Hurricane Relief
Asia Receives Music with Open Arms
International Travels
Keeping it Simple in 2006
2004: "A Time of Transition"
Partnership—A Spirit of Giving

HURRICANE RELIEF

Our hearts and souls are still overwhelmed by the destruction and devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. The recovery efforts will take many years and countless thousands of man hours to carry it out.  If you or anyone you know has a desire to be involved in this expansive, hands-on project, here is something you can do:

Our home church, St. Louis Family Church has developed a disaster-relief organization called Service International, born out of the Floods of ’93 which ravaged our own area and church building.  Since then they have recruited multiple teams of volunteers to assist in hurricane and flood relief, tornado clean up, Tsunami relief, even practically rebuilding an entire town in Kosovo, S.E. Europe.  The day after Katrina made landfall, a group of staff and volunteers were on the road to Baton Rouge to help train volunteers and assist in clean up as much as possible at this point.

If you are like us wondering what you can do to help and are looking for a trustworthy, fruitful Christian organization to donate through, or even to volunteer your time and energy towards, visit www.serviceinternational.org to find out how you can be effective in bringing relief to a much-needed situation.

ASIA RECEIVES MUSIC WITH OPEN ARMS   Photos Available

Our good friends, Daniel & Menorah McCarty (happyfamily.org) minister in several countries in Asia.  In January '05, we donated and shipped 14 boxes of C & J cassettes and CDs to them, who then distributed several pieces of the product in Japan, Burma (Myanmar) & other countries.  Here is an email Daniel sent telling how blessed those who received them were:  

"It's been awesome what the Lord is doing with your special gift for Asia.  In short, tons of lives have been touched by the power of God...through your worship!!!!  Where? Throughout Hokaido (Northern Japan -50lbs worth).....Manila, and especially Baguio, (Northern Phililppines--91 churches) Plus here in Northern Thailand, (Chang Mai) ....and this week we'll take some to Phuket too.  Thanks a million for the shipment of gold that you sent us.  Photos are soon to follow this email WITH some of the enthusiastic recipients from locations mentioned above.  Just got an email back from Japan yesterday--they really want you to come!!  In person!!!!!!"

—So you just never know where the seeds that you sow will end up!

INTERNATIONAL TRAVELS

We started 2004 off with a bang, having the wonderful opportunity to travel to Hyderabad, India (see photos) with Joyce Meyer Ministries for a large daytime Bible-teaching conference and nighttime festival. It was an amazing adventure, having the privilege to lead the music for over 20,000 registered attendants in the daytime conferences, then again for the huge crowds in the nighttime festivals. The first night was estimated at 90,000 people, growing to over 300,000 by the final service. It was an awesome sea of humanity! And what a sight to behold hundreds of thousands of people all waving hankies and dancing to the fun music! We were blessed to bring part of our Joyce Meyer band and even our oldest daughter to sing with us on stage. It was a rockin’ time, and was conservatively estimated that a quarter of a million people gave their lives to Christ and that over 800,000 were reached in the entire week. It was such a great honor to lead multitudes into God’s presence in these great meetings.

On the way home, we had the privilege to stop in Singapore to minister with Tony & Patsy Cameneti at RHEMA Bible Training Center which they oversee. We were able to touch people from many different Asian countries there.

In May we got to go international again, this time the other direction — to Ireland and England. The Meyers held an incredible conference in Birmingham, England, and we went early for some great ministry in Ballymena, N. Ireland. Both events were outstanding. Many people were touched, refreshed, helped and strengthened through the meetings.

Then in July we were privileged to travel to Sydney, Australia with our family (thank the Lord for Frequent Flier Miles!) to attend the annual Hillsong Conference with over 20,000 people from all over the world. It was simply amazing, and sparked some things that brought an energizing to the gifts on the inside of us, and challenged us to think bigger and really go for all that God has placed in our hearts. We came away with what seems like a fresh, stronger anointing, and look forward to hopefully making that a yearly trek so that we can stay on the cutting edge of all that we are called to.

2004: A Time of Transition

2004 was a year of transition in many areas of our lives. On the ministry side, we traveled with Joyce Meyer Ministries to eleven U.S. cities and two foreign countries, reaching probably over one million people through those meetings. All the while during the course of last year, the Lord was behind the scenes working to prepare us for a new season He was about to reveal. In August, we sat down with Dave & Joyce Meyer to discuss the changes we were all sensing beginning to surface in their ministry and ours. After a long, thorough and godly dialogue, it was decided that our time leading the praise and worship for Joyce Meyer Ministries over the past seven years had come to completion. At that time, in looking back over the last year, there were many things which confirmed to our hearts that this, by all means, was the timing of the Lord. The Meyers had it on their hearts to move in some new directions regarding the music in their meetings, and at the same time we had been sensing a stirring in our hearts that the Lord was leading us into a new season as well. And so, although it appeared to be a sudden decision, really the Lord had been preparing all of our hearts for this change for several months. It’s a comfort to know that our times are in His hands (Ps. 31:15) and that He sees the end from the beginning (Isa. 46:10). We look ahead with great joy and anticipation to see the awesome plans God has for our future. As one friend said, “Your future is so bright that you need sunglasses to see it!” A special thanks to Dave & Joyce for giving us the remarkable opportunity to reach so many in those seven years.

Also during 2004 we began to work even more closely with Andrew Wommack Ministries again, leading the praise and worship in as many of their Gospel Truth Seminars as we could. We have been working with the Wommacks for over twenty years, and Andrew’s teaching ministry has had a major impact in building a strong foundation of faith in our lives, and has influenced many of the songs we’ve written. Now that our schedule has opened up, we are so thrilled to be able to hook up with Andrew & Jamie and do all of their GTS conferences for 2005.

This major change will open up more time for us to pursue our vision: writing new songs, writing the books that have been on our hearts, recording more projects, and enabling us to fulfill many of the things that the Lord has called us to do, which includes more teaching in Bible Colleges and Worship Seminar/Workshops around the world.



PARTNERSHIP— A Spirit of Giving

God has called us all to greatness. He has great plans for every person on the earth, and the resources planned out for each one to fulfill what they are called to do. The Lord has specifically called us, Charlie & Jill LeBlanc, to fill the earth with anointed music full of God’s word, whether that be through leading praise and worship, singing songs we’ve written from the Bible, or recording those songs and distributing them around the world.

When you have a vision like we do, it definitely can’t be reached without the help of others. That’s why we’ve learned that it is God’s plan to bring financial partners along side to join together with us to fulfill God’s vision, especially those who have been greatly touched by our ministry.

In Philippians 1:4-5, Paul talks about the Philippian church being his partners. “... I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel...” Then in Phil. 4:16 he mentions, “... you sent me aid again and again when I was in need.” They were a faithful bunch that the Lord used to help Paul on a regular basis. The Lord could provide many different ways to supply the needs of ministries, but He has chosen to use ordinary people like you and me to join in the principle of giving and receiving, not only to benefit the ministries, but so that you as well can be blessed and have a part of the eternal rewards. It’s a win-win situation.

Romans 10:15 says, “And how shall they preach unless they are sent?” Another way to say that would be, “And how can they preach without partners?”

We are going forth to fulfill the vision and calling that God has mandated to us — to fill the earth with anointed music that will break the chains of darkness off people’s lives. Will you help send us? If our music has helped or inspired you, then we invite you to hook up with us in partnership, to help bring those same blessings and deliverance to countless multitudes around the world.

Sow Where You Want To Go

In 1997, we found ourselves limited by a mindset of only giving to needy ministries (e.g. the poor, foreign missionaries, etc.). But the Lord was able to get hold of our hearts and showed us that if we would join ourselves with successful ministries who are reaching lots of people ALONG with helping smaller ministries and organizations, we would begin to reap in the blessings and success that were on those ministries. This is exactly what has taken place in our lives and ministry, and we now have much more to help the needy. Therefore, let us take this opportunity to challenge you to step out and sow where you want to go, then you’ll have a whole lot more to help the poor.

In becoming a regular monthly partner with us, you will not only receive the reward of helping others and God supplying your needs in return, but we will send you a complimentary copy of each new CD we produce, our monthly letter “A Joyful Word,” an occasional special teaching or item that we feel will be a blessing to you, regular prayer covering and product discounts.

To become a partner, please visit our website and click on the “Partner” button, or call our toll-free at 800-326-0741 to request information. Thank you for helping us help people all around the world!