Hume Lake Christian Camps…

May 6-11, Judy and I had the awesome privilege to serve with a community of believers at Hume Lake Christian camps. Men on a Mission (and women too) from Emmanuel Faith Community Church in Escondido CA have been making the trip to Hume for 20 years to serve the camp by preparing things for the coming summer camps. Did you know this camp hosts 20,000 campers each summer? This was our first time to join in this annual event. It was an excellent experience to be part of a community of over 300 people to bless this camp. Kids to seniors joined in and got “down and dirty”. I served with a group of guys in the auto shop, some of us pulling a runout engine out of a pick-up truck and replacing with a good used one. I enjoyed serving along with Mike and Larry, helping Scott the full-time Hume auto mechanic.

50 years ago as a 6th grader, I came to Wagon Train camp and stayed in one of these wagons. That summer I received Jesus as my Savior and began an incredible journey of growing in Jesus and serving Him all over the world.

Judy did several things. She started with pulling apart foam mattresses to make a bumpy surface which would be attached to a portable wooden set and painted to look like lava rocks. It was finger breaking, so she tried raking pine needles and found that feet breaking (not literally), so she found her place in painting fluorescent paint on silk leaves to add to the rock scene.  Doing this gave us the wonderful opportunity to connect with new people, new friends, all part of this community called, The Body of Christ.

The camp is in the Sequoia National Forest, right next to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, so we took some time after camp to visit them both. What amazing beauty and contrasts exist in both places.  God sure is creative.

Thanks again for praying for us as we traveled in CA and shared about our new Wycliffe ministry and inviting others to partner with us. Did you know that since 2016 the number of visits to ScriptureEarth.org has doubled each year and as of this April have already doubled from 2017? You are having that effect as you pray and support our Wycliffe ministry. People are finding the Scriptures in their heart language.

Thanks! Please keep praying for more people to join our Wycliffe prayer and financial team. We are still 15% short of our Wycliffe required budget.

Jim and Judy McCabe

We just got back to Tucson!  It was a great trip that’s not over yet. 9000 miles in 77 days so far. Our last update was from Orlando, FL to Houston, TX. From there we had several great appointments in the Dallas area, one in Norman, OK. Ten days worth of appointments in Wichita, KS. Several in Western Kansas. One in Los Animas, CO. Two in Albuquerque, NM. A stop in Show Low, AZ and White Mt. Apache cultural center and then home to Tucson.            Red is what we have already done in the last 77 days. Blue is the next phase.

We won’t go into extensive detail about our travels here, except to say they were beyond our expectations. We are convinced this is the season for ScriptureEarth.org. The technology is in place for this treasure chest of jewels to be given away around the world. We have given out over 2,500 ScriptureEarth cards and sent cards to several who wanted more to share in their community.  On average it only took us about five minutes to explain what ScriptureEarth.org is and our desire to promote it so people can have access to the Scriptures in their heart language. God provided many opportunities to talk with Churches, Christian organizations, Christian schools who had foreign students saw the value right off. We talked to other Wycliffe members, a Dallas radio station announcer, many Wycliffe ministry partners, pastors, and many new people. Once we shared it, we would “green light” ideas of how they or their church could use ScriptureEarth.org. Pastors and friends have given us names of people in other towns who have ministries or a church outreach to those who grew up not speaking English. If we were talking to a pastor we would suggest they put it in their bulletin, on the screen up front on Sunday morning, make an announcement about it from the pulpit, put it on their church web or FB page, insert in their email signature, business card,  print cards for the members to hand out at opportune times, etc. You too can share this with your pastor!

Some of our meetings were planned, but many were just great opportunities. Sometimes when driving by a church we would get a God nudge, “Go there”. We stopped to see what God had lined up. At one of our meetings, a pastor gave us a contact with a Syrian woman who works with Somalians. He was involved with BOTT radio and gave us the idea for putting Public Service Announcements on for-profit radio stations across the USA, for free.

A God thing happened in Garden City, KS. A Wichita pastor said he had a sister church in Garden City and we should go see them. We had forgotten about it as we drove around the outside of Garden City.  Judy wanted a coffee. We looked for the closest McD’s location and as we were heading to it God led us right past the church we had forgotten about. We laughed as we stopped in and talked to the wife of the pastor, as he was out on a call. She was very excited about ScriptureEarth.org.

Additional funding is coming in as individuals have joined our partnership team and some present partners have increased their donations to Wycliffe for our ministry. A few churches have asked important questions about our Wycliffe ministry budget and funding and we are waiting to hear back from them. Keep praying!  God wants this work accomplished and He will provide all of our needs in His timing. If God is urging you to get on board with our Wycliffe ministry as financial or prayer partners, don’t delay. It’s a great adventure you don’t want to miss.

***Prayer request***

Wednesday morning my (Jim) right knee, the one I had a partial replacement done in 2014, swelled up like a big grapefruit. Hurt like the dickens and was very difficult to walk on. I didn’t do anything, except drive 9000 miles in 77 days. But that couldn’t have done it, could it? Praise God, I got a Doc appointment for Monday morning.  If the knee thing goes well, (Doc says wear a brace for the next month), we will head to California the end of next week for another month of Partnership Development (PD). If the knee thing does not go well, (Doc says surgery now), then we’ll be around a while; deviate from our California plan and do whatever else God has planned for us.

Fantastic!

Traveling across this country meeting with you has been fantastic! At each meeting, each appointment, each church, you were supportive. Your excitement over this new Scripture access program, ScriptureEarth.org, which we will be representing is very encouraging to us. Several of you have joined our prayer team and either increased your financial partnership or started partnering with our Wycliffe ministry. We still have 18% yet to go to be at 100% of the Wycliffe budget.

Red is where we have been and blue is our proposed next route.

Keep praying for us:

• Stamina
• Clarity of our message
• No more vehicle problems
• Safety on the road
• Good health
• Our thankfulness is communicated
• More speaking opportunities.
• Reach 100 % of our Wycliffe ministry budget

God is GOOD! We are grateful! You are a wonderfully supportive team!

If you’d like to join our Wycliffe ministry prayer or finance team;

Donations can be made or commit to pray for us online at https://www.wycliffe.org/partner/JimandJudyMcCabe   Checks may be made out to Wycliffe Bible Translators and sent to Wycliffe Bible Translators, PO Box 628200, Orlando, FL 32862-8200. Please include a separate note indicating, “Preference for the Wycliffe ministry of Jim and Judy McCabe, account #221793.” 

The headquarters for Wycliffe USA is located in Orlando, FL. We have been coming here every four years or so for meetings or training or because we have Wycliffe ministry partners in the area. It’s always encouraging to hear and see what’s happening.

Above photo is looking south from the Wycliffe Discovery Center. It’s a world-class visitors center all about Bible Translation. If you come to the Orlando area, this is a must-see.     https://www.wycliffe.org/discovery-center

The above video is our Wycliffe 2017 year in review.

https://wycliffe.bible/annualreport/?utm_source=pardot&utm_medium=enews&utm_campaign=02VIDANNUAL01

If the video isn’t clear on the blog, click the link above and it will take you to Youtube.

Scripture in the heart language…. www.ScriptureEarth.org

Pray with us:

• More opportunities to speak about this transforming global work and how people can get involved through partnering with our Wycliffe ministry. Together we can reach the 1.5 billion who still need God’s Word in their heart language.
• Safety as we travel from Orlando to Houston, up to Wichita, and on to California.
• God’s provision of a new computer.

There are three types or groups of people we like to expose ScritpureEarth.org  to.

1. Individuals who want to reach out to non-native English speakers.

2. Individuals who are non-native English speakers.

3. Organisations who want to reach out to non-native English speakers.

The method of doing it is about the same. The first 30 seconds is spent helping them realize we are not trying to sell them anything. The next minute and a half are spent telling and showing them what it is. (Yes, it is that easy) The next three minutes we watch their eyes grow large as they really start to comprehend (either) (A) just how big and powerful this website is. (or) (B) they are shocked that someone has taken the time to learn and write down their heart language.

If it’s (A) just how big and powerful this website is. Then the following minutes are spent “Greenlighting”. First, they are realizing all the different ways they can start using this site to get people connected to the Bible. Then they transition to telling us we need to go and connect with, this person, that person, this organization and that church/pastor.  It’s an idea frenzy taking place, words are flowing fast. We are feverishly writing down all their suggested contact ideas and their contact information. Then after X-amount of time, we are all depleted, happy and content. Something special just happened and they know they are a part of something very BIG coming down the road!

If it’s (B) they are shocked that someone has taken the time to learn and write down their heart language. Then as they look at our smartphone and see the Bible or New Testament are really in their language, that there is the Bible in audio.  Then they see the “Jesus film” video, and study aids and at time volumes of information in their heart language. They are visibly excited about this new gold mine they have just discovered. They want the business card we have that has the web address. Then they want several more to give to friends and family. At times they have many more questions at times they are at work and must get back to it.

If it’s (3) an organization, church/pastor. They normally go with the (A) just how big and powerful this website is. We don’t have a lot of experience with this category yet.  In fact, only three so far. But, three positive events. All three gave us an invite to come back and share more.

Please keep this new ministry in your prayers. That God will use it in a powerful way to bring people to Himself. Please pray that the funding for our Wycliffe ministry budget will come in quickly. God has specific individuals and churches He wants on our team. Maybe you are one of them. Ask God, then walk boldly in what He tells you to do.