<![CDATA[New Foundations International - Blog]]>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 02:54:14 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[HOLD THESE IN PRAYER]]>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 02:00:00 GMThttp://www.newfoundationsinternational.org/blog/hold-these-in-prayer​As I end a short series of reports from the NFI ministry, there are a couple of items that need your prayerful attention.  Usually, our reports center around foreign fields, but this first item is here at home.  I have also added a need that is growing in places where the Lord is leading our team.  Please read below.
 
There are many small groups here in the USA that have started studies in GPHD and several in them that need the Lord.  These need your prayers for God’s grace and love to reach their hearts and open them to His work.  


Many translations are in process that need to be completed.  Some of the places God has allowed us to train disciples still need Bibles.  Please pray for Tim who is facing medical treatment and challenges.  He is facing them with confidence in God’s unfailing grace.
 
“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” (Romans 8:37).  In this confidence we stand and work until Jesus comes.
]]><![CDATA[GOD WORKS AT 12,000 FEET]]>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 03:00:00 GMThttp://www.newfoundationsinternational.org/blog/god-works-at-12000-feet​Nepal – A man (Phu) from Kathmandu who had graduated from the GPHD conference and now lives in Dolpa, a very remote part of Nepal near the Tibetan border, is the leader of a project in the mountains to help villagers become self-sustaining by sharing goats with them.  He had been ostracized from his family, shunned by his own wife, shamed by the village leader (Buddhist Lama) and warned to stop by the government official of the village because of his faith in Jesus.  
 
For months we heard nothing, but eventually he got in contact with our “Timothy” and shared his story.  It is a common practice for many people in the Dolpa region to migrate down into the lower parts of Nepal for the winter months.  Phu said he told all the villagers that he would stay behind and watch everyone's goats during the winter.  At an elevation slightly under 12,000 ft where the temperatures plummet and stay there he lived with the goats in the communal goat pen by himself.  When asked how he was, he said the time alone with God had drawn him into the closest relationship with Christ he had ever experienced.  The fact he helped the very people who had cursed him and God, is like his Savior’s model.
]]><![CDATA[GOD USED THEM! - IS HE USING YOU?]]>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 03:00:00 GMThttp://www.newfoundationsinternational.org/blog/god-used-them-is-he-using-youAs I continue to give you a window into what God is doing in many parts of the world, I ask you to prayerfully read the reports below.
 
Ecuador
 Nuvia delivered children's materials to a pastor who works near the coast of Ecuador.  “We are asking for prayer that God helps us, so the work does not stop.  We are living in very violent times in Guayaquil and other sectors of the coast.”  Thank you for praying!
 
Ukraine
 I received a beautiful note from Nataly who has returned to Ukraine.  She started an online study using God’s Plan for His Disciples and has taken books with her to share in Ukraine.  May the Lord multiply her passion for impacting her own people!
 
Zambia (Africa)
 “I'm so glad to tell you that I have new “Timothy” in a church of over four hundred members. His name is Robby M.  He started training thirty-three church leaders and the training was magnificent.  I bought Bibles for twelve leaders and we gave them GPHD.  I am so happy with what God is doing here in Zambia.  Please continue praying for our “Timothy’s, for us and the trainings.” (Henry)
 
God is using these leaders to spread the gospel and establish disciples.  He also wants to use you for the same thing!
]]><![CDATA[SEASONED SAINTS AND LEADERS]]>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:00:00 GMThttp://www.newfoundationsinternational.org/blog/seasoned-saints-and-leadersPicture
“In each country, we also encountered “seasoned saints” who refuse to stop learning or stop going.  Many ladies displayed the strong grace of God with fewer years ahead of them than they have behind them.  These showed more energy in the Spirit than most who are half their age!  Older sisters from Thailand is impacting others with the gospel, like a sister from Laos, by searching the Scriptures.  We met with her on a Sunday morning at the church that has hundreds attending in a country that regularly has secret police watching their every move.  Through your prayers and God’s grace, we are working with many passionate Hmong people in all five countries we visited, and we are seeing a fresh move of God’s Spirit in many Burmese in each country.  Let us keep interceding for these amazing people.  We plan to be back with them in September/October for follow-up meetings.
 
When all travels are over and we reflect on God’s work around the world, we remember that God is in the business of building strong and established disciples who will be able to disciple others.  This could not be done without key people, like my brother Terry with whom I had the privilege of ministering with and Brother B. and his daughter.  These are “leaders of leaders” giving endless hours to helping literally hundreds follow Christ like Paul did.  These inspire me to press on wherever God leads until the day He calls me home.  Thank you for also being part of this multiplying work.  Your prayers in faith open heaven’s storeroom so that God may pour out grace upon the nations of the world.  My prayer is that your joy in Jesus would also multiply in you and your family forever.”
 
“Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, ‘The Lord reigns’” (1 Chronicles 16:31)
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​Here is more from the Asia report.
 
In both Cambodia and Indonesia, God has opened a door for us to develop and empower young leaders.  Through Pastor S., young adults are being equipped through GPHD and God’s Plan for His Church (GPHC) to reach the next generation in Phnom Penh and beyond.  We had a graduation of GPHD in Cambodia with an introduction of GPHC which, by God’s grace, will be completed in September/October.  The university students in Indonesia gathered to dive into GPHD, seeking how to take their firmly established faith to others by making disciples on their campus.  What a joy to see God’s Word come alive in young people who are devoted to reaching their generation for Jesus!  It is our plan to be back in Indonesia for these students to celebrate a GPHD graduation and to start them on GPHC.  Please pray for the next generation of leaders in Cambodia & Indonesia!
 
We have amazing groups of Burmese and Hmong leaders who have taken GPHD as a model and plan for disciple-making in three countries (Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos).  Many traveled long distances to join us for wonderful days of training and fellowship.  The end result for all our meetings is not just passing on information but equipping them to take the training back to their countries and teach others (2 Timothy 2:2).  Can you imagine the joy we felt as they embraced the challenge to teach others before they left us for their homes!  Men and women in mid-life finding new life by moving forward in the ministry of multiplication that we pray will run rapidly to all where they live!
]]><![CDATA[REPORT ON ASIA]]>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 03:00:00 GMThttp://www.newfoundationsinternational.org/blog/report-on-asia​I will be sending out the Newsletter for January and February, but this will give you a brief look into the events that occurred and the Lord’s working.
 
“But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord,
because God chose you as the first fruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.” (2 Thessalonians 2:13-15)
 
Every trip we make, we ask God to help us follow Paul as he followed Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-15).  We follow Paul in prayer, hope and teaching.  He prayed with great love for those he met and shared the gospel with.  Let us pray with much thanksgiving for the Lord’s disciples in S. E. Asia.  What shall we pray?  Let us pray that they would be affirmed in their faith and filled with hope in all God is doing in them and will do for them, even to the very end of time.  Let us pray with bold confidence that they would have strength, perseverance, and power to stand firm in all God has taught them in His Word.  As we pray, let us humbly rejoice that God has let us play a small part in their lives.  May we never forget they are His.
 
My report this time is more about themes of God’s grace at work rather than a step by step recalling of all God did in each of the five countries (Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos & Vietnam).  I will start with very young ones and move to God’s work in older saints.
 
Wherever we go, we always encounter children who need to know God’s love. The picture is from two different trips to Thailand.  It has been a growing passion of ours at NFI to reach children, and through some in our international team, we now have tools to reach and disciple children, all based on God’s Plan for His Disciples(GPHD)!  You can imagine my surprise in Bangkok when I was asked to teach children!  Thank God we have a way to bring God’s truth to them in a very age-appropriate way!
]]><![CDATA[ENEMIES OR FRIENDS]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 03:02:51 GMThttp://www.newfoundationsinternational.org/blog/enemies-or-friends​If we take the time to look carefully at how the Bible makes very clear distinctions, we will realize how awful hell is and how wonderful heaven is.  Instead of trying to draw a picture of these two places, which could fill several books, I want to explain them through two relationships.
 
Paul helps us understand the relationship persons have who end up in hell.  “For if while we were enemieswe were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by His life” (Romans 5:10).  If you ask, ‘what makes us enemies of God?’  Sin has separated us from God.  “Therefore, the Lord God sent him (Adam) out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.  He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.” (Genesis 3:23–24). 
 
Go back up to the quote from Romans 5:10 and read that verse again.  The second part of the verse reads, “now that we are reconciled (to God), shall we be saved by His life.”  For those who are saved by the life of Jesus, “The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God” (Romans 8:16).  Jesus told his disciples who believed in Him, “No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you” (John 15:15).
 
Are you a friend or enemy?  If you are not sure, speak to someone who is a friend of Jesus immediately or contact us.
]]><![CDATA[CORRECTION THE RIGHT WAY]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 03:01:24 GMThttp://www.newfoundationsinternational.org/blog/correction-the-right-way​As message was given today on 2 Thessalonians 1, which brought to mind Paul’s deep concern for new churches that had been planted in the regions of Galatia and Macedonia.  It was his desire that these new believers not be drawn away from their faith in the Lord Jesus by some false gospel or rumor that the Lord Jesus had already come.  
 
To counter such attempts to weaken their faith and distract them from the gospel of grace, especially after they had suffered so much, Paul first encourages them with these words; “We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.  Therefore, we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring” (2 Thessalonians 1:3–4).
 
Notice that Paul does not immediately rebuke them for listening to wrong teaching but encourages them first in things they were doing that was right.  REMEMBER this principle; strengthen and encourage whenever you can and correction will be received easier.
]]><![CDATA[THIS PRESENT HOUR]]>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 03:00:00 GMThttp://www.newfoundationsinternational.org/blog/this-present-hour​All of us respond to times of crisis in different ways and from different world views.  I trust that you and all those you know will take a few moments to read this blog, not because it is written by me, but for the sake God’s Word and truth reflected in these verses.
 
Jesus told His disciples, “I have said these things to you, that in Me you may have peace.  In the world you will have tribulation.  But take heart; I have overcome the world.”” (John 16:33).  Notice that our peace is in the person of Jesus, not in outward circumstances.
 
Though Paul was in prison and chained, he urged the believers with these words, “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body.  And be thankful.  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God” (Colossians 3:15–16).  What we feed our minds with will determine the condition of our hearts.
 
Should we be called on to suffer for our faith in the Lord Jesus, let Peter’s exhortation settle our hearts.  “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.  But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when His glory is revealed. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you” (1 Peter 4:12–14).
 
My last word to you in this blog is, “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might” (Ephesians 6:10).
]]><![CDATA[HEAVY RAIN DID NOT HINDER JOY]]>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 03:00:00 GMThttp://www.newfoundationsinternational.org/blog/heavy-rain-did-not-hinder-joy​One of the most exciting pieces of news is what God is doing in Ecuador.  Oswaldo has been introducing and training with God’s Plan for His Disciples (GPHD) in many parts of this South American country.  Last week, he went to Montalvo by bus help them celebrate the graduation of those who finished the book.  Here is his report:
 
“I am thanking God because, despite the heavy downpour, 33 of the 76 graduates arrived safely for the graduation.  A 68-year-old sister passed away a few days prior and was also scheduled to receive her Certificate of Completion.  An entire family was absent because just before the meeting, a 3-year-old girl had a seizure and was rushed to the hospital.
 
The power went out in the middle of my message, but thankfully, it was just for one minute. Young people, adults, and children received their Certificates, and in the end, the glory belongs to the Lord whom we serve and honor.  A tremendous door remains open to return and introduce God’s Plan for His Church(GPHC).  I am certain that the next time I will not come alone and someone else besides my wife must come and see all that God is doing.”
 
This is worth our faithful prayers and support as we see God moving in every generation to revive the Church and prepare it for what He will do in the future.
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