Thank you for sharing in faith, finance and friendship during this past year. We have experienced some extreme challenges. The greatest of these was the early call home of our Central Asian team leader, Yuri Dieiv, on August 24. Thank you for your prayers! Continue to pray for his widow, Elena, who is doing an excellent job of serving the team there.
We continue to see the expansion of the Kingdom of God and for that we are very grateful. None of this would be possible without your partnership! Thank you! Your partnership enables us to continue our servant role of providing materials, strategies, impartation and encouragement for our friends there to do what God has called them to do. We do not conduct crusades or large teaching events. We constantly think about how we can help them multiply their effectiveness. Our role is to train trainers! Our role is to model servant, foundational leadership. I sometimes joke that I am simply the D. O. G. (Designated Old Guy) that encourages them to do the stuff! Jesus must put on an Asian face! The miracle of incarnation must continue!
In this next season we will continue to build for the multiplication of disciples in Kyrgyzstan! The team there is doing a great job! We will continue to build for multiplication in Kazakhstan where another good team is coming into being. We thank God for some new beginnings in Uzbekistan. We will continue to pray for relational connections to begin in North West China and Tajikistan. We will continue to pray to the Lord of the Harvest for laborers for His harvest field!
We continue to pray to the Lord of the Harvest for laborers in the fields of Western and Eastern Europe! We bless our friends in Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, France, Denmark and England for sharing the journey with us! Bless you guys! We bless our friends in Ukraine, Romania and Armenia for allowing us to share their journey with them! Thank you friends!
We continue to pray to the Lord of the Harvest for laborers in the fields of North America! We bless our friends in Canada and the United States for sharing the journey with us! All we do is through circles of friends. It is amazing what God has done and how God works! We value each one of you in each circle! Thank you so much for your friendship!
As we take time in this season to celebrate the Incarnation we pray that that miracle of incarnation will continue! We pray that as the Word has become flesh in you, those around you may see the Glory of the Son of God, full of Grace and Truth!
May you have a blessed season of celebration of the Christ with family and friends!
May you have a fruitful New Year!
Steve & Marilyn