March 4, 2010

THE HUNDRED NATIONS PROJECT—In 2005, BIMI launched this project to expand the ministry from 80+ nations to 100 by the year 2010. The twenty nations the project has targeted have LITTLE or NO gospel witness. Several missionaries are on deputation raising funds to serve in these nations and others have completed their deputation and are on the field. Pray for them. Also, pray for Dr. James Ray and Brother Alan Brooks who was are the contacts for this project.

LATIN AMERICA, HONDURAS, Matt and Dallita Goins. The Goins give the following ministry update, In the month of January we had an average Sunday morning attendance of 198 and an average Wednesday attendance of 197. We had a total of 52 first time guests during those services. There were 7 who received Jesus as personal Saviour during the month—5 in the church services and 2 on soul winning visitation, Please pray for their spiritual growth.

The roof of the church building has been completed and we are now in the process of pouring the floor and finalizing the electricity. Please pray that God will continue to provide the funds for this project."

WEST AFRICA, SENEGAL, ST. LOUIS. Pat and Jody Russell. The Russells give the following, "Exciting news—thank you to those who prayed and helped financially with our unexpected car repairs. The Lord has brought in $2,240 for this need. God is gracious to meet the needs of His children. We thank Him for hearing prayer, and we want to thank you for your sacrificial giving on our behalf.

May God be praised also for supplying our need to find housing when we come back on furlough soon! He has allowed us to rent another missionary's home in Lancaster, California. This is a great answer to prayer since Lancaster Baptist Church is our home church and is also close to some of our family."

SOUTHEAST ASIA, NEPAL, KTM. James and Holly Tamang. They give the following report and prayer needs, "We have written about U. before who has been possessed for about 20 years. The family wants to get rid of the demons, but the demons had a strong hold on her. The family previously asked us to stop praying for U. because the demons were getting angry. They did not have the Holy Spirit so they did not have the strength to fight. They ended up believing the demon's lies saying they would leave if U. would do more idol worship. The family is seeking our help again. We believe because she did not really trust Christ after she was delivered even more demons may have come. Please pray for wisdom as the leaders proceed cautiously."

They give other prayer needs which are as follows;
• Home school for all the children.
• New Testament need in Napal.

USA MILITARY, GERMANY, Schlammersdorf. Chuck and Susan Sligh. They give a very encouraging report, "After as season of relative dryness, God has blessed us lately with the fruit of our labors. In January alone there were five folks who were baptized, nine who joined our church, and 59 other decisions of various kinds. February is not finished yet, and one person will be baptized this Sunday and there have been 42 decisions of various kinds that have been made in people's lives so far. We praise the Lord for the blessings of these two months. How we wish we had these kinds of results every month! Much of the year is sowing, but praise God we get to reap a harvest at the end of our labor for Christ.

CARRIBEAN, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Joshua and Joy Wesson. The Wessons share the following, "The earthquake in Haiti had directly affected those of us living in the Dominican. Many of the Haitians living here had lost relatives. There has been a great effort made on the part of the missionaries to help in relief efforts. We as a church have been able to gather supplies to send. This last week five other men and I were able to make a trip into Port-au-Prince to help Missionary Brandon Jordan bring supplies to his people.

We are excited to see what the Lord is doing in our church. This last month, N., L., S. and D. all followed the Lord in believer's baptism. Our theme for this year is 'Marching together leaving footprints.' [It sounds a little better in Spanish.] It is our goal to see our people more unified in the work of the ministry. Thank the Lord we have seen them stepping forward in some new areas of the ministry."

USA WORLD MISSION CENTER, HARRISON, TENNESSEE. Dan and Sharon Daugherty. Dan and Sharon are tireless workers at the World Mission Center and share a few of their projects: "With our outside work buried in snow, we busied ourselves with caring for others and with some indoor projects.
A new sign announcing BIMI's 50th year celebration was hung at our entry circle. Then Dan added and attractive white border to the sign.
Remodeling projects in our main office building kept several people busy. We were often able to lend a helping hand.
Dan took on the job of repairing and painting a large BIMI sign. His Dad had last painted the sign in the summer of 2005.
Then there was a shop full of lawn mowers that needed cleaned, greased, blades sharpened, and oil changed to be ready for had use in the spring."

Please pray for these hard working, dedicated folks!!

EUROPE, FRANCE, AMIENS. Carey and Susan Abbett. The Abbetts are faithful missionaries in a very difficult country. They write, "We are still in Amiens and still doing our best to be used by God for His glory. Lord willing, we will be in a family camp in April that reunites about three churches for about five days. We also hope to attend the summer camp in the south in France in July—three weeks with teens and juniors, kids all in need of the Bible and the God of the Bible." They went on to write, "Years go by quickly and with each year that passes by, we are that much closer to the Lord's return. This thought encourages me in so many ways. I know that whatever difficulty I am facing that it is only temporary, and I know that no matter what others say I need to give the Gospel out before it is too late."

SOUTHEAST ASIA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Jim and Carol Stackhouse. They give the following report, "God continues to bless the ministries of Haven of Rest Baptist Church. Several new converts will be baptized this coming Sunday. God is saving souls through our visitation, outreach, and mission ministries, as well as in Sunday School and preaching services. We are looking forward to the privilege of starting another church. Haven of Rest Baptist Church will soon charter and establish the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in Eastern Highlands Province in PNG. Preacher Cephas Karmore, a recent graduate of LBBC, will be the pastor of this church."

PRAY FOR THESE VETERAN MISSIONARIES!!!

FAR EAST, TAIWAN. Jon and April Flowers. They give the following report, "February 1-3 we had our winter camp. We had a wonderful time! There were four churches represented, with a total of 40 in attendance. Our theme this year was 'All for One and One for All.' Our guest speaker, another missionary and I had a great time playing 'The Three Musketeers.' The young people loved it. One of the young men from our church brought his cousins from Malaysia with him to camp. One was already saved and the other asked Jesus to be her Saviour during camp. We praise God's name for all that He did during camp. Thank you for praying for it. God heard and answered your prayers. . . Please continue to pray for us as we study the language."

CARRIBEAN, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Jeff and Traci Garrison. These folks have been working with the desperate people of Haiti and give the following report an prayer needs, "We were able to work with over 20 different independent Baptist churches to distribute over 12,000 meals, dozens of tents and tarps, over 3,500 bottles of water, 1,000 purification systems, 250 hygiene kits, 50 emergency kits and an entire pallet of clothing. We were able to preach in several of these churches and saw five people come to Christ. We also worked to assess the needs of these churches and the houses of the different pastors. We surveyed the buildings for structural damages and are trying to develop a plan to rebuild, repair or demolish these structures. Dr. William Nesbitt worked 10-12 hour days to provide medical care for the many wounded. We are able to supply thousands of dollars of medicine, surgery equipment, and other medical supplies to two area clinics."

Jeff will continue to work with helping these folks in the coming months.

CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO, JUAREZ. Bill Pettit. Bill writes, "Pray especially for pastors and missionaries in our violent city of Juarez... Stories, about what is going on here, number into the hundreds. Some of them, I understand, have been on television across the States. One missionary friend was stopped by the Mexican Army three times in one hour. It remains to be seen if this will become a full scale civil war. Many of the young soldiers are from the Mayan Indian states of Mexico where thousands have come to Christ. Sometimes they give a little smile when they see our Bibles and tracts, but they are very professional and can't talk with us." PRAY FOR BROTHER PETTIT AND OTHER MISSIONARIES WHO ARE IN THIS "WAR' ZONE!

CARRIBEAN, PUERTO RICO, AGUADILLA. Steve and Ann Buchanan. They write, "We are on fire to reach Aguadilla for the Lord in 2010. In the month of January we passed out more than 1,300 tracts all around our city. Dr. P. L., one of our members, has a track rack in his office for his clients and estimates that about a thousand tracts are taken a month. Glory to God!

The fire got hotter in February, and as I write on the 15th of February, this month on visitation we have given out over 1,200 gospel tracts not counting the ones given out at the doctor's. Please pray that the Lord will give us the strength and determination to continue on fire for Him this year and until He comes back or we go to meet Him."

We were blessed to be able to baptize two of the aforementioned doctor's daughters, R. and R. L. These two ladies are a real blessing to our church. They help provide our congregation music, as well as many of the specials."

FAR NORTH, CANADA, VANCOUVER. Gary and Sherrie Lester. They give the following report, "Sherrie's sign language classes continue to go well. Twelve to fifteen people continue to faithfully attend her classes each week. I am excited to see people interested in this ministry from all age groups. Young people to adults are involved in the classes. We also had a couple of deaf attend our services toward the end of the fall, and Sherrie interpreted for them.

Please pray for their school ministry. In the last few weeks several good things have happened in this open door.

EUROPE, ROMANIA & MOLDOVA. Keith and Maria Herndon. They write, "We want to thank the Lord for His wisdom and His goodness to us. He has always blessed us when we have stepped out on faith to do something for Him. Our Bible School has been no exception. Many are skeptical when we start something new. They share praises as well as prayer needs.

Praises
1. Bible school: faculty and students that the Lord has blessed us with
2. Sister S's faithfulness in trials is a great testimony to the Lord.
3. God's providing computer tables and nearly half of the money needed for computers.

Prayer Requests
1. Expenses with the new school: computers—we have $2,000 of $4,600 needed.
2. Northern camp: requirements from the state last year would mean about $6,000 in modifications in order to keep it open [If it is enforced].
3. Health and salvation of Sister S's son.

February 1, 2010

Please pray for the 50th Anniversary Celebration to be held here at the World Mission Center of BIMI on June 8, 2010! We are anticipating a large gathering for this memorable occasion. Please pray for Dr. David Snyder and his assistants as they make the preparations.

Also pray for Alan Brooks, who is heading up the 100 Nations Project. We now have added 13 countries to our list where BIMI has missionaries making a total of 93 countries. However, five other countries that we did not target for the project have been added for a total of 98 countries where almost 1100 missionaries serve.

SOUTH AMERICA, CHILE, SANTIAGO. The Clifton Booth Family. They write the following, "As we look forward to this new year, we have several challenges in front of us. First, and perhaps one of the greatest challenges will be the development of the AWANA ministry. As I have mentioned in the past, we are working toward beginning this ministry. We believe that through this ministry we can reach many parents with the Gospel that we normally would not have contact with. . .Pray with us that our people would step up and be willing to be involved in this ministry.

We are planning beginning level two of our discipleship ministry in March as well. We will have people in both levels one and two, so it will be even more demanding on our time but the results will be well worth it." They ask that you pray "That God will help us plan for the year 2010." Also, "That God would provide for us financially."

SOUTH AFRICA, WITBANK, DIE HEUWELL. Roger and Darlene McCrum. They share the following report and prayer needs, "Years ago the Lord burdened our son David to get a gospel tract into every home in our city through our postal system. Just recently God answered prayer by giving us the funds for his project through an anonymous gift. In a few months South Africa will be hosting the Soccer World Cup, the largest international sporting event of our day. Millions of pieces of literature will be distributed during those few weeks to a large international audience. Heaven only will reveal how effective the tract ministry had become! You do not have to be gifted to get involved. Begin today...carry a few tracts with you daily and pray for opportunities to share the good news!" PARY FOR THESE VETERAN MISSIONARIES!!

CARRIBEAN, BRITISH WEST INDIES, CAYMAN ISLANDS. Russ and Bobbie Turner. The Turners share their hearts in the following, "First, our hearts go out to our neighbors, the Haitians, only a few hundred miles to the east of us. We are thankful for the media coverage and assistance given them in so many ways. . . What you see on TV of the destruction in Haiti is exactly the way our island looked after Hurricane Paloma. The difference was that we had warning of the hurricane and our people went to shelters and caves, whereas, the Haitians had no warning, but the physical results were the same, except we had no deaths, praise the Lord. Our destruction was from unbelievable powerful winds, and their destruction is from an earthquake." The Turner's church there supports national missionaries in Haiti.

BRAZIL, GOLANIA. Carl and Cindy Johnson. The Johnsons are second generation missionaries to Brazil. The give the following report, "We rejoice that over one hundred people accepted Christ as Savior in our church during the year 2009. Numerous deaf have come to Christ along with many of their hearing family members. I am exceptionally happy for deaf teenager L. He and his mom were both saved and had been coming to our church, but we were praying that his dad would start to come as well. After several years of witnessing to him and inviting him to church, the father finally came the day I baptized his deaf son. Since then we have seen a transformation and the whole family is now saved and faithfully attending church. Praise the Lord!" Their sending church pastor, Richard Wallace preached in their conference and 15 people came forward to be saved in their three day meeting.

CENTRAL AMERICA, HONDURAS, COMAYAGUA. Chester and Violet Sheren. They share the following, "Pray for L. C. He has a drinking problem. L. was one of the first persons to come to our church 31 years ago. I am giving him counseling.

Pray for some of our teens who are smoking, drinking and using drugs. Their parents will not believe it is true. That makes it harder to deal with.

Thursday night as we were getting ready to close church, I saw a teen girl standing in the middle of the church. She said she had just turned 18 and could now enter police training but was beginning to have doubts and asked me to pray for her. I asked Pastor Donato to join us and soon led her to Jesus for salvation. I pray J. will not join the police. There are very few girls in the training school."

FAR EAST, JAPAN. OKINAWA, OKINAWAY CITY. Dan and Terri Gardner. They share what has happened in their ministry in the following words, "In December we were able to have a Christmas children's meeting and our Christmas service at the church. All together we passed out over 16,000 tracts for Christmas. Our meeting for the children, one here at our present building location, had 54 in attendance, and the meeting in Hentona (hen toe nah) had 69 in attendance. All told, 46 children prayed for salvation to accept the Lord as their Saviour. Pray that we can continue to see these kids come to Sunday school and be able to have more outreach in their local areas."

FAR EAST, SINGAPORE, Brian and Charity Collins. Brian shares an unusual soul winning experience, "'My uncle is in the hospital dying and I don't think he is saved, please witness to him.' This was the message I received from an unknown Singaporean Christian lady via an unknown pastor in Ireland. Two days later I was standing in the ICU, talking with 71-year-old W. Even though a breathing machine covered his face, which limited his ability to respond, he was fully alert and I shared the gospel. W.'s background was Lutheran and Buddist, and while he understood many Christian concepts, he acknowledged a lack of salvation assurance. After explaining the gospel, W. bowed his head and asked God to save him. I have also been able to meet many of his family members and witness to them as well." Pray for the Collins!

SOUTH AMERICA, BOLIVIA, SANTA CRUZ, Tony and Sarah Henderson. The Hendersons have served the Lord in Bolivia for the past ten years and they give the following report, "On January 1, we left with 10 young people enroute to Sucre for our annual youth camp. We left at 4:30 AM and arrived at 7:30 PM. In the 15 hours we only had to drive 315 miles. The main theme was 'The Christian Home.' Many of the young people from the churches are getting to the dating age and, obviously, marriage. Most Bolivian homes are a disaster. Thus, this theme cannot be over emphasized. The trip home from camp was quite interesting. We decided to take a 'better' and possibly 'shorter' route. Trip home was 700 miles and took 24 hours! Never again!

The challenge we are proposing to our congregation this year is that each person purpose to win at least one person to Christ in 2010. This past year we focused on discipleship. These 'disciples' will now be challenged to "make disciples." PRAY FOR THE HENDERSONS!!

USA MILITARY, GERMANY. Bamberg. Joseph and Laura Passaro. They share the following report, "We started services (Harvest Baptist Church) on November 8, 2009. The number 8 means a new beginning, so since that day God has blessed us with many visitors, and I would say about 70 percent of those visitors are still being faithful. Some Germans have visited also through tracts given on post. A young lady named N. came on a Sunday evening, I gave her a tract at the local washateria on post here in Bamberg. Another day, while washing clothes, I left a few tracts, and a family of four, the G., came for a visit and have been faithful. On a recent evening, while preaching, all the folks seating on one row were from tracts given at the WASHATERIA. It was just too irresistible to speak about our new row called 'WASHATERIA ROW." PRAY FOR THEM!

USA MINISTRIES TO HISPANICS, ARKANSAS, FORT SMITH. Ed and Barbara O'Brien. The O'Briens have recently transferred from the country of Mexico to Fort Smith, Arkansas to work among the Spanish speaking in that city. They give some exciting news, "After a brief two months of furlough and over 10,000 miles, we have visited and talked with our supporting pastors and churches about the new ministry where the Lord called us. We are so thankful for the overwhelming support and encouragement we have received form pastors and also from BIMI as we follow the Lord's leadership in this move. We are also excited about what the Lord has already done in Fort Smith. In just six weeks we have grown to 30 with a high attendance of 35. We have seen 11 saved, many visitors coming and had 2 baptized the Sunday before Christmas. We already have 4 more ready to be baptized in a few weeks. We are also seeing exciting growth in the lives of several of our new believers as they are memorizing Scripture and already bringing others to church."

EUROPE, IRELAND, WESTMEATH. Stephen and Katie Finley. They write, "In retrospect, we can see vast growth in our folks since last year. T. and G. were scarcely sure of their own salvation when we first met them: now they are taking huge leaps forward in their knowledge of the Scriptures, in their passion for witnessing, and in their love for Christ. A. has a deep burden for his family and for others around him, and is always witnessing. F., likewise, is always giving me contacts of people from work to whom she has witnessed. Just last Sunday she brought M. with her to the service. M. said that she enjoyed the service and would probably come again. Please be in prayer as I prepare to visit her and her husband. As for Y., just the other day she told us about an Irish lady name K. whom she had met on the street and given a tract. After talking with her, Y. asked if she could come to her house to share the Gospel with her in more detail. Y. also is making great inroads with her neighbor, A., who has read a full 100-page booklet, and other literature. Praise the Lord for the increasing influence that our people are having on others around them! These things would not have happened a year ago! PRAY FOR THE FINLEYS!!

January 12, 2010

THE HUNDRED NATIONS PROJECT–In 2005, BIMI launched this project to expand the ministry from 80+ nations to 100 by the year 2010. The twenty nations the project has targeted have LITTLE or NO gospel witness. Several missionaries are on deputation raising funds to serve in these nations and others have completed their deputation and are on the field. Pray for them. Also, pray for Brother Alan Brooks who was recently asked to take this project along with his duties as Assistant Southeast Asian Director.

BRAZIL, Goiania, GO. Bethany Thompson. [works with the deaf] Bethany gives the following report and prayer needs: "I have been teaching J. a nine-year-old, on Sunday mornings. A few weeks back I gave him the visualized tract by Chick Publications, "One Way." The day I explained this tract, I felt he understood everything but did not believe. He was sick and missed two Sundays. Last Sunday he returned. He signed to me that he did not want to be the boy in the tract that rejected Jesus, but wanted to be like the boy who believed on Him–the one who had his sin washed in the blood of Jesus. He knelt and accepted Christ as His Savior. Praise the Lord! Pray for his parents T. and A. and his sister C... They were attending a charismatic church and sought us out because of our deaf ministry...Pray that God will continue to work in the hearts of this family and that they will become grounded in biblical truth." Bethany would appreciate your prayers relative to our completing her Doctorate in Education.

CARRIBEAN, JAMAICA. Swante and Linda Lindquist. The Lindquists just completed 36 years of service with BIMI. They write the following, "Victory Baptist Church has now had a high attendance of 20, which took place at our 'Gather Together Sunday' the end of November. It was great to see the church filling up. Also included in this number are some men, and one man is starting to come faithfully. Along with the increase in new people we have been able to start separate Sunday school classes. Linda has the Primaries, ages 5-8. I have the Adults. After the morning service I teach a Youth Class of young people, ages 12-18. There is such an encouragement all around, for them and us." Pray for them!

USA MILITARY, JAPAN, MISARVA. Sammy and Joan Popwell. The Popwells give the following report and prayer needs. "We had our 26th anniversary for Faith Baptist Church on December 6. We had six people get saved and baptized in November and December. Praise the Lord!
They give the following prayer requests:
1. Pray for more people to come to know Christ as Saviour.
2. We have see 63 people rotate during 1009. Pray that God will help us reach new families and singles in 2010.
3. Pray for our new Christians to grow and get involved and committed to the Lord.

SOUTHEAST ASIA, AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, BAYSWATER NORTH. Robert and Lisa Gunter. The Gunters work with the deaf in that country and give the following report and prayer needs. "We thank the Lord for our church here in Melbourne for their continued support of the Deaf ministry...

We are thankful for our Deaf ladies, L. and F. Liz has been faithful and has been a blessing to our church family. She continues to invite others to come to our church. F. is taking steps of faith and is making hard decisions to obey the Lord. If is a constant reminder here that it is a hard field to reach both the Deaf and hearing Australians...We are thankful for those whose eyes have been opened to the Truth and have remained in worship with us.

PRAYER REQUESTS,
• A leader for the Deaf Ministry
• Spiritual decisions at summer camps in January
• Teaching Ausian and the training of new interpreters
• Discipleship and maturity of Deaf Christians
• Ongoing ministry at Crystal Creek with new leadership
• Bible College
• The Victorian Bushfire ministry anniversary in February
• Lake Park senior's ministry expansion.

CENTRAL AMERICA, HONDURAS, TONCONTIN. Alan and Becky Jackson. They write, "The Lord has truly blessed the churches and the ministries this year in Honduras and we are looking forward to see and experience what He will do in 2010. Many of the families that we have written about in the past have grown tremendously this year in the Lord. Several of them have stepped out by faith to work in a certain ministry.

S. was doing discipleship with the JWs when we first met her. Her sister was already a member and was trying to get S. and her husband to join. While on visitation one day Becky and I knocked on S.'s door. She told us that she was in discipleship when we asked her about her salvation. We told her that we had a discipleship course as well and would be glad to teach her what the Bible says. She accepted the invitation and after two weeks she was ready to accept Chris as her personal Saviour and told the other people never to come back.

She then asked us to talk with her husband who was not saved but was very humble. For the next several weeks I had the opportunity to talk with J. about his salvation. One day while we were talking he said I am ready to accept Christ. That was about four and a half years ago. This year J. L. quit his job in Tegucigalpa to answer the call of God to be a pastor and today he is in training be the pastor in San Buenaventura."

EUROPE, ROMANIA/MOLDOVA, ORHEI. Keith and Maria Herndon. The Herndons give the following report and prayer needs. "Winter is upon us and we have just finished our first semester of our full time Bible Institute in Moldova. The Lord has given us some real jewels and some diamonds in the rough. Because of the situation with the school system in Moldova we have found it necessary to open the school to students as young as 16 years old. Many of the villages only offer school to the 9th grade after which they are required to go to a school in the city and provide for their own room and board. If parents are not able to do this, then the young people must find a job and help support their family. Our school offers these young people an opportunity to learn the Bible in a Christian environment. Beginning with our second semester, we will also be offer a trade so they will be able to support themselves after they finish their education. We realize that many of the Moldovan churches may not be able to fully support church planters or missionaries, and we want to offer some tent-making skills where they can do the ministry even without a sponsor. Beginning with our second semester, we will be offering auto repair and computer skills."

SOUTHEAST ASIA, AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, BEENLEIGH. Tim and Bonnie Meyer. The Meyers give the following report: "I'm writing this letter from the Solomon Islands . . .Tomorrow I will be meeting with the provincial government regarding a Bible project that BIMI is hoping to get started. We are planning to give every high school student on the island of Malaita a Bible. We are in the process of getting those funded and printed. Please keep the project in your prayer in the upcoming months. . . . we had a baptismal service for a young lady joining our church. E. is marrying a young man that was saved in our church several years ago. B. readily admits he hasn't been walking with the Lord for the past few years, but came to me when he realized the seriousness of marriage. It was a real joy to hear E. tell me that she had been saved recently and wanted to follow the Lord in baptism. We met down at a local river to baptize her." Please pray for the Meyers.

USA MINISTRY TO DEAF, Smyrna, GA. The Bruce Kelly Family. They give the following very special prayer need. "I know right now the economy is very tight, but God is able to provide what we need so we are asking for you to pray for this special need. I have been looking around for a church building, and the average is about $200,000. We have raised $50,000 so far, and we want to raise another $50,000 so we can put half on down payment. In our last letter, I said we found a building for $150,000 but the bank decided to raise it to $200,000, so I am looking for another church building. Please pray for me to look at the right building. If God touches your heart to give a special offering, you can send it to Deaf Baptist Church, 1243 Belmont Avenue, Smyrna, GA 30080 [for church building]. I will send a receipt letter to you.

FAR EAST, JAPAN, OKINAWA CITY. Paul and Jan Fischer. The write, "We had asked you to pray for Mr. and Mrs. Y., Mr. and Mrs. J., Mr. and Mrs. K., and Mr. T. T. Please continue to pray for all of these people. We are starting a revival meeting with Dr. Tom Farrell soon, and we hope that all of them attend. We will have all the services translated into Japanese, so please pray for them to trust Christ as Saviour. We are distributing flyers in English and Japanese, trusting the Lord for a great increase."

EASTERN EUROPE, RUSSIA, SIBERIA, KRASNOYARSK. The Hearron Family. The write the following report and prayer needs. "We are glad to have S. and his wife visit. He is the son of I. and V., the two people who guarded our home during its major construction phase. They are Christians and attend another Baptist church in Krasnoyarsk. Having been raised in our village as a kid, he has a heart to see people saved in our village. We have discussed the possibility of him helping me begin a Bible study in the village. Pray for the Lord's direction regarding this. The village church house progress has halted for lack of funds. They need approximately $15,000 to complete the building. PRAY FOR THEM.

SOUTH AMERICA, CHILE, SANTIAGO. The Clifton Booth Family. The Booths write the following: "Three people accepted Christ recently during the Sunday morning services. We have continually had first time visitors also. We know some come just to fill their curiosity. However, others come genuinely looking for help in their lives. We thank the Lord for working in their hearts. We know it is God that has the power to change their hearts and that we are only messengers. Please continue to pray the God would prepare the hearts of the people and that we would see more people saved and the church grow."

They included the following prayer requests:
• That God would help us develop the discipleship ministry.
• That God would prepare the hearts of people and that we would see more people saved and the church grow.
• That God would provide for us financially.

EAST AFRICA, UGANDA, SOROTI. Jeremy and Mandy Pittman. They write the following with prayer requests: "This past month we had the special privilege of taking some of our orphans down to the capital city of Kampala where they sang several songs and I preached for a missions conference at the Gospel Light Baptist Church. They really enjoyed participating in the services and meeting many of the church folks who have been praying for them throughout the year...Please pray for our students over this time and their subsequent visits to some of their extended clan members in the villages. Our children have a great burden to see these folks come to Christ. We have had a good school year and certainly appreciate all of your prayers."

Saturday, March 13, 2010

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

JUSTIN & GRACE HAYES -  REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
C DUANE & BONNIE HEARRON II -  RUSSIA
ROBERT & JEAN HEATH -  MILITARY - EDUCATION COORDINATOR & RELIEF