Heart and Soul90

Dear Friends,

The question is rightfully asked: "What is happening with Heart and Soul90?" Let me see if I can answer that easily and in a few words!

1. First, thanks for asking.
2. Second, we are busy working on the web site!
3. Next, the web site will be the main instrument for Heart and Soul90.
4. Fourth, everywhere we go people are excited about this possibility!
5. Finally, we will not have the web site up until the middle of April.

So the next question is this: "What are you doing in the meantime?"

1. We are busy working on the web site. Some great people are working on it.
2. We eagerly connect people with JONATHANS and with least reached people groups.
3. We always tell the JONATHAN story wherever and whenever!
4. We are connecting with other major ministries reaching the unreached.

And finally, "How are you balancing your work with THE JONATHAN PROJECT and HEART AND SOUL90 along with helping Boulder Valley Christian Church?"

1. The Elders in this church are very supportive of my outside work.
2. I suspect BVCC will be one of the first churches to sign on to HEART AND SOUL90.
3. I just work extra hours to see that all responsibilities are completed.
4. Judy is incredibly supportive of this schedule.

All in all, we are delighted to be at this point in our lives. It is a good place and we are happy to be used of the Lord in this way in these years.

Thank you for your prayers and your support. We could not do what we are doing without a large team of people undergirding us! You all are the best!

Blessings,

Graydon and Judy Jessup
714.488.7922
graydon.jessup@gmail.com

A little peek

Dear Friends,

Thank you so much for your friendship and support- both prayerfully and financially.

We received a very touching email yesterday. One of our trained people in the heart of the middle east was trying on appropriate clothing...think burqua...for the area where they would be living and serving. The reality of the entire process was a real wake up call. But the "wake up call" was not one of fear or of running away or of wishing for a mission/ministry entirely different. This person understood the importance of the mission; the value of lives never touched by the Gospel of Jesus; the importance of partnership with Jesus in one of the most hostile places on the planet! And with gladness they were happy to put on the "clothing of the culture" that others would hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

I thank the Lord for partners like that who are so committed to the presentation of the story of Jesus Christ to least reached people groups, that clothing, separation from family, strange foods, and even fear of governmental and/or religious unrest and unpredictability will not stop or hinder the flow of the Gospel!

What a team...to see that the Gospel is proclaimed to the least reached people groups on the planet. And you are, or can be, a significant part of that team. To discover what you can do right where you are send us an email and we'll get you started on the venture of a lifetime- right where you are!

Blessings,

Graydon and Judy Jessup
graydon.jessup@gmail.com
714.488.7922

2011

Dear Friends,

2011...here we come...FULL BORE!

As I look at this New Year I am excited about all of the possibilities out there to take the Gospel to the least reached people groups on the planet.

*Our key guy is moving to SE Asia
*We are on the verge of being able to challenge people in prayer and giving
*We have a better handle on the least reached people groups
*Currently we are sending trained JONATHANS into hostile environments
*We will be watching to see if we did reach 5,000 new house churches in 2010
*We believe we went over the top
*We have been able to partner with some amazing people

All in all 2011 will exceed all of our dreams and visions as we continue to press towards 100,000 new house churches by Dec 31, 2014!

Thanks for being with us in the journey!

Graydon and Judy Jessup
714.488.7922
graydon.jessup@gmail.com

Last Blog for 2010

Dear Friends,



So we ask the time worn question: "Where did this year go?"



THE JONATHAN PROJECT has been perking right along.

• As of this writing we are closing in on our goal of seeing 5,000 churches planted during this year among the least reached people groups on the planet.


• There were International training sessions of JONATHANS.


• We held our first American training session this past August in America.


• We have partnered with a number of other organizations all committed to seeing that the Gospel is carried to the least reached people groups.


• If I told you that trained JONATHANS are headed into the Afghanistan/Pakistan border and are in refugee camps in the West Bank for example, and that we have a very solid invitation to train in the middle east, you would begin to get the idea of what we are trying to do in preaching the Gospel to the least reached people groups.


• We are organizing to accomplish these goals and objectives so we have people moving and new assignments handed out. (I am being rather clandestine in my speech as we do not want to jeapordize any of our workers unnecessarily!)


• We have started a new support team for all of these efforts called HEART AND SOUL90. This entire concept will be rolling out over the next few weeks.

All in all it has been a busy year and one we see as a building block for even further expansion of the preaching and teaching of the Gospel to the least reached people groups on the planet.

Let me remind you that when we began this ministry God gave us a goal of 100,000 churches among least reached people groups within a five year period. As the 5,000+ started this year explode exponentially the goal the Lord has given us is well within our reach...as long as it all is confirmed as being in HIS reach as well!

We pray a prosperous and incredibly wonderful 2011 as together we work in the Lord's Vineyard!

Graydon and Judy Jessup

graydon.jessup@gmail.com

714.488.7922

Finishing the Task

Dear Friends,

I wrote about Finishing the Task in my last blog. What an event it was. Convened by Paul Eshleman, with Campus Crusade, I was able to join in with about 38 other men and women who are all committed to the task of carrying the Gospel to the least reached people groups on the planet. The information and the insights were truly amazing. Here are just two examples:

• A recording of the Jesus Film can be made in the heart language of an unreached people group, even though that particular people group does not have a written language!
• The nation with the most people groups, and the most unengaged, unreached people groups is India! (India has 1,132 distinct people groups and 89 are left who have never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ.)

There are three agencies who keep comprehensive global people group lists.

• World Christian Database/WCD www.worldchristiandatabase.org/wcd/
• IMB/CPPI http://www.peoplegroups.org
• Joshua Project/JP http://www.joshuaproject.net

You can click on to any one of these web sites and see what we are seeing- lists of least reached people groups around the globe. Between the three you can easily gain a world wide perspective of what is happening within the various people groups. Once you see the trends you can begin to plan strategically to carry the Gospel to all peoplle who have such great needs...in Christ Jesus!

We live in exciting times. This is not the time to hide under a rock. Rather this is the day and hour that God has given us to stand up and be counted for him.

Just so you know, one of the JONATHANS has had tremendous impact in a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank and another JONATHAN couple, along with their 10 month old daughter, are leaving for Afghanistan and the Punjab people. The amazing "exploits" of these modern day Apostle Paul's can be told over and again. God is at work...big time!

We pray an Acts 4:24-31 "holy boldness" on all JONATHANS as well as on all who are carrying the Gospel to the least reached people groups among us...right now!

Judy and I wish all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. And though we do not know what 2011 holds in store for any of us, we do know the Lord Jesus Christ...and ultimately He is the only ONE we need to not only know, but with whom we also need personal relationship.

Prayers and blessings,

Graydon and Judy Jessup

graydon.jessup@gmail.com

714.488.7922

BIG Week

Dear Friends,

This is a BIG week for THE JONATHAN PROJECT!

Last spring I had been invited to attend a meeting called, FINISHING THE TASK which would be held December 8/9, 2010. The meeting is being convened by Paul Eshleman who has been with Campus Crusade all of his career. He is the developer and marketing strategist for THE JESUS FILM, the most watched film in the history of the planet! Just a few years ago he handed the responsibilities of THE JESUS FILM over to others and he has dedicated the rest of his life to getting the Gospel out to the least reached people groups. The result: FINISHING THE TASK.

About 30-40 individuals and mission agencies who have the same passion- to get the Gospel out to the least reached people groups- will meet to do three things:

• Review what God has done this past year
• Where are we right now, today?
• What do we hope to accomplish in the future?

I am looking forward to these two intense days for a number of reasons. First and foremost I will have a front row seat for what is happening around the world with the least reached people groups. Second, I will be able to better position THE JONATHAN PROJECT and our new ministry HEART AND SOUL90 to fit in to what God is doing with everyone else! And finally we all will leave with some specific marching orders for 2011. Pretty exciting I would say!

Blessings,

Graydon and Judy Jessup

graydon.jessup@gmail.com

714.488.7922

National Missionary Convention

Dear Friends,

This week (Nov 18-21, 2010) the National Missionary Convention of the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ will be held in Lexington, KY. (http://nationalmissionaryconvention.org/) My friend and colleague, Lee Bridges, will be leading a number of JONATHAN PROJECT worshops on site. I highly recommend these workshops as they will give you an understanding of what is happening in the world wide picture of carrying the Gospel to the least reached people groups on the planet...and how you might become involved!

I will not be attending the Convention this year...but will be at the Convention in Atlanta, GA, in 2011!

My next very important event will be in South Orange County, (California), with a group called "Finishing the Task." (www.finishingthetask.com) I will be partnering with about 30-40 other Mission Agencies and Organizations who are all dedicated to this global initiative- taking the Gospel to the least reached people groups on the planet! This is the first time THE JONATHAN PROJECT has been invited to this meeting. We are blessed and encouraged that we will be linking up with others who are dedicated to this world wide objective. I will have more to say about these meetings in future blogs.

I was very happy with the article written in the Nov 21/28, 2010, CHRISTIAN STANDARD, (Vol CXLV, Num 47) about the JONATHAN PROJECT! As we get this story out, more and more people are wanting to get involved...and that is a good thing. If you want to know more and/or become involved you can contact me personally at the email below. I can put you in contact with least reached people groups AND with modern day JONATHANS who are either already on the field or who are going into a very difficult area to preach the Gospel.

In this Thanksgiving season I am truly grateful for all who are partnering with us in this huge undertaking. What an exciting time to be alive!!!

Blessings,

Graydon Jessup
714.488.7922
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