Lindy and Carol Drake your connection to tribal missions 
Praise: We have made good progress on Old Testament translation, mostly in Exodus with portions from Leviticus thru Judges. I am especially grateful for Mario’s daily help. He continues to develop a translator’s mind for detail. I would be lost without him.
Praise: We have completed teaching 1 Timothy. This month we will teach Titus. The emphasis continues to be on the leadership in the church: how leaders are chosen, what qualifications they need, how to honor them, how to discipline them when necessary. Pray: Please pray that God may engift various ones in the church to lead. We will need his help in leadership training. There is much to do in this area before we can call our work complete.
Pray: This past week I asked Mario to help me teach the book of Titus. We sat down for 3 hours, read through the book, and went over how we would teach chapter 1. Then he politely informed me that he would be glad to help me teach the unsaved, but he is learning these things for believers for the very first time, along with everyone else. He didn’t feel he could stand in front of everyone and act as if he knew this material well. Fair enough. It has been my experience in ministry that when the Lord puts his hand on someone to teach, he fills that man’s heart with His message and a burning desire to deliver it. We have yet to observe this kind of desire in anyone other than Gustavo. We need God’s help to identify the men he is preparing to lead the Guanano church in the future.
Pray: We continue to need God’s wisdom for a possible trip back to Colombia. The believers there are in great need of consistent teaching and discipleship. It seems that there is more liberty to travel in Colombia than there has been for many years. We certainly want to take advantage of this window of opportunity.
Thank you for your participation in the Guanano work through prayer.
