MICHEALS’ MEMOIRS April 2017 Update
Dear Friends and Family,
Since December 2016, life has been pretty busy for us. Many of you know it started with an unexpected trip in December. Our daughter-in-law, Suzanne Micheals’ father, Charles Morton, passed away. What was expected to be a surgery to extend his life, in God’s Providence, instead resulted in his eternal rest. Chuck was asked to conduct the funeral so that took us to Dallas, TX where we spent time with the family. Barb, Isaac, Ambrose, Suzanne and Chuck in Dallas, Texas
Recruitment Work Expands After we came back from Dallas at the beginning of the year, Chuck welcomed a new couple to his Wycliffe recruitment team. For the past few years, Chuck has been working by himself in recruiting managers, professionals (CPAs, teachers, etc.) and people with trade backgrounds. As this has grown, he began to look for team members living on the west coast since many of his contacts come from that area. Often times this meant late night calls for him since we live on the east coast. After working all day from our home where we work for Wycliffe, calls would often stretch into ones that lasted until 10:00 pm. Suzanne, Barb, Ambrose and Isaac in Dallas, Texas
While there was sorrow, there was also joy as we were able to recount God’s faithfulness to Charles. An additional joy was that we were able to see our son Isaac, his wife Suzanne and our newest grandchild, Ambrose Charles.
To Chuck’s delight, a couple (Chris and Rosita Lou) on the west coast who had been doing campus recruitment were looking to retool and use their experience in the type of recruitment work Chuck was doing. Since January Chuck has been helping them get set to and trained to do work with a new group of people. That includes getting used to
working from home and meeting people via email, phone calls and Skype.
Our Recruits Some of Chuck’s Recruits – Now New Wycliffe Missionaries
www.wycliffe.org/partner/lewis-rad www.wycliffe.org/partner/frasers www.wycliffe.org/partner/turleytribe www.wycliffe.org/partner/MarkP-Wycliffe www.wycliffe.org/partner/barakamikanagu www.wycliffe.org/partner/anamims www.wycliffe.org/partner/LHKrause
Some of Barb’s Recruits – Now Wycliffe Interns Headed Overseas New Recruitment Staff – Chris and Rosita Lou
Prayers Needed: In the past five years, Chuck has helped 80 people join Wycliffe. We praise the Lord for that and several of those people have been Bible translators too! However, the needs are vastly larger than what we can fill. Worldwide, Wycliffe has over 500 open positions in the area of administration, education, finances, project management, operations and a host of other positions. These are all critical support services that support Bible translators. So, please pray for success for Chris and Rosita Lou as they take up work on Chuck’s team and for the overall work of recruitment. Barb is keeping busy helping Interns from colleges find places to serve to both fill our needs for workers and to meet their college internship requirements. Please pray for wisdom for her as she works to place these interns overseas. Please pray for Suzanne’s mother, Gloria Morton and the Morton family as they adjust to life without Charles.
www.wycliffe.org/partner/evans www.wycliffe.org/partner/markjr www.wycliffe.org/partner/thecarys www.wycliffe.org/partner/AnnieLee
Please pray for many more people to apply. Please pray too that many of the interns who are heading overseas will return to serve with us! Continue to pray for our funding shortfall. For the year we are now at 87% support, but the last six months have been 98%. We praise God for this!!! Please pray that the recent increases in giving will continue throughout the rest of this year and for the remaining amount to come in!!!
FOR SUPPORTING US FINANCIALLY BY MAIL
Wycliffe Bible Translators P. O. Box 628200 Orlando, FL 32862-8200 Make checks payable to ‘Wycliffe’, on a separate sheet: “Preference for Wycliffe ministry of Chuck & Barb Micheals, # 221879.”
TO SUPPORT US FINANCIALLY ONLINE
www.wycliffe.org/partner/cbmicheals OUR HOME ADDRESS Chuck & Barb Micheals - 5167 Poinsetta Ave Winter Park, Florida 32792-7229 Tel: (321) 278-2225 Email: Chuck_Micheals@wycliffe.org, Barb_Micheals@wycliffe.org Web: www.cbmicheals.ning.com