Renewable Energy

 

October 2024

“Union with the vine creates and cultivates growth that gives joy.” – Tyler Holder (from our SonSet Solutions retreat)

Renewable Energy Provides Practical Hope

Two solar engineering consultants from SonSet Solutions embarked on a journey to Liberia this past summer to install a solar-power array. This has become a reliable source of energy which has enabled our partner to conduct a wide range of activities, including computer-based learning, tutoring, sewing classes, musical choir rehearsals, and community devotions and Bible studies. For the complete story see: Renewable Energy – Renewed Lives - SonSet Solutions

SonSet Solutions Retreat

We got away for a day or so at Quaker Haven camp, located about an hour away from Elkhart. Our speaker challenged us from John chapter 15 in three sessions regarding joy, and we are reminded of the joy that comes from abiding in the Vine and obedience. Verse 8 says: "This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples." We are grateful for the planning done by our Member Care Team, of which John is a part and pray for the fruit that gives God the glory.

Praises and Prayer Requests We are headed out to the west coast! The details of the trip have fallen together well. Please pray for conversations we will be having and that we would represent SonSet Solutions well.​​ ​Please pray for a team currently in Sierra Leone to install an antenna and Solar Ministry Toolkit. This fall we have many of our staff visiting college and university career fairs. Please pray for divine appointments with students and faculty. Our church, McCoy Memorial Baptist continues well with the transition. Please pray for the next steps of the pastoral search process.

Ministering in ways unexpected!

 

“You can do something other than working with God on his purpose, but it will be something lesser, and you couldn’t come up with something better.” – Steve Hawthorne

How do we minister to the Chinese?

It has been always on Jean's mind, since becoming a believer, of how to minister to her parents as well as to the Chinese. It amazes us that a SonSet Solutions partner ministers to Mandarin-speaking Chinese people directly, and they aren't even in an Asian country! Please click on the link below to read about how this happens and how SonSet® radios help! Reaching People Groups in Unexpected Places - SonSet Solutions

Solar Ministry Toolkit in Uganda

The following is a wonderful testimony regarding one of the first Solar Media Toolkits that SonSet Solutions has installed. This is adapted from an email from Pastor Ronald in Iganga, Uganda: "Greetings from family, God blessed us with a baby girl (Janelle), she is two months now. I'm happy to hear the extension of equipment/ technology to other countries. ​The system has got good, long-lasting speakers, and we are using this technology to pray and preach to community members every morning, and the result of answered prayers is great. We have created a team of younger ministers who move around the community to do service. They report many stories of healing, profession of faith are testimonials from this church morning broadcast program through this technology. The hot spot is helping us to connect and watch videos for those who have smart phones. Youth no longer go to cinemas to pay to watch evil videos but now watch free Christian videos which is transforming their lives and mindset. The solar-powered light has contributed much to lower the electricity bills of the church. It gives light 24/7 in and outside the church, hence improving the security around the church premises for the community.  Because of consistent power schedules and shutdowns, I always see community children sitting at church office veranda at night, and it has come to my notice that they do come to use the light in order revise and do their school homework. What a blessing to us to have this equipment in place, it has created a bond between the church and the community. Now, the church belongs to the community as well as the community belongs to the church. People have free access to the church. Pray with my church as make decision to add on a big speaker to reach more people in the community or having a radio broadcast program because there is open door for effective ministry and preaching of sound doctrine. Pray also for more opportunities to other churches in Uganda to get this equipment. ​Blessings, Pastor Ronald, Liberty Transformation church, Iganga Uganda."

Praises We praise the Lord for at least one who committed their life to Jesus Christ at Checkpoint Bible Camp. Jean had her one-year check post radiation. Her mammogram has had no changes, and bloodwork looks good. We are thankful for the technology, and also to the Lord for His hand on this. Prayer Requests This is a busy season of life and ministry for us, especially this year. Please ask the Lord to give us continued strength, health, and joy as we serve. Please ask the Lord to give us His direction, clear paths, in some matters in the coming year and beyond.

Unreached Peoples

 

July 2024

“The man who mobilizes the Christian church to pray will make the greatest contribution to world evangelization in history” – Andrew Murray

Williams Yindi: Unreached Peoples Mission (Tanzania)

At the end of June, we were blessed by a visit from Williams Yindi, who founded Unreached Peoples Mission (UPM). Williams is responsible for the planting of over 275 rural churches across a country that is twice the size of California.  Williams declared that his vision for UPM is to take the Good News to every tribe in Tanzania, specifically in the bush areas where many missionaries do not go. He has aspirations of getting many more Solar Media Centers for other rural churches he has already planted, many of which face the same obstacles to their ministry as these four churches. ​Founded in 1991, UPM is planting churches among rural tribal groups in Tanzania. They support 154 full-time missionaries and train many more in their six-month Discipleship Mission Training School. UPM also reaches out to the unsaved poor by offering instruction in eight different vocational skills that can be used to provide for their needy families.

Summer Interns are Departing

One of our interns has already completed his internship, and two more will be finished this week. We've enjoyed getting to know each of them this summer. Jean had the opportunity to be a mentor this summer. Livia Throckmorton will be returning to Olivet Nazarene in Bourbonnais, Illinois in the fall to complete her senior year in computer science.  Please pray for her and all of our interns as complete their projects and as they seek the Lord for direction and grow more passionate about God's global commission.

Praises We celebrated 38 years of marriage at the end of June at Silver Lake in Michigan. During the first half of 2024, SonSet Solutions assisted 66 ministries in 36 countries via equipment, service, consultation, training, and partnership development. Prayer Requests Jean will be serving at Checkpoint Bible Camp again as one of the camp nurses. She'll be there July 28th to August 2nd. Please pray for the campers attending. Remodel of the west end will last six to eight weeks. Please pray for our staff as we've had to combine offices and work in tighter quarters.