Kunkel Prayer gram 10 2011

KUNKEL PRAYER GRAM: 10 / 2011





Asuncion, Paraguay,



Oct. 12, 2011





Dear friends and prayer supporters,



Greetings from Hot, Muggy, Rainy, HUMID!! Paraguay! J



It is beautiful here as the spring time is upon us, and the ORCHIDS!! are in full bloom.



We have been back in Paraguay now for about 3.5 months. We are moved into a different residence, and are happy with it. We have already seen 3 of our neighbors come to Christ, and have begun the process of discipling them. Their names are: R@@@@, G@@@@, his common-law-wife, (yes we have told them they need to get married), :-) and our next door neighbor V@@@. Please pray for them. They are BABY CHRISTIANS, and have many needs…



We have moved across the country to the capital city. It has about 1.6 million people in it, including its sister or satellite cities. It is a HUGE PLACE OF LOSTNESS. There is so much to do that oft-times it OVERWHELMS us. We have moved about 6.5 hours away from where we used to live on the other side of the country, where Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, converge. That area is called the tri frontier area. Life there is VERY DIFFERENT than here.



The church we started there, called LA ROCA, THE ROCK, BAP CH, is flourishing under the new pastor we helped develop, and mentor. He was ordained under our ministry. He is doing a good job as a young pastor. Please do pray for him. His name is David…



We are working as mobilizers of Baptist work here. This means that we are trying to ascertain where the pockets of lostness remain in the country, and direct missionary efforts their way. Please pray for us as we get more and more settled into this new position. Every Sunday we try to be in 1-2 new churches, and preach many of these times. We have seen about 45 professions of faith in Christ in services we have preached in since we have arrived. To God be all the glory!



Special thanks for all the generosity and love you all have shown to us over the years, in supporting us in so many ways…



Family News:



Steven is with us here, and is steadily whittling away at his ONLINE BA degree. He is also working hard on Japanese, and is working as a helper in the Japanese church here. He is also studying piano at a local conservatory. As many of you know he spent two weeks in Japan, in June, and had a great and blessed time. He was invited back for a 3-6 month internship, in a local church plant in Shiojiri, Nagano Province. He will work as a musician, interpreter, and an English teacher for children. They will provide him room, and board. We have to see how we will provide for his passage from Paraguay, to Japan and back, but we know that the Lord will provide… If you would like to help him with this, please write and let us know… tikunkel@gmail.com





John Glenn has now graduated with his MA in Public Administration, and is working at a local non profit in San Bernardino, Ca. He is also producing music, and has a band called The New Division, that is steadily becoming more and more famous. He writes a lot of songs, and was even featured the other day in a blog, on the LA TIMES entertainment site… We are proud of him.



Julia continues to live and work in Norfolk, and is an EXCELLET teacher of special Ed kids. This is her passion, and she works hard at it. She also does a lot of consulting work to help families that have kids diagnosed with this challenging condition.



My Dad: (Glenn); He is doing well, and just celebrated a few days ago, his 84th birthday! He finally retired from the university he taught in for about 50 years and is enjoying some “down time”. J We are very proud of the Christian heritage that our parents gave us; Three of the four of them are now in His presence. Life on this planet is short. The dictum, made by missionary CT STUDD many years ago “Only one life will soon be past, only what is done for Christ will last”!, is so true!



Prayer requests:



-For new Christians, Vicci, Rodolfo, Graciela, Lourdes, and about 45 others that we do not know the names of, that have come to faith in Christ under our evangelistic preaching the past 3 months. Please pray for the pastors and other Christian workers as they do the essential follow up. The first three on the list live 50 feet or less from us, and we are discipling them personally…



-For four little girls that ALL made professions of faith, last Sunday in a little town called Ypacarai. Their names are: Noelia, Maria de los Angeles, Gaudelupe, and Lourdes. They are between the ages of 8-11 years old.



- For Steven’s trip to Japan, and for the needed things to fall into place to make this dream a reality. For the Chinese and Philippine pastors that have made this opening come to be, under the Lord's direction.



-For discernment and clarity as we do this new job, and try to understand how to help point Paraguayan pastors to the areas of lostness in their countries that need to be addressed.



-For us to have a PASSION for the lost that are ALL AROUND US. For us to have a Divine FERVOR that only He can give!



In closing please allow us to THANK ALL of you who through your generosity and faithful giving to the Cooperative Program, (CP), and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO) make possible our being able to put feet to our call and stay here in Paraguay.



In about 4 months we will have spent 22 years here, in both Uruguay, and now Paraguay. If it had not been for people like you all who love the Lord and MISSIONS, this would not have been possible.





From your fellow servants in HIS HARVEST, in His love and grace,



The Kunkels



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