Thank You for Praying for us!
Betty and I have been super blessed in the ministry that God has given us. Thank you for praying and giving through Alignment Ministries.
Thank you to our dearest friends,
Thank you for your generous giving and prayers
Because of you, we can support a wonderful pastor, James Wilson, in Northern Ireland. God has been at work in his church, and it is growing.
You are also helping the Peru Bible College, David Gardner, Omega Baptist Church, Lenin Velarde, and their future Christian school with your generous giving. God has really blessed the work there.
You have blessed the work in Kenya as your giving helps Thomas Alute. He is a pastor there and a tremendous soul winner. I get reports of people being saved almost daily.
Your giving and prayers also reach into the Ukraine as you support missionary pastor Vladimir Akimov. Your giving helps us help people in the most needy parts of the world.
Your giving helps Betty and me preach and teach the Bible every week. Thank you so much.
Pray for Churches needing help with land purchases.
I know you give a lot, and I deeply appreciate it. I am not asking for myself; literally, all the money given through Alignment Ministries goes worldwide. I do not take one dime; Betty and I also give.
I had already prepared this letter, and another pastor in Peru contacted me just now asking if I could help them get property. Their church people are all giving special offerings. Tomorrow, the church will be five years old. Most churches overseas cannot go to a bank and get a loan. They struggle for years trying to get a piece of property. Often, the property is very expensive. Just add this to your prayer list. Maybe God would lay it on your heart to help one of the pastors constantly asking for help.
Pray for our trip
Betty and I leave for an 18-day trip to Peru in a couple of weeks. We are blessed to get to travel and spend time with people we love so much.
Pray for Doctor’s appointments.
My six-month checkups are coming up shortly. I meet with my kidney specialist, my surgeon, and my endocrinologist right after we return from Peru. I will have my scans, blood work, etc, and find out if I am still cancer-free. We are trusting God with that.
I have been on a very low-carb diet for over five months and have lost over 50 pounds. We have no idea how that will affect my blood work, but we trust that it will have helped a great deal.
World Evangelism Podcast
I have launched a new ministry, a podcast. The desire is to challenge people with the need of the gospel around the world. Each week, I will present a country to pray for, a Bible verse that will challenge and motivate us, a book that you need to read, and a historical person that God used in missions. I will also be adding to the third podcast a challenge to help current missionaries as they serve God on the field.
God blessed me with an interview of Bridgette Young, a missionary with her husband to Colombia, as I interviewed her about her book, Lost in the Gray. They have lost two children and suffered greatly, but God, in His grace, has brought them through. I know you will enjoy hearing Bridgette’s testimony.
Society of Mentors
We continue meeting with dozens a couple of times a month in English and Spanish. God has blessed the ministry, and we are grateful.
Thank you all for praying and giving. There is much to do, and we are excited that God will allow us to be part of what He is doing.
Gratefully yours,
Austin and Betty