“For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 1:6
We have said it several times before and I am sure we will say it again, but we are humbly blessed by the willingness of so many of you to join us in prayer, to encourage us along the way, and to join us in financial support. November 27th, we gave our last ministry update at our home and sending church, Grace Baptist Church of Kennewick, WA. We had the blessing of looking back and helping them see the stones that have been laid in our lives. Stones that God would bring to our lives to help encourage us in the ministry, stones to remind us of how great a God we serve, stones to keep us faithful.
God has used His faithful servants to help us in adding stones in this journey. Many of you reading this play part in one of those stones. Wither it was a word of encouragement, a simple reminder that you are praying for us, or joining our financial support team the wall of stones has grown. Joshua was to encourage the nation to stack stones that future generations would remember what God had done for the people. Joshua 4 outlines that event for us. That for generation upon generation the account of God’s presence at the Jordan would be remembered and celebrated.
This is why we have chosen to stack stones in our hearts and minds. To remember how great a God we serve and to remember many of you who have joined us in this ministry.
The Month of November we were blessed to be part of the Treasure Valley Missions Conference in Boise, ID. A huge thank you to Notus Baptist Church for allowing our family to stay in the mission’s house. I think in the last 2 years we have had the blessing of staying there 4 times and have grown close to several of the members at Notus. What a blessing they have been to our home.
The conference is a wonderful time for missionaries to connect with several churches over the course of a two-week window. We shared this time with Missionaries from North America, Central America, South America, and Africa. It was a great blessing to pick some brains on ministries and to share in encouraging local bodies to faithful service.
Columbia Heights Baptist Church poured out a lot of love on our family and gifted us with an amazing time of encouragement and fellowship. It was a blessing to kick off our time sharing with them. We were then able to be part of several ministries including two symposiums, a lunch and pie social, some family game nights, and a youth rally. We shared our ministry with Kuna Baptist Church, Involve Church, and Notus Baptist Church. It was a great time of fellowship and encouragement. Many wonderful memories were made!
Wrapping up the month we were able to arrive home with time to attend the annual Harvest Banquet at GBC. This was a great time to be home, be with family, and begin the process of closing out this chapter in our ministry. We shared a two year wrap up at Grace this last Sunday evening. It was a blessing and great encouragement to us to thank them one more time publicly for their faithfulness to our family. They have served us very well as a sending church. Now we get to the busy work of packing and preparing for the journey to Texas for Language School.
- Praise: We have been selling things off and the Tahoe sold this last weekend! Still working through anything else we can get sold before dumping things.
- Please keep praying for us as we prepare for the move to Texas. The Lord has the details and is showing us just a little bit at a time. Already things are coming together for this adjustment.
- Please pray that we would use our time wisely in enjoying time this Christmas with the kids and make it full of great memories for them.
We want to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas! We may not send out a long ministry update this month in light of the prepping to move and the busyness of Christmas, but we do not want it to go untold, we praise the Lord for each and every one of you! May the joy of a newborn babe, laid in a manger, sent to save His people from their sins be the light of this Christmas season.
Jaha Paraguay Pe!
The Loucks Family
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Merry Christmas Blessed Family!
Very much enjoyed your presentation Sunday night. Close to tears for your leaving us but joyful for all the Glory The Lord is receiving as you walk faithfully where He leads you.
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