Dear Colaborers In Christ,
\nRemnants of food midst strewn trash greeted me one typical bus cleanup day with broken, stolen, or willfully defaced
\ninterior vehicle components and sadly gave entrance to ungodly questions as to whether in fact we were wasting our lives
\ncasting precious gospel pearls before swine (Matt. 7:6).
\nTwo hours later, however, the resounding reproof of these thoughts silenced the adversary without a word by the
\nrearview mirror panorama of 3 to38 year old natives illumined by the glorious gospel of Christ or willing to be ridiculed for
\nconsidering it.
\nThe challenges of befriending and reaching Cocopah souls of every age and locale are more than rivalled by our
\ngratitude for your enabling and our Lord\u2019s grace in entrusting us with the eternal well being of spiritually destitute and
\nphysically hungry individuals.
\nNo update could adequately thank you for the unprecedented gifts behind virtual miracles in the desert this winter or
\nfor your grace in forgiving our infrequent notes. Still you will gather how sacrificial and greatly appreciated they were
\nwithout mentioning a person or amount by contemplating the scope of provisions for:
\n\u25cf Fuel and gratuities for four Navajo evangelists and families in their 200-600 mile drives for our November 7-9,
\n2019 revival.
\n\u25cf Dealership electrical repairs after van headlights failed during youth night pickups.
\n\u25cf New batteries, tires, paint, lettering, and various repairs on a donated 66 passenger bus.
\n\u25cf Picking and distribution of dozens of Christmas fruit and gift bags through special services and otherwise
\nforbidden door to door visitation.
\n\u25cf Replace drums and airbrake lines and repair spring and airbrake systems of the 92 Bluebird bus.
\n\u25cf Cocopah youth ministry needs and gift packages for boarding school students and a young woman in rehab.
\n\u25cf Retaining wall materials, gravel,overhead door, and equipment for church storage garage project.
\nThe Physical and spiritual demands of these and other incessant operational needs on top of ongoing ministries make
\nyour prayers for strength, wisdom, safety, and helpers that much more critical. We so appreciate your remembering
\nJacob, Lydia, and Samuel\u2019s health and intense deputation work all 2020, Dawn and my additional teen work and the
\nimmediate challenges of:
\n\u25cf Cocopah Revival, February 10-12, 2020 with Pastor Joe Doyel of Emmanuel Baptist Mission, L.A., CA.
\n\u25cf Current extensive physical for annual C.D.L. renewal.
\n\u25cf Construction of our church garage, Feb. 25-March 4, 2020 with the Evangelical Free Church team from Gaylord,
\nMichigan.
\n\u25cf Michael\u2019s cancer re-evaluation and possible hormone treatment after persistent high P.S.A. levels.
\n\u25cf Revival with Evangelist Tim Green at Maranatha Baptist Church in Yuma, April 9-11.
\nDecember and January alcohol related deaths of Shirley (60+) and Tanessa (35) almost overwhelmed us with the
\nurgency of winning and discipling natives at all costs. Shirley was saved three years ago, but we are unsure of Tanessa
\nthough she came to Bible clubs as a child and did Bible studies in jail. She also saw her 17 year old daughter Taliah
\ngloriously converted at camp last summer.
\nYour praises and petitions for current blessings and needs are thus as important and appreciated as your countless
\nsacrifices are.
\nBLESSINGS:
\n\u25cf Heritage, Maranatha, and True Vine Baptist churches\u2019 help with our most powerful November revival to date.
\n\u25cf Taliah\u2019s spiritual growth and successful first semester of out of state boarding school .
\n\u25cf Daren\u2019s stroke recovery at home and his younger brother, Jesse\u2019s return to church.
\n\u25cf The North Reservation Bible Club\u2019s enthusiastic participation and spiritual growth.
\n\u25cf Tyrus\u2019 Bible studies and sincere repentance before beginning his long sentence in federal prison.
\n\u25cf Samuel\u2019s diminished neck muscle contractures and misshapen head through therapy and custom headgear.
\nNEEDS:
\n\u25cf Spiritual, moral, and substance abuse needs of couples: Alex and Roxanna, Cheryl and Stanford, Kayla and
\nVincent, Lorie and Salvadore, and Loren and Martina.
\n\u25cf Comfort for the Huck and Phillips families after recent deaths.
\n\u25cf True conversions and deliverance from immorality, substance abuse, or life threatening health needs of Lilly,
\nRoxanna, Salvadore, Millie, Tyler, and Mitchel.
\n\u25cf Personal health, strength, wisdom, God\u2019s power, and eternal fruit at His direction and to His glory.
\n\u25cf New adult Bible studies with Daren, Darnel, Jesse, and Lorie.
\n\u25cf Safety and control of bus and van pa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dear Colaborers In Christ, Remnants of food midst strewn trash greeted me one typical bus cleanup day with broken, stolen, or willfully defaced interior vehicle components and sadly gave entrance to ungodly questions as to whether in fact we were wasting our lives casting precious gospel pearls before swine (Matt. 7:6). Two hours later, however, […]<\/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":[62,7,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-62","category-missionary-letters","category-veldhuis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875","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=1875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1876,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions\/1876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}