Dear Friends and Family,
We hope that you are all doing very well. We are staying very busy and did not realize that we had not yet sent out our November prayer letter! Last month, we had our second missions emphasis month. For the first three Sundays we heard missionaries give reports, present their ministries, and preach. On the last Sunday, Jeremy concluded the month on the grace of giving by faith. Faith Promise missions giving has been a great success and our 2025 church commitment represents a 35% increase from last year. Lord willing, the church will likely increase the missionary support and/or support a new missionary in our next business meeting. Throughout the month, we received 4 new members. Generally speaking, we have had better attendance, repeat visitors, and are nearly full for most services. Our teen activity was missions themed, so that was a fun way to celebrate missions month.On the first day of November we had a church-wide evangelism day. Unfortunately, a cold front arrived and brought a constant rain. However, we still had about 28 people participate. Some prepared Gospel tracts in the church building, but the rest shared the Gospel and gave out tracts at the central park, at a nearby traffic light, and in front of the church building. I believe we gave out around 800 tracts and we are well stocked for the future. In November, we are now shifting emphasis to “Serving Together In the Local Church.” We trust that the Lord will work in hearts to raise up laborers.
As a family, we are staying very busy. On the 13th of October we celebrated Ellowyn’s 12th birthday. We are so thankful for all that God has done in her life. Probably the biggest thing is that we are doing all that we can to prepare for our furlough in December. We now have our flight tickets purchased and we know that the date of our trip will come very quickly. We were excited to hear the good news that the kids’ school year will begin about 2 weeks later than usual. This means that Michelle and the kids will have more time to visit churches on furlough before returning to Costa Rica. At this point, the kids are mostly done with school and there are a few more activities before the school year concludes in December.
Last month, we requested prayer for Jeremy’s sister who was in a serious car accident. We give thanks to God as she has come a long way in her recovery. This month, please pray:
1. That God will continue to heal Jeremy’s sister Mary and help her in her recovery.
2. That God will lead more of the church people to serve in the ministries of the church.
3. That God will help us to prepare our family and the church for our upcoming furlough.
In Christ,
Jeremy, Michelle, Lila, Ellowyn, and Elijah Blanz
