Doubtless, you've been flooded by now with "emergency e-mails and crisis letters" from missionaries around the world, and from the home office as well. I know all too well (from my own feelings in such cases) that the tendency is to dismiss such communication as useless bulk mailings -- you see, I used to be a postman, and I hated even having to carry the stuff to the doors of the homes I served!

However, please, please, take notice that this isn't just a case of "crying wolf". The newsletter that we have published and distributed quite widely, and here made available under the link above "PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION", brings the real picture of what has happened.

Please feel free to read, print, post and distribute these letters to anyone who will be willing to accept it. However, above all, PLEASE PRAY about this situation. Just imagine how embarassing -- but worse yet, heart rending it would be for someone to miss heaven because one of us was too concerned about doing without a pizza and soft drink to feel like giving to reach that individual for Christ.

God bless you,

And Happy 2010!

Jim & Vicki Sturgill
Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil