1Thessalonians 5:24-25 “Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it. Brethren, pray for us.”

Dear Praying Partners,

This year in January we began sending our Mailbox Club students’ families a letter with their lessons letting them know about an email address where they can send their answers, which will help them save some postage. We still send the lessons to them as usual but then they can send their answers by email. We now have been getting lesson answers by email regularly from 33 students. I have also been sending that letter with each birthday card sent out each month, since February. We have gotten at least three large families back from those birthday card letters! Please keep praying for our students in the Mailbox Club. We praise the Lord for 435 lessons graded in the Mailbox Club in the month of April! Praise the Lord for 24 Certificates of Completion in the Mailbox Club in April!

We are excited to tell you that our Friday night Bible study group’s Easter program went well in all five places that it was performed. All of the elderly people in each home were very pleased with the outcome. The kids did a great job and our choir of 29 people did great too! We had fun being able to bless people with our program of the life of Christ leading up to the cross! Thank you for your prayers!

The Registered Charity Status paperwork has been sent in to the government. They have informed us that it could take 6 months to a year to hear anything from them. Thank you for praying. Also please keep praying for our sons and their families and for our health. We appreciate your prayers.

On May 17th Joe preaches at a friend’s church, filling the pulpit. Our 35th anniversary is June 14th, and Penny’s brother Larry and his wife Donna are coming to visit in June. We are very excited to show them our area of ministry and our home. Please pray for safety as they travel up here and from here go on to the Philippines for a few weeks. Thank you again for praying!

Serving God in Canada,

Joe & Penny