NEWSLETTER
JULY 2007 

We are making preparations for our annual Candidate Seminar and Mission Family Retreat.  The Seminar begins on July 25, 2007 here at the Mission Office and runs through August 3, 2007.  The Retreat will be held August 6-9, 2007 at the Minnetonka Christian Camp in Clayton, Oklahoma.  Bro. and Mrs. Tom Crites and the staff at Minnetonka do a wonderful job of hosting our retreat each summer.  We have special speakers and activities for the missionary families and also hold the quarterly Mission Committee meeting during this time each summer.  Pray for this year’s seminar and retreat that the Lord will bless in a special way.  We are looking forward to having new missionaries join our mission family.

Please continue to pray for little Eliana Densmore, the baby daughter of Missionaries Brian and Joy Densmore.  Her condition is so rare that the doctors are literally having to “learn as they go” in treating her.  She has had several very low points in the first month of her life, but at this time it appears that she is improving.  Pray that the doctors will be able to successfully treat this little one and that she will do well in the future.  Pray for Brian and Joy as well, as they wait on the Lord and His healing power.

The Tommy Bowen family has returned to Ecuador for their next term of service.  Pray for them as they get settled down on the field and back into the work there.  The John Hawkins family and Skip Woodfin family have arrived for furlough.  Lanny & Judy Wood and Larry & Barbara Koehn are scheduled to arrive this month for furlough.  The Ed Edington family will begin furlough in August.

Please continue to pray for the following missionaries who are battling illness:  Ernie Brown, Debi Harris, Monnie Bacon, Gloria Higgins, Mary Gagnon, Joe Hawkins, Sandy Janky, Doyle Whaley, Wanda Whaley, Dana McCutchen, Juanita Bowen.  All of them are holding their own or improving at this time.

Begin now to make your plans to attend the WBF Fall Meeting, which will be held October 15-17, 2007 at the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Jasper, Georgia.  Pastor Ben Langley and the church family are preparing for a great meeting.  There will be a great lineup of speakers, Christ honoring music under the leadership of Bro. Wally Bearden, and challenging field reports from our missionaries who will be present.  Please begin now to pray with us for a great meeting, a successful Mission Store, and the Special Mission Offering.  Our goal for this year’s offering is $50,000 and this is vital to the ongoing ministry of the Mission Office.

A special thank you to those churches and individuals who support our General Fund on a monthly basis.  Without you, our ministry of service to the missionary families around the world would not be possible.  About 100 churches and individuals have a part in monthly support for the General Fund.  Please pray about joining these in helping us to serve those who serve in the Regions Beyond.

Tommy Raley