NOVEMBER 2009 KUWAA PRAYER LETTER
Dear Friends of the Kuwaa Mission:
It is the season of thanksgiving. This year I have been reminded of so many things that often I take for granted but should be so thankful for. I am thankful for my family, life, situation in life, closer relationship to God, Lord’s willingness to use me, and the beautiful life he continues to give me. I am especially thankful for the loving wife he has given to me.
I am so very thankful for you and our relationship together. I am thankful for the people who are helping with the Kuwaa Mission. I am thankful for the Kuwaa people who are our family. I am thankful for the opportunity to reach out and help them during their time of need.
Yesterday, I attended a mission congregation, Mt. Drum Lutheran Church, Copper Center, Ak. It was established by the Alaska Mission Committee’s outreach not too long ago. It is a little congregation in a small community, but it is mighty in the Spirit. As I looked at their bulletin boards 90% or more of the stuff on them was about missions all over the world. In Bible class, the members knew missiological concepts that very few lay people know. Their pastor, Rev. Todd Roeske, is a very mission minded pastor. He is very much in love with his Savior, Jesus. He knows that his calling as a Christian is to share the Gospel and grow people up in their spirituality. He is convinced that this calling is not unique to him but is the calling of all Christians. To meet a pastor with a mission heart that big is a treat for me. I thank our God for this congregation and their pastor.
Sunday also saw the start of Brooke’s mission to help the Kuwaa Mission. It is called Kids for Kuwaa. They are doing the noisy offering bit to raise the funds to pay for one of the wells. Brooke doesn’t want any more children dying before they reach 10 because of bad water.
Wheat Ridge blessed the Kuwaa Mission again with a $20,000 grant over the next two years, 2010 and 2011. We thank Wheat Ridge Ministries for the $25,000 seed grant and the new $20,000 grant. The Mission came a long way in the first year. Thanks Lord Jesus!
So join me in thanking God for all of our lives and all the blessings. Thank him that he calls us to do his mission. And thank God for Wheat Ridge Ministries.
Join us in asking God’s continued blessing upon the Kuwaa Mission and upon Wheat Ridge Ministries. I thank God for Little Brooke who started off her mission yesterday – Kids for Kuwaa.
Dick Thompson, The Kuwaa Mission CEO