Mary E. Herman
Missionary Teacher to Regions Beyond

  


January 2010

      Sending Church:
   Baptist Temple
   2655 N. Grant
   Springfield, MO 65803

   (417) 831-2631

   Missions Address:
  
BBFI
   P.O. Box 191
   Springfield, MO 65801

   (417) 862-5001

   Home Address:
   7962 Spring Hill Lane
   Springfield, MO 65803

   Phone (417) 833-2555
 

  
Dear Pastors and Praying Friends:

New! What a great word. It brings thoughts of improvements, things that work properly and somehow are more “spiffy” than the old. New Year! What a great concept! January 1, I received a bright, shiny new notebook of days upon which I will write. Now it is my responsibility to improve, to spend them properly and make each profitable for the Lord. May I be faithful to Him and His work this moment, day and year.

Very often the Lord sends me into a situation which is “electric with tension” and I discern that I am there more for the Christians who are serving far from home than the teaching I will do. Realizing that I need to refresh my own skills, I have enrolled in a counseling seminar to be held February 7-12. I am looking forward to the things I will learn and the fellowship of others who serve Him. The instructive days are 12 hours long, so I am praying my brain and back will be able to sustain the intensity. Please pray with me!

I will be away for this event and the following week-end I will be in Tulsa to do a Sunday School Workshop and seminar for parents. These two times away will be an opportunity for Mom to learn to trust Donna, the lady who will be caring for her during my absences. Mom is doing much better but is delicate and very dependent upon me. Please pray that all goes well and she that will adjust easily.

At the end of March, Missionary Gail Gritts and I will depart for China. The work there is at the request of a former student. I am excited about whatever the Lord has in this situation and for the joy of having a traveling companion. Pray for the work there, for our safety and for all the details to be worked out.

Should any of you desire that I do a workshop in your church, speak for an event or report during this year, please make contact. I have one DVBS scheduled in July, but have time to schedule more events May - August before returning to England. I will be back in the US by mid-October as I am speaking at an event at BBC. So, I will be available in the late fall as well as in the summer.

Thank you for making it possible for me to serve,
   


Mary Herman

Committing the things I have learned to faithful men who shall be able to teach others also.  II Timothy 2:2

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