Spring 2012 Update

Dear Friends and Ministry Partners,

We hope your Easter season was filled with God’s grace and the power of the Risen Lord.  We were able to enjoy Easter Sunday brunch with Tara, John, and Jace, and then share Easter worship with them at their church, so our hearts are filled with gratitude.  Please find below some brief comments concerning what we are up to through our ministry in Venezuela and Costa Rica.    

Thank you for your prayer support and your financial support.  We are deeply appreciative of both.  We count it a joy and privilege to partner with you in what the Spirit is up to in Venezuela and Costa Rica.  Moreover, we could not do this without your support.  Your prayers are our spiritual lifeline, and we can guarantee you that they make a difference.  Likewise, your financial support makes it possible for us to devote ourselves full time to this work, and as you will see below, this has allowed the ministry to flourish.  We are grateful for your partnership with us.

Much Love Dan and Nancy

·        The ministry is Venezuela is Expanding!  Not only have we added an extension campus (Nirgua) to the Wesleyan Seminary of Venezuela, but we are also feeling strongly led by the Spirit to add a Master’s program.  This is keeping Dan and Warren very busy with curriculum planning, recruitment of faculty, and course preparation.  Please pray for discernment and clarity as this process continues.

·        Dan will be teaching a course on Colossians in April and May at the extension campus in Nirgua – he will also host Leroy Lindsey to teach a course (Holiness in the Old Testament) in May at the main campus.

·        We will celebrate Dan’s Ph.D. graduation in Wilmore, KY on May 19^th!

·        At the end of May, Dan will be translating for a course at the main campus on Pastoral Counseling that will be taught by Jim Powell and Jim Seaton.  In early June he will host David Cosby for a week of classes on Holiness in the New Testament.

·        June will bring the North Georgia Annual Conference, followed by Dan and Nancy flying to Costa Rica to share in mission team ministry with the Due West UMC.  In addition to serving with two mission teams, Dan has been invited to teach two evangelism workshops while in Costa Rica: one in Guapiles and one in San Jose.  This will be a first-time experience for Dan, and we are grateful for God opening up these doors.

·        We will return to Venezuela in late July.  Dan will teach a course on the Gospel of John and later in August he will translate for a course on the Book of Acts.

·        We will also celebrate the third graduating class and the 10^th anniversary of the Seminary in August, so we are very excited about this.  We will have more than a dozen new graduates.

Thank you again for your prayer support and your financial support.  To give, please make your check payable to VNI, write “Project 3455” on the memo line, and mail to: VNI, P. O. Box 1655, Duluth, GA  30096.

Much Love, Dan and Nancy