Dear Co-laborers In Christ,
“ So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.” (I Cor. 3:7)
Just as God’s abundant harvest of desert cold crops, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and lettuce gave way to the faithful sowing of summer’s cotton, wheat, melons, and hay, we look to His grace and your prayers for true lasting spiritual fruit through Cocopah summer ministries already underway.
Indeed, June’s 110+ degree temperatures heralded the stark reality that unceasing wind, heat, cloudless skies, and dangerous sandstorms would accompany Bible school, camp labors, and warrant your special prayers.
Petitions for our April 14-16 revival with Evangelist Joe Doyel “separated the sheep from the goats” as Truth seekers were wonderfully edified despite all-out satanic opposition by a handful of preteens. The latter’s restriction to coming only one at a time all of May blessed the rest of us with attentive young people to this very day.
Multiple vehicle repairs allowed me to take ten respectful youth the 800 mile round trip to Bill Rice West Branch’s Junior Camp unassisted June 9th-14th so that Dawn could keep up the home and church fronts. Engine and A/C work on this van were completed just in time to see more Native and Hispanic friends saved and matured at Bill Rice West’s Teen Camp June 23-28th, 2025.
This left a precious week to prepare buses, helpers, facilities, supplies, and all three Cocopah Reservations for a 16 hour/day expanded V.B.S., July 7-11, with the help of two Neighborhood Bible Time Bible College students. Juniors will meet in the air-conditioned auditorium, but visitation, transportation, and daily Teen outdoor activities will be in 90-110 degree temps under God’s providence and your prayers.
Many natives will endure the 600 mile trip each way to enjoy Apache Creek Deaf and Youth Camp’s Native Week, July 14-19 as it’s in a “mild” valley at 7,000 feet. P.T.L. for my protection from any cardiac problems at Bill Rice’s three 7,000 foot retreats this year as well as for Brother Nick Nichols’ help with this camp another year!
Pray also for our Native brethrens’ messages and vehicles travelling to Apache Creek as this is where we finalize plans for our annual November Indian revival with the Cocopah and exhort one another to faithful service in the interim.
PRAY a massive emergency transmission rebuild of our 11-passenger van will be quick and inexpensive enough to use it for Bible Time July 7-11 and to still send a bus or the biggest van to Apache Creek July 14-18, 2025. Providential health and personal gifts blessed us enormously in covering new glasses, costly meds, and precious dental work in Mexico beyond these ministry needs.
Your prayers and provisions are a highway of life for God’s increase among Native Americans we are privileged to share!
PRAISES
● Manageable chronic health problems.
● Saved Sharpe, Golding and
Lopez children’s church
return after being grounded or.
relocated.
● Dwayne, Kassie, and
daughter’s return after his
imprisonment and salvation
● Safe, edifying April Men’s
retreat and June Jr. Camp
at Bill Rice West Branch.
● Almost unbelievable
restoration of largest
diesel bus .
● Contractor and gravel to
triple our driveway width
to our well.
● Church live-streaming to
assisted care for Daren, Karen,
Samantha, and others.
PRAYER REQUESTS
● Accurate pending medical
test results for both of us.
● Youth group growth spiritually
and numerically.
● Baptisms of Dwayne, Kassie,
and recently saved young
people.
● Deliverance from tribal
tradition, defiance of authority,
and substance abuse for the
Brown, Phillips, Ramirez, and
Thomas families.
● God’s enabling and increase
through Neighborhood Bible
Time, July 7-11, Apache Creek,
July 14-18, and Bill Rice West
Branch Youth conference early
September.
● Endless preparations and
costs of Nov. 3-5 Native Revival
at our Cocopah church
Gratefully Yours In Christ,
Michael and Dawn Veldhuis