Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
We thank the Lord for a new year to live for the glory of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! So much has happened since our last letter. I am reminded of the Scripture that says, "A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps". (Prov.16:9) On the Tuesday before Christmas, my parents were in a head-on car collision. The car was totaled. We praise the Lord for His grace and protection on their lives! My mom suffered a broken rib, a broken bone in her hand, a sprained back, a sprained ankle, and bruises caused by the seat belt and air bag. My dad suffered mainly bruising in his chest. It is a miracle that they are alive! They are mending. We praise the Lord for what He is doing! Please continue to pray for them.
In prior years, we had been asked to come and serve at Lakeside Bible Chapel, but at those times, we did not have the Lord's leading. We have been praying along with Lakeside Bible Chapel for the Lord's leading. In September of this past year, we were asked again, but felt that the Lord wanted us to remain ministering in the Bronx with Revolution Church. When we were out in Western New York to help my parents after their accident and then on through Christmas and New Year's, we were asked again to consider coming to serve at Lakeside. We said that we would pray, and that we would ask others to pray. I know that in the multitude of counsel, there is safety. (Prov.11:14) We addressed the Revolution Church family about what had happened over Christmas, and asked them to pray that the Lord would make His will clear to us. When we had prayed, our church family said to us, "We think the Lord is calling you to go". They also said, "We can team up with Beacon Bible Church". Beacon Bible Church is the church we helped plant in 1995. Revolution Church and Beacon Bible Church have met together for Friday night prayer since 1998. We asked for continued prayer. We spoke with pastors, and other missionaries. Everyone to whom we have asked to pray has said the same thing--"We believe the Lord is calling you to go". The Lord has confirmed in our hearts and given us peace that this is the leading of the Lord. Sunday, January 24th, will be our last service in Hunts Point. On Sunday, January 31st, Revolution Church will begin to meet and continue with Beacon Bible Church.
We will be making the move out to Western New York to serve with Lakeside Bible Church of Bemus Point, NY in February. We will be serving and helping pastor the church. We will continue with outreach ministry in the area. We will still be involved with missions outreaches to NYC, Belize, and other locations as the Lord leads. His call is still "Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature"! (Mark 16:15) We must go until Jesus comes! We must redeem the time! I have recently been reminded of the time when Paul received the Macedonian call. "Come over to Macedonia and help us!" (Acts 16:6-10) "After he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Gospel to them". We dare not go if the Lord has not called us to go, and we dare not stay if the Lord has called us to go. Jesus prayed, "Not my will, but Thine, be done". (Luke 22:42)
Please continue to pray with us and for us! The Lord is faithful! We stand in awe of how He has led us through the years, and has faithfully supplied all of our needs! We are so thankful that the Lord has raised you up to stand in the gap with us! No prayer = no power! We are thankful for all your prayers and support through the years! May the Lord be glorified!
Lakeside Bible Chapel will remain our mission base.
We will be living in the Lakeside Bible Church's parsonage.
98 Lakeside Drive
PO Box 9220
Bemus Point, NY 14712
"...and do this knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed"! (Rom.13:11)
We love you and thank the Lord for you!
Keep Burning & Shining! Until we see Jesus!
Jeff & Rachel Mohl and family
Jude 20-25
