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Greetings!
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What a wonderful Easter! Ninety nine people were baptized this Sunday at our fellowship here in Portland. Pastor Praveen reported that 15,000 came to faith and publicly proclaimed it via baptism in India through the 1,000 pastors in their ministry! God is at work and you have a part in it as you Pray, Give and Go to the ends of the earth.
We are humbled to be part of what God is doing in the world and cannot imagine anything more worthwhile.
May the God of all grace grant you favor as you seek to serve Him, His people and those still waiting to hear the 'good news' of Jesus.
Please let us know how we can pray for your needs as well. We really do count it a privilege to take your needs to the Father.
In His Never-ending grace,
Randy and the Usher In Board |
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Be Encouraged - Be Faithful |
If you know Jesus Christ, it's because God has chosen you -- yes you! He has put His mark upon your forehead and called you His very own. You have an eternal inheritance reserved in heaven for you. (1 Peter 1-5)
He has called you for a purpose -- to be one of His beloved children who will accomplish His work on the earth and bring glory to His name.He has given you the Holy Spirit who lives within you to teach you, to comfort you, to convict you, to cleanse you and to make you like Jesus.He has promised never to leave you or forsake you -- even when you mess up. He loved you enough to die for you -- how much more will He care for you now that you are His own.No power in heaven or on earth can snatch you from His hands. So be strong and courageous - even through life's trials.
Be faithful to obey all that He has commanded you -- to love deeply, to serve others with joy, to pray without ceasing, giving Him thanks in everything ---
and don't forget that He wants us to let the world know that Jesus is only way to God , forgiveness and eternal life.Be Encouraged - Be Faithful ! |
What Others Are Saying
Bill MacLeod - Executive Director
Mission ConneXion |
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"For the past three decades, as long as I have known Randy Howarth, he has been ushering individuals, teams, congregations, and large crowds into deeper relationship with Jesus Christ.
Whether leading from the front, or one-on-one, Randy is an engaging evangelist/teacher and diligent equipper, who is as at home sharing Jesus in the boardroom as he is before crowds in Africa.
Looking for help mobilizing your Church for outreach? I highly recommend Randy and Usher International!"
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Fact 1---1.25 Billion People Live In India --- Only 3-4% know Jesus and most have never heard of Him.
Fact 2 --- The only people who have eternal lIfe and forgiveness are those who have a personal relationship with Jesus.
Fact 3 --- Jesus gave His followers the command to go and tell Fact 2 to the World - making obedient disciples who will do likewise. | |
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* Those considering joining our September Uganda Mission team. Deadline for appying is April 15th. We are praying for about 15 team members.* Pastor James Okori who was recently released from debtor's prison in Uganda. Pray for his ministry, his church, his wife Esther and children. Also pray for the funds that are still needed to release him from the debt incurred when his former business burned.* Pastor Chakravarthy Praveen in Kakinada, India. His family manages 4 orphanages and through Sylom Ministries, he oversees about 1,000 village pastors. Pray for tools and training for the pastors, funds for the orphanages, a building to house all 4 in one place and for future ministry with Usher In.* For a team of 6-8 for the India trip in December. We are planning on 2 weeks ministering to the least, the lost and the hurting in Jesus name. Application deadline is July 15th.* Preparations underway in Rukungiri and Kihihi Uganda for our mission --- Pray for Pastor Elisha, Sam and others involved as they investigate the possibility of launching a brand new Church in Kihihi. A building would need to be contructed prior to us coming in September and funds would be needed.* Randy's preparation to speak at Common Ground Church annual retreat April 28-29th in Boring, Oregon. Focus will be on local and global outreach -- 'Equip, Encourage and Evangelize'* Gil Harder - will be in Uganda and Kenya for the next 6 weeks - joined by his wife Carol, our friends Randy and Sara Brannnon in a couple weeks. Pray for impact as they teach, reach the unsaved, and prepare to launch additional churches and schools.* Other - please pray for a young boy 'Elijah' who is in urgent need of a heart transplant. Pray for Eric - a former Intel co-worker who has cancer spread throughout much of his body. He needs a miracle touch of God. * Pray for the financial needs of Usher In's ministry and monthly support needed for Randy and Sandy to start receiving a salary. | |
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Randy's Usher In Calendar
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April 28-29
Common Ground Retreat
Boring, OR
June 15-23
Team Ministry
Carrefour, Haiti
July - tbd
Leader's Conference
Uganda, Africa
Sept. 15-Oct 2
Team Mission Trip
Uganda, Africa
December 1-17
Team Mission Trip
Central India
Apply for Trips at www.usherin.org
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Projects You Can Help Fund
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Bibles in local language - Africa and India $8.00 each
Evangecubes -Visual Gospel Tools - Africa and India $4.00 each in lots of 100
Pastor's training conferences - Africa and India $3,500 each for 2 days and 500 leaders
Basic supplies, school items, soap, salt, milk, sugar, mosquito nets, etc for Africa and India mission teams - $3,000 per mission
Usher In staff salary, travel expense, etc. - Target $7500 per month
Pastor training materials - $50 for Study Bible and other tools
Other Ways to Help
Donate soccer balls, tee-shirts, shoes, sandals, gospel bracelets, or similar items for schools and orphanages.
Why not start a campaign to collect these items through your youth group, school or other social network? |
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For God was in Christ, restoring the world to himself, no longer counting men's sins against them but blotting them out. This is the wonderful message he has given us to tell others.
We are Christ's ambassadors. God is using us to speak to you: we beg you, as though Christ himself were here pleading with you, receive the love he offers you-be reconciled to God.
2 Cor 5:18-20 (TLB) |
He is Risen!
Randy and Sandy just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on April 8th this year -- which just happened to be Easter Sunday!
It's quite appropriate because the only reason they have been able to make this relationship work for so many years is because of Jesus - risen from the dead and guiding their lives each day.
Two 18 year old kids without a clue what it meant to be a good spouse or parent, were married and struggled to make the relationship work without someone to show them the way.
Unfortunately, neither of them was aware that the God who had created them hadn't been silent and wanted to reveal His good and perfect plan to them. They were convinced that they just needed to try harder and eventually it would work out.
After 4 years of marriage, the two of them were finally ready to listen and God was ready to speak.
They went together to a local store and bought a Bible. A friend had told Randy that he had just started following Jesus and that He had the answers to life's questions. It was worth checking out.
For nearly 6 months, Randy began reading the Bible every morning before work and shared what he read with Sandy. Over that time God opened both of their eyes to see the love and forgiveness available to them through His Son Jesus Christ. They called on the Lord and He came in to their lives and made them brand new people in Jesus with the promise of eternal life.
Forty years -- with lot's of trials, times of joy, times of sadness, lot's of ministry opportunities, lot's of missed opportunities -- but through it all - Jesus has been faithful to love unconditionally and to guide each day.
And now you know the rest of the story! |
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Uganda Feedback - Join us in Praying |
"Concerning the mission, we met several pastors and informed them of the news and they were very happy that you have thought of them again.
Concerning starting the church there. We shared with them our dream about starting a church in that town and they were very happy and welcome. We went all around the town to see the possible location of the church.
The challenge we found was that, there is no hall that one can rent and have a church meet there. They told us that it is easy to get some land and rent it and then pay the ground rate per month or per anum. So we shall need to get that land from some one in a good place, and put an attractive shelter there before September. So we need prayers in that area.
However, I feel it is TIME for us to do this. the land is so ripe that we have to put a church there. Your coming to this part of the country, is very miraculous and will yield much fruits for the glory of God.
Ruth Makanda "i can't wait to see you guys again. We are already praying about this down here in Rukungiri. I am excited at what God is going to do."
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