As mentoned in the January update,
MAP is looking and praying about es-
tablishing a counseling ministry.
Afer several years of research, we have
come to the conclusion that “
Caring for
the Heart Ministries, by John Regier
” is
the type of ministry we are looking for.
Reasons for interest in Regier’s pro-
gram:
1. A large number of Amish people
are openly acceptng his approach
2. The success rate is very high
John Regier is looking at training facili-
tators to help him start sub-ministries,
using his materials. Many of the sub
ministries, started by Regier, are backed
up 6 months to 3 years.
How the program works:
1. Couple/individual start out on
Monday morning and fnish up on
Friday evening
2. The couple/individual meet with
the facilitator each morning for 3
hours, before heading back to their
motel room, where they watch
Regier’s video series and do the
daily workbook.
Regier’s approach is somewhat difer-
ent than the average counseling pro-
gram; he takes his counselee(s) back to
the root issues and then uses a facilita-
tor to connect them with the Lord, via
prayer, for healing.
In order for us to become a certfed
facilitator, we needed to raise a mini-
mum of $3,500. This covers the ex-
penses of sending someone to Colorado
for certfcaton.
Just hours before we printed this news-
leter, we received the last of $3500.
Wow! Thanks to all who gave. We will
proceed to move ahead.
Mission to Amish People
P.O. Box 128, 575 St Rt 250 N
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Savannah, Ohio 44874
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(419) 962-1515
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WWW.MapMinistry.org
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JKeim@MapMinistry.org
March 2011
Dear Friend,
I am guessing you are as excited as I am
about the approaching warm weather, col-
orful outdoors, and chirping birds? I like
Ohio’s four seasons, but there comes a
tme when too much snow and ice can get
the best of a person; I’m there now, and
have been for awhile.
March is the month when churches like to
schedule us to come and partcipate in their
mission’s conference. This year, so many
invitatons were received that we had to
turn some churches down. Here is a list of
areas we will be sharing at during the
month of March:
(1) Wooster OH (2) Blythewood SC (3)
Savannah OH (4) Mercer PA (5) Bid-
well OH (6) Newark DE (7) Mifinburg
PA (8) Columbus OH (9) Grandville MI
(10) Mineral VA (11) Kreamer PA (12)
Bellbrook OH
Our top two goals for contnued church
presentatons:
1. Make God’s people aware of the great
need to reach their Amish neighbors
with the gospel
2. Raise more prayer and fnancial sup-
port
Except for some holidays and a vacaton,
we are booked solid through the month of
June.
When you read this, would you just pause
for a moment and pray for God’s protecton
and power on us? Thank you! —Joe
Counseling Ministry Update
Elizabeth’s Accident
—By Joe Keim
If you are signed up to
receive ministry notf-
catons via email, then
you are aware of all
that has taken place
with Elizabeth, the 19-
year old girl that came
to live with our family
about 6-months ago.
As always, when Esther and I take a person
into our home, we try our best to help them
meet all their physical needs frst and then
their spiritual needs. In Eliza-
beth’s case, the spiritual
needs did not seem to take
place, although she atended
church fairly regular.
We prayed many tmes that
God would open Elizabeth’s
spiritual eyes so she could see
and experience the new birth. As month
afer month went by, our prayers became
more passionate and more frequent, know-
ing that she would soon move on and live on
her own.
On Feb 21, she was driving home from work
and hit an icy spot on the road. Her car spun
around and landed up against a huge tree. At
frst, we were told that she would probably
not make it, which caused all our hearts to
drop to the ground. From that point on, tens
of thousands of text messages, phone calls
and emails started circulatng all over the
world for her, asking Christans to pray that
God would spare Elizabeth from slipping into
eternity.
At the tme of this writng, Elizabeth has
been in a coma for over 2-
weeks, but as of this week,
she is startng to respond.
None of us are sure about all
the whys, but one thing we
are almost certain of, we truly
believe in our hearts that the
praying voices of God’s peo-
ple kept Elizabeth from slipping into eternity.
If you have tme to give God thanks, would
you do so now? And pray that when Eliza-
beth wakes up, she would reach out to Jesus
and accept Him as her Savior.