We are Amazed at His Work

This picture shows Pastor Martin who is serving in the Adjumani District in the Ugandan refugee camps. He delivers SonSet® radios using a motorcycle. In that box are eighty radios that will go to individuals and families, and these radios not only deliver the gospel, but help in unexpected ways. Recently we learned that the radios have helped the refugee students with alternate schooling; their teachers are teaching over the radio! Of course, it has always been God doing the work, and we are in wonder of that.  We praise Him that technology can be used by our ministry partners so well.

The final numbers are in! During 2020, SonSet Solutions assisted 180 ministries in 60 countries via equipment, service, consultation, training, and partnership development. We are amazed by this information. The challenges of this past year have not hindered ministry! 

SonSet Solutions has been doing some organizational restructuring. We have transitioned from departmentalization of jobs to a new team-oriented approach.  This will allow us to be able to focus more efficiently on the providing solutions for our partners. 

We continue to have some key positions open. Please join us in prayer that the Lord would move qualified people to serve here in critically-needed roles. Many of us have a primary team we work on, but serve on multiple teams.

For John and Jean specifically, we would appreciate prayer for:

1. The preparations to speak at two churches: one end of February and the other mid-March. 

2. John, as he and our Spiritual Enrichment team plans for our annual staff retreat, Advance 2021, which will be held March 26, 2021.

3. Jean as she continues work in IT, monitoring COVID-19 regulations, restrictions, etc, as well as help meet communications deadlines. 

We are grateful that we were able to celebrate Chinese New Year, the Year of the Ox, year 4719. It wasn't as big as it was last year, and we missed those who couldn’t join us, but our immediate family was together as well as John's parents and aunt, who have been vaccinated.

We praise the Lord for his provision. JR was able to fly out of South Bend, but landed in the craziness of Dallas with their power outages, cold, and storms. After a rough evening, he was able to stay with a Christian couple, while he waited for a Thursday night flight back to Garden City. 

God's Work Continues

As a whole, God's work through SonSet Solutions went on pretty much unabated in 2020. It looked a little different than previously, but God provided creative solutions, and we praise Him for this. During the first three quarters of 2020, SonSet Solutions assisted 139 ministries in 55 countries via equipment, service, consultation, training, and partnership development.​ Thank YOU for your HUGE part in making this possible. Please pray for all our teams in SonSet Solutions as we continue to provide solutions for partner ministries.

​John continues on in his roles as a software developer, chaplain and I.T. 

• Software development: John writes much of the internal software for the mission related to accounting, donations, shipping, activity, manufacturing and inventory. John also writes software to program the SonSet® solar-powered radios, and is involved in database development with the SonSetLink™ water monitor technology. The activity software he wrote tracks all ministry productivity and is how we know COVID-19 did not hinder our work.
• Mission chaplain: John ministers to spiritual needs of ministry workers, plans and leads worship services, and prepares the content for our daily devotion times.
• I.T. duties: John assists the I.T. Administrator in hardware and network infrastructure and upgrades, fixing problems, and handling support desk requests.

Jean has part-time duties that fills her two days of work with SonSet Solutions.​

• I.T. tasks: Jean assists the I.T. Manager with updates to website, photo file sorting and editing. A big task accomplished is our new website. Take a look – www.SonSetSolutions.org
• Fund development: Jean assists with event planning (such as our informational SnapShot events) to raise awareness of SonSet Solutions.
• Communications: Jean prepares weekly updates, assists with literature preparation, creates and edits photos and graphics for literature and social media.
• Donation Services: Jean works as a back up for our primary worker to process and receipt donations.

God is gracious to us, and we are blessed many times over.

Please continue to pray that we stay close to the Lord.

Happy Thanksgiving!

                    Happy and blessed Thanksgiving to you, dear family and friends!

Thank you for praying with us and supporting us. Your prayers and gifts mean so much to us and we are grateful ministry continues despite COVID-19. During the first three quarters of 2020, SonSet Solutions assisted 139 ministries in 55 countries via equipment, service, consultation, training, and partnership development. We praise the Father for the creative ways He has provided to meet those ministry needs.

Ministry: John: This time of year is busy for John, with normal year-end mission software to write and data to prepare and report -- and regular chaplain duties as well. This may seem "boring" but it's pretty essential to operations at Sonset Solutions. For many of us who work "normal" jobs, faithfulness for the believer is most often measured in more incremental and conventional ways, over time. Jean:  Since springtime, it has been a busier task than Jean anticipated to keep up with the most recent briefings and updates and to make certain we are compliant with regulations.  As cases arise and affect our team at SonSet Solutions, and with some restructuring, she was recently made the Lead on our Safe Transition Task Force at SonSet Solutions. She is still growing into that role. Also, as part of the IT department, she is on the team to develop a new webpage. SonSet Solutions: Please pray for our Community Development Team as they build, test, and ship 200+ SonSetLink™ water monitors, all before mid-December. Ask God to help them persevere, do quality work, and serve our partners in their gospel proclamation and clean water projects. This is time critical.   Romans 12:4-5 "For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them..." After seeing supporters and friends last year at this time, we began to plan for trip for May of this year – but COVID-19 didn't allow that to happen. So this month we embarked on a trip of many miles and went the opposite direction from a year ago. We appreciate all who took time out to meet with us, host us, worship with us, treat us to a meal, pray with us, and even join our support team.  It was wonderful, encouraging and refreshing to see these friends and family, most of whom we were not able to when we did our push to be fully funded around two years ago.  To be able to reacquaint and catch up with many we haven't seen in a long while was precious to us. We were very excited to also update everyone about SonSet Solutions and how the technology leads to an eternal impact. Family Updates:     The holidays are a little up in the air with COVID-19. We know it is the same for all of you. We pray for wisdom for us all as we try to navigate the holidays this year.   Would you pray for us? SonSet Solutions: Pray for our 2020 Year-End Campaign, that the Lord would once again move in His faithful people to give generously to this ministry. (2) We very much need more staffing to fill key positions here at SonSet Solutions. Andersons: We are grateful and praise the Lord for a terrific support team. We appreciate your prayers, your hospitality, and your sacrificial financial gifts. Thank you so much. (2) Please continue to pray for John's mother, who continues to have stomach pain – please pray for good nutrition for her as well as a clear treatment plan.