March/April 2020
Dear Praying Friends,
After months of bad and depressing news,
are you ready for some good news?!! Last year, following the leadership of the
Lord, our son Joshua began courting Rachel with our permission and blessing. Earlier
this year, they were engaged and on May 16th, they will be married in her home town in
Missouri!! I would like to ask you to do two things:
1. Please pray for them as they begin
their life together as a married couple. God has called them to be Baptist church
planters in the state of Oregon after they finish their studies at Heartland Baptist Bible
College.
2. Please pray the Lord will provide the
many needs they will have in establishing a new home. We are not able to leave Portugal
and they are not allowed to come here, so we will miss the wedding of our only child. The
original plan was for them to fly here and have a second ceremony with our church in
Lagos, but that is on hold until the countries open up again. Sometimes being a missionary is
difficult, but although we are saddened, we are also thankful that God has brought this
godly, beautiful lady into Joshua’s life and we are thrilled to have her as a much-loved
member of our family.
With joy and gratitude,
Mark Hale
