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June 30
Thanks for your wonderful ministry
of assistance to us and the work here. Praise the Lord that two folks
became believers recently.
Pray for Larry and Josie Moon as
they participate in an evangelistic children's camp July 3-12 here in
Bashkortostan.
Pray that many children will open
their hearts and lives to the good news of Jesus during the camp. Pray for
our team as we continue to seek God's leading for a more systematized
approach to our evangelism and training efforts.
Pray with us that the Lord blesses
the editing work of the raw footage and photos that were taken.
Pray that the advocacy tools which
are being developed will be used of the Lord to mobilize hundreds and even
thousands of believers to join us in prayer and personal involvement to
reach the 99.8% of Bashkortostan that has not yet been fully exposed to
the good news of Jesus
Christ.
Be sure to check our website (www.hope4ufa.com)
in coming weeks as much new material will be posted.
Blessings to you all!
Chris
June 24
Dear Friends,
Wanted you to know that the Moons were finally able to get their visas
registered today. They can stay here at least until the end of August.
Keep praying that we find a solution to our visa situations, as we may
have to address this issue again at the beginning of September. Praise
the Lord with us for His goodness and providential care in our lives!
Chris
June 17
Dear Friends,
Thank you for your prayers! We appreciate you all very much, and highly
value your important part in this work.
Sincerely,
Chris & Eileen Carr
1. Please continue praying for the visa situation for Larry and Josie
Moon. We will be attempting on Monday to meet with officials to determine
what other options exist to get the Moons registered here in Ufa. Pray
for favor with local officials, that all involved continue to be patient
and seek God's wisdom in this matter.
3. Pray with us that the Lord would open the hearts of Southern Baptists
across the USA to give more sacrifically than ever, through the
Cooperative Program and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for Int'l
Missions. You may have heard that there have been some difficult
decisions made to restrict the number of new appointees through the Int'l
Mission Board, in addition to terminating many positions in the home
office in Richmond, along with other belt-tightening actions. God has
blessed tremendously in the past few years with record numbers of new
missionary appointees...however, financial support has not kept up with
the unbelievable growth of new mission personnel serving thru the IMB.
How sad it would be if the IMB has to
continue to put appointments on hold because of a lack of funds. Southern
Baptists have been so blessed by the Lord, to the point that over $9
billion dollars passed through our SBC churches last year. Unfortunately,
only a quite small percentage of those funds were earmarked for support of
mission work thru the IMB. As a former pastor of 3 different SBC
churches, I implore those of you who are Southern Baptist to look beyond
your local needs and see the more massive global need to finish the task
of taking the good news to the remaining unreached people groups of the
world.
Thank you for your prayers and
sacrificial support of God's work in Bashkortostan!
Chris
June 10
Dear Prayer Warriors,
Greetings! Two items for you here today.
The first one is urgent!
I was informed by Chris this morning that
Larry and Josie Moon are having great difficulty getting their Visa's
registered. This is potentially a very serious problem, which could
result in them not being able to serve in country! It is most urgent that
we lift this situation before the Throne of God. Please pray that Larry
and Josie will find favor with the officials and that their Visas will be
registered.
From Chris: "For some reason, the
registration office is choosing to ignore federal law and not register
their visas which were issued by the Russian Federation...we
are still researching and determining options. Pray, pray, pray!"
2nd
Item:
What I normally send you out is the prayer
letter from Chris and Eileen Carr. Larry
Moon is also part of the team in Ufa, and he writes a prayer/newsletter
also. His letters tend to contain considerably more information. We want
to be sensitive to not overload you, so here is the deal...If you would
like to receive Larry and Josie's newsletter, would you send me a request
and I will put you on a special mailing list. You can, of course, cancel
the newsletter at any time.
As always, we are so thankful for your
prayers!
Sincerely,
Jeff Anderson |
