Well, the last few days of July were a real blessing. I had the blessed opportunity to preach three times in a five day revival, hosted by the Victory Baptist Church and Pastor Jaysen Brown, on the Barona Indian Reservation.  It was fantastic!

On Monday evening I preached from Matthew 16:13-25. The title of the message was “Recognizing the Person of Christ but Rejecting the Purpose of Christ.” God moved in a great way! On Tuesday evening, my text was 2 Chronicles 7:14, but we looked at many other passages, and I preached on the “Humility: The First Pre-requisite to Corporate and Personal Revival.” On my last night in the revival, I preached a message “Do You Love Jesus Unconditionally?” from John 21:15-21.

While God definitely moved in the services all three evenings, I would have to say the hi-light of my three days on the reservation was soul-winning on the Reservation on Wednesday morning. Not only did I get to go out with a young Indian from the Reservation named Touschon, but, I was able to share the Gospel with a 25-year old Indian named Joshua who trusted Christ. I found out later that Touschon (my soul-winning partner) was going to be baptized the following Sunday. Praise The Lord!

Please pray that God will continue to bless the seeds that were sown during the 10 preaching services and the soul-winning on the Barona Indian Reservation!

On the first Sunday in August, I had the privilege to teach Sunday school and preach in the morning at my home church, as well as preach in the evening service. On Sunday evening, I preached a message, “Don’t Let the Dream Die” from Acts 16:5-10. Basically, it was a message encouraging our church family to “Keep the Dream Alive” that God had put in my brother, Pastor Joe Esposito’s heart. If you are interested in hearing the message, it can be found here: http://www.pacificbaptist.com/sermons/

Please pray that God will continue to “keep the dream alive” for the 1040 window, Southeast Asia and China at Pacific Baptist Church and Pacific Baptist Bible College. Also, keep praying for a miracle in my brother’s life!

Early Monday August 4, my wife and I flew from Los Angeles to Detroit, Michigan. Over the next three weeks we are scheduled to be with six different churches, including my wife’s home church. We covet your prayers.

For HIS Glory in the Nations,

Johnny and Denise Esposito

JER 9:23-24

Greetings in Christ! In the past 30 days, since my arrival to the states, I have had the privilege to preach in 13 different churches. It has been a real blessing to be able to spend some time with my children and grandchildren, to spend time with my brother–who is still in need of a miracle, and to be able to share with many the great need in the 1040 window in general, and Asia more specifically. What has been a great blessing is to have so many come and talk to me about God stirring in their hearts a desire to pray more, give more, and in some cases, a burning desire to go to the needy area known as the 1040 window. One of the many blessings came about a week ago, when a Vietnam Veteran came up to me after a service and said that for years he hated the Vietnamese people, but God had worked forgiveness in his heart, and God was now stirring him to do something in that part of the world. He wasn’t sure what, but he was sure God wanted him to do something!

Please continue to pray that God will bless as He opens doors for me to share with churches the great need in the 1040 window in general and Asia more specifically!

As I mentioned in my previous update, Pastor Dwight Tomlinson of Liberty Baptist Church in Newport Beach, CA has launched a new ministry called “Barnabas1040.com”.  The primary objective of this ministry is to help support national pastors in the 1040 window to reach their own people. It looks as if the first national pastor they will be taking on for support is one who we had the opportunity to work with while we were in SE Asia.

Please continue to pray for Barnabas1040.com and other like-minded ministries that have a desire to help nationals reach their own people.

My wife and I will be heading to Michigan in just a few days. We will be in Michigan for almost a month. We will be reporting in a few supporting churches, as well as sharing our burden for the 1040 window in a few new churches. Of course, my wife will get an opportunity to spend a few days with her family while we are there. After returning from Michigan, we will be in Northern CA for about three weeks, and then off to the East coast. I will fly back to CA for one weekend when Pastor Tomlinson and I will be preaching for Pacific Baptist Church’s Missions’ Conference. Primary emphasis: 1040 window in general and the country of China more specifically!

Please pray for our travels and that God will use us for His glory. Also, that my brother’s dream to send a team to China does not die!

Now, for some really exciting news as I conclude this update. My daughter Joy, who graduated from Pacific Baptist Bible College, and has been teaching at Pacific Baptist School in Long Beach for the past two years, will be going to Cambodia to serve alongside her parents and the rest of the team in Phnom Penh. If you are at all interested in supporting a young lady who loves The Lord, who loves people and thoroughly enjoys serving people (especially children), may I heartily recommend Joy Esposito for your prayers and financial support.

Pictures from Joy’s recent trip to Cambodia (Can you figure out which one is my daughter?)

For the most part, along with assisting good old dad, Joy will be working with the children’s and teen ministries in Phnom Penh, I think she will probably also be involved with tutoring children.

For His Glory in the 1040 Window,

Johnny & Denise Esposito

JER 9:23-24

“Rejoice in The Lord alway: and again I say, rejoice” [Philippians 4:4]. My wife and I would like to send our greetings to all of our supporting churches, pastors, family and friends. It is such a blessing to serve The Lord. It is a blessing to serve Him in America, it is a blessing to serve Him outside of the confines of our great country, but it is especially a blessing to serve Jesus in the 1040 window. We are excited to present the great need of the 1040 window to our brothers and sisters in America while we are here for a few months.

Over the past 2½ weeks my wife and I have had the blessed opportunity to either report in or present our burden for the 1040 window for the first time in seven different churches. We started off with an all-day at Liberty Baptist Church in Newport Beach. What a tremendous church! Please pray that God will use our feeble efforts to get the word out about the “Devil’s Dirty Little Secret” – the 1040 Window!

Pastor Tomlinson and I have known each other for many years now, but over the past few years we have become much closer. Of course, our greatest common denominator is The Lord Jesus Christ, but we are also both very concerned with, and committed to, making a difference in the 1040 Window. For those of you who do not already know it, in recent days Pastor Tomlinson and the Liberty Baptist Church have launched a new ministry. You can learn more about it by checking out http://barnabas1040.com. For those of us who have been on the field, especially in some of the more difficult countries in the 1040 window, we recognize the great need to assist the nationals who love The Lord, love their people, who know the language, and understand the culture in doing the work of reaching their people. Barnabas1040 is committed to this task. Would you prayerfully consider supporting this new ministry?

Please pray for Barnabas1040 and for all those who are doing

what they can to reach the 1040 Window!

One of the hi-lights of my recent preaching opportunities was the chance to preach for the Victory Baptist Church in El Cajon, CA. They had been conducting a tent meeting for nearly three weeks in the city of Lakeside. I had the chance to preach on two consecutive nights. It was great! Pastor Brown is a young man who loves The Lord, has a heart for seeing the church revived, and a desire to see the lost in the San Diego area reached with the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ. I will be preaching for him and his church family in yet another tent meeting at the end of the month. I am looking forward to it.

Please pray that the seed that was sown in the Lakeside tent meeting will bring forth

fruit to God’s glory and pray for the upcoming four days I will be preaching for

the Barona tent meeting!

What is happening in the countries of L”, Cambodia, and Thailand is so very exciting. In the country where my wife and I served for the past 15 months, the three works that we either worked directly with or had some influence over are doing very well. It is especially exciting to hear how well the two newer works are doing. The work in Cambodia which is led by Dave Board, and where my wife and I will be serving soon, is nothing short of miraculous. God is doing something very special in Cambodia and we are looking forward to having a small part in what He is doing!

Please continue to pray for the works in L”, Thailand, and Cambodia and that God will raise up more laborers for the great task at hand!  My wife and I are so grateful for each and everyone of you. We also want to thank you for your continual prayers for my brother Pastor Joe Esposito, his wife, family and the Pacific Baptist Church family.

For HIS Glory in the 1040 Window,

Johnny & Denise Esposito

JER 9:23-24

Friends,

Greetings in the precious name of J’s’s! I just finished pr’’ching for a few days at a conference in a neighboring country and thus thought it would be a good time to shoot off a pr’y’r letter.  My wife and I are extremely grateful for your pr’y’rs, your encouragement, and your financial support!

After spending 16 wonderful days with our team in Phnom Penh, Cambodia we flew to our destination. The country where G’d has now placed us is a “restricted nation.” Thankfully G’d is never “restricted”!

While the poverty here is not quite as severe as Cambodia, it’s still heartbreaking. Talking to a few nationals recently, they all work six days a week, anywhere between 10-12 hours a day, and they make $100 per month. I think that comes to about .35 cents an hour!

We have been here over two weeks, and have spent most of our time getting “a feel” of things, meeting different believers, working on building a bond with our team here, sitting in on different ESL classes that our team members are teaching, and looking for a new location for our school, as well as for a place for my wife and I to live.  We have now been in a hotel for over a month. We are also trying to get my visa situation settled. Please pr’y with and for us concerning this matter!

The young man pictured with me above recently told me he wants to learn English so he could learn the B’bl’ from me. Pr’y that I learn his language! He wants to start a ch’rch in a village in this country!

Just recently talked to a “friend” here, who said he attended a school with over 2,000 students, and to his knowledge there were only 5-6 “friends” in the entire school. That sounds about right. I think that comes to just under .03%.  I was also just told by a m’ss’on’ry that a province of 350,000 that we recently visited had only 350 “professing” “friends.” That’s one for every thousand people! Two other brothers shared with us how difficult it is to share the Good News here in this country. If caught, you could go to jail. Pr’y for G’d’s Word to spread here!