May/June 2009
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Greetings in the wonderful name of the Lord. Hoping and praying this letter finds all of you well and serving our Savior. God is still good and will always be good, amen.
It has been a busy year so far. WE have seen many decisions for our King, decisions for salvation, decisions for full time service, and decisions to just get right and stop complaining. Remember the Lord does not like it when we complain, it displeases Him, especially when HE supplies all our needs according to His riches in Christ Jesus. The trip down under to Australia was a wonderful trip, with so many decisions for the Lord. Special thanks go out to Pastor Tom Gonderman, and Pastor Mark Tossell who made us feel so welcomed and to all the members, brothers and sisters in Christ who are serving our God on the other side of the World. And now we have partners in reaching the people of Africa from Australia, God is Great.
We are packing the next container and have it almost filled and ready to go. We have so many things to put it on, it looks as if we will have to save most of what we have for the next one. Just pray as we prioritize. Many thanks go out to Larry Waye for filling this need of organizing and packing containers. Many thanks go out to Dr. Rene Freret and the BEAMS ministry for helping us ship the Word of God to Africa. As I sit here and think of all the Lord has done, I am overwhelmed at all the wonderful people that have sacrificed in helping us take the gospel to the countries in Africa. Thank you for being our partners in this Commission.
Time is flying by and the summer will be here, well very soon. Kevin Pestke our Missionary at Kafulafuta sent me a note saying he needs to buy the maize now as the value of the Kwacha is high right now so to get the best exchange from the dollar. As many of you know we host a Bible Conference in the "bush" every August. It begins with VBS for 3 days and nights with 2000 kids showing up for the event. Many of the children come from far far away, and bring their bed rolls, pots and pans, to this event. We feed them while they are here 3 meals a day, candies, kool-aid and have a wonderful time just sharing the love of Jesus with each of them. Then the adults will come in for the next 5 days of preaching, teaching, and discipleship. Seventeen messages along with teaching classes will be going on. We are expecting around 8000 to attend this Bible Conference in the "bush". Thats right , they sleep on the ground, camp like meeting, brush harbor, old fashion preaching and lifting up the name of the Lord. It only takes 1 dollar to feed one person for the entire week. PLEASE help. We need this ASAP as Kevin needs to begin to purchase the food for the Conference. Just $1 will feed one person for the entire week. But if 10,000 are coming, well do the math, we need 10,000 dollars. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!
As time passes and the work grows and grows in Africa, needs appear on a daily basis. The copiers have gone down and it takes much effort and finances to keep the Institutes going with paper and class notes, etc. The vehicles we have are old and kept running by a wing and a prayer. We sure need money for vehicles as well. I could go on and on with need after need. God knows what we have need of, so I am asking you to please pray and allow the Lord to speak to your heart about getting involved with and partnering with IAM to be that Bridge of Hope to the people in Africa. Thank you so much for yur prayers for the Bonner Family as we continue to serve and complete the task the Lord has given us, till HE comes. We love you and thank the Lord for each of you.
In Jesus name,
Bobby & Becky Bonner
ps. pray for our trip this summer, July - the end of August. ^ different Countries.
