MARCH 2018<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cWe give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers.\u201d <\/span><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n 1 Thessalonians 1:2<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n Dear Praying Friends,<\/span><\/p>\n In March, we enjoyed a wonderful visit from Bev’s sister-in-law, niece and great niece, Marilyn Wright, Sharilyn DeCrastos and Emily Blaikie all from Indiana. Having family make the long trip out this way means so much to us.<\/p>\n We are grateful for your continued prayers as April holds several opportunities of service. We are looking forward to things He will do this next month.<\/p>\n *<\/i>Easter will be a special service, as we remember the great sacrifice Christ made on the cross,<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n bearing the punishment for our sins, then rising from the grave, giving us the hope of eternal life<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n with Him.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n *April 4th<\/sup> -7th<\/sup> our church will host the IBIMI annual Retreat. It will be great to gather with our<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n fellow- missionaries and some of the advisory board members for a time of fellowship.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n *Our Mother\/Daughter Banquet will be held on April 21st<\/sup>. <\/b><\/i><\/p>\n We ask that you would continue to pray for:<\/p>\n *Our Youth Pastor’s health<\/b><\/p>\n *Our modular replacement<\/b><\/p>\n *The Junior Church Children<\/b><\/p>\n It is a great encouragement to know that you are praying for us. May the Lord bless you for being a blessing!<\/p>\n Love in Christ,<\/p>\n Gary & Bev<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MARCH 2018 \u201cWe give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers.\u201d 1 Thessalonians 1:2 Dear Praying Friends, In March, we enjoyed a wonderful visit from Bev’s sister-in-law, niece and great niece, Marilyn Wright, Sharilyn DeCrastos and Emily Blaikie all from Indiana. Having family make the long trip out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"hide_page_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57,8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-57","category-messick-missionary-letters","category-missionary-letters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1574,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions\/1574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}