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Quote to ponder:  

“I am this day four score and five years old.  As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, to go out, and to come in.  Now therefore give me this mountain, “    - Caleb, the son of Jephunneth the Kenezite

Our Guest:

Shirley Tropea

Social Worker, Missionary

Focus notes:

• 76 and going to Tanzania
• A dream that started 24 years ago
• Father Milton, Shirley's Joshua
• Mountain of a dream. Dream of a mountain, Kilimanjaro.
• God provided in every step of 2 year preparation

Quote to ponder: 

“Grace flows through relationships”

Our guest:

Willie Santiago,

Cuba Connection Ministry

Former Pastor & Church Planter

Focus notes: 

• Cuba Connection Ministry – Not an organization but a network
• Fostering relationship for advancing the Kingdom of God for over 14 years
• 53 years history of no relationship between the US and Cuban governments
• 8 fold increase in Christian population in Cuba since 1960
• The biggest Church revival in Cuba's history happening today
• A new generation of young Christian leaders
• “tearing down walls ministry”, the house churches of Cuba
• Cuban emphasis on relationship in evangelism
• Cuban missionaries to other Spanish speaking countries
• Cuba closer than you think
• Getting to Cuba is easier than you think
• An invitation to the short terms missions minded
• Suffering for Christ in 1^st class accommodations and a roast pig feast awaits
• Best utilize the skills of your missions team with advanced planning

Quote to ponder: 

“I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go before us? Then said I, Here I am; send me.”   Isaiah the prophet from Isaiah 6:8

Our Guest:

Cecil Thayer

Pastor Massillon Baptist Temple

Missionary to South Africa 1996-2006

Focus notes:

- How do you know you have been called?

- “Not me, you've got the wrong number”

- “I'll go anywhere but Africa”

- There's someone better, but they didn't surrender

- A 20 foot shipping crate, a wife and 4 children

Quote To Ponder -

“Lord if this is your will, I don't want to miss it. “ -  Cecil Thayer

Our Guest:

Cecil Thayer –    Senior Pastor, Massillon Baptist Temple

 Missionary to South Africa (1996-2006)

Not that long ago came one of the largest challenges of my life.  God called me to preach for the first time and gave me a message that was hard to preach.  You see sometimes God calls us to step out of our comfort zone and take on something we would have never done in the past just to see if we will be faithfull.  He allows us to choose and that is the start of the battle in this case.  In my study and preparation for the services, there was an obvious calling to use the power of story to express the love of our Heavenly Father.  The story starts with Joseph and Pharaoh’s dream and concludes with the hardest story I have ever told.  Mine.  Take a few minutes and find out why I am who I am.  This is a portion of one of the services.  Please comment and let me know what you think.

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Since the beginning of 2012, my calling has been in flux and I was not sure what was happening.  I am passionate about the missionaries and churches that I have been called to serve, but the flow of interviews had slowed and I was questioning my work ethic, energy and so much more.  Through this time I began to pull back and started evaluating how Total Fusion Ministries was relevant to the world. 

Through the evaluation process I confirmed that it was very beneficial to my market at the current level of service, but there was so much more that could be offered to help these clients change the world. 

• We will be expanding our Field Focus episodes to include a larger variety of people that are being the hands and feet of Christ on a daily basis including, authors, bloggers, podcasters etc.  These fine folks are on the front lines as well and are influencing the world in their own special way. 
• We will begin offering seminars and webinars to churches, missionary organizations and non-profits instructing them on many different topics like: “Facebook and the Local Church”, “Power of Personality”, “Mission Branding” and so much more.  These events will begin in the late spring and will be coming to a city near you.  If you are interested in any of these please let me know through our contact page and we will get info to you quickly.
• We are beginning to role out a new slate of products as well.  Last week we released the first of many E-Books titled “Grow Your Support” and you can receive it FREE by signing up on the form on the right side-bar of our website.  As the year progresses, many new materials and books will be released and I am so looking forward to releasing them to you my followers first and then to the world. 

Now let’s look at some great things bubbling up and coming together.  We are working on a project that I can only tease you with called “The Total Fusion Project” that will make a statement worldwide that we as a people are here to stand for what we believe and will do everything in our power to preserve the influence we have in our nation.  I pray that as this begins to be rolled into the light that the support and words of affirmation will flow as a blessing to the Kingdom. 

Please come along side us as we transform missions, churches and the world ministry as we follow Christ’s call and Change the World.     

This message is controversial to some and just so you know it comes from many years watching the relationships between the missionary and supporter. Missionaries are in a small business, which denies common logic.  They are selling a product “themselves/cause” and need to be very proficient at it.  This post will help.

Two things every missionary needs to know:

Quote to ponder:

“God is so thoughtful.  He remembers our dreams and our visions long after we've forgot them.”   Yvonne Herring 

Rob and Yvonne look back on an abundant first year with the new Field Focus missionary minded radio program.

Are you sitting in Church and thinking to yourself that God isn't doing anything?  Just open your windows and open your eyes.  God is doing awesome and amazing things!  God is so alive.  He is moving in a way that maybe he has never moved before.

In October 2010 Yvonne and Rob worked together on a missionary DVD presentation and in the process merged our dreams and strengths with a vision to connect Christians to the mission field by way of on-line radio interviews that high light the people and ministries in a way that would both inspire and challenge the listener.  The heart beat of Field Focus is best captured by

 We all, at one time or another, have to build a team to accomplish our calling more effectively. Missionaries I work with struggle with keeping their team motivated and active while they are in the field.  This is not only an issue with missionaries. In any organization you will see that people will fade or not even accept the position they are qualified for.