Ministry
Praise the Lord it seems that the ministry only gets busier and busier. It seems like yesterday I wrote the last letter and now here I am much to my embarrassment a month behind on the current one. I promised not to be long winded anymore so let me keep that promise but, my how can I condense all of God’s multitude of blessings into one letter. Since Loredana has arrived we have had opportunity to be with many of the churches that will be receiving this letter and she has shared her testimony on various occasions. God has greatly used her in encouraging churches for the cause of missions. I have also had the opportunity to preach several missions conferences and even a revival. In the 3.5 months Lory has been here we have been to 15 different states and I even had to go to Canada without her. We have been in different churches every service presenting the ministry and God has brought our support level to about 85%. Most excitingly is the opportunities we have had to witness and have part in leading others to Christ, specifically a young lady who was adopted from Romania as a child.
Personal
I am so thankful to announce, as most of you already know, that Loredana has not only arrived safely in the U.S. but that she arrived on time for the wedding here. It is exciting to know God answers prayers but it is even more exciting to know that He answers your prayers. I can’t thank all of you enough for your prayers in getting her here. She was able to reach at the last possible moment after God provided the visa through ways the government had previously said was impossible. I always tell everyone if you want to see a miracle like the parting of the Red Sea then just talk about the moving of the U. S. government, no doubt it was God that provided. For those who don’t already know, we had to do a wedding here in addition to the one in Romania because of Lory’s visa. The wedding was beautiful thanks to all of God’s people who went above and beyond to help us in every way possible. There are no words to describe how incredible each of you are and how richly blessed we are to have you as our friends. I have included an additional page of pictures from the wedding here in the U.S. for everyone to see how amazingly God brought everything together. We do continue to ask for your prayers though as the process is not over. You spend all that time, prayer, and money to get her here and now we have to start the process all over again to get her back out. We are currently waiting on approval for Lory’s green card and would greatly appreciate your prayers that we might be able to receive approval in time to leave for the mission field by the end of January.
Prayer
Pray for Loredana to get her green card approved in time for January
Pray for God to continue to pour in the support needed and to guide the churches that are praying about supporting.
Pray for God to supply all that is needed in of moving to Belgium.
Pray for me as I will work on getting my visa to go to Belgium.
Pray for the group of believers that I preach to both in Belgium and in Romania that God would bless them.
Pray for my very busy schedule throughout the remainder of the year.
Pray for some young men whom I know are praying about the ministry and serving God
Thank you all for your faithful prayers for us, you are a much needed part of this minstry and will never know how much of a blessing you are to us; at least not on this side of eternity.
With sincere gratitude,
The Haleys