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Supplies
All
By Bill Oden , Director of Missionary Services ,
One Mission Society
Our
Needs photo : OMS missionaries Bill and Joyce Oden 7
In 1986 , a few months after Ed Erny had become our OMS President , he sent out a letter to all OMS missionaries informing us that the Mission was in a precarious place financially . He then asked all of us to pray about foregoing a month ’ s salary to help with this problem .
Joyce and I were serving in the Philippines at that time , and as we talked and prayed about the request , we felt we should step out in faith and forego a month ’ s salary , even though we , too , were tight financially as our salary was small . We informed headquarters not to send our next month ’ s pay and watched to see how God would meet our needs .
Shortly after this , we received word from friends and supporters in the Northwest that they had sold their house for a good profit and felt God had prompted them to send us some of that . The amount was almost enough to replace our salary .
We were reminded once again of the faithfulness of God . As we have made faith promises over the past 40 years , we have seen God miraculously supply our needed funds , and we continue to stand in awe as we watch Him continue to challenge us , and then , wonderfully supply .
The issue is not how much can we afford to give to missions , but how much does He want us to trust Him to supply through us .