AIM-Mail
ACTION Impact Missions
E-mail Newsletter
Year-End Edition
Greetings from ACTION Impact Missions!
Items included in this AIM-Mail:
- Prayer Requests
- Praise Reports
- Upcoming Events
- AIM Needs
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“You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”
2 Timothy 3:14-15
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Prayer Requests
1. Monthly Donors (to meet day-to-day expenses)
***2. God’s leading toward the right property for the ministry***
3. Workers for the ministry (both staff and interns)
4. All new AIM Teams getting started
5. Upcoming ministry opportunities for ACTION Impact Missions
6. Preparation for next year’s Camps, Conferences and Mission Trips
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Praise Reports
Groundbreaking Events of 2005
- FIVE MISSION TRIPS were sent out this year to make a difference in California, the East Coast, the Southeast, Alaska and the Midwest. Each of these Mission Trips brought the gospel to new eyes and ears, a new vision to homeschool and youth groups across the nation, and amazing growth in each of the Mission Trip team members. This year, by God’s grace and direction, AIM Mission Trips were able to minister farther, deeper, and more powerfully than ever before! We are anxious to see where the Lord will take the ministry in 2006!
- Christ In ACTION of Apple Valley, California arrived at Branson, Missouri in June to receive AIM HEADQUARTERS TRAINING. In just a few weeks the team and its leadership were fully equipped to head out on a Mission Trip of their own, reaching the Southwest with the gospel and a challenge to excellence! Thank you, CIA, for leading the way into this opportunity, and opening the door for others to do the same!
- AIM is growing! At least EIGHT NEW TEAMS are working toward beginning their ministry. With training from Mission Trip teams, encouragement from the AIM family nationwide, and mentoring from Headquarters, we look forward to seeing these teams make a powerful impact in their communities!
- The sudden approach of HURRICANE KATRINA sent evacuees to the Branson community in unforeseen numbers. This catastrophe called for a nation-wide “Good Samaritan” operation, and AIM was eager to take part in it. We were encouraged to see the response of not only AIM members in Branson but those across the country as they took part in the relief efforts of Hurricane Katrina.
“...I will show you my faith by my works…” James 2:18
Though tragic, this natural disaster opened the door for a new way to assist our neighbors and share our faith.
- Two of 2005’s major spotlights were AIM’s LEADERSHIP and FAMILY CAMPS, held in California. We were excited to see growth and community in each of the many teams that attended these events. We look forward with anticipation as more leaders from across the country attend AIM’s Leadership Conference 2006, and we are able to bring Family Camp to more people than ever before, with up to THREE FAMILY CAMPS to be held in 2006
- Steadfast LOCAL TEAMS have been continuing this year, from coast to coast, and it has been a real blessing to share in each team’s prayers and praises, joys and tears, trials and victories. As we enter into a new year, we pray that God will reveal Himself to each of the teams in a fresh way, that they may experience new passion to bring His message to their own communities and the world!
God has created us for adventure, and it is refreshing to look back on where He’s taken us throughout this year, even as we look expectantly to the next.
'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.’ - Jeremiah 29:11
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Upcoming Events
For more information CALL – 1-888/542-9186
Outreach Opportunity!
Louisiana – January 11-25, 2006
A new wave is washing over the coast of Louisiana as Christians proclaim Christ’s love through acts of service. We invite AIM members from across the country to join us in this exciting new mission to Louisiana, where we will have the opportunity to help with post-hurricane-clean-up.
We are looking for families and individuals available January 11-25 to assist with relief efforts in Louisiana. If you are interested, please call 1-888/542-9186, or 417-334-8001.
Camps and Conferences!
GET READY FOR
NEXT YEAR’S MISSION TRIPS!
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End-of-Year Needs
We are excited, as we step into 2006, to see more opportunities opening up than ever before. Of course, greater opportunity demands greater resources, and so we’re thankful to be serving a God of unlimited resources. We firmly believe that He is able to provide everything that is needed to meet 2006’s goals, yet believe we must also make these needs known to our family, knowing that God often chooses to work through you. Following is a list of ways you can be a part of meeting these needs:
1. Talent: Whether your gift is mime, organizing files, planning meals or driving a bus, we invite you to consider investing your talent in ACTION Impact Missions. There are always needs for skilled or just hard-working individuals to make Mission Trips and other events possible throughout the year, and we would love to help you find your ministry beside us.
2. Treasure: As 2005 comes to an end, it’s a great time to consider assisting AIM financially. If God is calling you to help in this way, you may send
tax-deductible donations to:
ACTION Impact Missions
PO Box 7070
Branson, MO 65615
3. Time: Whether you’re able to help in either of the above ways or not, we implore you to help us in the greatest way possible: intercession. If you are committed to praying for AIM on a regular basis, it would encourage us greatly to hear about it. You can let us know by replying to this e-mail at:
act@aiminternational.org
Thanks to each member of our nationwide AIM family, for your continued support through various means and methods. May God return the blessing on you in the coming year!
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