Nov:Dec 2020 ADDRESSES: IBIMI HOME OFFICE: IBIMI 3880 Stockton Hill Rd. Suite 103-438 Kingman, AZ 86409 IBIMI FINANCE OFFICE: IBIMI 2406 Main St. Keokuk, IA 52632 SENDING CHURCH: Burge Terrace Baptist 9345 Brookville Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46239 PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE: Steve De Ford 3880 Stockton Hill Rd. Suite 103-438 Kingman, AZ 86409 Psalm 125:1 They that […]
Dear Friends in Christ,This is about the time of the month that we send our monthly letters out (both by e-mail or postal service) but realize that many of you won’t get this until after Christmas. Hopefully, your holidays were filled with joy; not just from all the extra activities and family gatherings, but because […]
Dear Family and Friends In Christ, Through your prayers and the saving grace of our Lord’s Incarnation we were privileged to give the Gospel to families of the 7 Cocopah that passed away since our August letter and comfort believers with the assurance that “to be absent from the body [is] to be present with […]
Sept/Oct Prayer Letter “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.” Psalm 122:1 We are so please to report that after seven months, we were able to begin in-person services Sunday, October 11. We are currently using Zoom to broadcast the services as well. Sunday mornings […]
Dear Family and Friends, We want to thank you all for your prayers and financial support these last few months. We hope you are all doing well! These last few months, Brother Jacob has been traveling to raise support. Our support level is at 82%. We are praising God for his goodness towards us. During […]
Dear Friends in Christ,In just the past couple of weeks, we have slowly seen some of the reservations opening up so that our missionaries and pastors can resume Sunday services. However, the Navajo Reservation, which is closest to us, is still enforcing daily curfews and week-end lock-downs. Between the curfews and lock-downs, the residents are […]
Dear Family and Friends: “…His compassion fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness” Lamentations 3:22-23. I am thankful our God is full of compassion. Even when life is overwhelming, we can expect to begin a new day with a new measure of God’s compassion. Although the last several months have been […]
Dear Friends in Christ,The reservations are still shut down to non-residents. Each tribe makes their own regulations, but generally, only outsiders delivering water, food and supplies are allowed access. The Navajo reservation, which is the closest to us, has 84% of the state’s COVID cases. This has caused them to impose curfews each night and […]
Thank you for your continued prayers and support of this ministry! The last two months have been busy ones even though the reservation continues to observe a stay at home order. In July our juniors and teens were able to attend camp in Williams, AZ. The tribe allowed them special permission to be away from […]
Dear Friends in Christ, In our last letter, we shared our plans for the month. Much of the month, was planned to be in Thorne Bay, Alaska working on the radio station project. Those were our plans, but God’s plan was different and His plan is always the best. After getting the COVID -19 […]
Dear Co-laborers In Christ, Recent Covid-19 deaths of our godly Tribal Vice-Chair D. Begay and former Cocopah pastor’s wife Faye remind us of Biblical Jonathan’s faithfulness to God in life and in death. “Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their deaths they were not divided.” I Samuel 1:23 As […]
Dear Family and Friends: A verse that has impressed me in the past but has become more real in recent months is Psalm 61:2 “…when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” Many things can cause being overwhelmed: fear, a loss, the news, a personal hardship… Our response […]
