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from surgery and is doing fine. We appreciate
birth might get replaced during this period
all who prayed for her. Please keep the people We praise the Lord for the extension
of feasting and resting called Makahiki.
of Mexico in your prayers as Congress here of the ministry in St. Anselme which is
The fact that makahiki also means “year,”
is considering raising taxes on top of higher about 20 minutes east of the church. We
the Hawaiian greeting for “Happy New
prices for basic goods. The Teenek people have a few people who are interested and
Year” became “Hau’oli (happy) Makahiki
will suffer even more. Also, thanks to all of some that were saved through the ministry
(year) Hou (new).” Pray that the Lord,
you who sent Christmas greetings our way. in Sainte-Marie attending there. They are
not the land, gets the honor this New Year.
– Ricky Williams remaining faithful to the Bible studies
– Filomeno Kakilala
and preaching services. We are seeing
Ukraine them grow in the Lord. We have visitors
philippines
come to our church in Sainte-Marie out
of curiosity. That gives us a great opportunity
for visitation. We have run an article in
the newspaper. It was a good way to reach
the lost. We have received some friendly
and some hostile comments about that.
It is a great privilege to be an ambassador
for the Lord.
– Serge Leclerc
Russian ministry
Our focus for women’s ministry in the
We just finished a great Pastor’s and
fall and winter has been to unite the three
Worker’s Conference for 2009, with Sam
generations of women in our church. We
Husser as our speaker, and Doug Lee as
have done several women’s meetings to unite
our Choir Director. Sue Husser and
these groups, and the response has been so
Diane Lee led in a ladies’ seminar as
exciting. So many of our teenage girls come
well. The theme of the conference this
from non-Christian homes, and they have
year was “Survivors! Out Wit, Out Last,
very little encouragement from their parents.
Out Pray!” There were many revived
These multi-generational ladies meet-
and committed lives. Sam is a dynamic
ings have opened a door for our teen girls
speaker who really involves the listeners.
to bond with more mature sisters in our
– Doyle Moore
church. As a result of these meetings, the wom- In Minneapolis, Minnesota, we have
en’s discipleship ministry has really taken off. begun to broadcast 15-minute spots
mexico
Thank you for your faithfulness to pray and weekly on a radio station. This is a pilot
Our furlough time in the States was
for your interest in the work in Ukraine. project, and we pray the Lord will open
wonderful. Priss has recovered completely
– Laura Kanaykina the door so we can preach the Gospel in
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