NEWSLETTER
SEPTEMBER
2009
We are happy to welcome three new missionary
families to the WBF Mission Family:
Jamie and Melissa Brown
are sent out from the
South
Center
Baptist
Church
in
Arlington
,
TX
to the country of
Australia
. Robert
and Jennifer Dawson are sent out from the
Pleasantview
Baptist
Church
in
Arlington
,
TX
and they will also be going to
Australia
. The
Dawsons
have three children: Krista,
Timothy and Bethany. Tim
and Joy Guenther are sent out by the
Bible
Baptist
Church
in
Lancaster
,
OH
and will be going to
New Zealand
. The Guenthers have three
sons: Isaac, Ethan, and
Landon. Joy is the daughter
of Pastor and Mrs. Roy Maple of the
Bible
Baptist
Church
in
Lancaster
, their sending church. Pray
for all of these as they begin their deputation ministry.
You may contact them all through the Mission Office at
817-274-7161.
You still have time to make your plans to attend
this year’s WBF Fall Meeting that
will be held October 12-14, 2009 at the First Baptist Church of Canton,
Michigan. The church is
located at
44500 Cherry Hill Road
,
Canton
,
MI
48187
. Pastor Ray Haselhuhn and
the church family have worked to plan and prepare for a wonderful
meeting. Bro. Haselhuhn has
chosen a great lineup of speakers and the meeting will be a great
blessing to all who attend. Special
lodging rates are available at the following hotels:
FAIRFIELD
INN
5700 Haggerty Road
Canton
,
MI
48187
PH: 734-981-2440
The special rate is $64.00 per night, but you must
mention that you will be with the World Baptist Fellowship at
First
Baptist
Church
and reservations must be made by September 21, 2009 in order to get the
special rate.
HOLIDAY
INN EXPRESS
3950 Lotz Rd
Canton
,
MI
48188
PH: 734-721-5500, Ext 22
The contact
person is Linda Stansell. You
must identify yourself as being with the WBF Fall Meeting at First
Baptist Church of Canton. The
special rate for the meeting is $64.00 per night.
Please pray
for the Special Mission Offering and the Mission Store.
The offering goal for
this year is $60,000 and this amount is much needed for the ongoing
ministry of the Mission Office.
The Mission Store has proved to be a wonderful blessing to our
missionaries through the years. Mission
Store items should be sent to the church’s address in time to arrive
by October 12, 2009. There
is a list of needed Mission Store items in the July/August issue of the
Fundamentalist. Many
churches are sending gift cards to the Mission Store, which allow the
missionaries to choose the items that they need before leaving for the
field.
Mike
&
Debbie Lane
have returned to
Honduras
following his treatment for Prostate cancer.
Pray for their safety and that of our other missionaries in
Honduras
during this time of unrest.
Please pray
for our missionaries who are fighting illness:
Little Eliana
Densmore is once again hospitalized with the metabolic disease she
has suffered with all her life. She
has spent more than one third of her life in the hospital thus far.
Debi Harris
is seriously ill and may have to undergo a very serious surgery due to
complications with MS. Elaine
Hawkins is still having difficulties following knee replacement
surgery. Jodell
Powers is recovering from reconstructive surgery following her
earlier cancer surgery. Doyle
Whaley continues his battle with Alzheimer’s Disease and hearing
loss. The following
missionaries need your prayers for ongoing physical struggles:
Dale Brown, Rebecca
Hawkins, Mary Gagnon,
Monnie Bacon, Gloria
Higgins, Darla Brim, Dana
McCutchen, Linda
Carruth,
Mike Lane
, Charlene Neill, Sandy
Janky, Joe
Hawkins.
Thank you for
your continued faithfulness in prayer and financial support for our
missionaries. We realize
that the economy is not good right now, but we praise the Lord for His
provision and your faithfulness.
Tommy
Raley
