Friday, July 23, 2021

God's Word Goes Out in Belize

 

Dr. Dan Kletzing, a local physician, carried in SonSet® radios and was part of a distribution team to deliver God's Word to Belize. Upon entry into Belize, the team headed to the villages northwest of Orange Walk. The two villages, the Douglas and San Roman, are less than two miles from the Mexican border. Pictured above is a recipient of this distribution.

God's Word goes out with each ministry we partner with. Our partners use technology as an inroad to share the gospel. During the first half of 2021, SonSet Solutions assisted 79 ministries in 35 countries via equipment, service, consultation, training, and partnership development.

Praises:
  • We're very grateful for a partnership team that is willing to partner with us at many levels. We need your prayers, and are grateful for your financial partnership! Ways that many of you have partnered deeply: you came to Elkhart to participate in a tour and/or served with a work team, picked out a particular project that you/your church would like to fundraise, have had us out to speak at your church or ministry. All of those things have happened this year, and we are grateful for this.
  • We are have been able to keep up with increased duties so far. (Though we are tired most days recently or are we just getting older?!)
  • We thoroughly enjoy our local ministries, too, and look forward to resuming work with Lifeline and Church Community Services soon as well as serving at McCoy Memorial Baptist Church.
Please pray:
  • John's mother, Susan, is being treated for C. diff, which can cause an inflammation of the colon. Please pray for her to recover from this.
  • John's father, John (Sr.) had a fall in his yard and sustained a fracture in his neck about two months ago. He continues to wear the cervical collar at this point.
  • They are hoping to sell their home so they can move into an assisted living apartment.
  • ​We have a difficult neighbor. Please pray for our attitudes and for God–honoring responses. They definitely do not like that we are believers; they need the Lord.
FAMILY NEWS
  • The Turners are doing well in Highland, Indiana. They are enjoying summer together and love the outdoors! The big kids are particularly excited that their dad and mom have bikes and can pull a little trailer for Abel to sit in.
  • JR enjoys his work at the Lee Richardson Zoo and is quite busy. Who would've thought zookeepers would have so many meetings!
  • David and Dominique are wedding planning and are coming along well with it all. It is a joy to watch them plan!
  • Anina and Tyler celebrated their third wedding anniversary this month and traveled to see Nashville, Gatlinburg, and other sites.
  • We, John and Jean, celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary June 28. We are trying to figure out when we celebrate properly! We've been dating since fall of 1981, which means in November we will have known each other for 40 years!

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

God's Word Continues to Go Out!

 

According to our teammate, Stephen Peacock, a small amount of engineering goes a long way. This past spring, Stephen took a trip to Malawi with a partner ministry. Turning up at 40 broken Afridev pumps and leaving them with mechanical upgrades and remote satellite monitors makes a tangible difference in the lives of villagers in Malawi. Most of the hand water pumps in Malawi are of a certain model where our engineers developed a five-point field retrofit kit that greatly extends the life of these pumps. This, coupled with our satellite-based remote monitors that fit on the pumps, is providing opportunities for the gospel:
  • More wells stay functional, with proactive and less effort.
  • Partner ministry focus remains on the gospel
  • Trust is built and maintained in local communities.
  • Churches are planted in communities around these stable water sources.
The team made it a goal to share the gospel at each location they worked. Many came to know the Lord during this time.

SURE and STEADY

Praises:

1. We're deeply grateful for a steady partnership team. We appreciate you so much.
2. We love when we visit our churches and friends, it's like family!
3. We are have been able to keep up with increased duties so far. (Amen!)
4. We are enjoying local ministry, too. We just completed VBS at McCoy.

Please pray:

1. McCoy just completed VBS. Please pray for planted and watered seeds and that the Lord would continue to draw those to Him.
2. This spring, John's mother, Susan had a recurrence of the infection in her left hip. She had surgery to clear that out, went to Hubbard Hill for a time, and is home with IV antibiotics.
3. John's father, John, Sr had a fall in his yard and sustained a fracture in his neck. The current plan is to wear a cervical collar; he is now allowed to drive.
4. We were hoping to be able to travel with Stephen to Malawi this past spring. Our own schedule did not permit this, though we have the desire. Please pray for opportunities to serve this way.
5. Please pray for us for strength and wisdom during this time of increased work.

BLESSED IN SO MANY WAYS

David is engaged to a lovely and godly, young lady – Dominique Windell. He and Dominique met at the church they both attend in Taylorville, Illinois. They are hoping for a December wedding. Please pray as these two make plans for their celebration!

Abel is so fun; he is one, walking and keeping his parents busy.

We all recently returned from a family getaway to Starved Rock. What a blessing to be all together!