"Pastor Jodie has been a tremendous blessing to RHEMA Colombia over the years.  Her passion and zeal for the Lord are contagious.  She is a seasoned minister who preaches under a powerful anointing.  The short-term mission groups which she leads are well prepared and are a great help in reaching Colombia for the Lord.  We thank God for her heart for world missions and her obedience to the Great Commission."
                                                          --Pastor John Romick, RHEMA Colombia

Grace Works Ministry is empowered by partners like you who have the desire and the resources to invest into equipping men, women, and young people to accomplish Grace Works in their own lives both locally and globally.

Currently, Jodie travels internationally about twice a year and takes teams of people who are given the opportunity to live out their own Grace Works on the international field.  She likes to call them international ambassadors.

One hundred percent of every seed sown is deposited primarily into international Grace Works that Jodie accepts through invitation for both herself and on behalf of others through the mission teams that she leads and trains.  Jodie does not take a wage from GWM; every dollar invested is used to fulfill the vision statement directly.  Jodie also sows 10% of all gifts back to other mission endeavors as well.

Jodie has beloved individuals and ministries who support her on a regular basis, who are in every sense partners with the Grace Works she is accomplishing.  Anyone who wishes to join Jodie and invest in the Kingdom in this way is encouraged to do so.  Every gift, whether a one-time seed or a monthly seed, is received with humbleness and gratefulness.  Jodie will personally pray for you and regularly connect with you in hopes of keeping you informed of the Grace Works that you are helping to accomplish.

GWM is under the umbrella of Resurrection Life Church Mid Michigan.  All donations are currently handled through the financial staff at RLC.  If you desire to invest, checks may be written to RLC; simply note "Grace Works" in the memo portion.  All donations are tax deductible, and you will receive a financial statement at the end of the year.

PARTNERSHIP BUZZ: A NOTE FROM JODIE

“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know:  the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve others.”

 ~Albert Schweitzer

Periodically I pull out my photos from past missionary journeys and refresh my soul by seeing the familiar faces that God has brought into my path.  As I look upon the images, my heart is incredibly grateful for the Grace Works partners that have sacrificially given towards helping me lead team members across distant lands to encourage and strengthen the nations.  It is with this in mind that I desire to share real-life God stories, not from those with almond eyes or coarse hair but rather from those who indeed carried the message.  Each account is a direct result of the power of partnership, individuals just…like…YOU!

I am mindful of one couple who joined me in South America and, oh, how the wife was nervous!  She put on her best brave front, but she sure had her reservations.  To embark on such a trip was way beyond her comfort zone, and she had to wrestle contrary thoughts all along the way.  Each day while we were in Colombia, I watched as the Master touched her in ways that words cannot express.  In the midst, she was a team player and gave her very best despite her uncertainties.  Shortly after we returned, the couple decided to head off to Bible school and continue to prepare for ministry in a greater dimension.  Within a few short years, they were back to the very same nation and were ministering once again!  Both of them confessed that their first missionary journey was strategic in the unfolding of their destiny.  And this came about in part because of partners who give to Grace Works and enable me to take teams across oceans.  Not only are the nations strengthened, but those who are the carriers of the message are altered for life as well.  Upon returning from the very same trip, another young college student conceded to prior leadings of God and also attended Bible school!

The single mother of a college-aged daughter joined a team that I took to South Africa.  I remember observing her steady witness to the nationals, having no idea what was going on within her heart.  She had mentioned some things casually about stirrings within her, but who isn’t stirred when experiencing the mission field?  Months after our return, this same woman desired to meet with me.  She now possesses a conviction to move to South Africa, and today…that is exactly where she is!  Once a guest in this nation, now a resident, all because she was given the opportunity to join a short-term mission team that you assisted through Grace Works Ministry.

I know we would all admit that traveling to a third-world country would do us good and certainly would affect us all at some level,  yet I am seeing a high rate of team members not only moved by their moments in missionary work but transformed!  Transformation means to alter one's state, to renovate, to make over.  The people mentioned above are now entirely different.  This is what I see again and again in the lives of youth and adults who travel alongside me to share a living God on foreign soil -- Christ in them, the hope of Glory!

I look forward to the day when God crosses our paths once again.  Until then, may God’s very best be yours!

~ Jodie

STRATEGIC SOWING

As Jodie travels abroad, she does not gain any earthly earnings.  She offers her gifts and callings to the family of God abroad without any financial expectations of her international hosts.  It is her heart to partner with that missionary to bring strength, encouragement and the tools to empower others to live the lives they were born to live.

Gifts can be mailed to:

Resurrection Life Church Mid Michigan

Attn: Grace Works Ministry

714 S. Main St.

St. Louis MI 48880

(989) 681-5731

www.rezlife4u.com