MICHEALS’ MEMOIRS
During the afternoon, we were given the opportunity to promote our Wycliffe Internship program. That is the program that Barb handles. She talks to people about their interest and handles their applications if they want to serve.
September 2021 Update
Over 80 students came to the hour-long presentation and afterward we had almost 20 students express interest in serving as an intern with us in the next year or two.
Dear Friends and Family, For over 10 years, we have been involved in sharing with students from Reformation Bible College (RBC) about the work of Bible translation. We praise God for those opportunities!!! RBC is located in Sanford, Florida just opposite from Saint Andrew’s Chapel where we attend church. That means we have not only met students at RBC, but also as they worship with us. It is always a great delight to meet new students.
Barb preparing to speak
Reformation Bible College (Photo courtesy of RBC)
Over the years, as a result of our contacts, some students have gone on to study linguistics and go into Bible translation work while others have found other paths of service in missions. All have learned about the needs of the Bibleless and this past month was no exception. In the past, Chuck has spoken in RBC chapels, held prayer meetings with students twice a month for unreached people groups and spoken at luncheons. Both of us even held a full day translation seminar a few years ago at RBC. This month, both of us were able to set up a Wycliffe Bible Translators’ display table and talk to students throughout the day. We were amazed by the interest in the students to our work!
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The Greek professor and his Greek students attended the presentation (Photo courtesy of RBC)
The evening at RBC was spent in a student lead worship time called Abide. It is a time for students to sing, pray and hear someone share a message from God’s Word. Chuck spoke on Psalm 96:1-11 about the glory of God going to the nations. He shared how the gods of the nations are idols and how God’s Word gives light and life so people can hear and believe the Good News of Jesus and begin to worship the Lord. Around 80 students came to hear this message.
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Praise for the Mishler’s safe return to Germany. Praise that Ryan Mishler has started school at Taylor University and is loving it! He made the JV soccer team and so he is thrilled. Our son Isaac, who teachers with his wife Suzanne at Black Forest Academy in Germany where Ryan attended, was Ryan’s soccer coach so he was also thrilled that Ryan made Taylor’s team!!!
Chuck speaking at Abide at RBC
It was a great day and we hope that many of these RBC students will follow through and serve with us. Would you pray that this will happen? Please also pray for Barb because recently two staff people on her team left to care for children. Barb is supposed to be working part time, but for quite some time now she has been working almost full time. While answering questions at the table, one young woman expressed a strong desire to be a Bible translator. She shared with us how she has been praying for a language in Croatia and so Chuck is following up with her and this language to see how she might be the answer to those prayers! Will you pray that the Lord would send a Bible translator to this language community she has been praying for, the Chakavian people of Croatia?
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Pray for us as we spend a month visiting people and churches who partner with us and support our work with Wycliffe. We will work as we travel. Pray for safety on the road as we travel. Chuck will be preaching at one church, but we will be making presentations at four churches and also visiting family along the way. Pray for Chuck as he learns new ways of working. The meetings scheduled to talk about this are now done. Now, the work ahead is to put into practice all that was learned.
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Online Giving: www.wycliffe.org/partner/cbmicheals FOR PRAYER SUPPORT / OUR HOME ADDRESS Chuck & Barb Micheals 5167 Poinsetta Ave, Winter Park, FL 32792 (321) 278-2225 (Chuck) (321) 695-0281 (Barb)
Email: Chuck_Micheals@wycliffe.org Barb_Micheals@wycliffe.org Chuck and Barb at the Wycliffe table at RBC
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