Author Archives: Shawn McDaniel

July 2025 Update

We are grateful to all the pastors who have opened their doors to us, allowing us to share with their churches what God has done in New Zealand. It has been wonderful to be back, enjoying some great Pentecostal services and reconnecting with friends.we have been traveling. Outreach Recently, we had the opportunity to bake… Read More »

OCTOBER – DECEMBER UPDATE

Greetings. We apologize for the delay in updating the blog. The last few months have been extremely busy. Our time in New Zealand for this term has come to an end. We returned to the United States in mid-January. Before coming here, we had no idea all the people that we would meet and the… Read More »

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER UPDATE

Thank you to everyone who prayed for us and reached out to us during Reitha’s surgery. We’re grateful that God was with her, and she’s recovering well. God has consistently provided for our needs, often just in time. Looking over these last couple months we have seen spiritual progress in the lives of some of… Read More »

JUNE/JULY UPDATE

Once again, we would like to thank everyone who has blessed us with their prayers and generous donations for this ministry. Your giving is necessary to help this ministry continue here in New Zealand, and we are truly thankful for your ongoing support. One need that we have is for more tracts. One tract we… Read More »

MAY UPDATE

We have had a lot of sickness the last couple of months with colds and flu, but we are thankful for the Lord’s help through this time. Please keep Reitha in your prayers, she is sick again. We believe this is an attack of the enemy against our family to hinder the work here. At… Read More »

APRIL UPDATE

Across the world, seasons are changing. Those of you who are in the Northern Hemisphere are in Spring going into Summer. We are in the Southern Hemisphere in Fall going into winter. The signs of winter are upon us, the trees are changing and losing their leaves. As we see the changing seasons of nature,… Read More »

FEBRUARY/MARCH UPDATE

Once again, we want to express our gratitude for those who support this ministry. May the Lord pour out His richest blessings upon your lives. Originally, we were planning on staying in New Zealand until July of this year. However, our Visa allows us to stay until January of next year. Please pray with us… Read More »

JANUARY UPDATE

Thank you so much for your continued prayers and financial support for the ministry here in New Zealand. Our prayer for this year is that we will see many souls saved. The sun is very intense here in New Zealand, so a shade cloth needed to be put up over our deck to protect the… Read More »

DECEMBER UPDATE

It is hard to believe we have reached the end of another year, how time has passed by so quickly! God has truly been faithful! We cannot express to you how grateful we are for all of your prayers and financial support for this ministry over this past year. Also, thank you to those who… Read More »

OCT/NOV UPDATE

October and November has been a very challenging time for us. At the end of September Shawn was diagnosed with H Pylori stomach bacteria which was causing him to have severe nausea. He was also dealing with attacks on his mind during this sickness. Sometimes we question why we go through certain things, but we… Read More »