- Tim and
Linda Hood (Valerie, Steven, David, Esther,
Melody, Jeremiah)
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Commended from: Bible Chapel, Westbank, B.C. '9
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March
8th, 2007
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Heb
7:24
but He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable
priesthood. 25
Therefore He is able also to save to the uttermost those who
come unto God by Him, since
He ever lives
to make intercession for them.
Greetings
Dear Saints In the worthy name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Isn’t
it great to realize we have a faithful high priest who “ever
Lives” to make intercession for us. We trust you all are drawing
near and cleaving to Him. Thanks
so much for all your prayers and support for us.
Below
is our most recent update
Update
on the work in Ireland
Waterford
Assembly :
The Assembly is growing slowly but surely both numerically and
spiritually. The mid week
bible study which for a long time had been very vibrant with a number
of folks coming has recently been missing quite a few.
The reason being that a number of folks are now working in the
evening and are unable to come so David + Matt would value prayers in
regard to how to help remedy this and once again see it going well.
The
Wilson
’s
have decided to wait till the spring to put their house back up for
sale. The offer they had
fell through and so they have decided to wait a bit.
I’m sure they would value prayer in regards to selling their
home and relocating to
Waterford
.
Future
outreaches
As
we look towards the summer with it will (Lord Willing) bring a team
from
South
Florida
as well as the usual TNT team and a team as well from
Northern
Ireland
.
So it looks like we will have our hands full with teams and
trust the Lord would bless the effort and all those that come would be
challenged afresh of the need for outreach in the
Republic
of
Ireland
.
BX
(Bible Explorer)
I
have 2 schools lined up to do upon my return in April and look forward
to this time again in the classrooms
Update
on the Outreach Work in N.America
The
bible study outreach in
Vernon
which was started in Oct has been fairly good
with a number of people coming, although recently the numbers
have trailed off. We are
going through the book of Romans and currently are in chapter 13 Again
if you could pray for this outreach that we could perhaps see some new
people come out.
Florida
trip
Just
recently Linda and I had the privilege of getting away for a week to
S.
Florida
while there we had an opportunity to work with Boulevard Bible Chapel
with an outreach at the beach. This
was really encouraging to us as about 30-35 people from the Assembly
came along which made the openair a great time and of course a large
crowd draws a crowd so we had plenty of people to preach too.
We pray for the seed sown through both preaching and tract
distribution. One couple
who were on holiday from
London
Ontario
who heard the preaching came over to talk with me after I finished and
then asked where the “church” was.
They ended up coming to both meetings on Sunday and seemed very
encouraged.
Toronto
area trip
I was able to go to Toronto for 2 weeks and visit my family
(mom + 2 brothers) although I didn’t really get a chance to witness
to them as much as I had hoped I did get a good witness in with one of
my niece’s for which I am thankful; I was also able to visit some
Assemblies around the area. The people I met were very encouraging to
me and many stated they learned several things about
Ireland
and will continue to pray for the work.
Future
events
I
have several more speaking engagements with a conference as well in
Vancouver
at Easter time and then on April 16th we will head back (Lord
Willing) to
Ireland
and trust the Lord will go before in all these plans..
On
the home front
Jerry
Has
been enjoying skiing of late he’s been up 4 times now and is getting
pretty good at bombing down the hill and doing turns and such.
He also has been out skating with me on the local lake near by
which he also enjoyed. Spiritually speaking he has
continued to memorize scripture and has Rom 1 + 2 nearly fully done.
He also recently told me the message he heard at Monday night
bible hour (it was the serpent on the pole) he was able to tell me
that people today can get saved the same way by “Just
Looking to Jesus” he
said the last bit with quite some enthusiasm.
Melody
+ Esther continue
to reach out to their many friends by bringing them to church and also
witnessing to them one on one. They both also help their mom on
the Friday night youth outreach by doing puppet skits. They
continue with their voice lessons and dancing lessons and
enjoy them very much as part of their home schooling.
David
Has started working with a friend from church in building a
house and is kept fairly busy with this.
At the present he doesn’t have any long term plans but
continues to help with
his youth group and trying to disciple young men in his church.
Sean
and Valerie + Mila + Jenna
Continue
to work with the youth at their church and also do a lunch hour bible
study at a local high school. Their
home cleaning business continues to grow and keeps them very busy as
well.
Steven
+ Carly
They
both continue with their jobs and seem to be doing well with them,
they also are quite busy with their church; both of them help
with leading the music there.
Linda:
Has
been having physical problems again this time with a sinus infection
that has lasted 6 weeks and she has gone through 2 different
antibiotics to try to clear it up.
Besides this she has kept busy with homeschooling and ladies
bible studies. Recently we got away for a week by ourselves (Linda and
I) to
Florida
.
Valerie our oldest daughter looked after the younger ones.
It was a refreshing time away and also was great to see the
saints again in
Florida
.
Prayer
request :
As you may be aware getting prepared to move can be very
stressful as there are always so many things to do.
So if you could keep us in prayer we would be most thankful
So
again thanks so much for all you do on our behalf in His Grace Tim for
the Hoods
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December
14, 2006
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Greetings
again in the name which is above all names our Lord Jesus Christ.
We would first just like to say Thank you "SO MUCH"
for your continual prayer support for us and the work. We pray you
will be encouraged and the Lord blesses all that you do for Him
Dear
saints let us never forget to be thankful as Paul says in
2Co
9:15 But thanks be to God
for His unspeakable free gift.
Below
is our most recent update
Update
on the work in Ireland
Waterford
Assembly :
The Assembly is growing slowly but surely both numerically and
spiritually, Please continue to pray. Recently when talking
with David Wilson, he told me that his house had finally
sold (they have been living about 45 minutes from Waterford and have
been desiring to relocate in Waterford) Things haven't gone ahead
exactly as they had hoped. The buyer of their home is having second
thoughts while the Wilsons have been seeking mortgage approval for a
home near Waterford,,, which is a difficult process when your job
description includes working for God. In Ireland a person can change
their minds about purchasing a house at anytime after they have made
an offer unlike here where we are bound to a contract upon offering.
The Wilsons would value your prayers regarding the Lord’s
will in all this and patience for themselves.
So
let us continue to pray for them and also the work they are doing.
Home
bible study This
continues on and has been the most well attended meeting many times
seeing unsaved people coming and hearing the word. People seem to be
more comfortable with this type of setting and often this lasts for
several hours.
Future
outreaches
They have
started to distribute the calendars and still have about 12,000 to go
and I am sure they would value prayer for strength and also for
those receiving it that the Lord would use this to speak to hearts.
This is the fourth year we have distributed these to the homes in
Waterford and most people are genuinely grateful to receive the
calendar.
BX
(Bible Explorer)
David
told me that things went well in the schools that he did and he really
enjoyed his time. Upon our return in April I hope to again get
back into a few schools. Again if you could pray for those who have
heard the word through this program and also that some new schools
might be open to this.
Update
on the Outreach Work in N.America
The
bible study outreach in Vernon which was started in Oct has been
fairly good with a number
of people coming, although recently the numbers have trailed off.
Again if you could pray for this outreach that we would see
more people coming from outside the assembly to this study.
Westbank
Assembly: Door
to Door outreach:
There
are a few who have come
out to help, with this work and
this has been very
encouraging. Each time we go out, there have been a number of
opportunities to tell of the Savior's love. Most recently I went
out with brother Rob Brennan from 100mile house Assembly and again we
had 3 good chats with unsaved people during one outing.
This type of work I believe is so needful and is a way to talk to some
who will never come to a church meeting.
I
have also just received a number of bible courses from Emmaus which we
hope to distribute to a
number of homes near the Assembly.
Florida
Outreach trip
I had a great time in South Florida, and although the weather
was fantastic, the REAL blessing was just to be with the saints there
and the encouragement it was to my soul.
I was greatly encouraged with Boulevard Bible Chapel and their
desire to see people won to the Lord and also to be built up in the
Lord. I also had a great time with many of the saints from Hollywood
Bible Chapel and again just seeing them going on for god was a great
thrill. My only regret was that my wife was unable to come because of
her father's cancer (and then death).
As per my last e-mail even with this trial we rejoice as we
think he was saved just prior to passing away.
Future
plans
I haven't got too many more commitments to meet. I do have a
few more preaching engagements around BC and then in Feb I will be
going to Ontario for a few weeks to both visit family and to preach at
some meetings there.
Then on April 16th we will head back (Lord Willing) to
Ireland and trust the Lord will go before in all these plans..
On the home front
Jerry
Has
just started ice-skating for the first time in his life and he seems
to be enjoying it. He
has landed plenty of times on his backside but has been pretty
determined to keep going. He
can stay upright for most of his time now on the ice. He also has
enjoyed trying to play hockey. Spiritually speaking he has
continued to memorize scripture and has Rom 1 and the first 9 verses
in Romans 2 memorized along with various other verses from S.School.
He also has come out with me a couple of times on the doors and loves
to hand out tracts for
which we PTL.
Melody
+ Esther
Continue
to reach out to their many friends by bringing them to church and also
witnessing to them one on one. They both also help their mom on
the Friday night outreach by doing puppet skits. They continue
with their voice lessons and dancing lessons and enjoy them
very much as part of their home schooling.
David
Has
recently started a new job with his brother Steven and is learning
some carpentry skills and seems to enjoy this. He also has
started to court a young lady named Kelly and seems to be maturing.
Spiritually he is still quite active with his church and is one of the
leaders with the youth.
Sean
and Valerie + Mila + Jenna
Their
cleaning business is continuing to grow and Sean + Val are kept quite
busy with this. Recently they have hired a couple of other people to
help them and to also free them up a bit. Sean has been asked to
be part of the leadership team at their church and is hoping in the
future to find someone to manage their business, which will give him
the freedom to work more hours for the Lord. Millah continues to
grow and is now 9 months old and has a "real" good set of
lungs! (likes to sing) She also is adorable and we really enjoy
the time we can spend with her.
Steven
+ Carly
They
both continue with their jobs and seem to be doing well with them,
they also are quite busy with their church; both of them help
with leading the music there.
Linda:
Her
mom is now living in an assisted living apartment in a town closer to
Linda’s sister. She
likes the social contact and care that she is getting there. Linda has
had quite a few good opportunities to share the gospel with her but
her mom is still
trusting her religion (R.Catholic) to save her. We do see
a softening and trust the Spirit will continue to do His work in
her life. Linda has also started a ladies bible study in our
home and finds this very encouraging.
So
again thanks so much for all you do on our behalf in His Grace Tim for
the Hoods
October
7, 2006
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Greetings
in the name which is above all names our Lord Jesus Christ.
Firstly we would just like to say Thank you for your
continual prayer support for the work. We do pray you will be
encouraged and the Lord blesses all that you for Him
Take
care in His Grace Tim for the Hoods
Below
is our most recent update
2Co
9:15 But thanks be to
God for His unspeakable free gift.
Dear
friends as we head into this “thanksgiving” weekend let us truly
reflect upon the profound truth found in the above verse.
We are SO
very blessed indeed.
Update
on the work in Ireland
Work
in Ireland
Waterford
Assembly :
I really enjoyed my recent trip this past month, again seeing all
the saints and seeing some new ones that the Lord has brought to the
Assembly. Since our
absence in March the Lord has brought a new couple Wayne + Kara from
South Africa to the Assembly. Also Rekah a lady who came about a
year ago from India has now been able to bring her husband Saljan
over. Saljan has proven
to be a real blessing to the Assembly and it is great to see so many
from different parts of the world coming together to worship the
Lord.
Also recently there is a young brother (Johnny) coming to
Waterford as he has been commended
to the work for a year. He
should be a good help to David and Matt as they all work together
Home
bible study
In
Ireland the home study continues to be a blessing currently they are
going through Matthew’s gospel and again they have gotten a few
new people that have come to check this out.
Again we pray that as the word of God is opened that it will
meet the needs of the people who come
Future
outreaches
They
just received the calendars to hand out for this year 15 thousand an
increase of 3,000 from last year. This will prove to be a large
undertaking as in the past I have been able to help with this so
they will be short 1 person so please pray for David and Matt as
this is going to take a lot of strength…
BX
(Bible Explorer)
On
my return to the schools things went very well.. Thanks for your
prayers! There was only
one school who I had taught before that declined to do it this time
saying they had just too much on for the year.
The other schools though were very receptive, and so David
Wilson has taken on the responsibility to teach in 3 of them so far
and I will also do some when we return (Lord Willing) in March or
April.. There are also
a couple of other schools that have shown interest but at this point
haven’t made a commitment to the program
The
Ongoing Work in N.America
We
started up the home bible study outreach for Vernon Assembly last
night and there were a few people missing but those who came seem to
be encouraged and there seems to be a desire to see more come to
this so pray for the believers and there contacts to be able to
bring them to the study as we continue to go through the book of
Romans. Pray also for
the oversight in Vernon that the Lord would renew their vision for
the work there.
Future
outreaches
I plan Lord Willing to start Wed evening’s with door to
door work in Westbank. I have talked to a number of the saints (at
the Assembly) here and there is a small group who said they would
like to help in this regard. We
hope that this will help to renew our vision for a lost and dying
world that need the Life giving message of the gospel.
In
November I
plan on going to Florida (Lord Willing)
to visit a number of Assemblies to tell of the work in
Ireland and also spend 2 weeks teaching on evangelism with an
Assembly in Hollywood.
On
the homefront
Jerry
Has
memorized the first chapter of Romans and has just started his
schooling. He is
progressing well and hopefully before the end of the school year he
will be able to read.
Melody
+ Esther
Continue
to reach out to there friends bringing them to church and also the
Friday youth group. They
two have just started back to school and this is keeping them quite
busy. Both Esther and
Melody are also taking voice lessons.
David
Is
still very active in his church especially with the young people and
they continue to go out weekly and evangelize at the local hangout
for young people. He
also just recently started a new job as a maintenance man and seems
to be enjoying it.
Sean
and Valerie + Mila + Jenna
There
business is growing well and Sean + Val are kept quite busy.
The baby is growing and is now able to sit up but still
hasn’t started to walk yet.
Linda:
Continues
to care for her parents and has had quite a few good opportunities
to share the gospel with them but as of yet they still haven’t
seen there need of the Savior.
She also has started a home bible study with the ladies and
that is going quite well.
Steven
+ Carly
Are
also quite busy with there church, both of them helping with leading
the music there. Recently
Carly who started working as a teller at the TD Bank after the
second day working with the public was robbed by a person who came
in and said he had aids and had only a few months to live.. Anyway
he managed to get away with about thousand dollars.
Carly was a bit shaken up with this but has continued with
her job. It is the
first time the bank has ever been held up.
Linda’s
mom + Dad :
Linda’s
mom has now finished her chemo treatments and seems to be doing
fairly well, they will test her again by Christmas but so far it
appears they have held off the cancer.
Linda’s dad has had more testing on his neck but they are
uncertain as to why he has had this new infection. He is scheduled
to go in a few weeks to have a CAT scan hopefully this will reveal
the extent of any problems. There
still however doesn’t seem to be any movement spiritually with
either of them although Linda has had some good chats with both of
them
So
again thanks so much for all you do on our behalf
in His Grace Tim for the Hoods
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August 30th, 2006
Work in
Ireland
Waterford
Assembly The
work continues right along in our absence with David Wilson and
also Matt Wright working with the people.
They have had a rather busy summer with 2 different outreach
teams and have been able to plant much seed.
The local believers continue to grow in the Lord and David says
he has been encouraged by
their development.
Home bible study
In
Ireland
the home study continues to be a blessing with many coming to this and
we trust as as the scriptures continue to be opened that the Lord
would continue to bless with some new souls won to the Kingdom as well
as building up the saints
Outreach
Teams
There were 2 teams that helped with
outreach one from N. America (TNT) and also a group from
Northern Ireland
. David said they
concentrated most of their outreach in one area to see what would
develop and they have now gotten a few new contacts to follow up on.
Also the children’s work went quite well with a large number
coming to the meetings.
BX (Bible Explorer)
Please continue to pray for this
ministry as there are many teachers now in the
Republic
of
Ireland
that are presenting the gospel in Catholic Schools.
I will be traveling (Lord Willing) on Sept 11 back to
Ireland
and with this time hope to contact some schools and set up for
teaching Bible Explorer. So please continue to pray for this that many
schools may continue to remain open.
The
Ongoing Work in N.America
The outreach for Vernon Assembly has
been going fairly well with a good number coming to the home
(evangelistic) bible study. I
have been teaching through the book of Romans and it has been received
quite well . There have been a few unbelievers who have come to this
as well and seem to enjoy hearing the word.
Pray again for this and also for the oversight in
Vernon
that the Lord would renew their vision for the work there.
Recently I was up at 100 Mile House for
a week of training the saints for outreach in door to door and openair.
Along with this I also helped brother Rob Brennen with
outreach. It was a good time of fellowship which consisted of door to
door and going to an
Indian (First Nations) Reserve which Rob has spent much time in the
past. At the reserve there
was a very good crowd everyday to (both play floor hockey) but also to
hear the gospel message. We trust the Lord will bless His word which
was sown.
Bible
Camps
This summer I spoke at 2 flyfishing camps for teens (13-18)
which went very well. We
trust the Lord would again bless the word spoken.
The really good part about this camp is that the campers are
isolated for a whole week and so there is much opportunity to present
the gospel without any outside distractions.
Also this past week I spoke at another teens camp for a week
and again felt that many of the teens responded positively to the word
spoken. Again we trust the
Lord would apply His word to their hearts.
Future
outreaches
Lord willing I will be doing a seminar on evangelism on the
labor day weekend at 100 mile House. Please pray with me that the Lord
might use this to help believers to witness and evangelize the lost.
As stated earlier I plan (Lord Willing) to go back to Ireland
Sept 11 till Sept 27th and with the time there I hope to
both set up Bible Explorer times in schools as well as help with
outreaches in Waterford.
In November I
plan on going to
Florida
(Lord Willing) to visit a
number of Assemblies to tell of the work in
Ireland
and also spend a week teaching again on evangelism with an Assembly in
Hollywood
.
In Late Jan or early Feb again
(Lord Willing) I hope to go with brother Dan Webster to
Ghana
to help with some evangelism.. Daniel
says that the door is WIDE OPEN RIGHT NOW there and feels that I might
be able to be really used of the Lord.
Anyway we will continue to pray about all this as ask you to
please remember us in prayer.
On the homefront
Jerry
Is continuing to enjoy having many
friends in the area, and as I said before we have started doing some
memory work and currently Jerry has memorized the first 28 verses of
chapter 1 of Romans. It is
really amazing how he able to retain this.
Melody + Esther
Have met many new friends and continue
to witness to them. They often bring them to church with them.
Both girls have helped at 2 different camps and also have been
to girls camp this summer which they enjoyed very much.
Esther as well has helped her mom as a partner with her in a
puppet ministry up at the bible camps
and have been greatly appreciated.
David
Has
continued along with a few friends to be actively involved in
evangelism on the streets to young people and is growing in the Lord.
He recently has just put in his notice at Starbucks and is looking for
a different job. He has
been offered a couple and would like prayer regarding this.
He wants to make sure he has much free time in order to
continue to help with the youth at his church.
Sean and Valerie + Mila + Jenna
Sean has just
recently started a cleaning business and has been kept quite busy with
this and hopes this will give them some extra money and also some free
time as they hope to have a few employees as well.
They also just purchased a home and hope to move in Sept 1st
Linda:
Has been busy with caring for her
parents, children, husband etc… along with this she has helped at
bible camp and also has done puppet ministry with Esther .
Currently she also has a bible study with 2 ladies at the
chapel here and they are
all thrilled to be able to
study the word together.
Steven + Carly
Have just recently gotten married
August 5th and
have just gotten back from there honeymoon and have moved into a condo
in
Kelowna
.
Linda’s mom +
Dad :
Linda’s mom has
gone about ½ way with her chemo treatments and is doing fairly well
considering. Linda’s dad
has had a bit of a setback with an infection in his neck and hasn’t
felt well for a few days but overall seems to be a bit better than he
was about a year ago. Sadly
there still hasn’t been any movement with them spiritually however,
but Linda has had some good opportunities to tell them both of the
Lord’s love and what is required in order to get to Heaven.
So again thanks so
much for all you do on our behalf
in His Grace Tim for the Hoods
-
June 4th, 2006
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Work
in
Ireland
Waterford
Assembly The
work continues right along in our absence with David Wilson and
also Matt Wright working with the people.
Although they have had a few ups and downs the Lord continues
to bless and we have seen a few new folks coming to the meeting a
couple which just moved from South Africa who were saved a year ago
are now in the fellowship. The
other believers continue to grow also in the Lord.
Home
bible study
In
Ireland the home study continues to be a blessing with many coming to
this and we trust as the scriptures continue to be opened that the
Lord would bless and that it might cause some to trust in Him and also
others to grow in Him.
TNT
Team
The
team is just now
arriving to do work first they are going to NCW for 8 days and then 8
days in Waterford the reason for the split is that the team is small
usually about 24-30 people his year there were only 17 and so they
only made 2 teams and so have split their time between Waterford and
NCW. Please pray for the work they are going to do and all the
seed that will be sown you can read more about them at http://www.tntteams.org/
BX
(Bible Explorer)
Please
continue to pray for this ministry as there are many teachers now in
the republic of Ireland that are presenting the gospel in Catholic
Schools also please pray for me (Tim) as I hope to go back to Ireland
in September to get into as many schools as I can.\
The
Ongoing Work in N.America
Since
our return to Canada we have been fairly busy after our arrival On
March 9th (19hrs after leaving Ireland we got to our first
destination Vancouver the last 2
½ by car) the following
day I spent looking for a vehicle and PTL I managed to find one very
quickly and before the day was out we had our (new to us) 2000 Dodge
Caravan licensed and ready to go.
At 3 in the morning we also were awakened to great news that we
just became grandparents... to a lovely granddaughter Mila Redemption.
So the next day we loaded up all our gear and headed up to the
Okanogan valley where we got in about 3 pm we then had to take all our
things out of storage and set up our home here… Visit our daughter
and granddaughter and …..Phew well after a few days we managed to
get most things sorted out.
Since coming back to Westbank I (Tim)
have been kept busy with giving reports on the work in
Ireland
and preaching in various Assemblies. Just
recently the children and I went on a trip to
California
for 18 days. On the way I preached in
Seattle
, 2 churches in
Oregon
along with 3 places in
California
. At first Linda stayed behind because she had to look after her
parents who both have cancer, but after the first 10 days Linda was
able to come. She drove to
Seattle
and then flew to
California
where we met her and then she came back with us and so she was able to
be with us for ½ of the trip. We
had a great time on the trip meeting new friends (the Peltiers in
Seattle) and old friends (the Jansens in Oregon, and the Eason’s in
Sacramento) and then when we got to Los Angeles we were able to spend
a week with the Krieger’s (Max+Beth)
we all thoroughly enjoyed our time away and I also had a great
time ministering in various Assemblies on the way down the coast and
then also on the way back.
New
outreaches planned
After ministering at
Vernon
and talking with the oversight there I agreed to come and start an
evangelistic home bible study which will be interactive. We hope that
with this format it might be very profitable and help the Assembly to
grow so we would value your prayers for this
We also are going to start to have a
home bible study here in our home on Sunday evening as there is no
evening service anymore at the chapel we feel that this might be
helpful so again we value your prayers we hope to start in 2 weeks.
Other outreaches planned are 2 fly
fishing camps this summer and also one other bible camp where I will
be speaking along with planned gospel outreaches at 100 mile house in
August and also in
Hollywood
Florida
in November. Also in
Surrey B.C the Assembly has 2 planned gospel evening where I will be
preaching so again these are all Lord Willing and we would love to
have you pray for these
planned efforts in the gospel
On
the homefront
Jerry
is
enjoying being here as there are many children his age around the
neighborhood, he also got to play ball hockey for his first time and
really enjoyed it. On a spiritual level we are currently just starting
to memorize in Romans and he has 3 verses memorized and always asked
good questions about the Lord. Just
today there were some JW’s going about the neighborhood and as I was
watching them from our front window (they avoided coming to our house)
Jerry said to me “they are bringing a false gospel right dad ?”
Poor lost souls… out of
the mouth of babes…
Melody
+ Esther
They
had a blast on there trip but now are doing double duty getting caught
up on there homework and school. They
continue to progress and are really enjoying there time back home.
They also continue to reach out to there many new friends and
have brought 4 different ones to church on different occasions.
David
is
studying for his final exam coming up next month and is continuing to
work at Starbucks and is living at home.
Just recently while playing on the trampoline David did a
backflip and ended up landing on the metal bar he thought he broke his
back and it took him about 15 minutes to be able to get off of the
trampoline and as he was coughing up some blood we brought him into
emergency where they took several x-rays but they all proved to be
negative for which we PTL… Although he still is very sore he is very
grateful to God for sparing him.
Steven
+ Carly
have
just finished there bible school which they both enjoyed immensely
and are now on a short term mission trip to
Albania
. They will be there for 3
weeks and hope to be used of the Lord while there.
They both look forward to August 6th
where they will wed (Lord Willing)
Sean
and Valerie
have
been kept quite busy with the new baby (see photos below) and all that
entails. They also had a
tragedy in that Sean’s grandfather died suddenly in
Jamaica
and both Sean and Valerie + Mila flew over to
England
to be with Sean’s grandmother and then to attend the funeral.
Although they were unsure about Sean’s grandfather’s final
destiny, Sean was able to give a challenging gospel message at the
funeral.
Linda:
continues
with home schooling looking after the household and also has started a
bible study with a friend Laurie.
Her health has improved somewhat upon her return with no
problems now with breathing although she still has some struggles with
the fibromyalgia.
Linda’s
mom + Dad :
Linda’s mom has just finished the first month of chemo and is
pretty weak but other than that seems fairly good.
Linda’s dad just had another operation and with this one it
was so that he would be able to possibly eat again.
The operation proved to be partly successful however he still
hasn’t been able to eat real solid food yet.
He is however drinking a bit and learning to use the muscles in
his mouth and jaw again and we hope in the future they will be able to
take him off of the stomach feed tube which he has bee on for over a
year but this is still a while down the road. His mental health seems
good although he still struggles with short term memory loss and gets
disorientated easily but we continue to see some improvement even
there. Now we pray and
continue to ask you to pray that the Lord would breakthrough to both
Jean’s and Larry’s hard hearts and they would see there need for
Him.
We
are again reminded that we battle not against flesh and blood but
principalities and powers.
So
therefore we read in James 5:16b " The effectual fervent
prayer of a righteous man avails much" so we say Thanks for
all your prayers on our behalf.
Yours because of
Calvary
Tim + Linda Hood + Family
-
February
6th, 2006
1Co
3:6 I have planted,
Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
Baptism’s
As
with the above verse we rejoice to see the Lord building His church
here in Waterford; What a thrill and joy to our hearts to see our
daughter Melody and the Wilson’s daughter Rachel and 6
other people desire to follow the Lord in obedience to His word
by being baptized. We
were able to hire a pool near us to perform the baptisms and it was
really thrilling to hear their testimonies.
The others who were baptized are
Marion
,
Lydia
,
Daniela, Ciaran, Michael,
and Jerry. These are all fairly new believers and like I said it is
thrilling to see them growing in the Lord. I will include one
testimony for you just so you can again rejoice with us.
Hi
, my name is Lidia Zagrean. I came from a Christian family in
Romania
but this is not the reason I am a Christian now.
I
left
Romania
because of material reasons and for more than 3 years,
entered a new world. One that was different from the one that I
grew up in.
Day by day my life descended down a path
far away from God living a sinful life.
Money became everything to me and I forgot about God.
I
was trying to find happiness with my friends and parties but I found
myself more alone and empty inside after the
“fun “ was over.
Discouraged
and depressed with loads of problems in my head, I was trying to
figure out how to fix up the mess that I had gotten myself into.
I
went for a walk to the
Waterford
city centre to try to clear my head and get some air.
BUT SURPRISE !!!!
In the square was a man with some signs who was preaching.
I stopped suddenly…. And
was very afraid and touched deeply:….
Realizing that God knows ALL my sins.
After
talking with Tim I realized just how bad my life was and I kept
repeating to Tim that
“I am very Bad Girl!!”
Later
Tim arranged for a Romanian lady Daniela to phone me and talk with me.
After telling her of my
bad situation, she told
the Hood’s who helped me by giving me a place to
stay with them.
While
living at the Hood’s and being again in a Christian home,,, made me
realize that I needed God
in my life. One night on Nov 12 /2005 Tim was able to show me from the
Bible how I can know for sure that I can go to Heaven if I simply
believe and trust what God says . He showed me Acts
2:
21
“ and it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the
name of the Lord shall be saved. “
I then prayed and trusted Jesus my Lord. And asked him to be
the Lord of my life.
Soon
after this Tim asked if I would like to do a Bible study on Baptism.
He invited Daniela to help to interpret and this is why now I am
getting baptized as I want to follow the Lord in what He has told us
to do.
Assembly
news
We
are going to start breaking bread in
Waterford
this Sunday Feb 5th and we are quite excited.
We just finished 3 days of teaching on what the Assembly is and
it seemed to be received very well of course the roles of men and
women in the Assembly meetings met with some resistance and we just
stressed that we just want to follow the scriptures teaching in
regards to this regardless of how the world would see this.
We
will also continue with the Sunday evening gospel outreaches at
Dooley’s Hotel.
Outreaches
Open-air
we
continue to faithfully sow seed in
Waterford
by either distributing tracts or by preaching and often get into good
conversations. Someone
asked me once “is it fruitful”
My reply was although we have seen fruit from this “Cairan”
is one example along with others.
We feel that this is a great means of proclaiming the Lord and
fulfilling the commission and also resting in the fact that “
Faith comes from hearing and hearing from the word of God Rom
10:17
.
Door
to Door
Again
we try to get out to homes at least twice a week and bring the gospel
to the doorstep. Here
again we have had SO MANY good conversations we just trust and pray
that as it says in Isa
55:11 so shall My Word
be, which goes out of My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it
shall accomplish what I please, and it shall certainly do what I sent
it to do.
Bible
Explorer
I
just finished training to be able to teach the New Testament and I
have my first booking I start this Monday in a school here.
I am thrilled about this as it will be great to see how the
kids respond to “second birth
Nicodemus ” woman at the well along with many other stories.
It goes right through the New Test ending with Paul’s
missionary journeys. So
again please pray for me in this.
Family
news
As you know we are planning on leaving on March 9th
to go back to Canada for furlough and would really value your prayers
as there are many things here and also over in Canada that are needed
to be done so that the transition would be a smooth one. As you can
imagine moving a family can be very stressful please pray that we
would allow the Prince of Peace to give us His peace…
David
has
been back now in
Canada
for almost a month and although he misses
Ireland
and his friends he is getting settled into life in
Canada
.
He now has 2 jobs (thanks for your prayers in this) and is
thankful to the Lord for this and is currently living with his sister.
Esther,
Melody and Jerry
on one hand are looking forward to going to Canada to be reunited with
there older brothers and sister and also they are thrilled about the
thought of being “Auntie’s” (girls) and an uncle Jerry.
But on the other hand they have lots of friends here that they
will I’m sure miss a lot and I think it will be somewhat hard for
them over the next few months so again we would value your prayers
Val
+ Sean
Val
+ Sean continue to serve in their church and are working with the
youth. Valerie just
finished working and has taken Maternity leave.
Their baby is Due March 9 same day as our arrival J.
Everything at this point is going well with the pregnancy and
the baby is head first at the moment.
Again we would value your prayers for a safe delivery.
Steven
and Carly
continue with Bible
school and they both like it a lot.
They both keep quite busy as they also work part-time in order
to pay for the schooling. The
plan for them is to get married in the summer.
Linda’s
dad Since
the last update has seen some improvement as he is now living in a
care home facility. The
nurses there care for him and make sure he gets regular feedings and
his medicine. David has
visited him a few times since returning and says he is in good spirits
and looks somewhat improved. Please
continue to pray.
-
October
29th, 2005
Greetings fellow believers in the
worthy Name of our Lord Jesus Christ
Update
on the work in Ireland
Assembly
news in Ireland
Killkenny
The
Assembly continues to go along well and we see a continual desire
among the people to reach out to the lost, which is great.
They will hand out 3000 calendars
in KK this fall as well as the continual door to door outreach they
are doing.
Waterford
The
Sunday evening meeting has been a bit better attended currently we are
giving an overview of the Old Testament and we are going basically
book by book for 2 Sundays and the first Sunday we have a gospel
meeting and the third we show a gospel video. We also will be starting
to hand out calendars in November and December with over 12,000 to
distribute
Home
bible study
We
just finished the book of Acts and have now just started Romans and
have been encouraged greatly of late as we have had several newcomers
come to the study. A few
Wed nights ago we had 24 people and we are getting on average about 15
each Wed for which we PTL. We
plan after the teaching on the Old Testament (On Sunday evenings) to
teach about what the Church is and what it isn’t.
We started before to do this but stopped, as we didn’t have
too many committed believers at the time and concentrated instead on
presenting the gospel as we were still getting a few unsaved out.
Since now we seem to have some committed believers we are
hoping that perhaps after the teaching on the Church that it will be
the Lord’s timing to establish a meeting here.
Please pray with us in this.
Door
to Door work
The last 2 weeks we have been doing the
doors as a team as there is now a brother Jon Hewitt who has been
commended to the work here for a year from N. Ireland who along with
David Wilson and Matt Wright and some other local believers (when they
are not working) help to do doors on Thursday.
It is nice to be able to put aside a day to do this outreach
collectively. Jon has
also come and helped me as well on other days.
Again here each time we go out we get into good conversations
and are able to tell people what they must do in order to go to
God’s Heaven.
The
Open air work
This work has continued every week I usually preach in
Waterford center on the Friday and on the Saturdays I try to go to
various towns to share of the matchless grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Again here each
time out we hand out 4- 500 hundred tracts.
Linda comes and helps with tract distribution and the children
too help out. Again here
we get into many good chats and trust the Lord would bless both the
spoken word and the written word which is given out.
BX
(Bible Explorer)
Thanks
SO MUCH for your prayers the Lord has really blessed in this ministry.
I have had the opportunity of teaching in 4 new schools, along
with 3 other schools that I also taught in last year.
Currently I have 2 other new schools which have booked the
program but I still haven’t started in them yet.
Currently
I just finished with the last lessons in the 4 new schools (5
classes) and at the end of the lessons I was also able to leave a New
Testament with each of the students and also one with the teachers. In total I have given out a little over 200.
I also have 3 other classes still ongoing as well so I Again
would value prayers for the seed sown and also that the Lord
would still yet open even more doors for this ministry. I have prayed
for 10 new schools and so far I have gotten 7 so still 3 to go.
On
the homefront
Jerry
is
learning his ABC and Linda is teaching him this with a song that goes
ABCDEFG God is good to you and me HIJKLMN He sent His Son to die for
menn… J.
It is really cute to hear him sing this and it is also great to
hear him learning about the Lord Jesus.
Melody
+ Esther
Are
now working away at there school and still enjoying the good weather
we have been having. They
have met many children who live in the area and are enjoying being
with them
.
David
Is
just doing his last year of high school ( he actually is just
finishing 1 last subject before he graduates)
But just recently received some VERY BAD news.
He went into get his passport stamped (we do this every year)
after receiving his stamp when I checked his passport I noticed the
stamp was different than the stamp from last year as last year’s
stamp allowed him to work part time because he is a student.
This year’s stamp however didn’t have this so upon my
enquiry we have now learned that there is new legislation that came
into effect in August that won’t allow for him to work at all.
So at this point we are really uncertain as to what to do so we
would really value your prayers for him and his uncertain future here.
Steven
Has
now started bible school and he also is working part time in
Carpentry. He still looks
forward to the end of the school year as he plans to marry Carly in
June of 06.
Sean
and Valerie
Val and Sean are both doing well and the pregnancy is also
going well for Val they are both working and are looking forward to
having there baby in March
Linda:
continues with home schooling looking after the household and
also has 2 bible studies with 2 ladies .
Her Fibromyalgia hasn’t been too bad but her breathing lately
has been bothering her a lot and she has to use the puffers quite a
bit. She continues to
press on
Linda’s
mom + Dad :
Linda’s dad is still in rough shape and also of late seems to
be losing his mind possibly because of the medication he is on but he
sure isn’t himself at all. We
continue to pray that he along with Linda’s mom would soften to the
gospel as of yet though neither has.
Please again join us in prayer for this.
We
are again reminded that we battle not against flesh and blood but
principalities and powers.
So
therefore we read in James 5:16b " The effectual fervent
prayer of a righteous man avails much" so we say Thanks for
all your prayers on our behalf.
Yours because of
Calvary Tim + Linda Hood + Family
Sept
12, 2005
-
-
Greetings everyone in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ
Update
on the work in Ireland
NIV Jam 5:16b
The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
Assembly news in Ireland
Killkenny The week of gospel tent meetings went very well with a
number of unsaved out each night. There also was one man Liam who
made a profession of faith and has come out to a few meetings since
but please pray for him that there would be a reality in the
profession. All in all
I would say it was great as many unsaved heard the word of life and
also the saints in Kilkenny rallied to the cause and have been
encouraged by this and are even more zealous now in witnessing to
there families and friends.
Waterford The baptism went well the Lord held back the rain
for us and it was a great time. Graham shared his testimony of how
he was saved and that he now wanted to follow the Lord in Baptism we
were a bit disappointed however as we were hoping
a couple of others who are saved but not baptized would also
have obeyed the Lord but this was not to be.
In the Sunday evening meetings we still have very few
committed people coming so again we would value your prayers
Home bible study
We continue with the study in Acts and
have been encouraged of late as a newcomer who goes to the local
Baptist Church (Gaston) has been coming and also has brought 4
friends 2 of which were believers from the B.Church but the other 2
were Palestinians (Muslim background) Emad and Ali who are here as
Asylum seekers are both very open to the gospel.
Just this past week Emad made a profession of faith for which
we PTL. Gaston who had
been witnessing to them for the past month purchased a new testament
in Arabic for them which they read and read and it seems the light
of the Glory of God shone through to Emad’s heart and he
surrendered his life to Christ.
Ali although not yet saved is still very open to the gospel
and when we heard that the
baptism was to be on Saturday he cut his time short from his visit
to Dublin just to be back in
time to see the baptism.
Door to Door work
Mat 21:16
And they said to Him, Do you hear what these say? And Jesus
said to them, Yes, have you never read, "Out of the
mouth of babes and sucklings You have perfected praise?"
While doing the doors I had an
interesting time the other day.
Linda had gone out and so Jeremiah came with me as I went on
the doors. Within a moment of talking to the first person on the door
Jerry asked the lady if she was a Christian, she responded with
“yes” to which he said are you saved though?
With this second question she didn’t know how to respond so
I took over the conversation from there and explained what Saving
faith was all about. After
leaving the house Jerry looked at me and said “she isn’t saved
is she dad” PTL he
knows the difference..
The Open air work
This work has continued every week and each week brings forth
many new contacts and many opportunities to tell of His love.
Linda and the children continue to help me with tract
distribution and they
to have had many great talks.
BX (Bible Explorer)
Thanks SO MUCH for your prayers the
Lord has blessed and I have now booked 4 new schools to which I will
teach (I have started already in 3) the bible explorer program. I
have asked the Lord for 10 new schools so please continue to pray
and lets see what the Lord will do.
On the homefront
Jerry has
now just started school he is excited about this J.
He also continues to play with his many new friends as a few
new families have moved into the estate.
Melody + Esther
Have now started back with school and
are just starting to get used to this again.
David please
continue to pray that David would know what to do for his future as
I said before he still is unsure at this point what he would like to
do. Also he still
hasn’t received his marks from last year.
Steven Is
just about to start bible school in Kelowna and we would value your
prayers for him as he plans to work part-time for his employer as
well. Just pray that he
would be able to manage his time well and wouldn’t get to stressed
or burned out. He looks
forward to the end of the school year as he plans to marry Carly in
June of 06.
Sean and Valerie
have just gone on a vacation (there 1st
anniversary) to LA. Please pray they would have journeys mercies
traveling. Also so far
everything is going well with the pregnancy
Val and the baby are both doing well.
Linda:
continues with home schooling looking after the household and
also has a bible study with Marion.
Her health hasn’t gotten any worse and although she still
struggles with breathing she is on an inhaler she hasn’t had too
much problems with her fibromyalgia.
Linda’s mom + Dad :
We don’t have to much in the way of news here Linda’s dad
isn’t able to talk very well without being in much pain so we
haven’t been able to find out the extent of the cancer.
We have asked Linda’s sister Debbie for more info or the
doctors name as she is directly involved with them and thus would
know everything. but she refuses to tell us anything and asked us
NOT to contact her again. So we will just leave it with the Lord and
please join us in praying for them all.
Here is a picture of the baptism I know
it isn’t very good sorry L
(notice all the surfers looking on )
Thanks for all your prayers on our
behalf.
Yours because of
Calvary Tim + Linda Hood + Family
-
August 10th 2005
Acts
26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost
you persuade me to be a Christian
Outreach
in N. Ireland Co. Armagh
This past week I was up in N. Ireland doing a series of
children’s meetings and also the gospel on the Sunday night. Just
after going across the border to the North “seemingly immediately”
we noticed sign boards with gospel texts with “ye must be born
again” and John 3:16 and many other ones it seemed they were
everywhere at least to me anyway. I thought for a
moment what am I doing up here these people have heard and know this
message very well. The following night I preached the gospel at the
Kileen Gospel Hall and to my amazement there were about 12 unsaved
people who came to hear the message of life and afterwards I had a
very good conversation with Daerfla (not sure of how it is spelled J)
who said she had really enjoyed the message. So I asked her “are you
saved” her reply was “No but I want to be”. So I then
said to her well that’s interesting you say you want to be saved and
God says He wants to save you so where do you think the problem is
then? After sharing more from the scriptures and
again going over the gospel she said that she now realized that she
had the problem and not God. I again pleaded with
her about her soul but sadly she went away still not saved.
Which reminded me of the scripture above where King Agrippa
after hearing Paul’s preaching about Christ “almost” got saved,
this of course means that he and anyone else who is “ALMOST SAVED”
is actually TOTALLY LOST in other words they would go to the same Hell
as someone who HATES God or doesn’t even believe in God.
It really is a sobering thought isn’t it that if they die in
this state they will share a Christ-less Eternity in the Lake of Fire.
The children’s meetings went very well with about 100 kids on
average each night for the 5 nights again we trust the Holy Spirit
will take the seed sown and stir the hearts of the children.
Quite a few new contacts were made from the meetings as on the
last might they had a barbeque and invited the parents to come and
some did and were keen to have someone visit them for the bible study.
The believers there would value your prayers for these contacts and
also the seed sown.
Assembly
news in Ireland
Killkenny
Currently
this week we are having a gospel outreach with gospel meetings every
evening at 8:00pm and also children’s meeting which run during the
daytime. Then meetings so far have been well attended and it has been
very encouraging to see the believers with a great desire to see there
fellow countrymen won to Christ.
Waterford
We
continue to meet each Sunday night and again here have seen some
different ones come along to the meetings. One
believer who has been coming for a few months Graham Eddy who is from
Nigeria I have been having a one on one study with and after some
teaching is now desiring to be baptized so please pray for him. We
also hope a couple of other people who have made professions will also
desire to follow the Lord in Baptism.
Home
bible study
We
continue to go through Acts and again the people seem to enjoy the
format, which is an open discussional bible study.
Door
to Door work
Here
again I have made quite a few new contacts and hope to get back to
some of these soon. Often I find that after the second or third time
calling back to see people you then get a better understanding of if
they are really interested in the gospel or just being friendly to
you.
The
Open air work
This work has continued every week and each week brings forth
many new contacts and many opportunities to tell of His love.
Also while up North we preached each day in the town of Armagh
and again had some good conversations along with many tracts which
were handed out.
BX
(Bible Explorer)
Please
pray the doors will remain open for this work and that I might be able
to get into many more schools.
On
the homefront
Jerry
Continues
to race around on his bike and now has a few new friends as some new
people have moved into the neighborhood J
Melody
+ Esther
Are
enjoying the time off from school and playing with friends in the
housing estate here.
David
is
back to work and still is a bit uncertain as to what he wants to do
after this coming year. He will finish his high school this year as he
only has one subject left and after this he is uncertain what to do so
please pray for him.
Steven
Is
continuing with his apprenticeship in carpentry and this fall hopes to
go to Bible College. His boss who is a believer is
encouraging him to do this and says he will have a job waiting for him
when he finishes. Steven is now engaged and he and
“Carly” hope to be married sometime in June 06 after he finishes
bible school.
Sean
and Valerie
are expecting there 1 child and so we are delighted to think
about the possibility of becoming grand parents yikes!! Both
are continuing with their work and Valerie hopes to get maternity
leave after she has the baby Lord Willing in March 2006
Linda’s
health:
She continues to have problems breathing upon arriving back
here. Linda has been trying many different herbal remedies but so far
hasn’t found anthing that really helps her. She continues to press
on however and keeps busy with keeping the household and she also is
currently having to one on one bible studies one is with a young girl
Mauve (14) who recently has gotten saved and also Marion who was saved
about a year ago. Marion who use to come to our Wed night study but
because of work has been unable to attend really enjoys the one on one
with Linda.
Linda’s
mom + Dad :
Linda’s parents have moved house now and are in a condo which
means no more lawn care etc for Linda’s dad which will be good. They
did manage to move everything over without getting to stressed as you
know moving can be very hectic and are now quite happy and getting
settled into their condo. Linda’s dad’s recent operation went well
and the attending physician said he got almost all of the cancer.
This was good news to Larry but he continues to suffer with
much pain when he tries to eat anything at all. And
so again we would just ask for your prayers.
We
are again reminded that we battle not against flesh and blood but
principalities and powers.
So
therefore we read in James 5:16b " The effectual fervent
prayer of a righteous man avails much" so we say Thanks for
all your prayers on our behalf.
Yours
because of Calvary Tim + Linda Hood + Family
July 12th 2005
-
Update
on the work in Ireland
-
-
1Co
3:6-7 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God
gave the increase. So then neither is he
that plants any thing, neither he that waters; but God that
gives the increase.
Assembly
news in Ireland
Killkenny
Again
here it is encouraging with the growth in the believers and seeing
them desiring to win people to Christ.
Waterford
We
have been encouraged over the past several weeks. The
team of course being here helped a great deal and we have seen a few
new faces showing up for meetings which is encouraging. We
continue to press along and have spent much of the last month
starting with creation and giving an overview of the bible which has
been received well by those attending.
Home
bible study
We
are currently going verse by verse through Acts and are now in Acts
18. We continue to see a good number coming to the study.
Please pray with us that the Lord’s word would do its work
in the heart of those attending. Just recently
Jerry who has come off and on made a profession of faith and seems
to be really delighted and you can visibly see a great change in his
countenance. Please uphold him in prayer as he
suffers from depression and already has come under persecution.
Door
to Door work
I am continuing to go door to door. We
have been able with the team over the last few weeks to deliver
about 9,000 Via’s and also some gospel texts please pray for all
this seed sown. Also given out were 10,000
invites to the meetings along with about 5,000 – 10,000 tracts
which were distributed in the openair. Pray
now for the follow up with some new contacts which were made when
the team was here and also ones that I have had in the past.
The
Open air work
We have continued to preach in Waterford Square on Fridays.
And I have gone to some various towns on the Saturdays, which again
have given way to many good conversations about the Savior.
With the team here for 3 weeks we concentrated on Waterford
and so we spent both Fridays and Saturdays here. Again
it was great to have a team helping us and taking turns preaching
with the sketch board. We also set up the
preaching stand and held another open-air with it at the same time
in another area of the square the responses again were great.
What were they you might ask well some said interesting some
GET LOST others were indifferent but all in all He was Glorified and
that’s what truly matters. What a great feeling
it is to know you bring joy to the heart of God by publicly
declaring His Son who is LORD OF ALL.
BX
(Bible Explorer)
The
door here continues to remain open in the schools and
I see it as a great opportunity to sow seed into the hearts of young
people. I have now completed the 5 one-hour
lessons in 4 elementary schools. The response has
been great with the last lesson I asked the principal to come in and
see what the children learned and the children were able to do the
77 hand signs in front of her and she looked astonished and said “oh
if you could only teach them to do this with math and English!
Please pray that this door would remain open and we could be
given even more opportunities to bring the word to children here.
Often now when I am preaching in town or doing the doors I
come across children who have done the Bible Explorer program with
me and they seem thrilled to see me so again I would ask you to pray
for this ministry.
Tnt
team
Of
course here we have been quite busy as we had a team over from N.
America and we did a series of meetings which spanned 6 nights
starting with creation and then ending with “The Final
Judgment”.
Some
have asked has it been good? Here this
depends as I said on the final night, which we saw our biggest
crowd, which included the team and our regulars and 5 newcomers was
22. Whether we want to look at things through
God’s eyes or the world. I said to the people
when I was in business and I put on a promotion and sent out 10,000
invitations and had a team talking about it to people and at the
promotion I only had 22 people I would say it was an out an out
disaster.. But thankfully we can look at it
knowing as the scripture says “We plant and water but it is GOD
who adds the increase! It sure takes away all
the pressure doesn’t it we just need to be faithful in proclaiming
His word.
On
the homefront
Jerry
has
recently learned how to ride his 2 wheeler without training wheels
and is enjoying racing around here. We also
celebrated his 5 birthday on the 4th and he said “now
I will catch up to my friend Favor and be older than him”
Anyway we had to tell him that he could never catch up as Favor is 9
months older than him he seemed to take the news fairly well J
Melody
+ Esther Are
now finished school (well actually Esther will be done later this
week but is almost finished) And so they now are busy playing with
there friends here in the housing estate and are starting to enjoy
the summer off from school.
David
has
finished writing his exams and is now back to work at his job at the
sports store. He awaits to here how he did and
feels he didn’t do very well but we will wait and see.
He still has one more course to complete next year to
graduate. Please pray for direction for David what to do after
school is finished as he at this time is undecided what to do.
Steven
Is
continuing with his apprenticeship in carpentry and this fall hopes
to go to bible college. His boss who is a
believer is encouraging him to do this and says he will have a job
waiting for him when he finishes.
Sean
and Valerie
are still working with the youth and are trying a few new
ways to outreach to youth in there area with barbeques and such.
Sean has just recently started a Christian T-shirt business
and has made some designs and is selling them at various youth
rallies. They continue to work at there local
church and are still looking to the Lord for further opportunities.
Linda’s
health:
Linda’s fibromaligia hasn’t
bothered her too much most days and her breathing has been fairly
good since she has been back in Canada. Upon her
return to see her dad she has come under tremendous oppression from
Satan as her sister has been extremely ignorant to her even kicking
Linda out of her house while she was visiting her dad. Please
continue to uphold her as it is difficult first to see her dad in
the condition he is in and with NO HOPE she has tried to witness to
him but at present he is not interested and is quite mad at God for
his condition.
Linda’s
mom + Dad :
Linda’s mom’s cancer seems to be in remission but as
stated Linda’s dad isn’t doing very well and still is unable to
eat without tremendous pain. Just recently Linda watched him as he
tried to eat some soup and he was grimacing with the 2 bites he
managed to eat. Here again we would just say we
value all your prayers in regard to this.
We
are again reminded that we battle not against flesh and blood but
principalities and powers.
So
therefore we read in James 5:16b " The effectual fervent
prayer of a righteous man avails much" so we say Thanks for
all your prayers on our behalf.
Yours
because of Calvary Tim + Linda Hood + Family
May 28th 2005
Greetings to you all in the name that is above all names- our Lord
Jesus
Christ. We thank the Lord for your continued support for His work here
in Ireland. We pray that He will abundantly bless all your efforts for
His own names sake. Please continue to press on while it is still day
perhaps before 2005 is over we may see our Great God and Savior face
to
face.
Because of Calvary Tim *__*
*_Update on the work in Ireland_*
*_Assembly news in Ireland_*
*Killkenny * Since our last update, which included the 11 baptisms,
the
saints continue to grow in Kilkenny with a real desire to see souls
won
to the Lord, which is very encouraging.
*Waterford * The Sunday evening meetings have grown in attendance a
small bit. We hope that over the summer months many more will come. We
continue to get a few new people in and pray the Lord would bless in
this regard.
*_Home bible study_*
We are continuing in the book of Acts and see a good number coming
to
the study. We are looking for the Lord to use this to speak to hearts.
We might see some come to know the Lord through this study. Others who
are saved can be built up and going on for the Lord.
*_Door to Door work _*
I am continuing to go door to door. Currently I am doing a
distribution
of via magazines along with a tract in the mornings. I also try to
knock
on doors in the afternoons whenever possible and through this have had
many good opportunities to share the gospel message. Right now there
is
a new DVD that was made with Irish testimonies on it that I have been
using on the doors which is being received with interest. We trust the
Lord would use this to draw people to himself.
*_The Open air work_*
We again continue to preach in Waterford Square on Fridays.
Saturdays I
have started back again to go to various towns that are within an hour
or so driving - of Waterford. Often it has been just my family with
me-
Linda playing her guitar with gospel music,, giving out tracts,,, and
then I preach. Jerry has also had a turn at the microphone to tell
about
Jesus. We have been greatly encouraged by the Lord both Fridays and
Saturdays. He always gets us a place to park (which can be very
difficult here)- good weather to be able to preach (which is really
unbelievable for here!)-- And have seen His protection and guidance as
He keeps the enemy away and allows us to proclaim the gospel through
song and preaching. Each time out
we have had many good talks with people and continue to distribute
thousands of tracts.
*_BX (Bible Explorer)_** *
The door here continues to remain open in the schools and I see it
as a
great opportunity to sow seed into the hearts of young people. I have
now
completed the 5 one hour lessons in 3 elementary schools. I am
currently
in the middle of a fourth class, which will be my last for this school
year. Please continue to pray for
this, that hearts would be touched. Often the
students recognize me when I am preaching in the square and come to
say
hello. Please pray that this door would remain open and I could get
into
more schools for next year.
*_Shorterm CoWorkers_*
We were delighted to have Kelly Anderson join with us in the work
here
for 6 weeks it was a real blessing as Kelly helped with door to door
and
openair (she is seen in the photo with my daughters) We are always
thankful to the Lord for who He raises up to help in the work. Please
pray for Kelly to know God’s perfect will for her life as she
desires to
serve Him.
*_Tnt team _*
* *The arrival of Ron Hampton’s team from N. America will be May
27th
and they will be here for 3 weeks. The team will be involved with
evangelism in door to door, open air, children’s clubs and home
bible
studies. Please pray that their hearts will be close to the Savior and
that they will all be used effectively by the Lord.
_ _
*_On the homefront_ *
*Jerry * has started with the ABC’s of schooling and Linda is
teaching
him the alphabet. He has progressed to colouring and staying within
the
lines. He continues to be very active about the house and loves to
play
with his toys and just being a little boy..
*Melody + Esther * Are looking forward to summer or in other words…..
no
more school!! Then they can play with their friends . There are quite
a
few children in the housing estate where we live.
*David * is getting ready to write his final exams and so is kept
busy
with this and also working at the sporting goods store. He is also
making a skate video, and so does a lot of filming and crashing on his
skateboard. He and his mom are going back to Canada for the month of
June so he can write his finals. He would also appreciate your prayers
for his schooling.
*Steven * has just recently gotten engaged to a lovely young lady
named
Carly. They plan to marry sometime next year. Carly has a car and
Steve
gets to drive it now. Just one of the perks! Actually they are a good
match ,, and the Lord has answered our prayers for a godly help mate
for
our son.
*Sean and Valerie* are still working with the youth but recently
have
shut down the drop –in- center as they have felt it has finished its
purpose. They are looking to the Lord for guidance for future
ministries, and continue to serve in their church.
*Linda’s health:* Linda’s fibromaligia hasn’t bothered her
too much most
days and her breathing has been fairly good again most days. She
continues to take many herbal medicines that seem to help her and
exercise is a great benefit. She is also getting ready to go back to
Canada for June and there are always lots of things to get ready so
she
would value your prayers.
*Linda’s mom + Dad :* Linda’s mom’s cancer seems to be in
remission but
Linda’s dad has now completed his radiation treatments We have
recently
heard that they were unable to get all the cancer and currently he is
too weak to get any more treatment. I guess he is unable to get around
on his own and is using a walker and hasn’t eaten anything for 8
weeks
now (they have inserted a feeding tube which feeds him) There is a lot
of pain in the throat area and so he doesn’t want to swallow. The
communication on all this is second hand from Linda’s mom as Linda
has
been unable to talk to her dad directly.
*_Praise items _*
1. For Sunday evening and new people coming
2. For an opening in the schools with BX
We are again reminded that we battle not against flesh and blood
but
principalities and powers.
So therefore we read in James 5:16b " /The effectual fervent
prayer of a
righteous man avails much/" so we say Thanks for all your prayers
on our
behalf.
Yours because of Calvary Tim + Linda Hood + Family
-
March
31, 2005
Update
on the work in Ireland
Assembly news in Ireland
Killkenny It
has been just great to see the Lord working in this Assembly just
recently there were 11 baptisms (the largest in the short history of
this meeting) for which we all rejoiced it was great to see som many
want to take this step of obedience. Pray with us that they would all go on to maturity in the
Lord and be greatly used of our God.
Waterford Again
not much to report here the Sunday evening meetings haven’t been
greatly attended but we do thank the Lord for those who do come and
please pray with us that the Lord would work in Hearts and that some
might be saved.
Home bible study
We have continued on
in the book of Acts just finishing chapter 12 and it has been
very enlightening to all and we have had some great discussions after
the study as well.
Door to Door work
I continue to press on with the door to door work and am
convinced this is still one of the best ways of sharing the gospel as
each time I go out I have opportunities to preach the word and often
people have responded with I have NEVER heard that before.
It amazes me that so simple a message has never been heard by
so many people.
The Open air work
Again
as stated many times in past we continue to press on with preaching
concentrating on Waterford city twice weekly and again here are
thankful for many one on one talks resulting from the preaching and
tract distribution.
BX
(Bible Explorer)
Some have asked
what is involved in this outreach; it is done in the local schools
(Catholic of course) so firstly it is very difficult to even get in.
The reason for this is often it has to pass through the hands
of the local Priest. The
Lord though has opened the door and I am currently in one school
(boys) and am starting another school on Monday. The course is 5 one-hour lessons, which start with Creation
and teach the Old Testament finishing with the cross. Each lesson gives many opportunities to preach Christ from
the Old Testament (without straying from the criteria) for which I
rejoice it also leaves the children with a good overview of the Old
Testament. Should
the Lord tarry and we get another year here I hope to get into many
schools for next year and have heard from many that they might be
willing to try it next year so again please continue to pray.
On the homefront
Melody + Esther and Jerry
have thoroughly enjoyed now having there older sister and (new
brother) here for a spell and they will greatly miss them both when
they return to Canada next week.
David is
kept pretty busy with working and also trying to do his school work he
has to go back to Canada in June to write his final exams and I’m
sure he would be grateful for your prayers.
Steven is
still working hard as a carpenter’s apprentice and is saving up to
possibly go to bible school in the fall.
Sean and Valerie
are enjoying there time over here and have been kept pretty
busy visiting Valerie’s friends and also going to England for a week
to visit with Sean’s grand parents.
Valerie’s best friend over here Rebecca Toal (formerly Von-Meding)
has just had a baby girl and so they are visiting and rejoicing with
them (Ian + Rebecca).
Linda’s health:
Linda’s fibromaligia
hasn’t bothered her too much most days and her breathing has
been fairly good again most days. She continues to take many herbal medicines that seem to help
her.
Linda’s mom + Dad :
Linda’s mom’s cancer seems to be in remission but Linda’s
dad is 6 weeks into a seven week intensive everyday radiation
treatment for his cancer. This
has resulted in some complications and recently he had to be
hospitalized and his medication of morphine had to be upped
significantly. Again we
would value your prayers and please pray the Lord would use this to
draw Larry to himself.
Praise items
1.
For the work in Kilkenny with the baptism’s
2.
For a time with Valerie and Sean
3.
For an opening in the schools with BX
So again dear brethren please
continue to uphold us at the Throne of Grace
We are again reminded that we battle
not against flesh and blood but principalities and powers.
So therefore we read in James 5:16b
" The effectual fervent
prayer of a righteous man avails much" so we say Thanks for
all your prayers on our behalf. And also we read in Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and
stand in the Gap for the land, that I should not destroy it:
We are again so thankful for all of
you fellow prayer warriors that you are doing just that.
Yours because of Calvary Tim + Linda
Hood + Family
February
28, 2005
Update on the work in Ireland
Assembly
news in Ireland
Not too much to report here since our last update. The
Sunday evenings haven’t been as well attended as we have hoped but
we still are managing to get a few out. We would
certainly covet your prayers for this and all the work we hope to do
here.
In Killkenny
things are going quite well just recently they had another youth
weekend and there were 58 young people from around the country that
came for fellowship and ministry. The Assembly
still continues to be quite active in evangelism with the elders going
on doors on Saturdays and others having many personal opportunities to
share one on one with people. There is also a bible
study in one of the homes for unsaved or newly saved people.
So again we are greatly encouraged with the meeting.
Home bible
study
Now that we have started and are well in to the book of Acts
(currently in chapter 9) It is great to see the
ones who are coming getting a far better understanding of the word of
God. Many have said they enjoy the format and the
interaction that happens. It also has been good to
teach why we are trying to start a new work here and “why” we feel
it necessary to do so rather than perhaps joining with one of the
existing churches that are here. Here too it
has been great to just show what God’s word says in relation to the
church.
Door to
Door work
I have continued
going forth and have had some great opportunities again sharing the
word of God and why people need to be saved and how they can be.
I marvel at all the people I have met here who have NEVER
really been told the gospel or certainly haven’t understood it.
Many times at the end of conversations I ask “Does that make
some sense?” Almost always the response is yes I
never really had it explained to me before.
The
Open air work
We continue to press on twice weekly preaching the wonderful
news of the man of Calvary. Again here almost every time out we
get opportunities to explain the gospel. Also weekly
between 200- 1000 tracts are distributed so again we do pray that the
seed sown would bare fruit for His glory.
Bx
(Bible Explorer) As
you know I was able to get into my first
school in December and had a great time with 5+6 class I now have
another opportunity, which starts this Thursday at a boys school.
So again I would greatly value your prayers for this effort.
On the
homefront
Melody +
Esther and Jerry have
thoroughly enjoyed having their older brother here for a spell and are
really looking forward to having there big sister Valerie back to for
a visit. Esther and Melody continue to d there
schooling and are looking forward to Easter as there is a weekend
Easter party for them to go to.
Linda was
reading a Bible story to Jerry the other night and the page was
about…. the sons of Korah and how the Lord
opened the earth to swallow them up (
Kenneth Taylors,, The Bible in
Pictures for Little Eyes) Jerry
got very upset and crying said “ That
wasn’t very nice of God to do!! “
Linda wondered how to explain this
( at the same time wondering why
this story was in a children’s book) (and also
wondering….. why she didn’t just skip this story.) But
God’s word is profitable and and when we pray ,.. He gives wisdom ..
James 1:5. Jerry had gotten a Lego blue
knight for Christmas. He was a “good guy” knight. Linda
asked Jerry “What did he use his sword
for” Jerry said “
He has to kill the bad guys! “ Sometimes
God has to kill the bad guys..
this made sense to his wee mind. “Phew!!”
David has
been kept busy working at the Sport shop over
the holidays with no time off. He doesn’t mind
making lots of money. He is pretty well liked by
his co workers.. One day a lad was talking with David about that
“guy” who is always shouting in the Square and how he should keep
his opinions to himself. David said
to him that the “guy” was his father. So his
flag is out there. The lads gave him a poster the
other day called “the Apocolypse Preacher” . It is a picture of a
young man with a loudspeaker preaching about the end of the World.
They thought it was pretty funny. I’m glad that
Dave is able to be out there and that he didn’t hide his faith.
Although it is not easy , and we are wanting to protect our
children ,,, we know that God is better at doing it
than us. With all the
hours at the shop,, David is finding it hard to fit in all his school
work,, but knows that these next few months will need
his attention in order to finish his grade 12. We
would value your prayers for him.
Steven recently
came over for a 2 week visit which was both a delight and a surprise
to Linda ( you should have seen her face J)
I had arranged for him to come a couple of months previous and
it was very difficult to keep Linda from finding out but she was
completely taken by surprise.
Sean and
Valerie are planning
to come over in mid March so we so look forward to seeing them.
They both are kept pretty busy with work and helping at the
youth center and with there church in Westbank.
Linda’s
health: Linda
has been diagnosed with fibromaligia and has good
days and bad days. Her test results have been
negative for any cancer or other problems and they feel that the
bladder problems she had are a result of the fibromaligia.
Again we would value your prayers for her.
Praise
items
1. We are thankful to God for firstly His wonderful gift of His
Son secondly saving our souls and thirdly allowing
us the privilege of working with Him in the battle for souls here in
Ireland.
So again dear
brethren Please continue to uphold us at the Throne of Grace
We are again
reminded that we battle not against flesh and blood but principalities
and powers.
So therefore we
read in James 5:16b " The effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man avails much" so we say Thanks for all your
prayers on our behalf. And also we read in Ezekiel 22:30 And I
sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand
in the Gap for the land, that I should not destroy it:
We are again so
thankful for all of you fellow prayer warriors that you are doing just
that.
Yours because of
Calvary Tim + Linda Hood + Family
-
December 4, 2004
Update on the work in Ireland
Assembly
news in Ireland
In Waterford we have started meeting every Sunday evening
and we have had some coming each evening although we would like to see
more. We do have some who are very steady for which we PTL. Marion
who cannot now come to the Wed evening study as it conflicts with her
work is having a study with Linda. Linda says it is going quite well
as they study together the fruit of the Spirit.
The Assembly in Kilkenny is going well and recently they
had “Big Chuck” Ebron down from N. Ireland to help with outreach.
Seamus Callanan (one of the elders at Kilkenny) was able to get Chuck
into 2 schools to talk about drug abuse and binge-drinking . Chuck was
able to weave in His testimony along with the gospel as the “Only”
real lasting remedy for the kids. From what I understand things went
quite well. And on the Saturday we preached in downtown Kilkenny and
Chuck and I were able also to talk to some kids who saw him at the
school.
Home
bible study
The study has continued and we have seen some new faces
as well. Currently there is George, Kate, Kitty, Dierdra, Ceiran ,
Steven, Claire and Sinead who are coming faithfully week by week.
Please pray for Ceiran who isn’t yet saved. Continue to pray for
Bernadette who use to come but has decided not to any more. We have
tried to encourage her back but she won’t have any part of it at the
present time. Pray as well for others who have come before but are
not now again that there hearts would be drawn to Him.
Door to
Door work
I have just started doing calendars in the doors. We hope
to do 12,000 before the new year starts and so as you can imagine we
have been quite busy. Recently while doing the calendars a man named
Frank asked me for another one and then invited me in , after talking
with him for a while he said he was Catholic but “very open” and would
be interested in a Bible study. We had the study the following day
and plan to meet once a week for study. Please pray for him (he is
from Nigeria)and also his wife Evelyn who attends a charismatic
meeting and seems open to the gospel although I am uncertain if she is
saved.
The Open
air work
We have continued to
press on in the open air proclaiming the life giving message of the
gospel. With the preaching we have many opportunities to tell of
Jesus. Each time we also hand out about 500 tracts. So we will just
rest in the confidence of knowing as the scripture says in Isa
55:11 so shall My Word be, which goes out of My mouth; it shall not
return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and
it shall certainly do what I sent it to do.
On the
homefront
Melody + Esther continue to do their schooling. They spent
a weekend with some friends in Kilkenny who have girls about the same
age. It was good for them . Esther is helping to teach Jerry how to
draw among other things. They are all looking forward to Christmas.
David
continues to study hard . Just recently David was able to get a job
for which we PTL. He seems really happy now working at a sporting
goods store and ---with money now in his pockets, his countenance doth
brighten.
Steven,,
Sean and Valerie will be in Canada for Christmas,, and their church
activities with youth and Christmas events are keeping them very
busy,,,, maybe too busy. Sometimes the Christmas season isn’t such a
great break. We pray that they will get some rest and quiet in the
midst. This is a great opportunity at this time of year just to soak
in the reality that our Savior came down to earth on a mission … the
end of which resulted in the saving of each of us and many more. We
have much to look forward to and to be thankful for.
Linda’s
health:
Linda has been very sick for the past 5 weeks, currently she seems to
be doing a bit better, but has been extremely run down and in a lot of
pain for the last month so if you could please pray for her we would
all appreciate it.
Praise
items
1. Our
house finally sold and everything is settled with it so PTL with us.
Thanks to all of you who helped in prayer to this end.
2. David
able to work here and also finding a job.
So again
dear brethren Please continue to uphold us at the Throne of Grace
We are
again reminded that we battle not against flesh and blood but
principalities and powers.
So
therefore we read in James 5:16b " The effectual fervent prayer of
a righteous man avails much" so we say Thanks for all your prayers
on our behalf. And also we read in Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a
man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the Gap
for the land, that I should not destroy it:
We are
again so thankful for all of you fellow prayer warriors that you are
doing just that.
Yours
because of Calvary Tim + Linda Hood + Family
-
November 5, 2004
Update on the work in Ireland
1Jo 5:14 And this is the confidence that we
have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He
hears us.
1Jo 5:15 And if we know that He hears us,
whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of
Him.
This past
Saturday these verses came alive to me once again. On Friday while
preaching in the town square I started to think about a girl we had
witnessed to many times but hadn’t seen for 3 months. Her name is
Katrina and she is a Jehovah Witness. I started to pray and I asked
God for an opportunity to talk with her and to again explain the
gospel. Nothing happened on Friday but on Saturday because of a
baptism, which was to be at 5:30 at the beach (in nearby Tramore) we
decided to preach again in Waterford (usually we do nearby towns on
the Saturday). Katrina came by and we had a very lengthy chat 2-3
hours and then I asked her if she would come to the baptism, which she
did. After the baptism Katrina was so worried about going home and
facing her parents (her father is an elder at the Kingdom Hall). She
felt she had done a terrible thing by going against her parent’s
wishes to another groups’ meeting. She didn’t want to lie and was
concerned what her parents were going to do to her. The poor girl was
in a bad way so we again tried to tell her of God’s great love for her
which she can’t grasp as all she knows about Him is that He is to be
feared. We left her and told her many will continue to pray for her
so please do pray.
Assembly
news in Ireland
In Waterford we have just decided to start meeting
together every Sunday evening starting in November instead of the
twice a month we had been doing. We hope to teach through basic
doctrines on the other Sundays working towards the start of an
Assembly meeting. Please pray for David Wilson, Matt Wright and
myself as we seek to establish a new testament Assembly here in
Waterford for His Glory.
The Assembly in Kilkenny is going well and they are still
quite active in outreach on Saturdays going door to door. Later this
month they plan to have special gospel meetings to address trying the
drug and alcohol abuse that is so prevalent in the society here. In
doing this they have asked Charles “big Chuck” Ebron down from
Northern Ireland. Chuck comes from a tough inner -city background and
has lots of experience with drug dealers and such. They also hope to
get him into the high schools and on the local radio. There is a real
epidemic of this kind of abuse currently in Kilkenny.
Baptism
We were thrilled to see Dierdra who was saved about a year
and a half ago take this step of obedience. She had put it off for
quite a while as she was uncertain as to how her family would receive
the news. Her mother is very religious and she has 2 aunts that are
nuns. Anyway she finally decided she would tell her mother
(regardless of the consequences) and was greatly relieved to find her
fairly open and not to upset at her. Although her mom didn’t come she
did give Dierdra a big hug before she went to be baptized. Pray that
she would grow in the Lord. Matt Wright has been disciplining her
and continues to.
Home
bible study
The study has continued to progress and we have seen some
new faces as well. Currently there is George, Kate, Kitty, Tom,
Dierdra, Chris, Cieran and Sinead who are coming faithfully week by
week. Please pray for Cieran who isn’t yet saved as well as Bernadette
who use to be very faithful to the meeting and has stopped coming for
the past 3 months. Recently I visited her and tried to encourage her
back to the meetings. She said she probably would but as of yet she
hasn’t. Please pray for her and for the others who come that the
Lord would use this study to bring some to himself and to eventually
start a work here in Waterford
Door to
Door work
I have been concentrating on getting out all the Via’s
that remain and so have been busy doing this and not much else. I
think I will be done about the middle of the month and then I hope to
do some more door to door. I still will also go out at least once a
week and do follow up with ones who have shown interest in the past.
The Open
air work
Recently we have had some desperate weather (much
continual rain) and although this hasn’t kept us from preaching and
sharing the word we haven’t seen as many people around and therefore
haven’t given out as many tracts and such. We have had some good
chats however with some and have been encouraged with the response to
the gospel by others. There are now several who know who I am and
strangely respect what I stand for. They always stop to say hello
and chat a bit. Pray that the Lord would bring conviction of sin to
the many who hear His word here.
On the
homefront
The children continue to do their schooling and are kept
pretty busy with this. On Halloween the other night Melody said
“what’s really wrong with it! As she was saying this a friend of hers
came over and the costume she had on was in black with “cheerleader
from Hell” written on her sweater. We didn’t have to say too much
after that. One item for praise is that David was able to get a
stamp on his passport, which allows him to work part time as a
student. We have been trying to get this since July so we are quite
happy about it PTL.
Sean +
Val
Are working with the youth at their church and recently
they have another young person who was just saved come to stay with
them. He along with 2 others who stay there have very troubled pasts
but Sean and Val are helping to disciple them and see this as the
ministry the Lord has for them right now. They also have a mad bunny
running loose around the house . (Val’s new pet)… and I think he is
“hare “ to stay.
Steven
Continues to press on with his work as an apprentice
carpenter and he also stays busy with helping with the music at his
church. Ski season approaches and his youth group does some work
getting the trails ready in exchange for season passes.
So again
dear brethren Please continue to uphold us at the Throne of Grace
We are
again reminded that we battle not against flesh and blood but
principalities and powers.
So
therefore we read in James 5:16b " The effectual fervent prayer of
a righteous man availeth much" so we say Thanks for all your
prayers on our behalf. And also we read in Ezekiel 22:30 And I
sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand
in the Gap for the land, that I should not destroy it:
We are
again so thankful for all of you fellow prayer warriors that you are
doing just that.
Yours
because of Calvary Tim + Linda Hood + Family
October 12, 2004
Update on the work in Ireland
Mat 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice,
saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me?
Just recently I was thinking about this verse on the Lord's day and I
couldn't help but marvel at the goodness of God. I thought "We know
that Jesus is God and therefore has All "Knowledge" Why then does God
ask a question to the Father? Well although it did have a purpose to
fulfill prophesy I think also the question was put forth to cause us
to wonder about the (WHY). What kind of love is this! Why would He
have allowed himself to suffer so! Although we know (intellectually)
that it was His love for you and me, we can never understand the depth
of this kind of love. All I can say is THANK YOU LORD.
Wedding news
Well it really happened.. Our daughter is now Mrs.
Valerie Lalonde. The wedding was a real blessing to both Linda and I.
It warmed our hearts to see that both Sean + Val have a deep love for
each other but more importantly an even deeper love for the Savior.
There were about 200 present for the wedding with many unsaved there as
well. I was able to give a fairly clear gospel message along with Rick
who was the pastor that married them. Some comments we heard afterward
were it was the nicest
wedding, and the Lord blessed with sunshine for the outdoor ceremony and
reception by Okanagan lake.
Assembly news in Ireland
As you know we recently went back to Canada for the
month of September and we had a great time seeing some old friends and
also meeting some new ones. I got to speak to the believers at our
home assembly for 2 Sundays and was encouraged to be with them again.
The Kilkenny Assembly is going well and just recently we had
an all day preaching seminar conducted by Daniel Webster. This I think
was a tremendous blessing. Daniel was able to give the Christians very
good practical skills to help with preparation for preaching. They
seemed to have learned quite a bit and thought it was very profitable.
Home bible study
The study has been going very well in our absence and
there are 2 new people who have been coming for the last 6 weeks they
are.. Tom + Jerry. Yes... They both seem pretty open to the Bible
although we are not certain where they are standing with the Lord.
Another person who has come out as well is Ceiran (younger one there is
2 with the same name) he also has been very open but is still not
saved. Just today as well a friend of George's asked if he could come
to the study. Our sitting room is getting smaller,, which is good.
Please continue to pray for this work as we see it as the main thrust
for setting up a new work here. Also Marion who is very faithful to
come every week has started a new job and now can't come. Linda now is
going to be doing a one on one study with her. Thank you for
praying .
Daniel Webster
Our brother Daniel came over for a visit on his way to
serve the Lord in Ghana. Although it was a very busy time we did
greatly enjoy our time with Daniel. Daniel was kept pretty busy here
with preaching 4 times at the Assembly and he also led the Bible study
in our home. It was good to spend time with him ,,, please pray with
us that the Lord will use him well in Africa.
Door to Door work
Daniel and I did manage to do the doors one day and we
had a good time talking with a Hindu man (Raj) who was quite open. I
told him I would get him something in his own language to read. He is
from Kerala and said he had heard much about Christianity but NOT like
what he heard from us.. Anyway we do pray the seed sown will be used of
the Lord. I also managed to deliver some more of the seed sower texts
along with the Via magazine and an invitation to our meetings. I am
now on the last box of seed sowers so there have been over 8000
delivered. I will be doing quite a bit more of door to door work in the
near future and would value your prayers.
The Open air work
Upon arrival back,, we did manage to go out the next day and
proclaim the message of life to those who are lost. Daniel and myself
did have some good chats with many different people. It was good to have
someone with me helping with tract distribution in the open air.
Although Daniel stated several times that he wasn't really able to
preach because of his soft voice etc. I did manage to rope him into
it. I pulled out the microphone and started to call him by name and he
then somewhat reluctantly came, grinned, and took the microphone and
preached. I thought he was pretty good and at the end of his preaching
he managed to get into a couple of conversations with people who were
listening to him preach. He said afterwards that he was glad to have
done some open-air preaching. Another time out in the open air and we
talked with several young people in a debate on the existence of God.
At the end of this we challenged them about their eternal destiny. I
can't remember most of the names but 2 of them I do Martha and Nate who
both listened well and had some good questions.
On the homefront
We arrived back in Ireland Sept 30th at 8:00
am Irish time after leaving Sept 29th at 4:00am in Seattle.
Translated,,, it means about 24 hours of travel (without sleep),, but
awesome to think that we can go half way around the world in such a
short time. Upon our return we were kept busy catching up on bills,
chores (and sleep!) We are over that now and settled back into a
routine. Linda has started again with home schooling. This involves
much preparation and so Linda is kept very busy in this. The trampoline
has been set up again in the back garden and the kids feel at home.
Sean + Val
Are keeping busy working at Starbucks and also with the
youth at their church. They seem happy and content together and are
looking forward to serving God wherever He leads them.
Steven
Is continuing with his job and in the new year will go
to school to do his 1st year apprentice in carpentry and he is also very
active with his church playing guitar. He is also saving up some money
for a vehicle, which he hopes to purchase in the future.
Prayer requests
1. Besides the ones previously mentioned, please continue to uphold us
as a family to be strong in the Lord
2. Pray for all the seed that has been sown through the various
outreaches
3. Pray for journeys mercies traveling as we do many miles all around
Ireland.
4. Please continue to pray for the sale of our home and all that is
entailed with this. (This is not complete yet but is fairly close for
which we PTL)
So again dear brethren Please continue to uphold us at the Throne of
Grace We are again reminded that we battle not against flesh and blood
but principalities and powers. So therefore we read in James 5:16b " The
effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" so we say
Thanks for all your prayers on our behalf. And also we read in Ezekiel
22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge,
and stand in the Gap for the land, that I should not destroy it:
We are again so thankful for all of you fellow prayer warriors that you
are doing just that.
Yours
because of Calvary Tim + Linda Hood + Family
August
2004
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Update on the
work in Ireland
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Luk 19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept
over it
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Psa 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in
joy.
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As I read the first verse
the other day what struck me was His Great Love and it really
challenged me as I thought on how often
Israel
let him down or went totally against him yet he wept for them and
prayed for them. And then I thought about my own prayer life or lack
of it and I thought: when was the last time I wept for souls---have I
ever? I couldn’t remember the last time even for my own mother that
I wept for her soul.
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Oh prayer partners let us cry out for those who are dead in their
sins.
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Assembly news
in Ireland
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We
continue to be encouraged with the meeting in Kilkenny as we see both
men and women actively looking to serve and doing so in many ways.
Also on the outreach work here in
Waterford
we have seen some great encouragements with several coming to the
bible studies. This summer has been very busy with 4 different teams
over to help with evangelism and so our home has been fairly busy on
Wed nights with between 10-25 people at different times for the Bible
study. Some of the people who have come and are going on well are
Marian and also George who have both made professions of faith and
seem to have a desire to grow in the things of God. Bernadette who
was going along great has had some trouble at home and such and has
pulled back a bit but we rest on the verse that says in
Phi 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun
a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus
Christ: We also have many new contacts and trust some will come to
meetings. Here are some names to pray for--- Ceiran (pronounced Keer-an)
, Desmond and Edmond
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Teams from N.
Ireland
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We had another 2 great weeks with 2 teams from
Northern Ireland
that came and helped with outreaches and also in the Bible study.
Again many good contacts were made and can be followed up in the
future.
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Door to Door work
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I have
continued to have some good contacts on the doors and for the last 7
weeks have had the priviledge of working with Dale Malayko from
Edmonton Canada. He saved his holidays for 2 years to come on this
mission trip along with his daughter Alex. Dale and I managed among
doing doors- to also deliver about 7,000 seed sower packages which
contained the via magazine along with a text of Acts 4:12 and an
invitation to our Bible study and gospel meetings. I must say Dale was
a great blessing and really showed a servant’s heart and helped me
with many things. He even helped to fix the brakes on my van . Also
he seemed to be able to really relate to the Irish people and was used
mightily. He had many different opportunities to witness. He will
be missed and it was good to have someone like-minded to work with.
Alex was a benefit as well on the doors and with the kids club with
her beautiful voice she helped to lead the children in songs to His
glory.
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The Open air work
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We continue to
press on with the Word of God on both Fridays and Saturdays. Every
time out proves to be interesting!! One day Alex was singing in
Waterford and then after her song I started to preach --and an owner
of one of the shops came and said, “ I liked her singing but I don’t
like to hear You!! We have been enjoying good weather almost
every time out. Recently we were on our way to Clonmel ( a town about
an hour away) to preach and there were dark clouds all around us and
it poured rain all the way while driving there. When we arrived in
Clonmel the rain stopped and it never rained again that day. This
helps us to be bold for God knowing that He is behind what we are
doing by encouraging us in this way. There were many great talks
with so many individuals please just pray for all the seed that has
been sown. Dale brought with him 8000 tracts and we also gave out an
additional 14,000 while he was here. That seems like a lot , but
there are a lot of people who go by us in the busy streets on a
Saturday and Friday. Also, many were given on the doors.
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We also had the
blessing of having Anna Ng back with us for 3 weeks it was great to be
with her working in the open air and also doing the children’s good
news clubs. Again Anna as well had many good talks and handed out
lots of tracts.. She was also an encouragement to Marion with whom she
stayed while in Waterford.
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On the homefront
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Jeremiah:
Has changed careers. He is no longer a pirate,,, but has now become a
Muskateer. His interest in swords,-- we will try to guide towards the
double edged one listed in Hebrews. For now he makes us all laugh (
a lot ) .
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Melody: + Esther: Are enjoying—no school—but
actually I think they are missing it because Esther was looking over
her new books for next year and did the first math lesson just to show
us how easy it is. Melody is doing a lot of reading,, especially
after going to bed. Last year when she was just learning,, she made
it known how much she disliked reading and would never do it for
fun. Hmmmmm.
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David: Is recovering from what we were all, including
the doctor who examined him,,, sure was a broken ankle. But, the
x-ray didn#t show a break. His ankle still looks bent one month
later,, anyhow Dave is back on the skateboard. There are two skater
lads,, one Ben who had contact with some Christians from Arizona, and
another JJ who has been around the preaching Tim and Matt, have done
in Waterford,,, who have gotten saved. This is evident ,,,, by the
reaction from their friends who do not like the changes they see. When
a person becomes a Christian here,, they stick out and are up for some
trouble. Ben has already been attacked by some guys who broke a
bottle over his head . We are hoping Dave and Matt will have more
contact with them and they can encourage one another .
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Steven
We were
talking to Steven last week and he is keeping busy with work,,,,
trying to do his school . and== hanging out with his friends. He
does a lot with his church in the music end.. For us it is difficult
to know all that happens with Steve as he is in Canada 5000 miles
away.. We miss him (lots and lots) and try not to worry too much about
him= trusting our heavenly Tather whose arm is not too short to reach
over and pull Steve aside for guidance when needed. He encouraged me
when he said that Jesus could come any day ,, and we should be trying
to make the most of our time here.
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Valerie +
Sean Yes
or--- Sean and Valerie---soon to be Mr and Mrs LaLonde. That is why
we are getting really excited about going back to Canada for the month
of Sept.!!! They are getting married Sept. 11.== Making a memorable
moment on a memorable day. Both of them want to serve the Lord,, and
open up a home for troubled youth and are waiting for the right time
and opportunity for this. In the mean time they both continue to
volunteer at “! Hebrews! A drop in coffee shop where the gospel is
shared to anyone who comes around. So much coffee in their lives,,,
they also are both working at Starbucks (although each one in a
different location).
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Prayer requests
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1. Besides the
ones previously mentioned , please continue to uphold us as a family
to be strong in the Lord
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2. Pray for all
the seed that has been sown through the various outreaches
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3. Pray for
journeys mercies traveling as we do many miles all around Ireland.
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4. Please
continue to pray for the sale of our home and all that is entailed
with this.
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So again dear
brethren Please continue to uphold us at the Throne of Grace
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We are again
reminded that we battle not against flesh and blood but principalities
and powers.
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So therefore we
read in James 5:16b " The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous
man availeth much" so we say Thanks for all your prayers on our
behalf. And also we read in Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man
among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the Gap for
the land, that I should not destroy it:
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We are again so
thankful for all of you fellow prayer warriors that you are doing just
that.
- Yours
because of Calvary Tim + Linda Hood + Family
July 2004
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Update on the work in Ireland
Deuteronomy21:23b "For he
who is hanged is accursed of God". Galatians 3:13b "Cursed is anyone who
hangs on a tree." Recently I was preaching on a central street in a town
called New Ross about 10 miles from Waterford and while preaching - an
older man started screaming and cursing at me loudly from across the
street . He continued to curse and threaten so when I finished my
message. I went over to him and asked if he had a problem with me. He
then continued his verbal assault calling me everything he could think
of. Then he turned his hatred toward Jesus by calling all kinds of
filthy names and saying things about Him. I turned to him and strangely
felt a lot of pity for him and again reminded him that the Lord Jesus,
whom he was cursing , loved him even unto death even the death of the
cross. Even while he was cursing - him - the Savior was reaching out to
him with his nail pierced hands showing him how much He loved him. Sadly
after hearing this, he left in a rage. If it was up to me, I wouldn't
have bothered with this man, but I could just see by faith how much the
Lord loved him. I understood from this experience ,, something of how
great and gracious love our Savior has for us lost sinners!!
Assembly news in Ireland
The Assembly in Kilkenny continues to do very well and we continue to
be encouraged with the believers there who show much commitment to the
Lord and their assembly. . Just recently at the annual conference at
Kilkenny, we had Larry Price over from Florida. He ministered along with
Michael McKillen ( from N. Ireland ) . The ministry was excellent and
everyone was built up in their faith. Larry also stayed with us for 3
weeks and in fairness,,, we had a good time of fellowship and he also
helped with open- air preaching and leading our home bible study. We
continue to be encouraged with this study as we generally get between 3-
6 local people coming to it. W e also have seen 2 people come to faith
in Christ. One of these ladies,
Bernadette, who Matt and I met on the doors is going along very well
and has talked about baptism and is desiring to do so, so please pray
for her. Also this past Friday, she showed up in town while we were
passing out tracts and preaching and asked if she could help!!
Team from N. America
We enjoyed the time immensely with the team while they were over
here, and there has been much seed sown both on the doors ,, in the
streets and with 2 childrens 3 day clubs. So here again we would ask you
to pray for all the results, causing this seed to be watered.
Door to Door work
With the doors - we have continued to have some open doors and some
good contacts. Just recently Dale + Alexandra (Alex) Malayko have come
over and they both have been a great encouragement (and fellowship) .
They are here for 8 weeks so we look forward to seeing what the Lord
will do. Dale has been a big help on the doors and also talking with
people in the open air. The Lord has gifted him with boldness and he has
had several different opportunities to share about the Love of Christ.
Again please keep this work in prayer as there are many people to follow
up on.
The Open air work
We continue to press on with the Word of God on both Fridays and
Saturdays. Every time out proves to be interesting!! Too many stories to
tell here, but it is safe to say the word has been preached and we do
pray the Lord will bless His word and many may turn and be saved.
On the homefront
Jeremiah: Jerry recently just had his 4th birthday and continues to
be a joy to the whole household. Just the other day he said to Linda
"wow mom I can turn my neck many different ways--- God did that! That's
amazing! "
Melody: + Esther: Have finished their school for the summer and are
enjoying the summer holidays just playing with each other and other
friends they have made here.
David: Is also finished his schooling for the year and is enjoying
having the time off. He has recently been witnessing to some of the kids
in the estate as they often ask questions about what we believe. He also
has continued with his skateboarding and, took a fall. We thought he
broke his ankle because it swelled up a lot. The x-rays though showed it
wasn't broken and so he only had to have a temp cast put on it for a
week and is now again walking on it. He can't wait to get out on his
board again.
Steven . Is continuing with his job and really enjoys it. He also
should graduate this year and so will be done with his education as he
desires at present to complete his journeymen in carpentry.
Valerie + Sean Look forward to getting married in September. They are
making all the plans now and would value your prayers. They both also
continue to work with troubled youth and hope to continue in this
ministry...
Prayer requests
1. Besides the ones previously mentioned , please continue to uphold
us as a family to be strong in the Lord
2. Pray for all the seed that has been sown through the various
outreaches
3. Pray for journeys mercies traveling as we do many miles all around
Ireland.
4. Please continue to pray for the sale of our home and all that is
entailed with this.
So again dear brethren Please continue to uphold us at the Throne of
Grace We are again reminded that we battle not against flesh and blood
but principalities and powers. So therefore we read in James 5:16b " The
effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" so we say
Thanks for all your prayers on our behalf. And also we read in Ezekiel
22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge,
and stand in the Gap for the land, that I should not destroy it:
We are again so thankful for all of you fellow prayer warriors that
you are doing just that. Yours because of Calvary Tim + Linda Hood +
Family
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June 2004
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Update on the work in Ireland
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- Gen 1:1 "In the beginning God"
- Recently I was thinking of how the bible starts and realized as
the bible doesn't try to "prove" God's existence it isn't up to me to
prove it either but just allow the Word of God to do it's work as it
says in Isa 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my
mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that
which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it.
The work of the Holy Spirit is to convict the world of sin of
righteousness and of judgment to come. Isn't it great realizing that
we are simply the messengers delivering His message.
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- Assembly news in Ireland
- The Assembly in Kilkenny continues to progress along very well and
we continue to be encouraged with the growth in the believers. Also as
stated in our last update it is a great thrill for us to see them join
us in prayer for Waterford and desiring to see a N. Testament Church
established there for His glory.
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- Team from N. America
- Ron Hampton has again brought over some people from all over N.
America to work with local missionaries primarily in evangelism. The
teams called TNT or "Teach and Testify" are currently working in our
old area NCW, Charleville with (6) and also in Dublin (8) and the team
that is working with us in Waterford (8) Please uphold them in prayer.
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- Door to Door work
- With the door to door we have continued to have some open doors
and some good contacts. Also please pray for all the contacts that
will be made over the next few weeks with the team of 8 as I'm sure we
will have many good contacts as a result we will be doing doors on
Tues to Thursday and would really value prayer for the seed that will
be sown.
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- The Open air work
- Since our last update we have preached in Clonmel, Carlow and each
week in Waterford and again we had many good conversations each time
out. Also with the team's arrival on Friday evening we went out on
Saturday in the open air in Waterford and there were numerous
opportunities given to tell of the "one who died for them" A couple of
people who listened very well to the gospel were Paul and Jimmy who
took New Testaments and said they would read them. Many others were
also spoken with on a one on one basis. There were about a thousand
tracts along with invitations also handed out so please pray for the
seed that has been sown.
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- On the homefront
- Jeremiah: Continues to grow and is starting to learn some more
Hymns just recently he has been "practicing his moves" on his
skateboard. Actually his older brother David is teaching him a couple
of tricks and he just loves to show off now.. He also recently has
shown a lot of interest in singing different hymns of late. A while
back he would only sing 1 or 2 different ones so we are happy about
this and it is really cute hearing him sing.
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- Melody: + Esther: Continue to grow and are almost finished the
school
- year Yeah!! And so they look forward to the summer break. They
also continue to help me with tract distribution on Saturdays and
sometimes they help there mother with singing in the open air.
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- David: Is still plugging away with school and is also just about
finished for the summer. He is getting quite involved with
skateboarding and just recently a team from the US ( Calvary chapel)
brought over a professional skateboarder and they were able to share
the gospel with many young people and I think David is hoping to do
this type of ministry and so is doing a lot of practicing.
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- Steven . Is continuing with his job and really enjoys it. He also
should graduate this year and so will be done with his education as he
desires at present to complete his journeymen in carpentry.
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- Valerie Is also kept quite busy as well. She continues to work at
Hebrews (a coffee shop which is used as an outreach to troubled teens)
Just recently a fellow she works with Sean has asked to court her for
the purpose of marriage. Please pray for them both as they are seeking
God's guidance and want to be in His will.
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- Linda: Has continued to enjoy a bit better health and also helps
out on most Saturdays with singing in the open air. She also has been
teaching S. School at the chapel along with her many household duties
keep her more than busy..
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- Tim: Not much has changed since our last update I continue to
press on with the gospel message we have seen much encouragement with
our home bible study we have 5 people attending regularly and two of
them have professed faith in Christ please pray for the others Kate,
Marion and Angela.
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- Prayer requests
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- 1. Besides the ones previously mentioned , please continue to
uphold us as a family to be strong in the Lord
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- 2. Please pray for salvation for the following people who are
coming to various meetings Angela, Donna, Marion and Kate Also pray
for Bernadette and Kitty who have both made a profession of faith,
another man named George who also has professed salvation as well is
now attending, please pray for them all to grow in the Lord
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- 3. Pray for all the seed that has been sown through the various
outreaches
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- 4. Pray for journeys mercies traveling as we do many miles all
around Ireland.
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- 5. Please continue to pray for the sale of our home and all that
is entailed with this.
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- So again dear brethren Please continue to uphold us at the Throne
of Grace We are again reminded that we battle not against flesh and
blood but principalities and powers. So therefore we read in James
5:16b " The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much"
so we say Thanks for all your prayers on our behalf. And also we read
in Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make
up the hedge, and stand in the Gap for the land, that I should not
destroy it:
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- We are again so thankful for all of you fellow prayer warriors
that you are doing just that. Yours because of Calvary Tim + Linda
Hood + Family
May 2004
Update on the work in Ireland
Luke 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all
likewise perish.
Mark 6:12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent
Well praying partners we continue to press on with the Great news
of the gospel, firstly because He asked us to and secondly because there
is ONLY one way to Heaven..
Assembly news in Ireland
Since our last update you may recall we are now working
in Waterford and are attending the Assembly in Kilkenny. We have been
greatly encouraged with the work in the Assembly in Kilkenny. When we
first came to Ireland in 1997 and visited the Assembly it was much
smaller than it is today. Now the Kilkenny Assembly has grown in
numbers but more importantly in depth of love to our Lord. It
thrills my heart on a Lord’s Day morning to see many of the Irish
brothers offering praise and thanks to our God many of which have only
been saved for 2-5 years. Just recently a brother from a fellowship in
Limerick who came to help me with open air work made this comment.
“This is a really strong Church, and if there was a church like this in
Limerick I definately would go there.” He later stated he never
enjoyed a remembrance service as much before! Truly this is a good
testimony of how they lift up the Savior.
Mid week prayer meeting is also a blessing because almost all the
believers including their children attend this meeting as well as the
Sunday Lord's supper and Family Bible ministry meeting. Some of
them have also been a help in praying for and coming to Waterford to
help in the work here so we again PTL for this.
Door to Door work
With the door to door I have had some great opportunities to
witness and have had several good contacts. Many of the people
contacted when asked " Have you ever heard this kind of message before?
(“Free gift of Eternal life”). have responded with NO! Also we have
had 4 people who were contacted on the doors come to our bible study
and to the gospel meetings. The Lord will be praised . One of the
ladies (Kitty who is 83) has come to the bible study. In the past
years she has attended many charismatic meetings. Recently, I was
having a one on one study with her and explained the gospel and how she
could KNOW that she HAS eternal life. She said “I never heard that
before. That is Great news” A little later she made a
profession with me, Kitty seems now to have assurance of her salvation
as she says “Well if the book says it, then it must be so!” It
was great to see her relying on what God said not what I or someone else
had told her.
The Open air work
Here we have had some very good times preaching
the gospel message to those who are perishing passers by. . Of course
there are always mixed emotions from people which include mocking and
some threatening but nevertheless we press on knowing that the gospel is
the power of God unto Salvation and we are glad to know that His word
is going out and we can have encouragement in the fact as the scripture
says.. Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my
mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that
which I please, and it shall prosper whereto I sent it. Many
times while preaching in Waterford in the open square we have had some
good talks with young people and often after a preach we get into
different chats with up to 10 or 20 young people who for the most part
seem to be interested in the message and often have some good
questions.
At Home:
Jeremiah: He continues to amuse everyone here and now has become one of
the favorites at the Assembly in Kilkenny as he is always wanting to
play and many love to play with him. On the spiritual side Jerry almost
everyday asks me this question “ When is Jesus coming back Dad” Of
course my reply is I dunno maybe today. He then says I can’t wait to
see him you too eh dad! Amen! It is great to hear this and also to know
that one day faith WILL give way to sight and we WILL see Him face to
face. This sure hope will turn into a reality.
Melody: As stated in earlier updates Mel has improved dramatically in
her reading skills and is now reading her bible and anything else she
can get into. We do see some growth in the things of the Lord for
which we PTL. Recently Melody and Esther were at an Easter camp and
they both enjoyed the time immensely and have made some new friends.
Esther: Is growing up quickly and has a real sharp mind. She is very
good at memory work. It always amazes me as we do devotions she
generally not only knows the story line from old test to New but also
the names of the people involved. Please pray that her head knowledge
will be used at a later time for His glory's sake.
David: Is still plugging away with his school and is doing fairly well
with it. Recently Dave went to a weekend young peoples' outing in N.
Ireland which was called Vessels of Honor. This turned out to be very
profitable as we have seen a good change of character in David. He said
he was able to work out a number of things so again we PTL for this.
Also for anyone who has prayed for him please continue to do so.
Steven is still helping with the music at his church with his guitar.
He has done some outreach with some of the other young people at his
church. Just recently with his new job in Carpentry he was asked if he
would like to apprentice in it and he has decided too. He also got a
raise which he was quite grateful for, as this may make it possible for
him to get some 'wheels'. Again we would value your prayers for him.
Valerie Is also kept quite busy as well. She continues to work at
Hebrews (a coffee shop which is used as an outreach to troubled teens)
Just recently she was over here for a friend’s wedding and it was great
to have her back home for a little while. We have seen her growing up
in the Lord and she seems to be really going on. This is not 'sucess'
in the eyes of her unsaved Grandparents though who feel she is not
accomplishing much by spending time at a coffee shop that doesn't pay
her. She desires to serve the Lord fulltime and has a real burden for
young people. So with the opportunities at Hebrews she has been used of
the Lord to many young ones who have many problems in their lives. She
would greatly value your prayers as she continues in this work.
Linda: Has continued to help in the openair work with singing and where
ever she can in other outreaches. She of course is kept very busy in
the home with home schooling, cooking, cleaning etc.. As one can
imagine she finds it lonely to be in new surroundings and misses
Valerie and Steven very much and would value your prayers.
Tim: I have continued to go door to door and been involved in various
outreaches. As stated before I have been hoping to get into the schools
with the Bible Explorer program but I still haven’t had any success with
this yet so here I would again value your prayers and also for all the
outreaches I am involved with.
Rachiel: ( Our adopted daughter) has of course gone back home with her
family now and is greatly missed.. We do get letters from her quite
often however which keep us in memory of her. We have been greatly
encouraged to hear that she is now involved in a door to door work back
home with some believers in her area. Again I’m sure she would value
your prayers in this as well.
Prayer requests
1. Besides the ones previously mentioned , please continue to uphold us
as a family to be strong in the Lord
2. Please pray for salvation for the following people who are coming to
various meetings Angela, Donna, Marion, Kate and Bernadette. Also that
Kitty would grow in the Lord.
3. Pray for all the seed that has been sown through the various
outreaches
4. Pray for journeys mercies traveling as we do many miles all around
Ireland.
5. Please continue to pray for the sale of our home and all that is
entailed with this.
So again dear brethren Please continue to uphold us at the Throne of
Grace
We are again reminded that we battle not against flesh and blood but
principalities and powers.
So therefore we read in James 5:16b " The effectual fervent prayer
of a righteous man availeth much" so we say Thanks for all your prayers
on our behalf. And also we read in Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man
among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the Gap for the
land, that I should not destroy it:
We are again so thankful for all of you fellow prayer warriors that you
are doing just that.
Yours because of Calvary Tim + Linda Hood + Family
For the March newsletter, click here:
Newsletter March 2004
January
2004
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Mark
8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his own soul? 37
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
I
have been preaching in the open air lately a lot with this verse as
I see materialism everywhere. It sure makes me glad to know that I
have been saved and am fit for heaven.
There is so much of this world’s goods out there to
distract people away from the Savior.
I
Just thought I would try to keep you all updated on the work here
and so you might be able to pray more intelligently.
Assembly
news in Ireland
Our little meeting in Charleville is still going along well
currently though you could continue to pray for them as it is always
difficult to get real commitment out of the believers. Sally has
been sick a lot and has had a lot of trouble with her digestion etc.
Outside of the physical ailments all is going well
spiritually with her PTL. Continue to pray for the Assembly and
direction for the Cooneys as they seek to minister here along with
the Nickel from Limerick. With
our own situation we will be leaving at the end of the month to
start up working in Waterford.
We would value your prayers as we will seek to establish a
work in the area along with Matthew Wright
Door
to Door work
I have continued to go forth with the calendars and we have
distributed all 10 thousand with Matt Wright and some other helpers.
So please pray that these might be used of God to draw people to
himself and also that ite might be used
to open some doors to hearing His word.
Yesterday I received a text message on my mobile from
someone (probably in Waterford) who asked “where is God in
an evil world like this” It
is great to see a response from the calendars and I was able to
respond to the question and asked if they would like to talk about
it. Please continue to
uphold us in this work.
The
Open air work
We
continue to go forth with His word in the open air in various towns
among whom were Cork City, Mallow Newcastlewest.
In Mallow we got some real encouragement as when I finished
preaching a lady who was from America came up and started to talk at
first she thanked us for bringing God’s word but next she started
to ask why we were in front of the Catholic Church to preach, I was
able to share that it was the best place to preach as it was in the
center of town which seemed to appease her. She then told us that she was saved and when asked where she
fellowshipped she said sometimes at the Catholic Church so then
Linda started to explain to her the various things that were wrong
with the RC Church at this point her husband then came over who was
Irish and he told us that he just got saved last year and he also
told his wife how the R.Church was so wrong here and thanked us
again for preaching. He
then told me that his brother led him to the Lord last year when I
asked who was his brother he replied Joe Hacknett, I then recalled
witnessing to his brother so I asked when his brother was saved and
he said 2 years ago. It was a real encouragement to me to see fruit for our labors
as I witnessed to his brother 2 ½
years back and gave him John’s gospel to read so PTL that
He is saving souls here in the Republic.
On
the homefront
Firstly A praise item we were able to find a house in Waterford
which is in a good location and the rent isn’t out of this world
it is however 700 euros a month which is about 1100 Canadian but we
trust the Lord who provided the house will provide the necessary
funds for it. As stated
earlier we will be moving next week so we would value your prayers
in this regard as there is much to do with setting up a home etc…
Jeremiah:
had a great time with Christmas and really enjoyed having his older
brother and sister home for the holidays.
He continues to keep everyone entertained just recently we
made him a mask and so he runs around with his mask on saying he is
“batman” much to everyone’s delight
Melody:
Is continuing to read her bible more and more and is asking
some good questions at devotions. She has progressed well with her
reading and as the Irish say she’s “flying it”
(doing well). She is looking forward to the move and will have some new
friends at the Assembly in Kilkenny which I’m sure she will enjoy.
Esther:
Has continued to be a help to her mom and is doing well with
her school. She too has
enjoyed being with her older sister and also recently has been
writing to a pen pal who is a missionary girl as well although in
Nicaragua. So they have
enjoyed writing each other and learning about the different cultures
and church life etc. Pray for her though as she will be leaving her
best friend Miriam when we move to Waterford
David:
Continues with his school work and is kept fairly busy with
this, as stated many times he longs for Canada and desires to go
back as soon as he can. Please
continue to uphold him in your prayers as it is difficult for him
being here, having so many friends back in Canada.
Steven
Is continuing with
his school and should be able to graduate at the end of this year.
Just recently he has been offered a job in construction
working with some other Christians and he is uncertain as to whether
he will be able to do this and still do his schooling, please pray
that he would have God’s mind in this and not his own. He
continues with leading the music at his church in Canada and we have
seen some growth with him spiritually, which is encouraging.
He has enjoyed being
home with us and we can tell he is really happy to be with the
family again so PTL. We also had some good encouragement as he asked if he could
come with me and hand out tracts when I preached in the open air so
again PTL with us in this.
Valerie
Is also kept quite busy as well. She continues to work at Hebrews (a
coffee shop which is used as an outreach to troubled teens) She really enjoys this and has really been used of the Lord
as many young people have been won to the Lord through this
ministry. For the
future she is still a bit uncertain to what the Lord would have her
do but she is willing to follow His leading wherever this may find
her for which we PTL. We
would also value your prayers for her as she seeks him.
Linda:
Her health still has plagued her much but currently after
receiving medication her asthma is under control we hope with the
move that this might improve her health.
She is also looking forward to (having been moved) not the
moving part of it. Please
pray for her in this as it can be quite stressful.
Tim:
I am kept busy with preparing messages and visiting people etc.. and
driving driving driving !!! The
main reason I’m doing so much is that we are in the process of
trying to make a move as we have said earlier to Waterford.
Waterford is a little over 2 hours away from here and so I
have now been concentrating my outreaches more towards there so
consequently I have
been doing many hours on the road. PTL though as I have good health and really enjoy the
ministry.
Rachiel:
Has been a delight to have here and she is both funny to be with and
also a great help both around the home and also with many of the
outreaches. The Lord
has richly blessed us in allowing her to come for 6 months.
We would ask for prayer for her though as I am sure she
misses her home terribly and longs to be with her family.
Prayer
requests
1.
Besides the ones previously mentioned , please continue to uphold us
as a family to be strong in the Lord
2.
Please pray for our move as we will be moving next week so there
will be much that needs to be taken care of.
3.
Pray for all the seed that has been sown through the various
outreaches
4.
Pray for journeys mercies traveling as we do many miles all around
Ireland.
5.
Please continue to pray for the sale of our home and all that is
entailed with this.
6.
Pray for our van as we have had lots of trouble with it since
replacing the head and currently it is leaking and burning much oil
about a liter every tank !
So in the future we will probably need another vehicle.
So
again dear brethren Please
continue to uphold us at the Throne of Grace
We
are again reminded that we battle not against flesh and blood but
principalities and powers.
So
therefore we read in James 5:16b " The
effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much"
so we say Thanks for all your prayers on our behalf. And also we
read in Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and
stand in the Gap for the land, that I should not destroy it:
We
are again so thankful for all of you fellow prayer warriors that you
are doing just that.
Yours
because of Calvary Tim + Linda Hood + Family
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