SURGE Mission Training

 

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We are hosting a mission training session at The Movement Church located in Hixson, TN. The church is located behind The Home Depot next to the bicycle shop. Training will begin Friday night and conclude Sunday night with the Super Bowl gathering. This training is open to all who would be interested in mission work or travel this summer with Vision 2 Hear Ministries. Currently, V2H is planning a trip to Nicaragua with The Movement, Honduras with New Vision Church in GA, El Salvador, and South Korea with the Korean Church from Havelock, NC.

This weekend will consist of intense training and sessions but also be filled with music and fun games. There is no cost for the weekend but each person must provide their own transportation and food costs. Housing is limited so if you are interested in attending and do not live in the Chattanooga, TN area, please notify George at vision2hear@gmail.com or 770-828-6728.

 

Rosendo And South Africa

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Hey, I am Rosendo! I am 19 years old and graduated from high school this year. This fall I started an internship at Metro World Child.

What is it? Metro World Child is a children’s ministry founded by Pastor Bill Wilson. We reach about 120,000 kids worldwide, every week.

I’m in New York City right now to have a deeper faith in God, but also to get a concrete dream or desire for the rest of my life.
I was sure I was going to go back home to Germany to study, but God put a desire in my heart to become more equipped with Him. He showed me, through prayer and a “slap in my face” moment, that he has a other plans for me right now.

Pastor Bill Wilson once talked about an internship in South Africa. They need support and only have 4 spots available. I never had a heart for Africa, but in the moment he said it, my heart started to pound so fast that it was clear to be God’s call. He then began to open the doors quickly! I was in a meeting with Pastor Bill when he took his phone out during the meeting and called the Pastor in Africa. A few moments later I was accepted for the Internship.

Now I have an internship in South Africa that will help to reach hundreds of kids in Johannesburg. It starts right after Christmas, but I still need my Visa and plane ticket. That is why I need prayer and  support to raise money for my internship.

Anything you can give, no matter how small, will be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Give a donation here: Gofundme:Rosendo

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August News And Updates

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AUGUST NEWS AND UPDATES

What a whirlwind of a month! I can’t believe that August is already gone and we are into September 2 days now. Let me take a few minutes and catch you up on what the end of the summer has been like.

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The German Team at Fernbank Museum

It wasn’t long after George Camp in Miami ended that we traveled back to meet the German team traveling back from Montgomery, AL. Vision 2 Hear and New Vision Church were hosting the team of 13 from Germany for about 9 days. In that time with the mission team, we attended a Braves game, the Aquarium, Coco-Cola Factory, Fernbank Museum, among many other adventures. It was an awesome experience to host these students from Germany, develop some new relationships and hopefully open a door for a future trip there in the next year or two. For more information on the German Team and all they did, read this link: German Team

Saying good-bye to Jan-Niklas

Saying good-bye to Jan-Niklas

It was with much sadness that as the German Team left, so did our German Intern, Jan-Niklas Schmidt. Jan-Niklas served as an intern for close to 6 months, traveling with me and working with our church in the band and youth ministry. He did a great job I must say! He was a great worker and huge asset, helping drive sometimes, performing in sign at different venues and just being a friend to kids and students wherever we went. Jan-Niklas was a blessing to have with us for the season and now he is back in Germany, preparing for his schooling which begins soon. To read more about Jan-Niklas and his time with V2H, check out his blog here: Becoming Jan-Niklas

Within a couple of days of Jan leaving, I traveled with three others to Dallas, Texas for a wedding ceremony. A former Intern, Nick Poole, got married on August 10. Nick had spent a year in Germany (which is how we got hooked up with the German team and Jan-Niklas in the first place) putting together baseball camps. He has done several camps now there.

Nick used to live in Snellville, GA and was among the first to be traveling with me as an intern. He started signing through his church ministry called Power Signs and went on to do a lot of work with George Camps, the Nigeria mission project and other performances throughout the US. Nick left V2H and graduated from Liberty University with a degree in Youth Ministry.  He’s always been a  good friend of the ministry and like a brother to me and I am very happy for and proud of him. We had a great time at the wedding for he and Maribeth Gillis and I wish them the very best for their new lives together. For more pics and info on their wedding, check out this page: Nick’s wedding 

It was a week later that another former intern, Shane Vicry of TN got married. As many of you may know, Shane traveled with George for about a year and was the one that we officially started the intern program with. Nick had been doing all of these things previous to Shane but Shane was the first “outsider” that stepped into the program. As with all of my interns, we had lots of fun, too many stories to share, and meaningful times together.

Since leaving V2H, Shane graduated from Bryan College and worked as a car salesman in TN. He and his new wife were married on August 17th. I wish them both the very best as they relocate to Washington DC for Maddie to go to law school…are they crazy??? I’m sure they will do just fine! For more on their wedding check out this page: Shane’s Wedding

A few days after the Shane’s wedding, I left for NC. My mom was in the process of purchasing a new home. For the last few months, we have been house hunting as she is ready to make a move into a newer, more stable home. With all my travels, I have only been able to look online, so it was imperative that I go look at this place before the closing on August 25.

The Korean church and WAVE Team

The Korean church and WAVE Team

While in town, I met with the youth group at the Korean church, worked on a couple of new songs with them, prepared them for the Parkview performance and spoke at Sunday service for the Korean congregation.  As I already noted in another post, we launched a new WAVE team and had a great time of ministry at the Parkview choir worship night.

Upon reviewing all the info, seeing the house firsthand and of course praying, with great gratitude, Mom closed on the house on August 25 at 10am with no issues. Now she has a great place to live, host her small group Bible study and fix tons of Korean food! Over the next few months she will move out of the old home and we will make decisions around the first of the year as to what to do with that place. Thanks for your prayers for her and us as we continue to transition her to a new life and new home.

Upcoming Events

With school back in session, life takes on new and different work. I am still serving at New Vision Church but no longer as youth pastor. I resigned that position back in May so as to allow the church to have a regular person that could meet with students regularly. I am now serving as the creative arts/mission pastor. I am grateful to my pastor, Alan Parker and the church for their continued support of me and the work I do with Vision 2 Hear.

I am leaving this Sunday for a two week stay in Miami, where I’ll be the worship leader and key speaker for three schools as they host their Spiritual Emphasis weeks. The first week will be with Christ Fellowship Academy in Palmetto Bay and the second week, I’ll be speaking and leading at King’s Christian school in the morning and Miami Christian in the afternoon. On the weekend in between, I’ll be at my good friend, Phil Underwood’s church in the Keys. Trevor and I will be performing in their evening service.

Jorge Serves in Iceland

Jorge Serves in Iceland

Regrettably, we are canceling the 14-4-14 effort. There has been so much going on with V2H in the states and with Jorge in Iceland, Romania, and El Salvador, that we have not been able to get things together to bring a group of this size together to get them here in December. Jorge has been traveling abroad for 6 months and most recently interviewed for a job here in the states in Woodstock, GA. It’s very possible that he may get the job and of course, that has also given us reason to not push to try and make 14-4-14 happen; just so much change going on.

But with that, Trevor Jenkins (the newest intern) and I, along with a couple people from my church are heading to Nicaragua on October 18-the 27th. Jorge will meet us there to lead some leadership workshops and work on helping in the village of Padre Ramos. Then Jorge, Trevor and I will take the bus back to El Salvador and be there from the 27-November 4. In ES, we will do some of the same leadership training for our WAVE Team there and work with my friend Mario and help him with his church plant.

Then just after Thanksgiving, it looks like I will be joining a couple of guys from my church to lead a team to India. We will possibly be gone from November 29- December 11. While there we will be working with an orphanage that my church sponsors, traveling to several churches planted by our friend Pastor Rajendra, and speaking numerous times in those churches.

Please keep me in your prayers as I seek to stay connected to all of our teams, coordinate these trips and minister in the various ways God is opening up for me. If you would like to help contribute toward the expenses of these mission projects and make a donation, anything you can give will be a huge help! Costs for NICA/ES will be about $1000 more to cover me and Trevor and India will be about $2000. If you’d like to make a donation, you can do so online by following this link: donate

Thanks so much! I’ll keep you posted as things move along with V2H!

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New Vision Church will host the V2H WAVE Conference this year October 3-5. Cost is $25.

 

North Carolina Makes New WAVE

NC WAVE TeamOver the last few years I have been traveling back and forth to NC to visit with my family. During that time, I have been able to establish a good working relationship with the Korean Church in Havelock, NC, where my mom attends. From time to time, I  would not only speak to the congregation but perform some on the WAVE team songs…and of course, the people loved it.

Through the course of time, I also reconnected with some friends from high school and church, who also have kids and were interested in learning signs and performing. Some of them have even learned enough over the last couple of years to perform with me in Miami and other locations in NC.  But because of my travels, the ages of the kids and the newness of the concept for the church, we never really pursued formally making a WAVE team…that is until now.

I have been traveling to the Korean church and working with the students there on a fairly regular basis for over a year. When I am there, we usually meet and practice for a couple hours and then occasionally like for George Camp, they would have an intensive time of practices.

It was about a year ago that the “team” had its first “real” performance at Parkview Baptist Church. The Korean choir had been invited to sing and they let us use some of their allotted time to perform a couple songs. Everyone loved it and the response was great. Since then, the group was meeting about once-a-month to work on songs, or whenever I was there.

2014-08-24 19.17.42We just performed a week ago at Parkview again for the annual worship night. The team performed Lay Me Down and Jesus Paid It All. The response was even better this year than last year! Seeing that the kids were interested in really learning more and being willing to work, I approached Noah Tucker, a sophomore at Croatan High School to see if he would be willing to lead the team for weekly practices. He jumped at the opportunity.

 

 

This past Saturday they had their first official meeting and began working on a few songs. We already have another performance scheduled in Oriental, NC on October 12. Please be praying for this team and all our WAVE teams as we launch into our new season! I am very excited about what God is going to do through this WAVE team and our partnership with the Korean Church!

 

 

 

New Intern Coming All the Way From Germany!

jan-nick 3Vision 2 Hear is so excited that we are going to have another international intern. This February, Jan-Niklas (pronounced “Yan-Nicklas”) will be joining George and V2H through May 2014. Jan is finished with high school an awaiting college, which he will begin in the Fall. Please be in prayer for him as he joins our ministry. We are pumped for this wonderful opportunity to invest in another international student and thus be making disciples of all nations!

Here’s a little biography from Jan:

I want to introduce myself to you. I´m Jan-Niklas Schmidt and I’m 18 years old. I would describe myself as nice, sporting, inquisitive and I´m mostly up to scratch. My hobbies are playing the guitar, meeting friends and doing sports. I graduate school (same as your high-school) this summer and want to start studying aerospace engineering and later I want to be a pilot.      

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Some people would describe me as “evangelizing Christian”. God plays a big role in my life. He is my guardian and savior and set me free from my sins. He is also my friend, with whom I can talk about everything. I work for him in our church and get to know the youth work because I think that’s my plan from God. I go to my church since I can think and for two years I work as a volunteer in our youth group. When our band plays in services and the Baseball camp I take part as a guitarist to praise God. 

I want to do this internship because in this way I get to know other youth workers to collect ideas and bring them in our youth work, so we can make it better. I think I can grow in faith and can learn more about Christ and to reach youth. And if I´m staying at your country I train my English which is important if I want to be a pilot. 

Thank you that you make it possible for me to do such experience. And I would like to serve you. 

Sincerely Yours,

Jan-Niklas Schmidt

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Fast Forward 30 Hour Famine

Fast Forward 2014Join us this February and make Valentine’s Day extra special. We are taking the 14th and 15th and celebrating real love in Jesus’ name by sacrificing food for 30 hours. The reason for such an effort is to raise awareness and funds for our upcoming mission projects in Nicaragua.

Participants will be sleeping in cardboard boxes on Friday night and have sessions throughout the weekend discussing poverty and needs around the world. This will serve as a training weekend for those traveling to Padre Ramos in June.

If you would like to give, we are asking for donations of $30 which is a $1 for each hour of the famine. The trip is about $1200 per person so your donations will help us get our team there to serve for a week of camps, ministering to the needy and helping provide rice and beans for those who live in the “dump”.

You can make checks payable to New Vision Church or to Vision 2 Hear Ministries or you can simply donate on this site here: Vision 2 Hear

Nigeria 2014

Nigeria 2014

George Lockhart and Vision 2 Hear have had a long standing relationship with Nigeria. Since 2001, George has been traveling to Nigeria helping dig 9 water wells (plus two in Benin) in that time. He has been in partnership with WorldCare Ministries of Kings Mountain, NC from the beginning.

Dr. Moses Neuman, founder of WorldCare is from Nigeria himself and still has much of his family residing there. Working in conjunction with Dr. Neuman, WorldCare, and others, George has been able to assist in seeing many things happen over the last decade.

This trip is the first in over 4 years and George is returning to catch up on the latest work that has been accomplished in his absence. For years, George and his various team members would mix concrete, carry blocks and shovel dirt in helping to build a school. That school has now been completed and is being used on a daily basis! We praise god for his faithfulness through the years to see this task and building completed. George is going back to be part of celebratory exercises and share in the school for a few days.

While in Nigeria, George will also be able to catch up with and visit several of the students/people that have been involved with Vision 2 Hear Africa. We have helped provide school funding for Festus Okwara and Prince Okerke, along with some assistance to Rosemary Kalu and Ikechukwu Okoronkwo. Festus and Prince have graduated recently and George will be able to join them for celebrations of their accomplishments.

We will also be taking some school supplies provided by Christ Fellowship Academy in Palmetto Bay, Florida. Students and Staff of CFA generously gave at the beginning of the school year to help provide supplies for students in our new school. We cannot thank Mrs. Blanco and Mrs. Cruz along with all the CFA Students enough for their kindness and support!

George will fly out on January 19 and return on January 31. Please keep him in your prayers and all of the team from WorldCare and Vision 2 Hear as they travel abroad to continue expanding God’s Kingdom.