NEWSLETTER
APRIL 2009

Let me take this opportunity to invite you to attend this year’s World Baptist Fellowship May Meeting, which will be held at Arlington Baptist College on May 11-14, 2009.  This will be a very special meeting as we honor Dr. and Mrs. David Bryant on their retirement from Arlington Baptist College.  Dr. Bryant has served faithfully for 16 years as President of the College.  We pray for God’s blessings on Dr. and Mrs. Bryant in their future service for the Lord.  We will also welcome the College’s new President, Dr. D. L. Moody, at this May meeting.  He will need our prayers as he begins his ministry as leader of our college.

It is not too early to begin to make your plans for the WBF Fall Meeting that will take place October 12-14, 2009 at the First Baptist Church in Canton, Michigan.  Pastor Ray Haselhuhn has chosen the theme, “Remembering God”, and he and the church are making preparations for a great meeting there in October.

John & Marjorie Malanowski have returned to Indonesia for their next term of service.  Pray for them that the Lord will continue to bless their ministry there on the island of Bali.

Terry, Tami and Tobijah Morse are in route to French Polynesia on their boat.  Pray for their safety as they sail to the islands and for their ministry there.

We have several special prayer requests for this month:

Little Eliana Densmore has once again been diagnosed with pancreatitis and, at this writing, is in the Children’s Hospital in Denver, CO and in a great deal of pain.  This little one has struggled for her entire life with illness and has suffered greatly.  Please pray for her recovery and for her parents, Brian and Joy Densmore.

As most of you know, Doyle Whaley has been struggling with Alzheimer’s Disease, plus several other problems.  In addition to these, he has now lost his hearing and is completely deaf.  This is a difficult situation for him and for Wanda as she cares for him.   She can only communicate with him by writing notes, and the Alzheimer’s makes his reading comprehension difficult.  Please pray much for Doyle and Wanda.

Jodell Powers is doing well in recovery from cancer surgery.  The doctors feel that they got all the cancer and anticipate that she will continue to do well.  She will have several more reconstruction surgeries in the next few months and needs all our prayers for a complete recovery.

Joe Hawkins fainted while working and fell, breaking his collarbone.  He is doing well and the doctors are doing tests to try to determine the cause of his fainting.  Pray for him and for Elaine as she cares for him.

Debi Harris, Dale Brown, Linda Carruth, Mary Gagnon, Monnie Bacon, Gloria Higgins,  Mike Lane, Charlene Neill, Darla Brim, Amber Cato, Sandy Janky, Dana McCutchen all need our prayers as they battle ongoing physical problems.

Thank you for your continued faithfulness in prayer and financial support for our missionaries around the world and for us here at the Mission Office.