Hawkes Bay

August 2015

E vangelism N ews

Mat 9:37 Then He said

to His disciples, The harvest truly is plentiful,
but the laborers are
few.

Welcome to another insight in the life and ministry of the Dempseys

Read on and see what God can do

through ordinary people.

Tn koutou Whnau
Well my 6 month sabbatical is finished but with all the things that have been happening in our lives, with
Dylans health and other family issues, it has been really hard to get into work routine. Thank you for all
your prayers and support over this time without them I dont know if we would have been able to cope as
well as we have over the last few months.

reach the lostmake a difference in someones life today!

Jeremy and Dylan performing a drama at the Rally Prizegiving

Sabbatical Over the last 6 months my main objective has been to recover from work stress but I also wanted to
take this opportunity to learn Te Reo Mori. This has been a desire I have had since I was young. The course has
been amazing. Some of the great things about doing this course is its focus on Christ. During class we sing songs
that are Christ centred, we pray throughout and we have the chance to address Christ when we speak to the
class. There is a real liberty to talk about faith in Christ as Mori culture is very holistic and the spiritual is just as
important as the physical.

August 2015

Hawkes Bay

E vangelism N ews
Trials Trials Trials
This year has been a year of great testing so far. Inspite of
this we thank the Lord for his strength and grace that has sustained us.
In May my Uncle passed
away of a heart attack at
the age of 43. The day before my birthday my Nana
passed away. At the beginning of June Dylan, our
son, developed a sharp pain
in the side of his head and
within a couple of weeks
had lost the ability to walk
unaided. After many hospital visits and a trip to Starship hospital in Auckland the doctors determined that it was the result
of a virus. He has begun rehab to learn to walk again and after 2 months is doing really well.
The school has been amazing and
has provided a wheel chair for
him to use while he needs it.
Finally, last week, my mother had
a heart attack. She is stable at
present but needs open heart surgery. Please pray for her, that she
comes through the surgery and
makes a full recovery but also
that she will come to Christ.

Upcoming Events

At the moment OAC is going through some

restructuring to help us become more
efficient and effective at impacting this nation
for Christ. We are seeking to streamline our
admin so it frees our evangelists up to better
do the work. We are trying to create better
support and encouragment structures to help
eliminate the feeling of isolation that some
evangelists feel and instead have more of a
one team focus. So one of the major changes
is my role within OAC. I now have the title of
National Field Director which means I work in
conjunction with the National Director to
provide support, encouragment,
accountability to our ministry co-ordinators/
directors around the country. I will help
provide upskilling for staff and training for
new recruits. I will still be involved in the
work in Fiji as well as outreach and training in
the Bay as Im based here. I am really looking
forward to the challenge of mentoring and
leading leaders.
If you are interested or know someone who is interested in being part of a team to evangelise communities
around Hawkes Bay, please contact me.
Jeremy Dempsey
021 1225672\06 8788527

11 Sep.10 October - School of Evangelism in Fiji

26 SeptWedding Aniversary17 Years
16-18 October - Lecturing at Bible College on Evangelism

Prayer and Praise requests

*Prep for 2016 SOE in NZ

* Mums health and salvation

* Restructure of OAC would go smoothly
* My new role will be a blessing to OAC and
the church
* Prep for Fiji would be straight forward
* The Lords sustaining strength and wisdom
* Complete recovery for Dylan