October 2015
Dear Friends in Christ,
The first class of the Bible Institute was started this month. The pastor who was organizing this was healing from surgery on a detached retina, so we started a couple of weeks later than we had hoped, but definitely in God’s timing. The first class had 11 students with a few more that are registered and we hope will join as the program progresses. Each class is a total of 15 weeks, once a week. Sam is teaching the class of Doctrine of Theology. Please pray for the students to be faithful in attendance and study.
We do have a substitute teacher for these classes for when Sam will be unavailable. Marlin G. was saved during our years of ministry in Tuba City and a student of the men’s Bible Classes taught there. He then went on to attend and graduate from the Indian Bible College in Flagstaff. It is an encouragement to see the next generation preparing to keep the ministry of God’s Word going.
As many of you know, fall time is hunting time for us. Sam will be traveling to British Columbia to hunt with a group from the Tahltan (“tall-tan”) tribe in hopes of getting a stone sheep. He will be home for a couple of days and then be packing up for our fall hunt camp. This year we have 5 hunters from one family coming; father, 2 sons and 2 sons-in-law. Pray for safety in travel and during the hunt, good weather (early snows are not uncommon) and especially for the evening Bible studies. We are going to be studying the book of I Thessalonians this year.
Some have asked how Janet’s foot is doing. She is making good progress but is impatient that the healing isn’t complete, though she has been told that it will take 6 months to a year for complete return to “normal”. There is still a slight limp, but she is walking without assistance. Thank you for your prayers in this matter.
Thank you for your help this past month, both in your giving and for your prayers.
II Cor. 2:11 “Ye also helping together by prayer for us.”
In Christ,
Sam & Janet Grammer