“But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” James 3:4-5
To all our faithful prayer friends, supporters and family - Greeting in Jesus name!
January sped by with a busy schedule of meetings in Arkansas and Missouri. We thank the Lord for His protection as we traveled safely through several winter storms! Praise the Lord, even with our entire family catching the flu bug and having to get the transmission of our van rebuilt, we were able to keep all of our scheduled meetings! So far in February, we have had several meetings and we thank the Lord for directing our steps to churches with a burden and vision for ministry and missions! In just a few short months the Lord’s churches have helped us raise our support level back up to where we are back up to the minimum necessary amount to head to the field. Several churches have us under consideration for support, and we still have several scheduled meetings to go. We are begging the Lord for wisdom about our schedule as we try to determine all the details leading up to departure. We are currently at our home church for a couple weeks and we are excited to have a part in preparations for special revival services. There have been cottage prayer meetings, phone calls, door-knocking and flyer distribution. We are trusting God to see souls saved and lives changed through His word and His power.
Divine Delay - VISA Situation!
It was in our heart to depart a little sooner, but it seems the Lord’s timing is for a short while longer. February 13th was the deadline for the expiration of our airline tickets. At one time LAN Chile offered us some hope that although our tickets were non-changeable/non-refundable, that they would give us some credit or compensation. They proved to be very difficult to work with and we were not able to realize any refund or benefit from them. We are trusting that the Lord has a Divine delay for purposes that He is aware of. We currently have paperwork in with several government agencies, while in Colombia the process is underway to gain our sponsorship into the country. We have sent $2,000 dollars to Colombia to aid in the cost and process of registering the ministry that will be sponsoring us into the country. This process is underway and is expected to take between two to three months to complete. Once we have the necessary sponsorship letter from Colombia, we will submit our paperwork to the Colombian Consulate in Chicago. The religious visa will cost about $2,400 to process for the entire family, but it will allow us to remain in the country for 2 years at a time and will be renewable from within the country. I have talked it over with my pastor, and his counsel at this time was rather than travel to Colombia on a tourist visa, which would give us a very limited time to stay in the country before having to leave and renew our paperwork, to wait it out a little longer. We expect to know more specifics by the writing of our next prayer update.
Praises:
- Praise the Lord for the new supporting churches: Fargo Baptist Church, Fargo, ND, Pastor Tony Scheving, Central Baptist Church, Jefferson City, MO, Pastor Ted Huston.
- *~* We are excited to hear what God is doing in Colombia! Here is an excerpt from the Dec. 2007 prayer letter of Missionary Paul Clark to Colombia, sent out of Tulsa Baptist Temple, Tulsa, OK*~* “The younger son of the president of Colombia, Tomás, who is 27 years old, recently visited our church in Medellín. He arrived with 20 bodyguards and half of them entered the church service with him. In other words, they had to listen to preaching of the word also. At the end of the service, Tomás and his girlfriend made their profession of faith in Christ. After the service he went home and called his dad to tell him what he had done. The president, Alvaro Uribe, sent an email to the church thanking them and asked for prayer for himself. Many of our Colombian believers are praying for our president’s salvation.”
Prayer Needs:
- As of January 1st, the Communism Party gained control in the government in the capital city of Bogotá. Please join us in praying for continued physical and spiritual freedom in Colombia to witness and to work.
- Sometime before our family’s departure, I will need to travel to Colombia to arrange housing and get basic utilities and preparations made for their arrival. We are also praying about the timing for a commissioning service at our home church. After speaking with my pastor, mid-May looks very likely. Pray that we would have much wisdom for ordering our schedule these next 2-3 months prior to our departure.
Prayer Quote:
Salvation Army workers once wrote to General Booth decrying their ineffectiveness in winning souls and asking what they should do. His reply, a two-word message, “Try tears.” - copied
The Moores to Colombia - Exo. 33:14-15
