“Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it. Brethren, pray for us.”
1Thessalonians 5:24-25
Hello from Canada,
2021 was a very unusual year. We made two trips to the States: June 26-August 12 and November 26-December 31. The first trip was for a memorial service for Penny’s dad who passed away in February. We could not cross the border to make it to the funeral, so we had a memorial service in July on his birthday. Then, in November, Penny’s mom was sick and we tried to make it back to Florida to see her before she passed away. Unfortunately, we were still eight hours away when she passed. Not arriving in time was very hard on us. Please pray for Penny since she lost both parents in 2021. We traveled a total of 19,000 miles on both trips. While in the States, we were able to get to visit churches and supporters along the way which was a great encouragement.
One great blessing was that we were able to train one of our board members to keep our ministry running while we were gone. The board member also had to recruit some help from people in their church. There were a total of four families that helped with our ministry. Praise God that our ministry was able to keep going, while we were gone.
It was a very dry summer last year. We planted wheat on the 60 acres that we rented. Because of the drought, our harvest was only half of what it could have been; but the price of wheat almost doubled, so we were able to get enough money to keep our ministry running. This year is going to be very different. Because of Covid and the shipping problem, the cost of fertilizer had more than doubled in price. So, we are not going to plant a crop this year. Pray that we will be able to plant again next year. Out of necessity, we will have some fundraisers to help the ministry to keep going until next year. Pray that we will be able to have two or three good fundraisers this year.
God is richly helping our ministry to grow. Since 2020, our active students and decisions to trust Christ as Savior have doubled! We are happy and excited to be in His perfect will. Pray for our continued health, so that we can continue doing this great work for Him.
In His service