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APRIL 2013  NEWSLETTER

Here’s all the news that’s fit to print for March 2013.

THANK YOU!

Than you to everyone who bought a devotional book, bought truffles,  or gave a gift to support Megan Skoglund & Brendan Smith in their upcoming mission trip to Guinea, West Africa. We are happy to report that their trip is FULLY FUNDED! Praise God! Their tickets are purchased, they have received oodles of vaccinations, and are making final preparations for their adventure. Any excess funds, over and above what they need for their time in Guinea will be used to support the medical clinic work that they are coming to help with (purchase of medications & equipment). 68 days until the adventure begins…….

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Attached is our February 2013 in read-only Word format. For some reason my .pdf version is too huge to email with our slow internet – so, we are praying you will be able to open and read this version without any problems.

Finally, a couple of prayer requests not in our newsletter:
- Pray for peace in Mali, our country to the North
- Pray for peace in Guinea as well, there has been unrest, especially in the capital, Conakry, regarding some upcoming legislative elections, pray that things can calm down soon

Living in the Love of Jesus,

Jack & Cathy Carlos

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seem is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18

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If you want to “feel” what it is like to live and work in Guinea with us, give this blog a read. We were blessed to have a short-term Medical Mission Team with us for 2 weeks and their blog  is awesome! Enjoy!

http://missionguinea.wordpress.com

OK – this post has nothing to do with Guinea pigs……but every good mission should have a code name and we kinda like this one.

We live and work in Guinea and people ask us all the time, “What do you need?” How can we help you?” Well the answer is easy, we need people! We need people who are willing to join us in our work here in Guinea. God knows we need people too and He has presented an opportunity to us and we need YOUR HELP to make it happen……

At the end of May, we will be joined in Guinea by a short-term team of 9 people. The team will help us hold health care clinics in and around Siguiri for two weeks. After two weeks, five members of the team will return to the US and four members of the team (our children Raymond & Hannah and Megan & Brendan ) would like to stay and continue to work with us at our clinic locations for 6 additional weeks. This would be an amazing blessing because we would be able to serve twice the number of people we normally would during that time.

Raymond & Hannah’s time with us is paid for but Megan & Brendan each need to raise $3,000 to cover air fare, visas, and transportation and living expenses in Guinea for 2 months – $6,000 total. Megan (age 23) and Brendan (age 20) are amazing young people who are willing to serve the people of Guinea this Summer and we would love to have them.

Would you please consider giving a donation to make this mission trip happen? We encourage you to redirect a gift you would normally give to us during the months of February & March to support Megan & Brendan’s upcoming work in Guinea. In order to purchase tickets and get visas, donations need to be received by the end of March. Their presence would be a blessing to the Maninka people AND to us. Any gift, no matter how small is appreciated.

You can send your tax deductible gift to:
Guinea Mission Trip
Faith Lutheran Church
1716 SW Gage Blvd
Topeka, KS 66604
*Please write “MEGAN & BRENDAN” on the memo line of your check

Living in the Love of Jesus,
Jack & Cathy Carlos

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seem is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:18