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Water Mill
Church of Christ
3020 North Barnes
Springfield, MO 65803 |
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Goal of the Work |
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· Evangelizing
Tinian and Rota, and continue evangelizing Saipan |
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· Edifying
the saints and future converts |
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· Equipping
the saints to teach, lead, and evangelize |
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· Encouraging
the saints to be self-governing and supporting |
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"Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your
eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to
harvest."
John 4:35 |
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Two New Sisters!
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 What
a wonderful month this has been in Saipan. We have a dear sister in
Christ,
Sitai, who invited her granddaughters to services. After
visiting our services Boyet and I went to ask if they would like to
study, they said yes. After our initial study, Sophie came to every
service while we were studying. For a health reason, Frana was not
able to attend as much.
 After the first study they were very excited and wanted to know
when Boyet and I would be back. We set a time each week to come to
their house. Each week, without fail, they were prepared and ready
to study.
At
the end of our third study, I told them that after the next study
they would have enough information to make a decision about becoming
children of God. They were very excited and anxious for the next
time we studied. Before we were even through with that study,
Sophie said, “I need to be baptized” and Frana agreed that she too
needed to be baptized. So, Boyet and I took these two sisters in
the flesh, and they became
our sisters in the spirit that very morning. We ask that you pray
for them as they grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3:18).
 We were very excited to be able to send out
our first ever mailing
of the House to House/Heart to Heart Newsletter. We have had some
very positive remarks from people on Tinian as well as the local
members here on Saipan. We sent the mailing to every PO Box on the
island of Tinian and still have 220 to use for evangelism here on
Saipan. Our members enjoy reading it and giving it to their
neighbors and friends. It truly is a great evangelistic tool. We
look forward to having many people inquire
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If you are not aware, there is a little girl in our
congregation, Kayleen, who has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. She
has still not been
accepted anywhere for treatment. We did receive an email today
that said that a hospital in the Philippines might accept her under
certain conditions. In addition, Kayleen’s little sister on the island
of Chuuk, Mercy, passed away this month from complications from an
infection on the back of her head. Please remember Kayleen and her
family in your prayers.
Another of our sisters in Christ, Margarita, asked us to go study with a
friend of hers named Fukie. When we first met Fukie, she had just been
released from the hospital. She is blind, paralyzed from a stroke, has
terrible sores on her body from diabetes and since then has been
re-admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. We studied with her
daughter Katherine because while we were there, Fukie was not
responsive. Katherine told us that she goes in and out of
consciousness. After studying with Katherine, we told her to contact us
if her mother could respond to questions. After we left, we decided
that there was no way we could transport Fukie to the ocean if she
wanted to be baptized . So, Jacob and I built a portable
 baptistery
just in case she woke up and could study and wanted to be baptized. We
are still waiting for her to wake up, and hopefully, she will so that
she can hear God’ saving message. Please pray for Fukie and for her
daughter Katherine.
Lord willing, we will be in Hawaii for Sarah’s surgery when you read
this. We thank you for the countless prayers that have already gone up
to the Father, and we covet them even more as the day, April 14th,
approaches.
Pat
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