Michael and Velma Jacobs
Personal Background
As
early as 1998, Velma and I were convinced that God was calling us out
from a career as a full-time teacher and counselor and into full-time
missionary status with The Navigators' Military ministry.
I
was thoroughly convinced by the Spirit of God that if He would use
Moses to build a united nation from a race of oppressed and weary
slaves, then He would use Velma and me to take the Gospel of Jesus
Christ to hundreds and even thousands of unreached military men and
women to bring about change in their lives.
The change in my
life began in 1983 while I was in the Marine Corps. For the first time
in my life, I had a purpose for living. It started when a U.S. Marine
told me that Jesus loved me, paid the penalty for my sins, and offered
me eternal life and new life in Him. I placed my faith in a
relationship with Jesus. From that point on, my soul found its
fulfillment, and I was hooked. Within weeks, I was involved with The
Navigators.
I flourished spiritually with the help of a
mentor, who discipled me one-to-one to trust and obey Jesus Christ.
This mentor was a U.S. Marine Corps commissioned officer, Major Randy
Weyeneth. Randy became my best friend, personal teacher, and today we
have the joy and privilege of co-laboring together.
For the next
four years (1983-1987), I eagerly taught Naval and U.S. Marine
Midshipmen the same principles Randy helped me learn. I invited every
midshipman I could find to a Bible study in the NROTC building on the
University of California Berkeley campus! Several of these midshipmen
also discovered the true purpose for living--life and relationship with
Jesus Christ--just like I had.
Ministry Information
God
has branded our hearts to serve full-time with The Navigators in the
ministry of reaching, discipling, and equipping U.S. Marines and
sailors to reproduce teh life of Christ in others, just like Randy did
with me.
In February 2004, the Lord confirmed through our
churches, friends, and families that we should move to southern
California to minister to Marines at MCB Camp Pendleton. Through Bible
studies and one-to-one mentoring, we are eagerly investing our lives in
U.S. Marines to love them and help them reproduce their lives
spiritually in others.
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