Itineration is Coming

The first term of ministry for The Brown Family is quickly drawing to a close. Our next itineration cycle will begin in May 2009. In less than six months our assignment with Book of Hope will be complete and we will be back in the Peninsular Florida district, going from church to church to share the great things that God has done and is going to do through our ministry.

Our current term of ministry has been exciting and productive. In spite of a difficult fight with cancer, Wayne has been able to travel the world with Book of Hope, coming alongside pastors and lay ministry leaders on nearly every continent. Those travels have seen him reaching out to various communities with teaching and preaching, encouraging believers to reach their own communities for Christ and equipping them to use the Book of Hope movie called The GodMan in their evangelistic endeavors. Through The GodMan, we have seen over 15 million children and youth reached with the gospel message.

Our transition from ministry to itineration will also include a major change in assignment – an assignment that will result in our moving to Bangkok, Thailand. In Thailand, Wayne will be able to leverage his experience at Book of Hope to help the Thailand Assemblies of God and our Thai missionary fellowship to develop a media ministry program. That new media program will provide powerful new tools to reach the people of Thailand with the gospel.

The Brown family will have the additional blessing of working with the Mobilization International Ministry Experience. MIME will be a full-time internship program for Assemblies of God university students in their sophomore or junior years. The program allows students to gain practical missions and ministry experience while completing their educational requirements through distance learning. We will be working to build a family environment where students work, play, and minister together. This part of our assignment will allow us to serve as house parents to these college students while they are away from home. Those who know of our nearly 20-years as foster parents know how much this opportunity means to us.

The start of our itineration will be here before we realize it, so it is time for Wayne to start the process of calling pastors to scheduling services and meetings. Due to the urgency of the needs in Thailand, our new Area Director has asked us to shorten the upcoming itineration cycle and be on the field by the end of 2009. We will be working aggressively to schedule every service opportunity from May 1 through mid-December 2009. We need to be in services every Sunday morning, Sunday evening, and Wednesday evening throughout this period. We are also looking for opportunities to minister in banquets, conferences, and small group meetings throughout the week and on the weekends. Finally, we are looking for opportunities to come and visit with pastors and ministry leadership who can help us in reaching our schedule and support goals.

We need to raise about $4,000 in new monthly commitments and over $40,000 in cash during seven months of itineration. In addition, we have been asked to raise $35,000 toward the construction program that will build the residentual facilities for the students and for our family. We must raise all of these funds by the end of November 2009 in order for us to receive our field clearances in time for a year-end departure. There are three things you can do now will help us to reach our scheduling and support goals:

1. Pray! Seek the Lord for how He would like you and your church to respond.
2. Schedule! Send an email to Wayne indicating that you want us to call you right away to schedule a service or meeting. This will help us prioritize our calling schedule.
3. Give! Take a proactive step toward helping us accomplish our goals by giving a financial gift to our ministry and making a commitment of monthly support now.

• Financial gifts can be made online via credit card at https://secure1.ag.org/contributions/detail.cfm?LedgerID=D228E68B-633B-45AC-8D69-12C1E4146351.
• Pledges for monthly support can be made at http://worldmissions.ag.org/agwm_commit_form.cfm?AcctNo=293917.
• A pledge form can be downloaded at http://worldmissions.ag.org/downloads/PDF/commit_form_s.pdf and either emailed, faxed, or mailed according to the instructions on the form.
• Checks can be mailed to:
  Assemblies of God World Missions
  1445 North Boonville Avenue
  Springfield, MO 65802-1894
  When mailing a financial gift, be sure to designate “Wayne Brown – 293917” on the memo line.

Thank you for helping us to bring the good news to all the people of Thailand. We look forward to connecting with you very soon. If you have any questions, please contact Wayne at 954-673-6946 or 954-724-3026. We appreciate any help you can give us in this effort.