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Dear Friends in Christ,

Last month, we were able to travel to NC for 10 days to visit two of our daughters, sons-in-law and grand children. It has been two years since we were able to get away and see family, so this was a real treat to us.

I Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

Dear Praying friends and Faithful supports,

You have, no doubt, spent much time over the last couple of weeks reflecting on God's blessings and wondering where the time has gone. As we face another New Year Paul's words to Timothy, given through inspiration of God, seem more timely than ever. Time does fly, God does bless, but we also see more and more need for God in a world that increasingly rejects Him.

Dear Family and Friends In Christ,

      The Christmas truth that our Lord’s provision for all peoples’ salvation is effectual only to those who trust Him as Savior drives us more than anything to preach Him as our Cocopah’s only Redeemer regardless of their background or response.

“…we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those
that believe.”(I Timothy 4:10)

“Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift” II Cor.9:15.

Dear Prayer Partners,

May each of you have a great Holiday as we celebrate again the Savior’s birth and look forward to his coming again to take His bride home.

We are in the middle of the busy Holiday season and looking forward to the New Year of 2012.  I want to bring you all up to date on what is going on here in Indian country.  It has been a busy year for us and the Lord has blessed in many ways.

Dear Friends in Christ,
 
God tells us to “give thanks”, “rejoice”, and “be glad”.  Once we focus on what we have to be thankful for, it’s not a difficult command to obey!  We have so much to be thankful for, but often get occupied with daily life and forget to look beyond the struggles.  Though it’s good to thank others, we need to continually thank God, who is our provider and our strength in life.  We’re so glad that our country still sets a day aside to remind us to be thankful.

Dear Supporting Church Families & Friends,

Hello from the cooling desert of Southern AZ!  We are enjoying the cooler temperatures, and are very thankful for this relief!  We are thankful for the rain we received during our monsoon season as well, though one church service in Ak-Chin had to be canceled due to flooding  (this usually happens a couple of times each year during the heavy monsoon rains).

November 2011
Dear Friends in Christ,
 
As many of you understand, fall is hunting season!  This year’s hunting camp is now history.  There were a total of 7 hunters- with 3 elk and 1 bear taken.  Some were hunting for a trophy and passed up shots early in the season and went home without meat, but everyone had a great time.  These camps are actually men’s retreats as they spend time in Bible study each night around the campfire.  This year’s study was on the book of Jonah.

Dear Co-laborers in Christ,
     Faithful prayers, gifts of every size, and physical help by many of you have gone unrecognized but not
unnoticed or unappreciated ‘midst the past several months’ ministries.  We cannot appeal to e-mails or
other contacts with you as adequate expressions of gratitude or accountability and so earnestly trust this
update to reward your faithfulness with a true sense of what your sacrifices will mean in eternity.
  "For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have shewed
toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister" (Hebrews 6:10).

Independent Baptist Indian Mission Inc.

3880 Stockton Hill RD. 103-438

Kingman AZ 86409

(928) 200-2392

Psalms 68:19

"Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God or our salvation. Selah"

Dear Prayer Partners, July—September update 2011

In the last three months we have had several opportunities to preach and teach at home and away. We have been able to fill in for some of our missionaries while they travel to update their supporting churches this summer. It is always a special blessing to us to visit our extended church families and see first hand how the Lord is working in their lives and in their respective churches.

Dear Friends in Christ,
 
This past month we took a couple of weeks off for a vacation.  Janet went home to Flagstaff and enjoyed being a housewife again as she cleaned up the dirt that has collected over the months. She also enjoyed cleaning up around the outside of the house.  It may not seem like much of a vacation to you, but she enjoyed the more normal pace of life after several months of “camping”.