Dear Pastor and Praying Friends,
Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
March and April have been very busy months for us. The Lord has blessed
us by allowing new churches to take us on for support. We want to thank
Him and those churches for entrusting us to represent them in Spain.
Another tremendous blessing is that some of our faithful supporting churches
have sacrificially increased their support that they were already giving
us.
We request your prayers due to the fact that we still need to raise more
support so that we can keep our scheduled August 19th return to Spain.
The forecast for the Euro to U.S. dollar exchange rate is very uncertain.
Some economists predict the exchange rate will be worse or if it should improve,
those results will be very small over the next year. The European Union
has accepted ten new nations as of May 1st. Many of these nations are
formerly communist and they have very weak economies. It is uncertain
how all of this will affect Spanish and European economies. Another
example is the terrorist attacks in Spain on March 11. Not only did
it change the outcome of the elections, but also more importantly, hundred
of souls stepped out into an eternity without Christ. We are not sure
how the new Socialistic government will affect the missionaries already in
Spain or those desiring to go. We do know that Christ is still on the
throne and nothing surprises Him.
We would like to ask you to pray for some co-laborers
who are praying about coming to work with us. Jamin and Julie Witte
are nearing the end of their deputation and they hope to come join us in
January 2005. Shawn Corbin is another missionary who has just started
his deputation and needs your prayers. He is also praying about coming
to work with us. The Lord is answering our prayers for more laborers
in Southern Spain.
Please continue to pray for Patsy’s mother, Shelah Wisler.
Patsy and the boys went out to be with her after a scare with Shelah’s heart
in April. She is doing much better now, but continues to need much
prayer.
Thank you for continuing to faithfully stand behind
us. Only in eternity will you realize how much we appreciate all of
you. We have recently joined Canaan Baptist Church in Covington, GA
under Dr. Scott Caudill. We are excited about the privilege to work
with and represent Dr. Caudill and Canaan Baptist Church.