"Prayer At Unexpected Times Brings Results"

You could have heard a pin drop during our annual Gospel Workshop, while midway through rehearsing the song “speak to me” ...

verse: Speak to me, my Father
In a small voice
Reaching all my tears and sorrows

chorus: Hear me when I cry, my Father
Hear me when I cry
(Ruth lynch / shean roberts)

... one of our instructors looked the drummer straight in his eyes and asked if she could pray for him on stage right then and there. Prayer for most Poles is usually done at church or privately at home so this was quite unexpected.

The drummer who has played for us the last 5 years has not yet made a decision to follow Christ. He looked at her with big eyes not quite knowing what to do. He asked, “Me?” and she said, “Yes, you.” she asked the other two instructors to come up (one is a pastor in England, the other is Polish and from Kraków). They publicly prayed for him right on stage. It was an incredible moment as she prayed. The holy spirit was touching lives.

She had prayed specifically for him all year long and at that moment God wanted her to pray publicly for him. She did it even though other voices
Screamed for her not to.

Following this prayer, it was break time and some very interesting things happened. The base guitar player, an atheist, agreed to let an instructor pray for him, the drummer's girlfriend said she needed Jesus and made a decision to follow Christ and one other girl later on also made a decision for Christ.

It is wonderful how God leads us to pray at unexpected times. When listening to Him, we many times get unexpected and blessed results.

As a team, we feel blessed to be a part of what God is doing in building His church in Lubin. We thank you for your faithfulness in praying and giving.

Blessings,
Paul, Carlene
Andrew, Aaron and Alaina

Prayer update

The theme in our newsletter is, „Prayer At Unexpected Times Brings Results”. We are so thankful for those that have faithfully been praying. We want you to know that God is working in us and in those around us.

1. Upcoming Events:

• May 21 Ladies’ Tea – Pray for each woman that comes to the tea that they would be encouraged, strengthened, blessed and saved (if needed). Also for follow up with the women that come.
• May 26 Philadelphia Biblical University Choir – Pray that once again the Gospel would be boldly proclaimed and that those that come to the concert would see their need for a Savior and not just religion.
• May 28 Gospel Jam – This is a follow up to our Gospel Workshop in April. Pray for those that will come.
• June 3 Men’s get together – As the men get together from the church, we ask for the strengthening of our relationships and good fellowship.
• June 11 Block party – Prayer for opportunities to make Christ known in the community surrounding the church.
• July 25 – 31 Bible Camp – A team from McCoy Memorial Baptist Church (Elkhart, Indiana) and those of us in the church plant will be involved in the first Bible Camp the church has had. Pray for great unity among the entire staff, many kids to sign up, boldness in teaching and changed lives.

2. Jerry, our teammate, is going on home service in June and Lord willing, is planning on returning in December – Pray for his time in the US.

3. The on-going land and building process. The church is in the process of acquiring land from the city for us to buy it at 1% of its value. The City Council only needs to vote on it to make it official.

4. For planning and implementing a small group strategy for church growth – Wisdom as we begin looking at forming small groups among church members.

5. Pray for those that are in the church but not yet saved.

6. Pray for the two ladies that made a profession after our Gospel Workshops and the drummer and his friend that asked for prayer.

7. We are thankful for Louise Eisenhauer who could be with us for the last 6 weeks. She has been such a blessing.

8. We are thankful how mission work has and is impacting our own lives.

9. We are praising God for the forward momentum of work with the youth. Every other week the youth have been meeting for Bible study and prayer. There have been some good, fun relationship-building activities also.

10. We are praising God for how those in the church plant are starting to see their God given gifts and how they can be used within the local body.

11. Wisdom in being more proactive in discipleship.

"What's Up?!"

Most likely, if you were to write a letter to us today, the expression that you would be using would be “What's Up?!” - In response, we would say “a lot, so much so that we are like a rolling stone that gathers no moss!”.

It was a real joy connecting with many of you this past summer. Since we’ve been back, we’ve been encouraged to see God at work. He is doing amazing things in and outside our local body of believers. Please find below some highlights:

- The youth ministry that we asked prayer for is in the process of coming
together. God is showing us key leaders, vision with stated goals are being
put into place and there is a growing passion for seeing our youth come to
faith in Jesus Christ, discipled and grow.

- The need to disciple and mentor key leaders is great. These key men are requesting it.

- The starting of a “5 Evenings” evangelistic Bible Study. We plan to repeat this study.

- Once a week Paul, has been doing visitation with those in and outside the fellowship.

- “It is not what you do but how you use what you do that makes a difference.”

- The local body is becoming more assertive in evangelism. We have some in the Fellowship
that have not decided to follow Christ yet. Some know they have to make a decision.

- There is a growing understanding of the role of the missionary.

- Our Language Center's Thanksgiving celebration went well with seeds planted, testimony
boldly given and turkey eaten with all the trimmings.

Thank you so much for your encouragement through prayer and financial giving. We give God the glory for what He is doing in people's lives - The local believers, missionaries and non-believers here in Lubin.

Blessings,
Paul, Carlene
Andrew, Aaron and Alaina

“Reports Warming And Exciting The Heart”

Dear Friends,

     Over the last two and a half months we have heard many good reports from Poland:  13 decisions for Christ, one person close to making a decision for Christ, pointed questions being asked - How can we know we have fulfilled God's will?, a student Bible study started with growing interest, visitors being present during the church service and church members serving  - taking up the slack while others are on vacation or serving somewhere else.  These reports are exciting and warm our hearts.  We so desire to once again join our team and be a part of what God is doing.

     In less than one week we are scheduled to return to Poland.  We have 3 current and URGENT prayer requests that we would like to ask  you to pray for: 

1.  Please pray for God’s support provision – There is still a monthly need of $633,33. If interested in sponsoring, please contact us right away using the information in the contact information box.

2.  Pray as we return that we would quickly re-adapt and get into the swing of things -  meeting with friends and contacts, church and language school.

 

3.  Pray for our children as they start school September 1st. 

Thank you for praying. 

Paul and Carlene Eager

Andrew, Aaron and Alaina

Contact Information

Address:  57131 Sequoia Dr. Goshen, IN 46528

E-Mail:  pauleager@ymail.com

Phone:  574.343.4665

              574.875.3925

"Tube from Heaven"

“Tube from Heaven”

The big day had finally arrived.  After 20 weeks of intense training, I was ready to embark on my first triathlon, a half Ironman.  It was an exciting moment as I jumped into the water with my wave of about 100 other participants.  After about 46 min and 1.2 miles later I walked up onto the shore elated that the first step had been completed.  

Stripping off my wet suit, I moved into the transition area where I put on the rest of my cycling gear – helmet, shoes, gloves and of course, the power bars and gels.  I checked the tire pressure one more time and ran to the starting line.  Jumping on my trustworthy bike which had taken the punishment of hour after hour of training, I rode off with upmost confidence that there wouldn’t be any problems. 

I rode down the hill, and not even a mile away from the start, my front tire went completely flat.  In that moment my whole world stopped - I realized that I didn’t have a spare, pump or proper tools.  My heart sank.  The only thought that I had was how this could’ve happened when I was just starting to embark on fulfilling a long time dream of mine?!  I just didn’t know what to do.  I didn’t know if I should cry or laugh at my problematic situation.  It was a moment of complete despair. 

Fortunately, the incident happened at a corner where there was a policeman and an official.  The helpful policeman agreed to call and see if the helping van was close by in order to come and help.  This      was a glimmer of hope in a desperate situation.  But … there were 56 miles of road ahead and the van could be anywhere.  I asked what time it was and found out that my swim took shorter than expected so I had about an hour to play with in order to make the time cut off.  So decisions had to be made … do I wait or do I walk to the start to see if someone could help without being disqualified in the process. 

At that moment there appeared a man who just happened to park in a lot on the other side of the street.  He asked what was wrong.  After he saw the situation he said he just happened to have an extra tube and a pump.  He went to his car and got the pump and tube.  The only thing lacking was a tool but that did not stop his determination – he used the back end of a key!  As we were in the process he mentioned that he had a bike identical to mine.  I kept thanking him and said he must be an Angel.  I asked how in the world I could ever thank him – he said there was no need to thank him just go out and have a fun race.  I said thank you one more time, put my feet into the pedals and hit the road.  What a great blessing from a faithful God – A tube from Heaven.

Completing the cycling, I moved into transition and on to the run.  During the biking and running, I continually thought about how God had provided and not only provided, but how He even provides in the small things.

The tube I received was an incredible blessing.  It reminded me that even in the small things of this world, God is faithful – This was a personal dream of mine and God was faithful in letting me complete it. 

 We are scheduled to go back to Poland on the 25^th of August.  We are dreaming and are excited about what God is doing and so desire to proceed further and deeper in the Lubin Church plant.  We believe that just like the tube that God faithfully provided He will also provide the $700 per month that we are short.  Would you pray with us to this end?

                                                                    Prayer Points:

1. Continue to pray for Andrew at his two-week handball camp back in Poland. 
2. Pray for the finances to come in:  monthly support, Lubin church sound system project, Eager vehicle project.
3. Good remaining 2 ½ weeks in the U.S. with family and friends and that everything will get done.
4. Ukraine missions trip with youth from our church in Lubin and our Mother church (last two weeks in August) - safety, Spiritual fruit and wisdom for all involved.

Blessings, Paul, Carlene – Andrew, Aaron and Alaina

Mission:  SEND International * PO Box 513 * Farmington, MI * 48332 * (248) 477-4210 * Info@send.org

Home Address:  ul. Malinowa 2 * 59-300 * Lubin * Poland +(48+ 76) 844 1351*

pauleager@ymail.com* eagercarlene@yahoo.com www.eagerlyblogging.blogspot.com / www.coffeehouselogos.blogspot.com / www.logoslubin.pl

Vonage Phone number:  574-830-1260

Whirlpool Ironman 70.3 Steelhead Triathlon - A dream fullfilled :)

A long time dream of mine (Paul) was fulfilled last Saturday 31.07.2010

It took about 6 hours and 8 minutes.   I think I have some things to still work on. :)

"Short but Sweet"

“Home, Home On The Range”

Dear Friends,

    Greetings from Elkhart, Indiana! While Elkhart is not exactly “The Range”, we are at home here for these two months.  It has been good to be able to “roam” with friends and family. Please find our speaking schedule below and a few prayer items. 

July 4th - Pine Ridge Bible Church - Goshen, Indiana
July 11th - 13th - Perry Hall Baptist Church - Perry Hall, Maryland
     PM service - Presentation
     12th and 13th - VBS
July 14th - Bancroft Church of God Mission - Bancroft, WV
     Wednesday PM service
July 18th - McCoy Memorial Baptist Church - Elkhart, Indiana
     AM  Introduction
     PM  Presentation
July 25th - People's Bible Church - Goshen, Indiana
     AM  Presentation
July 25th - July 29th - SEND Family Conference - Holland, Michigan
August  1st - Sugar Grove - Goshen, Indiana
     AM  Sunday School
August  1st - Merriam Christian Chapel - Albion, Indiana
     PM  Service
August 4th - Faith Community Church - Osceola, Indiana
     Wednesday PM Service
August 18th - Northside Baptist Church - Elkhart, Indiana
     Wednesday PM Service
August 22nd - Burr Oak Baptist Church - Albion, Indiana
     AM  Service
August 22nd - 1st Baptist Church of Goshen - Goshen, Indiana
     PM  Service
August 25th  Departure for Poland
Prayer Items:

1.  Prayer for opportunities to be an encouragement to many in the midst of travel and speaking
     engagements.
2.  Support needs - $700.00 monthly needed. If interested please use the contact information  
     below.
3.  Prayer for the Lubin Church Plant - As some prepare to go to Ukraine on a Missions trip -
     Pray that  God would be honored in all they do and say.  May many of those they work with
     understand their need for Him and give their lives fully to Him.

Projects - One-time gifts

1.  On-Field vehicle need (one time gifts) - $16,000.
2.  Lubin sound equipment project Fund - There is a project fund set up at SEND International
     for the purchase of sound equipment for the Lubin Church Plant. The project is for $5,000.    
     If interested please contact us and we can give you a breakdown of the project.

Blessings,  Paul, Carlene, Andrew, Aaron and Alaina
Email: pauleager@ymail.com / Cell phone #: 574.343.4665