Happy New Year! We thank the Lord for the opportunities that we have had to celebrate the Holidays with family and friends this year. There were eleven of us around our table on New Year’s Eve to celebrate. How we praise the Lord for the Skype and telephone contact we have had with our family around the world.
This morning we received a telephone call from one of our African pastors in the CAR. It was encouraging to hear of the good progress that he and his wife have made in their continuing education at the Brethren seminary there in Bangui. He continues to direct the Bambari Bible School and is currently in Bambari to teach a block course to the students. We were thrilled to hear that the equipment that we gave to him has been a great help with his studies and ministry. It was also a blessing to learn that Cherith’s wedding dress that we gave to encourage young people to follow God’s plan for marriage has been used by a young couple that has done just that. With the percentage of those who save sex for marriage at less than 5, we pray this dress and Pastor and Mrs. Goumba will continue to be able to disciple young people to wait on the Lord. We were saddened, however, to learn that one of our faithful helpers for many years has allowed his testimony to deteriorate as he has made many bad choices.
Praise for:
- good fellowship and the outreach through the Sango Christmas Celebration. There were 19 of us in our living room!
- the blessing to be with family and friends celebrating Christ’s birth and the New Year; for Skype and telephone contact with our loved ones far away.
- the loving reminders this Christmas of the love of so many. We’ve been so blessed by cards and gifts this year from near and far.
- the good report of the Goumba family from CAR.
Pray for:
- the Lord to guide and bless in every aspect of our ministry in 2009.
- open hearts as we continue to share goodies and tracts with some neighbors.
- our friend J. in CAR to have a change of heart and life.
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