Asia Travels - 2009

July 9-25 I will be traveling to Asia. Please keep me in your prayers as I am heading over to accomplish a few objectives. First I am meeting with new contacts to talk about future ministry possibilities, I will also be setting up a trip for next summer with a current contact, and lastly I will be joining up with another e3 team to minister to the people through training, prayer, evangelism, and discipleship. While working with this team I hope to pick up even more ways to help advance His kingdom in Asia!

I will definitely need your prayers for open doors, soft hearts, the Father's guidance, and protection from the evil one.

I was planning on bringing a team with me for the first week of my trip, but the team was not coming together. I was getting discouraged. Then I received an email from my contact saying that they could not handle a team at this time, and I realized God's hand was at work from the beginning! He did not allow the team to materialize because it was not the right timing (His timing). I do however feel He would have me go and set things up for a team to go next year.

I will email you a prayer calendar before I head out on the 9th.

In other News:

*Sorry for the lack of updates. I need your prayer support but yet if you don't know what is going on you can't be as focused in your prayers. Sorry!

*I have been talking with more people interested in what God is doing among the nations and specifically through my ministry with e3 and inviting them to be a part of my ministry team by praying, giving, and/or going. The Lord has given me a great response so far, Praise Him! Thank you to all the new ministry partners that have joined on recently. With these new funds I am able to continue my ministry and start to be more prepared for what God has in store for me in the future. Pray as I am continuing to raise up new ministry partners. I am at 77% of my new financial goal. I am targeting Thanksgiving as the date I am shooting to hit 100%.

*This blog and the emails that point you to it are the current ways most of you follow me. The email list system I use is sometimes unreliable because of tight spam filters. My ministry is in process of installing new software that will hopefully overcome this issue, and might change the way I communicate with you. In the mean time those that use FaceBook or Twitter you are welcome to look me up and follow me on those (my user name on both is crittertruax or just search for 'Chris Truax'). I will post on those whenever I update this blog.

All glory, honor, power, to our heavenly Father! Who was, and is, and is to come!

Go with me or ask others to...

First, pray to the Lord of the Harvest to raise up workers for His harvest fields. Matthew 9:38

Second, did the Lord impress upon you to go? How about going with me on a trip to East Asia on July 9 - 18?  The cost is $3800, which includes airfare, lodging, in-country transport, food, tools and materials.  We train you in everything you will need to know. 

Third, please talk to or pass on to me any names the Lord placed on your heart while you were praying about workers.  Church Friends, Pastors, Co-workers, etc.

The nationals are getting ready for our team and they are excited.  Now all we need are ordinary people to listen to the Spirit's prompting and say, "Here I am Lord, send me!"

Time is short on this trip, so sign up now by emailing me at chris.truax@e3partners.org.

Stay tuned for information about a Fall or Winter Extreme trip to Panama!

Panama Update 2

Unfortunately the Panama trip that was supposed to be heading out this weekend is not happening.  We had to cancel for a few reasons, but the main one turned out to be a way to help our Panamanian believers.  That's right canceling turned out to be a help to our National Directors because they had 3 trips all coming in about the same time and felt overwhelmed with all that was needed to prepare for them.

The good news is we were able to redirect all the trip participants onto other trips.  So they will still be able to be used by God, and grow in the knowledge of God thru their cross cultural exposure.

I am in the process of reaching out to more friends and sharing the vision of e3 in order to grow my ministry team.  Please keep this in prayer.  I am also planning out my summer trips.  I hope to do two to East Asia (wink, wink), and one to Panama.  If you individually or your church are interested in being used by God internationally, please email me so I can talk to you more about making an international trip an easy reality.

Thanks for your prayers!