Newsletter

November / December 2023

Prayer Requests

  • Please pray for God’s favor on Enlistment of Churches for HNA in this New Year to come!
  • Please pray for our HNA Board of Directors as they carry out all the mission and tasks of the work.
  • Please pray for our Nation that we would look to our God in all things.
  • As always, please pray for the continued strength, encouragement, and support of Harvest North America.
  • Many of us have friends and family with special health challenges. Please pray for our Partners in the Gospel that God will meet them right at the point of their need.

  • Thank you for your fervent prayers!


    Happy Valentine's Day!
    May Your Hearts Be Filled With God's Love


    Valentine’s Day or Saint Valentine’s Day, through a little research, reveals all kinds of explanations for the existence of that day. So, with some focus on the word saint, contrary to some teaching that a person becomes a saint after that person dies and that saints are named by man, not in the bible. In the bible, the word saint refers to those who are alive and who are believers in the Lord Jesus. Through our faith in the blood of Christ, we are saints.

    In this special month of hearts and love, February, let’s focus on the one who loved us so unconditionally that He gave His life so that we could become the “…children of God…” 1 John 3:1. And as we continue in His love, let’s pray for opportunities to share The Good News all across our homeland, beginning with our friends and family members who are without Christ. Talk with your Pastor about having a Harvest Project. Give him HNA’s website and ask him to give me a call.

    As HNA takes on a Church Growth approach through personal evangelism, we know the responsibility of such a great task is way more than we can do. I still stop and ask the Father, how can we get it all done? The answer is in Mark 10:27 “…With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.” God has given HNA a tremendous responsibility, and for those He has chosen to be a part of this work, He has equipped. In 1Thessalonians1:5 “For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance.” We find that He has given us all the tools to accomplish the task of sharing Jesus.

    In the midst of all the mechanics of the work of HNA, God shows up and presents us with a venue we didn’t even expect. Please pray for a God-sized opportunity in West Orlando Baptist Church in Winter Garden, FL; please be in prayer as we work towards this project and the doors that God is opening for us in this new year. Pray that each of us will stand ready to meet the opportunities in this coming year!

    Carolyn and I, along with the HNA Board, want to say ‘Thank You’ for ‘Your Partnership in the Gospel.’ We pray His blessings on each one of you, and may together we see God’s blessings on the work of Harvest North America throughout the USA in this New Year! Join us as we pray for needed leadership for HNA.

    In Christ love,
    Doyle and Carolyn

    Harvest Zoom in Christ Project Update


    A side note from Moacir’s Report, our Harvest Zoom in Christ project with the Baptist Brazilian Church in Illinois, seems to have become not only a continuous project, but it is reaching out to Brazil and Brazil is stepping up to share their faith in our HNA Zoom in Christ project!

    September 21st, the Pastor called Moacir and said he had a couple who wanted to hear about Christ.  They only spoke Portuguese and Moacir needed a couple to share with them.  He spoke with a connection he has in Baptist community in Brazil and they had the perfect couple.

    Long story short, the couple in Brazil witnessed to the couple in Chicago, IL who both received Christ as their personal Savior!  We can’t wait to see how God will continue to use HNA through Zoom in Christ!

    So, in the first portion of this HNA Zoom in Christ Project with Chicago, 7 people came to know our Lord!!!  Can you only imagine the celebration that is still taking place, not only here, but in heaven?

    His Blessings,
    Carolyn

    Harvest Zoom in Christ Report
    from Moacir Rodrigues

    HNA had a confirmed project with the Chicago Baptist Brazilian Church in Illinois for March 2020. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the world encountered uncertain times and we had to postpone the in person project that was planned to protect the health of our participants and the church.

    In June 2020, we discussed and agreed upon a new pilot project called “Zoom in Christ”. Instead of in-person visits, we would be making virtual visits via Zoom. God is great, so the possibilities of sharing the Gospel are endless. We agreed to share with three different group.

    On July 29, 2020, we conducted our first/pilot Zoom visit (first group). Doyle, Moacir, and Pastor Ademir shared the Gospel with Anderson. 

    On August 26, 2020, we conducted our last Zoom in Christ for the first group.

    The results for the first group:

    • We spoke with a total of 13 people for the first group.
    • The first group for the pilot project took place over 27 days.
    • The pilot project was 100% successful. Anderson (our very first visit) later went to church to share his own testimony and was baptized on September 13, 2020.
    • Nine people rededicated their lives to Christ, began attending church, and returned to God’s word.
    • Five accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
    • Two people were baptized on September 13, 2020. The church took them out to dinner on Saturday night to discuss the baptism for Sunday (please see the picture below). During my Zoom meeting* with the church leaders on Sunday morning, I was given permission share the picture.
    • 38% got saved out of 100% of our dedication to share the gospel.
    • We covered three continents (North America, South America, & Europe) with this Zoom in Christ project.
    • We worked in four countries (USA, Brazil, Germany, and Switzerland).

    After meeting with church leaders on September 13, 2020, we will begin group two (people who have been a bit more hesitant to hear the gospel) on September 14, 2020. I made the completion date for this second portion of the project as October 10, 2020.

    Upon completion of group two, we will evaluate and report. Then we will begin group three (people who are against the gospel). The plan is to complete this third portion of the project by mid-November.

     

    The Best Is Yet Come!

    Picture during the Zoom with Chicago Church

    A Tribute to Jerry German

    I Corinthians 15:58 ……….”steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord…….”

    For those who knew Jerry, they will give testimony to the fact of his living out this Scripture.

    Jerry served faithfully as a Board Member of Harvest North America.  Still water runs deep and that was Jerry. We could always count on him if we needed anything.

    Jerry was an awesome Husband and Dad to his Family and to me and Carolyn, he was always our very dear friend. We will miss him, but we know that we will be with him again in Glory when we too see our Lord.