2017 August - Dawson Prayer Letter
July - August 2017 Field Address 12a Archie St Nambour, QLD 4560 Australia
Contact Info 07 5476 2516 (Australia) 0487 133 637 (Australia) [email protected] Skype: dawsonsdownunder1 Facebook: Mountainview Baptist Church of Nambour
Sending Church Pleasantview Baptist Church 4400 Pleasantview Drive Arlington, TX 76017 817-483-7100 pleasantviewbaptistchurch.com
Mission Agency World Baptist Fellowship P.O. Box 13459 Arlington, TX 76094 817-274-7161 wbfi.net
Prayer Requests: 1. Pray for our emotional state as we struggle with homesickness. 2. Pray for our visitors who are mentioned in this letter. 3. Pray for our on-going health issues.
Our time since the last prayer letter has been a period of ups and downs, emotionally-speaking. On the one hand, we have experienced spiritual victories. On the other hand, we struggle with being so far away from family, especially now that a second grandchild will arrive in less than two months. We desperately need prayer for stamina and for encouragement. Regarding victories, the church has been blessed to have been supporting missionaries Jeremy and Liz Pinero to Vanuatu since the church began. Jeremy is an Aussie while Liz is an American, and they have a very fruitful ministry.
to “curse us” (insert commonly-used profane euphemism here) for pressuring her to make a decision. Another visitor came to our semiweekly Bible study and the issue of salvation came up. She could not accept the truth of God's Word on the basis that she would have to accept the fact that her mother might not be in heaven. We have never seen her again. Most churches in Australia do not preach the whole truth of scripture, which by necessity must offend, so that is where most church seekers will go. And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word 1Pe 2:8
Our next-door neighbors have been coming on a regular basis and we do have prospects from other people we have spoken with. One lady was very recently widowed and we are reaching out to her. She wants to come to church when she can. She has the onset of dementia and has acknowledged that her mental capacities will not hold out much longer. Another older gentleman Pinero family – missionaries to Vanuatu visited last week. I first met him when We had a very special mission we arrived in Nambour in January of emphasis Sunday in which we this year. Please pray that God will highlighted the Pinero's ministry bring them and that He will work in and encouraged folks to become their hearts. more involved in missions. Jennifer has been struggling with Furthermore, we have seen quite headaches and migraines, usually a few visitors over the last several brought on by two abundant months. Unfortunately, many are resources here in Queensland: offended at the preaching of the abundant bright sunlight and the gospel and do not return. We had ever-incessant smoke from an opportunity to be of assistance bushfires. Robert has been to one lady who asked for help with struggling with back pains brought on her medication. We used that as by lifting heavy totes containing our an opportunity to share Christ with church resources. Otherwise, God her. As soon as we urged her not has kept our family healthy, and for to “wait to decide”, she asked God that we are thankful.
Contact Info 07 5476 2516 (Australia) 0487 133 637 (Australia) [email protected] Skype: dawsonsdownunder1 Facebook: Mountainview Baptist Church of Nambour
Sending Church Pleasantview Baptist Church 4400 Pleasantview Drive Arlington, TX 76017 817-483-7100 pleasantviewbaptistchurch.com
Mission Agency World Baptist Fellowship P.O. Box 13459 Arlington, TX 76094 817-274-7161 wbfi.net
Prayer Requests: 1. Pray for our emotional state as we struggle with homesickness. 2. Pray for our visitors who are mentioned in this letter. 3. Pray for our on-going health issues.
Our time since the last prayer letter has been a period of ups and downs, emotionally-speaking. On the one hand, we have experienced spiritual victories. On the other hand, we struggle with being so far away from family, especially now that a second grandchild will arrive in less than two months. We desperately need prayer for stamina and for encouragement. Regarding victories, the church has been blessed to have been supporting missionaries Jeremy and Liz Pinero to Vanuatu since the church began. Jeremy is an Aussie while Liz is an American, and they have a very fruitful ministry.
to “curse us” (insert commonly-used profane euphemism here) for pressuring her to make a decision. Another visitor came to our semiweekly Bible study and the issue of salvation came up. She could not accept the truth of God's Word on the basis that she would have to accept the fact that her mother might not be in heaven. We have never seen her again. Most churches in Australia do not preach the whole truth of scripture, which by necessity must offend, so that is where most church seekers will go. And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word 1Pe 2:8
Our next-door neighbors have been coming on a regular basis and we do have prospects from other people we have spoken with. One lady was very recently widowed and we are reaching out to her. She wants to come to church when she can. She has the onset of dementia and has acknowledged that her mental capacities will not hold out much longer. Another older gentleman Pinero family – missionaries to Vanuatu visited last week. I first met him when We had a very special mission we arrived in Nambour in January of emphasis Sunday in which we this year. Please pray that God will highlighted the Pinero's ministry bring them and that He will work in and encouraged folks to become their hearts. more involved in missions. Jennifer has been struggling with Furthermore, we have seen quite headaches and migraines, usually a few visitors over the last several brought on by two abundant months. Unfortunately, many are resources here in Queensland: offended at the preaching of the abundant bright sunlight and the gospel and do not return. We had ever-incessant smoke from an opportunity to be of assistance bushfires. Robert has been to one lady who asked for help with struggling with back pains brought on her medication. We used that as by lifting heavy totes containing our an opportunity to share Christ with church resources. Otherwise, God her. As soon as we urged her not has kept our family healthy, and for to “wait to decide”, she asked God that we are thankful.
