Rene' and I are home. We have been resting up and are excited to see you all soon. Thank you for all the prayers during our trip. The prayer support was evident from all the opportunities we had to share the Gospel and the Word of God. We could sense the prayer support. Others in Africa could also sense that people were praying. We want to praise God for guiding us and providing for every need. God is good! It is so awesome to know that the name of Jesus is being praised all

Rene' and I are very excited about going to Africa. We are running around and finishing all the last minute things that have to be done before a trip. We ask that everyone be in prayer for us while we are away. Your prayers are essential and play a big part of what God is going to do there. Pray most of all that the Gospel will go out. Pray that we will have the opportunity to tell someone about Jesus who has never heard about Him before. Pray that God will give us the right

Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 2:14, "Thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place." How can I say that we will have victory in 2017? Because we have the promise of God that "in Christ" we will always be led in triumph. We are always victorious in Christ! We can serve God with the confidence of an assured faith that Jesus has already won the war. We are still in the battlefield, but the war is w