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Oct 13, 2025: 'Those He saves - He sends...' What a heart for the Gospel we see through the team at DiscipleMakers!
Their student conference starts this Friday. Pray for the students, the speakers, the DiscipleMakers staff, and for the LightSys team as we mobilize computer science students to use their skills in missions.
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Oct 7, 2025: Summer intern Minsik joined us from Computer Science and Engineering (Taylor University) and proved to be a skillful coder and excellent cook -- providing delightful Korean food for one of our discipleship nights.
God provided miraculously for Minsik's internship finances through a church he didn't attend. Through a series of unusual events, the church learned about his financial support opportunity and generously (and unexpectedly!) provided all the finances needed for the summer. Join us in praising God for His provision and in praying for Minsik as he prepares to graduate in December.
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Oct 6, 2025: Introducing our summer interns: Sean joined us from University of Washington for a summer of software development and missions discipleship.
He served on the worship team during ICCM and was always up for group activities. Pray for Sean as he dives into his junior year in Washington.
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Oct 2, 2025: The LightSys team will be mobilizing techies for missions at the DiscipleMakers fall student conference in Harrisburg,
PA the 18th of October. Pray for the DiscipleMakers team and the LightSys team as they prepare for this captivating event!
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Feb 19, 2019: Story One: Becoming a Nonprofit: If Jesus can provide a tax payment in a fish's mouth,
then surely... Today's anecdote is a testament to God's faithfulness from long long ago in the ancient history of LightSys. That is, back in the ancient days of May 2000. You probably know that LightSys is a "tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit". But, what does all of that gobbledygook mean? To you it means that your gifts are tax-deductible and provides you the assurance that we're not essentially a for-profit corporation in disguise... but to us it meant a lot of work and a real faith-building endeavor! God Provides Finances Just for some context, LightSys has always sought to be a financially efficient organization, and our early days were no exception (in fact, those days were almost too much of a non-exception!). We had a total of $1,400 in donations during our first year (1999), setting the stage for being in a position to need a miracle. May 31st of 2000 was for all practical purposes our deadline for filing for 501(c)(3) status. Unfortunately, by May of 2000 we only had $433.50 in our bank account -- not enough for the $500 filing fee. Not only so, but we lacked the knowledge to fill out the form (and we definitely lacked the finances to pay someone else to do it!). The form was a real bear, too, at 10 pages long, not to mention requiring dozens of pages of exhibits and attachments. We were praying for the finances and expertise, as well as for a fair and understanding person at the IRS to review our case (we had heard horror stories of poorly handled cases). Then, in mid-May, we received a $100 check from a generous donor - we finally had the funds (with a whole $33.50 to spare)! Excitedly we continued to research the IRS form and continued to pray for the knowledge and confidence to fill it out. God Provides Knowledge About five days prior to the May 31st deadline, we received a surprise email from a guy from Texas who had just visited our website, saw a note that we were in the process of obtaining 501(c)(3) status, and wanted to send us a copy of his (computer related) ministry's 501(c)(3) application, if it would help us file ours (i.e., so we could use his successful application as a model for ours)! He even mailed it overnight to us and wouldn't let us pay him for the shipping! Encouraged, we got our application package (all 50 pages of it) in the mail to the IRS, on time. More Divine Provision But this was not to be the only set of miracles related to becoming a nonprofit. In mid-August of 2000, the IRS had a concern about one aspect of our application, and our case reviewer brought up the issue with us. After kindly explaining the issue and the recent IRS ruling applying to it, she gave us several options we could pursue in order to resolve the issue and obtain our exempt status. The IRS needed our answer within a few days, and our "answer" legally required that LightSys co-founders Greg Beeley and Tim Young hold an official business meeting. Unfortunately, while Greg was discussing this with the IRS, Tim was meandering around among random mission groups between San Francisco and Seattle, and he did not plan to "surface" for another week. A week would be too long! Not knowing where else to turn to locate this exceedingly itinerant Tim Young, Greg called Tim's parents. In order to appreciate how much of a long shot this was, you need to understand that members of the Young family rarely kept each other up-to-date regarding such detailed goings-on. Predictably, Tim's father did not know where Tim was. However, he did happen to know someone who did! While meandering through Oregon, Tim had providentially come across an old friend of his father; that friend had then promptly called Tim's father in Arizona to catch up. Greg then called Tim's dad's friend, who also did not know where Tim was, but he knew someone who did. After yet a third phone call, Tim and Greg were finally in touch, had completed their required business meeting, and Greg faxed the appropriate documents to the IRS. Less than a week later, in late August of 2000, we received our official "tax exempt" recognition from the IRS, allowing us to confidently issue "tax deductible" gift receipts! Not only so, but the IRS issued us a firmer decision than we had expected, meaning we did not have to do as much work to justify our 501(c)(3) status in the years to come.
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Feb 19, 2019: Stories of God's Faithfulness: A collection of short stories of God's faithfulness to His children serving in missions. This blog is dedicated to God's glory and to your encouragement.
We deeply desire that you would be set free to place your full trust in God, not primarily because of our stories, but because you choose to trust Him. But, our hope is that these stories will help you envision walking in a place where your faith can't be shaken by circumstances. Many years ago, pastor Jimmy Seibert of Antioch Community Church said, "Many of us want to see God do a miracle in our lives, but we don't want to be in a position to need one." So, God has to force us into those situations, for His glory and for our joy. Count it all joy, my friends!
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Dec 3, 2018: A Mission Infobank major update!
Visit [link] to browse tens of thousands of Great Commission maps, charts, photos, research documents, and useful internet links (create an account to download high-res images). #missions
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Privacy Policy for Evenki Language Learning App...

Thank you for your interest in our Evenki Language Learning App on Google Play! We'd like to take a moment and share with you the ways that the app interacts with you, and how the resulting data is used.

Overview: LightSys does not gather any data from this app beyond the data that Google Play already gathers (number of installs, most common countries where the app was installed, etc.). See Google Play's privacy policy for more about the data that Google gathers.

Use of Microphone: The app utilizes your device's microphone in order to allow you to try speaking various Evenki words and then rate yourself on how well you did. The app places the recorded audio on your device; the app does not send the recorded audio to anyone.

YouTube: The app allows you to view YouTube videos related to the app's content. Please see YouTube's privacy policy for more information about the data that YouTube collects; the app does not collect or share any data regarding videos that are watched.

Other Data: No data is sent outside of your device.

Contact Information: If you have further questions, you may contact us. Thank you!