Dear Praying Friends,
It has been a busy two weeks. But God has blessed tremendously. We continue to meet with our core group on Sunday afternoon to form a doctrinal statement. It is slow going, however it has been a blessing to discuss and talk through what Scripture teaches. It has been a learning process for us all.
I have the privileged of preforming my first wedding ceremony in two weeks. It has been fun planning it with the bride and groom, and meeting regularly with them. Please pray for the wedding on August 12th.
As the school year closed out, there were lots of extra activities at school and kindergarten. We had lots of opportunities to talk to parents. Yesterday at Adeline’s final send-off party at kindergarten I was talking to the family sitting next to me and she was very intrigued by my trust in the Bible and listened to the gospel presentation a couple of times. Please pray that God will work through the many contacts we have, and that people will be saved!
This coming Sunday (July 30-Aug 5th), children’s and teen camp starts. There will be over 100 kids plus counselors meeting in Finsternau for camp. The kids will be learning how to be a peace-keeper and the teens will be studying first Peter. I will be in teen camp and both Natalie and Joshua will be in kids camp. Please pray for all the preparations and for prepared hearts to hear the challenges from God’s Word. Please also pray for Natalie. This past week she has gotten a cold, which in turn has put fluid on her ears, and is causing discomfort.
One of our coworkers, Lomax and Linda Skinner, are retiring after 41 years of effective ministry in Germany. We are sad to see them go, however God has a new challenge for them in store. Please pray for them as they transition back to America.
Thank you for your prayers. We are so thankful to God for your support and for your prayers on our behalf!
For His Glory,
Mark and Leslie Boyd
Ps. The Snell’s are at 96% of their needed support. They will be joining us in Neumarkt soon! 🙂
Church Plant:
– Growth of the prayer group and Bible study meetings
– Unity in the doctrinal studies
– Contacts through school and kindergarten
– Prepared contacts for the gospel
– People to be saved!
Future Coworkers:
Luke and Bethany Snell are at 96% of their needed support.
Pray that they will arrive September 18, 2017.
– Housing for the Snell’s.
– Language studies.