Update on Jean, May 19, 2023

Thank you, dear friends and family, for all your prayers for us.

Jean had her breast cancer surgeries yesterday, and came home by suppertime. She's doing pretty well; there's no need for pain meds so far, as the icing seems sufficient.

Pathology should come back in a week or so. However the cancerous spots will also be sent out for Oncotype Dx, which is a genetic level of cancer testing (not to be confused with the genetic hereditary testing she had earlier.) The Oncotype Dx results will take up to a month to come back. These tests will indicate treatment plan and prognosis. So we would appreciate continued prayers.

Thank you for not only prayers, but for all the cards, texts, calls, and meals. We're both feeling well loved.

Love in Christ,
John and Jean

Why Engineering?

Why Engineering?

When we partner with nationals and missionaries, we love providing solutions that are needed while being able to share the gospel. We also need to think of ways for those who are growing in the Lord to minister to those who come to know Christ in their country. To help people how to accept both authority and responsibility to care for the physical and spiritual needs of their own people takes a lot of engineering.

We are blessed at SonSet Solutions, to have a group of some of the best and most creative engineers to do just that.

It takes a great deal of creativity and engineering to design a radio transmitter that will fit into a suitcase that can broadcast without the cost of a full studio! Or how about a small system that ties in various tools for a rural pastor to use – our Solar Ministry Toolkit is all about that! How about antennas for a radio station? You have to engineer that so it will be able to do all that you want it to do and also fit into a shipping container well.

Many people think that the unique skills that God has given them are not applicable in missions. But whether you are a IT person, medical professional, videographer, mechanic, farmer, teacher, administrator, business person, or an engineer, there is a unique role for you to play in fulfilling the Great Commission.

Discover
Discover is a one-year service opportunity for participants to use their unique gifts and talents to build God’s kingdom. The participant will experience the global impact of SonSet Solutions while also developing skills needed for longer-term missionary service. Whether God leads into full-time service with SonSet Solutions, into service with another mission organization, or on a different path altogether, our desire is to prepare participants to use their vocations for His glory.

For the past year, we’ve been hosting Erick Johnson. He completed his year in the Discover program and is pursuing another avenue of service for the Lord. We appreciate his time with us, his contribution as a member of our Community Development Team, and pray for his direction.




Praises
· We are now blessed to have four grandchildren.
· Marley Marie and Dad and Mom are all doing well, though Dad and Mom are naturally sleepy and tired.
· We praise the Lord for a blessed time at Delaware Bible Church!
· We are thankful that God, through you all, has been faithful to provide for our needs.

Requests
· ​​Jean was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. It was found on a routine mammogram. She will see both the oncologist and surgeon on Monday, April 10. Please pray for wisdom as we hear treatment options.

· Please pray for our church in Elkhart as we transition from our pastor of many years.

Solar Ministry Making an Impact!

Solar Ministry Toolkits (formerly Solar Media Centers) will be deployed soon to Ukraine. Our Power Solutions Team is building and testing 20 units for Slavic Gospel Association, who will send them to churches they work with there. Pray for the units to arrive in a timely fashion, as well as for the believers in Ukraine churches who will distribute these units, as they reach out to their neighbors.

Partnerships are a blessing! The Lord did an amazing work using Emmanuel Christian Reformed Church in Sauk Village, Illinois to connect ministries together. Going through Multiplication Network, they found a pastor in Uganda who could really benefit from our Solar Ministry Toolkit (SMT).

As we have reported previously, in January 2022, our coworker, Mike Tapia went to Iganga, Uganda to install a Solar Ministry Toolkit. Working with Emmanuel CRC, SonSet Solutions was connected with Pastor Ronald Kairye and Liberty Transformation Church of Iganga.

In December 2022, the Persenaire family, who work with the Uganda Orphanage Relief Fund, were traveling to visit Sarah's family in Iganga. They visited Liberty Transformation Church and were very impressed with Pastor Ronald's ministry in Iganga in a heavily Muslim area, as well as the use of our SMT installed there.

The ministries involved in Uganda were together on Sunday, February 19 at Emmanuel. In the picture, from left to right, we have Audrey Podlin (missions committee member of Emmanuel), Esther Miller (from Multiplication Network), John, Jean, Jon Persenaire, Paul Persenaire, Sarah Persenaire (Uganda Orphanage Relief Fund), and Nita Venhuizen (missions committee member of Emmanuel).  

Liberty Transformation Church stands faithfully in the midst of a largely Muslim community in Uganda. Pastor Ronald began with only five people. Today, more than 200 attend. Pastor Ronald’s heart for ministry spurs him to do things to create relationships with the community... See the full story on our website: https://sonsetsolutions.org/in-the-hands-of-a-child/.

Praises

• For faithful ministry partners who have enabled us to serve twelve years now.
• That the Solar Ministry Toolkit is having a great impact in churches worldwide.

Requests

• ​Solar Ministry Toolkits — that they will bless many churches and believers in Ukraine and around the world.
• Our son, David, and his wife Dominique are expecting their first baby March 11. Please pray for a healthy baby, for them to have an uneventful delivery, and their adjustment to being parents. Thank you.
• That the Lord would give us opportunity this year to serve short-term overseas.