December 2024

• The opportunity to connect with our supporters through our annual mailing.
• A new (and free) rain barrel to water our expanding garden.
• Lots of out-of-town visitors to our church services lately.

• Hiker, “Wagon”, who is staying with us for a time and working some nearby.
• Christmas events coming up at our church.
• Recovery efforts along the Appalachian Trail in the wake of the hurricane and flooding this fall.

December 2024

Thanking God for:

• The ministry of help and comfort from the Holy Spirit. (John 14:16-17)
• The blessed reminder from two recent funerals that we grieve as those who have hope! (1 Thessalonians 4:13-14)
• The encouragement of prayer, intercession, and fellowship even as exercised within the body of Christ.
• The enduring support of Grace BPC, our mother church, and PMU over the years for Cornerstone.

Please pray for:

• A forthright witness to and the salvation of family members and friends, especially as we will see them during the holidays and vacation season.
• Patience and endurance for those within the congregation who struggle with major health ailments.
• The ongoing ministry of the Word of God in our midst; and God’s power to save, sanctify, and even sever. (Isaiah 55:10-11)
• The pending moves of a few within the congregation.

November 2024

Thanking God for:

• His provision—In spite of the political and economic crisis we are experiencing, God has protected us and the orphanage children.  He has provided all our needs. God is so good all the time.
• The pastor’s wife’s health condition—This year, it is a joy to see her improving health.  Even though she is not completely recovered yet, she is quite ok now.  We thank God for His grace and mercy. Thank you all for your unceasing prayer for her.
• The church—God helps our church stay strong and keep growing in spite of the difficult circumstances. We thank God that we have new visitors almost every Sunday.

Please Pray for:

• The young people—Many of the young people who try to avoid the mandatory military service have been blocked from the airport, and they are no longer allowed to go abroad as visitors.  Pray also protection for the pastor’s son as he is now an age where he is in danger of being forced to join the military.
• The orphanage children—We have 25 children this year.
• Two girls at the orphanage— One suffers from physical weakness after a 3 day fever left her unable to walk for a week. She is improving but is in need of more strength.  The other is suffering from a painful itching skin disease for the last 2 months and has not been healed yet.

November 2024

Thanking God for:

• Allowing Casey and Kelly to serve together in the Great Commission through the work of PMU.
• His continual care and provision for our family that enables us to endure the health challenges we are facing that grow us in dependence upon Him.
• The opportunity to have all of our family together for Thanksgiving, including our extended family from out of state.

Please pray for:

• Kelly, as she is scheduled to have a surgery in January to remove several new tumors that were found in her recent ct scan. She will also have a second biopsy on a large lesion on her jaw that is benign but also needs to be addressed. Pray also for wisdom in finding new medications that will treat her cancer and keep it from returning.
• Casey who will be leading a mission team from Grace BPC (OH) to Peru, where Team Timothy served in 2020. Micah will also be serving on team.
• More regular, monthly financial supporters to stabilize Casey’s Field Director fund balance.

November 2024

Thanking God for:

• The strong commitment to Biblically faithful missions among our churches, missionaries, council members and staff.
• Applicants for the Sola Internship with the Douma Family.
• Interest among many of our young people in serving with our mission works.
• Work among our BP churches in church planting efforts.

Please Pray for:

• More qualified men and women to be called into the work of missions.
• Increase in regular financial support from churches and individuals for the Doumas, Leamans, and Southerlands.
• More applicants for Team Timothy New York and English Camp in Brazil for the summer of 2025.

April 2024

Thanking God for:

• A productive time in South Carolina where I visited two BP churches and attended a Mission Conference.
• A blessed time of preaching and singing at small group meetings.
• An encouraging number of Korean evangelical booklets that were taken from the markets where we placed them.

Please Pray for:

• Safety and fruitfulness from my upcoming visit to BP churches in the Florida Presbytery.
• Male church members who could be trained as church officers.
• Regular attendees to become dedicated church members.

July 2023

Thanking God for:

• Pastor Brotto and his wife, Ale, who will help the team lead the English Camp in Brazil.
• A reopening of a direct flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Recife, Brazil. This helped logistically and enabled us to allocate more of the funds raised to ministry projects.
• The Leamans, Brottos, and others who are already in Brazil making preparations for the ministry.

Please Pray for:

• Elder Kim Connor who will be giving morning devotions to the campers.
• Pastors Brotto, Leaman, and Southerland who will be preaching in the evenings at the English Camp.
• The entire team—for their various projects and camp ministry assignments, for many gospel-oriented conversations, for their health and safe travels.
• For the Holy Spirit’s work in the hearts of campers who will be hearing the gospel and called to salvation through faith in Christ.