I had put my new physical address in the last update but apparently some people have not seen it so this is just a quick post to give that again so that anyone wishing to send funds for our missionaries can get them to us as quickly as possible.  

IMS
(or Teresa Shearer for personal mail)
10961 Desert Lawn Dr., #446
Calimesa, CA 92320

I hope to write a new update before too long, but I have been inundated with the move and renovation.  It has all been a blessing, but also, as many of you know well, has been a lot of work.  But I'm progressing along and hopefully will soon be past this part of the transition.   Blessings to you all. - Teresa  

​Dear Family and Friends, 
Well, I know it has been waaayyyy too long since I made an update, but I had a very difficult winter and spring as I had an asthmatic reaction to a medication in early December which triggered a return of asthma that I had not had in years and more powerful than I had ever experienced.  Then I got Covid on December 27 and between the two illnesses, I spent months not feeling well at all and just barely getting through the daily chores and taking care of our finances for the missionaries at IMS.  I am very happy to say that I feel better than I have since last fall and I’m praying that this continues.  For those who knew what was going on with me, thank you ever so much for your prayers!  

Beyond the above health issues, a lot has been transpiring.  First of all, having spent two winters in considerable isolation, I began to realize early this spring, that I need to be closer to family.  I began looking around near my brother-in-law and sister-in-law in Redlands, Ca. because we are very close and and it also puts me closer to my daughter, Leah, and her family in L.A., and closer to my friends and IMS board members in Palm Desert and La Quinta, CA.  It has been quite a process, but at this time I am about to close escrow to purchase a house in Calimesa, CA (about 10 minutes from Redlands) and also about to close escrow to sell my house here.  If all goes as expected, I will be moving in next Tuesday, June 21!!  It still seems a little surreal part of the time, but I believe the Lord is leading me in it and I trust that He will give me the strength to complete it and settle into my new abode that has a fenced yard with grass (for Finley) and even a little view of the big mountains from my front porch! 
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My new address will be:  
IMS (or Teresa Shearer for personal mail) 
10961 Desert Lawn Dr., #446
Calimesa, Ca.  92320.  
The phone number remains the same (760 641 4048).

Meanwhile, things at IMS have been going well and we have continued to be able to direct resources to India, to an orphanage in Viet Nam,  to the Philippines and to Mexico.  We were even able to help channel the funds for a pastor and his family who were in Ukraine and trying to get back to England.  I have been so very thankful for each one who sends funds through IMS and the faithfulness to stand by those on the mission field who depend on support from abroad.  You have been amazing!!!  For those who gave to New Seasons Ministry in the Philippines after the cyclone, your generosity was greater than Alicia even expected and they were able to give beyond their initial expectation to those who so desperately needed it.  I know this has happened at times for Hilda and Cynthia in India in the last couple of years, too, that your giving has helped them to reach out more and more.  I get so excited as I make the money transfers and think of the relief that will be brought to these faithful workers and those for whom they carry such a great burden.  

I recently returned from Puerto Penasco and their annual conference in which  I participate. It was truly a wonderful time of being with the church and with Pastor Conrad and Heidi Quiros as well as the other members of the pastoral counsel: Stan and Becky Tedrow, founding pastors of Peñasco Christian Fellowship, and Joe and Laurie Pachecho, pastors of Ministerio de Espiritu Y Verdad in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico.  And we all had a wonderful, total  surprise when Pastors Duane and Sue Kershner, founders of  Roca Blanca Ministries in Oaxaca, Mexico, arrived!  Ps. Duane is spiritual dad to several of us and we all hold them in great esteem for the work that they have accomplished at Roca Blanca Ministries in Oaxaca! It was a wonderful time of deep spiritual connection and just rejoicing and having fun with life long friends.  

Prayer requests:  

• I would ask that you pray for me in this somewhat daunting task of moving and resettling.  
• Also, due to the illness I experienced, I had to ask for an extension on last year’s taxes and I would ask for prayer for time and skill to get that caught up soon.  
• I also have a couple of ministry trips that I’ve been asked to make in the fall so please pray with me for strength and health to be able to go and stay well. 

“The Lord bless you and keep you.  The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.  Numbers 6:24-26. 

It seems hard to believe that it's been over six months since I last posted on this site.  And it seems even harder to believe that over three and a half months into 2021 things are still not radically changed in our world from that last post.  Covid isn't over and our world hasn't bounced back from its effects quite like we might have thought.  Here in California, we are cautiously returning to some aspects of our former life but the threat of another surge certainly looms out there despite vaccines and months of isolation. The strain can be seen on the faces of many people even though their faces are masked.  But one great thing remains the same!  The little book of Malachi in the Old Testament says, "For I AM the Lord, I change not...." (Malachi 3:6a)  Isn't it good to know in the midst of all the confusion and theories and fear, that He, our Great God, does not change?  I find such rest for my soul in that!  He is our One Glorious Constant!    

I am happy to report that, God willing, I will go on my first missions trip in less than  one month.  It was planned for and cancelled because of Covid last May and it looks as though I will actually be able to do it this year.  I will be flying to Phoenix to meet Pastor Stan and Becky Tedrow and Pastors Conrad and Heidi will pick us up at the airport and take us to Puerto Penasco.  Pastors Joe and Laurie Pacheco will meet us there for the conference at Penasco Christian Fellowship.  We are all so excited to be gathering together again and trusting the Lord to bless his people through this time.  With His grace, this will just be the first of many more trips to come.

One thing that has been such a blessing during this time of not being able to travel or even congregate has been the use of electronic means of communication.  Leon and I had appreciated them significantly for quite a few years now, but never have I appreciated them as much as in this last year.  It has been so good to stay in contact and to see the Lord continuing to move throughout this pandemic. In the church in Chennai, India, Hilda and Cynthia have done an amazing job of taking over the ministry as Pastor Alex passed on into glory and the church has actually grown considerably through this time because many of the large churches had to close for covid yet the smaller churches were able to keep functioning.  But please do pray for them as covid cases are greatly increasing again in India and there is possibility of another major lockdown.  Pray especially for their physical safety and also for their labors among the people there.  Thanks to those who give so generously, we have been able to send them extra money for several months to help feed the hungry and meet needs of so many in their area who are suffering. They had many people coming to them asking for food. We hope to be able to continue to provide for this as long as they need it.   As I have stayed in contact with various ministries and their needs have arisen because of similar situations, I have been thankful to be able to pass a portion of that which is given to IMS on to them to encourage both the leaders and the congregations.

As for me, I have spent quite a bit of time learning to do the books which Leon had always done and manage the funds for IMS.  I hadn't done bookkeeping in a very long time and had never done it on computer, but each time I cried out to the Lord, He heard me and I finished the books for last year (and they balanced!) and I have this year's books up to date.  It has been a challenge but it definitely kept me busy and I'm thankful to be able to continue the ministry that we established together and to have this channel for helping indigenous pastors and missionaries.  

I'm not sure if it is my reward for the bookkeeping or strictly the goodness of God, but He has blessed our family with not one, but two new editions.  On April 9th, our daughter, Leah, gave birth to twin boys, Ayden and Adryan!  Woohoo!  Both mom and babies are doing very well,  daddy is very excited and big sister Layla is beyond thrilled with them .   How great the gift of life is!    We expect to have the three granddaughters and the two new boys together in June and this grandma is practically holding her breath for that wonderful time!!!!
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Finally, we are still waiting to have Leon's memorial service.  We were in lockdown here that prevented any such service having over ten people.  Things are starting to loosen up and churches are open, but we want to make sure that we will not have another cancellation before we make plans.  This has, as you might imagine, been very difficult to wait for, but our hearts are still set to do it and we will keep you posted.  

Thank you all for your love, your prayers and your generosity.  It is an honor to labor together.  May the Lord bless you, guide you and draw you ever closer to Him.  

The last time I wrote, things were looking up in California.  We were hoping to get out and stay out of quarantine and expecting that life might go back to at least semi-normal before too long.  Well, it hasn't really panned out that way!  As many of you know, we're sort of bouncing along from one day to the next wondering if church will stay open even at the 25% levels we now have, if or when we will be able to eat inside a restaurant, have our friends and family together, celebrate a holiday or birthday like we used to and travel without great caution and concern.  In our county of San Diego, we improved for a while and now we have slipped back.  For two nights in a row on the local news, they have said that our restrictions will likely get worse again soon instead of offering the freedom for which we had hoped.  San Diego State University opened for classes and they now have over 440 cases of covid-19 just in the last couple of weeks so the school is closed again.  And as if that was not enough, we have had terrible fires all around us.  Even now as I sit here typing, there is a new fire about 2-3 miles from my house and I am typing to the constant drone of the helicopters working to put it out. Surely we are in a season like even the oldest of us have not ever experienced in our lifetimes.  

Through all of this, I have spent hours and hours trying to find a suitable, proper place to have the memorial service for Leon in early October.  Last week, I came to the realization that it just cannot happen in a manner that we would choose  during this time.  By the current regulations, it cannot be done inside of any facility anywhere in our area of Southern California unless it was a very small group.  Last week I found out that even if we have it outside, we cannot serve any food or beverage - not even a boxed lunch or a sealed beverage.  And if we violated that, we would be subject to fines. I have considered doing a service more or less online, but that is just not who he was!  We may tape our service whenever we have it, but I feel that we have to have an in-person service at some point.  So, all of this to say that we are postponing the service until things really open up and we can do it properly.  That may be after the first of the year, it may even be a bit longer than that. But after so much agonizing, consulting with close family and friends, we just feel that we want it done right and we don't want people close to us stressed out about attending because they are concerned they will get Covid 19.  I think that this has been one of the most difficult decisions that I have ever had to make, but I do feel relief that when we do it, we are going to celebrate his life in a manner which he deserves.  

In the meantime, I am keeping up with our missionaries and handling the IMS business that comes through.  The church in Chennai, India has been able to reopen with careful social distancing and they are very happy to be back together.  I will post a couple of photos of their first Sunday service since Covid 19.  Our dear friends in Espíritu Y Verdad church in Mazatlan have been through quite a bit.  Please pray that those who still have Covid recover soon.  I am greatly looking forward to the time when I can visit some of our associate churches and celebrate the Lord bringing us all through this time.  

I reread my last two posts before starting to write this and I couldn't help but think, "Is it Still 2020?  Will this year ever end?"  I'm sure we have all felt that way during this time as we work our way through restrictions and more restrictions, plans and cancelled plans, political campaigns and rhetoric, no olympics, no sports, no getting together in large groups, no congregating as the church!!! I think that for most of us, we feel that this is a year like no other we've ever experienced!  I am pretty sure that I've never had a year of cancelling so many plans whether it's a simple time of getting together, a trip or a major event.  To me, all of the loss and change do help in one respect.  They cause me to work even harder to lift my eyes off of my own petty situations and look to Jesus because I know He is the One person who is definitely not out of control in all of this.  And oh I am so thankful to know that He not only gives us peace, but He IS our peace (Ephesians 2:14) and it is such immeasurable comfort to be able to run to Him as that place of peace in the midst of all that this year has brought.  I trust that you, too, are finding His peace and His presence as a place of great refuge.  

​Through all of this time, I have made plans for a Celebration of Life service for Leon, cancelled them because of quarantine, and waited, albeit rather impatiently for a future time for the service.  Well, though we are still in quarantine to varying degrees in California, some things have fallen into place and we are planning to have a service on Sunday afternoon October 4, 2020.  Pastors Joe and Laurie Pacheco expect to be here to officiate.  We do not have a meeting facility as yet because we don't know if we will be able to meet inside or if we will need to find a place outside for the service in order to meet social distancing requirements.  If anyone locally has any suggestions, please let me know.  I will keep everyone informed on all the details via short updates here  as we go along.  My concern is that if we do not have the service by that time, with the coming of winter, flu season, and perhaps another round of Covid, it could be well into next year before we can meet.  And that just seems too long!   So if you plan to come, mark that date on your calendar and please let me know so we can figure out roughly how many people we are to expect.

In the meantime, I am keeping quite busy here at IMS still learning more about keeping the books as well staying in contact with missionaries and pastors and looking forward to when I will be able to travel to visit and serve with them.  I am so thankful for FaceTime and Skype as well as social media to keep in touch with them and I appreciate the love they have shown by their checking in on me.   We have been so blessed to work with such wonderful people around the globe!  
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I pray that this e-mail finds each of you in good health and holding tighter than ever to your faith and the person of the Lord Jesus.  As I mentioned earlier, He is our peace and no matter the insanity going on around us, we can always find solace as we run into him.  As the Psalmist, David, said, "The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.  Psalm 18:2   Blessings to each of you!  

 As I wrote to you just a few weeks back, our area was just entering into quarantine for Covid-19.  It seemed at that time that we would have a few weeks of this and pop right back out.  Hey, we're Californians and we're resilient!  Well, maybe not so much!  So with our new self-discovery, we have some changes since our last post. First of all, the place that we were having Leon's Celebration of Life service cancelled because it will be too soon to have a gathering.  Consequently, we will have to postpone until later in the summer or even maybe early fall. I will keep you updated on this as soon as possible because I know there are some who might be traveling from a distance and I would like to give you plenty of planning time and be more certain that air travel is safe. It is not my desire to have to wait so late, but all of our lives have been rather radically altered due to the crisis and we have a lot of active cases in S.D. county.   

Also, the May trip to Puerto Peñasco, Mexico for the annual conference will also not be happening on schedule.  The most obvious reason is that we cannot get into México at this point.  They have quite a bit less of the virus there so Mexico will not allow us in until things are better here.  This also may be just a postponement, rather than a cancellation, but I will also keep you up to date on if and when it will happen.  

In the last newsletter, I asked for prayer for Pastor Alex in  Chennai, India.  He passed into glory last Saturday, April 18th.  His wife, Hilda, and daughter, Cynthia were with him.  As is the normal Indian tradition, his service was held the following day.  His daughter, Hepzi, who recently graduated med school in the U.S., was not able to be there because India is also not allowing people from the U.S. to enter because of Covid-19.  Thankfully she had been able to go for a visit just before the quarantine began. Please pray for his family as they adjust to the loss of this dear husband, father, pastor and faithful laborer in the Kingdom of God.  As I was being told of his passing, I couldn't help but think that if there was any possible way, I know that Leon would be there in his celestial greeting party and they would be rejoicing and praise God together.  Pastor Alex, you were very loved by many!  

As we have gone through this unprecedented time in our country and world, and as I have been sequestered in my little casita, it has given me much time to think and process some of the events of the last year.  It has been a very hard one!  The level of loss has been like no other time in my life and at times the ache for my family being the way it was a bit over a year ago is overwhelming to say the least.  But I feel the Lord has put it upon my heart to lift my head and look to Him.  We know that we live in a temporal world even if we don't usually act like it.  So the choice that we each have is pretty much the same.  What am I going to do with today?  How am I going to live it out?  It was so much on Leon's heart to "finish well" and he did.   Considering his pain and discomfort, the amount of love and the giving of himself for his family that he showed in the last month of his life was amazing.  He constantly looked to the Lord.  He never wavered in that. That's my "take-away" from confinement.  I want more than ever in my life to live for others, to be content in whatsoever state I am in and to finish well what God has called me to.  That sounds pretty simple,  doesn't it?  Please pray that I can live it!  I send much love and blessings to each of you.  

I could hardly believe it when I came to update our website that it has been over a year since I last posted.  I was certain that I had posted last summer, last fall, sometime!  But apparently I was even further behind than I thought.  So much has transpired that it would take volumes to properly go through it all but many of you will know at least part of it, so I will try and just do a very brief overview and let you know where IMS is headed in the immediate future.  

On May 1st of last year, our family was devastated by the sudden, totally unexpected death of our wonderful, precious son, Luke.  Needless to say, it rocked us to the core.  We and our daughter, Leah, dropped our plans and went as quickly as we could to Wisconsin to be with our daugher-in-love, Sue, and granddaughters.  God's grace and love allowed us to carry on, but losing a child (no matter their age) is definitely the hardest thing we have ever experienced.  

Just a few days before Luke passed, he had called us from their new home in Wisconsin and expressed great desire that we all come at Christmas and celebrate a White Christmas together.  In his honor, we all decided to make his dream a reality and we went back to Wisconsin in December.  Leon was not doing very well before we left, but he was adamant that he was going to fulfill this request.  Upon return, I took him to the ER and his cancer had spread throughout his abdominal cavity and he also had deep-vein thrombosis.  He was in the hospital for a week, then released and Leah and I cared for him at home until he went to be with our Lord Jesus on January 25.  

As you might well imagine, I have been picking up the pieces and seeking the Lord's wisdom as to how to proceed without the two most important men in my life.  I am so thankful for all the wonderful friends and family who have called me, loved me, visited me, and given me emotional support in this time.  To say that you are so very dear to me just doesn't seem enough!  I am also very thankful for our IMS board members who are just the best!  I treasure each of you.  

As I have prayed and thought about how to proceed, and sought counsel, it seems natural and good that I would continue IMS and the work to which we were both called.  Part of that involves managing IMS (which Leon always did) and handling funds that come in for indigenous pastors.  I had not done bookkeeping since we got married, but I'm step-by-step relearning it!  Another aspect is verbal and written contact with missionaries (which I love) and I am continuing with that.  Lastly will be missions travel and I expect to continue that step-by-step.  

Of course, like all our plans this year, the following plans are tentative based on what happens with the Coronavirus and the quarantines and border crossings, but presuming things get better, my first missions trip will be to participate in the yearly conference in Puerto Penasco in May.  I will fly to Phoenix and be picked up to go down to Mexico with Ps. Stan and Becky Tedrow, and we will then meet in Penasco with Pastors Joe and Laurie Pacheco.  I would ask for you prayers for this first trip without my beloved.  I know that it will definitely be very different but I am comforted that I will be with four other leaders who have been so significant in our lives.  

The next plan that I have in motion will be a Celebration of Life service for Leon on May 24, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. in La Mesa, CA.  Again, presuming that we can congregate at that time, it will be at Nan Couts Cottage, 5045 Memorial Drive, LaMesa, CA.  Please let me know if you plan to come as there will be food served after the service.  The attire will be California casual.  

I would also like to give a brief update on our dear pastors in India, Alex and Hilda and their daughter Cynthia.  Alex is completely bed ridden at this point and can only speak one word communications.  As you can imagine, this brings great strain on his wife and daughter as they take care of him and the church as well.  Please pray for them for the Lord's strength and grace and for God's mercy upon Alex.   

And I thank you in advance for your prayers for me as I continue on this new path.  I desire to achieve the fullness of God's plans for me in a way that honors Him.  

​We want to briefly communicate with you what has transpired since our December 
update.  Shortly after that update Leon began to feel ill, accumulate fluid and needed to go to emergency.  He was admitted to the hospital and a CT scan revealed that the cancer had returned and was actively affecting his kidney function again.  After treatment, he was released and immediately started the integrative medical treatment (Insulin Potentiation Therapy) which had the Lord had used last year to treat it so effectively.  We are so thankful to report that he had a quick response and is doing much better again. We would appreciate your prayers and specifically that God would provide the finances that are needed for Leon’s continuing treatment and the wisdom in developing a maintenance schedule as it is very expensive and we have limited funds.    
 
During the same time Teresa contracted a flu/cold.  She was quite sick for several weeks, but thankfully is well again.
 
We have also gone through some major changes in our family during this time that have required time and significant emotional energy, but despite all these things, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers them out of them all.”  (Psalm 34:19).   The Lord is so faithful!  
 
We are looking forward to two soon-coming mission trips: the first to Mazatlán, Mexico to minister in the church with our close friends Pastors Joe and Laurie Pacheco and then to Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, where we will be joining with the pastors and leadership there and with the others in the Pastoral Counsel Team  to  celebrate the church’s 20th anniversary and have the annual conference.  The church is growing and doing so well!  We are so grateful to have these opportunities as well as to be able to continue active in providing encouragement, pastoral care and support for indigenous leaders and missionaries on a regular basis from home.  Besides the above mission trips, we have several personal trips on the agenda before summer so we should be quite busy.  Please pray for strength for us. 
 
Like so many of you there are a lot of issues we think about and have to face, but we know our Heavenly Father will lead us through whatever comes. “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with my eye.” (Psalm  32:8).
 
We love you all and are grateful for you!

​As with so many of you we are focused in on this special time of the year as we celebrate the birth and life of Jesus Christ.  We have passed through a lot of changes during this past year and our hope is that we have honored him in every area of our lives. As 2018 comes to a close we have much for which we are grateful.

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​God’s grace for us in healing Leon from the certainty of death from cancer has enabled us to do so much more than we could have anticipated as we started 2018.  The process of restoring health after over seven years of battling the cancer is slow, but we rejoice in the life that God has given so we can continue to be together, enjoy our family and friends and continue to serve Him.  What an amazing journey it is in serving the Lord!  We also praise the Him for the success of Teresa’s surgery to repair her damaged vocal cord.  She has her voice back and I, Leon, love hearing her sing again as she goes about life.
Just a few weeks ago we returned from Puerto Peñasco where we spent a week with pastors Conrad and Heidi Quiros ministering together at Peñasco Christian Fellowship.  It was so encouraging to see how well the church is doing as the congregation is healthy and growing and the Lord is being exalted in their lives.   We had the opportunity to minister in several services and activities, one of them being a servant's appreciation dinner and service for about 70 people in the church who serve in ministries, some of whom do so in several capacities!  The  pastors are doing such a great job ministering to the congregation and the church certainly reflects their commitment.

​As we look ahead to 2019 we have several potential mission trips that we are working on and we look forward to what the Lord will enable us to do.  We thank you so much for your friendship, your prayers and your continued support.  What we do in ministry is only possible because of you, so we invite you to share with us in our rejoicing as well.
 
We wish for you the most wonderful Christmas Season and a blessed New Year.  Enjoy the time the Lord gives you!  

​We had a wonderful mission trip in May as we returned to Magdalena de Kino, Mexico, and enjoyed being with Pastors Temo and Magdalena Lazaro and friends from when we first lived in Mexico over 35 years ago.  It was as if we had never had the years separating us!  We then went on to Puerto Peñasco where we had our third Leadership Conference working with the Pastoral Counsel and the pastors at Peñasco Christian Fellowship. Our time in Magdalena was so sweet and rich as we taught and shared on the theme of the blood covenant. This is one of our favorite biblical studies and can be so strengthening to our faith. They loved it. Teresa carried the bulk of the teaching while Leon taught less as he was still gaining strength from his battle with cancer.
 
In Puerto Peñasco, we worked together with Pastor Stan and Becky Tedrow, Pastors Joe and Laurie Pacheco and the local pastors, Conrad and Heidi Quiros, in meeting with thirteen different ministry leader teams from the church. We spent quality time with each one listening, offering counsel when needed, encouraging them and praying for them as well as having times of teaching.  It was many hours and our brains were tired from listening, thinking and speaking so much Spanish, but we loved it!  The church is growing and doing so well and it is such a blessing to see the people prospering in the things of God. We are looking forward to returning to both places later in the Fall.  It felt so good to be doing what we love to do cross culturally again!
 
We are enjoying being so close to our family and were very pleased to spend July 4th with all of them. They are busy, our grandkids are growing so quickly and we treasure these times we have together.  We are learning more and more to ‘enjoy the moment,’ so to speak, because we have learned very well how things can change so quickly. We encourage you, as much as you can, to also treasure these ‘moments’ when they come along.
 
With regards to our health, we can testify to the Lord’s incredible faithfulness and His miraculous healing power.  Four months ago, it looked as if Leon was going to go home to be with the Lord.  Many of you prayed with us and for us.  And we are so incredibly blessed to tell you that He answered our prayers!!!  Since that time, Leon no longer has any cancer activity or pain which Pet/CT scans and lab results confirm! It is amazing! Now he is in the process of rejuvenation with medical surveillance, integrative therapy and physical rehabilitation. This is something of a slow process because his body had weakened incredibly from the cancer and the treatments, but he is steadily gaining.  
 
Meanwhile, Teresa is finally getting some medical understanding of why her voice has been so affected for so long. A recent exam revealed that one of her vocal cords is not moving which was likely caused by a nerve being damaged when she had heart surgery four and a half years ago.  The nerve has been slowly dying since then. A recent scan confirmed the doctor's suspicions and she expects to be getting surgery soon to reposition the vocal cord, which the doctor feels will restore her voice.  She can’t wait to sing again!!!     
 
We want to thank each of you who have prayed for us and those who have continued supporting us during this time. We are continuing in ministry activity and grateful for the opportunity to continue serving the Lord as it is life to us!  On a different note, it would be very helpful as we try to budget our finances to know if you have previously supported us through International Missions Support and have decided to no longer do so, or perhaps have been preoccupied with other life issues and intend to stay with us as we move forward. We always know that without your prayer, friendship and support we cannot do all that the Lord has shown us to do.
 
God Bless each of you and with you we pray that He strengthens all of us with His Spirit and helps us to daily keep our focus on Him no matter what goes on in our country or in our world. (Isaiah 26:3; Philippians 4:6).