News From the Dyars...

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Greetings from beautiful Redding!
As you are reading this we are in the final days leading up to Claire’s marriage. We are very happy to be welcoming Joshua Smith into the family. He is a wonderful young man of God and we’re thrilled to count him among us. 

 As you can imagine, things are a bit hectic as we pull together the final details of the wedding and as family members begin to arrive in our lovely Redding. It is an exciting and blessed time, but as always life is not without it’s challenges.

Mark was injured on the job and his shoulder is not healing as we had hoped. Currently, he is in physical therapy in hopes that surgery can be avoided. We ask for you to join your faith to ours in prayer that surgery is not necessary.

KENYA  The September trip to Kenya is taking shape and we have a rather ambitious itinerary.  Gordon has scheduled conferences in Nakuru, Bondo, Kisii, Saiya, and Nyeri.  He is estimating more than 500 will attend these conferences.  This will necessitate hundreds of miles of in country travel, many days on the road, and many nights in hotels.  It also means we need provision for manuals, travel, and a portable sound system.  We needed a camera and, thank you Father, that has already been donated.  Because we are able to combine this trip with our trip to Mozambique with Tracy Evans, that keeps our monetary need about $3,500, even with these additional costs.

 Here is a quick breakdown of needs for the September trip:$1,500 - Airfare
$1,050 - Mark’s Room & Board
$400 - Manuals
$300 - Gas for Extra Travel
$250 - Portable Sound System

That’s a total of $3500 needed in the immediate foreseeable future.

In addition to these needs, we would also like to raise another $1,000 to help people with their accommodations during the conference.  

 ROMANIAAs of now, we don’t have a trip date for Romania; however, we are planning a trip for sometime this year. The school of ministry curriculum is all but finished and we are looking forward to delivering the curriculum to Pastor Adi.

 Thank you for your outrageous generosity, your love for the Father and care for His children.

Yours for the Kingdom,


Mark and Julie

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