Dear friends and family,
In two weeks (October 19-24), I’ll be joining a small team of business people taking a short term mission trip to Honduras for CAM International’s first Business as Mission Seminar for our Latin brothers and sisters in Christ. It is titled Business for the Glory of God after Wayne Grudems book by the same title. (Click here for the promo flyer) Please pray for our team as we seek to encourage local Honduran business people and pastors to consider their work as worship.
Here is a link to two reflective videos for a conference here in Dallas (Nov 3) titled Work as Worship in which HOPE Coffee will be providing the coffee for the attendees. Please watch these and reflect on how there is no divide between the secular and the sacred when you worship God with your whole life (work, family, ministry, etc.) – How is God using you in your job and location? http://www.rightnowconferences.org/work/promote.html
Businesses for CAM
Thank you for praying for our team as we seek God’s guidance in launching the new business opportunities that God is bringing our way.
- We have almost finished the negotiations on a partnership with an agricultural company who will allow us to become a distributor for their organic fertilizer and oil remediation products. This may not launch until early next year, but the final business plan and research will need to be completed before the end of 2011. Our goal is to connect with independent sales representatives who will help to sell these products. If you want to know more details, please contact me directly.
- We are in the process of beginning to directly sell web advertisements on Obrerofiel.com to support the web ministry. Please pray for Gloria, who I’ve been training to sell these ads. You can see the information on http://obrerofiel.com/acerca-de-nosotros/ponga-su-anuncio-en-obrerofiel-com/
- Of course, there is HOPE Coffee which continues to grow as well. Pray for the 2012 expansion plans as our team meets on October 31st to finalize these plans.
- In addition to these businesses above, we have a 2-3 others in the pipeline that are in the incubation stage.
Our criteria for creating these businesses that are mission focused are:
- To create income to fund ministry – HOPE Coffee and Agricultural Products
- To create ministry opportunities – HOPE Coffee
- To create jobs for Latins to take the Gospel – Agricultural Products (future)
- To teach a biblical worldview (sacred / secular) – BAM Conferences
Thank you for praying for us as we “incubate” these businesses and look for Christian professionals to run them when they become self-sustaining.
Have a wonderful week!
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