Dear Friends,
Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!

Ambassador Baptist College
It is a blessing each year to be part of Ambassador Baptist College’s mission conference. This year was no exception. I enjoy meeting with and encouraging these young people who are dedicated to serving the Lord in ministry. They are such an encouragement to the mission board reps as well.

Hannah’s Hot Wheels
After Ambassador we went to a supporting church in Kernersville, NC for their conference. BIO missionary Hannah Holmquist was with us for this conference. While Hannah has been thankful for her deputation car, it has not been without problems.

On Sunday morning of the conference the pastor proposed that the church buy Hannah another car. Money was raised under the name of “Hannah’s Hot Wheels.” Sunday night it was announced that the church had raised enough money to buy a car and pay the insurance on it for a couple of months.

We are thankful to have been there to see the love and care of a church for a single missionary lady going to work with the Deaf in Cambodia.

Romania
Stephanie and I spent 2 weeks in Romania with friends who learned sign language from us in Argentina. In the 14 years since we first met them, God has led them to seminary and on to the mission field of Romania.

While there, we visited with 3 other missionary families. Two of which have ministries to the Deaf. We also met some wonderful national pastors. One pastor was encouraging to us. He was thankful for the missionaries who came to his country in the 1990’s when the Soviet Union broke apart. But, he felt, that the church in Romania is strong enough that they no longer need missionaries to do the work.

From my perspective, there is still a need for missionaries in any place that God chooses to call them. However, I am also thankful to see an attitude of reliance on God and the things that have been learned so that they can carry on an indigenous work.

Bolivia
We are working on a trip to Bolivia in January. This will be a survey trip to see how we can help a church reach a community of about 800 Deaf with the Gospel. It is a unique situation that I am not sure I fully understand yet, but I look forward to telling you about it in our next letter.

As always, thank you for your support of our ministry.

David Peach

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