Missionaries and Fields
Ahava supports missionaries in different parts of the world. Some are based here in the United States but have a particular mission. Take a look at these various ministries and see how you might support them with your prayers and money.
Bobby & Charlene Wacaser
Baptist Faith Missions
Manoel Valdomiro de Macedo, 2281
81170-150 Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Phone: (813) 436-9980
Email: robertmw@brturbo.com.br
Hear Bobby at Ahava Baptist
Stateside address:
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Lithia, FL 33547
From the latest Baptist Faith Missions Mission Sheets (dated January 2011):
Announcing the New Baptist Church of Curitiba. The initial team is made up of three couples, one single young man and our thirteen year old son, Brennan.
Last month, Charlene and our ladies prepared small gift-wrapped packages of homemade cookies and distributed them door-to-door announcing the beginning of the new church.
We guys went to a sports complex and engaged the local 'fellers' in games of soccer and croquet. Since croquet is virtually unknown here, it served to draw a small crowd in a hurry. We interrupted our play long enough to announce the new church.
We are content with our church meeting beneath a couple of beach gazebos for now. We want our team and new converts to think in terms of larger facilities for more people to come hear the Gospel, become followers of Christ and part of His church.
Brother Carlos Chaves from Manaus and Bobby have been looking for the best prices on building materials and have decided that a metal building is our best option. We have enough funds to erect a metal structure and will have to work, save and teach new converts how to give in order to do the finish work.
If you would like to have a part in helping us complete this building project, we would be very grateful.
From the Baptist Faith Missions Mission Sheets (dated December 2010):
We had to purchase more chairs for the increased number in attendance at our services. We will be pretty tight trying to fit them into the limited remaining space, but this type of "inconvenience" is very encouraging.
There will be a bit of relief on the crowded meetings soon. We have found an available lot where we'll be building the facilities for our new church plant.
The Lord has guided us step by step in the process of launching this new work, so we trust that He'll bless and give us much fruit there for the fame of His Name.
Charlene and I sold our cars a little more than a year ago to give the funds so that our mother church could purchase property for more spacious facilities. For reasons that God alone knows, our church was not able to obtain that property, but now we will be able to use those funds to begin the contruction on our new church plant.
My co-pastor will now become senior pastor of Bible Baptist Church and I will be pastor of the new mission.
From the Baptist Faith Missions Mission Sheets (dated September 2010):
The church Bobby co-pastors has outgrown its facilities and has been unable to obtain property or larger facilities during the last couple of years.
Currently, they plan to start a new congregation by dividing the current church. Bobby and Charlene will lead the effort establishing the church plant while continuing to work hand in hand with the senior pastor of the sending church, currently Bobby's co-pastor.
Pray that God will direct His people to the location most needing a new church and will provide for them there.
July 18, 2010 - Bobby preached at Ahava Baptist this morning. Download or listen here. Don't miss this opportunity to hear him share God's Word.
July 11, 2010 - Bobby, Charlene and Brennan will be returning to Brazil on July 21, 2010. Pray for traveling safety and God's blessing on their efforts. Jessie is reluctant to see them go.
June 27, 2010 update - Savannah was able to make the fifteen hour flight from Brazil to Tampa (plus a ten hour layover in Buenos Aires) with her leg elevated, although it was necessary to purchase an entire row of seats to get it done. Bobby was at Ahava today with his family.
June 23, 2010 - Bobby reports from Brazil, where he is dealing with the aftermath of a burglary at his home, that a young lady named Savannah visiting from Florida, has broken her leg. The prayer request is that she be allowed to travel home with her leg elevated rather than have surgery in Brazil. In the event she has to stay for surgery, Bobby would be delayed in returning to the States.
From the Baptist Faith Missions Mission Sheets (dated May 2010):
The Project Life ministry teams reached over 8,300 people during a week they shared with a team from Bell Shoals Baptist Church in Brandon, Florida. Several churches were blessed with increased attendance following the meetings.
The Wacasers have a couple of months left in the states and invite friends old and new to contact them.
During a successful trip up north, Bobby got the news that the Wacaser home in Brazil had been burglarized. Bobby has returned home to Brazil for a short while to document the loss. He plans to rejoin his family in the States for a few more weeks before returning to the field.
Pray for safe travel.
Bobby Wacaser grew up at Ahava. He and Charlene are church planting specialists in Brazil where they have served since 1985.
From the Baptist Faith Missions Mission Sheets (dated April 2010):
Several pastors have contacted me to invite us to share our work with them and their churches while we will be in the States. We still have some open dates available, so if you also would like to know more about how God is working through us in southern Brazil, feel free to contact me at robertmw@brturbo.com.br.
Projeto Vita, our itinerant evangelism ministry, had the opportunity to be in many cities this past month.They also hosted ten missionary candidates from sister churches who were seeking training in outreach methodology. This ministry has been greatly blessed of the Lord to take the Gospel to groups and locations that are usually difficult to reach.
They travel on buses that have been converted into motorhomes housing and transporting twelve team members and their equipment. We now have four teams and three buses. Our fourth team works locally in our own city while we pray and look for a fourth bus.
Bobby Wacaser
Almond & Nalin Katryan
Corriverton Baptist Church
99, Line Path "D" - P.O.Box 936
Corriverton, Guyana, South America
Phone: 011-592-339-2286
Stateside: 504-754-2413
Email: almondkatryan7@hotmail.com
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Southside Baptist Church
P.O.Box 9128, Winter Haven, FL 33883
Phone: (863) 294-2659
"We the people..." will increase by two soon!
On June 16, 2010, Almond and Nalin Katryan are scheduled to become American citizens in a ceremony at the Royal Palms Immigration Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Although the Katryans have been legal residents of the United States since 1993, they have spent most of their time on the field in their home country of Guyana. Obtaining permission to go back and forth between Guyana and the United States has become increasingly difficult for them.
American citizenship will allow the Katryans to go where the Lord's work takes them in either country with fewer administrative hassles.
According to former Ahava member, Brother Timothy Boyer Parrish (email) of Courtland, Virginia, who spent a month in Guyana recently, Almond & Nalin Katryan are very hard workers for The Lord.
Almond is training and directing young missionaries to carry on and expand the work there. He has a vision of greater evangelism in street preaching in the marketplace.
God is at work in Guyana and the Katryans are being greatly used. Their life is about the constraining Love of Christ and His Glory and the needs of the people there to be taught and growing in “Grace and Knowledge” of Christ.
Tim and Brother Kenneth Long visited the Katryans in March, 2010 and conducted training on HVAC at the school.
Terry & Cynthia Spears
Imus Baptist Temple
205 Palico IV
Imus,
Cavite, Philippines 4103
Phone: (713) 623-1934
Email: terrycyn@gmail.com
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Sending church:
Grace Baptist Church, Tyler, TX
P.O.Box 8748
Old Jacksonville Highway
Tyler, TX 75711
(903) 561-7664
From April 2010 Newsletter: At a Missions Conference in April, the Imus Baptist Temple commited as a church to support two more missionaries, bringing their total to seven. These missionaries are an expansion of your missions giving.
Bible studies in General Santos, Mindanao are bearing fruit. Landlord Gerome and his wife Myra have been inviting many friends and relatives to the meetings. All seem receptive to the Gospel message.
Another Bible study has been suspended because the Catholic lady hosting the meetings was afraid that what she was learning from God's Word would cause her to want to leave her church. The rest of her family would like to continue but will not out of deference to her.
Cynthia keeps the door open by visiting the lady and talking to her about her soul. Pray for this situation.
Terry and Cynthia have been serving in the Philippines since 1998. Cynthia is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines. Terry was raised in the Philippines by his missionary parents.
After Bible School training in the states, Terry and Cynthia returned to fulfill their calling to carry the Gospel to the Filipino people.
They have two sons, Chris (18) and Bryce (9). Chris is currently studying at Pensacola Christian College where he is pursuing a career in the medical field.
Ken & Cathy Hedvall
Mision Nuevas Tribus
Casilla 522
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Email: Ken_Hedvall@ntm.org
Website: www.ntm.org/Ken_Hedvall
Home phone: (407) 413-9298
Print overview of the Hedvall's work (Click here)
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New Tribes Mission
1000 E. First St.
Sanford, FL 32771
www.ntm.org
Note from Hedvall's on February 26, 2011... Ken just had surgery and will need about 2 weeks to recuperate. He won’’t be traveling or going to his office, but working on emails and documents he’s got going. That’s nice for him but he’s in a lot of pain.
Please pray that our insurance covers the bulk of all the costs. We appreciate you folks there so very much.
Andy and Mindy were a big help to Cammy and the twins for a couple of weeks. Cammy seems to be able to talk to Andres regularly but doesn’t get to see him on Skype yet. Maybe eventually. Thank you for praying!
Note from Hedvall's on November 1, 2010...heavy on our hearts these days is our son-in-law’s departure this week for Afghanistan. He and our daughter Cammy have twins that are a year old. So if you all would please be praying for the 7 month deployment that they face, we would really appreciate it. We love and appreciate you all there at Ahava so much.
Ken and Cathy
From Hedvall Highlights, May 2010: The road trip to Paraguay took the Hedvall's to a work with the Manjui people. The missionaries' sixteen year old daughter is teaching kids how to read so that they can read God's Word.
In one of the meetings of a local church, an elder apologized to the congregation for speaking beyond what the Bible said and injecting too much of his own feelings and opinions. Would that all churches had such mature leadership.
One of the older Manjui men told Cathy they she was there with them because they had prayed for God to heal the tumor in her eye.
Newlyweds Andy and Mindy have been asked to supervise the mission guesthouse in Santa Cruz, Bolivia helping missionaries and guests.
Editor's note: Ahava Baptist Church is honored to have been asked to help in this particular effort to get workers on the field.
With children Andy, Chris & Callie, Ken and Cathy Hedvall work with the Latin America Coordinating Team for New Tribes Missions.
Ken is happy to announce that Andy is now married to Mindy Burnham and has just finished his first year at Bible school.
Andy and Mindy have been asked to come to Bolivia to fill a short term need taking care of the mission guest house in Santa Cruz, Bolivia for one year. They are scrambling to get visas and do whatever is necessary, knowing what an urgent need exists. Please pray with the Hedvalls about this matter.
Pray especially for Mindy as she becomes acclimated to a new culture and language. Ken is convinced that she'll be surprised by how similar Bolivia is to the Philippines, where she grew up with her parents, New Tribes Missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham.
Callie is working as a nanny for her sister in North Carolina. Chris will join the Air Force in July.
So, the older Hedvalls are just weeks away from being "empty nesters."
Bolivia's Second String
Andy & Mindy Hedvall
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
New Tribes Mission
1000 E. First St.
Sanford, FL 32771
www.ntm.org
Andy & Mindy have arrived and are working at the New Tribes guest house in Santa Cruz.
Mindy's blog (The Second String) tells their story.
Gospel Light Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
Barbara Keathley & Lilianna Hanley
3760 Village Main Street
Loganville, GA 30052
Phone: (678) 475-7879
Email: ministries@glfb.org
Website: www.glfb.org
The mother/daughter team of Barbara Keathley and Lilianna Hanley carry on the ministry started many years ago before his homegoing by their husband/father Brother Bill Keathley.
From the Winter 2011 Newsletter:
As you remember we mentioned our dire need of financial help in the last newsletter. The Lord has supplied this need through many of you. Several churches took up special offerings to help and others of you gave individually with an open heart. We appreciate your love and care.
Our finances are all caught up including both supplies and salaries. Many have sent cassette tapes: some new professional quality to use for our library to send to our students; and good doctrinal sermons to send overseas. Now we have many boxes of tapes and Braille to send overseas. These are so helpful to those who cannot obtain them in other countries. Someone even donated a tape duplicator. God is good!
We had a very encouraging call from Tom Dickhoner in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is 58 years old and became blind because of being born prematurely and receiving too much oxygen in the incubator, so of course, he does not remember ever seeing. We have worked with him for many years. We asked him if he would write down his testimony for us to share with you in this letter.
My Testimony
by Tom Dickhoner
Gospel Light has been a blessing to me. Writing this is an answer to prayer, which we talked about over the phone, when it comes to doing the will of God. I want God to receive glory for what I have done. Only he gets the glory for all we do and say.
Time and dates have left me as I have gotten older, but one thing is certain. There is no such thing as luck, being at the right place and at the right time or a happenstance as far as the Christian is concerned. Everything that happens to us is by the providence of God. It is a divine process of growing in grace. Back in the mid 1990's my pastor, with whom I graduated from high school, told me that he had learned of the Gospel Light Foundation for the Blind. Bill Keathley was the director of it.
At the time, I contacted Gospel Light by phone. I also started receiving tapes from the Gospel Light library that Gospel Light has to offer to its blind for which it ministers. Before Bill Keathley went home to be with the Lord, I had the pleasure of corresponding with him by means of the cassette tape recorder. Without the use of computers as we have today, I received a special Gospel Light Library container for which I could record my message and return to Gospel Light. Bill would respond back to me and was kind enough to send me recorded tapes that he thought would be of help to me. Those tapes were just the thing I needed to help me advance in my walk with Christ. At the time Bill was a great encouragement to me as my wife, Teresa, and I had a younger daughter with special needs.
It is now 2011. Words cannot explain how much Gospel Light has helped me as I want to draw closer to God.
I just completed the home correspondence course “Right With God”. I am in the process of completing the home correspondence course, “Knowing and Serving God”. This particular course has been a real blessing to me as I have been learning about the Holy Spirit, and, I just completed lesson 13, “Knowing the Will of God”. Bill when he was living was a great encouragement to me. Barbara is doing an excellent job of not only sending the courses in Braille and computer to the students who want to learn and to grow in our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, she also is quick to tell us our scores for each lesson.
Another encouraging thing is that we don't have to wait for the results of the previous lesson before sending in the next lesson. We can send as many lessons as we please.
With the computer and internet, there is the added benefit of sending and receiving responses to lessons quickly. No longer is there a problem of a Braille lesson reaching Gospel Light days or weeks after it was completed or mailed. Gone are the days of damaged Braille lessons due to rough handling of Braille materials by the postal services. Finally, Barbara is a helpful teacher. I can always call Gospel Light Foundation for the Blind, and I can get answers to questions.
I look forward to starting the “Doctrines of Grace Course” as quickly as possible. This course is different from the other two courses. I look forward to studying the lessons and the essay questions will be a challenge. Still with time and hard work, I see no reason why I can't complete this course in reasonable time.
We serve a great God. I look forward to the day when I can minister to others who are blind. I want to teach them that just because you can't use a computer, or if you are not a fluent reader of Braille, you are not a failure in God's gracious eyes. God can use you in a way that will give glory and all the honor to Him.
I hope more correspondence courses will become available. The blind are no different from anyone else. Everyone must be saved the same way. If a door opens to me so that I can minister to the blind and physically handicapped in this way, I will be blessed even more. Keep up the excellent work! It is my prayer that your ministry will bless others as it has blessed me.
Tom Dickhoner
Testimonies like this really bless our hearts to know that the Lord is fervently working in our ministry to the blind. We praise God for the ability to accomplish His work for His glory.
Your missionaries to the blind,
Barbara Keathley & Lilianna Hanley
Special Appeal from the Gospel Light Foundation for the Blind on Facebook, dated November 5, 2010:
"We again are in dire financial need. Our income is very low. Since August Lilianna has missed 2 checks and Barbara has missed 3, which amounts to $2100.
We have no money for supplies and we are needing:
1 box of 100 C-30 Professional Master cassette tapes for $52.
1 box of 100 C-60 Professional Master cassette tapes for $63.
2 boxes of 1000 sheets each of Braille paper at $45 each for Braille letters and correspondence courses.
1 box of large envelopes for mailing the Braille for $30.
1 box of 3 black ink cartridges for printer for $45.
1 set of travel speakers to be used with the PowerPoint presentation for $34. (The old speakers only work part of the time and have to be held.)
1 new scanner that we purchased, we still owe $115.
Postage for the newsletter, we owe $265.
I know many of you are having extreme financial problems of your own with the economy as it is today, but if you would like to help us with any of these things we would deeply appreciate it, just designate your gift. We know that God is aware of our needs and will provide.
We hope you have a joyous Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season with your family and friends. Please remember at this time to pray for the blind all over the world with whom we minister. We look forward to celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ together as a family.
We will have a larger family this year because of the marriage of Lilianna to Joshua Hanley, with his two sons. Jehovah God has blessed us wonderfully this past year. We hope and pray you know the Lord personally and can rejoice with us."
Barbara
Mission details
A free lending library consists of over 3,000 audible and Braille items. Christian books, recorded by volunteer readers, messages by outstanding Bible teachers and conference speakers and sermons by well-known pastors and teachers are mailed to students free of charge.
Braille Bible lessons are printed on a computer-driven Braille printer. Blind students receive lesson booklets free of charge, mailed anywhere in the world. Students enjoy Bible lessons wherever they live.
Courses are mailed to the United States, Canada, England, Egypt, Cuba, West Malaysia, Brazil, India, China, Pakistan and several African nations. Students return completed lessons and receive a Braille and ink certificate upon completion of each Bible course.
A monthly Bible study for the blind including free lunch and transportation is held in Rockledge, Florida. Approximately 125 invitation letters are regularly sent to blind individuals.
The extensive tape library of lessons and sermons is being transferred to CD's and other digital media to facilitate their use in blind digital players supplied by National Library for the Blind. These players have replaced the traditional tape players since 2008.
Gospel Light Foundation for the Blind maintains a presence at many state and national conventions of blind organizations, reaching the blind where they are. Churches are challenged concerning the needs of the blind to be reached, invited and transported to services. The organization also provides personal counseling by Braille letter, email and telephone.
The Gospel Light Foundation for the Blind, Inc. is funded and supported by churches and individuals. Donors receive receipts for contributions made to the 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Two salaried employees and several volunteers of the religious non-profit organization provide all services free to the blind upon request.
Jim & Joyce Sloan
345 Cambridge Circle
Rossville, GA 30741
Phone: (706) 891-8367
Email: JSloan1@aol.com
Sending Church:
Calvary Baptist Church
7600 E. 63rd St. S.
Derby, KS 67037
Sending Board:
Deaf Outreach Ministries, Inc.
P.O.Box 88085
Grand Rapids, MI 49518-0085
Update from 5/4/2011 email:
David and I are in Plovdiv. We had a very relaxing 6 hour train ride today (Tuesday). We will have two days to prepare for Deaf camp. We leave early Friday morning by train to Sofia, then about one hour car ride to camp grounds. David and I each will be preaching/teaching 3-4 times each. Pray for us.
I wish I had a better report to give you from Varna. We canceled Saturday afternoon's Bible class because we did not have time to advertise it. Sunday afternoon one Deaf lady showed up! David and I both taught! We later found out that the Jehovah Witnesses are getting the Deaf! The JWs live there. It is a shame that we cannot get anyone in Varna interested in reaching the Deaf with the gospel! Please pray that someone will see the need and respond! One or two Bible classes a year is just not enough to counteract false teaching!!!
Two special prayer requests: 1) The wife of one of our Evangelists died last week. Please pray for the husband, Rich Eberly. 2) Missionary to the Deaf in Brazil, John Peterson, is in the hospital very sick. I was with John in Brazil twice in camps and special meetings with the Deaf.
The next letter you receive from me I will be (Lord willing) back home. We leave Sofia, Sunday afternoon. I should be home Early Monday morning.
Joyce: You can't believe the situations now going on the lives of some women here. The mother of one died early this morning. Please pray for her. She had to travel to North Carolina. Another has had great temptation to return to the former life. Satan never stops working! We must never stop praying. Thank you for your faithfulness in this area, please continue.
Thanks again for praying!!!!!
In Christ,
Jim/Joyce Sloan
Update from 2/23/2011 email:
Please pray for financing for these trips. I just checked the price for tickets. Below are the prices:
April 28-May 9 Bulgaria $1200
June 14-30 Peru $1200
July 7-18 Paris $1550
August 9-23 Belarus $1350
Please pray that these prices will come down!
Joyce: God is working in the lives of the women here. Pray that I have wisdom each day as I counsel and teach. Two women are now having serious physical challenges. Pray especially for these. Two others who have sick much of the winter are improving now. Your faithfulness in praying for us is so appreciated.
Exciting update from 2/9/2011 email:
To some this may seem late. But we just received our personal statement from COME! Several individuals and churches sent extra for Christmas. A very special THANK YOU! God always supplies our needs! It is really an adventure to live by faith and see God work!!!
We also received many comments about our Deaf Outreach Ministries' (DOMI) report last week. I always try to be honest in my reports and 2010 was a mixture of great blessings and some 'times' of trying/growing our faith! Yes, serving God is a daily adventure! We want, again, to THANK all our supporters (prayer/financial). You are a vital part of our ministries.
See below for the schedule of our next trip here in the States. Then please begin pray as we plan for at least four foreign trips this spring and summer. The following are in various stages of planning--April 28 through May 9/10, David Hanson and I will be in Bulgaria. June 14-28/30, I, along with two young ladies, will be ministering in Peru. I (with others?) will be in France July 7-18. Then, James Campbell and I (maybe others too), will be back to Belarus August (?). THANK YOU for praying and when able, helping with the finances! (Send to Deaf Outreach Ministries Inc., 345 Cambridge Circle, Rossville, GA 30741 and marked 'TRIPS'.)
Joyce: One of the women who was in the Program when I worked at the Mission has gone home to be with the Lord this week. She had cancer which was only diagnosed recently. Praise the Lord she did not suffer for a long period of time. We are thankful for her testimony of salvation. Pray for her family and those who will attend the funeral tomorrow (Thursday). It is so great to know that you are all praying for the ministries.
In Christ, Jim/Joyce Sloan
USA Trip:
March 18-20--Friendly Deaf Baptist, Hutchinson, KS Bible Conference
March 23--Calvary Baptist, Derby, KS 2 Awana classes; report
March 27--Silent Bible Baptist, Wichita, KS Teach/preach/seminar
March 28-April 1--Faith Baptist College Missions Conference, Ankeny, IA
March 30 PM--Burton Ave. Baptist, Waterloo, IA
April 3--Hagerman Baptist, Waterloo, IA Teach/preach/report
Important information from 2/2/2011 email:
For the first time in 25 years Deaf Outreach Ministries, Inc (our work funds) ended in the red! A little bit over $4000 in the red! Don't panic, yet!!! ALL our bills are paid! Let me explain.
The $4000 is in reimbursement to me (Jim) for expenses incurred in traveling--mostly in the States. It has never been difficult to raise money for my foreign trips and except for my trip to Bulgaria (remember it took 5 days to get there) each was fully funded!
My trips in the states…that’s another story! Our policy is to never talk finances with a church in which we are ministering! This past year we had churches that did not give us any love offerings; some gave but it was small; in two conferences, where we displayed Deaf Outreach Ministries, we received no love offerings (one was very expensive)!
Why did this happen? One reason is the nature of our ministries. Most Deaf churches/ministries are small. The offerings will be small! We seek regular monthly support from churches so we can go!
Another reason was poor planning on my part! I had difficulty scheduling meetings that would help cover expenses. (I am doing much better in 2011).
Finally, the general financial crisis in the US led to a decrease in gifts to Deaf Outreach Ministries last year. That coupled with a continued increase in the cost of traveling contributed to our deficit!!
Now I know some as thinking/asking, ‘should Jim cut back on his traveling?!’ I have asked the same question. The answer I always get is ‘NO!’ As long as God opens doors I must go and believe that God will supply the finances! The need for workers to the Deaf is great! God cannot call people to a field they do not know exists!
On a positive note, God has and I believe will supply all our PERSONAL needs! So, just so you understand. I am not complaining. I am not discouraged! I am not ready to give up or quit! God is still in control! God is still working (I will share more in future letters!). My favorite word is still ‘FANTASTIC!”
Now for more good news! Alone and with others, we made 5 foreign trips. I traveled 22,000 miles; preached 76 times; 24 other meetings (Awana, Sunday School, etc.); 3 conferences (display); many hours counseling (phone/personal) on Deaf Ministry. We recorded 44 public decisions! To God be the glory!!!!!! Great year! because you gave and prayed! Pray with us that 2011 will even be a more FANTASTIC year!!!!
Remember WORK funds should be sent to Deaf Outreach Ministries, 345 Cambridge Circle, Rossville, GA 30741. All PERSONAL support should be sent to COME; P.O. Box 88085; Grand Rapids, MI 49518.
In Christ, Jim/Joyce Sloan
Jim Sloan preached at Ahava Baptist Church on January 9, 2011. Listen.
A Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary Celebration for the Sloans was held held on August 7, 2010 in Chattanooga, TN. We wish them another half-century together.
June 16, 2010 update by email - The doctors diagnosed shingles instead of a heart problem. An additional stent will not be needed. Praise be to God.
June 9, 2010 update by email - Jim: God is answering your prayers. Please continue to pray for Joyce and me as we seek God's direction for our future ministries.
Last Sunday at 2:30 a.m., I went to the ER with chest pains. I left yesterday with an additional stent. That makes four! I am still having difficulties which my Doctor thinks he can take care of through medication.
My next trip is to Pennsylvania and New Jersey in early July. These meetings will be to display the need for workers. Pray.
Please continue to pray for our financial needs as well as our health needs. We appreciate you for your faithful prayers through the years.
Joyce: God continues to use me in counseling women here in this area. I am teaching two Bible Studies and would like for you to pray for two women in one of these studies. They have been out of church for a few years and have some definite problems in their relationships with the Lord. Both seem to enjoy the time of Bible Study so pray I will have the wisdom to teach what is needed and they will be receptive.
The Sloans offer hold Bible conferences, revivals, workers' training, seminars, mission conferences, camps and counseling on several continents with special emphasis on serving the deaf.