Teaching

God answered prayer and helped me in teaching at the Faith Baptist Bible College missionary nursing seminar last week. Thank you for participating by prayer. The interaction with the students was good and God was my help in presenting many ways God uses medical missions to reach people. We have seen a variety of venues in our various places of service and met many medical missionaries in other creative ways of outreach. It was a joy to share accounts of many ways we have seen God work. Please pray the God would clearly call more people to the harvest field as medical missionaries. Pray for the students I was privileged to talk to last week. Pray for the other friends I was able to meet while in Iowa. God is working in lives and wants to show his power even more. Please pray for the fellow travelers on the plane flights that God allowed me to share the gospel with. It would be so exciting to see them in heaven someday.    

Please continue to ask the Lord to guide us in preparing for service in Bangladesh next month. We need to prepare lessons to teach as well as items to pack. We know he will accomplish his will that his name will be glorified.

“…I will make them know my power and my might, and they shall know that my name is the LORD.” Jer. 16:21

From Every Nation

This week God answered prayer and brought our visas for Bangladesh. With these and our airline tickets in hand we are almost ready to fly next month. Please continue to pray for God to prepare the way before us and use us for His glory. Pray for the Bengali Christians to know the Lord's strength as they face persecution. Pray for the three missionaries who are presently working in the city where we will be. Pray for the children in the Christian school by the hospital and church.

On our return trip in July we plan to visit Cambodia briefly to encourage the church. Please pray that the Cambodian Christians would multiply and keep growing in grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior. Pray for Mr. L’s hamburger/ice cream shop. It is struggling. God has used it as his source of income to live on but that income is very meager now.

Praise God with us for the salvation of a ten-year old Pakistani girl here in Michigan this week. We thank God for the opportunity to have a meal with her family along with our American friend who has been witnessing to them. Please pray for R. to grow and for the rest of her family to follow the Lord.

“Behold, a great multitude…from every nation, from all tribes and peoples…standing before the throne…” Rev. 7:9

Nursing Seminar

Please continue to pray for the missionary nursing seminar next week at Faith Baptist Bible College (FBBC) in Ankeny, Iowa. This is part of a course of study at FBBC where students get their Bible and missions courses at FBBC and their nursing courses at a nearby nursing school.  It is to prepare them to serve the Lord as nurses. They are especially prepared to serve as missionary nurses in foreign countries if the Lord calls them to that ministry. An internship overseas is also part of the course and we have been privileged to have students from it come intern with us in Cambodia. This annual week-long seminar in Ankeny is part of the total course and is taught by missionary physicians and nurses who give practical pointers from their experiences. This year the seminar is March 13-17. Please pray for each of the instructors, including myself, who are preparing now and will be teaching next week. Pray that God will guide us, speak through us, and that God would be glorified in all. Pray for the students to learn well and to use the information well. Pray that there will be fruit for eternity. If you know of someone interested in the course, they can contact Faith Baptist Bible College.

Please pray also for my travel and that I would be able to meet with friends and former students while in Ankeny. Pray for Hubert who will be remaining here in Michigan.

“…We speak, not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.” 1 Thess. 2:4

Christ be Honored

What fun to hear of God’s answer to prayer this week. The Christmas package we mailed last October just reached our daughter in her place of service. We watched her open it via Skype. She especially appreciated the wool socks from Romania that we sent to help her in the cold weather of her country. Thank you for praying. Now we can give God thanks together.

God has given special times with family this week, more opportunities to speak to groups, and good visits to the sick. Please keep asking the Lord to make us a blessing.

Bob Bixby, a Baptist Mid-Missions missionary in France and friend of ours, was called home to heaven yesterday. He had a life well lived for the Lord and was used of the Lord to impact many lives for eternity. We pray that God will be glorified in our lives and in our deaths.

 “…But that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.” Phil 1:20

Visas

God continues to bless and use us in speaking various places on missions and the Lord’s commands to go, give, and pray. Pray for Christians to listen to God’s leading and follow him. Please pray for some unsaved friends we have contact with that need to turn to the Lord. Some are in Michigan and some in Cambodia. What a privilege to share the good news of salvation.

Please keep praying for our Bangladesh visas which are being processed right now in the Bangladesh embassy in Washington DC. These are for our three months' work there beginning in April.

Please pray for the Baptist Mid-Missions hospital in Bangladesh and the need for doctors and teachers. Pray for the Christian school and the children attending there, and for the Bible school and the students and staff. What a great God we have.

“Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power…” Col. 1:11

Details

God has given us wonderful fellowship with friends who pray for us and support us. We count on their continued prayer even after we change to retirement status. God will keep on demonstrating his loving care and power.

We went to get typhoid immunizations today and got the tablet form. Nice.  Only a couple more immunizations to get.

Airline tickets are purchased now for going to Bangladesh. Thank God for these.  

We plan to visit Cambodia on the way back in July for a few days. It will be good to encourage the Christians.

Now we are working on applying for Bangladesh visas. God helped us getting the photos today and making progress on the forms. Please pray for all to go smoothly in securing these visas.

“You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory.” Ps. 73:24

Blessings

Praise God for the good meetings this past weekend. It is encouraging to be with God’s people and to tell what God has been doing. We have several meetings with individuals scheduled ahead yet. Thanks for praying as we travel and serve the Lord on furlough.

We thank God that my cataract surgery January 31 went well. Thank you for praying. At the beginning of March I get new glasses. We thank God for good health and good healthcare available.

This week we are in the process of purchasing airline tickets for Bangladesh. Please pray for God’s guidance in this. The plan is to work at the Baptist Mid-Missions’ hospital and schools there from mid-April to mid-July this summer. Next week we are scheduled to get our immunizations updated.

“God shall bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.” Ps 67:7