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Dear friends:
Greetings from Lancaster, PA, presently one of the most
beautiful corners on the planet. Partial though we are to the
tropics, the lush green, flowers and current warmth of a
northern spring are enough to make us understand why people
choose four-season climes. These last two weeks we've had the
pleasure of showing some of Lancaster sights to Jeanette's
parents, Bob and Dawn Archer, retired TEAM missionaries to
Colombia, who have been here celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary.
That is, between travel. Marty has been on the road this
last week for both the BCM international boards, followed by the
Canadian board meetings as well as a series of mission banquets
in Michigan, New York and North Carolina. Last Friday was
our local PA banquet with a turnout of about 250. The theme was
our camps around the world in 25 countries and specifically
raising scholarships for our 3 PA camps . PTL for scholarship
donations that will send a good number of inner city children to
camp this summer.
In the morning I (Jeanette) fly to Expolit in Miami, where
I will be speaking at the Escuela de Escritores (School of
Writers) as well as speaking at the Tyndale Publishers breakfast
and doing a booksigning with my Spanish title Zona de
Despeje. I will be presenting a workshop for Latin American
book distributors on the vision of Christian fiction as a means
to touch lives with God's love within the Latin American culture
far beyond those who would walk into a church or pick up a
theology book. Please pray for my voice and clarity
of mind and speech during these next days, as I've been
struggling with a cold and sore throat.
When I return, we are looking
forward to a very special event as a family: traveling up to
Chicago for Steve's graduation from navy bootcamp May 25th and
spending a couple days with him before he leaves for submarine
school. If all goes well, Josh is hoping to join us to travel up
as well. We are really looking forward to seeing him as it will
be 4 months or more after he leaves for submarine school before
he will get any further leave.
After that, I (Jeanette) will be traveling to Wheaton, IL,
to teach the fiction track at the 'Write to Publish' conference
held on the Wheaton University campus. Then Marty, Ellie, and I
leave for Europe for three weeks, during which we will be in
five countries, visiting our camps and ministry ceners there
(Spain, Italy, France, Netherlands, and Germany). I, Jeanette,
will be filming and interviewing for our media department and
mission magazine, BCM World, while Marty meets with leadership.
We do plan to take a few days along the road for some
sightseeing as well. We'll try to send some pictures your way.
That's about it from our way. We'd love to catch up on
your family news as well. Please do continue to pray
for us and for BCM's ministries around the world--especially
India and Sri Lanka at this time, where our missionaries and
leadership are facing serious anti-conversion pressures and
persecution.
In the service of the King,
Marty and Jeanette Windle
BCM International
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