“Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it. Brethren, pray for us.”
1 Thessalonians 5:24-25
Dear Praying Partners,
It’s hard to believe that it is already February! This year is flying by! We had a great Christmas in Florida. We got to stay with Penny’s folks in Orange Park. It had been three years since Joe was able to visit them. Penny’s dad has Parkinson’s Disease, so it was important for us to go spend time with her mom and dad. Our middle son David and his family came down from Pennsylvania to spend time with us while we were there. It was great to see our grandson Levi. Oh yes, and David and his wife Rachel too.
While we were there, one of our supporting churches had a mission conference from December 29-31. So, as always when we travel to the States, we try to visit as many of our supporting churches as we can. Joe sang every night and preached and presented our ministry. It was a great blessing and privilege to share with them.
We have had the privilege to minister three weeks in a row in 2020. On January 23rd, Joe preached in a Filipino church in Saskatoon. They are one of our supporting churches up here. Their church rents the building of the church we attend, and meet on Sunday afternoons. They are a growing church that has an Awana club. Joe preached the service then helped them work on their wooden Awana grand prix cars for the fun race coming up. Then the next two Sunday’s Joe preached in Middle Lake, Saskatchewan. This is a small country church that we have ministered in for years. The pastor and his family were gone on vacation, so Joe preached the first Sunday and sang a 35 minute concert the following Sunday. Joe sang eight songs and Penny read scripture between each song. It was a real blessing to minister to this special church.
Our Mailbox club is going well. When we came back from our time away, Penny had lots of lessons to get caught up on. It took the first two weeks back to get it all caught up, since more lessons were coming each day. It’s always hard to get back in the groove when coming back from a vacation, but it was extra hard this time because we both caught the flu! Thankfully, we have since recovered and are doing fine.
The cost of stamps has increased again this year. Our lowest stamp is .92 now and the others have gone up too. Postage is the biggest of our mission expenses. On April 17th we are hosting a concert fundraiser in Saskatoon, at Fairhaven Bible Chapel at 7:00 p.m. The Gospel Echoes Canada West Men’s Quartet will be singing. Pray that we have a great turnout and great offering to further the mission.
Thank you again for praying for us and for God’s ministry here in Saskatchewan Canada!
Sincerely,