A Greeting from Mark and Michelle, scriptures to read, 2012, etc

Merry Christmas to everyone!!! 


Mark and I would like to thank everyone who has helped us this past year. With your help, we have pushed through into a new season. Many times, we felt like we couldn't make it, but THEN, God sent YOU... with your words of encouragement, with your love, with your financial support, with your time, and with your stuff!!!! God surely has been Good to us!!!! 

Thank you Titusville Grace Fellowship Church! You have been with us through thick and thin! We appreciate your true Christian love! We have been helped up, strengthened and so blessed through you!
 
Thank you AIM family and Jim and Jan Erb. We miss you all very much! 

Thank you many friends from all over the world.... you are too many to list....we love you and know that God has put us together for His purposes!!! It is so great to be part of a huge kingdom family!

Thank you Ballet Magnificat for putting up with us this year. You have made one boys heart very happy! 

Thank you to my family..... I am so happy we have been able to be closer this year. It has truly been my pleasure to watch how things work at home with mom and dad, my brothers, and their families. I tell everybody that I know what true love is!! I can see it in ALL of my family where ever they are! 

Thank you to Mark's family.... another one of those unexpected blessings!!! Mark's parents have gone beyond the call of duty in praying for us, loving us and just being there for us.... they even came to Mississippi twice this year!!! Thanks for the braces and lots of laughs, Chuck! Welcome to the family, Debbie! (Remember you are called... just like Esther.... for such a time as this.) John and Diane... thanks for showing us the way and for sharing your whole family with us! 

I could say a whole lot more, but I will stop with this! ( I am running out of kleenex, too!!!)

Last, I want to thank the LORD Jesus! Many times, the Holy Spirit will wake me up at night....I will get up to pray, worship or just listen. Recently, i was was lead to read the Word and found these awesome scriptures in Corinthians....may it bless you as it blessed me! Merry Christmas everyone!!!

24But to those who are called, whether Jew or Greek (Gentile), Christ [is] the Power of God and the Wisdom of God.

25[This is] because the foolish thing [that has its source in] God is wiser than men, and the weak thing [that springs] from God is stronger than men.

26For [simply] consider your own call, brethren; not many [of you were considered to be] wise according to human estimates and standards, not many influential and powerful, not many of high and noble birth.

27[No] for God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame.

28And God also selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is lowborn and insignificant and branded and treated with contempt, even the things that are nothing, that He might depose and bring to nothing the things that are,

29So that no mortal man should [have pretense for glorying and] boast in the presence of God.

30But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God, [revealed to us a knowledge of the divine plan of salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself as] our Righteousness [thus making us upright and putting us in right standing with God], and our Consecration [making us pure and holy], and our Redemption [providing our ransom from eternal penalty for sin].

31So then, as it is written, Let him who boasts and proudly rejoices and glories, boast and proudly rejoice and glory in the Lord.


2012- PI in April


In addition to our desire to outreach to Japanese in MS, be involved in the ministry of Ballet Magnificat, and hang out with the kids at "God`s Haven", I`m so excited to share with you our invitation to go to the Philippines in April.  


The vision remains to share the love of Jesus Christ with the poor and destitute Philippine people. The team provides free medical and dental care in rural and urban areas thereby opening the door to present the Gospel to thousands of individuals. 


In addition to the medical clinics, the team and I will be a part of children`s ministry, evangelism, healing, and prayer ministry. 


Although I am not sure what my (perhaps Michelle`s) schedule will be, I look forward to visiting and spending time at an orphanage there. 


The final costs of the trip will be about $900 in country, price of ticket to/from Manila, and a departure tax of $20. I hope to have more specific finalized costs by the end of January.


Thank you for your partnership with us and please pray about your involvement in making this trip a reality for Kingdom purposes!!


FAMILY AND PRAYER NEEDS


I want to thank those who are responding to becoming a regular monthly partner! By so doing, you connect with us in fulfilling our calling to make a base of ministry here, take missions trips, and do outreaches in the local area. And, we continue to look for creative ways to finance the things of the Kingdom.


Please continue to pray for wisdom and favor in 2012.


Here is our Partner information:


Antioch International Ministries
246 Cowden Road
New Wilmington, PA 16142


Thank you for your prayers and support! Be sure to make checks payable to A.I.M. (see above) and designate on a separate piece of paper (not on the check) that your support goes to "Mark and Michelle Gulland". All gifts are tax-deductible. We receive 100% of all monies given.


Blessings!
Mark and Michelle Gulland

First Love!

Dear Friends,

How are you? We love and miss you very much.

As we all enjoy this busy Christmas season, may we realign with God`s covenant of love and reignite His fire in us. May each of us be restored to our "first love"(Rev. 2:4-5) and let our light shine in a fresh new way!

THANK YOU.....

GFC in Titusville, PA - Thank you so much for having us over to share with you on the 27th of Nov. You remain a huge part of our lives and we miss you all very much. We are looking forward to greater "glory" in the days ahead and thank you for your ongoing support.

The Ito`s - Thank you for coming over to our house yesterday. We really enjoyed the fellowship. You are a real blessing. And, we are stirred more in our calling to Japan because of you.

Jesse McCaul of NLF in Cambodia - Thank you for skyping with me this week. You definitely have a heart and passion for Jesus and this great "Kingdom of Cambodia". I look forward to what God has planned for 2012!

Partners - Thank you for your partnership with us. Your prayers and giving to us through Reign of Grace (AIM) remains an important part of helping us to be a part of Ballet Magnificat in MS, God`s Haven (safe house for homeless mother`s with children), taking short-term trips (like Cambodia in October), and to reaching out to the Japanese community in our area.

PRAYER NEEDS MET

Thank you for praying about our car situation.  Praise the Lord,  He lead us to a 2008 Chevy Uplander with low mileage.  We were able to get a good price on it.  It was really wonderful to drive to PA/OH safely and in style.  God is so good! Thanks for praying!!

FAMILY AND PRAYER NEEDS

Really, Although we do what we can to raise the money to live and expand the ministry here, without your ongoing support (and increased support), we would not be able to make it here.

We are praying and asking God for an increase in regular monthly partners to help us move forward as we make a base of ministry, take mission trips, and do outreaches in the local area. And, we continue to look for creative ways to finance the things of the Kingdom.

Please pray with us for wisdom and favor to move forward as we approach 2012.

Here is our Partner information:

Antioch International Ministries
246 Cowden Road
New Wilmington, PA 16142

Thank you for your prayers and support! Be sure to make checks payable to A.I.M. (see above) and designate on a separate piece of paper (not on the check) that your support goes to "Mark and Michelle Gulland". All gifts are tax-deductible. We receive 100% of all monies given.

Richest Blessings!
Mark Gulland
(Michelle)