Mark & Michelle Gulland: February 2011

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Ministry update from Mark and Michelle Gulland - February 24th

Hi! You are so awesome. Thanks for your prayers and support. Your gifts to us and the ministry are so important as we continue on furlough from Japan. Here`s some of what is happening:

1. This week we spent a good time with Michelle`s family in Ohio. Michelle`s oldest sister from Japan was there. She heads up an NPO called "Japan Alive". We enjoyed getting caught up on Japan and learning more about what God is doing with that wonderful ministry.

2. Later, the next day, I had opportunity to lay hands on, and anoint with oil, volunteers from Love Inc. (Love In The Name of Christ). This community outreach group ministers to the needy in Titusville and the surrounding area. May God grant them fresh anointing and rich blessing as they become the hands and feet of Jesus to a dying world in this area. I felt honored to be able to participate in this way.

3. Yesterday evening, I really enjoyed skyping with the kids from the SIS school in Japan; where I most recently served before coming on furlough. What a joy it was to wave to the kids, via skype, and say hello. The Japanese, and other foreign children, were all so cute and had grown much over the course of the past 10 months or so. I thank God for the opportunity to have served there and appreciate the chance to help in the Kids4truth children`s ministry while here in the USA.

4. Finally, I so look forward to being in the presence of God at the "Holy Merger" special services this weekend. International speaker, author, and musician Bill Faught Jr. and his wife Lynda will be joining us from Texas. They carry just what we need for further revelation and understanding on how worship, intercession, and the prophetic merge to create transformation not only in our personal faith walk with God, but also in our city and area.

If you are in the area, feel free to come to the Grace Fellowship Church of Titusville, PA. The services are on Friday and Saturday nights from 7-9 PM. Hope to see you there!

Thank you in joining us in what we know God wants us to do. Your partnership means a lot to us.

In your giving, remember, we receive 100% of all gifts given. Make checks payable to Antioch International Ministries and designate on a separate piece of paper (not on the check) that you gift goes to "Mark and Michelle Gulland" . All gifts are tax-deductible. Thank you for your support.

Send to:

Antioch International Ministries

246 Cowden Road

New Wilmington, PA 16142

Sincerely,

Mark Gulland

(Michelle)

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Ministry Update for Mark and Michelle Gulland

HI! This week, I would like to share some comments Michelle made via Facebook. This will update you with some of her thoughts.

Kansha shimasu. Honto ni kansha. Kami-sama wa subarashi desu! (Thank you, really, thank you God, You are so wonderful!)
SPRING seems to be on its way!!! I imagine the plum blossoms are already blooming in Japan. The snow (here in Titusville, PA (USA)) is very crunchy now and the ice is very thick. Today I saw lots of deer tracks in the snow.
I have to recommend this web-site for its excellent silk products. I have seen these things in person when I was in Thailand 3 years ago. The bathrobes where the most beautiful I have ever seen. The robes for men were incredible. This is a really amazing company doing a great work to help the women and children of Thailand. Check it out: www.iisilk.com
To any one out there who has a child who needs some special education, I have to recommend the National Association of Child Development. It is an amazing program that is so incredibly stress free and fun and made just for your kid. I am so thankful for NACD!
Today I made chocolate chip cookies with coconut oil. They were by far the very best cookies I have ever made. The coconut oil made all the difference.... just use it instead of butter in your recipe! Yummy! I will try to post a picture, but it will turn up on Mark's facebook page.
I want to go to Arizona to attend in person the XP Women on the Front Lines conference. It is going to be explosive! I just can't get the line up of speakers and worship leaders off of my mind.

MINISTRY

I thank God for His goodness. In fact, this week I taught children on the "Goodness of God". Jesus said, "... let the little children come unto me.." Whether in S. E. Asia, Japan, or the USA, God desires to ignite the hearts of kids for the Kingdom of God. Pray God brings revival among children`s ministries.

Also, I continue to prepare for the "Holy Merger" special services to be held at Grace Fellowship Church of Titusville on Friday and Saturday nights from 7-9 PM, February 25th and 26th. Bill Faught and his wife Lynda, from Legacy of Worship Ministries, will be the speakers. Bill is an International conference speaker, author, and musician. God wants to merge worship, intercession, and the prophetic to further gain revelation, as believers, on what it means to be a "worshipper". Not only that, God wants to further break open this whole region to a greater reception of the gospel and further advancement of the Kingdom of God. Please be in prayer for these meetings as Michelle and I serve in this way.

PARTNERSHIP GIVING INFORMATION

Thank you for your on-going support during this time. You all mean so much to us. We continue to get some of the educational needs of the kids met. And, we are learning more and more of God`s purpose for this time as we look to the future in missions involvement. Thank you for standing with us as we minister the Kingdom of God for His Glory.