Monday, October 24, 2011
Coming to a close
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Lithuania
Monday, August 29, 2011
Lithuania
Friday, August 19, 2011
Teen Challenge Center
As most of you know I have been living in a teen challenge center for 5 days where those there only speak Russian. Wow ok so this week has been very hard but it has benefited me very much! My Russian teacher is incredibly gifted in teaching and I know God has set this up. By the end of the first day i learned how to read. I knew all of the letters by the second day and could count to 1,000,000. I also knew many basic words and phrases and I wrote my first paragraph intruducing myself (what I like to do, what I want to be, ect). Granted the paragraph wasn't entirely gramatically accurate. By the end of the second day I had a venacular of well over 100 words! I have been learning so much. I have been praying for this whole summer for God to bless my learning of the Russian language and I know that he has blessed me. It is my prayer that he will continue to bless this time of preperation. Today I heard two of the womans testimonies from the center. It just about broke my heart. In a country with thousands of alchoholics and drug addicts God has specifically picked these few and saved these few so that they can reach so many others. One of the women who gave their testimony said at the end that she justs wants to help people. It was so genuine because she knows what its like to hurt. Praise God. Please pray for those at the center. Many are rough around the edges but God loves them very much. Pray for Alexander, the director of teen challenge, to have wisdom and guidance from the Holy Spirit. I know that God is working.
Be blessed so that you may be the blessing
Joseph
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Teen Challenge
Tomorrow I am leaving the confort of Sharon's home and I will be living in the teen challenge center here in vilnius. I am starting Russian lessons as well. They will be for 2 hours a day with up to 4 hours of homework a day. At the teen challenge center the men there only speak russian. So this will an emmersian in russian and the culture here. Please pray for me and for the work that Sharon is doing. This week is going to be very hard and very intense. But it will be worth it. God is good.
Remember that we are blessed and highly favored,
Joe
Monday, August 8, 2011
I made it!
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Update on Finances
Hello friends and family,
This is an update on my missions trip to Lithuania. As some of you know I need $7,500 to be able to go on this missions trip. I am pleased to let you know that I, through your help and support, have raised $5,500. I only $2000 left to go. I now have a deadline of July 21 to reach this goal. Thank you, those of you who have supported me. And thank you everyone who has been praying for me.
Please keep praying for me, and if you haven’t been then please start. I need prayer for finances, safe travels, and for God to do something big! I know that God has big things planned for this trip. Pray that I am a blessing for Missionary Sharon and for the people of Lithuania. Also pray that my life will be changed.
I pray that God blesses you in this ministry. Thank you again for supporting me.
Joe Bungard
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Lithuania
Hello friends and family,
This fall, I am going to Lithuania to work with Missionary Sharon McCammon. As some of you know, I am devoting my life to becoming a full-time missionary. Missionary Sharon is planning to disciple me for this brief period of time. I will be leaving on August 6th and coming back home to Michigan on November 3rd. This is going to be a fundamental step in helping me to get closer to reaching the goal of becoming a missionary.
While I'm in Lithuania, Missionary Sharon's goal is to help me grow in the Lord and give me experience on the field. She definitely has a full schedule for me. I will be involved mainly in children’s ministry and evangelism. Some of the things that I will be doing entail:
· Working on a teen challenge farm for a week.
· I will have regular Bible club and mission point teachings each week.
· I will also be working with the radio and TV station they have set up, such as voiceovers ect.
· I will be helping out with the National Billy Graham Crusade-VZ. Missionary Sharon is in charge of Vaiku Zygis (VZ) and will be hosting the children’s festival for the conference called “Hope Festival”.
· I will also be participating in a youth evangelism training camp.
· I am very excited about the language that I will learn. I am going to be taking Russian classes twice a week. During the last 2 weeks of my trip I will be living with a Russian family, totally immersed in the culture.
This is just a glimpse of all that I will be doing while I’m in Lithuania. I am going to need all the prayer that I can get! I cannot stress this enough. Prayer is what really makes the difference. So please pray for me as I prepare for this trip and my actual time in Lithuania. Pray for Missionary Sharon that God’s hand will continue to be with all her programs and all the work she is doing in Eurasia. Last, pray for the LORD’s provision. If you are interested in what is happening in Lithuania and all that Missionary Sharon is doing, then I encourage you to check out this site, www.suteikimevilti.lt.
If you have any questions at all feel free to ask. I am more than happy to answer any questions. If you are willing to donate money you can do so in two ways: PayPal through facebook (It is easy to do and safe to use) or cash or check (Please make your check out to Joseph Bungard and I will be sure you and your church will receive credit for it for tax purposes).
Thank you all so much, it means a lot to me. I will be developing a newsletter and updating it throughout the course of my trip, so if you are interested in receiving the newsletter please let me know through facebook or email (ohiofan1992@aol.com) or let me know if you would like a hard copy.