Tuesday, November 25, 2008

josh leaves for south east asia




Tomorrow I fly to j-city in south east asia for a week of teaching. As you know, this is a follow up seminar to the one we did back in March. It is a great opportunity to go back and visit those we ministered to and see how they are going. The vision of BELT is to see people groups transformed by the Word of God. The method is to equip, and see God empower, church and community leaders through & with the Word of God. Many pastors in j-city have churches in the slum and desperately are hungry for biblical training. After talking for some time with one Pastor, back in March, we are priveleged to ride the coat-tails of a group of believers who have been praying for over 20 years to see transformation come to j-city. I consider it a joy and great opportunity to go and help equip them. I can only share what I have learned from God and His Word and have applied in my own life. Revelation will come from the Holy Spirit and His annointing of my teachings.

I go in great expectancy of God to move and bring revelation.

Your prayers are needed and appreciated.

1. Pray for discernment from the Lord and Holy Spirit during my teaching and as I spend time with Him in preparation.

2. Pray that the hearts of the participants would be soft and open to hear from God as it relates to world view, Discipling nations, education, family, church and the other spheres of society.

3. Pray for good health and safety not only for myself, but also for Sarah and Noah as I am away. Over the past year as YWAM Perth has sent many teams to this city, there has been a battle over sickness that has come with it. Take authority and bind the enemy’s actions in the area of safety and health.

4. Pray for the translators who carry a large responsibility that is often wearisome. They too need to be led by God and the Holy Spirit to get God’s heart for the teaching and the right words to use.

I look forward to being able to share with you all God has done in this great city of the world.

Happy Thanksgiving! If you would like any more specific information in this outreach please email us directly.

For His Kingdom and His Glory,

Joshua
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to Tanzania in February



When most people think of Africa, they are actually thinking of Tanzania! It is the poster child of Africa. We will be leading the team to Tanzania. The focus of this outreach is two-fold: 1) To expose and mobilize YWAM in East Africa to join BELT & SIL in reaching the DRC with discipleship and biblical training over the next few years. 2) To give training to pastors in Tanzania who do not have access to biblical training (This will be in a region near Dar Es Salam that is 98% Muslim).

We will be in Tanzania from the beginning of Feburary until March 15th. On this trip we will continue to partner with Wycliffe/SIL from the DRC as well as YWAM in Kilimanjaro and Arusha. We hope this trip will inspire others to join us when first BELT Seminar is done in Kiliba, DRC in July 2009. We hope to take a short trip to Kiliba, DRC as well. The opportunity to run a BSN in East Africa is also a close reality in the near future.


Prayer & Finances
These outreaches are a huge blessing to the nations we go. There is a constant need for prayer and financial partnership. If you feel you would like to give, please contact us immediately. The $7,000 AUD needed for our family to go to Tanzania are due December 4th, 2008.
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So what do we do?

We are partnering with YWAM Perth, in Western Australia. We will be staffing the Bible School for the Nations (BSN) and the Biblical Education and Leadership Training ministry (BELT).
"The purpose of the BSN is to mobilize Bible trainers who are growing in their ability to effectively disciple nations. The school seeks to cultivate people of godly character who are deepening in their love for God, and who understand His character and how He brings about His purposes in history." (www.ywamperth.org.au/bsn/)

Our responsibilities with the school will consist of teaching the Bible and mentoring the students. We will also continue to learn a lot ourselves and be stretched as we continue to study the lessons we'll be teaching. Sarah will also be involved with media projects for the school and also for the BELT ministry.

The BELT (Biblical Eduation and Leadership Training) ministry is partnered with the Bible School, and we will be actively involved in this as well. This is the same outreach ministry that we participated with in Papua New Guinea.
The purpose of BELT is to see people groups transformed by the Word of God through empowering community and church leaders who have limited access to Biblical training.

Please see the 'related links' link above and to the right.

Sarah is part of the leadership team for the media department with YWAM Perth. She teaches on the BSN occasionally, and participates in BELT seminars, but her main focus, besides caring for Noah, is media. Medias vision is to serve the many ministries and schools of YWAM Perth. There is consistent need for printed, web and video tools to help further the Kingdom of God! Sarah is responsible for helping give feedback on the many projects that the staff are working on, as well as doing projects her self and teaching the staff from time to time. She really hopes to see Media grow and reach the many visions that God has spoken over the media ministry with YWAM Perth.

be a partner through devoted prayer

Remember when King Hezekiah prayed and God answered him, granting him 15 more years to his life (Is.38:4-6)? We remember the disciples, 'continually devoted to prayer' in Acts1:13-15. The Bible tells us to pray and present our requests to the Father.

The truth is, God hears our prayers and he does respond according to his infinite wisdom. Over the past year, it's been so evident how the Lord has answered the many prayers of our partner's in ministry. At times we've really had to 'press in' and wait on Him, but He is always faithful.

You can play and active role in this ministry by joining our devoted prayer team and seeing nations transformed. Please contact us and we'd be happy to add you to our mailing list!

become a financial partner

All of our monthly fiancial needs with YWAM are met by faith based support. YWAM does not pay us to work. Our work is technically volunteer. When we left our well paying corporate jobs over a year ago, the Lord took care of us through the cheerful giving of individuals and the church. We have faith that God will continue to provide all of our needs. He is faithful.

We are currently trusting for continued montly and quarterly partnerships (individuals and churches) to help us reach our montly budget (50% of our budget goes towards outreach field costs). If you would like to be involved please contact us. A list of our detailed budget is available upon request.

Thank you for your faithful, continued partnerships.
God Bless you as you work along side of us.

Making tax deductible donations:
Your tax deductible giving can be in the form of check or automatic withdrawl from your bank account.
For more information on tax deductible information
please call or email us.

Making a non-tax deductible gift donation:
1) Pay online with YWAM Perth
https://www.ywamperth.org.au/007/payonline.asp
Online please use the following information...
payment type: other
recipient: Joshua and Sarah Seykora
School or Ministry name: BELT/BSN
notes: please type specifically what the money is for in this field

2) To make a "Gift" by check directly to us
Make checks payable to
Joshua and Sarah Seykora
and mail your non-tax deductible gift with a note to:

Kathryn Fields
4538 Aztec Trail
Madison, WI 53711