

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Anayz Zurita, Missionary to the DR
Hace un mes llegué a República Dominicana, y ahora vivo en Barahona en
el barrio de Casandra. Soy una misionera Mexicana (aunque la mayoría de
las personas me gritan ¡Americana! cada que paso) y fui llamada por Dios
a compartir de su amor y su verdad en un país en el cual no nací.
Es un lugar paradisíaco en el que viviré por los próximos 2 años y medio,
con playas impresionantemente diferentes cada una de ellas aunque
sigue siendo la misma isla, con una vegetación que podría asegurar tiene
todas las tonalidades de verde que Dios a creado para nuestro deleite,
con flores que se aparecen solo para agregar un toque más de belleza,
las nubes en constante cambio debido a la fuerza invisible del aire que las
mueve con total libertad atravez del cielo, me recuerdan lo grande que es
Dios y su capacidad de guiarnos a su voluntad; pero de entre cada una
de las pinceladas de creatividad de las que soy espectadora, puedo decir
con seguridad que en este momento de mi historia la obra de arte que me
tiene cautivada somos nosotros, sus hijos, más allá de un atardecer
memorable o una luciérnaga que se coló en mi habitación he podido
contemplar a su creación, a nosotros, a ustedes, a los demás, y la
importancia de restablecer aquello que fue perdido por una ofensa que
ya ha sido perdonada.
Somos tan diversos y tan inexplicablemente amados de una misma
manera que encaja en el corazón de cada uno de nosotros, Jesús.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
A month ago I arrived to the Dominican Republic, and now I live in Baraho-
na in Casandra’s neighborhood.
I’m a Mexican missionary (although most of the people yell “Americana” at
me when I pass through), and I was called by God to share of his love and
truth in a country I wasn’t born into.
The place where I’m going to live the next two and a half years is a para-
dise, with beaches stunningly different from each other although it is still
the same island, with vegetation that I can assure you has every shade of
green that God has created for our pleasure, with flowers that appear just
to add one more touch of beauty; the clouds in a constant change due to
the invisible force of the air that moves them with total freedom across the
sky, remind me how big God is and His capacity to lead us to His will. But
from each of the brushstrokes of creativity in which I’m just a mere
spectator, I can say for sure that in this moment of my story the work of art
that captivates me the most is: us, his sons and daughters. Beyond a
memorable sunset or a firefly that appears inside my bedroom in the
middle of the night, I have been able to contemplate His creation. You, us,
others, and the importance of reconciling what was lost because of an
offense that has already been forgiven.
We are so diverse, and so inexplicably loved in the same way that it fits in
the heart of each of us, Jesus.
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Anayz Jaramillo Zurita Christian Rineholt Johan & Julia Hernandez
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Missionary to the DR Missionary to the DR Missionaries to the DR
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Kevin Gopaul Julio Terreo Jeremy Hollis

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Max Schramm Tobias Grotendiek

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 Join us on

to the Dominican Republic

www.ajesusmission.org/godr

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 Missionaries to Europe
Madeline Powell
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Missionary to Paris, France
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www.ajesusmission.org/madelinepowell
Doug & Marcsi Ziesemer
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Missionaries to Budapest, Hungary
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www.ajesusmission.org/douglasziesemer
Tyler & Elisabeth Ryals
- pray with us for the many students who had their perspectives changed
Missionaries to Cyprus
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www.ajesusmission.org/tyler-and-elisabeth-ryals
Barna & Abbe Verba
Missionaries to Budapest, Hungary
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www.ajesusmission.org/abbe-lewis-barna-verba
Carissa Henderson
Missionary to Budapest, Hungary
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www.ajesusmission.org/carissa-henderson
A Vision for Life is a six-week intensive course that happens during
the summer in Budapest, Hungary. It is a part of the Calvary Chapel Bible
College Europe and is for students ages sixteen to twenty. In the spring of
2018 I was asked if I would like to take the role of directing this program.
This was a big step for me, as I had never directed a program similar to
this before, so I went into it without any expectations as to not to be too
overwhelmed. Over those six weeks we had eighteen students, six interns,
six staff, and traveled to three different countries.
Every one of these things brought with it extreme challenges, but with
those challenges came victories and growth for everyone involved! My
leaders and team got to teach about who God is and how to effectively
share the gospel with boldness on the streets. We celebrated as eleven of
the students were baptized, and every single person got a new or
refreshed heart for loving the lost!
One of the students was a missionary kid from Brazil. He may only have
been seventeen, but he had been held at gunpoint two separate times
already in his home country. When his families home had been broken
into, and one other time on a public bus. God was clearly watching over
them because they all got through these times without harm.
Coming into the summer, his view of missions was to be very scared after
living only a few years on the field. He and I connected right away when
he came to me on one of the first days and sat down next to me. He asked
me two questions: Do you like sports and have you ever been close to
dying?
That second one really caught me off guard.
He proceeded to tell me the times he has been close, and it really broke
my heart. Over the next weeks we connected, and eventually we sat on the
beach and talked in depth about his life in Brazil and how he hasn’t had
any friends or a proper community with the people in his church. Marcsi
and I were able to pray with him and really push him into becoming the
start of the connection for the other young people in the church there!
At the end of the summer it was really hard to say goodbye, knowing the
hard ground he will be going back to. So we pray for him often! Will you
over the summer?
Doug Ziesemer
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Paris, France
Discovering the Joy of Obedience
Tyler Ryals, Missionary to Cyprus

The Lord has been faithful in our lives as our family prepares to answer the call to
Cyprus. There has been a tremendous sense of helplessness on one hand, while
on the other hand we have been blessed to see the sovereignty of God on full
display. We have journeyed from just feeling a general call to Cyprus, into
watching God focus our vision.

We can say with certainty there is a closeness to Jesus that is found only in
obeying His voice.

We visited the body in Paphos, Cyprus in October and came home excited about
their vision to start a coffee shop ministry. In addition to serving there with Pastor
Tim Mattox, we are praying about starting a school of missions on the island to
further the Gospel in Cyprus and the rest of Europe.

Pray for the Lord to open doors for effective ministry in Paphos.

Stories from the road:

Kyle walks the freeway
Steven Payton

During the tour, while Final Greetings was on the way to Arizona. We were
passing through California when I did something I thought I would never do.

In extremely hot weather (115 degrees Fahrenheit, to be exact), we stopped at a

rest stop. Everyone went in to go to the bathroom. At that time we had a
Playstation setup in the back of the van, so it was easy to be distracted. It was my
turn to drive, so I put the keys in the ignition, started the van, and drove off.

I’m driving along and hear James and Sam in the back, talking and having a
good time. Then, all of a sudden, I hear James say “Steven... you left Kyle at the
stop!” I’m used to pranks from previous band members, so I immediately shrug it
off and keep driving. Then Sam says the same thing... but I’m still not convinced. I
keep driving. Finally, Kyle calls me on my phone. I answer and hear
“Dude... you left me at the rest stop!”
My heart immediately sank. I felt horrible!

That’s not even the worst part about it... not only did I leave him, but I was also
already half a mile away! I pulled over to figure out what to do, but the next exit
wasn’t for another 20 miles. So I dreadfully asked Kyle to walk along the freeway
to catch up with us. I could see as he entered the car, he was not very happy with
me...

So, the moral of the story is: ALWAYS check and see if everyone is in the car.

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 Josh Walker Band. London, England

Amy Walker
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Member of Josh Walker Band
AJM Missionary ‘18

Thom Walker
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Member of Josh Walker Band
AJM Missionary ‘18

Josh Walker
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Member of Josh Walker Band
AJM Missionary ‘18

Matt Walker
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Member of Josh Walker Band
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 Missionaries answer:
Make-up remover wipes.
What is one thing you don’t travel without? -Sarah Ziesemer

Sunglasses.

Packing cubes. -Sam Carson

-Karissa Wright

Portable bluetooth speaker to blast Country

Roads by John Denver to boost team moral.

-Seth Rineholt Altoids. Because bad breath is

the number one cause of missed
opportunities. My vital organs.
-Steven Payton -Pierce Westfall

Shey.
-Josh Simpson Tri-tap and portable power bank.
-Kyle Tanuma

Screwdriver and collapsible

waterbottle.
-Jiross Lakey

Aeropress.
-Andy Ziesemer
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 Sam Carson Kyle Tanuma James Payne Pierce Westfall Diana Westfall Gabriel Picker
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Electric guitarist to Electric guitarist to Electric/acoustic guitarist and Member to Cadence Please ‘18 Member to Cadence Please ‘18 Member to Cadence Please ‘18
Final Greetings Final Greetings vocalist to Final Greetings
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Steven Payton Garrett Larsen Alissa Adent Justin Ellen Paris Westfall
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Bass and vocalist to Dummer to Final Greetings Keys and vocalist to Member to Cadence Please ‘18 Member to Cadence Please ‘18
FInal Greetings FInal Greetings
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One Step Back, Two Steps Forward
Sam Carson
This summer Final Greetings set out on our
first tour! Originally planned to be about
three months, we just finished our last
show on November 18th. Six months after
we first set off from home! This tour has
been crazy to say the least! Only two weeks
into the tour, we totaled our van while we
were driving through Arizona. We got to
watch as the Lord provided another van for
us, and we were able to book the rest of
our tour through Thanksgiving.
Nothing could stop us now!
Then, our trailer lost a wheel. This whole
tour seemed to have a pattern; one step
back, two steps forward. Through every
breakdown and hardship, God not only
provided for that one step back but
provided even more to push us forward.
We were given a van, which was a huge
blessing. That van died mid-tour, but
through all these breakdowns we have
now received many donations that will
allow us to buy a van that we can tour in for
many years to come. One step back and
two steps forward. I could add tons of
stories like this where we were in a
situation where we needed God to
Pictured: Sam Carson, Steven Payton, Kyle Tanuma
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provide... not just for our wants, but our
genuine needs, and then He does! Above
and beyond what we even thought we
needed.
Just one more example... We had one
month left of the tour and were playing on
a Sunday morning. It seemed to be
nothing out of the ordinary, and we shared
a little about what we were doing. We had
racked up about $2,602 of debt because
going on tour is expensive. That church,
with no knowledge of our financial
situation, donated exactly $2,617 dollars
that morning! We elimitated that debt and
were able to continue tour! The Lord is so
good.
So tour went really well. If you just look at
the fact that we went through two vans and
countless break downs - every time it was
an opportunity for the Lord to provide for
us. We grew in our faith, in our spiritual
maturity, and in the confidence of our call.
Some people might say it’s not a good
idea to put a bunch of twenty-year-old
people a van to do life together twenty
-four-seven. They’re totally right. We are
Pictured: Steven Payton, Garrett Larsen, Sam Carson, James Payne, Kyle Tanuma
young, we are often immature (we’re not
old enough to even rent a car) and we
often don’t see eye to eye. But the
important part is that we are all called to
something bigger than ourselves, which
involves the constant sacrificing of things Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think-
like our personal preferences. It seems according to the power that works in you- to Him be the glory in the church and in
crazy, but Jesus made this all work and Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
He’s equiping us as we aline with Christ’s
mission and go into the world on a Jesus Ephesians 3:20-21
Mission.
 Frankie Trejo Seth Rineholt
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Michael Kim Bailee Yates

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Leadership and Administrative Team

Andy & Sarah Ziesemer
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President
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www.ajesusmission.org/andyziesemer
Pierce & Diana Westfall
Executive Director
Missionary Care Director
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Douglas & Marcsi Ziesemer Brian & Jill Grant Karissa Wright
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Board Member
Pastoral Team & Missionary Administration Team
Care Directors
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Paul & Katie Mollett Tim & Audra O’Carroll Shawn & Jamie Rineholt Maranatha & Keana Bo-ung Jace and Stephanie Vance
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David & Janie Westfall Daniel & Melissa Pape Aaron & Samantha Ford Jiross Lakey Makayla Marchewka
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Pastoral Team
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 A Thought on Missions, Giving, and Treasure
Pierce Westfall

Earlier this year, my wife and I stepped out of our band
ministry to fully dedicate our time and energy into the
growth of A Jesus Mission, in equipping and sending new
missionaries out into the field. As we settled down, we knew
a home was something we needed to look into. We
discovered a two-bedroom apartment for our family of four
was going to cost $1200/month. We simply did not feel this
was wise stewardship for us. I don’t think any of our
supporters would have questioned it, but as we prayed,
it just didn’t feel right. Someone recommended we start
looking into travel trailers. The monthly costs would be half
of an apartment, my parents graciously offered us land to
move it onto, and it would be completely paid off in 10
years, which seemed like the wisest decision as there’s a
good chance we’ll live overseas someday.
So we moved forward with it!
In August, the trailer arrived, and I was really excited to
show a couple of my friends because it had been so long
since we had our own landing spot. To my surprise though,
one of the first people who came over asked, “You bought
a trailer? Aren’t you a missionary?”
…..
I kept my mouth silent, but I wanted to scream, “Aren’t
you?!” Why do we have heightened expectations of what
missionaries can or can’t spend their finances on, yet live so
conflictingly ourselves?
Are these our treasures or God’s?
Remember when Jesus said in Matthew 6:19-20, “Don’t
store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and
rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But store
up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth
nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and
steal” (CSB). I love how Jesus just lays out a very plain,
practical reasoning for this at first glance. He’s like, “Look,
dude, no one can steal from heaven…. Earth will fade
away… Your money is more safely invested here…” Then he
said this:
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”
(Matt. 6:21, CSB).
…Okay, Jesus. Well, that was a little more blunt…
It’s funny to me that Jesus would give a totally valid and
applicable reason prior, and then just drop the spiritual
hammer on revealing the true state of our hearts when we
invest in earthly things. The scary truth is that these
“treasures on earth” can be our homes, cars, entertainment
systems, shoot - even our bible degrees! Why do we own
the things we own? What’s the root in our decision making?
Have we even thought about it? I think so often we just
assume we’re entitled to spend our money, however, we’d
like because we earned it, and that makes it ours, right?
I don’t think God is like the Grinch who stole Christmas.
He’s not here to rain on our parades and to be the financial
nit-picker that judges our every transaction.
But maybe that’s the problem.
And what if Jesus never wanted you to go to college?
… or never wanted you to own a home?
.. or a car?
Is that even an option for you?
It’s very possible He does have those “treasures” for you,
but the majority of people I’ve talked to assume these
“treasures” are ensured. They assume they’re our great in-
heritances of being American. Don’t get me wrong. Homes,
cars, degrees - these can all be great vessels in which the
Lord moves about within our lives and uses greatly to
advance His Kingdom. Is that what you define these as in
your life?
What’s this have to do with giving to missions?
EVERYTHING.
Because your life is the mission.
You and I are both missionaries. That is the job description
we were handed when we became followers of the Way!
That being said, every Christian is a missionary needing
financial support. Some just happen to be funded by the
generosity of other Christians while some are funded by
their current vocations, but our status or job descriptions
do not alter. Having been the guy whose family has only
survived by the generosity of others for the last five years,
and counting, I know I can speak into this from a healthy
perspective because I’ve been on both ends.
Did you catch that? Paul said he was “testing the
genuineness of your love.”
There’s a much larger picture of self-sacrifice, of love and
devotion to Christ, His work, and His people at stake when
we come to view what we own as God’s. We’re all
missionaries entrusted with “treasures” on this earth, and
what we choose to do with them, for better or for worse, will
expose the genuineness of our love. “There your heart will
be also.” If the genuineness of my love was merely based
on 10%, I don’t think it would be that difficult, but it’s far
more than that. The problem is the placement of my heart!
And that’s exactly why Jesus said in Matthew 23:23, “Woe
to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth….
and yet you have neglected the more important matters
of the law — justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These things
should have been done without neglecting the others.”
(CSB).
How sad is it that these people gave consistently, yet
they missed the bigger picture. To say we give 10% is not
enough. Everything we have is God’s. The Pharisees gave
out of obligation not understanding the opportunity for
relationship, and that’s where they went wrong. So, I guess
the heart of this writing is simple.
Are we any different?

That’s the grand question. The people who have hosted us
over the last five years, these are people that have
dedicated their homes as God’s. I know many people
whose homes are more like Christian missionary landing
pads 90% of the year. That’s a Kingdom investment! Then,
so many others struggle to treat their “treasures” as the
Lord’s. They seemingly hold looser forms of financial
stewardship over themselves, while holding tightly the
reigns of those they deem “missionaries.” Let’s look at the
Bible (always a good idea). Maybe this is Christianity 101,
but I feel somewhere along the pitfalls of American
Christianity’s idolatrous love for money, we forgot this….
We abuse grace and neglect stewardship.
God shouldn’t be left out of some of the most major
decisions in our lives. A 30-year mortgage on a home is
a pretty big financial and time commitment. Why do so
many people leave God out of those decisions? Or why do
people selectively pray about which house they should buy,
rather than whether or not they should even buy a house
to begin with? The same could be said about colleges,
car payments, and anything else we purchase. We assume
we’re supposed to go to college, so we say, “Jesus, I’ve
brought you three different colleges I’ve narrowed it down
to... speak to me on where to go!”
Jesus never did tell the apostles to tithe. Isn’t that funny?
Our reference for the storehouse is an Old Testament
concept, and it is important! But not a commandment of
Jesus. What He gave us was much harder. Oh, how easy
it would be to only give 10% and look at the other 90% as
money we get to put anywhere! Instead, Jesus said to store
up our treasures in heaven, and not just 10% of it. Paul
further validates this thinking when he writes to the
Corinthians saying “…. Excel also in this act of grace
(context is financial giving). I am not saying this as a
command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am
testing the genuineness of your love”
(2 Cor. 8:7-8, CSB).
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If you want to go On Mission, then get ready!
Andy Ziesemer
I think I’ve heard this sentence a thousand
times: “I feel called to overseas missions...
but I have no idea where to start.” These are a
few very simple steps you can take TODAY to
begin responding to that call.
Step one - Get your passport.
Literally, thousands of people who feel led to
go on a mission trip don’t even have a
passport yet! How do you expect to go
somewhere for missions if you can’t even
legally leave the country yet?! By taking this
simple step of faith and spending the couple
hundred dollars to prepare, you are
positioning yourself to go whenever and
wherever the Lord provides! What if we came
to you asking for your help in Europe, and the
expenses had been paid... but we needed you
to leave tomorrow. You couldn’t go! In all that
depends on you, get ready for the mission if
you feel called to missions! Get your passport!
Step two - Pray a lot more than you do.
I dare you to find me one person who is
in constant prayer for the lost who doesn’t
end up engaging in the mission. You will be
hard pressed to find one! I’m convinced that
people who pray regularly clearly understand
the mission and call of God. They will end up
engaged in the work because their hearts are
being transformed more into the likeness of
Christ!
Step three - Read a lot more than you do.
People who are deeply rooted in the Word of
God are sure of the call and mission of God. If
you feel called to get involved in the mission,
then you need to be equipped for it. The
Bible itself is sufficient for that work! Read
more of it more regularly. Let the texts in the
Bible do the transforming work they are
capable of.
If you want to be a part of the mission, then
prepare for the mission.
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