Dear Co-laborers in Christ, The passing of our prayer warrior father and five more Cocopah since our April 2014 update multiplied the demands of ongoing labors while gripping us with the urgency of using every possible summer ministry to reach survivors with the gospel. “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them […]
Category: Missionary Letters
Brian Shannon’s August 2014 Newsletter
July – August 2014 Dear Supporting Church Families & Friends, “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle…” How time does fly by, and what a busy, fast Summer we’ve experienced. We thank the Lord for His provision, safety, and the many opportunities we’ve been blessed with! During July, I was privileged once again to […]
Steve & Sherry DeFord’s August 2014 Update
Dear Friends, God has blessed us with a great summer! Thank you for your prayers for this ministry. July was a very full month. Our juniors went to camp the first full week of the month at the Bill Rice Ranch West Branch. West Branch has not begun a regular schedule as of yet. However, […]
Baucom’s April 2014 Letter
Dear Pastor & Church, Good News! Our son-in-law, Pat has accepted the Lord as his Saviour. This means so much to The Baucom family and our Church here as well. Pat has been a blessing to all of us. It surely is a shot in the arm, especially in this long, cold and dark winter. […]
March 2014 Update from the Veldhuis family
Veldhuis April 2014 Prayer Letter Dear Prayer Partners in Christ, Three Cocopah deaths, record numbers of prison Bible studies, and serious family health problems since our December letter multiplied the demands of Native labors and made your faithfulness that much more precious. [“…we had the sentence of death in ourselves that we should not trust […]
April 2014 Letter from David and Becky DeFord
Dear Prayer Partners, In February we were able to visit with Gary and Beverly Messick at Living Waters Baptist Church. It was so good to see Gary much improved health wise and to visit with their church family briefly. Their new building is progressing. It will be such a blessing to this church family to […]
March 2014 Letter from Sam & Janet Grammer
March 2014 Dear Friends in Christ, This past winter has been a very dry one for us. I think the winds have blown it all eastward as we are hearing of extra snowfalls along the east coast. This brings us into a dry spring with wildfire dangers running high. How thankful we are that […]
Jan/Feb 2014 Letter from Brian & Louann Shannon
January – February 2014 Dear Supporting Church Families & Friends, “How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God!” (Ps36:7a) Greetings from the Tohono O’Odham Nation. We have had such a great start to the new year, and are continually amazed by, and thankful for His excellent lovingkindness. January brought our annual “Bible Reader’s […]
February 2014 Update from Grammer’s
February 2014 Dear Friends in Christ, This month has been a busy month, but nothing exciting to write about. We’ve been staying busy with studying and preparation and ministering God’s Word. Please pray for us to be doing exactly what God plans and purposes for our lives. We did have an answer to […]
Feb 2014 Newsletter from Steve and Sherry DeFord
Dear Praying Friends, We are amazed to think we are already into March. February was a good month for us here in Arizona. The church, family, and mission are all doing well. Several of our families from church attended the annual Marriage and Family conference Bill Rice Ranch West Branch sponsored in Phoenix. […]
Steve & Sherry DeFord’s
Phil. 4:17b …I desire fruit that may abound to your account. Dear Friends, Thank you all so much for your generosity this past month. God has been both gracious and generous toward us. Not only is our finical need continually met, but God blessed us with His continual presence, comfort, and empowerment. […]
Dave & Becky DeFord’s February 2014
Dear Prayer Partners, We’ve much to praise the Lord for as no doubt you have as well. We want to share some of our bless-ings with you this month. We were blessed to receive many cards, calls and monetary gifts during the Christmas season. We attempted to send individual ‘thank you’ notes, but realize we […]