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Snglani

WIGAN

FIELDADDRESS:

DR.VERNONEATON

9 ickershaw Lane

Abram

Wigan,

ngland

WN25PL

PHONE: 11-44-942-863-828

June 1995

FORWARDING

AGENT:

Dr.

ill Baker

15668 4th Ave.

F l o r i s s a n t ,

MO 3034

The postle Paul n

England

I

t h i n k

I

h a v e d i s c o v e r e d

p r o o f t h a t t h e A p o s t l e P a u l

made

i t t o

England

sometime on on e of

h i s

m i s s i o n a r y

j o u r n e y s . I n G a l a t i a n s 4 : 1 1 ; P h i l i p p i a n s 2 : 1 6 ; and I

T h e s s a l o n i a n s 2 : 1 ; 3 : 5 ,

P a u l mentions t h e f e e l i n g s

of

despair and

f u t i l e

e f f o r t which

we

e e l so

often

here.As

read these passages I r e a l i z e that Paul looked for evi

dence of

r u i t f u l

l a b o r

much

a s

we

do

q u i t e

o f t e n

i n

t h e

work

h e r e .

He knew t h e

n a g g i n g

q u e s t i o n

we've

a s k e d

o u r s e l v e s t i m e a n d a g a i n , " I s

w h a t

I

a m d o i n g making

any

d i f f e r e n c e

- oes

t

c o u n t

f o r a n y t h i n g ? "

The

work

seems

so slow. We ave had families come

and g o . I ' v e p r a y e d

f o r

one p r o s p e c t i v e f a m i l y

f o r

a l m o s t

two

y e a r s now and t h e y d o n ' t seem a n y c l o s e r t o even

b e i n g i n q u i s i t i v e a b o u t

C h r i s t .

The c h u r c h h a s s o many

p h y s i c a l , f i n a n c i a l , e m o t i o n a l and

s p i r i t u a l n e e d s .

We

have

a

f u l l schedule

of a c t i v i t i e s

with

a

core

of

workers

numbering l e s s t h a n a dozen.

I

p r a y a t l e a s t once a week

the

prayer

of Luke 10:2.

I ,

too,

have used

those words

of

Paul

I

fear

for

you,

h a t

somehow

I

have

w a s t e d my

f f o r t s

on

you

.

.

"

( I h o p e ) . . t h a t I d i d n o t

r u n

o r l a b o r f o r n o t h i n g . " .

that our

v i s i t

t o you

was not

a f a i l u r e . .. was a f r a i d

t h a t

i n some

way

t h e

t e m p t e r

might h a v e t e m p t e d

you and

our e f f o r t s might

have been

u s e l e s s . "

Paul

struggled, much

s

we

ave, with

those

moments

of doubt and f r u s t r a t i o n .

Yet, Paul found

some

encour

a gement i n

what progress

he saw.

He

ound comfort in

r e a l i z i n g

t h a t God

was

a t work i n ways of which h e d i d

n o t know. There a r e

t h o s e

glimmering

moments t h a t r e a s

sure us t h a t God's

work

i s

carrying on

even

i f

we

on't

r e a l i z e

i t

L i k e s e e d g e r m i n a t i n g u n d e r t h e s o i l ,

l i f e

springs f o r t h , not from nowhere, but from undetected

sources preparing

for

the

d a y

of

the

blossom.

That was

what

we e a l i z e d

one day

r e c e n t l y .

We

er e

g o i n g

t h r o u g h

o n e of t h o s e

P a u l i n e t i m e s ,

w o n d e r i n g i f

our

e f f o r t s

might have been

useless

. . when

a

l e t t e r

a r r i v e d .

I t

came from t h e c o u p l e who

s e r v e d t h e p a s t

two

y e a r s a s

a s s i s t a n t d i r e c t o r s

t o Denny and

myself

w h i l e we

were d i r e c t o r s of t h e

J u n i o r High Camp. h i s

y e a r

Rob

and Sharon

Deeming

h a v e

t a k e n up t h e p o s i t i o n of i r e c

t o r s . The

f a c t

t h a t t h e y

w i l l

b e t h e f i r s t

B r i t i s h

camp

d i r e c t o r s a n d

b e c a u s e

t h e y a r e y o u n g ,

t

i n s u r e s

many

y e a r s

of l e a d e r s h i p i n t h e camp

program.

We a d j u s t h a d o u r

f i r s t

m e e t i n g t o p l a n

t h e

coming

camp and afterwards this letter arrived.

Rob a n d

Sharon

Deeming e i g n e d

as King

a n d

Queen

of

Camp

a s t

y e a r .

T h i s

y e a r

t h e y

w i l l J u s t b e d i r e c t o r s

Dear Vernon,

De n n y

a n d Tina,

Sharon and I want t o t h a n k you for a t t e n d i n g t h e

T o r k s e y

Camp m e e t i n g on A p r i l 8 ,

1995.

We b o t h f e l t i t

went

v e r y w e l l

a n d

t h a t we

managed t o

a c h i e v e

q u i t e

a

l o t

We a p p r e c i a t e your w i l l i n g n e s s

and

e a g e r n e s s t o v o l

unteer yourselves

for various works of service. Th a n k

you

Vernon

a n d D e n n y , you are to b e commended On he

way

back rom t h e

m e e t i n g

Sharon

and I

were d e - b r i e f i n g ,

as you do and we ound t h e

most

ama z i n g t h i n g about

h e

meeting was how

smoothly

a n d comfortably

- x c e p t

o r g a n i z i n g

Mr. Motivator

t h a t i s v e r y t h i n g seemed t o

f a l l i n t o p l a c e (we r e s t i l l l o o k i n g for

someone t o be

ou r

M r . M o t i v a t o r a t

camp

— a T V e x e r c i s e p e r s o n a l i t y ) .

Now we r e a l i z e t h a t

t h e

Lord, u n q u e s t i o n a b l y , ha d

more t h a n a hand i n t h e p r o c e e d i n g s , b u t we a l s o

r e a l i z e

t h a t t h e main r e a s o n was down t o you t w o . Y e s , d i r e c t i n g

t h e

camp

s q u i t e a d a u n t i n g

t a s k ( n o t t h a t

you two r e a l

l y

need

reminding

of h i s ) but i t has been made o much

e a s i e r

due t o

t h e

f o u n d a t i o n s you

have

l a i d d u r i n g

t h e

past couple

of

years,

etc

This l e t t e r was

l i k e

t h e g i f t of t h e Macedonians t o

P a u l . I t

t o l d u s t h a t i n some

s m a l l

way God h a s

b l e s s e d

o u r work a t l e a s t

i n t h i s

one a r e a and t h a t

l i f e h a s

s p r u n g

from t h e s o i l . T o

God

b e t h e g l o r y

and

f o r u s a

l i t t l e

assur a nce that

we

"have not ru n or l a bored i n

v ai n.


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RecentEvents

There have been a

number

of s p e c i a l events i n

our

work recently.We eld a

Passover

meal a t

our house with

twenty-four

present.

E a c h

year we

come to appreciate

more and more the meaning of the Passover

a n d

i t s c on

nection

to the i n s t i t u t i o n of the

Lord s Supper.

Al s o t h i s

spring

we held our second

annual

PREP

Time Away. PREP

stands for Preacher s

Retreat

E n r i c h i n g P r e p a r a t i o n .

We pent t h r e e days p r e p a r i n g

s i x

months

of sermons.

Everyone

who has p a r t i c i p a t e d

has

appreciated the

exercise.


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WIGAN

FIELDADDRESS:

DR.VERNONEATON

9 ickershaw Lane

Abram

Wigan,

ngland

WN25PL

PHONE: 11-44-942-863-828

October

1995

FORWARDING

AGENT:

Dr.

ill

Baker

15668

94th Ave.

F l o r i s s a n t ,

MO

3034

Summer f

1995

We ave had a very busy and enjoyable summer

n

the

Lord s work here.

f

.

The

church

family

was able

to refurbish

the Sunday School Hall

with the help o f

Steven, an

intern

from

Roanoke

Bible Coll

ege, along with ou r

own Ken

Farrimond

(see picture). I t w as

completed just

in

time

for the 111th Anniver

sary

o f the

church.

Ken Farrimond

w e a r s

a special

pr o

tection from

the

paint

... tea cosy

We a l s o had an intern

from

St. Louis Christian

College with us

f o r

e i g h t

weeks.

C l i n t

Baker

c me

along

t o help with

youth

clubs, Sunday

School, music, puppets

and

other

activities.

The a s t o f June

saw

o u r

annual

Walking Day

through

t h e

community. This

year P l a t t Bridge c a r r i e d a

new

ban

ner which Denny, E l l e n Keane and

Clint

Baker had put

together.

Assembling for Walking Day with

our

new

ba n n er ,

held

b y

summer intern, Clint Baker.

I t was a

very

warm d a y for the

w a l k o f witness through the

commu

n i t y .

For a few weeks we

njoyed

t h e

v i s i t

of Denny's

mother,

Gladys Hamilton fr om Tennessee (see p i c t u r e .

B e a u t i f u l

(even hot-hot)

weather

helped to make the v i s i t

a

memo

rable one. Gladys

was

able to

v i s i t her

"native" land and

even had a

l e t t e r

f r o m the Queen

waiting

o n her

when

she

arrived We also had the pleasure o f

seeing

Jack

and

Becky Lowe

and daughter, Carrie Beth, f rom Johnson

Bible

College,

Knoxville

with

whom

Gla dy s traveled.

C a r r i e Beth s e r v e d in the

London area

missions f o r sev

e r a l years.

Denny's

mum, G l a d y s Hamilton and her

s i s t e r ,

Gwen

Evans

fr om

Bedfordshire, England,

pose with

a

Well

Dressing

i n

Derbyshire,

one o f many unusual

sights we en jo y ed

during

their v i s i t

here.

Unique to a

small rural area, Well Dressings

that take

place annu

a l l y

at the

s i t e o f

ancient

wells, use intricate a rt w o r k

made ntirely

o f

local natural material.

At the

beginning

of August

we

w er e v i s i t e d by

o u r fo r

warding agents, Dr. Bill

and

Joni

Bake r

with sons,

Gavin

and

Kyle. The y

w er e able to r e - v i s i t

places and

friends

they

had

known

years

ago

when

they

w er e

in

Aberdeen,

Scotland.

Then there

w er e the

regular

a c t i v i t i e s o f the

s u m m e r .

Holiday Bible School

went

well t h i s year

as we

went

down o n

the

farm to

allow

God to g r o w

the f r u i t

o f

the

S p i r i t

i n

our i v e s

(We

r e

s t i l l singing

s o m e

of h e

songs

f rom Holiday Bible School) .

Camp was

a l i t t l e d i f f e r e n t for

us

t h i s

year

in that

Rob

and

Sharron

Deeming

served

as

the directors instead

o f

Denny

and

me. see l a s t

newsletter)

They

did a

superb

job. A

record

n u m b e r f rom o u r congregation

attended

camp

our campers

and t h r e e s t a f f and

they a r e s t i l l

t a l k i n g about t h e camp we e k i n Sunday

School

each

Sunday.


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From Grandma

Denny

Dear Friends,

We had

two major t h i n g s

t o

c e l e b r a t e

t h i s summer

-

Tina,

our o l d e s t d a u g h t e r , f i n i s h e d h e r

c e r t i f i c a t e

from

S p r i n g d a l e

College

on J u l y

8.

She

r e a l i z e d

she

needed t o

r e t u r n

t o

t h e S t a t e s

t o work. What a joy i t has

been t o

h a v e h e r w i t h u s

f o r

a w h i l e . I m s u r e she w o n t f o r g e t

her time well spent i n

t h e U.K.

Tina

arrived

in Tennessee in time to b e

with her

s i s

t e r

Angel

(James

and

Alex) for

the

b i r t h of

l i t t l e

Stephanie

E l a i n e Kaufman

on August

8 . Since

we c o u l d

n t

be t h e r e

i t was a

g r e a t comfort

t o s e e t h e p i c t u r e of

l i t t l e S t e p h a n i e

and b i g s i s t e r , A l e x .

Alex

had t o l d

e v e r y

one a l l along she

was having a s i s t e r . I

c a n t

w a i t t o

h o l d

them myself.

Financial

Concerns

I n

l o o k i n g

back

over p r e v i o u s n e w s l e t t e r s ,

we

have

se l do m

mentioned financial matters.

T here

are

two rea

sons f o r

t h i s .

One

i s

t h a t

we a r e

doing our b e s t t o l i v e

on

t h e

amount we

r e c e i v e from t h e

c h u r c h e s . D e s p i t e a 4

i n f l a t i o n r a t e

and a v o l a t i l e

exchange r a t e , by God s

gra ce

we have

been able to do h i s .

The o t h e r r e a s o n i s

t h a t

we

wanted

t o t e l l you of h e

work and l i f e h e r e i n P l a t t B r i d g e i n s t e a d of t a k i n g up

room w i t h

f i n a n c i a l m a t t e r s . We know t h a t a s

you

s h a r e

w i t h u s i n o u r l a b o r s

h e r e ,

a s

t h e

need a r i s e s , you w i l l

share

with

us in

our

needs

here.

However, h e

f i n a n c i a l

p i c t u r e h a s

made

t n e c e s s a r y

t o w r i t e t h i s

a r t i c l e . We r e e x p e r i e n c i n g

a

slowdown

i n

t h e

s u p p o r t

we n e e d . Our r e s e r v e ,

which

h e l p s w i t h min

i s t r y and

s p e c i a l p r o j e c t s ,

h a s

l l

b u t

gone

and

now

we

a r e seeing

our

emergency fund s h r i n k . We need t o ask

your

help.

I

know some of

you

have increased

support over

t h e

p a s t few y e a r s and we do a p p r e c i a t e t h a t . I f you h a v e n t

considered making some

r a i s e ,

would

you

a t l e a s t m a k e

t

m a t t e r of p r a y e r ? I f you a r e d o i n g

l l

you c a n ,

a g a i n we

a r e a p p r e c i a t i v e and we understand.

Could

you then m en

t i o n

o u r need

t o

n e i g h b o r i n g c h u r c h e s

and

keep a n eye

out f o r p o t e n t i a l a d d i t i o n a l

supporters

of

t h e

work here?

Above l l

e l s e p r a y ,

n o t

j u s t

f o r

t h e f i n a n c i a l

s u p p o r t we

need,

but most of a l l f o r

t h e

S p i r i t s work i n our l i v e s and

ministry.

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