Greater Portland Baptist Church supports over 100 missionaries on a monthly basis. We are adding new letters and prayer requests to this area of our web site regularly. Check back often!
Justus Banuel: August 2010 PRAYER LETTER
Dear Pastor and Friends, Greetings to you in our Lords Sweet name. By the time many of you receive this prayer letter, I will be in the United States. I am arriving on the 18th of August. The schedule this year is very hectic. I will be on more than 20 different flights and hope to visit over 40 churches before returning home in November. I look forward to seeing...
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Weekly Eye On Missions: August 25, 2010
Clayton & Robyn McCurdy, GPBC Missionaries to Moldova Dear Pastor, Family and Praying Friends, It seems that every year, the months pass by more quickly than the year before. We were just writing about spring and Resurrection Sunday, and now 2010 is half completed, and we are in the midst of the summer season. It has certainly been a busy year. One of the reasons why some reject God and...
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Weekly Eye On Missions: August 18, 2010
Gary & Nancy Matheny, GPBC Missionaries to Romania Dear Pastor Adams and Greater Portland Baptist Church, Praise: 1) God gave us three for baptism and it was a blessing! One lady had waited for a long time to be baptized and we all rejoiced when she obeyed God! 2) Our Vacation Bible School (VBS) went well. We were rushed doing other things and I almost did not go forward with...
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Gale & Chrisann Dawson: May-June 2010 Update
(see below for May-June 2010 Newsletter in PDF format.....) Dear Pastor, Church, and Supporting Friend, The Lord has been gracious concerning the return of our national pastors two man team. Pastor Besolo returned with a severe case of typhoid, amebas, and a slight hernia. He is on medication and is doing better. Thank you for praying. The trip was a great success with many being encouraged. I will be going...
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Terry & Tami Morse: August 1, 2010
Dear Friends, Here in the French Territory of Polynesia, the coolest month has just passed, July. Slowly the days are getting longer and warmer. Soon the sun will be directly overhead, and 5 minutes of exposure will blister the skin. At least for people as light skinned as we. The work has taken a few steps backward. Mauri and Tevai, some time ago, became angry with me and do not...
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Weekly Eye On Missions: August 11, 2010
Joel & Marilu Marsh, GPBC Missionaries to Guatemala Dear Friends in Christ, We greet you with joy and thanksgiving for the wonderful privilege that the Lord has given us to serve and represent you in the reaching of souls here in Central America. Just recently, I made a trip traveling (8 1/2 hours) by car up to the mountains in the town of San Shebal, Huehuetenango to preach an evangelistic...
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Jeremy & Rebekah Johnson: May-June 2010 Prayer Letter
(see below for May-June 2010 Prayer Letter in PDF format.....) Dear Friends: We appreciate your prayers and faithful support. Thank you for the opportunity to serve our Lord in South Africa. If you have an opportunity we would love to hear from you especially anything we might be able to pray for. Gratefully Serving in South Africa, Jeremy & Rebekah & Titus & Tanner Johnson May-June 2010 Prayer Letter in...
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Jesse and Tiffany Shanks: Short Version: Ambulance, Taxi, Moving Truck
Because this is such a long story, I decided to do two versions of it. Feel free to read the longer one if you'd like , but I wrote it more for ourselves as a memory and for our family who may be interested in the added details. This is the abbreviated "journal version." [The extended version is available on the Shanks Blog @ lightoftogo.com] Friday early afternoon: I get...
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Weekly Eye On Missions: August 4, 2010
Chad and Faith Mann, GPBC Missionaries to India Dear Praying Friends, This past week has highlighted some simple spiritual reminders to us about our purpose and mission. My last grandparent went home to be with the Lord. I did get to speak with her before she died and she said she was ready to go. I am thankful for the Christian heritage the Lord has given me. It is such...
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David & Jenny Harris: Update From Japan
It has been much too long since I gave a report (this note is not intended to be a "formal" prayer letter). I am not even sure where I left off. In May we had two graduates. Jannah finished her Masters in Education and Jessica graduated from Peoples Baptist Academy, our home church's school. In June, we all headed back to Japan. (If you are interested, Jannah will work on...
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Weekly Eye On Missions: July 28, 2010
Bob & Becky Mach, GPBC Missionaries to Ivory Coast, West Africa Dear Friends and Family, We are thrilled to report that the Lord has answered our prayers concerning the extreme difficulty that we have had with four bars in our city. Three of these bars were situated quite near our home and the fourth was opened right next to our church. These bars were open air establishments that blasted their...
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Weekly Eye On Missions: July 21, 2010
Joe & Linda Leleaux, GPBC Missionaries to CLAIM Ministries Dear Praying Friends, What a comfort God's Word is to us during the trial we have been going through the past couple of months. Being the prayer warriors we know you are, we would ask that you pray for our family. Our daughter-in-law had a miscarriage in April, and one of our sons is going through a very difficult time. Please...
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David & Jolene Sloan: Missionary Monday - 35 years
I wanted to leave you with a thought today that I wrote in my Bible several years ago, as I was sitting in church listening to a preacher quote: If we each led two people to the Lord, and trained them to witness to two others, and those two others each led two more to the Lord and trained them as well, and if this process continued (2+2=4, 4+4=8, 8+8=16,...
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Weekly Eye On Missions: July 14, 2010
Mike & Debbie Lane, GPBC Missionaries to Honduras Dear Friends, Since our last letter, the ministry has been a real whirlwind of activity and God has richly blessed. I've preached in about a dozen different areas, baptized 3 in the first church we worked with when we came to Honduras some 13 years ago, sent 23 to Youth Camp, hosted an evangelistic medical brigade, and are preparing to continue with...
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Jesse and Tiffany Shanks: Solar Water
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have no access to clean water and not enough money to buy an expensive filter? Unfortunately, that's the situation of one billion people around the world including many here in northern Togo. This has always been a concern of mine, but trying to figure out what to do about it can be a bit overwhelming! That is until I heard...
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