January 12, 2024
Dear Friends,
The New Year has arrived. Newness is appreciated by many people. A new year is looked upon with desire and hope for good things to come. We soon find the New Year hasn’t taken away the unresolved issues we were dealing with last year. But that doesn’t stop us from hoping things will be better. As Christians, we should walk in newness of life. Every new day the Lord gives is for us to experience life with Him. Some days are “good” and some are days we try to just get through. No matter what we experience, God is with us through it all. “You and me, God, let’s go!”
November meetings went well. The church in WI was in the middle of issues between many of the people and the pastor. As I was there, I tried to point everyone to Christ and to let Him work. There are many hurt feelings. Please pray for the pastor and the people of the church. God can make good come out of bad. Several from there have kept in contact.
December started with my mom going into the hospital on the 2nd. Besides people from the family being with her full time, the whole family was called twice to come to the hospital for fear she was not going to make it. Praise the Lord; she did get through the pneumonia and other issues. After the hospital and rehab, she finally came home this week. She has 24/7 health care at the house. She lost a lot of strength. We are praying she comes back even stronger than before, as she is doing lots of therapy during her recovery. Thank you for your prayers.
Sickness has been extreme in our area. Jeneen and I have stayed pretty health through it but this week, Jeneen caught the flu. This prevented her from going with me to Delta UT. I will be there tomorrow to start meetings at Grace Baptist Church where Bob Oswald is pastor. I look forward to seeing the church family but miss having Jeneen with me. Please pray for the meetings.
Continue to pray for Faith Baptist Church in Burley as they seek a pastor. If you know of someone interested or if someone might be willing to do some interim work there while they search, please let me know. There are other situations available too. Pray that the Lord of the harvest will send forth laborers.
We have a couple of other things in the works for few months. Please pray with us as we seek God’s will for our schedule. We want to be the people spoken about in Psalms where it says that the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. We will delight in His pathway for us.
Jeneen and I want to thank you all for your prayers, encouragement and support of what God is doing in and through us. We praise God for you.
Monte Leavell 