January
28, 2016
Dear Praying Friends,
Ruth and I are very grateful for your
prayers to our Father, as the last three months or so have been packed tight
with travel and Gospel ministry opportunities.
First, October went quite well as I
continued to conduct my usual seminars for pastors in the rural parts of
Telangana State. Additionally, Ruth
went with me to Pune to teach the students in the School of Missions for five
days. Around Hyderabad, I spoke twice in
a regular young peoples' meeting, on “How we know the Bible is Word of God” and
“What It Means For Man To Be Made in God's Image”.
We traveled to Togo, West Africa, for a
couple of weeks in November, where I was allowed to teach pastors in the
capitol, Lome, for 13 hrs in three days.
Then, for 28 hours over five days, I taught “Christology” to another
group of young men who are already pastors, or else training to become pastors.
Ruth and I spent most of December in
Singapore. But almost immediately upon
arriving in Singapore, we flew to Cebu, Philippines, to teach about 20 students
in the Bible school there. I taught “The
16th-Century Reformation”.
Ruth spoke to the female students on the topic “Remember Lot's Wife”.
For the final quarter of 2015, I was
privileged to speak in 7 Christian assemblies 18 times, in 3 countries.
Please
Pray:
- For our health and safety.
- That the Lord would enable us to fill up the calendar with good
Gospel ministry opportunities.
- That Ruth and I would be a huge blessing to our friends in Pune
about three weeks from now, as we plan to teach in the School of Missions
there.
- For all the arrangements which we must make regarding travels
for the first six months of 2016, including a visit to the USA starting in
the month of March.
- For us to glorify our Lord Jesus in all things.
Chit-chat: In
December, we had over a dozen appointments with doctors, clinics, and
hospitals, in Singapore, including two trips to operating rooms for Ruth. By our Lord's grace and kindness, we both
seem to be doing ok now. Thank Him! It appears the ministry
opportunities I'd have in India this year would be closer to Hyderabad than has
been the case in the past two years. I
was very glad to teach pastors so many times in every corner of our state. But friends of ours around the city seem to
be eager to put us to work beside them at present, for the Lord's sake. Ruth is helping more in a local Christian
school, and I'm giving training and doing other local ministry wherever
possible. As I review the past few
months, I can see why I was feeling so tired!
There is a lot on our plate, already, for 2016, but I'm thankful to our
Lord Jesus that He's given us a lot of our strength back. Our daughter, Elizabeth Heffernan, is
expecting to deliver a baby in late March.
Just prior to that, it seems Ruth is being required to show up in Miami
for jury duty, of all things. Lord
willing, everything will go well, including visits to some of you, our dear
friends and supporters.
“Serving with the International Gospel Missions”
