Fifty years of ministry began with one act of obedience. As a young pastor David Wilkerson made the decision to turn off his television and give his time and attention completely to God. It was a decision that would have immeasurable impact on his life and ministry.

For Pastor Gary's Easter sermon "The Other Side of the Stone" our creative team illustrated, colored, animated and designed the sound for this intro piece. The intention was to capture the pain, agony and chaos we sometimes experience in our lives but show that from God's perspective everything is in control and His plan is at work.

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Members of our Missions Discipleship Connect Group went to Guatemala earlier this year. When they got back they asked the children in our Kid's Connect Children's Church to bring in money to build a house for Rosa. In just two Sundays they had raised enough money to build the house. Rosa has endured much and this house means so much to her.

The rainy season usually starts in mid-May and it will be welcomed by many, as there is a water shortage in several areas of Guatemala. We prayed that the house would be built before the rainy season and it has. Thank you Lord!

What a beautiful testimony of how God can work through His people to touch lives all around the world. So little money can provide a lot in places like Guatemala.

Dark clouds, pouring rain and a cold wind blew through the tent where my father’s body was to be lowered into the ground. But those who gathered at his grave site after a glorious funeral found solace and even joy knowing that David Wilkerson had run his race, finished his course and left behind a legacy of millions of lives deeply impacted and transformed. Our family, close friends and ministry associates sang, “Soon and very soon we are going to see the King! No more dying there, we are going to see the King!” Knowing the sting of death has lost its power, we rejoiced.

Today, with the funeral and burial behind us, the works of Jesus launched through his ministry are still moving on in full force. Dad was fond of saying, “The best is yet to come”. I’m convinced he’s right. The days of feeding starving children, ministering to the poorest of the poor, rescuing homeless orphans, preaching the Gospel to the most unreached will not be diminished during our watch.

Even this week, we will be launching new feeding sites through Please Pass the Bread. This week homes are being built for homeless by World Challenge mission teams in Haiti. This week new churches are being planted among the unreached people of Northern India. In the coming weeks, months and Lord willing, years, we will continue to feed hungry hearts with the David Wilkerson Daily Devotional and World Challenge Pulpit Series Newsletter.

I want to assure you that the vision and ministry of my father and World Challenge, Inc. will continue. We still have the same Board of Directors, same focus and same leading of the Holy Spirit for the work God has placed in our hands. I have been actively serving as President of World Challenge, Inc. for the past year and will officially take the role now. We will not make any major directional changes but will carry on in the same heart and vision as my father.

Even though my father has gone to be with the Lord, the work will continue. The needs are still great and your continued support is appreciated as we reach out to the poor and needy.