I AM GRATEFUL TO YOU TODAY!
I am blessed this Christmas with real friends who have become a strong part of this ministry. I never dreamed that so many would come and join me in bringing revival to so many places. After these last 35 years, I have seen so many fires of revival in Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and places beyond.
This could not have happened without the support of many of you who have worked, prayed, shared and traveled with me to so many places. Our ministry is primarily in the US and South America, but lately we are beginning to preach in the middle East and God has opened doors for us. In 2011 we begin our ministry in Turkey.
I want to thank you for trusting me with so much. The Lord has lifted me from rejection, bitterness and has filled my heart with joy and a desire to see the United Methodist Church come alive. Hundreds of United Methodists today support our ministry in Georgia! Hallelluia!!
Our bills are paid here and in Brasil. There, we have a staff of over 10 who work at the Daniel Bonfim Mission. Doctors and workers, under the leadership of Jorge Luiz Fiqueiredo, have blessed thousands throughout the years with food, medical care and the word. God is good!
I have seen hundreds of students head into full time ministry. I have seen broken down pastors filled with power from on high to carry on their ministry. I have seen salvation more this last year in Brasil and US then ever before. I have seen hundreds of young people being discipled and blessed with the Word to serve God all their lives… I have seen the sick, the rejected, the broken, the lost come to Jesus in healing. Praise His Name!!!
Nothing could have been done without your support. Those of you in the AARON AND HUR US PROGRAM, THE AARON AND HUR GENERAL PROGRAM, THE AARON AND HUR BRAZIL PROGRAM, THE BETTY MCKINNEY AARON AND HUR PROGRAM, THE AARON AND HUR ROBERT ODIEORN PROGRAM AND THE AARON AND HUR RUEL MCFARLAND PROGRAM HAVE BLESSED THIS MINISTRY IN MANY WAYS.
Thank you for believing in me. For believing in this ministry and for supporting us in so many.
On January 1st, I will be completing 51 years of full-time ministry. Mary Lucy and I want to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! HALLELLUIA!!!
Rick Bonfim
Merry Christmas to you Rick, Lucy and all your staff here in Georgia and in Brazil. We pray for your next 50 years of ministry starting in 2010 as you mentor those who will be your followers that will continue on and keep the ministry active and alive for Christ’s causes “love your neighbor as yourself”. Larry
Comment by Larry Price — December 26, 2009 @ 9:07 am
Thank God for the Daniel Bonfim Mission, and for your encouraging words, which fill us with hope and joy. God bless you this New Year.
Comment by Alice Meyer — December 27, 2009 @ 10:45 pm
Thanks to you and Mary Lucy and all the staff in US and Brazil for all you mean to and do for the Lord. So glad you are expanding to other places, which just means you must duplicate yourself even more through us who have been taught by you and Mary Lucy. I look forward to being a part of what the Lord has in store!! Happy New Year and may you hear clearer than ever before. In His Service, Mary Blanche
Comment by Mary B. Rice — December 28, 2009 @ 12:21 am