MICHEALS’ MEMOIRS December 2016 Update
Dear Friends and Family, The fiscal year for Wycliffe is over and this means we add up the results of our recruitment work with Wycliffe USA. We praise the Lord that He has blessed our work! Chuck worked with 21 people who joined Wycliffe as new missionaries this fiscal year! One couple joined as Bible translators for a language group in Brazil. The rest joined as support workers (Administrative Assistant x 3, Center Services Administrator x 4, Bible Translation Project Managers x 5, Management Trainer, Pharmacist, Teachers x 3 and Guest House Managers x 2). Barb’s Volunteer and Internship application work also bore fruit as more than a dozen people have been sent out to serve. Most have been sent out for several months, but several volunteers are serving for a year or more!
A Look Back One of the couples that we had come in contact with in 2001 were actually two single people attending Moody Bible Institute when we met them. Ben and Renee where both interested in our work and attended in 2002 a one day Bible translation course called Trans Scan at our Chicago office that we hosted. By 2003 they had graduated, gotten married and applied to Wycliffe as Bible translators! They headed off to the Wycliffe Canadian Institute of Linguistics, now called CanIL (www.canil.ca), to get linguistic and Bible translation training. Now they are serving in Nigeria and helping complete Bible translation projects there. You can see a short video Wycliffe produced about them here: www.wycliffe.org/worththesacrifice
Wycliffe Bible Translators - Ben and Renee Kuwitzky
A Look Forward There have been some challenges facing us in our work. First, there has been a change in the way that Barb is working with Interns and Volunteers. The new application process has meant a lot more work for Barb and others. Please pray that the new process will work smoothly for her and with all applicants. Secondly, many of you know we have been informed by Wycliffe that we need to raise the amount of monthly support we get by $1,450 per month. This was caused by new government guidelines and a review by Wycliffe regarding support levels needed for its missionaries. To date, we have had around $225 new monthly support pledged or around 15.5% of our additional amount needed. We are praying that the remaining $1,225 per month of new support will come in by new people and churches giving and individuals and churches already giving who increase their giving levels. As we depend solely on the gifts of God’s people, reaching this goal is an important step in us continuing our recruiting work with Wycliffe. Please pray with us that this amount will be pledged by December 31, 2016!
A Special Blessing On November 14, 2016 our son Isaac and his wife Suzanne, who serve with Wycliffe as teachers for missionary children at Black Forest Academy in Germany, celebrated the arrival of
their first born. Ambrose Charles Micheals. He was born in Germany around 9:30am and weighed about 6 lbs. and 8 oz. and was 19½ inches long. They gave us the information using metric measurements, so we think we got that all correct. Mother, baby and dad are all doing fine. The grandparents are thrilled!!!
Isaac, Ambrose and Suzanne Micheals
Isaac and Ambrose
Praises
For the safe delivery of Ambrose Charles Micheals and for good health for the baby and Suzanne. For 3 people that Chuck worked with who recently applied to Wycliffe, for 7 new people he was able to contact last month who inquired about serving, for 12 additional new people Barb is working with who are applying as Interns or Volunteers with Wycliffe and for the 5 new people she just approved as Interns or Volunteers. For our good trip to visit family, friends, supporters and churches around the USA to report on our work and seek new support.
Merry Christmas We wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May God bless you and keep you and make His face shine on you this coming year. Thank you to all who have supported and prayed for us this past year.
Prayer
For reaching our goal of increasing our support by $1,225 per month by December 31, 2016. If you wish to give to our support, please see the information below. For continued success in recruiting new people.
FOR PRAYER SUPPORT / OUR HOME ADDRESS Chuck & Barb Micheals - 5167 Poinsetta Ave. Winter Park, Florida 32792 - Tel: (321) 278-2225 Email: Chuck_Micheals@wycliffe.org, Barb_Micheals@wycliffe.org www.cbmicheals.ning.com FOR SUPPORTING US FINANCIALLY Wycliffe Bible Translators P. O. Box 628200 Orlando, FL 32862-8200 Mark on separate sheet: “Preference For Chuck & Barb Micheals” Give Online at: www.wycliffe.org/partner/cbmicheals