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10.18.09

8:08 AM

What We Do

      We're Navigators here at Eglin AFB. Not the kind on planes. The kind helping people know Jesus. It's a missonary organization that's been around since WW2. It grew out of ministering to Navy sailors, helping them grow in Christ and their knowledge of the Bible during the war. As years passed, the Navigators expanded, developing branches to colleges,ethnic groups, inner-cities and countries all over the world. 
  
  My husband and I are part of the Military Branch, ministering to young Air Force kids here at Eglin AFB in Florida. (It's a non-denominational organization.)
     
 In summary: what it is we do is we help any who are interested enter a relationship with Jesus, then help them learn how to live their lives and daily decisions in faith in Him using the Bible as a guiding light.
     Primarily we do this individually, person to person, though we have a couple different Bible studies for groups as well. But, in our experience, the most significant spiritual growth occurs on the individual basis where specific questions can be answered and deeper accountability can be offered. There's no substitute for personal attention. And it's the model Jesus used: He spent personal teaching time with 12 guys.
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ven so,  He had one who turned away. The parable of the seeds is a true reflection of how things go in ministry of any kind, however. Sometimes the seed is received with joy, but in the face of adversity, the person drops the interest.  Sometimes the thorny cares, worries, ambitions and riches of this world entangle people and keep them too preoccupied to be fruitful spiritually.
    
Then there's seed that falls in rich, good soil that produces a crop. One young military man Dave lead to Christ while stationed in Turkey in 1989 became a pastor, served as an Air Force Chaplain 4 years and is presently pastoring a civilian church again. Another young man, who's wedding we hope to attend in December, was an Air Force X-ray tech assigned here temporarily for intern training. He initially had ambitions for pursuing nuclear medicine, because of the money in it. From here, he was assigned to Wright-Pat AFB in Ohio and immediately got involved in the Navigator ministry there. As he grew in Christ, he perceived a call away from medicine into full time ministry and, when he got out of the Air Force, he began attending a seminary in Kentucky.

     That's just two stories from our 24 years of ministry to Air Force kids. To the right, under "Our mission organization" I've added 2 links:
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ne to the "about" page of the Navigators official website; 
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One to our official ministry "website" there. (Photo of us) Or use this direct link: 
http://www.navigators.org/us/staff/nickerson

     Perhaps, you're someone seeking a unique opportunity for giving to a Christian work. If so, you'll find a link is available on the website specifically for that.    Completely official and tax deductible.

    

 

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