Andy Lesnefsky

Partner with me

February 15, 2021 by Andy Lesnefsky 7 Comments

Let’s connect

The internet is quite a fantastic thing. Together over the past few years, you have helped us reach millions of people with the good news through redeemedonline.com.

Today I have one last video for you in this Goodbye and Hello series and an invitation to partner with me in ministry going forward, including an opportunity to set up a one on one Zoom.

If you’d like to set up a monthly donation today go to http://vagabondmissions.com (Select my name in the dropdown and make the donation recurring)

If you’d like to schedule a 20-30 min Zoom with me just click this link t0 schedule some time on my calendar https://calendly.com/vagabond/30min

Know of my prayers for you!

Andy

Why I needed a hard pause

February 15, 2021 by Andy Lesnefsky 2 Comments

“Slow down. Focus on what matters.”

This has been a consistent stirring in my heart for quite some time, but I have felt Jesus speak it even more loudly over the pandemic.

A lot has changed over the years since I started redeemedonline.com both globally and in my personal life.

My family has grown, my full-time job changed, and God has done so many exciting things.

God has taught me two clear things this year:

We have accomplished more than I have ever dreamed possible with redeemedonline.com, #ShareJesus, AdventMadeSimple, and LentMadeSimple.
I can’t keep running at a speed where I try to maintain redeemedonline.com and all its projects while giving my family and my full-time ministry with Vagabond Missions my heart and my attention.

So I decided it’s time to fully focus on what God’s called me to in this season of my life: My family and Vagabond Missions.

There’s so much at Vagabond Missions that God is doing right now. We have just about quadrupled in size the past few years and are preparing to go from 4 cities to 8 cities.

Still, I feel that maybe perhaps I haven’t given you a full introduction to Vagabond Missions and why I love the teens we serve. Today I want to invite you to learn about Vagabond Missions and how this mission is changing the lives of inner-city teenagers every day.

Andy

Tomorrow I have a special invitation/opportunity for you. Thanks again for your kind words and prayers. Anything I can pray for you for today? Either comment on the video or blog or send me an email. I’d love to pray for your specific intention

Is the Church Perishing?

February 11, 2021 by Andy Lesnefsky 6 Comments

Goodbye and Hello Part 2

It’s been such a blessing to hear from you via email and comments on the blog at redeemedonline.com about what’s touched you from our past videos and series.

From encouragements to stories of encountering Jesus to even a saved marriage.

Your testimonies and kind words are so encouraging. God is good.

Today, I have a second video for this “Hello and Goodbye” series and it’s titled “Is the Church Perishing?”

It’s a video about vision and what is worth giving up everything for in our lives. Watch it now.

I love hearing from you. I hope this little series piques your interest in what’s coming next. Today’s video asks you to share what is the vision you are working towards in your life. I’d love to hear from you. Comment on the website or shoot me an email.

Tomorrow I’ll share more of what the Lord has been doing in my heart and what the “Hello” is 😀.

Andy

What I’ve learned from 632 Videos

February 9, 2021 by Andy Lesnefsky 65 Comments

Since the inception of redeemedonline.com, we’ve made 632 videos. We’ve also learned a lot of lessons over the these last seven years.

This series serves as both a goodbye and a new hello.

I’m not going to give any spoilers so for now I want to:

1. Say thank you. Your participation and partnership means so much to me.

2. Invite you to check out this new video

3. Ask you to comment on the video or shoot me an email to let me know if there was any video that we’ve done that particularly spoke to you.

What the Church needs most right now

October 7, 2020 by Andy Lesnefsky 4 Comments

This one statement has bothered me, and I couldn’t explain why until recently.

That statement was, “the Church needs a new Pentecost.”

While I understand the sentiment, we would never say:

The Church needs another Crucifixion.
The Church needs another Resurrection.

Why a new Pentecost?

The reality is the Holy Spirit has been definitely given to the world, to the Church, and to you at Baptism and Confirmation.

The church needs to wake up to the presence of the Holy Spirit. I feel like saying we need a new Pentecost is like the person who is looking for their glasses when they are on top of their head.

The Holy Spirit was given authoritatively to the Church and has not been removed.

What we desperately require is not a new Pentecost, but the regular opening of the eyes of our heart to the movement the Holy Spirit is challenging us to.

The Holy Spirit often sounds mysterious, but he is the one who teaches us to pray, moves us into mission and convicts us to act. We don’t need to wait for a retreat-like moment to experience his presence or calling.

This ministry/movement is a simple example of how the Holy Spirit can work in big way. When I first started this, I felt the nudging of the Holy Spirit that he was going to use this in a big way. Along the process, there has been a lot of prayer, discernment, and action.

It’s also fundamentally been an invitation to others into action as well. Our mission has always been to help people experience Jesus in tangible ways and to help them share the Gospel.

I don’t share that example to say look we are holy or we are perfect, but to say the Holy Spirit is here for each of us right now and inviting us to be a part of what the Church needs now: a new recognition of the Holy Spirit’s presence and movement to bold action in response to him.

I am confident the Holy Spirit is present in your life and inviting you to mission somehow, whether that is big or small. Let’s be in the stream and the movement of where the Holy Spirit is calling us.

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.

O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

Lastly, as you probably know, we are in the final days of our Kickstarter campaign http://kck.st/2Hc74c3 to raise funding for our daily video campaigns for Advent and Lent. I feel so excited about what God has been putting on our heart for this campaign, and I’d love for you to be a part of bringing this to life.

The goal is not to come off as we need money to do this, please help, but rather, God has laid this on hearts to do again, and we believe he is inviting people to partner with us on this project. Is God inviting you to invest in this? I pray you’ll ask him that today!

Time is running out (so don’t delay.)

There are only five days left, and we’ve got some distance to go to reach our funding goal. As of writing this email, we are at $11,214 of our $16,700 goal for Advent (and to do the Lent program, we need to hit a stretch goal of $28,500 total.)

Donate now at http://kck.st/2Hc74c3

Goodbye and Hello Part 2

I would love to connect with you.