Warners' June/July 2007 Prayer Letter
Greetings friends and family,
This is our last prayer letter before we return to our mission field base in Vienna, Austria.
Thanks for your continued prayers for our safe return and the beginning of our next term.
Cheers!
Charley and Cheryl Warner
Barnabas International
Vienna, Austria
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June/July 2007
Vol. 21, No. 6-7
Dear Friends,
“Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples” (Psalm 96:3).
In just a short time, our family will disperse and declare God’s glory on three continents this summer before coming together again to resume life in Austria. We are now packing and saying our final good-byes at the end of this furlough year in America, getting ready for the next step. Here are the details.
Future Ministry Travel/Activities
June 9-13 Barnabas International staff and board meetings at Judson College in Elgin, Illinois.
June 18 Farewell Open House at College Church in Wheaton starting at 7:00 p.m.
June 19 Elizabeth leaves for Teen Missions Boot Camp in Merritt Island, Florida, before going on a missions trip to Tanzania for the summer.
June 20-21 Charley returns to Vienna and then straight to Ukraine for EAAA Board meetings.
June 22-July 3 Ukraine—In Odessa Charley will attend two conferences on distance education/online learning, and has spring EAAA Board meetings. Then on to Cherkassy to work with a translator, Victor Sinelnikov, one of Charley’s former students, to finish the rough draft of his “English-Russian Glossary of Theological Terminology.” After that he’ll be in Kiev to see some missionaries. Finally he returns to Vienna to get our house ready for the arrival of the rest of our family.
June 22-30 Cheryl, Melissa, Laura, and Emily visit her family in Texas and Louisiana.
July 7-14 Melissa goes on a College Church mission trip to La Paz, Mexico.
July 10-11 Cheryl, Emily, and Laura return to Vienna.
July 17-18 Melissa returns to Vienna.
July 19-Aug 2 Charley in Armenia with College Church mission team (if funds allow).
August 16 Elizabeth returns to Vienna after her summer in Tanzania, Africa.
August 23 School starts for all four girls at Vienna Christian School.
Sept. 27-30 Charley in Budapest for the Central European Member Care Consultation.
Last Financial Update—You can help us get back to the field!
This is our last financial update before we return to Vienna. Our heartfelt thanks go to our support team of several churches and many long-time individual supporters, and also many thanks to those who have recently begun partnering with us. With just days to go before our return, you can play a part in helping us get back to the mission field fully supported. Here is where we stand:
Monthly Support
1,600 /month
- 700/month
$ 900/month left to raise
One-time back to the field expenses
$ 8,000
- 6,000
$ 2,000 left to raise
Our biggest need is for new or increased monthly support. Contributions can be sent to Barnabas International with a note directing the gift to our account. Please also indicate whether it is for monthly or one-time support. We appreciate your prayers for this and know that God is at work.
NOTE: Unfortunately, due to our lack of increased monthly support we’ve had to cancel three ministry trips scheduled for this summer and fall. If this shortfall in monthly support continues, then next spring 2008 we will have to seriously consider whether or not we can stay on the mission field any longer. We are trying to be fiscally prudent. However, with the US Dollar still weak against the Euro we must consider all options.
The Warner Family Blog
Check out our blog, or online diary, on our family and ministry. It’s pretty basic at the moment, but soon we hope to add photos and other important links. Here’s the website: http://ccwarner.blogspot.com/
Furlough Ending
During the first week of July, Cheryl will stay in Wheaton to finish cleaning and checking out of our furlough home, while Charley will be in Vienna getting our house there in order. For him this involves retrieving all our personal belongings from basement storage, setting up computers, etc. It’s a lot of work on both ends and is physically demanding. Please pray that our transition will go smoothly.
Thanksgiving and prayer items
1. Our renewed passports have all arrived and our return tickets are paid for!
2. Some new support has come in and we are closer to our goal of returning to Austria fully funded.
3. Pray for Charley as he continues to battle allergies (including HSP: hypersensitivity pneumonitis).
4. Pray for final packing, cleaning, and good-byes, and unpacking, settling, and hellos on the other side.
5. Pray for Charley’s dad as he continues to recover from prostate cancer surgery. Charley visited in May.
6. Pray for Elizabeth (15) while she’s in Africa for the summer with Teen Missions (June
19-August 16). She has recently battled migraine headaches, and we pray this will not
occur on this trip.
7. Pray for Melissa (17) as she is on a short-term missions trip to La Paz, Mexico (July 7-14) and then traveling alone to Austria July 17.
8. Thanks for a great year in the U.S. for our family and the opportunity to return to the field.
“For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise.
The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice” (Psalm 96:4; 97:1).
Charley and Cheryl Warner
Barnabas International
Vienna, Austria
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Communicating with the Warners
--Warner family blogàwww.ccwarner.blogspot.com
--Warners’ Electronic UpdatesàIf you, your church or anyone else you know would like to receive our Electronic Updates, then please send us your e-mail address and we’ll include you.
--Skype over the Internet--Our Skype contact ID is: ccwarner (For more information www.skype.com)
FIELD ADDRESS (after July 1, 2007):
Pröpstlgasse 9
A-1220 Vienna, Austria
Home phone from the US: (011) 43-1-734-5541
warner@barnabas.org (general)
cheryl@barnabas.org (personal)
Skype phone: 630-687-1426
FURLOUGH ADDRESS (until June 25th):
P. O. Box 88043
Carol Stream, IL 60188-0043
Home phone: 630-665-9179
Tax-deductible gifts for the Warners’ ministry may be sent to:
Barnabas International, PO Box 11211, Rockford, IL 61126-1211 USA
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