Ministry Update
Dino Costanzo
Dear Partners,
This year 2020 will most likely be a year that is remembered as one of the most bizarre in secular culture, but quite honestly from a spiritual perspective as well. I know of many Christian Brothers and Sisters that have been spiritually and physically afflicted by the fiery darts of the evil one and none of this related to Covid-19.
The political cycle of the US has also become one of great spiritual importance, it seems of this 2020 as well. Regardless of what your political views are, from a Christian perspective on the signs of the times, the end result of this year's election, seems to be pointing to the beginning of sorrows or maybe even a bit further into the prophetic clock.
There are some that believe a Democratic victory will help to usher in the one world system and one would have to virtually agree with that truth. The way that Christians and the church are being attacked at some levels is quite alarming. The way false religion and superstitions are being brought back into the public eye and the constant pushing of God and the Bible out of our culture is kind of obvious, as is the push to erode our freedoms in Christ. On the other hand, there are those who believe a Republican victory will usher in a great prosperity such as the world has never seen.This coincides with Revelation, chapters 16-18. We have seen this administration stand by Israel, like no other in recent memory. We recognized Jerusalem as the proper capital. This, in and of itself, has huge significance in our Lord's eye. We have seen some great strides in our country to protect Christians worldwide, as well as rid our country of crimes against humanity by working very hard at pro-life protection and prosecuting people involved in child trafficking. These are also seen as signs of one more great revival to once and for all bring the church to its fullness and evangelize the entire world.
So it seems we are living in very exciting times if you are a Christian and very scary times if you are not.
I can't recall how many updates that my Dad sent out annually. Some have said it was weekly, some say daily and weekly. I don't remember them being weekly, but regardless, I want to get the partners on the same page.
Every time we get information sent to us from Kenya, we relay it to you within 48 hours. Because of the circumstances of this year 2020, I did not expect communication to be free flowing and of course it has not been. To recap what we have gone through this year: Dominic was called home, Covid 19 pandemic, my house is struck by a tornado, causing $40,000 in damage, several illnesses and homegoings of Partners, Steve's health incident. As you can see, not a normal year.
Prior to my Dad being called home, a group of my friends won a charity golf outing and the winner was given a sizable donation to make to the 501(3)c non profit of their choice and my friends chose Resourcing Ministry Partners. But because we had little social media presence the organizers of the outing were hesitant to give our Ministry the donation. Now I know the Lord is in control, and we were able to eventually obtain the donation, but I approached my Dad with the possibility that perhaps the Lord was using this as a prodding to use these resources to help communicate this Ministry to a larger audience or at least make the updates to partners more accessible. He was very open to the suggestion.
My intentions for 2020 were to transition our family insurance agency to my son and devote time to building this platform for the Ministry, concentrating on a web site, other social media, and even expansion of blogs, sermon series, and other forms of ministry opportunities offered by the pastors involved both here and Kenya. As you are all well aware, the way I would have to go about this, drastically changed on January 4th and beyond.
So to give you the state of where I am at today. I have almost concluded the full transition of the insurance agency. That will be done by September 1, 2020. I have finished settling my Dad's estate, which took a lot longer, because of the pandemic. My house has been fixed, Tornado 4/8/20- work completed 7/23/20
My goal and intentions, as the Lord leads, is to devote the majority of my time to this ministry. I do still have some commitment to the family business, and the Milford Gun Club, which was my Dad's other passion. But my vision, which I believe is God's plan for me is this ministry.
In the next couple of days, I will follow this letter with Part 2, which will give you an overview on what has been going on with RMP in 2020.
We have kept you in the loop with the updates we have sent, but will put it all in one letter, so you can review and give you what other details we have and what is planned for the rest of this year.
Yours in Christ
Dino Costanzo