B Shannon

Dear Supporting Church Families & Friends,

Hello from the Tohono O’Odham Nation!  Summer has arrived once again, along with some very warm temperatures. We are thankful for the very busy, exciting past two months the Lord has blessed us with!

Dear Supporting Church Families & Friends,

March and April were very busy and exciting months for us here in Arizona! We are thankful for all the Lord has allowed us to be involved in. Here are a few of the highlights.

March wrapped up one of the most wet winters we have experienced here in the desert! Because of the rain (and flooding & mud that follows), we were forced to cancel two services in Ak-Chin and one in Cockleburr. We are thankful for the rain, and thankful for the road work that has been done since, to help alleviate the problem. On a sad note from Ak-Chin, in April, a 30 year old young man hung himself. It is so sad to see this same story play out time after time – the drugs and alcohol lead to such a hopeless and dim life. Pray for us as we try to point them to the “Difference-maker!” We are thankful for the opportunity we had during April to take part in the Gu-Achi District Day festival, where we handed out over 400 tracts and other information from the church! Please pray that it will be used by the Lord! One of the ladies from the church in Ak-Chin has had recent back and neck surgery, and is also dealing with problems at home. Please pray for Mrs. Mary.

Dear Supporting Church Families & Friends,

Greetings from the Tohono O’Odham Nation. We are excited to share many blessings and updates with you. The Lord has been so good to us during the past two months (and every other day of our lives, for that matter!)
We are very thankful to God and happy to announce the birth of our 5th child, Benjamin Deskins Shannon. He weighed 7 lbs 12 oz and was 19.5 inches long. We thank God for the safe pregnancy and delivery. Both mom and baby are doing well. We thank God for His protection over Benjamin, evidenced already during his first week with us, as we found him choking on his formula, and after rushing him to the FD and the ER, he was fine! It is during times like these that we are reminded and thankful for the prayers of so many who hold our family up in prayers. You may not know what’s going on in our lives, but God does, and we are thankful for your prayers and His protection!

Dear Supporting Church Families & Friends,

Happy New Year from southern Arizona, and Tohono O’Odham Nation! “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” (Ps 90:12). May we each use this new year to do even more for Him Who has done so much for us!

What an exciting November & December the Lord has helped us through! First I’d like to mention Louann and the new baby she is carrying. They are doing well, but Louann has had quite a few problems with this one. Please continue to hold both of them up in your prayers over the next few weeks. The due date is the first week of March, and she has already experienced some pre-term contractions and other problems. We know our God is in control, and are resting and trusting in Him during this time!

Dear Supporting Church Families & Friends,

Greetings from the Tohono O’Odham Nation. Thank you so much for all who faithfully and prayerfully support the ministry here! We are privileged to be co-workers together with you for our precious Saviour! The Lord has greatly blessed us over the past two months!

Dear Supporting Church Families & Friends,

Greetings from Southern Arizona. As usual, we are so excited to share many things with you that the Lord has done for us during the past two months. He is so good to us! Many of you may have already heard this good news, but we are very excited to announce that we are expecting a new baby in March! Please pray for Louann and the baby during the next few months. We are so thankful for the wonderful family He has blessed us with, and are eagerly anticipating the arrival of this new one! Of course our entire family is very excited about this!

Dear Supporting Church Families & Friends,

Hello from HOT southern Arizona! Summer is here, and with it a very busy schedule (and some very warm days)! We are excited to share some of what the Lord has been doing with you all. We thank the Lord for allowing us the opportunity to travel back in May to a camp meeting in SC, and visit a few friends and churches along the way. The Lord used this time as a great refreshing for Louann and I, and also provided some new and much needed support! We praise Him for being so gracious to us. We are also very thankful to all those who treated us with such kindness along our journey! The best friends we have on this earth are the ones that God has given us, and we are very thankful for the friendships that He has blessed us with!

Dear Supporting Church Families & Friends,   
                     
“I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth” Luke 15:7.  Greetings from the Tohono O’Odham Nation.  We certainly have much to rejoice about in this letter (and every day of our lives), most importantly in this letter because of one sinner coming to repentance!
 
We have always been told that on the reservation we are not allowed to go “door-to-door” with a “visitation style” program.  Recently, the Lord allowed the district representative  in the district Ak-Chin is in to inform us that it would be OK to pass out information on the church occasionally.  What an exciting time!

Dear Supporting Church Families & Friends, 

“So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.” We thank the Lord for the increase He has given over the past couple of months. There is so much to tell about.

In April, Louann & I took 3 of the teenagers to a youth conference at Lancaster Baptist Church in Lancaster, CA. There were around 2,000 teens there, and a lot of great preaching and singing! The Lord really worked on hearts in this meeting. One of the greatest blessings was seeing Latanya (our oldest daughter) walk the aisle and give her heart and life completely to Him and His desires for her life! Please pray for her, as the devil would love to steal that decision away and have her forget it and ruin it. Although she is not perfect (none of us are), we have seen tremendous improvements in her life. We praise God for His working there! He is so faithful to answer our prayers if we’ll just be faithful to Him!