To: Chuck and Lori Myers, Missionary Support International
From: Jes and Kristen Gray, Great Door Ministries
2022 Ministry Update
Here are a few details… Jesus gets all the glory for His marvelous works!
Ephesians 3:20-21: “Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.”
March Sao Paulo, Brazil: ministered at All Pastors’ Unity Meeting, preached in 3 churches, one school, one children’s ministry, and one bar. Visited numerous favelas and children’s works of Brazilian Children’s Outreach. Hundreds of people were filling the altars in repentance and dedicating their lives to serve Jesus wholeheartedly.
April Omaha, NE I was honored to speak at the Women’s Conference at Eagle’s Nest Worship Center, our home church! God moved mightily and the altars were full for repentance and prodigals coming home.
April/May Puerto Escondido, Mexico: Preached at A Night of Hope and Healing plus 2 churches, shared (or translated) the Gospel 10 times in two different schools, ministered at 2 All Pastors’ Unity Meetings. 100+ decisions for Christ, numerous healings, and Holy Spirit outpouring in the churches. Glory to JESUS!
Couldn’t raise her arm for 5 months! Jesus healed her!
All Pastors’ Unity Meeting
June Sao Paulo, Brazil: All Pastors’ Unity Meeting, lots of planning meetings for New Day Brazil Evangelism Invasion, preached in one school, 3 churches and in one house church in a favela (my favorite!).
July Topeka, KS Kids Kamp: dozens of children saved and filled with the Holy Spirit!
August-October Jes and I lived in Brasilia, Brazil at YWAM base for Portuguese language school and we took Micah Hart with us. Too much to tell here… just a few photos.
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- Moni & I shared the Gospel with Sandra (far left) & she received Christ!
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- Another day of Uncle Jes working on math with Micah
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- With the Portuguese school director and her family
September 19-25 Sao Paulo, Brazil: New Day Brazil Evangelism Invasion: Gospel Trucks 4 evangelists (including me), preached the Gospel over 30 times in 3 days in neighborhoods, city squares, parks, and busy streets. Many neighborhoods, we needed permission from the head drug dealer to preach on “their” street. The residents of those neighborhoods, too afraid to leave their homes, would stand in their doorways and hang out their windows, leaning in to hear about salvation and forgiveness and waving their arms at us to say, “YES, I want to receive Jesus!”. It was beautiful! Hundreds of decisions for Christ before the crusade even started.
3 nights of the Crusade in the main city square… hundreds of decisions for Christ, all followed up on by local pastors.
As I preached the last night of the crusade in the town square, hundreds of people ran to the altar to receive Jesus for the first time or renew their relationship with the Lord. Total Holy Spirit outpouring…. Outside for the entire community to see. JESUS!!!
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- My favorite place in the street, meeting people, sharing Jesus!
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- So many broken people hearing of the hope of Jesus for the first time!
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- Noela and me preaching The Good News in the streets
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- Working with local pastors. It’s beautiful to watch the Lord invade a neighborhood!
There’s more…When you give to GDM, we are partnering with other ministries and missionaries! TOGETHER we are seeing a tremendous harvest and advancing the Kingdom. Here is where you sowed in 2022 through GDM!
MEXICO: Instituto Alfa School in Puerto Escondido (pre-k-8th grade Christ-centered school where Jes and I were the principles for 4 years, Alfa continues to reach hundreds of families for Jesus and children receive a great education), Pastors’ unity meetings, Night of Hope and Healing, Mission Vida church.
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- Missionaries Ruben and Adriana Merino
Missionaries Ruben and Adriana Merino: Cacalotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico: Victory Marriage Ministry, help for marriage retreats, gas and food for trips into remote mountain villages (Adriana is a dentist and provides free dental care as a part of medical missions teams), GDM helped with ophthalmologist care for Adriana’s eyes (please pray for her, she needs a miracle).
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- Pastor Manual praying for me in Mechoacan in May 2022
Pastor Manuel Merino: planting churches in Mechoacan, Ixtayutla, and El Mosco (mountain villages in Oaxaca), we provided paint for the church in Mechoacán, gas and food for mission trips into other unreached mountain villages, windows for the church in Ixtayutla, Offering for Pastora Carmela (pastor of the church in Ixtayutla).
BRAZIL: New Day Brazil Evangelism Invasion, JOCUM360/YWAM Brasilia (where we went to Portuguese School for 3 months in 2022), Brazilian Children’s Outreach (supplies for children’s ministry, supplies for special education classroom, carried 100’s of hats and socks for the children in their programs).
The Ukraine: Relief and support for Ukrainian churches through Bethany Church, evangelism through sending Evangelist Samuel Hornle to Ukraine (tens of THOUSANDS of Ukrainians have accepted Christ through his ministry and he has trained many Ukrainian evangelists to take the Gospel into every corner of their nation.)
Evangelist Samuel Hornle (from Stuttgart, Germany): Preaches the Gospel and trains other young evangelists in Mexico, Brazil, Rwanda, Uganda, The Netherlands, Ukraine, and Venezuela. In 2022 Samuel ministered with me in Mexico and Brazil.
Evangelist Samuel Hoernle
Evangelist Liliana Alvarado (from Orlando, Florida): An amazing evangelist who also trains other young evangelists from all over Latin America and sends them into the streets to win souls! Liliana also preached Jesus with me on the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Evangelist Liliana Alvarado
Christ for All Nations: Mass Crusade evangelism all over Africa and beyond.
Care for Pastors: an amazing ministry that serves and helps pastors and their families in crisis all over the U.S.
https://www.careforpastors.org/
Thank you for giving, for sending us, for sowing into world missions in 2022!
Your friends, Jes and Kristen
Jes and Kristen Gray
Great Door Ministries
www.greatdoorministries.org
To our readers: Thank you for taking the time to read all the spectacular news that Jes and Kristen have shared; they are dedicated to proclaiming the HOPE we have in Jesus! What an honor to support them with our prayers and our giving until the whole world knows! Please share the love of Christ with others by sharing this newsletter on social media! God Bless You!
Chuck and Lori Myers
Missionary Support International
You can read all about us at: www.blessamissionary.org
(Letter written by Kristen Gray; formatted, edited and published by Lori Myers, Missionary Support International)
