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HOLDING HIGH GOD'S WORD TO OUR NATIVE NATIONS!!

July 2008

Dear Friend of CHIEF ,

I am so grateful for your love and compassion for our Native American/First Nations people.  My heart bleeds for the way Satan has held many of our tribes in his grip for thousands of years.  Will they ever be set free?  Yes, they will if we keep faithfully holding forth the Word of Life and patiently demonstrating the love of Jesus before them.  Through your loving kindness, intercessory prayers and financial support our CHIEF team members are going to scores of reservations, colonies, villages and camps throughout the Americas this summer to preach and teach God's word.  Thank you for being a vital part of our CHIEF Team.

150 APACHE INDIANS COME TO CHRIST

The Lord opened a great door of opportunity to arrange a reservation-wide basketball clinic on the White Mountain reservation located in Northeastern Arizona.  Bay Forrest, a six foot seven inch, former player for the Phoenix Suns was there to give his testimony and share the gospel.  Three robust football players came from the famous Oklahoma Sooner team to tell their conversion stories.  The entire basketball team and coach from Southwestern College in Phoenix, Arizona came to witness for Christ and help train the youth in basketball.  Praise God, for all the effort Brian and Nikki Kirby and our other CHIEF Team members put into this outreach because the Lord rewarded us one hundred and fifty fold.

DISCIPLESHIP SESSION FOR 50 NATIVE WOMEN

The women came from the Quechan, Yuma, Apache, Navajo, Hopi, Hualapai, Cherokee and Kiowa tribes.  Bernita Gunn, wife of Dr. Julian Gunn (former CHIEF Chairman for 20 years) from Albuquerque, New Mexico was our speaker.  She spoke from her heart on the topic, "Searching the Scriptures for God's treasures" taken from Matthew 6:33.  Bernita emphasized the discipline that must be a part of our daily lives to read God's Word, to obey God's Word and to live God's Word.  The women were truly blessed and went home with a great insight into the Bible and with a strong desire to find God's Treasures and share it with their friends and family.

HELP FOR HOPI BELIEVERS

When you meet the very gracious, humble, happy Hopi Indians... you can't help but love them.  Even if you're a stranger, they'll invite you into their home and give you a drink of water to quench your thirst from traveling across the desert to reach their villages on the mesas.  Some will even start cooking a meal for your refreshment.  Their kindness is overwhelming!

For more than 100 years missionaries from three denominations have faithfully preached the Word of God to them.  But most of the Hopis still adhere to their own religion.  It has been a struggle to break through the strong teaching about their spirit guides, called kachinas.  Only a small number in the tribe have come to know Christ.  If the Hopis live on the mesas when they accept Christ, they are persecuted and some are even asked to leave their mesas, homes, family and friends.

Today there are approximately seven evangelical churches on the reservation for 10,000 Hopis in the tribe.  During the past year CHIEF has heard the Macedonian call, "Come over and help us" (Acts 16:9).  Many of the Hopi believers talked with CHIEF about the desperate need for pastors and teachers in their churches.

We were glad that CHIEF could help by sending our staff member, Nick to fill in at least once a month until we can arrange for some student interns from Phoenix Seminary this fall.  PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HOPIS!

Praise God for the spiritual harvest being reaped among the Quechua Indians in Peru!!  Our CHIEF staff members, Joshua and Missy were instrumental in translating the Jesus film into the Quechua language and now they are assisting in showing the Indian version to the villages high in the Andes mountains.  This last month they had 8 showings, 1,450 in attendance and 240 praying to ask Jesus to come into their hearts.  Please pray for Native pastors, Lorenzo, Hector, Willy and Freddy.

Once again, the greatest need in Native American Missions today is to EVANGELIZE those in need,  DISCIPLE the new believers, TRAIN pastors and Native Christian leaders and STRENGTHEN the indigenous church.  THIS IS THE VISION OF CHIEF! THIS IS THE MINISTRY OF CHIEF! THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF CHIEF!  Will you help us get the job done?  We need your involvement today!!

Yours Because We’re His

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