2015 New Year Greetings

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Fieldnotes coverHappy New Year! We at GoodSeed want to thank the Lord for his guidance and provision in 2014 and we look forward to how he will direct our ministry in the coming year.

If you haven’t already done so, please download a free copy of Fieldnotes: stories of the gospel transforming lives. (The book is available as a PDF, epub or mobi file.) May the stories of ordinary believers bringing people to Christ inspire you to also be an ambassador for Christ to those God has placed in your lives. You have unique opportunities to reach into lives of friends, family, neighbours and loved ones. Prayerfully watch for those opportunities to give away the gospel message or guide someone through the Bible.

Let’s all continue to embrace our roles as ambassadors in 2015.

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Christmas Greetings

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Christmas illustration from The Story that MattersWarmest Christmas greetings in the name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

As we reflect on all that has happened in 2014, we are very thankful for the way that the Lord has led and worked in our ministry, enabling us to reach more people with the gospel and to provide tools and training for ordinary believers, missionaries and pastors to share the good news of Christ.

We are very mindful of supporters like you who have prayed for us, given financially and even worked on projects with us. Thank you so much for being our partners. The work that we do is not possible without your unfailing support.

As we look forward to the new year with expectant hearts, may we as the body of Christ, continue to embrace the privilege of sharing the gospel with friends, family and loved ones.

From all of us at GoodSeed, we wish you a very blessed Christmas season!

Hope coming over the airwaves

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Tea plantation in Sri LankaEarlier this year in June, we shared about our partnership with TWR in Sri Lanka. They had translated By This Name into Sinhala and were reading out the book in a weekly radio broadcast. They had a good response to the program as listeners called and wrote in to say how much they had learned about God.

Since then, TWR has continued to faithfully broadcast the program. The readers read out the Sinhala script and the program also plays appropriate worship songs. The power of radio is that it can reach into the lives of people living in remote areas who either have no access to books or who are unable to read. Just recently, TWR sent us more messages that they had received from people who called in.

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Recording of “By This Name” audiobook

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By This Name audiobook recording
This is our audio studio. We have the director and our audio engineer in the main area. In the recording booth are our two voice talents.

We have had many requests for a new English audiobook and so we thank God for helping us start production on an audiobook version of By This Name. This is an important project as we recognize that in today’s world of growing biblical illiteracy, By This Name is well designed to answer the questions of those who have an Eastern, postmodern, or atheistic worldview.

We had several parameters for the project:

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Friendship with neighbours blossoms into opportunities

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When the Lord brings unsaved people into our lives, it is sometimes difficult to know when is the right time to share the gospel. This is when we must be prayerfully sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s direction. At times, it seems the Lord asks us to wait, patiently attuned to his timing. This is what the Martins* learned as they desired to minister to their new neighbours.

Bob* remembers clearly when Jessica and Chris moved in across the street a few years ago. The young couple had invited their friends and new neighbours to an open house. Bob and his wife, Martha, who view every relationship as a potential for blessing others with Christ, saw this occasion as a good opportunity to establish a relationship with these newcomers to their community.

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My grandkids actually paid attention!

Reading a book vs electronic entertainment

Computers, televisions, video games and smart phones monopolize children’s attention these days. So accustomed are they to the allure of a glowing screen that one wonders if something as simple—something as “old fashioned”—as a book can even hold a child’s attention?

We have found that, time and again, there is still nothing quite like a parent, grandparent, or other trusted adult sitting down, opening the pages of a book and reading aloud. Even in this digital age, young imaginations are swept along into a good story. Reading is still a captivating and highly effective way for children to learn.

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