Friends

Hello to our FRIENDS...

FRIENDS are those who care ABOUT you.  They also care FOR you.

As we are travelling in our annual itineration, we meet friends, both new and old.  Old friends are a part of our extended "family."  We usually share a common history and view of how "life is" or how "life should be." Life has brought changes to us all.  It is interesting to observe those whose views have changed, and why they have changed. 

As we age, the things that are MOST important begin to change as well.  Getting closer to eternity, makes us realize how many seemingly important things are just temporal.  "What will it matter in 100 years?"  If we ourselves are getting closer to that age, we have a different perspective of what is of true value.

Love, God, family, relationships are the stuff of eternity.

Some new friends bring us fresh insights.  Mere "youngsters" are experts in navigating today's technology.  Toffler, in his book "Future Shock" written some years ago, seems to be forecasting today's world. A world in which the youth are the experts.

But the efemeral nature of technology makes us, once again, reach back for those things that are eternal.

Friends; they love us and they care for us.  And we are all on the journey to life everlasting.

Have fun on the journey.

Joseph and Ellen Anonby

Home for Spring

Phone:  717 502 4412                                                                   Joseph and Ellen Anonby

Email:  eanonby@yahoo.ca                                                            BM 7013

                                                                                                     Suite 110  8400 NW  25 St.

                                                                                                     Doral, FL.  33122  USA

Our Dear Friends and Supporters:

We're home!  (one of our homes).  We just landed in Vancouver to visit churches and raise support plus  finance our church building.  We plan to visit the Okanagan and the Kootneys this time, plus  the Coast.  It will be wonderful to see some of you in our travels.

It's so great  to see our families again.  How exciting it is to see  them all at the airport waiting for us. And then, come running, screaming with joy for hugs and kisses.   We cause quite a commotion at the airport.

March was a busy month for us with visitors from Pennsylvania.  Three sets of them came to evaluate our work and see how they can help us.  We trust they will send work teams to finish our building.

Our Bible school graduation was exciting with many completing their Saturday Bible school.  They get the same training as the day school, but have to work harder for it.   Pastor Kenny is one of our graduates.  We have several lawyers, a medical doctor and other professional people coming to study God's word.  Some began churches in their homes, but have never had Bible school training.  Others are married couples, for which the Bible School has no quarters. Our numbers are climbing to over 50.  We have an excellent Director now and qualified teachers.  Joseph really enjoys teaching his classes.

The Sunday school is doing well. Since all our people are new Christians, we didn't have any prepared teachers in our congregation.  So we're borrowing young people from another church to come and teach the children.  They come for Sunday school and then rush to their own church for their service.  We really appreciate their sacrifice.

Our area director visited us and all the missionaries got together for a meal.  A rare occasion

Much Love,  Joseph and Ellen

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Activities in the DR

Hi You Wonderful Partners,

At my age I'm stll learning to do things on the computer.  A young friend of ours taught me how to us a blog.  So here it is, my first one.   I hope I can send it.

What's happening here?  Joseph is marking examns, not his favorite activity.  He has 32 first year students in his class.  Our Saturday Bible school is sure growing.  We're preparing for graduation ceremonies soon.

I do a lot of entertaining in the home.  A good group of ladies from the neighbourhood got saved.  They meet on Monday nights and plan their activities.  One thing they do is gather food and then take it to a poor family and have a service there, praying for them.  Visiting hospitals and sick people are other activities.   The ladies want to come to our home for their meeting so I made carrott cake for them.  They don't bake here, so home baking is so special.

The young people have their Bible studies on Tuesday nights with the pastor's wife.  They too asked to come this month to have their studies here.  I'm making tacos for them.  Wanna come?

We're expecting company for 5 days from Pennsylvania the last week of this month.  They're coming to spy out the work here to see how they can help.  We usually go to the beach only when company comes - to take them.

Then on March 29th., Good Friday we fly to Vancouver for two months.  It will be wonderful to see our   families again. We'll be visiting churches in the Kootenays, the Okanagan and Vancouver Island.  Hope to see you somewhere.

Bye for now.  Thank you for praying for us.