The Ultimate Adventure!

The Ultimate Adventure!

This is a picture of the seats were Teresa, Aunt Camille, and I usually sat on Sunday mornings in Living Word Baptist Church. It was taken after The commissioning service Sunday night. We really liked setting there, the seats were so comfortable. We were surrounded by church family and very long time friends. Life was very good on these seats. We did not want to leave these seats. “But God.”

Yes, we have left these seats and have started “The Ultimate Adventure” just like the Awanas T&T song.

“We are off on the Ultimate Adventure,
Trusting Jesus all along the way,
To the truth of God’s Word I will surrender,
No matter where I am from day to day.
In the sky, undersea, in the wild, Christ with me,
Here at home, around the world,
His love is clear to see.
Won’t you come along with me, on the Ultimate Adventure!
We will train for the mission He has for me.
As I read His Word and pray, He gives direction,
As I follow Him each and every day.”

So as of today Aunt Camille will be “here at home” and Teresa and I will be “around the world” yet we all are on the Ultimate Adventure. As Teresa and I “train for the mission He has for us” we (plus hundreds of others) will be reading “His Word” and “praying” as “He gives direction” and we “follow Him each and every day”.

As Teresa and I take the finial steps on our way to
the mission that He has for us in Romania, many people will be praying for us as we go and tell the
things we have heard about Christ to followers who can be trusted to tell others of these same truths (see 2 Timothy 2:2).
We need your prayers, as we will miss you even more then you will miss us. Yes, I do already miss those seats and the people they represent; “But God” has plans for our lives, as He does for yours. Teresa and I have chosen this day to serve God, who are you going to chose, self or Jesus? We (Teresa, Aunt Camille, and I) know it is Not an easy choice to make.

Brothers and sisters, pray for us.

It's January 15Th, the house is empty except for a love seat, 2 chairs, a bed and chest of drawers. This is quite a contrast from a four bedroom, L/R, D/R, kitchen, den; home that had been full of furniture and all the trimmings. Eleven days from now, we are having an auction to sell the remainder of our "worldly goods" which we have acquired. Actually this down-sizing experience has brought a well received feeling of freedom and relief.

The additional open space allows for extra room to spread out the suitcases as we prepare to pack for our journey. We have bags to pack that we will need in Rockville, Virginia. Then we have more bags to pack which will not be needed until we arrive in Galati, Romania. Originally we had planned to pack everything in 4 large suitcases for our move to Romania. Randy is the expert packer of the family, so early into the procedure he learned we would need a few more additional suitcases!

God has done a marvelous work in our lives since we returned home from the trip to Romania and Moldova with Living Word Baptist Church in May, 2007. After returning home in May we immediately started the application process with the IMB, was invited for interviews in October and in November received official word that the International Mission Board had approved us as Missionaries to serve in Galati, Romania. We will be back in Romania April 7, 2008, a little less than one year from the start of the application process. We give God all the praise, honor and glory.

Randy and I are so honored that God would place such a call on our lives. We fully understand that we are not capable of the great responsibility God has set before us. However, answering in obedience and willingness to His call, and by the Holy Spirit working through us; we are looking forward to giving our lives to the Lord's service. It is the desire of our hearts to help bring hope to those living without hope. To those who are living in sin and darkness we want to introduce them to Jesus Christ, the Light of the World.

We request your prayers as we face the difficult challenge of leaving behind our family, church family and friends who are so dear to us. Pray that we will allow God to always work in and through us to be about Kingdom Work, that everything we do brings glory and honor to His name. Pray for us as we seek to win the lost to Jesus Christ and then to disciple these new babes in Christ. Just simply put; we need your prayers.

Just Two Sinners Saved By Grace
Randy & Teresa Myers

1 Thessalonians 5:25
Brothers and sisters, pray for us.

Yes, We Do Serve An Amazing God

Paula,Robert,Gabriellia, and Bogdon


This afternoon as Teresa was praying after reading Troy's email to the church I got a new realization of how amazing a God we serve. As most of you know Teresa and I are going to Texas this week to meet with a group interested in helping the people of Romania. We also will get to spend time with our children, Peggy and Kelly, as well as our newly retired pastor and wife. Brother Dave has already had contact with members of the same church looking at other mission opportunities. The Sunday after Thanksgiving, after leaving Kansas City visiting the other kids Jennifer, Jason and Ryan, we went by Cameron First Baptist where we had a wonderful time of prayer, worship, and fellowship with people who not only love God but also love the people of Romania. Then we get back to Romania, via the internet,where we were praying for Bogdon and Paula and you see how all this stuff fits together just perfectly all at just the right time.


Think what if any of these pieces of this life puzzle were removed. I would have no reason to be writing this now. Brother Troy would have no reason to be asking for prayer. The mission training center would soon be an old empty building and countless lives that will soon be lives full of hope would never hear about God's Grace, The gift of His Son Jesus.

God has called us to be in His service. His schedule is not our schedule, but if we just obey Him things will come together in a miraculous way. We went to Cameron to thank and encourage them, God turned that around. We planned on retiring in just over 5 years, God's plan is not retirement at all. Bogdon's plan was to destroy himself, God's plan is for him to fight against evil not be evil. If we just do our job's and let God lead He will charge lives right before our eyes. Teresa and I are looking forward to watching God do His will in our lives and in live around us.

Please remember to ask God to continue to bless us and keep us in His will alone.
Please pray that God will give Bogdon and Paula the will to use the faith they have been given.
Please pray for Troy and his family that they can stay focused on the mission they have before them.
And pray that Prestonwood, First Baptist of Cameron, and Living Word will continue to be pleasing to God in their work in missions.

Being Thankful

I know that we are slow to blog and I have been reminded of that ( your name is safe with me). I have been living my life thinking that everyone knows more then I do, and although I find that to be true in most part, I also find that some people may not know the little piece of knowledge I have. I guess that is one of the reasons that I GO. On our last blog we sent the form back to the International Mission Board (IMB) where we had signed the form that stated we really did want to GO to Romania. Well, they did their thing and signed it and said, come on down and get ready to GO to Romania and help the Geddes teach people about Jesus.
Troy Geddes did a good job on October 28, 2007 on their blog http://seekandsave1.blogspot.com/
stating that our hearts are in Romania. So now we are getting ready to GO, and preparing to GO run our race of life as helpers to the Geddes. We have no idea what our future life on earth will bring, but I do know that at the end of this life is the beginning of our life in Heaven. Our goal is to lead as many people as God has for us to lead there. I want to have everyone, from this day forward, that God has made an appointment for us to witness to be able to say that they were told about Jesus.
We want to thank everyone for their prayers and ask you to continue to pray for us as we prepare and GO.
We want to thank our family who have been so understanding and supportive even though they have very mixed emotions, we will miss them so much. But there will be great rejoicing when we all get to Heaven. We thank our church (which is also our family), if it was not for you being in God's well we would have never got our foot in the IMB door. Speaking of doors ours will be open to you, just call us (more on Skype calling at another time). And we want to thank our friends (also family) which includes those of you who helped us make our first mission trip, where that "GO" word got so loud.
We are so thankful to God, for all these Blessings and ever so much more. Without Him how lost We would BE!

It Is In The Mail

“It Is In The Mail”

That is the statement I made in an e-mail to Angela at the IMB yesterday.
Tuesday of this past week the Staff Committee for the International Service Crops/Masters Personnel met to consider Teresa and me for service in Romania. We received the packet, (postmarked Tuesday 10-23-2007), on Saturday 10-27-2007 which read: “It is an occasion of real joy….to inform you that you have been recommended for an assignment.” There is no way to express all the feelings we have experienced this week waiting to read those words. And now that I have it, the thought that comes to my mind is “Who am I to suppose that I can go on mission with God?” I know that in Living Word Baptist Church there hundreds of people who each have many more talents, and skills, that make them better candidates for service with God than me. Yet my name is on the letter. When I look at my life and all the time and money I have wasted over the years I think why have you chosen me Lord Jesus? All I have is the gift of grace that you gave me. I have no education that equips me for this job. All I did was when the call went out, “who will go” I said “I want to.” And at that point I looked around to see who He was really talking to.

I know me, I knew I was at the end of the line when gifts were given out. I also know that I don’t have any great story to tell about my life changing experience, while others have great stories. I know that others can learn Romanian faster and better, as I have trouble speaking English. Still my name is on the letter. This letter to me, is really a wake up call to anyone that knows me, GOD CAN USE YOU!!!!

"Why are we sitting here waiting to die?” 2 Kings 7:3

If God finds a place of service in His plan for a two bit, knot head like me, just think how he would use someone like you! Do not take this the wrong way, I am greatly pleased that God is allowing me to share in the blessings of His work, but I look around at the people I know and think “why me?” The only logical answer is no one else wants these blessings. No one else will use the gifts God has given them for Him. I will say that again, You will not use the gifts God has given you for His work!

Jesus said: “Then you will be my witnesses to testify about me in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8

Pick your destination and ask for God’s approval then Go, maybe next door, maybe to Harviell, maybe Mexico, maybe for an hour a day, maybe for a day a week, maybe for a life time, but just do what Jesus said Go!! I understand there are people who can not go where we are going, but I know there are far more that will not go, because they hold the world and this life (the here and now) higher than they hold God, the Kingdom of God, and Eternity.

Don't be jealous or proud, but be humble and consider others more important than yourselves. Phi 2:3
Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1

Listen, you have one life, and then what? At that time I want to hear my Father say “Well done, you finished strong.”

Missions Conference

What A Week!

I have never been to a prayer retreat or any other retreat for that matter, but I can not see how it could be any better then the mission conference Teresa and I attended last week.
I was at work on Tuesday morning which made us being the lasts ones to get to the Richmond, Va. Airport Tuesday night. A young couple from Fort Worth, Tx., a young man from Irvine, Ca., and ourselves were the late arrivals at about 11:30 eastern time. We got registered, unpacked and into bed at 1 am, breakfast at 7 am, don’t be late. After Brother Dave “Louie” Reber (career M) referred to the conference as “running the gauntlet” I was even more nervous about the whole thing. Still I was so tried I slept well and was surprisingly rested at 5 am.
We made it a little early for breakfast, even though we didn’t know where we were going, and got to look around a few minutes. Food was good and lots of it, Mark I have pictures. Then we headed to the morning worship. We were assigned a group number (8) and were told to set with that group. There was another elderly couple (Troy’s scale) and a younger couple around 30 years of age. Now this is where the comparisons to a retreat come in. I have never been to anything like it. Think of the best worship service your home church has ever had then remove all the people who are not sold out to Jesus (those with fire insurance only) and add people who get to be with the sold out to Jesus people every day and you get an idea what was going on there. I even forgot to worry about the up coming interviews. Day 1 was great. Enter Day 2.
We now have our job in hand and ready for our interviews. I think we had three formal, or announced interviews, and several people who spent time with us in a more informal manner. But the most pressure I was under was to choose a second and third choice. We had a great deal of trouble finding jobs we were qualified for and we could do. And we never found any that we could see ourselves doing at this time in our lives. So on Day 3 we wrote down two jobs that we could do and may do when we can no longer get out and work with the people full time. That was a load off my mind. I was asking God to show me any job that he would have me do other then our job in Romania, and I got no answer. The choices for second and third were just logical decisions not inspired ones. And at the end of the last formal interview our consultant said he would recommend us for appointment to CEE in southeast Romania.
The next things are done by committees and boards, which should finalize us on November 6. Please keep us in your prayers that God’s will, will be done in our lives.

330,000 People

Recently I have been compiling a list of churches located inside the city limits of Poplar Bluff. There was not a complete list to be found. Not all had phones and some had their phones listed in the pastor's name. As of today, I have found 65. That's right sixty- five just inside the city limits. Keep in mind, that doesn't include my home church Living Word Baptist which is near one mile outside the city. There are several just a few feet outside the city limits which did not make my list.

Poplar Bluff has less than 18,000 people, that's less than 300 (18,000 divided by 65 equals 277) people for each church for an average. This means that each generation only needs to reach 277 people for Jesus to have the entire city evangelized. Now let's consider Galati, Romania, with a population of about 330,000, a little over 18 times the size of Poplar Bluff. Galati has less than 10 churches, yes I said ten. That is over 33,000 people average for each church since there are less then 10 churches. Let's compare less the 300 (277) to over 33,000. I've done the math for you, just look at the numbers (souls).

The question has been asked of me "why do you go on mission trips, when there are lost people right here?" My answer would be that both must be done!

Acts 1:8 ....and you WILL be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all of Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. GNB

There are great numbers of people around the world dying and going to hell because they do not know Jesus Christ, and you can help. I have no special talents, I just Go. I love Jesus and He tells me to Go, Matt.28:19.

A Sinner Saved By Grace, Randy Myers