January 2014 – Vision2Hear

New Intern Coming All the Way From Germany!

By George Lockhart January 18, 2014 January 18, 2014 Discipleship, Missions

Vision 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.

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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Discipleship January-April

By George Lockhart January 16, 2014 February 27, 2014 Discipleship

Becoming a disciple of Jesus is what God desires for us to do. As we seek to grow and become a disciple of Jesus these are some of the things we are doing in January and February.

Memorize Books of the Bible

Take notes on sermons/sessions. Turn in 6 sessions of notes.

Memorize the following Bible verses:
John 1:1
John 1:12-14
John 3:16
John 3:30
John 4:24

Personal Devotions at least 4 days a week with notes i.e. what passage and responses you have from reading.

Prayer time at least 4 days (written out…at least 1 paragraph)

2 hours Christian service i.e. babysit for free, serve at church cleaning, help someone in need at homeless shelter or nursing home, travel with WAVE team and perform, etc.

March/ April Level 2

6 Session notes. These can be from sermons on Wednesdays or Weekends.

Read the gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

Memorize John 10:10, John 10 27-31, John 14:6
1 John 3:1

2 hours of Community service

At least 5 quiet times each week (Devotionals) written responses

At least 5 prayer sessions written each week ( at least a paragraph)

If you need materials for devotionals, please let me know.

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Fast Forward 30 Hour Famine

By George Lockhart January 15, 2014 January 15, 2014 Discipleship, Ministry, Missions

Join 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

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Nigeria 2014

By George Lockhart January 15, 2014 January 15, 2014 Missions

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.