I wish that a letter could convey our joy over God’s working in Ecuador .  Candelaria phoned us and talked over renting the large sports stadium in Candelaria and send out invitations to the town and surrounding Baptist churches.  They wanted us to come and participate but that was impossible due to Sandy ’s health struggles.  We are thrilled to inform you that the church in Candelaria had 21 decisions for Christ and many other people came forward to make other commitments.  As of the last communication with them, they had not received the total count of how many people had prayed to receive Christ from our other churches and missions in the area.  It is such a joy to see the Ecuadorian people that were won and trained by us serving God and how He is using them there even in our absence.  We, like Paul, can say there is no greater joy, than to see those who have been born again through the ministry there in Ecuador , continuing to serve the Lord wherever they are.  The word “thanks” is not sufficient for each of you who prayed for this event.

I want to share a very meaningful verse with each of you reading this message.  God’s Word proclaims in Psalm 30: 4 & 5, “Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.  For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”  To Sandy and I these verses have become extremely important.  The night has been evident in our circumstances over the past several months but our faith hangs onto the word JOY which will arrive in his time.  The word has become so comforting to both of us.

We continue to ask for prayer on Sandy ’s behalf as she faces more obstacles in her health.  She will be having the surgery on her left hip in the weeks ahead.  Her hip is giving out altogether so surgery is imminent.  As many of you know, she has been diagnosed with Macular Degeneration in both eyes which is the leading cause of blindness in people.  She began experiencing problems in her left eye which drove us back to the specialist and she now has another disease affecting her eyes.  They are telling us that she will have to have shots of steroids directly into the eye as this problem advances.  She was scheduled to have the first set of shots on September 11^th but the tests revealed that the disease had not progressed very much and she was given a reprieve until December 11^th.  Please pray that the shots will not be necessary at all.  Thank you for your prayers on our behalf.

We continue to ask prayers for Dave and Marlis Funk as we sense the enemy at work in their lives.  He sure does not want to see them come to Jesus but we see a softening in Marlis’ heart and we are trusting God for the victory in their lives.  Please pray earnestly for them.  Also, don’t forget to pray for the new believers in Ecuador .  Pastor Pedro has baptized thirteen of them thus far and a discipleship program is under way there.  Pray that they will mature in Christ.

We close with this.  It is with great gratitude in our hearts that we send greetings and wishes for great joy in your lives.  We have been truly blessed by your support and prayers over these past 29 years that we have served as your missionaries.  Thanks for your faithful support throughout all of the difficulties we have encountered with Sandy ’s health.  We are praying for God to show us great and mighty things in the coming months that we can rejoice together seeing many more spiritual blessings.

From our hearts to yours!

Gary and Sandy Janky

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