TWIST: 10/01/2013

This Week In Short-Term Missions:  Week of 10/01/2013

Haiti

• We have an evangelism team of 9 from AL in Cap with Resounding Hope until October 5, 2013
• We have an evangelism team of 4 going to Cap with Resounding Hope from October 12-26, 2013

Philippines

• We have a team of 3 in the Philippines until October 5, 2013

Israel

• We have a prayer team of 8 in Israel until October 16, 2013.

Ecuador

• We have a medical team of 10 from Indiana Wesleyan University going to Ecuador October 4-13, 2013.
• We have a work/evangelism team of 11 from Murphy's Landing going to Ecuador October 12-20, 2013.

Please join us in prayer for this teams as they serve overseas.  Pray for them, the people the come in contact with, their families they left back at home, and the good works they are preforming.  If you're interested in participating on a short-term mission trip please visit One Mission Society's webpage, www.onemissionsociety.org

Weekly Update: 09/30/2013

We had a great week, and hope you had the same!

Brie is excited about her group of nursing students from UIndy this semester and is looking forward to watching them develop into well trained nurses.  Meanwhile, Aliyana has been very interested recently in counting,saying her alphabet, and learning how to pray.  It's so cute!

At work, we had a lovely couple from Tennessee come visit.  They interested in serving in Latin America as a family with their 6 kiddos.  We also got to talk with several college students who are interested in serving as interns or serving overseas when they graduate.  Next week I will be traveling to Haiti to some door-to-door evangelism using the Evangecube and passing out fix-tuned solar powered radios that pick up our Christian station in Haiti.  Please pray for open doors, hearts, and ample opportunities to share the Gospel.

Over the weekend, we were able to escape city life and go camping with my sister, her husband and little one.  We met on the border of Ohio and West Virginia and really had a lot of fun.  Ali got to eat her first s'more, roasted starburst, and loved getting to hang out with her uncle, aunt, and cousin.

We praise you and thank you for your prayers, supports, and encouragements!

The Morrell Family

Brie and me with our precious niece

Ali soaking up the sun and admiring the views

2013 Summer Paper Newsletter

Some of you have asked for an electronic version of our paper newsletter.  Click on the link below to see an electronic copy of it.

http://onemissionsociety.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0edc3fedfefb10216ded67477&id=9400bc6c5c&e=406ff670b4

Weekly Update: 09/23/2013

Friends,

Thank you for your support and encouragement!  Our family had a fantastic week and are very blessed.

This past weekend we had lots of family time and were able to attend our churches Missions Worship Night.  It was a night dedicated to worship and hearing testimonies of what the Lord is doing overseas.  Brie and I helped out in the nursery and were excited to see all the young families interested in missions.  It's a true blessing to be a part of a church that understands and takes seriously its commitment to the Great Commission.

This week, Ali has been fighting a double ear infection and sinus infection.  She seems on the mend now that we have found a antibiotic that we can mask in her juice, yogurt, or ice cream.  Please pray for us as we battle this sickness as a family.  Briyana and Baby Morrell are doing well.  We are eagerly anticipating getting to feel the baby kick, and are looking forward to October 24th when we get to see our little one for the first time on a sonogram.  This weekend we are making a spur of the moment (or close to) camping trip where we plan on meeting up with some other family members in Ohio.  It will be Ali's first camping experience and I'm sure lots of pictures will come out of the trip.

At OMS, we have a very busy week full of people interested in serving overseas.  Please pray for the campus visits, telephone calls, and other conversations that will be had the rest of this week.  Join us in prayer as we ask the Lord to abundantly provide more missionaries to serve both overseas and domestically to help see the Great Commission fulfilled.

God Bless!

The Morrell Family

Weekly Update: 09/16/2013

Greetings!

We can't thank you enough for your prayers and support!

Last week went by fast, but we got a lot accomplished.  The Miller family came to visit OMS as they continued their journey to get involved in missions.  Please join us in prayer as they consider partnering with OMS to begin service in Ecuador, Colombia, or Venezuela.  Last week we also started talking to a guy who is interested in serving in a part of Mexico that has never had ministry before.  It's exciting to hear his heart for the un-engaged.

Last week and this week could have been called appointment weeks.  Between dentist appointments, baby doctor appointments, and even vet appointments we spent a lot of time in waiting rooms.  On a positive note though, only good news came from all those appointments and we scheduled another appointment to determine the sex of baby Morrell on October 24th.  On Saturday we took advantage of the beautiful weather outdoors and visited a local apple orchard.  Ali had a blast and we left with many good photos, apples, and apple cider!

At church we are enjoying our missions emphasis month.  Yesterday, we had a guest speaker, Brian Hogan, share his testimony and emphasize the important yet simple message of sharing the Gospel to all nations and what that could look like for each of us.  If you would like to listen to the message, you can find it here.

God Bless you!

The Morrell Family

TWIST: 09/09/2013

This Week In Short-Term Missions:  Week of 09/09/2013

Haiti

• We have 1 person in Cap Haitian working with pastors until September 17, 2013
• We have 2 folks going to Cap to work with the Seminary September 7-14, 2013
• We have 2 gals going to Cap September 14-21, 2013 for medical ministry 
• We have a team of 9 from AL going to Cap with Resounding Hope from September 28-October 5, 2013.

Caribbean

• We have a team of 4 in the Caribbean until September 17, 2013.
• We have a team of 2 going to the Caribbean Sep. 21-27, 2013.

Philippines

• We have a team of 3 going to the Philippines from September 25-October 5, 2013.

Please join us in prayer for this teams as they serve overseas.  Pray for them, the people the come in contact with, their families they left back at home, and the good works they are preforming.

Weekly Update: 09/09/2013

Friends!

Thank you for your love and encouragement!

Our family had another busy week, but we survived and made it through.  Brie is looking forward to feeling better and having more energy in the coming weeks as she comes of out her first trimester.  We have a baby doctors appointment this Friday to see how Baby Morrell is doing.  Please continue to pray for mama and baby.

Ali is really coming into her own these past few weeks and has become a real cuddle bug.  The cuddling has been a pleasant surprise because in the past she had not been too much into cuddling.  On Saturday and Sunday rather than playing, drawing, or helping mommy cook (one of her favorite things to do on the weekend), she preferred to cuddle on the couch with daddy, mommy, and occasionally Russ.

This week at OMS, we have lots of people looking into serving overseas.  One couple is coming to visit later this week as they seek to explore how they can be disciplers and church planters overseas with OMS.  Please pray for this couple and for more couples like this to come along. Currently are two biggest needs to be filled are Church Multiplication Facilitators in Ukraine and Ireland.  Here is a link to the job description. Perhaps you know someone who might be interested.

At church this week, we talked about having a child like faith and how we must never become a stumbling block to others' advance toward Jesus.  Often times people refer to children as "innocent," but rather it could be better said that they exhibit helpless dependence.  We all come to him the same way, with a child-like helplessness.

God Bless!

The Morrell Family

She was so excited about her new sunglasses she picked out herself.

A transformed Life

Below is a link to a neat story about a transformed life and how a former drug addict is now leading a ministry.

http://www.onemissionsociety.org/blog/post/former-drug-addict-leads-ministry

Weekly Update: 09/02/2013

Greetings Friend!

God is a global God on a global mission to redeem people from all tribes, tongues and nations. When God says all, He means it! Jesus gave the command to Go and make disciples of all nations. One Mission Society takes this seriously, knowing the task remains and determining to do our part in helping fulfill the Great Commission. The needs are global! The rewards are eternal! In Matthew 9:35-38, Jesus says the harvest is ripe, but the workers are few. Please join us as we pray that the Lord would call the workers to the fields to sow eternal rewards and share with the people all over the world the one thing that truly matters, a personal relationship with their Savior, Jesus Christ!

On the family front, we hope each of you had just as good of a Labor Day weekend as we did. We went up to Plymouth, Indiana to visit some friends that had moved away from Indianapolis. It was a lot of fun. We had the chance to go to a blueberry festival, listen to live music on the lake side, and grill out with friends.

Ali is a sponge these days and is learning new things everyday. The other day, one of us sneezed and without prompting, Ali turned around and said, "Bless you." It caught both Brie and I completely off guard and made us grin from ear to ear. She's listening to everything we say and do, and our hope is that she would soon see how a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is vitally important.

Baby Morrell is almost 13 weeks along now. We have a doctors appointment on September 13, but we won't be able to figure out if they are a girl or boy until the beginning of November. Would you please join us as God performs the awesome miracle of developing our little one in it's mother's womb?

Your prayers and support our a vital part of our ministry, and we can't thank you enough!

The Morrell Family

Weekly Update: 08/26/2013

Greetings!

If your lives have been anything like ours this week, you've been playing catch-up all week long.  Thus the reason why our weekly update is getting out until Friday.

This week at work was filled with lots of training and good byes.  Kyoung Min and Eunjin Choi, from South Korea, left yesterday after spending two weeks with us as they explored filling a position in the mobilization department at World Headquarters.  They are such a sweet couple and we cannot wait for them to join the team.  Please pray for them as they begin the long travel back to South Korea today.  Kyoung Min developed a stomach virus as they departed to travel to Chicago to make their connection today.

Yesterday, we also said good bye to Cat Traughber.  Cat has worked in the Mobilization department for the past two years, but left yesterday to begin her maternity leave.  She and her husband are set to have their first child in less than a week.  We are so excited for them, but at the same time miss her already.  She has been a great source of knowledge as I begin to learn all the different aspects to the mobilization process.

At home, Brie and Ali arrived back safely from their trip to Texas on Sunday evening.  To say that I was excited to have them back would be an understatement, but I'm glad they had a great time and a chance to see lots of friends and family.  Thank you for your prayers for their safety while traveling.  School has started back up for Briyana and she hard at work for preparing for clinicals that begin next month.  Ali, meanwhile, is quickly improving on her speech and has been a huge cuddle bug this week.  She's also learning how to be a BIG SISTER!  That's right, baby Morrell number 2 is due on March 13, 2014.  We're so excited and look forward to this blessing of a child into our family.

Thank you for your prayers and support!

The Morrell Family

Below are some pictures of Ali while in Texas:

TWIST: 08/26/2013

This Week In Short-Term Missions:  Week of 08/26/2013

Haiti

• We have 1 person in Cap Haitian working with pastors until Sep. 17, 2013.
• We have 2 folks in Cap to work with the Seminary until September 5, 2013.
• We have 2 folks going to Cap to work with the Seminary September 7-14, 2013.

Caribbean

• We have a team of 6 going to the Caribbean from August 30-September 17, 2013.

South Asia

• We have a team of 9 women going to South Asia September 1-11, 2013 

Please join us in prayer for this teams as they serve overseas.  Pray for them, the people the come in contact with, their families they left back at home, and the good works they are preforming.

Weekly Update: 08/19/2013

We hope you have had a wonderful start to your week!

We want to thank you for your faithful support, love and prayers for our family!  We have been blessed by God for having friends like you!

Last week was we had lots of people interested in missions come and visit OMS campus.  Each visit is different and it's wonderful to be able to walk alongside of each one of them as they explore how to better get involved with missions.  These people were looking at positions that included Church Multiplication Facilitator (here's a link for a better definition of a Church Multiplication Facilitator, CMF), field treasurer, videographer, and holistic ministries.  Could you join us in prayer as we follow-up with these individuals and pray that they would continue to act on the Lord's leading in their lives?

This week, Ali and Brie are back in the "Holy Land" (Texas), and are enjoying their time with friends, family and supporters.  Russ and I are trying to survive without them in Indiana.  It's a lot more quiet without the pidder-patter of a toddler running around the house.  Please continue to pray for travel mercies for the girls while they are visiting friends.

At church this week, we talked about Mark 9: 31-40, and the whole sermon emphasized the need for discipleship and the need to be disciplining someone else.  I walked away with the reminder that no matter how far along someone is in their walk with Christ, they need discipleship and have something to offer as a disciple.

We pray that God shows his favor on you!

The Morrell Family

Below are some pictures of Ali enjoying Texas:

Weekly Update- 08/12/2013

Greetings Friends!

Our family praises the Lord for all of your love, support, and encouragement for our family and ministry!

As members of the Mobilization team now, we work to help fill critical positions both internationally and domestically to be sure that the Gospel is sent out to every nation, tribe, and tongue.  It excites us, and hopefully you too, to be able to send people to not just one nation, but multiple countries across the world.

This week, Brie and Ali are preparing to travel back to Texas to see friends and family, while I stay in Greenwood and learn the ropes of my new position.  Please pray for their safe travels and quality time with friends and family.

At church this week, we heard a challenging sermon about how our faith is a vital component in our Christian walk, and how it is a gift from God, but it's a gift that can be grown.  Join us as we ask God to increase our faith and try to live our our faith in the strength of the Lord.

Currently, we are actively looking for a treasurer for our Mozambique field and for a Church Multiplication Facilitator for India.  Here's a link for a better definition of a Church Multiplication Facilitator and here's a link to more info about the treasurer role in Mozambique.

The harvest is ripe, but the workers are few.  Please join us as we plead to the Lord to mobilize missionaries into the mission field.  Not for our glory, but for His.

We can't begin to thank you guys enough for your prayers and support!  Have a blessed week!

The Morrell Family

Story from the Field

Here's a story from a person we helped mobilize on a short-term trip to Haiti.

http://www.onemissionsociety.org/blog/

TWIST: 07/15/2013

This Week In Short-Term Missions:  Week of 07/15/2013

Caribbean

• We have a team of 9 in the Caribbean from July 1-30, 2013 doing Bible training for church planters.

Ecuador

• We have a family serving at Camp Pallatanga From June 11-July 21, 2013.

Haiti

• We have a family serving in Cap Haitien from May 29-July 22, 2013.
• We have a team of 12 women going to Cap Haiten doing evangelism from July 13-July 20, 2013.
• We have a team of 8 going to Port-au-Prince for the Homes for Haiti project from July 13-July 22, 2013.
• We have a team of 10 traveling to Port-au-Prince also working with the Homes for Haiti project from July20-July 27, 2013.

Ukraine

• A team of 12 are working an English camp in Kiev from July 13-July 27, 2013.

Colombia

• A team of 8 is traveling to Medellin to participate in the Saturation Antioquia evangelism project from July 20-July 27, 2013.

Asia 

• We have a team of 3 going to various Asia countries as they teach and encourage church workers from July 20-August 7, 2013.

Please join us in prayer for this teams as they serve overseas.  Pray for them, the people the come in contact with, their families they left back at home, and the good works they are preforming.

July Email Newsletter

Below is a link to our July Email Newsletter.

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TWIST: 07/01/2013

This Week In Short-Term Missions:  Week of 07/01/2013

Costa Rica

• We have a team of 28 (18 of whom drove to Costa Rica) working at a camp outside San Jose and helping to raise funds for the Caribbean (Country name is hidden for security reasons) Saturation project.

Caribbean

• We have a team of 9 in the Caribbean from July 1-30, 2013 doing Bible training for church planters.

Ecuador

• We have a family serving at Camp Pallatanga From June 11-July 21, 2013.

• We have a team of 10 women putting on a Beautifully Broken conference until July 3, 2013.

Haiti

• We have a family serving in Cap Haitien from May 29-July 22, 2013.
• We have a team of 20 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti from June 29-July 6, 2013 helping with our Homes for Haiti project.

Please join us in prayer for this teams as they serve overseas.  Pray for them, the people the come in contact with, their families they left back at home, and the good works they are preforming.

TWIST- 06/03/2013

This Week In Short-Term Missions:  Week of 06/03/2013

Trinidad

• We have a Field Hockey team of 19 from Houghton College serving in Trinidad in sports ministry from June 1-9, 2013.

Haiti

• We have a girl traveling to Cap Haitien from May 14-June 4, 2013.

• We have a family serving in Cap Haitien from May 29-July 22, 2013.

• We have a team of two traveling in to Cap Haitien from June 1-5, 2013.

• We have 1 guy going to Cap to work on the Petit Anse wall from June 3-10, 2013.

• We have 3 men from Columbus, IN going to Cap to work at Petit Anse from June 5-27, 2013.

Please join us in prayer for this teams as they serve overseas.  Pray for them, the people the come in contact with, their families they left back at home, and the good works they are preforming.

TWIST: 05/20/2013

This Week In Short-Term Missions:  Week of 05/20/2013

Caribbean

• We have a group of 5 working in the Caribbean from May 4-22, 2013.

Ecuador

• We have a team of 19 from the University of Indianapolis serving on a medical team in the city of Yantzaza from May 8-23, 2013.  So far, this team has seen 452 patients (236 of those were under 18 years old).  The dental team cared for 58 people and the pharmacy was filled 1,321 prescriptions.  But the best news is we now have 235 new brothers and sisters in Christ! 

Haiti

• We have a girl traveling to Cap Haitien from May 14-June 4, 2013.

• We have a work/medical team going to Cap Haitien from Olney, IL traveling May 25 - June 1, 2013.

Please join us in prayer for this teams as they serve overseas.  Pray for them, the people the come in contact with, their families they left back at home, and the good works they are preforming.

Amazing Ministry Results!

Below is an email I received from a leader of a team that took a 9 people to share the Gospel in Haiti.  Thank you for your prayers and partnering with us to make ministry like this possible!

This team was made up of 8 young adults, 30 yoa and younger plus myself.  There was one 15 year old youth on this team.  They had gone through evangelism training with me prior to the trip.  I met the team in Miami and accompanied them to Haiti.   We did  4 days of evangelism and radio distribution.  One of those days was in a prison.   This team did an outstanding work.

There was at least 61 precious souls who were reconciled to God on this trip. We shared with about 450 prisoners.  There was no way to determine and count commitments made there.

There was at least 702 people who heard the Good News of Jesus Christ face to face.

We distributed 294 radios and connected at least that many families to the minsitry of 4VEH.  If we figure 5  people in a family, that is 1230 people.  If we figure 10 to include a few neighbors that is almost 3000 people who have access to the Haitian New Testament and the every day ministry of 4VEH.  WOW!!!  Praise the Lord.

As for the team -  We all fell more in love with the Lord and His Good News for others. We all gained passion and confidence for sharing that Good News.  We grew in our love for God, for Haiti and were all touched and changed by the Lord in different ways.   To borrow some words from a Haitian who was thanking me for something - My mouth is too small to really express how God worked in our hearts through Haiti and the people of Haiti.

TWIST- 05/13/2013

This Week In Short-Term Missions:  

Caribbean

• We have a group of 5 working in the Caribbean from May 4-22, 2013.

Ecuador

• We have a team of 19 from the University of Indianapolis serving on a medical team in the city of Yantzaza from May 8-23, 2013.  (I have posted some pictures from this team below.)

Haiti

• We have a girl traveling to Cap Haitien from May 14-June 4, 2013.

Please join us in prayer for this teams as they serve overseas.  Pray for them, the people the come in contact with, their families they left back at home, and the good works they are preforming.

Pictures from our Ecuador Team:

Always Be On The Lookout!

Below is an account from a team we sent to Haiti that got stuck in the DFW airport because they missed their flight due to weather.

Well we were all disappointed when we missed the flight and had to spend the night in Dallas and so was I.  Buttttt God had other ideas. While setting at the computer bar to plug in the i-pad to charge and look at pictures I had the chance to visit with this young girl. Megan goes to school in New Mexico where her father lives, her mother lives in New York so a broken family. As we visited I could feel an empty heart and we visited a little on her spiritual live. Megan had attended a Catholic school and taken all the right studies etc but had no idea that God wanted her to be His child. I had a Gideon New Testament that had been given to me just before leaving home. I am a Gideon but didn't have a testament with me. I used this little New Testament to show her several verses of God's love and plan for her. She then asked if I had another that she could have. I told her that I didn't but she could have that one and she just smiled. I then asked her if she would  like to take Christ as her Saviour.  She said "I don't know why not". It was very touching to hear her pray a very simple but from the heart pray asking Christ to forgive and to fill her life. 

Megan was alone in the airport and staying the night as she had missed her plane also. I asked her if she wanted to sleep with our group as we had a girl in the group with us and an extra cot. I didn't want to see her alone all night in a large airport. She smiled again and said sure. Please pray that her life will be changed and her walk with God will glorify HIM.   Guess it wan't so bad to miss the flight.

Thank you for your prayers for this team and the many other we send out on a weekly basis.   Isn't it cool how God works in mysterious ways?  Always be on the lookout for opportunities to share you faith.

New Brother In Christ

I received this update from our team working in Port-au-Prince this morning.  What an amazing way to start off the day.  Thank you for praying for these teams.

Bon swa!
Greetings everyone!  We had another nice, warm day in Gressier.  Brother Glenn started us out this morning by sharing his testimony.   Eddie, one of the family members who will be living in home #37 and who has been working with us the last couple weeks, came forward to accept Jesus.  The work that was done the rest of the day sure seemed to pale in significance compared to having a new brother in Christ today.

For home #38, the trusses were set, the perlins and brace system were installed, and the metal roof was attached.  We were short one piece of metal to finish the roof cap, but we should have that tomorrow for installation.  The Haitian crew, with some of the team's help, continued work on the spackling for #38.  Over on home #39, the final touches on the foundation wall forms were made, steel installed, then the wall was poured.  After lunch, the forms for the foundation were pulled, site excavating was done, and materials were moved in place for the next construction steps.

Plans for tomorrow are to install the ceiling system for #38, and start building the walls, door frames and trusses for #39.  The team continues to have great opportunities to interact and share Christ's love with many others.  We are grateful for those opportunities.  We are also praising Jesus for a fantastic day!  

Thanks for your prayers.

Here are a few pictures I received from this team too.

TWIST: 02/11/2013

This Week In Short-Term Missions:  

Haiti

• A team of 7 is working with an orphange in Jeremie, Haiti from February 7-14.

• A couple is traveling to Cap Haitien, Haiti from February 7-April 16.  They will help us take care of the teams traveling to Haiti to aid in ministry.  This is an answer to prayer because the couple that usually helps with this had some medical issues that would not be healed until April.

• A group of 18 is traveling to Port-au-Prince to work on building houses 38 and 39 for our Homes for Haiti Project from February 9-17.  

• A team from Dayton, Ohio is traveling to Port-au-Prince to help finish up house 39 and lay the foundation for futures houses from Febraury 16-24.

• Another team is traveling to Jeremie to finish up work there from February 16-27.

Ecuador

• We have a group of ladies headed to Camp Pallatanga to help with a teenage ministry camp from January 31-February 18.

Please join us in prayer for this teams as they serve overseas.  Pray for them, the people the come in contact with, their families they left back at home, and the good works they are preforming.

TWIST: 02/04/2013

This Week In Short-Term Missions:  

Haiti

• We have a group of 7 traveling to Jeremie, Haiti to help work at an orphanage from January 30-February 7.

• We have a group of 19 mostly from North Dakota traveling to Port-au-Prince to build a house for our Homes for Haiti project from February 2-10.

• A group of 18 will be traveling to Port-au-Prince to work on building houses 38 and 39 for our Homes for Haiti Project from February 9-17.  This team is scheduled to fly out of the Northeast where the blizzard will hit.  Please pray for travel mercies.

Ecuador

• We have a group of ladies headed to Camp Pallatanga to help with a teenage ministry camp from January 31-February 18.

Please join us in prayer for this teams as they serve overseas.  Pray for them, the people the come in contact with, their families they left back at home, and the good works they are preforming.

Below are some pictures I have received from the North Dakota group that is currently working in Haiti.