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Alive Ministries USA, Annual Newsletter
Our Mission
Our Mission is to effectively carry out the Great Commission found in Matthew 28:18-20 of Preaching the Gospel and making disciples of Jesus Christ.
The Team
Alive Ministries USA is comprised entirely of volunteers. Although we are disabled, God is still using us, and while we may have limitations the Lord does not. In our weakness His strength is made manifest. We hope that this encourages you to press forward and do what you can for God.
| Rev. Christopher B. Cain I am the co-founder, along with my wife Elizabeth J. Cain, as well as the Minister of Evangelism and Discipleship. In reality God is the founder, we cannot lay any foundation as He has already done so, it is up to us to build upon that foundation and that is what we are trying to do. One of my personal ministry highlights is the continued work the Lord is doing in my own life, and right here in my own hometown. I have been active in our local church, United Baptist Church of Littleton, as a Sunday School teacher, Men’s Group Leader, and recently as a Deacon. God is really using the men and women of our class to minister to each other as well as to the church and community. I find that your deepest growth always comes from small groups. I have been blessed to have been able to take part in a wonderful men’s group as well that is helping each of us grow into the men God desires us to be. The Bible is clear about the importance of fellowship in the local body of believers, “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” Hebrews 10:25 (KJV) My wife Elizabeth J. Cain is my support and my cheerleader. She is our Co-Founder, Photographer, and Videographer, and has taken many of the photos that have been posted with the devotionals I have written. Elizabeth also attends our Sunday School class, and the Lord has used her to rebuild a women’s group at our church. It has been some time since our church has had a women’s group, and many of the women expressed a need to have fellowship with each other again. It can be particularly difficult as mothers and wives to find the time to make this happen, and this is largely why we have been without a women’s group at our church. The Lord led her to take up the challenge of starting one again, and she is currently still in the process of allowing the Lord to build the group using her and the other women who attend. She has found that even when it was just her and one other lady, that God used that fellowship for a much needed time of spiritual growth. The lesson here is that it is never numbers that we should seek, but fellowship at the Lord’s direction. It is great to see my wife being willing to overcome her limitations and surrender herself to the cause of Christ. Elizabeth is proof that our Spiritual impact is not determined by our anxiety or our past, but by our GOOD and Righteous Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. My sister Jessica J. Ford has continued to serve in a much needed and indispensable role as my Editor, Confidant, and Communications Director. Just as Elizabeth, she demonstrates the impact God can have in our lives when we seek true submission to God. Jessica also has taken on an increasingly active role in her church as a greeter, a prayer warrior, and just plain helping wherever she is needed. Jessica is proof that just because you may be physically limited at times, does not mean you are spiritually limited in any way. It is God who determines our impact, not our health. My brother-in-law John Ford is the most recent addition to our team since our last newsletter. John helps us out with Guest Hosting our ALIVE-Stream when needed and also Photography, Prayer, and plans to help us with much needed Video Editing. John has been on Short term Missions, assists his Church with Security and Sound Board and Tech skills which he greatly enjoys. John has a real heart for prayer and for God’s people. We are glad to welcome John to our family and to the Ministry and appreciate his desire to serve our Lord and Savior. |
Introduction
Thank you for partnering with us here at Alive Ministries USA, as our work would not be possible without your prayers and support. This is our second official newsletter, and I am glad that you can be a part of it. These past two years have been an amazing time for us here at Alive Ministries USA. We see God using us in so many ways that it is hard to pick the highlights. In this newsletter, I will share some of those highlights and some plans for the future with you, including some very exciting news concerning our upcoming trip in March 2022 to the Dominican Republic, but more on that later.
2020-21 Highlights
Aliveministriesusa.com
I am very happy to report since our last newsletter that we finally have the aliveministriesusa.com ministry website up and running. You can visit us over on the ministry website for articles, devotions, vidoes, “Thought of the Day” by Jessica Ford, also check out Sermons, Podcasting, some original Instrumentals written by Rev. Christopher B. Cain and our weekly program the ALIVE-Stream which can be also found on Facebook, Twitch and Youtube. Thank you to those that encouraged and believed in us to get the website off the ground. Special thanks to those who prayerfully supported us in the endeavor.
ALIVE-Stream Live Prayer and Bible Study
Join us each weeknight, except Wednesday, at 8:00 PM EST during the winter months and 9:00 PM EST the rest of the year. We have studied several books on the program since its launch during the early days of the pandemic. We started out streaming to Facebook on a cell phone just taking prayer and sharing encouraging scriptures because of the fear and uncertainty in the world during the early days of the pandemic. Since making the switch to streaming on multiple platforms, called MultiStreaming, we have upgraded to a nice laptop which allows us to do so much more with the program including using virtual backgrounds and screen sharing during the broadcast. Special thanks to those who made that happen. We take live prayer requests for the first half of the show and study the Bible for the second half. Books we have studied include: the Gospel of John, Romans, Revelation, Galatians, Jeremiah, Ephesians and Proverbs. We have had nights with a half a dozen viewers to nights with over ten thousand views. It is not about the number, it is about the faithful. Those who faithfully tune in, are in our view, part of this ministry.
Podcast Ministry
We have begun to step into Podcasting as it is one of the best ways to share the Gospel in the 21st Century. You can now find us on Spotify, Amazon and iTunes, and also at Castos. Simply search Alive Ministries USA. Are you interested in being on a podcast? If you would like to join us for a podcast EMail us at Aliveministriesusa@gmail.com
Real Dark News
I have had another opportunity to write since our last Newsletter. I am blessed to have the opportunity to partner with Thru the Black and their site RealDarkNews.com I would like to thank Tom, Katie and Jared for all they do. Real Dark News focuses on some of the darker subjects that remain unspoken of in most spheres of the Church. I appreciate their willingness to talk about this, because I believe Silence provides cover for further opportunities for such wicked actions and behaviors as Abortion, Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking and Ritual Occultic practices. While it may seem foreign to some in the Church, the Bible sweeps nothing under the rug and nor should we. The Bible is abundantly clear in Ephesians 6, and elsewhere, that we are in a Spiritual War. I submit Biblical Commentary to Real Dark News and am thankful for the outlet to write and contribute to their site.
Fort Fairfield Journal
In addition to writing for the Wisconsin Christian News, and RealDarkNews,com I also volunteer periodically with the last paper that is both published and printed in Aroostook County Maine where I live, The Fort Fairfield Journal. This affords me the opportunity to address local and national issues from a biblical perspective while honing my skills as a writer. I have been able to address biblical issues as well as political issues that affect the believer.
Wisconsin Christian News
I have been blessed to contribute a regular article for Wisconsin Christian News for the last several years. I want to take a moment and thank Rob Pue of Wisconsin Christian News, who tirelessly labours for the Gospel of Christ by sharing God’s Word through one of the Largest Christian Newspapers of it’s kind. Since I began to write, Rob has been able to launch Wisconsin Christian News TV and he has been able to distribute papers across the United States, and as far as Scotland and the United Kingdom. I have now submitted dozens of articles ranging in a wide variety of topics yet all based on Biblical commentary and issues that affect the believer. You can find my monthly column on Page 10 of the paper or under Biblical Commentary at WisconsinChristianNews.com
Personal Ministry
This is what makes up the bulk of what we do, whether it be in street ministry, one on one ministry, ministering to couples or families, or supporting other ministers in prayer and encouraging them. Personal ministry is to me where the real connections are made. Many of these encounters have dealt with empowering people to fully surrender to God, to overcome struggles and addictions by relying on Christ, and calling them to a deeper appreciation for the Word of God by challenging them to read the Bible daily.
God opened doors in 2020 to allow me to Street Preach in Monument Square in Portland Maine twice. It was an amazing opportunity which was being broadcast to multiple countries in Africa unbeknownst to me. My opening words were “all over the world”!!! How is that for God ordaining things? I went there to minister to those on the street and encountered a local ministry who gave me the opportunity to speak. I was later invited back and got to street preach again!
I have had the Blessing to go to the Dominican Republic with my wife and Church Mission team in February 2020, and also we are planning and raising funds to go again this March 2022. I was blessed to teach English in the School with my good friend Gaby Ostin. Gaby and I have stayed in touch over these past two years and have developed a great friendship. He is truly a brother in Christ. The picture you see on the newsletter is Gaby and I giving a talk to some young boys from the school. Gaby was my translator and the boys were raising their hands in answer to the question: “how many just prayed for Christ to be their Savior for the very first time?” About one dozen young boys accepted Christ during that talk Gaby and I had with them. It is one of my most treasured things from the trip. I also spoke at Molinito Bateye which is a small village right in the middle of a sugarcane field. During that sermon which can be seen on our YouTube Channel one girl came to Christ, and I prayed for a young boy named William, who was badly injured in a harvesting accident. I was also blessed to pray for two adults. I look forward to seeing them this time. A very special thanks to Fortune who was very patiently my translator. The message I planned to be fifteen minutes took over an hour working with the translator Fortune, who was so patient but praise God, a young girl was saved that evening. Thank you also to the patient Missions team who supported me that night.
Again this year, I have challenged several people and couples to read God’s Word daily for 30 days and to access the change in their lives after the thirty days. I have found that in a month, the changes that can occur leave the people forever changed in such a way that I do not need to convince them to keep reading as they do that all by themselves. I would challenge you to do the same, and in addition begin to write down the things you are thankful for; you will soon find that even the worst situation and attitude can be overcome by the gratitude that comes from knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
In addition, I have challenged many, and will challenge you, with a challenge my wife gave me: Begin to write down your prayer requests and as they are answered write down how they were answered and when. Periodically review how God has answered your prayers to keep a fresh perspective of how God is actually working in your life. Elizabeth really was blessed to work with the students at Colegio Moriah in the Dominican with some very special Art Projects she had brought with her on the trip. God surely led us outside of our comfort zones and He alone brought the increase!
2022 and Ongoing Goals
Continue our daily postings on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter while adding the postings to our own website.
Continue Biblical commentary articles.
Continue the ALIVE-Stream as God directs.
Grow our Podcasting Ministry.
The March 2022 trip to Colegio Moriah in the Dominican Republic:
As part of a seven person mission team from our local Church, Elizabeth and I will be joining our Pastor and other members of our church on a short term mission trip to the Dominican Republic. We will be going to Colegio Moriah, which is a school that our church, and our Pastor Steve Straubel, have been associated with for several years now. Colegio Moriah is where we went in the Dominican in February 2020. Colegio Moriah ministers to Haitian Refugees who have been displaced and are living in the Dominican Republic. There is deep distrust among the two nationalities which share the same island as their home. For Haitians who are living in the DR, they face abuse, exploitation, and difficult living and working conditions with very few, if any, rights. You can learn more about the school, which started in the street as a chicken wire and tarped structure and has now grown into a facility of its very own surrounded by concrete walls and it has about four hundred students, by visiting their website at: https://www.colegiomoriah.org
You can also follow us, and the progress of our journey in the Dominican on our social media platforms, specifically on Aliveministriesusa.com and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AliveMinistriesUSA
One reason for writing this newsletter is to inform you of what we have been and are doing. The other reason is that in order to make the trip to the Dominican Republic possible, we have to reach out and ask for support. When the opportunity arose I immediately said yes to going on this trip. I have not been able to work since 2004 because of a severe construction accident that left me disabled after being hit in the back by nearly 2000 pounds of steel reinforcement bar on a construction site. Truthfully, I do not like to be a burden, though I realize in not asking I would be more of a burden by preventing you from the blessing of partnering with us to help these children and adult refugees.
We know God can and will provide. He provided thru His Faithful Children the entire cost of our last trip to the Dominican and we know we are needed there now and He WILL make a way. Will you be part of that with us? Praise God because of some faithful people our plane and bus tickets have been paid for and we now only need to raise around $1100 each for Elizabeth and I. We have a total amount we need to raise for the trip portion of $2,200. This does not include additional expenses such as special supplies we need for the trip, spending money, etc. We know that this is a difficult time of year for most everyone, and we would not ask if we did not have a need. If you can support us in this trip, we would greatly appreciate it. If you cannot support us financially, that is totally understandable, though we would ask that you support us and the mission team in prayer. There is a lot of spiritual darkness where we are going and we will need your prayers just as much, perhaps more so, than the financial support.
Support and Donations for us can be sent by check with our names in the memo along with DR trip made out to the “Littleton Baptist Church” at the following address:
Christopher and Elizabeth Cain
C/o
Treasurer Amanda Schools
PO Box 61
Monticello Maine 04760
Or Donate Electronically at PayPal please include our names and that it is for the DR trip in the optional note space which is provided:
Example Chris and Elizabeth Cain DR TRIP https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=FRQP7KSTGD738&source=url&fbclid=IwAR2HWVgafaXRPT9pNyV3e_1deRf_9hAVYH0V0TOcdDawyxQiKsN5tpFcZX8
“Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV)
Again, we thank you for all the sharing of our posts, your prayers, comments, support, and encouragement as we minister here at home and abroad. Please remember to like us on Facebook and follow the progress of our trip at www.AliveMinistriesUSA.com https://www.facebook.com/AliveMinistriesUSA
If you would like to see about booking me for a speaking engagement, please call me at 207-538-1545.