Global Outreach

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Acts 13:2-3 ESV
"While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off."

Names: George & Joyce Irungu and their children Winnie, Ruthie, Joy and Willie
Favorite Bible Verse: 1Timothy 1:12 and Philippians 4:6-7
Organization that you are serving with: Commission to Every Nation (CTEN)
How did God lead you into missions:  We felt called to Ministry before we were married. While still studying in college, we felt God wanted us to serve Him in Kenya. We started praying about it as we attended church and served at Grace Church with kids ministry and in the mission team. We shared our desires and had more people to pray together with us. In 2012 August, with great love and support from Grace Church and friends we left for Kenya. We have experienced His grace and we are so thankful to the Lord that Grace Church is our sending church. We have seen God do great things for almost seven years we have been serving the Lord in Kenya.
What are some goals and plans for your future ministry:  In Kenya we have been serving in training men and women for ministry in a Moffat Bible College as well as serving in a local church and in the community. While serving we have realized great needs for children and youth. We have a goal to start a different ministry focusing on the next generation which we are calling “Hope for Next Gen”. Our focus will be on a children’s center for the orphans and traumatized/abused children, and a youth center that focuses on a trade school and a counseling center. We pray and hope to be able to raise support to purchase 10 acres of land for this ministry.
How can we pray for you:  Grace Church can pray for wisdom and discernment as we serve. Pray for God’s provision for the “Hope for Next Gen” provision of land and finances to purchase it and buildings. Pray for our Kids, especially Winnie and Ruthie, as they look forward to attending college very soon and provision for their college.
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Names: Marc & Charin Patton and their daughter Hannah
Favorite Bible Verse: 2 Corinthians 4:7
Organization that you are serving with: Global Faith Mission Agency
How did God lead you into missions:  My call to missions came while I was in Bible College back in 1988 or so. A visiting missionary preached on "Breaking nets and Sinking Ships," and the Lord used that to stir my heart for foreign missions. I finished college in 1990 and God used the fall of communism and the opening on Eastern Europe to lead us to Hungary. We moved here in 1993 and have been here ever since. 
What are some goals and plans for your future ministry:  We are currently involved in planting a new church in Budapest. We are building a core group with plans to launch in September. It is my prayer that God will use this church as the foundation to start a church planting movement in Hungary that will lead to dozens of new churches being planted in the next 20 years. 
How can we pray for you:  Grace Church can pray for the new church plant in Budapest. We are praying that the Lord would bring us the right people to join our church planting team. We are also praying about the future location for the launch of the church. 

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Name: "R"
Favorite Bible Verse: Luke 4:17-21, Psalm 86:9
Organization that you are serving with: Please reach out if you would like to learn more!
How did God lead you into missions:  As a child I grew up in the unreached world among people who had never heard the name of Jesus. I saw the lack of hope and perpetual fear in which they lived. Even in the midst of suffering, I saw the peace and unexplainable (apart from Jesus) joy that overflowed from those who had given their lives to Jesus. This helped me decide to follow Jesus and also to desire to go and work among people who have never had a chance to hear, to serve both their physical and spiritual needs. God confirmed that desire through experiences in each season of life. In particular He gave me a love for the Middle East, which, until He took me there and changed my heart, was a region  of the world I would not have chosen. God also has grown my love for the world through growing my love for the Bible and giving me a better understanding of how it consistently demonstrates His desire for people from every nation and tribe to know and worship Him.
What are some goals and plans for your future ministry:  To know Jesus more and represent His love and power to heal among my neighbors and community through everything I do. 
How can we pray for you: Please pray that I would Love God and my neighbors and that He would provide a support team. And when I move, that He would help me Learn the culture and language of the community as I begin living in a new place. 
Is there any additional information that you would like Grace Church to know: I cannot do this work alone. I am dependent on God and the work He does through your prayers.  I would love to share more specifics about how you can pray. 

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Names: R and B

Favorite Bible Verse: Matthew 9:36

Organization that you are serving with: Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ) campus ministry at Grand Valley State University and the Grand Rapids area.

How did God lead you into missions:  We have always loved college students. They are so unique and strategic. While we were at Grace we were blessed to be able to lead the college group and just felt a growing desire in our hearts to invest in students with our primary energy and hours full time rather than on a volunteer basis. College is quite possibly the most formative years for a person. Most statistics say that the decisions and life choices that are made in these four years will impact someone for the rest of their life. Students are truly harassed and helpless by the countless other types of competition for their hearts and minds. As well the "nations" are on our university campuses. If we are able to make a difference in a student's life for Christ while they are on campus, we believe that the world truly can be changed as they go out after college. 

What are some goals and plans for your future ministry:  Our specific goals are to reach, equip, and mobilize the 50,000 college students in the Grand Rapids area and at GVSU to be able to take the gospel wherever they go after college. We also partner with international missionaries to send students and leaders to take the gospel to a city in the Middle East with over 15 million people, 500 thousand college students, and less than 0.05% Christian.   

How can we pray for you:  Grace Church can pray for us in many ways.  We post a monthly update and prayer request report. If you wish to join us in prayer you can find our requests HERE.

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