Dear Prayer Partners and Ministry Friends,
Happy 4th of July greetings to all of you in and from the USA. This is a time we celebrate our country’s freedom of independence. Indonesia will be celebrating theirs next month. A little over 28 years ago in early 1981 I (Craig) was set free from sin and Satan’s power through the blood of Jesus Christ that He shed willingly on the cross. It was this act of grace and mercy as the once and for all sacrifice for the sins of the world. When I understood and placed my trust in the gospel message of Jesus dying on the cross, being buried and raised again on the 3rd day, I was set free from sin. Set free from its wages of death and separation from the Father. Now I live not in independence but in dependence on Jesus and His Word. I trust you have found or will find this freedom in Christ as well.
I would like to share some answers to prayer. Several months back we asked you to pray with us for the Lord’s provision for a car. Well we believe He has answered this prayer. We believe that the Lord has seen fit to not provide a car at this time. At least not a car of our own. It has been an interesting several months. Each month we budget a certain amount for transportation. This would cover car rental for Sundays or gas in cars lent to us. So far this has worked out fine. For the months of June-August a co-worker has loaned us his car. A couple of weeks ago we actually had two motorcycles and two cars. What more could you ask for. This week, one of the cars went back to its owner and the other is being used for a ministry trip. Never fear Under Dog is here. Well, no not Under Dog, but Wonder God!
2nd answer to prayer has to do with a vacation. The kids are done school and we wanted to take a little break, some place with a pool. Well man oh man did Wonder God do it again. Some friends went on a vacation for 2 weeks. They asked us to house sit while they are gone. So here we are, in their home about half an hour away from our campus. Cody and Cheyenne have their own rooms, we have the master bedroom on the second floor with a balcony overlooking the city. At night the city lights look to be their own galaxy. The house also comes with two maids, a floppy eared hush puppy dog named Mozart and a brand new pool. They even let us use their car with a cool zebra paint job. Nice! since the other loaner car is on a ministry trip. This first week of vacation time, Cody is at the Baptist Youth Camp with about 500 other youth. Cheryl and I did sessions July 1st on Love, Sex and Dating. It was a great time. Cody will join us next week here at our "time share".
3rd answer to prayer. We have been seeing a need in Cody’s life to be in a classroom situation. We looked into the possibility of him attending a Christian school in town. After several meetings and various letters gathered, we received the OK yesterday from the director of the school. The director said because we were missionaries he would go to bat for us and try to waive the initial fees of $300. This means we just need to pay for books and the monthly bus and school fees. Pray that this will come to pass.
I would also like to share a prayer request with you. It’s hard to believe that is been almost a year since we did our visa paper work. Well that time is coming up again. Last year I got my 5 year visa and Cheryl and the kids got a 1 year visa. This year we feel we need to get all of us on the same visa type and schedule. This will help with furloughs and traveling in the future. This means getting three more 5 year visas. This is equivalent to paying for all 5 years at one time. Pray for the Lord’s provision for these visas.
Thank you for ministering to us through prayer and giving.
Serving together with you,
Craig for …
The 4 C’s
Craig, Cheryl, Cody and Cheyenne
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