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January, 2010
Can
you believe it? 2010! It has been almost exactly one year since we left
Missouri and headed for Richmond, VA to begin our 9 weeks of Field
Personnel Orientation. In the past year, God has taught us so much and
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the month of December we were blessed with our second group of visitors
from the US. Teresa's sister Codi, and our good friend Delinda Marling
arrived in JoBurg on December 28th. Once arriv-ing in Lesotho, we began
showing them the country to which God has called us and introducing
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| We continue to work in the villages that are close to Katse Village where we are living. This past month, after over 6 months of Tuesday morning Bible studies, 20 people in the village of Ha Kinini came forward expressing a desire to become Christians. Jimmy will begin meeting with one of the men on Thursday afternoons to teach him how to study the Bible. He is unable to read, but his wife, 'Me Madaphoe can, and we have challenged them to begin read-ing the book of John in the Sesotho New Testament that we recently gave them. One of the women that came forward was 'Me Mathomo/Tolerance. The following Tuesday she removed the sangoma beads from her babies' waists and gave them to us. She said that she no longer needed them..."I now have Jesus!" Please pray for the new Chris-tians of this village. It is not easy to lay aside years of superstition, tradition, and confusion. | ||||||||||||
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Praising…
20 new Christians in the village of Ha Kinini A man willing to be trained to study the bible with Jim and Sefiri 'Me Mathomo trades the sangoma beads for a relationship with Jesus The people living near Maruti Mountain in Mokhotlong region are asking more questions about who Jesus Christ is A wonderful time with Codi and Delinda Rebekah turns 6 years old on January 12th Anna turns 11 on January 20 The Melvins will return to Lesotho from their stateside assignment in early February |
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Praying…
Please continue to pray for our language learning with Sefiri—The release of our land on Maruti Mountain in the Mokhotlong region Lottie Moon Christmas Offering We will be returning to Mokhotlong on January 22. Dr. Larry and Sally Pepper will join us with a team from the US. We will be showing the Jesus Film on Maruti Mountain. Pray that God will use this opportunity to make the gospel clear to those who will hear. On the 23rd we will do a mobile medical clinic in the village where we will be moving. Pray for the man shown in the picture on the front page. Jimmy spent approximately 45 minutes explaining the gospel of Jesus Christ to this man, who is very ill. The man had heard the name of Jesus but had no idea what Jesus could mean to him personally. On the day that we visited with him, he did not accept Christ. Pray that the Holy Spirit makes clear the message and that when we return he will have understanding of the sacrifice of Christ and what that could mean for him eternally. Pray that churches in the US are burdened with a desire to come to Lesotho and help us take the message of Jesus to the mountains! Our prayer advocate, Debbie Trammell’s son, Jacob Trammell |
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Contact information: Prayer advocate for family and ministry—Debbie Trammell, prayersintoafrica@gmail.com Prayer card distribution, newsletter design & publication—Wes & Codi Freeman, codifreeman@gmail.com Volunteer team coordinator—TK Kleier, Souls for Christ, terry.kleier@noble.net Shepherd ministry coordinator, Delinda Marling, delinda86@aol.com
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 How
can we say Thank You??
How can we say thank you for all the things you sent to the Flora family and the people of Lesotho? Thank you for… vitamins, medical supplies, crayons, jump ropes, ribbons, bags for the shepherds, blankets, socks, gloves, cups, toothbrushes, toothpaste, Velvetta cheese and rotel tomatoes, rag dolls evangeballs, toys, soap, Hot Tamale candy for the preacher, pastry cutters, Crisco, and so much more!This is the only way we know how to show you how truly thankful we are... |
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Going Deep… Hamlin Memorial Baptist Church Springfield, MO Heights Baptist Church Alvin, TX Watson Chapel Baptist Church Pine Bluff, AR First Baptist Church Walnut Grove, MO White Oak Baptist Church Walnut Ridge, AR Glenstone Baptist Church Springfield, MO First Baptist Church Rosharon, TX Primera Iglesia Bautista Corpus Christi, TX Fellowship Baptist Sidney, Montana |
we have experienced so many things. In 2010, we hope to reach our final
destination...Mokhotlong, in Lesotho, Africa. We continue to pray and
wait. The government still has not released the land that the chief has
granted us. This month, we have again been promised that our request
will be taken before the Mokhotlong District Coun-cil, and that possibly
it will be released. Once the 80 acre mountain top is ours and we have
the necessary paperwork to prove it, we will begin preparing to
relocate. In the meantime, we will continue to travel to Mokhotlong one
or two times each month. Here are a few pictures from our most recent
trip to "Maruti Mountain."