Bryce Canyon National Park - Utah
Isaiah 52:10 says “The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.” Thank you for your prayers and partnership with us to serve churches in preaching the Gospel and planting new churches among the nations of people who remain in darkness and haven't received the Good News!
ODBM US Church Planters' Retreat - Utah
In August, we were in beautiful Utah for the ODBM Church Planters' Conference. It was a blessing to connect and enjoy sweet fellowship with all of our US church planters. America remains a needy mission field and we're thankful for churches being established in Nebraska, Nevada and North Carolina. We rejoice for the ODBM churches that have graduated and are standing on their own in Utah, Arizona, Oregon, Washington and West Virginia. We flew out to Utah a little early to enjoy the beautiful national parks and celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary.
As we've transitioned from summer to fall, we've travelled and ministered in seven states. We appreciate the many churches that have been wonderful hosts and given us the opportunity to share our burden for Asia. It was a special blessing to be in a few of the ODBM churches. It's great to see their burden for missions at a young "age." A first for us was speaking and sharing in a missions conference at a Spanish church in North Carolina. Pastor David and Roxana Keiser are ODBM missionaries. Another special blessing for Shawn was speaking at a ladies retreat in Pennsylvania. She loved reconnecting with old friends and making a lot of new ones. We also took advantage of the opportunity to reconnect with a lot of Dave's relatives.
This is also the time of year for mission conferences at Christian colleges. As Dave continues to serve as the ODBM Director, he enjoys spending time with college students interested in missions. Dave had the special honor to be a main speaker for the missions conference at Appalachian Bible College in WV. It was a special treat to preach with Dr. Gary Anderson, a long time friend and the former president of Baptist Mid Missions. Pray for the many ABC students who surrendered their lives to serve Christ according to His leading.
Dave is now on his way to Asia for 3 weeks of ministry among church leaders and students working in restricted, unreached areas. Please pray for his safety and good health as he travels. He will be teaching multiple seminars in multiple locations. Pray for God's blessing and for fruit that remains. We appreciate so much your faithful prayers and generous partnership with us. Please remember these particular prayer requests:
For God's wisdom and provision of a new Director to take Dave's place at ODBM.
For God's continued provision as we raise financial support to move and serve in Asia. We currently have about 78% of our needed support.
For the many Asian churches and believers enduring great affliction.
Pray for the Lord of the Harvest to call forth many new laborers into the harvest fields.
For the Lord to use us to encourage His Church and declare His Gospel in the darkness.
We thank and praise the Lord for all of you. May the Lord continue to use you for His glory!
Praise the Lord with us,
Dave & Shawn
Pray for the millions of Unreached in Asia
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