Messick

Dear Co-laborers in Christ,
 
May saw things continue pretty much as usual at church. We continue to have occasional scheduling conflicts with others using the building. You may recall last year just such a problem arose a few days before our annual Mother/Daughter Banquet. And just like last year, we thought the calendar was cleared for us to use the building, but this year we were later told the tribal council wanted to use it for a special meeting on that day. Once again, the Lord met the need and we were allowed to use the beautiful tribal senior center building. Fourteen mothers and daughters attended, and it was a very special time for all.

Dear Fellow-laborers in Christ,

Church attendance has been down the last few weeks. It can be very disappointing to see Satan making inroads in the lives of some of those you have worked with spiritually, and have them fall into their old way of life. Some hear the Gospel on a regular basis, yet they are still just "hearing" the Word, but we are praying that it will find abiding in their hearts, resulting in lasting change.

At the same time, we rejoice to have those who continue to grow in the Lord, becoming more conformed to His image.

Dear Ones in Christ,

The highlight of the month of February was our week of revival services with Evangelist Glen Jaspers and his wife Mary. The messages were very timely and a great help. Though we didn't see a lot of decisions made during the week, Gary had the joy of leading Justin Smith to Christ. Justin recently moved back to our reservation from Salt Lake City. A concern we have is that his girlfriend is Mormon. Please pray for his spiritual growth and for her salvation.

   Gary & Beverly Messick

Gary and Beverly Messick
4925 N. Cattle Call Trail
Rimrock, AZ 86335-5752
Phone: (928) 567-7386
E-mail:  gandbatrimrock@people.com

The Messicks work on the Yavapai-Apache reservation at Camp Verde, Arizona

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Dear Ones in Him,

“Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee.” Luke 8:39

These were Christ's words to a man filled with gratitude after being wonderfully restored by Jesus. Reflecting on the year of 2007, our desire is to share with you “how great things God has been doing in our lives and the ministry.”

Earlier in the year we experienced some low periods. Our church van had been totaled, we didn't know where we stood on the renewal of the lease on the church building, we had lost a sizable amount of our personal support, and our Youth Pastor and wife left, feeling the Lord was leading them to a new area of ministry.

Though we didn't have the answers to these problems, it has been exciting to see how our loving Heavenly Father has worked in each of these situations.