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Greetings from the incredibly dry and sunny North!

This borders on the miraculous. Still sunny, warm and wonderful here in Juneau. Thank you, Jesus! What a wonderful summer. Fun in the sun , lots of great fishing and just enough rain to keep the dust down and the streams full.

NIGERIA
We just wanted to give you a brief update on Nigeria. As far as we know, our friends and ministry partners are doing fine, but things are still tense, and the violence continues. We’re praying about another trip to Jos, but we need to hear a loud and clear “go” before we can commit. Please pray for the Lord’s leading in this.

INDIA
We heard from Bhalchandra and God is moving! We are beginning to make plans for the next trip and the expectations are sky high. We are planning on several youth meetings and a village outreach in addition to the conference. If you have ever wanted to go to India, this might be your chance. We would like to put together a team of eight to ten for this trip. Let us know if you’re interested.

We would like to ask you to join us in prayer about future ministry fields. For a while now Eastern Europe, particularly Romania, has been on Mark’s heart. We are in the very beginning stages of exploring opportunities. We just ask that you would agree with us that the Lord’s will would be done in this.

In closing, some food for thought. There are still two trees in the garden and we still get to choose which tree we eat from… the Tree of Life or the tree of knowledge. The tree of knowledge looks good, it’s impressive, and its fruit is deceptively tasty. But it is the Tree of Life that draws Jesus’ disciples to rest in its shade and partake of its transforming fruit.

Yours for the Kingdom,

Mark and Julie

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