Go and Declare's Newsletter February 2018

Go and Declare, Inc. Newsletter

Pensacola, FL

The Panera Bread ministry has already started with a bang this year. Here’s a couple testimonies from the outreach from the old Truman Arms apartment complex. Our team was Julie, Paige and me. We had the privilege of leading Donnerick to the Lord and then he received the Holy Ghost. The presence of the Lord was amazing! The Lord later led us to Syrita. She was dealing with a lot of stress and fear from night terrors. Julie and Paige prayed for her. The presence of the Lord ministered to her and all the stress and fear left her. Praise the Lord! Both these guys are now attending church!

Nuevo Laredo, Mexico April 26-30, 2018

I’m so excited about this trip! The team will be helping Pastor Ray Rendon Jr. with a spring outreach to the precious children of the Colonia in Nuevo Laredo, MX. The weather is usually very nice, so we get to spend more time with the children and play games. There will be worship and a gospel presentation, as well. I believe many lives will be touched by the presence of the Lord. Then the children will be given their gifts and we generally sit down and have an awesome meal together. The team will be doing an outreach to the immigrants, as well. These precious people are usually from many different countries and are being sent home. The team has an amazing opportunity to come feed them, bless them with sanitary items and share the gospel. I’m praying that some folks that are gifted in building will be on this team, as well to connect them with the Pastors.   

List of things we need prior to April 26, 2018

Finances for traveling expenses and hotel expenses

Children’s Day Items: Toys, Candy and kids bibles in Spanish

Some folks are donating clothes and any old suitcases that you could donate would be amazing.  We will put the clothes in the suitcases. Pastor Ray says it would be easier to get the clothes across the border in the suitcases.

Items for the immigrants: hand sanitizer, Q tips, little deodorants, shampoos and napkins, tooth brushes, tooth paste, wipes, ladies tampons, zip lock bags or individual bags.

Wal-Mart Gifts cards to purchase toys and items for the children’s day and for the outreach to the immigrant’s.  We have limited space in our vehicle, so the gift cards are always a tremendous blessing because we can purchase whatever we need at the Laredo Wal-Mart before we cross into Mexico. Please pray for the Lord to bring in the finances and the items listed above for these precious people.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia

Lately, the Lord has been tugging on me to spend some more time with my son in discipleship, so I plan on taking him on some of the intercity trips. We will be in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Feb. 2nd-4th for a minister’s conference. The conference is for leaders and ministers to come and be refreshed and renewed. We then get to be with Pastor Javine and the folks at Tuscaloosa International Prayer Center on Sunday. The church has been growing and I can’t wait to see all of our brothers and sisters.

On the Saturday of Feb. 24^th, John and I will be visiting with Bro. Joel Crumpton. Joel has been a tremendous mentor in my life and every time I see him he stirs me up to pray for the sick and win souls. I can’t wait to see what the Lord is going to do!

Chiapas, Mexico in May

In May, We will be going to Chiapas, Mexico. Chiapas is one of the areas that were affected by the earthquakes last year and Bro. Richard, Pastor Ray, Pastor Juan and I will be going to encourage the people and preach revival services. I’m totally excited because the Lord is sending us into new territory. We have other invites, as well in Mexico and we will go as the Lord leads.

Thank You

…for praying and for your generous financial support. You are truly amazing and we know if it weren’t for you there’s no way we could do these things the Lord has called us to do. Your generosity is overwhelming!

Checks can be written to Go and Declare INC and mailed to 1117 Colbert Avenue Pensacola FL 32507.

Folks can also give by clicking on the donate button on our websites below.

Blessings,

Rudy R Waters II

850-281-7555

www.facebook.com/goanddeclare 

www.goanddeclare.blogspot.com 

Boldness to Act Part 1

Boldness to Act Part 1

1 Cor. 16:9 For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

When I got back from my last trip to Mexico, I had Dr. Jim Harris come up to me and ask me to explain how the trip went in three words. It got me to think a little bit. I thought pushing through was the first two words because there were so many obstacles to overcome. I had to believe the Lord for a lot more finances than the last trips I had been on in Mexico and to top it off; I came down with a virus before I was to leave. I was so congested and weak. To be honest, I didn’t know if I was going to make it. Thanks to all of my friends and family praying for me; I gained strength from the Lord and pushed through. Tami, John and I loaded the toys in the truck and I was off to Mexico. Praise the Lord I had the strength to push through, drive the truck all the way to Mexico, unload the toys and help prepare the food bags and toy bags for the outreach.

The third word that hit my mind was rewarding. We had several folks give their lives to Jesus at the outreach and that’s what it’s all about. Souls coming to Jesus! Folk’s receiving Jesus was so rewarding! Suddenly all the things I had to push through to get to this point was in a distant memory and I was overcome with tears of joy! Jesus is faithful! Toys were then given to the children and the families were given the food bags. It was an amazing day of answered prayer!

While talking to my friend Dr. Jim 1 Corinthians 16:9 came to my mind which says “For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.” I immediately started thinking about this scripture and what had happened to me. The Lord had a great and effective door for me. On the other side of the door was blessing and souls to be won into the kingdom. The enemy didn’t want me to go through that door because ultimately the Kingdom of Heaven would be populated, so he brought against me many adversaries to try to stop me. Praise the Lord!  I was able to push through on the prayers of the saints and by the grace of the Lord and the Kingdom of Heaven was populated!

You see the enemy uses fear, sickness etc. to slow us down or stop us from going through the door that God has called us to. I believe the main one is fear and intimidation and this is something I have always struggled with. I remember in school when I had a project to speak in front of a crowd of students I would be overwhelmed with fear and intimidation. Later in my life,  I  gave my life to Jesus and the Lord would speak to me to do something, but immediately that fear would come and thoughts would enter my mind telling me that it wouldn’t work.  All those what if questions would come to my mind to try to stop me. It used to work most of the time until something amazing happened in my life! 

The Lord continues to remind me of this mission’s trip that I went on about 15 years ago in Cameroon, Africa. The mission was to have 10 teams to surround the city of Kumba to preach the gospel. I was going just serve and be part of a team. I had no idea what was about to happen.  I will never forget it and when my mentor Bro. Bert Farias put me in as a leader of one of the teams immediately the fear of the enemy had gripped my heart to try and stop me. Bro. Bert said something to me that I will never forget. He said I know you can preach because I heard you pray. I was completely changed and had the courage and boldness to preach, but I still had to push through. Later, on the trip I was about to share at a Bible School and the enemy was having a hay day with my mind. What was I going to say? I asked the Lord? The enemy was whispering in my ears that I was going to make a fool of myself. Suddenly an African brother came up to me named Joseph and said brother Rudy I see in the spirit that the enemy has you in a snare. I immediately knew what he was talking about. I asked him to pray and break it off of me and he did. Immediately Prov. 29:25 came into my mind (The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe) and I knew I was to share this scripture with the class. The Lord wanted the students to be free of the fear of man, as well. He wanted to use me to share and pray for these precious students to be free. I will never forget it! The students were all in fear of the unknown. Most of them would be sent out on mission assignments and many of them were dealing with a lot of the same things I had been dealing with. I shared the scripture with them, preached a little bit and prayed to break off the fear of man in the kids’ lives. The Holy Spirit came and ministered to them in a powerful way! We were all changed by the wonderful presence of the Lord! 

Go and Declare's Newsletter Jan. 2018

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone! 2017 has been an amazing year! I am in tears thinking about all the Lord has done! He has been doing amazing things here in Pensacola with the Panera Bread team and has led me to many places around the country and to Mexico. Our family is so grateful for all your prayers and support this past year! We love you very much and were praying that everyone has an amazing 2018! 2018 is going to be the year of the open door!

Christmas Trip to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

When I got back from this trip, I had Dr. Jim Harris come up to me and ask me to explain how the trip went in three words. It got me to think a little bit. I thought pushing through was the first two words because there were so many obstacles to overcome. I had to believe him for a lot more finances than the last trips I had been on in Mexico and to top it off; I came down with a virus before I was to leave. I was so congested and weak. To be honest, I didn’t know if I was going to make it. Thanks to all of my friends and family praying for me; I gained strength from the Lord and pushed through. Tami, John and I loaded the toys in the truck and I was off.

I drove to Bro. Richard Davis’s home in San Antonio, TX where I met two of our team members from Texas Lauren Beck and Alex Miguez. We left for Laredo the next morning to meet Pastor Ray and Bro. Terry Herring. A couple of things we were concerned about were getting the toys across and the forecast was calling for rain and cold weather. We had many people praying to have a green light at the border. The vehicle that I was in received a green light, but Pastor Ray’s vehicle was stopped. He was asked what was in the vehicle. He said toys and they waived him on through. Praise the Lord!

On Friday, the rain hit and we were very concerned about flooding. The outreach was in a rural area in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico with nothing but dirt roads and flooding would make it hard for us to get to the precious people. We immediately put out a call for prayer and we had folks praying from all over the world. The rain stopped miraculously! The answered prayer allowed for some of the precious folks from the Colonia to come help serve as we worked through the night making the food bags and toy bags for the outreach. The Lord had provided for all the 400 bags of food that Pastor Ray believed for. Our God is faithful! 

Saturday was outreach day! The bags of food and toy bags were all prepared and loaded in all of the trucks. The rain had returned and it was very cold, but we were able to get to the people. They estimated that over 400 people had braved the cold and rain to come to the outreach.  I was so overwhelmed with tears to see them and if I could have gotten to every one of them I would have given them a hug, but we were packed into the building like a sardine can trying to keep warm. We had a worship time, a drama, testimony time, the folks were fed Pizza and brother Israel preached. We had several folks give their lives to Jesus that morning and that’s what it’s all about. Souls coming to Jesus! Folk’s receiving Jesus was so rewarding! Suddenly all the things we had to push through to get to this point was in a distant memory and we were all overcome with tears of joy! Jesus is faithful! Toys were then given to the children and the families were given the food bags. What an amazing day of answered prayer? 

Upcoming Ministry Trips

I’m so excited that the 2018 schedule is already starting to fill up. We will be going to Chiapas, Mexico on March 22-27. Chiapas is one of the areas that were affected by the earthquakes last year and Bro. Richard, Pastor Ray, Pastor Juan and I will be going to encourage the people and preach revival services. Totally excited! We will be going back to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico to help with an outreach to the children and connecting folks that are gifted in building on April 27-29. John and I will be in Tuscaloosa, AL for a leadership conference the beginning of February. We will continue to reach out in Pensacola and I believe there’s going to be a major push of evangelism and outreaches in the city of Pensacola. Our greatest days are ahead of us!

Thank You

…for praying and for your generous financial support. You are truly amazing and we know if it weren’t for you there’s no way we could do these things the Lord has called us to do. Your generosity is overwhelming!

Checks can be written to Go and Declare INC and mailed to 1117 Colbert Avenue Pensacola FL 32507.

Folks can also give by clicking on the donate button on our websites below.

Blessings,

Rudy R Waters II

850-281-7555

www.facebook.com/goanddeclare 

www.goanddeclare.blogspot.com  

Go and Declare's Newsletter for December

Go and Declare, Inc. Newsletter

Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas

We want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and a very Merry Christmas from the Waters Family! You are truly amazing! We love you and were praying that you have an amazing time with family and friends! I pray that the Lord will bring our lost family members home and may they see the light of the gospel in us as we visit them! I pray for open doors for everyone to love on and share the gospel in Jesus Name!

Nuevo Laredo, Mexico

Bro. Richard and I had an awesome time in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico with Pastor Ray Rendon Jr. of Salt and Light Ministries and the precious people of the Colonia. Our assignment was to encourage these precious people and to take some video to bring back for the upcoming toy drive for Christmas. We were able to share in the Sunday Morning service. It was pretty cold that morning, but the people came anyway. Their hunger for the Lord really touched my heart. The Lord really touched them that day and honored their hunger with His presence!

Friendship, TN and Tuscaloosa, AL

I had the amazing opportunity to travel to Friendship, TN.  with Pastor Javine from Tuscaloosa and Pastor Shajan from India to take part in a leadership conference lead by Apostle Frost. This was an international conference for leaders from several countries. We had no idea that we were all going to speak on missions that Saturday morning, but when we arrived all three of us was on the itinerary to share. It was an amazing morning! Many folks were touched by the Lord and the fellowship was amazing! The food was absolutely phenomenal! I was reunited with my new Kenyan friends, who adopted me and gave me a Kenyan name. They now call me Kamau-which means come out from this place, spreading all over and pulling people from the pit. Wow! How prophetic is that? A picture of Pastor Javine and my Kenyan friends are at the bottom right!

 Testimony in Tuscaloosa, AL

I saved this testimony for last because it’s so amazing! Pastor Javine and I pulled up into his driveway after church and Steven was there asking for work. Pastor Javine asked me to pray for him. I prayed for him and the Lord started filling my mouth with words to say to him. The next we knew, Steven was crying and we were leading him to Jesus! We prayed for him to be free from alcohol, as well. Thank You Jesus! I know there are Angels rejoicing right now! May You finish the work you started in my knew friend!

Update on the Christmas trip to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico Dec. 13-20

I am totally amazed at how faithful Jesus is! The rental truck and plane ticket to get back to Pensacola has been paid for. The only expenses left are for traveling, the truck to be full of toys,  maybe some hotel expenses, a rental car for a couple days in San Antonio as I prepare to fly home and an offering to bless the Pastors. The Lord has already provided so much already and I know He’s going to take us the rest of the way! All glory goes to Him!

Thank You

…for praying and for your generous financial support. You are truly amazing and we know if it weren’t for you there’s no way we could do these things the Lord has called us to do. Your generosity is overwhelming!

Checks can be written to Go and Declare INC and mailed to 1117 Colbert Avenue Pensacola FL 32507.

Folks can also give by clicking on the donate button on our websites below.

Blessings,

Rudy R Waters II

850-281-7555

www.facebook.com/goanddeclare 

www.goanddeclare.blogspot.com

Because I Heard You Pray

Because I Heard You Pray

Kumba, Cameroon 2003

I had the privilege of going on this amazing trip to Cameroon in 2003 and I will never forget it as long as I live. I was a part of a missions team lead by Bro. Bert Farias. The vision was to surround the city of Kumba with ten teams of evangelists and preach at the same time. We would appoint home church leaders to take care of the new converts. It was amazing! We had many souls born again in the three weeks that I was there. I was so encouraged when one of the home church Pastor’s Peter wrote me a letter. Peter was a very humble man and he wrote me a letter about the new converts and how they were doing. I was amazed as I read about how these new converts were doing and how they were growing in their faith. Praise be to the name of Jesus!

Commissioned to Preach

I share this story wherever the Lord sends me because I believe it was the start of my calling to preach. My heart has always been to serve and I went on this trip to do just that. I wanted to serve in whatever capacity the Lord wanted me. I had no idea what was about to happen. As Bro. Bert was picking the teams out, one by one evangelist’s were being picked. I remember saying to myself that I would be happy to just serve one of the evangelists picked. I then heard my name, Rudy Waters! Inside I was totally full of fear! I had never preached in front of crowds like this before. I had always been content to be an intercessor and pray. Yes, I had done some street evangelism and some brief preaching at the local Salvation Army in Pensacola, but I had never preached in front of a large crowd and let alone another country. I was like what would I say? What would I preach? The enemy was trying to intimidate me! My team was being picked and I was the leader. It was my time for me to lead and I was overwhelmed with fear!

Because I heard you Pray

I have never forgotten this moment in my life. We had a major intercessory time before the teams were sent out to preach across the city of Kumba. I always love times of prayer and intercession because of my time praying with seasoned praying warriors. I had two women disciple me in prayer and one of them was Bro. Bert’s wife Sister C. She trained both my wife and me in prayer. I had no clue that all of those years of training by seasoned mentors were going to be used by the Lord for preaching. As soon as prayer was over, we were to be sent out. I was still being attacked by the enemy with intense fear.  Bro. Bert came up to me with one of the most encouraging words that I have ever received in my life. He said to me “that he knew I could preach because he heard me pray.” Suddenly the Holy Spirit came all over me! Immediately boldness came over me and the fear was gone. I had received the commission to preach and I knew that all of those years of praying had paid off! I had something inside me that the Holy Spirit could use to reach the people that were lost and broken. It was time to go reach them and He was going to fill my mouth with what He wanted me to say and He did! Acts 4:31 had become a reality! Every time I was about to preach, the Lord had given me something to share. Many souls were saved, healed and touched by the Lord in those three weeks and I will never forget it as long as I live!

Go and Declare's Newsletter for November

Go and Declare, Inc. Newsletter

Christmas Trip to Mexico Dec. 13-18
We're so excited for our Christmas trip to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico this year. We're believing to fill a Penske Truck full of toys this year to give to the precious people of Nuevo Laredo. We hope to have enough toys to bless Pastor Ray Senior's (Casa Hogar Douglass Orphanage) and Pastor Ray Jr's (Salt and Light Ministry), who has a ministry in one of the poorest areas of Nuevo Laredo. The team will be helping Salt and Light Ministries with the Christmas outreach to these precious people. They will be given food bags, toys and candy. We are believing for the Lord to do exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask or think. 
Thank You everyone who has given to our Christmas trips in the past. It’s such a blessing to see the joy on the face of these children when they receive their presents. God Bless you for your faithfulness! 
List of things we need prior to Dec. 13
Finances for traveling Expenses-I will be renting a Penske truck to drop off in Laredo, Texas and after the outreach I will be purchasing a plane ticket to fly back to Pensacola.
Toys and Candy
Wal-Mart Gift Cards-Wal-Mart gift cards are always a tremendous blessing because we can purchase the things we need for the outreach in Laredo, TX before we enter into Mexico.
Thank You
…for praying and for your generous financial support. You are truly amazing and we know if it weren’t for you there’s no way we could do these things the Lord has called us to do. Your generosity is overwhelming!

Checks can be written to Go and Declare INC and mailed to 1117 Colbert Avenue Pensacola FL 32507. 

Folks can also give by clicking on the donate button on our websites below.

Blessings, 

Rudy R Waters II

850-281-7555

www.facebook.com/goanddeclare  

www.goanddeclare.blogspot.com

Go and Declare's Newsletter for October

Go and Declare, Inc. Newsletter

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

I had a great time in Tuscaloosa with our friends from Tuscaloosa International Prayer Center. Our main assignment was to pray for the city of Tuscaloosa. The Lord directed us to do a prayer drive around the University of Alabama and it was amazing. On Friday night, we prayed for folks in front of the church and the Lord led us to David. I saw him walking with a cane and I he let me pray for him. He recommitted his life to the Lord and received the Holy Ghost! All of the Praise goes to Jesus!

Kicked off our Toy Drive for our Christmas Trip to Mexico Dec. 13-18

Pastor Javine & Pastor’s Wayne & Pat Faire from Tuscaloosa International Prayer Center gave the first seeds into our Christmas Toy drive for Mexico this year. We’re believing to fill up a budget truck full of toys this year to give to the precious people of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. We hope to have enough toys to bless Pastor Ray Senior’s (Casa Hogar Douglass orphanage) and Pastor Ray Jr’s (Salt and Light Ministry), who has a ministry in the one of the poorest areas in Nuevo Laredo. The team will be helping Salt and Light Ministries with the Christmas outreach to these precious people. They will be given food bags, toys and candy. We are believing for the Lord to do exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask or think.

Thank You everyone who has given to our Christmas trips in the past. It’s such a blessing to see the joy on the face of these children when they receive their presents. God Bless you for your faithfulness!

List of things we need prior to Dec. 13

Finances for traveling Expenses-I will be renting a budget truck to drop off in Laredo, Texas and after the outreach I will be purchasing a plane ticket to fly back to Pensacola.

Toys and Candy

Wal-Mart Gift Cards-Wal-Mart gift cards are always a tremendous blessing because we can purchase the things we need for the outreach in Laredo, TX before we enter into Mexico.

Upcoming Trips!

San Antonio, TX and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico Oct. 15-17

I’m excited that in just a couple weeks I’m heading out to spend some time with my good friend Missionary Richard Davis. Richard and his family just moved to San Antonio, TX, so they can do missions work in Mexico. I will be arriving in the evening of the 15^th and then on the 16^th we head to Mexico. I’m looking forward to seeing our precious friends Pastor Ray Senior’s family and the orphanage, Pastor Ray Jr. and Lisa Rendon and their amazing boys! I can’t wait to see the precious folks in the Colonia, as well. We hope to take some videos that everyone will see to help us continue our toy drive for the Christmas outreach.

Friendship TN Nov. 2-4

I have the amazing opportunity to travel with Pastor Javine up to Friendship TN. and be part of a leadership conference lead by Apostle Frost. Apostle Frost has leaders coming in to Friendship from all over the country. I am excited to be able to participate in this event and serve in any way they need me. May the Lord bless and refresh every leader in Jesus Name!

Thank You

…for praying and for your generous financial support. You are truly amazing and we know if it weren’t for you there’s no way we could do these things the Lord has called us to do. Your generosity is overwhelming!

Checks can be written to Go and Declare INC and mailed to 1117 Colbert Avenue Pensacola FL 32507.

Folks can also give by clicking on the donate button on our websites below.

Blessings,

Rudy R Waters II

850-281-7555

www.facebook.com/goanddeclare 

www.goanddeclare.blogspot.com