Coming Soon, New Updates
Dear friends of M.R.N
We would like to welcome back our MRN family. Thank you all for your support and patience while we waited for God to answer our prayers. As you may remember, we have been praying for the sale of the Adyniec family home in Wisconsin so Gary and his family could come back to Florida and take over the Missionary Resource Network ministry and run the Thrift Store. That prayer was finally answered. Gary and his family moved back to Florida in Feb. 2009.
Gary was our first choice in running the ministry ever since Jill and I have been called back into the mission field. Many of you may remember Gary and his wife Vicki as they helped in starting the ministry 9 years ago. In fact Gary and his daughters painted the inside of the thrift store and Vicki was the first official employee . Gary was the first volunteer for MRN before the store even opened and has always been actively involved even while in Wisconsin.
Gary is now the Director of the ministry and I am again the president and Executive Director. You can view the changes to the Board of Directors by clicking on the link at the top of the page. We are glad to say that 5 of the original board members have been with us over 8 years. Pastor Orlando no longer maintains any involvement with MRN or the Thrift store and is now running a church called Calvary Chapel En Espanol in Coral Springs.
Gary officially took over management details starting June 1st 2009, and has been busy getting things in order for the future of MRN. His wife Vicki is now running the Thrift Store and we have seen God Blessing their efforts in significant ways. With the work of Gary and Vicki, sales are up 22% over the first part of 2009, this is even true in what is historically our slowest month of the year. The two of them have been a blessing beyond measure and have restored the true spirit of the ministry. We strongly considered closing the store at the lease end in Sept. 2009. But have signed on for another 3 years. There is now a link on this page to check out some of the items at the store. If you live in the neighborhood, stop in and say hello and welcome them back.
Since coming back, Gary has been able to connect another missionary with the contacts needed to get and ship another container to Haiti, as well as supplying more than 2000 lbs of clothes. We also have two more requests for containers as well. He has also been able to rescue a missionary family from the airport where they spent more than 7hrs waiting, and managed to get them a vehicle to get them from Florida to Alabama for a speaking engagement.
We will have regular updates from both the MRN and Amazon Reach Ministries. We also ask for your continued prayers for housing for the Adyniec family as they are now commuting 170 miles a day round trip to operate the thrift store. Thank you again for your support and prayers for the ministry.
†in His Spirit† Joe
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