NEWSLETTER

AUGUST 2005 

The beginning of the month of August finds us in the midst of our 41^st Annual Candidate Seminar.  It is a blessing each year to be able to meet with the missionary candidates to help prepare them for their deputation and field ministries.  Following our seminar each year we host our Mission Family Retreat at the Minnetonka Christian Camp in Clayton, Oklahoma.  This is an opportunity for our deputation and furlough missionaries to spend a few days in spiritual and physical refreshment.  During the Retreat we also hold our WBF Mission Committee meeting and the candidates receive their approval as WBF Missionaries.  This approval serves as a recommendation to pastors and churches that these candidates have been examined and that they are doctrinally and morally correct.  It must be emphasized that the World Baptist Fellowship does not send out missionaries.  Each missionary is sent from his own local church.  We function as a help to the churches and their missionaries and in no way desire to usurp the authority of the local churches

Bill and Dena Rose & children have arrived on the field in Spain following their language study in Edinburg, Texas.  Pray for them as they get settled there, find a home and vehicle and continue with their language study.  They will work along with David and Florence McDonald in Almeria as they begin their ministry among the Spanish people.

Mike and Christie Starling & children have arrived from Mexico for furlough.   Don & Mary Rowland have also arrived from Mexico for their furlough.  Pray for these families as they get settled and begin their furlough travels.

Stephen and Charlotte Byrd and sons have returned to the field of Ecuador for their next term of service.  Matthew will be coming back to the U. S. in the fall to begin college.  Pray for them as they get settled on the field, and especially as Matthew begins his studies at Pensacola Christian College.  Joe and Elaine Hawkins have returned to the work in Brazil following a short medical furlough.  Please pray for their physical well being as they resume their work there on the field. Kyron and Antonia Horton & girls have returned to the field of Brazil for their next term.  Pray for them as they return to the work.

Bro. Jack Weaver, who continues his battle with Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS), has entered a long term care facility in Longview, Texas.  Pray for him and also for Jo as they get adjusted to this change in their lives.  Jo will be living in Marshall, TX, which is a short distance from the home there in Longview.

Please continue to pray for these missionaries who are fighting daily battles with illness:  Miss Bessie Millican, Monnie Bacon, Gloria Higgins, Phil & Mary Gagnon, Sammy Jo Myers, Jackie Washburn, Debi Harris, Wanda & Doyle Whaley, Sandy Janky.

Thank you for your prayers and ongoing financial support for our missionary families and also for the General Fund.  Pray for our upcoming WBF Fall Meeting, October 17-19, 2005 at the First Baptist Church in Canton, Michigan.  Pray also for our Special Mission Offering that we will reach our goal of $50,000.  Please have a part in this special offering.

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