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Greetings from sunny Arizona..                                 March 2009

          Seems like the virus that I acquired during the holiday season has not fully left me as yet. I am still suffering, some times more than others, but it seems that the shingles are still attacking the nerves in my back and after making several x-rays of my back it was found that I need a hip replacement also since bone is rubbing on bone. Now, for me to decide to have that done is another question????

          It seems that the economic crunch has effected the Lord's work in many areas. Some of our people have lost jobs and some have moved away which have caused our attendance to drop as well as the offerings. However we have maintained a sweet spirit among our people, and these are people who want to work. Jo Ann has taken the position of pianist in the church since the lady, who was the pianist here for years, and her family have moved away.

          Our mission conference in February turned out really great. We had 3 missionary families with us, who did a great job in presenting the need of their separate fields to our church family. So much so that the goal for our faith promise offering for the new mission year was $24,000.00 Pretty impressive for a very small rural church!  The church still supports us in our Spanish ministry.

          We are having good services with our Spanish speaking folks...They say they do enjoy so much having a time for singing in Spanish and hearing the word taught also in their language. We are so thankful for them. They do encourage us to keep on. Jo Ann did some of our lessons in Spanish while I missed some services which was the doctor's orders. These were to ladies only. Lonnie had the opportunity the other day to witness to several Hispanics, and we pray for them hoping to see them in church one day. They promise but their promises are not like the Lord's.

          Please continue to pray for us and for our people, for our physical needs, and especially our spiritual needs in the times in which we live. Thank you all for your continued support of this ministry. Some churches have already dropped their support to us, and we have not had enough support to have a full work fund for over a year. We do love and appreciate all of the churches that have continued our support in these trying times.

In Calvary's Bonds,

Lonnie and Jo Ann                           Philippians 2.: 16