{"id":1937,"date":"2020-07-07T18:12:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T01:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/?p=1937"},"modified":"2020-08-12T17:39:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T00:39:39","slug":"messick-june-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/?p=1937","title":{"rendered":"Messick June 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201c<em>Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>LORD.\u201d Psalm 31:24<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Fellow-Laborers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank God daily for His care for us and our loved ones. Although we are somewhat limited during this time of uncertainty, it is a privilege to serve the Lord on our reservation and in our community and it will be such a blessing when we can once again gather without restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may have heard that Arizona is a hot spot right now; yes, the temperatures, but also the rising number of cases of Covid 19. There are several new cases on our Reservation. The Tribal leaders have extended the lockdown\/curfew until August 1<sup class=\"\">st&nbsp;<\/sup>due to the new cases and the death of two men on from the virus.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You probably have heard of the terrible brush fires in our state. The Bush Fire is the largest, so far covering 193,000 acres. Though it isn&#8217;t too close to us, we have experienced quite a bit of smoke from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those are the \u201cnegatives\u201d we have to report. Now for the \u201cpositives!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Most of our church folk continue to faithfully attend services; some listening in their vehicles, others safe distancing inside the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Another blessing is that we are once again having our Sunday evening service and Wednesday evening Bible study\/prayer time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Our ladies are thankful we have been able to resume our ladies Bible study, with Naomi teaching at<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>church instead of on Zoom.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*So thankful God has provided ways for us to continue sharing His Word and encouraging one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PRAYER REQUESTS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Salvation of those on the Yavapai-Apache Nation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Bev&#8217;s nephews, Bart and Eric, suffering with cancer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*That God might use these uncertain times to bring revival around the world<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Another couple to help in the ministry here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*The replacement of the modular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for praying with us and for us. Praying God will keep you safe and well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Christ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gary &amp; Bev<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBe of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the&nbsp; LORD.\u201d Psalm 31:24 Dear Fellow-Laborers, We thank God daily for His care for us and our loved ones. Although we are somewhat limited during this time of uncertainty, it is a privilege to serve the Lord on our reservation [&hellip;]<\/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":[62,8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-62","category-messick-missionary-letters","category-missionary-letters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937","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=1937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1938,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937\/revisions\/1938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibimi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}