A. and M. A Deputation Update: January 1-30

When I was in Bangalore, India for my Great Commission Training Course, I used to attend morning and evening devotion. Mr. Joel taught me several worship songs. One of my favorite songs was, I Will Sing of the Mercies of the Lord Forever, Written by James Henry Fillmore. In his song James wrote, I will sing of the mercies of the Lord. With my mouth will I make known, Thy faithfulness to all generations…”. We came to the USA for our deputation after four years. This is a scheduled ministry for a national missionary to visit the USA and tell people about what the Lord has done and doing in our country Bangladesh and allow the church people to be partners in God’s ministry in Bangladesh. God was always reminding me that my identity is that I am an ambassador of Christ. I am not here to beg for money, but to tell people what the Lord wants me to say and bless the nation. We are at the end of our deputation. We will be leaving this country very soon. But my heart is overjoyed and peaceful and I can only say that “I will sing of the mercies of the Lord with my mouth and will make known his faithfulness to my generation and beyond.

This new year 2024 started with new hope, a bigger dream, self-confidence, and a commitment to be an obedient servant of the Lord. I was looking at myself and wondering “Who am I Lord, that you bless me? Who am I that you have poured out your infinite love for me? Who am I that you have shown endless mercy to me? I don’t deserve any of this.” Each day God has spoken to me through events, and circumstances, living in different homes, talking, and listening to different people. Everywhere I look, I feel him. This is a very interesting personal experience. On December 11, I was flying from California to Denver. Any journey is a blessing for me because this long period is the best time for me that I can have in private conversation with my Heavenly Father. I was thinking about the Lord and how to win more souls for him, especially how to bring the young people of my country to Jesus, and how to bring the good news of Christ to millions of Muslim students. I’m so insignificant. Can I do something? Suddenly, the Lord appeared to me. I saw a huge hand in sight. It’s impossible to describe how big it is. Then I saw that I was standing on that huge hand. I looked very small, very tiny. Then I saw him carry me over his hand carefully in different places and land me safely on the ground. Then that vision was over. I wondered what that could mean. I understand that the Lord is saying with certainty that he is carrying me in the palm of his hand. So, there is no reason to worry.

After the Summit in Houston on January 1, we headed straight to Richard and Sheila Campbell’s house in Austin. I met them after eight years. I got to talk a lot, share many memories, and received lot of love from them. On the 2nd, I returned to Matt’s house in Wichita and stayed until the 5th. This family became our own family. Lots of love, and lots of care. From there we went to Hugoton. Arden and Glenda Webb opened the house for us to stay. We are extremely grateful for their love and hospitality. We are very grateful to Bethel Friends Church for taking great care of my oldest son, S., sending food, and providing many necessary things at Barclay College. We hope that one day they will go to our country and see our ministry work. Thanks to Wilbur and Julie Kinser for sharing lunch. After lunch, we went to Gate Friends Church in Oklahoma. This is our first time visiting this church. Thanks to sister Kellie Badley for giving us a warm welcome into their home. We were very happy to speak at this church because many children came to the fellowship in the evening. We are thankful to Kelly for telling everyone about our arrival. She has a great heart for mission work, especially for young children. May the Lord bless her abundantly. We had to leave early in the morning because the weather forecast said there would be a blizzard that day. We didn’t know much about it, but we understood that it could be a terrible environment. Anyway, through the bad weather, we were able to drive back from Oklahoma directly to Brendan and Linda Steinacher’s house in Wichita. We’ve never had the opportunity to stay with this family before. I understood that my Lord has already selected many families for our utmost care, rest, and peaceful sleep. Moreover, what we do not see, the Lord already sees; what I can’t even imagine, he planned that a long time ago. Blessed is the name of the Lord. This is a wonderful family. They have a great love for the Lord. May the Lord bless them abundantly and use everyone in this family in different places in this land for his glory. On January 10, we had an evening talk at Rosehill Friends Church. This is another very important place for us. Thanks to Jeff and DeAnna Linville for their genuine love. They are our soul friends. A lot of adults came to church for evening fellowship, as well as a bunch of little ones. I challenged them to pray for the missionaries. We also took pictures them. Many have signed up as partners in our prayers. The next day, the family planned a special day for my birthday which was the day before. Brendan, Linda, and his sons cooked a variety of special dishes whose names were hard for me to remember. Matt Macy also brought grilled shrimp and homemade very special and very best ice cream. The Macy and Steinacher families celebrated my birthday together. We are very grateful for their love and care.

On January 13, we went to speak at Chandler Friends Church. Thanks, Pastor Josiah Brown for allowing us to speak at their church. We are very thankful to Earl and Cindy Rozell for hosting us so well in their home. I pray that God will keep everyone in the church well and many leaders be developed. While I was in the church, it started snowing. Everyone was wondering how I was going to drive back to Wichita. But the Lord is great. He escorted us safely to Wichita.

Our deputation ministry was almost at the end. Therefore, we wanted to have a vacation. We are very thankful to Matt Macy who arranged a solitary guest house for us. Our eldest son, S., also came to stay with us. He loves his brother very much and came here to spend time with his brother every day. S. had started a new job however it wasn’t able to work out. Instead he is going to go back to school and attend Wichita State University next fall. They were even able to give him some scholarships. Join us in praying for everything to work out as needed.

One of the biggest blessings of our vacation was a visit to Mexico. And it was possible because of Matt Macy and Mexican pastor Samuel. Matt did all the paperwork, solved the car problem, and sent us to Mexico. My son S. and I drove to Mexico. I had the opportunity to speak at two churches on Sunday, January 21. It was a wonderful time. The presence of many young people, especially in the church, has brought us great joy. One lady was testifying that she was praying for us holding our picture for many days without knowing anything about our visit. She was so surprised that the Lord brought her there physically. She was overjoyed. One young man testified that he got in touch with Jesus when I was praying for him in Bangla. May the Lord bless the Mexican church for his glory.

We returned on January 23. On January 27, we moved to Kansas City. Willow Creek Friends Church was our last church to visit. We are very much thankful to Charles and Kay Hansen for opening their house for us to stay in as they do always. On Sunday, January 28, we had the opportunity to share our ministry twice at the church. Eight people signed up to be our prayer partners. Praise the Lord. The most remarkable moment was when a lady came to talk to us about a word from the Lord she received. The word was that we had been commissioned by the Lord to continue fulfilling the Great Commission. But there will be many challenges we are going to face. Satan will bring many challenges to us, but the Lord has given us the key to authority over Satan and no one could close what the Lord has already opened for us. We are recommissioned and reconfirmed for the ministry by this word from God.

We are very much thankful to Matt Macy who invited many friends at his house to have a dinner fellowship and offer a prayer of blessing on January 29. We are very much blessed by their prayer of blessing. The prayer time was closed by Dr. Kevin Hoppock. He offered a prayer of blessing to both of our sons as well as to me and M. It was awesome.

We are very much thankful to all who stand beside us in your prayer and giving. Thank you very much for your partnership. We praise God that we are fully funded, and we have fulfilled our goal of increasing our prayer partners to 800. We give thanks to the Lord that He has helped us to finish the deputation ministry well. Praise God that the laser surgery on M.’s left eye was 80% done. Doctor could not do the rest because M. had severe nerve pain and the doctor had to stop the surgery. Pray for our safe travel back to our country on February 1. Pray also for S. to finish his study on cyber security at Wichita State University.

Regards,
A. and M. A.
Serving together in Bangladesh

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