What an incredible journey that we are on.

All night prayer for all nations on Saturday night and then a wonderful memorial service for a precious saint that has gone to be with the Lord.

An afternoon potluck, breaking bread as the Salt & Light family, then gospel blues, the Word of God, testimonies and prayer.

Today was our first day to see the baby rabbits that were born about two days ago, then off to the garden to plant beets and snap peas, help a young girl get items for the backpacks she bought for the homeless and taught a woman how to run the soundboard for their church family that will be meeting at the fellowship center next Sunday.

Our local farmer friend finished planting the last of the fields of sweet corn that the Harvest Kids will be selling this fall to raise the money to finish building the primary school in central Uganda in Africa.

The last couple of hours we spent with other concerned citizens from our community to educate ourselves on the Constitution and encourage one another in doing the work that God has called each of us to do for our community and to the nations.    

“From: Janice Carlson <info@2021-city-bestof-notification.net>
Date: June 1, 2021 at 10:08:34 PM PDT
To: Harvest Vision Ministries <ted.brockmann@yahoo.com>
Subject: Best of Sedro-Woolley Awards – Harvest Vision Ministries

It is our pleasure to inform you that Harvest Vision Ministries has been selected as the Winner for the 2021 Best of Sedro-Woolley Awards in the category of Religious Organization. Notification to other award winners in Sedro-Woolley will be made over the next several weeks. After all award recipients have been notified, we will post the complete list of winners on our website.”

     “Many thanks on behalf of everyone that has worked with and supported Harvest Vision Ministries, especially during these last 15 months. With everyone’s help we have been able to meet the needs of many people and families that have struggled with the isolation, loneliness and simply trying to meet their basic needs. At the same time, we have been able to continue our ongoing support for evangelism, teaching, starting new church families and helping meet the basic needs of our co-laborers in central Africa, Mexico, El Salvador and other locations in the USA.

     We are grateful for our community and for the opportunity to serve. We also acknowledge the contributions of the many individuals and families in our community who have bravely chosen to serve others during this time of uncertainty and unrest.”

Sincerely, Harvest Vision Ministries

We received the report this morning that our admin coordinator’s husband just got out of the hospital where he had been hospitalized with covid. She herself is pregnant 7 months and had covid but they are ok.

This morning she put out her request to all the coordinators to send in their April and May outreach reports, apologizing for not getting their April reports because their home had caught on fire.

The first responder to the request this morning was Augustin from Goma, DRCongo.

They just went through the volcano eruption and earthquake tremors that destroyed many parts of the city and he had sent his wife and 7 children to begin travel many miles to find safety with a relative. He chose to remain in Goma to help others and is back at their home.

“We finished to buy all the bricks needed all the sand we paid some money to Engineer some iron bars to make the basement concrete stones even marram soil for the foundation cement. the money was over but the foundation was kicked off.”

Charles & Meriam, serve as the central Uganda coordinators in Kayunga. They help build church families, coordinate outreach crusades, oversee the Bible school and farming projects and are currently using their support for a gospel radio show that is now bringing many to salvation. Work was just completed on a new larger building to accommodate the growing fellowship, with the idea of using the smaller older structure for a children’s ministry. The Lord had already spoken to Charles to start a primary school for the children, so we purchased a property adjacent to the existing property for that purpose. With the shutdown and the poor opportunities offered at the government school, the priority of starting the school was shifted to start at the next term instead of waiting until the next year, The government and others had shown little or no concern for children, so some Muslim families decided the only ones that care about their children are the born-again Christians and had shared that with Pr. Charles. Pr. Charles approached the District Education Officer and received permission to make some improvements to the older building, including a proper toilet and the school could begin on the agreement the new building would be available by the end of the year. We were able to send money to help meet those requirements and textbooks were bought by the Harvest Kids from the USA. Eighty students, including 25 Christian and 35 Muslims are registered, teachers on staff, and school has started. We are excited about this door that God has opened for us. Unexpectedly, the District Education Officer, under some pressure, visited and has changed the agreement and is now demanding that construction begins within four weeks or they will shut down the school. The budget for the 2 classrooms and office for 45 students in each class is $13,590: building $4,110, roof $3,900, doors and windows $1,780 and plaster $3,800. We have received the $4,110 and are trusting God for the remainder.

“Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

(Matthew 19:14)

If you would like to make a donation, they can be made online at www.myegiving/hvm or the “electronic giving” on the home page of the www.harvestvisionministries.org website. You can also mail donations to Harvest Vision Ministries, PO Box 733, Sedro Woolley, WA, 98284. All donations are tax-deductible and help advance the gospel of Jesus Christ and build His Kingdom.