Welcome to those of you who are new to our monthly updates. We hope you enjoy hearing from us. Soon, we hope to be sharing news of how God is working – directly from Niamey, Niger.
We praise the Lord for those of you who are responding to our updates by praying for us and even expressing a desire to support our ministry to MKs (missionary kids). We were privileged to spend this past weekend ‘at home’, enjoying the missions conference at our sending church. We saw once again how dear to the hearts of these missionary parents are their children. The Lord used this time to reinforce our burden to be a ‘help’ to these parents in this important area of MK education.
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.” Number 11:23
Because we believe that God wants us in Niger for the coming school year, I believe that the verses I read in Numbers 11 this morning can be applied to us. When God promised Moses that he would provide meat to feed the Israelites for a full month, Moses questioned God by saying that even if they slaughtered all their herds and caught all the fish in the sea, it wouldn’t be enough. My first thought was that Moses had a lot more nerve than I do! But then I realized that maybe I’m doing the same thing; I’m wondering if God really can provide the support we need in time to go. Just like Moses, I’ve seen Him do it before; but I still don’t see how He’s going to do it again.
That’s where you come in. We do believe that as you pray with us specifically for our support needs, God will provide. Although we’ve heard from many of you that you might like to help us by responding to our $25/month challenge of our last newsletter, we’ve received only a few firm commitments. Some have called and asked how to do this. The easiest way to do this is by clicking this online giving link. You can also send your check (marked for the Gillespies) to:
Evangelical Baptist Missions
PO. Box 781438
Indianapolis, IN 46278
Even though we haven’t bought our tickets yet, we plan to leave the last week in June. We are very busy spending time with family and friends, and collecting and packing the things that we are taking and shipping, as well as ‘taking care of business’. After nearly a year and a half in the states, these last months seem to be flying. Here’s how you can pray:
Additional support; we need $600/month;
Ability to think clearly and plan wisely;
Emotional strength and peace as we say our good-byes;
Housing in Niamey, as well as other settling-in details.