Dear
Friend of FOA,
In
a few of my previous letters I mentioned about some lessons learned from the
garden – from planting to cultivation.
But when it comes to a garden, I think most people enjoy the harvest the
most. Over the past month we have
enjoyed the harvest from our physical garden – from squash, zucchini,
cucumbers, beans, peas and most recently some sweet corn. In fact, as I write this letter, we are right
in the middle of what I call “corn week”.
From picking at sun up, to processing throughout the day, we use this
week to try and get around 300 gallons of corn in the freezer to last us until
next summer. It takes a team effort from
all of our guys as we work together to get the task accomplished. We have plenty of work to accomplish at FOA
but on “corn week” we all focus together on the task at hand. Some pick, others shuck and silk. Some cut corn while others clean up. Everyone has a job to accomplish. I have been thankful for how our guys have
been working together.
The
Body of Christ is very similar. In God’s
sovereign plan, everyone who is a believer in Christ is placed into the body of
Christ at the moment of salvation. God’s
Word makes it clear to us that Christ is the Head and believers make up the
body of Christ. Every believer has been
gifted by God with spiritual gifting to be used to glorify God and to build up
the body. We are not all the same. He gifts us differently and places us
throughout the world to be used for His purposes. For us to function properly we have to be
dependent on our source – the Head, Jesus Christ. Without Him we can do nothing. Our staff at FOA is thankful to be used by
the Lord at this ministry as we have the opportunity to share the truth of the
Word of God with each man the Lord brings our way. It is our desire that they too would be a
part of the body of Christ and functioning in dependence upon Jesus
Christ. Thank you for praying for our
staff as we desire to be used of the Lord each day. Thank you for praying for our students that
they would receive the truth of the Word of God.
In
my last letter I asked you to pray for one of our volunteer staff members,
Duane Girton, concerning his physical health.
I am thankful to report that Duane went through a procedure to help this
problem and is doing better and recovering.
Please continue to pray for him and his wife.
Depending
on Jesus Christ,
Aaron
Bonner
