Veldhuis May 2019 Prayer Update<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear Family and Friends in Christ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How good it is to freely appeal to our Lord\u2019s eternal rewards when words fail and circumstances hinder our individually thanking and returning you the enormous blessing of your faithfulness this year.
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\u201cFor God is not unrighteousness to forget your work and labor of love, which we have shewed toward His
name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.\u201d (Hebrews 6:10)
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Your inquiries, prayers, gifts, and special provisions for my cancer treatments and Jacob and Lydia\u2019s needs are fresh enough memories to view this update as a personal note of gratitude to each of you.
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January 8, 2019 Yuma obstetricians and cardiopulmonary experts referred Lydia and Jacob to a Phoenix high risk perinatal clinic with the goal of getting Lydia to a potentially viable 26-week delivery of their firstborn
son. Low oxygen Sats, potential heart failure, edema, and crippling weakness made carrying the baby much farther too risky, but God blessed her beyond our boldest prayers.
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Countless prayers undoubtedly superintended the frequent ultrasounds, prenatal and cardiopulmonary care, E.R. visits, and hospitalizations that culminated in Samuel Jacob Jones’ delivery, March 28, 2019 at 7lbs 4oz.
Despite initial food intolerance and reflux problems, Samuel\u2019s four pound weight gain in as many weeks highlighted the toll his delivery had taken on Lydia. Twenty-nine hours of induced labor ending in a C-section left her hospitalized again a week later with life threatening edema and possible heart failure. THANK the LORD Lydia gradually recuperated enough this month to resume full time Cocopah work here with Jacob. PRAY for their remaining 50% support needs as Jacob canceled May meetings to be home. He will make occasional short deputation trips solo until Lydia and Samuel are able to accompany him.
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Nine weeks of weekday focused prostate radiation treatments ran from Nov. 27, 2018 through Jan. 28, 2019 for me. Morning sessions allowed me to carry on all ministries in the afternoons and weekends with extra rest.
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One blessing was their conclusion in time to attend Grace Baptist Church\u2019s annual Bible Believer\u2019s Conference in Corona, California, Jan. 28-30th.
General exhaustion and other radiation side effects diminished steadily throughout February and permitted the resumption of cactus landscaping work and the initiation of serious vehicle, property, ministry, and staff
preparations for summer\u2019s opportune labors.
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PRAY the first cancer follow-up evaluation, May 31, 2019, will clear me to focus fully on the grueling weeks ahead and that any additional or alternative treatments will be covered by my specified disease insurance
policy. Kindly accept our late but heartfelt thanks for your enormous help to date!
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Your prayers and enabling for Christmas, New Year, and ongoing winter Cocopah ministries undoubtedly contributed directly to the decreased mayhem of death, substance abuse, and violence normally accompanying
their huge casino cash disbursements each February. Adult church attendance dropped as thousands of dollars were squandered on casinos and sinful pleasures, but junior and teen attendance increased despite having to combine their classes.
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Young couples Alex and Roxanna, Loren and Martina, Stanford and Cheryl, and Vincent and Kayla either sent their children or attended occasionally until surrendering to substance abuse or the cares and pleasures of
this world. PRAY for the unique spiritual and family needs of each couple and their combined 15 children as Satan\u2019s attack on these first two generations of Cocopah believers is vicious and unending.
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Thankfully, Lori returned to church after her release from prison and is doing her best to provide for her four children after their recent abandonment by their caretaker for an ungodly higher paying job. PRAY for Adolfo, Michael, and Tyrus\u2019 true repentance and conversions in prison and family members\u2019 needs at home.
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P.T.L. for nearby Native and Hispanic adults to whom we devoted labors rejected by disinterested Alvanez, Hayes, May, Phillips, Serrano, Soto, and Thomas Cocopah families. What can compare to the privilege of leading 84 year old Joe H. to the Lord January 5, 2019 or of preaching and giving the gospel to neighbor families prior to their move in May.
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PRAY for all of these souls as Mays and Phillips youth and a first time parent have miraculously resumed or begun young people\u2019s or adult Bible studies and rallies. Your prayers and sacrificial gifts are the lifeline of
winter and spring blessings as well as summer\u2019s opportunities, as \u201cye strive together with us in your prayers to God for us.\u201d Romans 15:30.
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BLESSINGS:
\u25cf Jacob, Lydia, and Samuel\u2019s 50% support level and fulltime work with us as of this past April.
\u25cf Gospel seed sown and grown through Maranatha\u2019s revival with Evangelist Tim Green April
18-20th.
\u25cf Dawn and my first mission conference in some nine years with faithfully supporting Calvary
Indian Baptist Church in eastern Oklahoma.
\u25cf Humbling special gifts for medical needs, vehicle maintenance, and larger repairs for summer
ministries.
\u25cf Brother Carl Engstrom\u2019s months\u2019 help with church piano accompaniment and youth chorus
lessons.
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CHALLENGES:
\u25cf Salvation of 11 year-old Airus and comfort in her young father\u2019s death.
\u25cf Restoration of Lydia\u2019s health as well as that of the Hastrichs and the Wilburs.
\u25cf Strength for and fruit from Jacob and Lydia\u2019s resumed North Cocopah Reservation Bible Club
25 miles away.
\u25cf Repentance and just sentences for Tyrus, Vincent, and Kayla as well as continued Biblical care
for Kayla\u2019s four children.
\u25cf God\u2019s strength, safety, provision for, and truly eternal fruit through:
\u25cb Bill Rice West Branch Junior and Teen Camps June 24-29 and July 8-12, 2019.
\u25cb Neighborhood Bible Time (on our property), July 15-19, 2019.
\u25cb Apache Creek Deaf and Youth Camp 600 miles away, July 22-29, 2019.
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Yours In Christ,
Michael and Dawn Veldhuis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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