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From Mary Ann's Desk...

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“...though it (the vision) tarry, wait for it...”. Habakkuk 2:3 The new year is off to a good start for us, and we hope the same is true for you. We greeted the New Year with anticipation, and we are expecting the answers to a number of petitions that we have placed before our heavenly Father. I am excited to learn what His answers to us will be. I know they will be good answers, and they will be the right ones for us. Praise God. TEACHING MATERIALS  UPDATE Jennifer and I continue working on updating our “Introduction to the Bible” Student Manual. It is coming along quite well, and will be the first of more to follow. Were it not for the fact that Jennifer also works a secular job, we would have finished by now, but the end is in sight. In our September newsletter last year, I announced that I would begin teaching this course in October in my home church on Wednesday nights. As it turned out, the kickoff date got pushed ahead to January 23, 2013, so we have now completed t

News From The North

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Greetings from the Great White North, SNOWED UNDER! The citizens of Juneau have been dealing with a monster snow storm, now turned to ice, for days. Mark and Julie have asked us to help them by writing their column this month since they are literally digging out from under at an almost non-stop pace. And, we agreed, of course. INDIA 2013 MISSION The date has finally been set, the budget has been determined, and we are now finalizing the speaker roster. Until the date got set, we could not finalize the budget because airfares vary depending on the time of year you plan to fly. DATE:       April 24 - May 3 BUDGET:                  $5,000.00 Airfare                           $2,500.00 Accommodations & ground transportation   $1,300.00 Conference expenses           $1,200.00 SPEAKERS Mark Dyar (LTI Team Leader) and Associate Pastor Norbert Rodriguez (Bethesda Bible Church, Ypsilanti, MI) are confirmed. We are waiting to hear from Pastor Greg Stevens (Imma