November 1999
Dear Pastor and Praying Friends,
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Having
just completed our first quarter of full time deputation we are still
in
awe of the whole process. The Lord graciously allowed us to have
each
month full of meetings this past quarter and what an experience it has
been.
We have gone through just about every emotion known to man; fear,
worry,
excitement, astonishment, and on and on. But, as always, the Lord
has
remained faithful. When we stepped out by faith on full time
deputation,
in August of this year, we had no idea what to expect. We just
knew
that it was the Lord's leading and we followed. We have seen the
Lord
move in great ways, providing for our every need and working in many
lives.
We would like to personally thank every single person whom the
Lord
has used to help us financially, spiritually, and simply by lifting our
family
up in prayer. We won't ever be able to repay those who have done
so
much to help us but are pleased to know that the Lord will bless
them.
I am reminded of Mark 9:41 "For whosoever shall give you a cup of water
to
drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you,
he
shall not loose his reward." We have truly been humbled by God's
methods
of provision.
This quarter we have had the privilege of being able to reunite
with
some of our dear pastor friends and their family. We have also
enjoyed
making many new friends. May God bless the churches that have
allowed
us to present our burden for the people of Spain. We have been
shown
so much loving kindness and grace from each one. Our desire is to
have
been a blessing to them. More importantly, we pray that each and
every
member has received the burden for Spain that God has called us
to.
With nearly 40 million people, many die every day while we try to raise
our
support. Unless someone reaches them for Christ, I sadly consider
their
destination. Please pray that the Lord will allow us to get to
Spain
as soon as possible.
We hope and pray that the Lord will bless each one of you in a
special
way this holiday season. We are anxiously looking forward to
celebrating
Christ's birthday and seeing what He has in store for us in 2000.