Dear covenant partners and friends,
As the end of the year approaches, we are continually reminded of how very dear your partnership birthed out of love has helped us expand our ministry not only aboard, but also with other organizations that meet here at the Embassy, such as One Child at a Time which helps children with learning disabilities and is making headway. A refuge for the homeless and a meeting place for addicts wanting to recover also take place here daily. We have maintained these doors open with our Father’s blessing and your support in spite of the economic crisis.
But, 2011 has been a year mixed with struggles and blessings for our ministry as well. The Lord has opened many doors in South America and central Europe for us to go and preach this reformation message, and at the same time we witnessed such stark contrasts between mourning and rejoicing... in both the nations of the earth and in our local church family.
Looking back over 2011, we feel the pleasure of the Lord in what we've accomplished together. Establishing reformation has gone beyond what we had understood or imagined. We find ourselves having peace with our Father’s leading. We sense He is saying to each and every one of us, "Well done, good and faithful servants, I am with you to tear down and to build up”, and this fills me with such great hope of what lies before us in 2012. As we stand at the end of 2011, there is one final milestone we'd love to reach before the end of the year. We are not done in this place assigned by God for His purpose, and we feel there is a new wind of change. He has opened doors to minister alongside Unida Cubana on Radio Mambi, and this message is opening doors to bring the gospel to exile Cubans and the broadcast is touching lives in the island of Cuba. The Lord wants to do a new thing in Cuba and we have been called to be a part of it. One Child @ A Time who’s director and founder is Miriam Jordan has helped and continues to help families and their children with physical, behavioral and emotional disabilities seen through spiritual eyes which has caused for major breakthrough.
These natural doors that have been kept open for six years have given way for the freedom of Christ in many different dimensions and areas. As we look back we admit that it is costly to stand where others are afraid to stand, we recognize that the price is great, but never greater than the doors He paid a price to keep open. The doors of freedom, letting captives free, establishing a spiritual consciousness and not a ministry of the soul, all this has not been easy to establish, but we have seen progress. When we come together and display Jesus Christ and teach a life-giving encounter and seal it with equal footing where not one person is dominating, we are assured we are hitting the mark.
The final milestone is to finish the year with doors still open to accomplish the purpose and equipping towards all who enter. We are faced with empty pockets concerning the Embassy of the Kingdom of God, and recognize that it takes all to come into the unity of giving and making sure that where we receive we also maintain. Equal footing includes the responsibility of the body that meets here and not a designated few. That is the deepest core of reformation, the area where we are still not tapping into. The place where if we are really living a shared life under the headship of Jesus Christ, then the ministry location where we all meet and receive should not have lack. But the milestone is the last rent payment; it is debt that should not hold us back.
My brothers and sisters, would you consider one final gift before this year ends to help us continue our work here in Miami as well as reach out to the precious people of Cuba? Together, we have the opportunity to finish with strength and purpose! Bear in mind - if you date and postmark your gift by December 31, 2011 it may help YOU at tax time! As you are led to make a donation to this ministry, all donations for The Embassy of the Kingdom of God must be post-marked by December 31st to be included for the 2011 tax season. 2011 tax receipts will be prepared and mailed by January 31st. Write and mail your check to: The Embassy of the Kingdom of God, 2100 S.W. 66 Ave, Miami, Florida 33155 or you can click here to make a donation.
I pray you know how grateful we are for everything you do for this ministry. Esther sends her love, and we both thank you for being our partner today.
Yours in His service,
Hector and Esther Jordan
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