This week's newsletter from Gene

We are in a “scattered mode” as summer is in full swing and our people are traveling everywhere. It is always interesting to me to hear where all our people have been, or are going. Several of our members’ jobs take them to various parts of the country and the world on a pretty regular basis. Vacation travel plans take others to many destinations. Please be in prayer for those traveling.

One of our own who will be traveling this week is Anna Grace Dickard. She leaves at the end of this week to begin her journey, which will include some stops here in the US for training, then on to the Rift Valley Academy in Kijabe, Kenya to begin her 2 year term of service as a house mother. The Rift Valley Academy provides education for missionary children throughout Africa. Anna Grace was a student there as she grew up in Africa, where her parents are IMB missionaries. Rift Valley Academy is owned and operated by African Inland Missions, but many of our International Mission Board missionary children go there. Pray for Anna Grace as she makes this journey and for her ministry there.

Your giving is a major factor in her being able to do this ministry. The Mission Team, using a portion of your undesignated offerings that goes to missions, will be providing about one half of her financial needs for the next two years. Thank you for your faithful giving. Just over 10% of everything you give through the budget offerings each week goes to fund missions.