Revelation devotional, 21:1. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT2X_-D4Ac4 

Check out this video!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4iVkZlN0eM

 Olson’s Opportunities 

To Serve the Lord January 2023

Greetings from Wisconsin! We appreciate that many of you sent Christmas messages to us across the miles! 

The New Year of 2023 lies ahead like a blank book. Is there room in your heart for God to write His story there? 

Revelation 1:3 says that the Word of God brings blessing: “Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.” 

To honor God and receive His blessings, we’ve started reading the Gospel of John aloud together daily, alternating verses in Spanish 

and English.

Romans 12:2a was chosen as our verse for 2023: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” 

We want God’s special help to apply this to our lives. What’s your verse? 

Prayer answers and requests

~Praise God for allowing many Christmas cards to be sent to prisoners and those released. 

~Carl posts YouTube video meditations from his Revelation Bible study, the link is on our fb page.

~As members of our home church’s Missions Team, we had joy in helping plan the 80th Anniversary celebration.

~We strike up conversations and make friends, text, visit or call others to give counsel, making connections for Him.

~The Lord has led us to serve monthly at a food bank to share the Gospel and pray with people.

~Carl has weekly accountability zoom sessions with released men. Pray for spiritual fellowship and growth.

~Cy, Ileana and Lili need continued prayer for God’s healing in health & emotional issues & help in life choices.

~God opened doors with prison officials for Candi to do more prison evangelism, she needs local church backing.

~Salomón desires to be a good witness for the two churches he pastors. His son needs prayer for asthma.

~A and J gave their testimonies on Christian radio. Pray for our new ministry opportunity, doing interviews on radio with L.

                                                                        

                                                                                            

We deeply appreciate your partnership as we work together. We depend on your faithful prayers and gifts to complete God’s calling on our lives. Thank you!

We need God’s wisdom in decisions ahead. Please join us in prayer. He promised to direct us as we trust in / acknowledge Him! He is the Source of all strength and grace. 

“Only one life, ‘twill soon be past. Only what’s done for Christ will last.”

In Christ, Carl and Kathy

 OLSON’S OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE THE LORD   July 2022

Thank you for your partnership with us in the prison ministry! We are grateful for each of you, your communication, prayers and gifts. God is blessing His Word and His work, as we share the true freedom that is found only in Christ! 

We continue to write and send Bible studies into the prisons. Right or above, is an example of a ‘semi-programmable’ lesson from the book of 1 John, similar to ones we used in the Theological Education by Extension program that we’ve used these 18 years in the prison setting.

 

We thank God that Luís has started the Milwaukee-based community ministry called ‘Transformed People’, using outreaches and Christian radio 1340 AM / 98.7 FM to share Christ’s power to change hearts and lives!

Monthly ‘Transformed Men’ conferences encourage men to trust Christ, become servant-leaders of their families, and share radio testimonies of those who have. Luís and his wife, Debbie, do ‘Transforming Your Marriage’ weekly broadcasts together. 

His wife also ministers through ’Transformed Ladies’. Pray for 
strength to follow their call to impact the urban culture.

Carl had the blessing of meeting a brother who came to our services.  Paco, on the left, continues to live for the Lord, but work takes a lot of his time. Pray for challenges that these men and other released prisoners face in growing, like finding fellowship in a Bible-believing church.        

Salomón is planting his 2nd church in Honduras with integrity. We praise God for him and for each of you, our faithful backers!  Please pray for wisdom as we teach Bible truth and counsel these dear ones that He loves. 

Glory to God, Jesus came to set us free! John 8:32   Carl & Kathy

La Oportunidades de los Olsons 

enero 2022 

 ¡Es una bendición saludarlos este Año Nuevo! Estamos profundamente agradecidos por el apoyo a nuestra familia y al ministerio de prisiones. Alabamos a Dios por enviar a Jesús a la tierra esa primera Navidad. ¡Él nació para morir, para vencer el pecado y para resucitar! Creyendo esa verdad cambió el camino de nuestras vidas. 

 Yo, Katy, tuvo una cirugía de reemplazo de rodilla izquierda el 28 de junio y mi rodilla derecha el 13 de octubre. ¡Carlitos fue un gran cuidador! Sus oraciones me dieron fuerza y consuelo a través del dolor y la fisioterapia, hacia una mejor movilidad. Entre cirugías, tuvimos Covid y nos recuperamos bien de esa. Confiar en el Señor es maravilloso, porque Él nos ayuda sin importar lo que enfrentemos. 

 Listo para hacer una diferencia, ¡OREN! ! ~Preparando testimonios para las transmisiones de radio de Transformed Men en Milwaukee. ~Salvación y discipulado tanto para los encarcelados como para los liberados. ~Necesitamos la sabiduría de Dios en una variedad de situaciones de consejería. ~ Las prisiones están abiertas con ciertas restricciones de Covid, le estamos pidiendo a Dios que nos guíe.

Nuestra familia durante el tiempo Navidad. Menos el esposo de Sarah y dos nietos.

Aquí está: Liam Howard Olson, nacido el 28 de diciembre a Josh y Amy. 

   Salmo 65:11 ”Tu coronas el año con 

Tu bondad …”"

¡Buenos días por delante!

Deseamos ser fieles, enfocados y fructíferos para el Señor en el 2022. ¡Emanuel está con nosotros! ¡Esperamos animarnos al tener noticias de cada uno de ustedes pronto!

Mandando nuestro amor a ti,

Carlos y Katy olson

Conéctese con nosotros: 

~ En nuestro año 32 sirviendo al Señor con Tecate Mission Int'l POB 1000 Tecate, CA 91980 ~

Olson’s Opportunities

January 2022

It’s a blessing to greet you this New Year! We are deeply grateful for backing our family and the prison ministry. We praise God for sending Jesus to earth that first Christmas. He was born to die, defeat sin and rise again! Believing that truth changed the path of our lives. 

 I, Kathy, had left knee replacement surgery June 28 and my right knee done on Oct 13. Carl was a great caregiver! Your prayers gave me strength and comfort through the pain and physical therapy, into better mobility. In between surgeries, we both had, and recovered well from, covid. Trusting the Lord is wonderful, for He helps us no matter what we face. 

Ready to Make a Difference? Pray!~Preparing testimonies for Transformed Men radio broadcasts in Milwaukee. ~Salvation and discipleship for both the incarcerated and the released. ~Need God’s wisdom in a variety of counseling situations. ~Prisons are open with certain covid restrictions, we are asking God to lead us.

Our early family Christmas celebration. Missing from photo on  left: Sarah’s husband Mike, & Bridget & Scott’s children, Taylor & Brandon.  Here he is:  Liam Howard Olson, born to Josh & Amy on Dec. 28!

    

 Psalm 65:11 ”You crown the year with Your 

goodness…”

Good Days Ahead!

We desire to be faithful, focused and fruitful for the Lord going forward into 2022. Immanuel is with us! We hope to be encouraged by hearing from each of you soon!

Our love to you,

Carl and Kathy Olson  

Connect with us:

~ In our 32nd year serving the Lord with Tecate Mission Int’l  POB 1000 Tecate, CA 91980 ~

              Olson’s Opportunities 

January 2021

On the left is a photo of a pastoral visit at Stanley Correctional. On the right is our car in front of the motel we stayed at when ministering at Stanley.  Since COVID  hit 10 months ago, we have not been able to do either. Many times we have experienced these words from  2 John, verse 12: “I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.” We don’t know when this will happen again, but we trust God’s timing! 

In the mean time, we followed God’s lead as He expanded our territory with several new ministries. 1 Cor 16:8-9 says: “But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost, because  a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.” {DVD's ready to be sent}

Preaching DVDs from one of Tecate Mission’s churches in Mexico are also being made. On the left is the pastor of that church and his wife. On the right is a flyer for a men’s bilingual restoration ministry in Milwaukee. Gen 50:20: “You [COVID] intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”

2 Tim. 2:2 says: “What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will  be able to teach others also.” Candi and Salomón are these witnesses, both now released back to Honduras and each involved in ministry… PRISON MINISTRY! 

Above right is Candi and to the left is Salomón.

Please keep praying for these expanded ministries that allow the reaching of many more people than we did before! Thank you for praying and giving to reach others with the BEST NEWS ever of FREEDOM in JESUS CHRIST!

Carl and Kathy Olson, in our 31st year of serving the Lord with Tecate Mission, Intl.