bemo alan janet 1994 laos
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Dear Bro t h e r s and S i s t e r s ,
By faith they sojourned in the iand,..,
looking forward to a city which has foundations,
whose
builder
and
maker
is
God
HEB. 11.8-10
Decembe r , 1994
A theme fo r
our
l i ves in 1994 has been, But
one
th ing I do: f o rge t t i ng
what
i s
behind and
s t r a i n i n g
toward what
i s
ahead,
I p res s on
toward
th e
goa l to
win th e
p r i z e
fo r
which
God had ca l l e d
me
heavenward
in
Ch r i s t
J e s u s . ( P h i l .
3 : 7 - 14 )
I want t h i s to
be
th e theme fo r th e r e s t o f
our
1i ves
Ju s t
a
year ago
we
were under t remendous s t r e s s , t ry ing to dec ide whether
we
should go back to Laos r igh t away. We
weren ' t phys ica l ly , sp i r i t ua l l y ,
or emot ional ly ready
to go
back. We
stayed
and concent ra ted on ge t t i ng
closer
to
Chr i s t . As a r esu l t we have found peace with God, ourse lves , and
with each o the r . I am
doing well phys i ca l l y
now. I have
been
o ff
medicat ions for
2
months, s leep well, and feel good.
I feel
s t ronger
sp i r i t u a l l y than I have fo r years . We are now s t a r t ing to put out fee l e r s
for going
back overseas . We would l ike fo r you to be praying with us in
this matter
This has
been
a
year of
growing
in
many
ways. We
are
rea l ly
missing
Mom
Dit temore who d ied on M emorial Day. I am so glad we
were
with her she
was
g lad too . I suppose there wil l be many moments of
wishing
she was
here in the yea rs to come, bu t
more,
we wish we
were There
with he r . I t
makesxnae
r ^ a l i z e how t empora l our phy s i c a l life is
_
Our son, Nathan, and h is Katy were married in
Ju ly .
It s hard to imagine
our l i t t l e boy married. They met
a t
Ozark Chris t ian College
and
we think
he made a f i ne cho ice . They are l iv ing
in
Jop l in and Nathan
i s
a f u l l
t ime
s tuden t
a t OCC.
They a re now
expec t i ng our
f i f t h grandch i ld
This i s
Sarah ' s
sen ior year in high
school .
She 's
working
a l so ,
so
keeps
a
very
busy
schedu le . She 's got many g i f t s and it s tough making decis ions
abou t
a f t e r
g r adua t i o n .
Rachel
i s
our swee t bundle o f
5 th
grade ene rgy . She ' s i n t e r e s t e d in
e v e r y t h i n g . . . .
r e a l l y
misses
Lao s . . . and he r p l an now i s to become
a
mi s s i o n a r y
do c t o r .
Jane t i s a
schoo l
g i r l again t h i s yea r , too . She
checked
with OCC and found
she
only
needed 24
hours to get he r B achelor of Chr i s t i an Education
Degree,
so
she
j us t f in i shed 12
of
them
th i s semester ,
and i s
signed
up to
do the
other 12 next semester . Janet i s making s t r a igh t
A s,
of course , jus t
l ike befo re , when I and
our
f i r s t
ch i ld
in te r rup ted her educa t ion . So next
May
we
shou ld have two
g radua t e s
around our house .
When
w f irst got back to the
States
in 993 we really needed to .b^
minis tered to .
We
thank so many of you
who
did
ju s t th a t and
even cdntinife
doing so .
Ear ly
th i s
year we s t a r t ed fee l ing a deep
need
to min is te r .
In
September
we
s t a r t ed going to another church. Fir Road Chris t ian .Church,
that had
asked me
to teach an adul t Sunday School c las s . I t has r ea l ly
been
a b. essiug
to
be
involved there as
i t has been another step
in
recovc^ry for
me
to see
God
using
me
where I
am y
prayer
is
that they,too,are being
ministered
to. I'm-
finding many
opportunities
at
my work, Wilhite Si^n
Company,
too,
as I get to know the men and their needs. I t ' s exciting
being the L ord 's Servan t, i s n ' t i t ?
I am really thankful
to
have been able to spend some time
with
my dad this
year.
We're
none
of
us
getting
any
younger.
I 've
gone
to
Muskogee
several
times
to help him work on an old house of his. He
bought
i t
for
800 when
he was a young man. We've done
just
about everything to
i t
you could
possibly do. Janet, Sarah,
Rachel,
and I, plus our daughter Becky and her
husband, Brian, went to
Dad
and
Dot's
for
Thanksgiving and spent three days
working on i t together. It was more fun
that going
hunting.
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We have j u s t f i n i s h e d a l l
t h e Church
and s c ho ol C h r i s tm a s
p r o g r a m s .
N o w w e
have some l a s t m i n u t e s h o p p i n g t o
do
and c a r d s t o s e n d .
A f t e r
h a v i n g
C h r i s t m a s
day
h e r e a t home
w i t h
Becky and
N a t h a n s
f a m i l i e s
o u r
f a m i l y
p l a n s
t o
d r i v e down
t o
T e x a s
t o
s p e n d a few d a y s w i t h Moo B e t h a n d o u r
g r a n d - c h i l d r e n . D u r i n g S p r i n g
b r e a k
if t h e
L o r d
tarries t h a t l o n g B e t h s
f a m i l y a n d
J o n s
f a m i l y
f rom
F l o r i d a h o p e
t o
d r i v e
up h e r e t o
s e e b r o t h e r
N a t e
a n d K a t e s new b a b y .
Fun
We h o p e
this
h a s b e e n a y e a r
o f
g r o w i n g
i n
C h r i s t
f o r
y o u t o o .
L e t
u s
p r e s s t o w a r d t h e g o a l t o
w i n t h e
p r i z e
f o r w h i c h
God h a s c a l l e d u s
h e a v e n w a r d in Christ
Jesus,
We ll
k e e p y o u p o s t e d
o n
f u t u r e p l a n s .
Y o u r s I n Christ,
Alan
Janet B e m o
f
P r a i s e B e t h
Noble
Word S a k c h a l Adkins
M i c h e l l e
J o n
A i s s a