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Volume 12 |
October-December 2009 |
Number 5 |
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Fast Paced, Event Filled, Successful Furlough - PTL! |
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BACK FROM
FURLOUGH: Our 2009 furlough was fruitful in many
ways and exciting to the end. We so enjoyed our time - the
friends and family, seeing God’s work through our supporting
churches and some answered prayer for projects -WOW!
We have been back for 3
weeks now and have literally hit the ground running. In the
short time we’ve been home it seems like we have done months
of catching up, and with Christmas on the way-we’re still
running. This time, with a little Kiwi Coffee and some rest
on the plane, jet-lag didn’t seem to hit us as bad as in
times past. We have already finished one small building
project, poured concrete, caught up on issues in our
ministry, and are making preparations for our 2010 Family
Camp in January - Whew!, Well, It’s good to be home. |
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FURLOUGH IS NOT FURLOUGH: Every
missionary knows that a furlough is not a
furlough unless there are appointed times of
overcoming-kinks in the plan. My appointed
time of overcoming was the sudden death of
my brother, Charles Walker in August. I miss
him, just like my Dad, but know that he is
well and at peace with our Lord and Savior.
Our kinks in the plan came about 3 weeks
before leaving when David got very ill with
flu and I took a turn for the worst after
flu with pneumonia. Thankfully, we all fully
recovered days before boarding for New
Zealand. |
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MEDICAL
UPDATE:
After medical testing in the States, we now
know that David’s condition from the stroke
he suffered in February is called “Lambl’s
Excrescences”. He will continue taking
aspirin and we will monitor his health
during our summer months as he seems to
struggle with energy levels when the heat
index is above 75. Continue to pray as
February will mark 1 year and we are waiting
for the 2 year mark without additional
events. We thank you so very much for your
prayer and encouragement concerning David-we
are strengthened by your faithfulness and
God’s strength. |
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Ministry Updates &
Prayer Requests:
• Praise: We are
seeing souls saved
and our people are
catching the burden to
win souls to Christ-PTL
• Praise: Our
leadership team is
growing and we are
even ordaining two
more this January-PTL
• Prayer: For the Seik
Indian community we
are starting to break
into with the Gospel –
please pray for our
safety |
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WON-BY-ONE
- We all have heard the phrase, “Won by one.” At present, we
are watching it right before our very eyes. It all started
with one of our faithful teens inviting a friend to youth
camp this year. Lukas is a social sort of fella and brought
Amandip - she accepted Christ. Even though it has brought
persecution and ridicule from her family (strict Seik
Indian), she told her sister she didn’t want her to go to
hell-her sister, Dauljit, accepted Christ and is telling her
brother that she doesn’t want him to go to hell,....she is
also telling her friends at school and I am so looking
forward to Sunday because she is bringing friends to church.
If only we could fire up our souls like Lukas, Aman and
Dauljit-the world could be won by one. |
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