Mission Surge Report

Dear Mission Surge Friends,


There are several exciting things that are beginning to fall into place with Mission Surge and several extremely urgent matters of prayer that I want to share with you today in this email. Please read this and forward it to everyone and anyone that you believe will pray!

First, we are literally a few weeks away from having our brand new website up and running in the public domain. The web address will be www.missionsurge.com We already have a Facebook page, but the official website will make the ministry much more public and functional. Please pray that we get this thing finished up and launched very soon.

Second, we have been approved by the state as a non-profit organization and have been given our tax ID number. In November, we should have our Federal non-profit status completed and officially be a 501(c)3 ministry. We are looking forward to this as it will allow people to begin giving regularly and directly to Mission Surge without having to go through Cleary Baptist Church.

Third, this Sunday afternoon I, and 3 other companions, will be leaving for Malaysia until Monday, October 25. Malaysia is a restricted Islamic nation. I will be preaching and teaching for 40-50 hours while there and we need your prayers. I will be speaking in several worship services and evangelistic services in Malaysia. During the nights I will be meeting with a group of migrant workers from North Vietnam to teach them how to plant churches and teach the Word of God. They will go back to North Vietnam and plant churches with the information they gain from this trip. Please, please be in prayer for me as I try to prepare in the midst of 100 other things calling for my attention and as we travel to, in, and from Malaysia and pray all next week for the work there. Also, please pray for these 3 other guys who will be helping me teach and train and encourage the believers there. If you want updates on what is going on in Malaysia you can go to kevinivy.com each day beginning Monday as I will be updating you through that blog. (Just as a side note, Mission Surge is NOT financially supporting me or any of the men going to Malaysia next week. The funds of Mission Surge are only being used to support the pastors who we are working with and training IN Malaysia).

In relation to Malaysia, Mission Surge is providing transportation for the Vietnamese to and from the training. In the beginning these costs were estimated at $600. I just found out that the cost have now jumped to $1100. This has caught me off guard. It has not caught God off guard however. We have committed to transport these men to this training and we are convinced that God will provide the needed $500 to do so. Please, please pray that God would move the right person or people to meet this need in His time. We trust Him.

Fourth, in November we are hosting, at Cleary Baptist Church a conference called Mission Surge. At this conference, we will have a time where Mission Surge, the ministry, will be introduced and the website announced etc. The dates are November 12-14 (Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday morning). A great line up of speakers will be present and the vision of Mission Surge will be preached through the weekend: The Gospel impacting individuals, families, churches, communities, and the world. You can check out the information about this conference at www.clearybaptist.org Please plan to attend and invite others to do so as well.

The Monday after the Mission Surge conference, I will be traveling to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic with our missionary to meet with the president of the Baptist Convention in the DR. We will be going in order to plan a future strategy for impacting the DR. This is an extremely important meeting and I need you to be in prayer for it. Also, we are supposed to deliver 3 laptop computers to 3 key pastors that we are working with in the DR so that they can meet weekly through Skype with our missionary to the DR who is now living in the states due to medical reasons. We have the money for 2 of these laptops. Please pray that God will raise up someone to purchase the third laptop before November.

As we await the launch of our website, you can find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Florence-MS/Mission-Surge/145423062144598 Please go there and join the page and you will get updates regularly.

Thank you for your prayers for the Malaysia trip, for your prayers in relation to the needed funds, and for your continued prayers for the upcoming conference and DR trip. Please, please forward this email to those in your inbox who will pray! Please check us out on FaceBook! Please keep up with our Malaysia trip next week through www.kevinivy.com and SPREAD THE WORD to as many people as you will!

If you have any questions or any words of encouragement, please leave a comment on our Facebook page.

Thank you.