“Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it. Brethren, pray for us.”
1Thessalonians 5:24-25
Hello from Canada,
We are almost at the end of winter, and it has been an unusually warm one! We didn’t have snow on the ground until January! 2023 was a very great year in our branch. We graded 2,765 Bible correspondence lessons after sending out 2,897! We rewarded 193 students with a completion certificate; and, praise the Lord, 33 students accepted Jesus as Savior!! What a blessing to see God work in so many people.
To recruit new students every year, we send out a contest sheet that can be filled out by our current students. On each sheet they put five names of children or adults that are not currently enrolled. If those five referrals enroll in the Mailbox Club, we send that student a Sugar Creek Gang Book. This year we sent out 51 books. That amounts to 255 new students through this contest! As a way to remind current students to complete their current lessons, we also send out birthday cards. We send out about 65 per month.
Last year we had two music and dessert nights to raise money for our mission. We brought in a total of $8,200.00 for the year. Our first music and dessert fundraiser for this year will take place on April 5.
Prayer request:
- Pray for our fundraiser on April 5th.
Praises:
- We have students in Hutterite colonies that are doing our lesson. The colony is very closed. You have to get permission to have the kids do lessons. Through our contest sheets we were able to get into eight colonies in the western Canadian provinces. Last year a young girl got saved!
- In November, Joe had a procedure on his heart called Ablation. This procedure puts a heart that is in A-fib back in rhythm. Since then, his heart has been working great. Praise God!
In His Service,