2001 Annual President's Report
December 19, 2011
Thanksgiving as a special day was observed last month. But the staff of
Gospel Sunrise continues to be grateful to God and to you our contributors and
for our volunteers.
The Apostle Paul said the the Corinthians, " We are laborers together with
God." (1 Cor. 3:9) In the fast paced communication today the word "we" often
needs to be defined. As in the occasion Paul wrote about, the "we" is our
contributors who provide us the means to send gospel materials to many parts of
the world. (We have tracts in approzimately 65 countries in 11 languages).
The primary focus of our ministry is to spread the gospel of Jesus by way of
tracts, Bibles, New Testaments, tapes, CD's and other Christian materials for
the unsaved. In addition we receive many reports from individuals and church
groups that our materials aid them in their own gospel outreach. In a recent
letter from one in Africa, a man says, "Your materials make my Christian work
and witness very easy."
We are excited about the effective witness to the Moslem people in several
countries. From a Pastor in Kenya these words. "Thank you for the gospel
materials which I received on Monday this week. We distributed to so many people
in Eldoret and on Tuesday eight Muslims came to Christ just after reading these
tracts. Your materials, I call them a delicious meal for the Christian heart."
Also, we have mailed many of our tract, "Ye Must Be Born Again" in Arabic to an
evangelist in New York City.
We do not receive as many letters from overseas currently due to the high
postal rates. In response to the letters we receive, we send out set of 20
different tracts, applicable form letters, and personal answers to questions.
This is a 3 ounce letter. The postage for this is $2.45. Our standard box
weighing 17 pounds contains approximately 1,800 tracts, 24 message tapes, one
Bible, and a salvation New Testament is sent as we are able. Our cost for
mailing this is $57.60. We are usually 6-8 months behind in these shipments.
We give thanks to Christian Light Publications for allowing us to use their
ministry as a drop-off point for our foreign mail. Ammually this saves us more
than $10,000 rather than mailing at the post office next door. This mail goes by
airmail also and is distributed by APC Postal Logistics in Maryland.
Many urgent calls come from here and overseas for materials. A man who was
going to the South American country of Guyana as a Missionary begged for our
tapes and tracts to be sent to him there. Two large boxes of materials were sent
to him. This is an English speaking country and we hope to continue working with
him. Occasional phone calls come from people in Africa too.
Yes, we are still producing tapes. Even though many truck stops don't allow
displays, truck drivers are doing a good work in distribution. The requests
still come from this country along with the ones sent overseas. We have a way to
send large amounts of tapes to the country of Guatemala at no charge. Tapes are
sometimes available at very low closeout prices. We continue to receive many new
and used tapes and supplies from churches and individuals. (We have many tapes
at this time.)
During the more than 30 years of ministry we have attempted to enlarge our
mailing list.
This, letter is addressed only to the individuals and church groups who have
contributed within the last three years. Please let us know your desires about
remaining on our address list. Also, if you know of someone who may be
interested in helping our work, please pass this letter along or send us their
address.
Current ministry needs-
-Tracts in English, Spanish, and Portuguese
-Bibles, New Testaments, and gospels in English and Spanish
-General operating expenses
-Funds for postage (we usually have mail waiting to go out)
In His Service,
Raymond Brunk
Board members:
David Schrock, Vice-President
Reba Brunk, Secretary
Vernon Graber, Treasurer
Jonathan Lee
TO THINK ABOUT
2 cents will buy 1 gospel tract
5 cents will buy a booklet on the value of life
25 cents - a Gospel of John
$1.70 - 2 New Testaments
$55.00 - 14 KJV Bibles
$400.00 - 1 month's office rent
$1,000 - 5,000 new cassette tapes
$1,900 - 100,000 gospel tracts
$14,000 - 1,000,000 gospel tracts
