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FJ Ministries is the vision God laid on the hearts of Bryan and Tara Riley. Our Mission of F.A.I.T.H. is "Families reaching families as Avenues to the Nations, Igniting passion for God and compassion for people, Teaching and training with Hearts and hands revealed." Colossians 2:6. We hope God will enable us to reach families and show them that they too can participate in the Great Commission. May our heart's passion be for God and for serving others and in so doing encourage others to the same passion. FJ were the two letters God gave us individually on July 26, 2006, in Kona, Hawaii, as we prayed over what our ministry should be. For Tara, FJ was "for Jim." Jim was a friend of Tara's during her teenage years who had a heart for God and missions. He had gone to Haiti as a young teenager and wanted to see that ministry furthered. Unfortunately, for reasons only God truly knows, Jim decided to end his life. In the wake of the grief over that loss, Tara told God that she wanted to do whatever it was God had planned for Jim to do. As we prayed together about what our ministry was to be, God reminded her of that promise. For Bryan, FJ was "finding Jubilee." Jubilee was our first "child." We were both in school, without any income, but we saved to buy a poodle. Her name was Jubilee and we paid $400 for her. Ten days after we received her, she died in an accident. It happened on the day our niece, Corissa Calico, was born and as I rushed to see her birth. As I walked out of our apartment, she was frightened by something and tried to jump. As I tried to catch her she was flipped head down and fell onto a concrete sidewalk, suffering a fatal head injury at the tender age of 9 weeks. Jubilee also is the year God told the Jewish people to rest for a second year of Sabbath, letting the land lay fallow, the slaves be set free, and all debts be forgiven. It was to occur every 50th year (following the seventh of seven Sabbath years). Leviticus 25. Unfortunately, the Israelites never had the faith to obey God in this precious gift of His grace and failed to follow His command regarding the Year of Jubilee. |
