Cheryl and I want to thank you for your kindness and love for us. We have appreciated working together with you. We are happy to say that we know of at least 11 students who have entered missionary training in the last 12 months and you all have had a direct part of bringing this to pass.
Often, we think that people get this “Call” to be missionaries but most of the time, it is just someone taking the time to explain to interested parties the needs of the lost in a way that makes sense to them. This is why it is so important to know the Word and who God really is. Then, when we know how God views a lost and dying world, we can say, like the apostle Paul, “What would You have me to do?”
All of us working together to reach those who have never heard is the only successful strategy that there is. Church-planters need a group of support workers who allow them to do the work of the ministry in places where they are not able to provide for themselves. This is where you and we come in. We are doing our part by finding, sending, praying for, providing financially for and encouraging those who have chosen to give their lives to reach those who would never have the opportunity to hear otherwise. This allows them to stay at their posts and finish the task that the Lord has given them. All we can say is thank you for being faithful to the ministry that the Lord has entrusted to you.
Take care and know that we are praying for you. The Lord is good.
Your friends and co-laborers,
Doug & Cheryl Schaible
Prayer Requests:
- More laborers in church-planting and support ministries.
- More meetings to share the needs for laborers.
- Safety while traveling and protection for family when gone.
- Spiritual awakening for Haiti.
- Unity in the Body of Christ concerning reaching a lost and dying world.