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    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 & helprestore a culture of honor in this generation.

    To start campus prayer groups, & eventually see

    students praying & believing God for revival on

    their campuses.

    OurValues

    DEVOTION: Students who are devoted to

    Jesus in word, worship, and prayer.

    DIVERSITY: Students who do life with oneanother; regardless of socio-economic status or

    ethnicity.

    DISCIPLESHIP: Students who love Jesus and

    help others follow Him as well.

    CarriedtoCompletion

    201 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:

    New YearNew Opportunitie

    I pray all is well with you and your family, and you are of

    great start this new year. We have been here in Nashvillone full year. I cant believe that this year has gone by so fa

    We started this journey in January of 2011. With mprayer and counsel, we felt it was Gods will for us to moNashville and serve the youth in this city. After spendinlast nine years of our lives in the Philippines it was haleave everything, yet we were in full confidence that God hplan for us in Tennessee.

    This past year has been one of the greatest years of our livethe same breath, it has also been one of the toughest. Goddone some amazing things while teaching and growing

    this journey; showing Himself always faithful.

    Samantha and I felt deeply moved to send you this letthighlight what you have been a part of this past year. Toge

    we truly made a difference in the lives of the youth heNashville.

    We also want to invite you to be a part of what God is goindo this new year 2012. We are absolutely certain thaLord has His hand on this, and we are really excited to givean opportunity to play an important part on what He is ato do.

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    2 0 1 1 M i l e s t o n e s

    RUSH Franklin: Students continue to bringfriends every week; and in seeing new faces weanticipate to at least double in size this year.

    Community Outreach Projects: We plan onserving in at least one project per month. Godhas recently opened up doors to work with thehomeless & 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 todo at least one local mission trip this year.

    D3 Groups: We already have launched our D3Groups. This is our small group ministry. Wealready have 6 high school groups & 2 middleschool groups. We wholeheartedly believe thatsmall group ministry is vital to every personsspiritual growth. We call it D3 Groups becauseof our core values: Devotion, Diversity, &Discipleship.

    Sports Ministry: God has also opened updoors for me to do more coaching. I helpedcoach & train an AAU team last year. We have a

    free basketball clinic that we offer on Mondayafternoons for children, Grades K-4. We have ashort devotional before practice. We plan onadding more clinics & camps for more agesthroughout the year. I am also currently trainingseveral high school players.

    Every Nation Sports Camp: I will also helpin organizing our very first sports camp in June.

    2 0 1 2 O u t l o o k

    Here are some of the milestones of ourministry progress in 2011.

    CHURCH | RUSH FRANKLIN: We

    launched RUSH Franklin in March with 10students. Today we have 50+ students thatare part of the youth group.

    CAMP: We helped lead Summa Camp attended by 100+ students, and saw manylives radically changed!

    COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS: We partnered with a local Boys and GirlsClub (Williamson County) to allow RUSHstudents to volunteer their time & grow incommunity involvement.

    CAMPUSES: God opened up doors to keyrelationships through students, coaches,and faculty in 12 high schools in Williamson County. Praise God for givingus a foundation to build on.

    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

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    2 0 1 2 T e a m

    I thank God every time I remember you, in all my prayers for a

    of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership for t

    Gospel from the first day until now.

    Philippians 1

    HOW YOU CAN HELPGod 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-buildingr financial support team.

    Monthly Partnership

    e ask that you pray about partneringth us at $10/month. Yes, $10 is alle are asking. If you are currentlypporting us monthly, we ask you toayerfully consider increasing yourpport $10.

    We are believing for 100 additionalople to be our monthly partners!

    One-Time Gift

    you would like to give a one-timeft, we sure would appreciate it. Wee believing for $10,000 in one-timefts this year, to help cover our travel

    the Philippines, mission trips,althcare, and also a car formantha.

    PRAY

    If you are unable to financially partnerwith us at this time, we want to let youknow that we are also building ourprayer team. We know that it isimpossible to do what we are doing

    without people fervently praying forus.

    We covet your prayers andencouraging words, especially duringseason of raising support. If you areinterested in our monthly updatescalled Carried to Completion, pleasesend us an e-mail [email protected].

    PROMOTE

    If you know anyone who is interesin hearing about our ministry, plelet us know. We ask you to think ofpeople in your life right now w

    would like to see what we are doingNashville.

    Our website is:www.robertandsamantha.com.

    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 | [email protected]