2012

being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 NIV

CarriedtoCompletion
OurVision
To raise up a generation of youth leaders who will not be ashamed of the Gospel. To teach the youth to walk in humility & help restore a culture of honor in this generation. To start campus prayer groups, & eventually see students praying & believing God for revival on their campuses.

New Year New Opportunities

I pray all is well with you and your family, and you are off to a great start this new year. We have been here in Nashville for one full year. I cant believe that this year has gone by so fast. We started this journey in January of 2011. With much prayer and counsel, we felt it was Gods will for us to move to Nashville and serve the youth in this city. After spending the last nine years of our lives in the Philippines it was hard to leave everything, yet we were in full confidence that God had a plan for us in Tennessee. This past year has been one of the greatest years of our lives. In the same breath, it has also been one of the toughest. God has done some amazing things while teaching and growing us in this journey; showing Himself always faithful. Samantha and I felt deeply moved to send you this letter to highlight what you have been a part of this past year. Together, we truly made a difference in the lives of the youth here in Nashville. We also want to invite you to be a part of what God is going to do this new year 2012. We are absolutely certain that the Lord has His hand on this, and we are really excited to give you an opportunity to play an important part on what He is about to do.

OurValues
DEVOTION: Students who are devoted to Jesus in word, worship, and prayer. DIVERSITY: Students who do life with one another; regardless of socio-economic status or ethnicity. DISCIPLESHIP: Students who love Jesus and help others follow Him as well.

2011Milestones
Here are some of the milestones of our ministry progress in 2011. CHURCH | RUSH FRANKLIN: We launched RUSH Franklin in March with 10 students. Today we have 50+ students that are part of the youth group. CAMP: We helped lead Summa Camp attended by 100+ students, and saw many lives radically changed! COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS: We partnered with a local Boys and Girls Club (Williamson County) to allow RUSH students to volunteer their time & grow in community involvement. CAMPUSES: God opened up doors to key relationships through students, coaches, and faculty in 12 high schools in Williamson County. Praise God for giving us a foundation to build on.

2012Outlook
RUSH Franklin: Students continue to bring friends every week; and in seeing new faces we anticipate to at least double in size this year. Community Outreach Projects: We plan on serving in at least one project per month. God has recently opened up doors to work with the homeless & Nashville Rescue Mission. Mission Trip: We are going to Baja, Mexico with Ten Days Missions Experience this year. Cant wait for this in July. We also would like to do at least one local mission trip this year. D3 Groups: We already have launched our D3 Groups. This is our small group ministry. We already have 6 high school groups & 2 middle school groups. We wholeheartedly believe that small group ministry is vital to every persons spiritual growth. We call it D3 Groups because of our core values: Devotion, Diversity, & Discipleship. Sports Ministry: God has also opened up doors for me to do more coaching. I helped coach & train an AAU team last year. We have a free basketball clinic that we offer on Monday afternoons for children, Grades K-4. We have a short devotional before practice. We plan on adding more clinics & camps for more ages throughout the year. I am also currently training several high school players. Every Nation Sports Camp: I will also help in organizing our very first sports camp in June.

Dont let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity. 1 Timothy 4:2

2012Team

I thank God every time I remember you, in all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership for the Gospel from the first day until now. Philippians 1:3-5

HOW YOU CAN HELP

God is doing amazing things through us here in Nashville. We sincerely want you to be a part of it. As an experienced athlete, I understand & value the principle of teamwork so much. Here are different ways you can be a part of this team.

PARTNER
We are in the process of re-building our financial support team.

PRAY
If you are unable to financially partner with us at this time, we want to let you know that we are also building our prayer team. We know that it is impossible to do what we are doing without people fervently praying for us. We covet your prayers and encouraging words, especially during season of raising support. If you are interested in our monthly updates called Carried to Completion, please send us an e-mail to robert.johnson@everynation.org.

PROMOTE
If you know anyone who is interested in hearing about our ministry, please let us know. We ask you to think of 10 people in your life right now who would like to see what we are doing in Nashville. Our website is: www.robertandsamantha.com.

Monthly Partnership We ask that you pray about partnering with us at $10/month. Yes, $10 is all we are asking. If you are currently supporting us monthly, we ask you to prayerfully consider increasing your support $10. We are believing for 100 additional people to be our monthly partners!

One-Time Gift If you would like to give a one-time gift, we sure would appreciate it. We are believing for $10,000 in one-time gifts this year, to help cover our travel to the Philippines, mission trips, healthcare, and also a car for Samantha.
We would love to hear from you! Robert and Samantha Johnson | Every Nation Ministries P.O. Box 1787, Brentwood, TN 37024-1787 | (615) 423-2897 | robert.samantha@gmail.com