Ministry Administration

I am in my office today; staying incredibly busy. Writing emails, returning dozens of phone calls duplicating CDs and creating ministry resources and writing correspondence. Yeah, it's a busy day. Not to mention that I have been out on the road for the last five weeks straight and will leave shortly for another trip.

It is easy to think that an evangelist just has time off when they are not out on the road speaking but quite the opposite is true. The administrative tasks are just the beginning. I will have several meetings with staff members of my church this week just to connect after a long summer and let them know what has been happening. I will be catching up on the reading and studying necessary to keep myself sharp and fresh. I will pack and prepare for the next trip which will begin in just a couple of days. Most importantly, I will spend time with my family since they have not seen too much of me this summer.

Although the day to day tasks of ministry can seem somewhat mundane and pointless, they are a vital component of what happens out on the road, in services and rallies and in the lives of students. May we all keep a sharp focus on the goals and vision that we carry; even when it comes to the mundane but necessary administration of ministry.

Together let's reach a generation,

Chris Mancl
ATC

Heading Out Tomorrow

Tomorrow morning I will be getting up at 3:00 am and heading to the airport in order to catch a 5:30 flight to Raleigh, North Carolina. I will be speaking at North Carolina Youth camp this week. I am anticipating an incredible week of hanging out with Students and youth Pastors; eating camp food; and most importantly seeing lives changed each night in the services.

The urgency and expectancy I always feel the night before I leave for a ministry trip is an incredible feeling. I have racing thoughts of what God could do this week. I find myself reciting messages in my mind and heart over and over again and asking the Lord constantly to have his way this week. This is the life of an evangelist. It is a great pleasure for me to have a voice with this group of students this week, and it is an honor that I do not take for grated.

Lord, Thank you for the opportunities you have given me.

Please pray for us and the students of North Carolina this week. Stay posted to hear updates from the camp. Thank you and God bless!

Guatemala Highlights

Hey Everyone,

I am back from Guatemala. We did have an incredible trip. Here are some of the highlights from the trip.

School Assemblies:

In Guatemala I spoke in six school assemblies to around 1300 students. It was powerful to see God impact the lives of those students in the assemblies. We saw dozens of students respond to give their lives to Jesus Christ in the assemblies.


On the first day of school our team did four school assemblies back to back. It was a very intense day. The energy was through the roof from the moment we started the music and pulled those teachers up on the stage to dance. The students were engaged and impacted through the presentations.

My heart was broken for the students in every assembly that I spoke in. I am excited for future trips to Guatemala to speak in more school assemblies.

The Crusade's:
I was in two crusades with another evangelist while in Guatemala. We were working with Jonathan and Alicia Farrant, missionaries to Guatemala. There was a crusade in Chimaltanengo and Nueve Concepcion. Between the two crusades there was an estimated attendance of about 6,000 people.

There were thousands who responded to receive Jesus Christ as the Lord and Savior. It was incredible to see how God touched lives in each crusade. I will never forget the hundreds of heeling's and other manifestations of the Holy Spirit.

There are incredible things happening in Guatemala. I was honored to have a part in what God was doing during these past couple of weeks.

Spanish School:
I studied Spanish for a week at Christian Spanish Academy in Antigua, Guatemala. I am excited about the progress that I have been making in my language study. As I was preaching in a church in Guatemala I preached about five minutes of my message in Spanish. It was very excited. It will not be too much longer and I'll be preaching whole messages in Spanish. There is an incredible anticipation in my heart to continue ministry in Guatemala and throughout Latin America.

Leaving the Country

Hey Everyone,

In just two days I will be getting on a plane and flying into Guatemala. I'll be there for two weeks. Next week I will be speaking in nine schools in Guatemala. On Wednesday night and Friday night we will have a youth crusade with an anticipated attendance of 8,000 students.
The second week I will be attending language school and continuing to learn Spanish. I'm very excited about this trip and what is going to happen.

Please pray for myself and our team as we are ministering to students in the schools and the crusade. Pray that the gifts of the Spirit would be in operation and that we would see thousands of students saved in these crusades. Please pray for our missionary friends, Jonathan and Alisha Farrant.

I'll keep everyone updated on what is happening as we progress through the trip. Thanks!

Guatemala

In just three short weeks I will be getting on a plane and heading to Guatemala for two weeks. I am thrilled at the opportunities ahead. This may be my most exciting trip to Guatemala yet. When I arrive I will be working for several days with a team going into schools and speaking in rally s throughout the country. This will create momentum for the end of the week. On the weekend there will be a huge open air youth crusade. We are expecting there to be close to 10,000 students in attendance. What an incredible opportunity!

I still have to raise another $1,500 for this trip. If you could help, please contact me at: chris@answeringthecries.com

Please pray for us! The team and I will be in Guatemala from May 4-May 17, 2008. Thank you and God bless!

Huntsville

I just arrived in Huntsville, TX. Tommorow I will be in three school assemblies with my mentor Wayne. Tommorow night I will be speaking at a youth service here in Huntsville. On Saturday we will all be going into the prisons here to speak and minister to the inmates. I am thrilled at the opportunities for ministry and the expectation that I feel in the atmosphere. I know that God is going to do incredible things in the lives of students and people this weekend.

Using School Assemblies to Launch a Youth Ministry

I was recently in Huntsville, TX. I did not have a trip scheduled for a couple of days and my mentor, Wayne, was doing some school assemblies a couple hours away in Huntsville. I decided to drive down for a couple of days and watch. While I was there I observed one of the coolest ideas for launching a new youth ministry.

The Church we were working with had just launched another Church in a nearby community. They had only been having services there, I believe, for less than a month. The staff had gotten Wayne into all the schools in that community. All together there was over 1000 students. That night there was great excitement and expectation for the turn out at the night rally.

At the night rally the church was packed full. There were approximately 200 students who responded for salvation that night. Their information was gathered by leaders. Each student was invited to come back that week for their youth service. They had over 100 new students added to their youth ministry that week.

I thought to myself; what an incredible start to launching a youth ministry! This model created incredible momentum for the youth ministry and the staff. I would urge us all to think creatively about how we further the Kingdom of God. Together lets reach a generation!