Happy New Year.... as we start 2013 we are excited at what the Lord has done and what He is doing through this work.  I can't help but say, "Thank You," for the total team effort that again produced a record year of Souls Saved, Bibles Distributed, Devotions Mailed, Web Hits, Bibles Downloaded, Audio Bibles Accessed, and Online Bible Accessed.  Thanks again, for everyone who Prayed, Supplied Funds,  Made Visits, Answered Emails, Placed Phone Calls, Provided Bibles, Delivered Bibles, and Shared the Gospel. Your labor is not in vain as I receive mail every day of souls being saved and lives being changed. Let us be encouraged seeing the lives being reached and changed. Let us also press to the mark of continuing in the Lord to do His Will and His Work in these last days.  

Bigfoot...
Have you seen him ???  

Recently  I came across a television episode of Finding Bigfoot. If you have never heard of Bigfoot He is a large ape-like creature that is rumored to roam the woods and it has been said that others have seen him. These folks claim that he is real and have little evidence of him except for a "Bigfoot Print". This show, Finding Bigfoot, searches across the nation looking for Bigfoot with many claiming that he is alive due to the evidence they have found. Have You Seen Him??? The legend of Bigfoot goes back to when I was a child and I attended a movie at the theater on this mythical creature. As a 10 year old boy, me and my friends, set out to catch this creature which we had faith existed. One of my childhood friends discovered what looked like a "Bigfoot Print" in the woods which strengthened our faith efforts of riding our bikes deep in the woods searching for this creature. This "Bigfoot" story got me thinking about a parallel to our Ministry. Now Jesus is not a mythical creature but rather God Almighty, Our Lord and Savior, the Creator of the Universe, the Author and Finisher of Our Faith as well as our Bible. His evidence is all around us today and it takes faith in Jesus-Christ to be Saved as well as Serve. Like those who believe in Bigfoot, we who have been Saved and belive in Christ, have a responsibility to show the evidence that Christ is real. We hold this evidence in our hand, the Bible. We have this evidence in our hearts, our Testimony. We have this evidence all around us, Creation itself. As we head into 2013 let us share this evidence with others. Let us show this World the "Bigfoot  Print" of our Lord and Savior Jesus-Christ with sharing the evidence of the Gospel. Sharing the evidence of the Word of God with others. Along with telling the others the evidence of our testimonies seasoned with Grace and Love. Our Lord is still on His Throne and He has a "Bigfoot Print".  Let's go reach the World.  

          

Sincerely, 
David Burnette
United States Bible Society, Inc.