Handout from HM's Session at the LMUSA Founder's Day Celebration

 LMUSA, An Ongoing Heritage

Here is the book I spoke of.

You can get a free copy at
https://archive.org/download/cu31924023067972/cu31924023067972.pdfx

Here are some other resources that will help you learn more about Hudson Taylor and how Liebenzell Mission USA is a part of his heritage.

Here is a brief biography of Taylor published by Christianity Today:
https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/missionaries/hudson-taylor.html

Here is the link to the History of LMUSA from our website (Note, this page needs to be updated. LMUSA currently works with around 55 missionaries).
https://lmusa.org/gm/history/

Henry and Anna Zimmerman were German missionaries to China, serving with Liebenzell Mission. They and other LM missionaries saw their lives and ministries disrupted by cataclysmic events of the mid-Twentieth Century. Those events, tragic as they were, provided the catalyst for what is today Liebenzell Mission USA. Anna Zimmerman wrote an account of the first sixty years of Liebenzell. The story led to this property where we are meeting today, but it hasn’t ended here. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hq--wkZofBdUelfrmgRlrb2v1hvTj2bQ/view

Read results of a 2023 study that indicates how little American churches invest in missions. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/where-do-missions-dollars-go/

I know all of these links are difficult to copy. Here is a one-stop link where you will find a digital copy of this document. That way you can just click on the links that interest you. If you want, you can look around on the sight and find out more about what Kathy and I are doing with LMUSA.

 

Some Questions for Reflection:

·         Think about the way Hudson Taylor uses the word “claim.” Does this apply to us today? If so, how?

·         What resources do you have that you could invest? This question goes well beyond material possessions, but it includes them.

·         If you regard LMUSA as a worthy agency, how can you help us further the work that Taylor helped us start?

·         Many of you are faithful supporters of LMUSA.
Have you thanked the Lord for that privilege?
Will you commit to encourage those servants who are serving, often in difficulties we don’t know about, with a simple card or letter? If you don’t know how to do this, get in touch with me. I’ll be glad to share some ideas.
Can you follow in Hudson Taylor’s footsteps, by advocating that others join our team as prayer-warriors, supporters, or goers? One way to do that is to suggest to your church that they host a “Network Z” conference at your church. Ask Chris Matthews for more information.

 

I’d love to help you help. Feel free to get in touch.
Howard Merrell, 2106 S Carpenter Drive, Covington VA 24426
hmerrell@liebenzellusa.org, (540) 620-8429

Note: We’ll be leaving Schooleys Mountain to be on Guam for most of the rest of the month. The phone # won’t work there, but I will be checking email.

A Heads Up on Where We'll Be and a Request for Prayer

 As I said in our last newsletter, Kathy and I are very thankful for the support that our partners offer. This, and Divine blessing, is what makes our ministry possible.

We leave Covington in the morning, 5/16.

We'll be participating in an event at our mission headquarters, see here.

We fly out of Newark 11:30 AM, 5/19.

5/22 & 23, Howard will be part of the PIU Board meeting

5/25, Kathy will be attending a ladies brunch hosted by the ladies of Faith Church where we attended while living on Guam. (This might change because of what is below.

5/25, 11:00 we'll be attending the memorial service of our friend and colleague, Bill Wood. Howard has been asked to act as the LMUSA rep.

The 27th we'll be part of a gathering of the LMUSA missionaries on Guam.

We'll be visiting with and listening to our missionary colleagues on Guam, and reaching out as opportunities present themselves. Included in this will be reaching out to a dear friend whose husband recently died. We'll miss his memorial service by one day.

We fly back on 5/29.

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