Message from the Holt's

June 8, 2010

Greetings!   

As you may know already we Holts will be traveling to the USA for the months of August and September.  

      We are working on our schedule, so what we would like to know is if you would like a visit from us.

      Our basic route will be - Michigan to North Carolina, across the States to California and back.  I know that is pretty vague, but the reason is we want to fill in the blanks with visits to friends and churches.

      Our focus for this trip along with seeing as many friends and family as possible is to promote missions to this part of the world. We want to inspire the body of Christ to "Go" or rather to come.

      We will be talking a lot about what is happening here in the Republic of Georgia, but also the Caucasus region and Eastern Europe as well.

      We are also available to talk about or do seminars/teachings on anything to do with missions or the Great Commission.

      It has been 3 years since we have visited the States and we are so anxious to see as many of you as possible. 

      This will also be a bit of a sad time for us as we will drop off Seth (our oldest son) to do  YWAM Discipleship Training School in the San Diego area. After this he will be seeking further education at a yet to be decided on university.

      We had also planned on bringing some of our Georgian staff with us for the trip, but they were turned down for visas.  The US embassy seems totally closed to allowing them to travel with us.  We have not given up yet, but at this point it would take high-level government connections to open the doors - such as a US senator or the like to recommend them. Very disappointing situation especially as our staff in all other Eastern European countries are not having problems getting visas.  If you have ideas or influential contacts let us know.

 If you could as soon as possible contact us about visits,or speaking engagements it would help us a lot.

 Dates - July 31st to Sept. 29th.

      This is less time than we usually get because of some YWAM responsibilities we have.

 Blessings from here!

 Dennis and Korinne

Donation information:

Check to:

Dennis Holt

Account Number: 40166478

F&A Federal Credit Union

PO Box 30831

Los Angeles, CA  90030-9972

 Or if you itemize your tax deductions and need a receipt for taxes:

 YWAM

PO Box 3000

Garden Valley, TX, 75771-3000

USA

Make check out to: 'YWAM".

Don't put any names on the check but on a separate note designate it to "Dennis Holt in Tbilisi, Georgia."

 OR................ if you want to give towards the ministry of Youth With a Mission  (for example, towards ministry expenses for street kids, needy people outreaches, DTS student fees, village outreaches, building the new ministry center, whatever....):

 You can send it to:

 YWAM

PO Box 3000

Garden Valley, TX, 75771-3000

USA

 Make check out to: 'YWAM".

Dennis and Korinne Holt and their 3 children feeling led of the Lord to go to the nation of Georgia left their 6 year ministry with YWAM Rostov-On-Don, Russia and moved to Tbilisi. Right now the base is still in what we call the pioneering stage, making relationships with local ministries and churches and laying foundations for long term work.

See our YWAM International web page www.ywam.org for more information on YWAM international.  See our projects page for information on current and coming ministries.

See our YWAM Tbilisi site at www.ywamtbilisi.org

Korinne and Dennis have been Christians since their teen years. Dennis grew up on Catalina Island, California. Korinne grew up in Michigan. They first met in the summer of 1985 while Korinne was working a summer job on Catalina Island. They were married April 26th, 1986 and now have 3 children- Seth age 16, Jesse age 13 and Tatiana (who was born in Russia) is 6.

Training:
Dennis holds a BA degree in Biblical Studies from the University of the Nations in Kona, Hawaii.
He has also done studies with Moody Bible Institute and Long Beach City College. TESOL certificate.
Korinne has studied at the University of the Nations, and has also studied at Florida university.

Ministry experience:
2 years as Directors of the Cornerstone Teen Center and Youth Ministries at the Avalon Community Church.
1 year as Youth and Family Pastors at Catalina Christian Fellowship.
4 years as Elder and teacher of youth and adults at the Catalina Bible Church. (Ordained minister)
10 years as staff with Youth With A Mission.

Home Churches:
Avalon Community Church, Avalon, California, 90704, USA, Phone 310-510-1889
 Pastor Ron Eroen

Catalina Bible Church, Avalon, CA, 90704- Pastors Enrique Dominguez & Luis Sanchez
Phone 310-510-0073

Stanton, Michigan, Trinity EV Free church, Pastor Curt Mugett

Calvary Chapel of Wilmington, North Carolina, Pastor Clay Ritter

CURRENT MINISTRY:Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in Tbilisi, The Nation of Georgia.
Phone- 995 99 13 72 86,  E mail: holtsingeorgia@gmail.com

PO Box 15, Tbilisi 2, 0102,  Nation of Georgia


Vision statement:
It is our desire to help equip the Christians of Georgia and other former USSR nations to reach their country (and beyond) for Jesus. It is also our desire to work with the local churches, serving them and working in partnership with them to see the nation of Georgia, and in particular Tbilisi, won for Christ.
As part of this vision, we will continue to reach out within Georgia and the surrounding nations to disciple believers, teach in YWAM schools, churches and other Christian training facilities. Many of the believers in this part of the world are starved for good Biblical teaching and missions training. We believe the Lord is calling us to be available to go to them and assist them without cost to them.

Youth With a Mission is one of the largest missions organization in the world.
It includes over 17,000 full time staff working in 164 countries.
Our schools are taught in over 53 languages.
YWAM plants an average of 1 church per day around the world (in areas where churches do not currently exist).
It runs over 250 training schools in 110 countries.
We uphold and adhere to the foundational values of Youth With a Mission (YWAM).
The YWAM motto is “To Know God and Make Him Known”. YWAM is an interdenominational
mission organization and includes people from many Christian denominations. We feel this is a
key to the growth and effectiveness of the mission. <www.ywam.org>

Areas of Prayer Need: Please pray for us! We believe it makes a difference when you pray.
Effectiveness in our ministry, especially in the difficult process of starting a new base
That we might stay close to the heart of Jesus in all we do.
That we might grow together as a family and be an example to others.
For our staff and children - for safety, health and growth in the Lord.
Language learning (Georgian- we have much to learn).
Provision in the area of finances (all YWAM Missionaries are responsible to raise their own support teams).