Hello and a Happy New Year
2015 was a year of fulfillment, loss, visits and visitors. The Lord gave us Isaiah 60 at the beginning of 2015 and fulfilled it when He said “Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.” Isaiah 60:4 The sons and daughters of Agnes from the nations of the world came in 2015; Israel, Nigeria and Taiwan just to name a few. Some brothers in Christ that we never knew, products of Agnes’ faithfulness and obedience to the Lord, came to visit. We heard the heart of God for Israel through Kamal Zayed’s visit.
The Lord sent us out to many places in 2015: China, Taiwan, Uganda (3 times!), Sherman Indian School and Montana. We mourned the loss of our precious Sister Gertrude and our dearest Kathy Vanzandt.
As the ministry reached it’s 61st year, the Lord told us how it was His acceptable year. We trained, licensed and ordained 11 people to carry the Gospel in 2015. Our brothers and sisters gathered with is in beautiful harmony, spirit and truth for our anniversary and anointing service. We were blessed with trees, a new coat of paint and a beautiful new front yard, so that “Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful forest” (Isaiah 29:17).
We received words of blessing and growth. This year we’ve seen more precious people wanting to volunteer and give of themselves. We sent our first long term missionary to China in over 1o years.
It’s difficult to put in any words the work God was doing throughout this year in His Body, but we know we can say, and you’ll agree, one thing: FAITHFUL. He is wonderfully, beautifully faithful.
We celebrated the end of the year with some of our faithful volunteer family as well as some new faces that want to be involved with what God is doing. We had a beautiful time of fellowship, worship, dancing and praising. The children worshiped with flags and dance, and the presence of God was very palpable. Gordon Skinner gave what he felt the Lord sharing with him: Malachi 3:10-18, 4:1-2 and Daniel 11:32. It was a powerful time and we happily rang in the year encouraged by what the Lord is speaking in this hour.
We pray you all had a beautiful New Year and we look forward to where God will bring us, His body, this new year.
Love, your family at
All Nations International
