January Prayer Letter

January 2022

Dear Praying Friends,

We recently received this report from our son, Joshua, who is serving the Lord in Missouri with his dear wife, Rachel as they prepare to be church planters in the future. I thought this would be good to share:

“Tonight Rachel and I arrived home from a trip to Walmart. I opened our entryway table to put my keys and wallet away only to reach into my empty pocket...I had lost my wallet! We searched everywhere for it, took flashlights out and searched inside and under our truck, but no wallet. We drove back to Walmart and they helped us look. No one had returned it, so I, being the optimist that I am, assumed it was stolen. I locked the cards and kissed my cash goodbye. Rachel drove since I didn’t have a driver’s license anymore...We arrived home discouraged and I was stressed at the thought of someone walking around with my ID. I was frustrated and upset, but my dear wife prayed. Rachel finished praying and looked down and sure enough, somehow, my wallet had fallen out of my pocket when I was carrying
groceries in earlier and had landed under the couch. My wallet, my stupid little wallet, was found! I had learned two lessons. First of all, be more careful and secondly, be more like my wife and go to my Heavenly Father for help. Tonight was stressful, but most of all humbling. Thank you, Lord, for teaching these lessons to your son!”

As we begin 2022, may each of us learn this lesson: No matter the circumstances, no matter the storms, no matter the problems, let us seek our Heavenly Father!

Looking unto Jesus,

Mark Hale