April/May 2007 Prayer Letter
Here's our April/May 2007 prayer letter:
April/May 2007
Vol. 21, No. 4-5
Dear Friends,
Travel
The sunny skies of California were a welcome backdrop to our visit there in March, when we spent two terrific Sundays with First Baptist Church of Lakewood in Long Beach and Bethany Baptist Church in Thousand Oaks. Despite the limitations of Charley’s sprained ankle and being on crutches, we had a great visit with his sister Barb and her family and enjoyed seeing many other friends, relatives, and missionaries.
On April 22, we visited the Oxford Bible Fellowship in Oxford, Ohio, the church Charley attended while at university. Charley preached from John 10 in two morning services and we shared our ministry. This was the final of our visits to seven supporting churches in Ohio, Minnesota, California, Florida, and Illinois.
Financial Update—You can help us get back to the field!
We’re coming to the end of our time on furlough in the USA. You can play a part in helping us get back to the mission field fully supported. If you’ve been waiting to give, now is the time to give. Here are our current financial needs:
Needed to raise on furlough Amount raised so far Still needed to raise
$1,600/monthly support $ 625/monthly support $ 975/monthly support still needed
$ 8,000 one-time $ 4,000 one-time support $ 4,000 one-time support still needed
Some new individuals have joined our regular support team in recent months. Thank you! However, we have also experienced the loss of some regular support and our account at Barnabas International is still in the red. Therefore, we are still looking for consistent monthly support of around $ 975 per month and one-time support of $ 4,000 so that we can return to Austria fully funded.
If you do send something in to Barnabas please be sure to indicate if it’s for monthly or one-time support. We appreciate your prayers for this and know that God is at work.
It's been a tough last three weeks for our relatives
Once a missionary is on the field it's hard to come home for a relative's illness, significant change or even homegoing. Here's a little of what our relatives have encountered:
1. Charley's father, Dick, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will have surgery on April 30th to have it removed. Charley will fly down to Florida to be with and help his parents May 10-17. Charley returns to Vienna on June 20th.
2. Charley's mother, Virginia, suddenly blacked out at home and is being treated for a variety of ailments including thyroid problems. She's doing fine now but is going through some more tests.
3. Cheryl's dad, Dick, fell and injured his side. After a trip to the ER he recovered at home.
4. Cheryl's mom, Dotti, has made the decision to retire from teaching. Praise the Lord for her many years of faithful service!
5. Our niece Kathryn will ill with meningitis but has, thankfully, recovered.
6. Charley’s ankle injury is getting better but it’s not doing as well as he had hoped by now. He has two more weeks of physical therapy and hopes to be all better by the end of May.
All this in less than three weeks! We would appreciate your prayers. When we return to the field, please pray for us as we feel the distance from our family.
The Warner Family Blog
We are now in the process of writing a regular 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
Future Ministry Travel/Activities
2007
April 20-22 Ohio—Visiting Oxford Bible Fellowship in Oxford, Ohio.
April 25-26 Charley receives further training in Peacemakers ministry, level 3, in St. Louis.
May 10-17 Charley in Florida with his parents after his dad’s cancer surgery.
May 19 Support-raising dessert in the Wheaton area (contact us for details).
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 Our daughter Elizabeth leaves for Teen Missions Boot Camp in Merritt Island, Florida before going on a missions trip to Tanzania for the summer.
June 20 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 see some missionaries. Finally he returns to Vienna to get our house ready for the arrival of the rest of our family.
July 7-14 Our daughter Melissa goes on a College Church mission trip to La Paz, Mexico.
July 10 Cheryl, Emily, and Laura return to Vienna
July 17 Melissa returns to Vienna
August 16 Elizabeth returns to Vienna after her summer in Africa
Furlough ending
There’s a lot of planning and logistics involved in ending our furlough right and in planning the beginning of our next term on the field. We’ve already begun some of this. But it will hit us like a flurry in June. Because I will leave for Europe on June 20th Cheryl will be responsible for checking out of our furlough home in Wheaton. This can be as much as three days cleaning in addition to paying final utility, saying goodbye to friends and family, along with many other last-minute details.
Because Charley will be in Vienna by July 3rd (that is, after his two week trip to Ukraine) he’ll take on the responsibility of getting our house in order. This might not sound like a lot of work. But it will be as all our personal belongings (books, clothes, computer monitors, etc.) were stored in the basement. Pray that our transition at both ends will go smoothly.
Thanksgiving and prayer items
1. Pray for our continued ministries of encouragement among missionaries and national church leaders.
2. Pray for Charley as he recovers from a bout with his severe allergy (HSP) and a severely sprained ankle.
3. Pray for new support so that we can return to Austria fully funded.
4. Pray for ending furlough well and planning for the beginning of our next term on the field.
5. Pray for Charley’s dad during his surgery April 30 and the following recovery.
6. Pray for Elizabeth (15) as she prepares to go to Africa for the summer with Teen Missions.
7. Pray for Melissa (17) as she visits universities, takes AP tests, and finishes her junior of high school.
8. Thanks for great visits with seven supporting churches and for our many other individual supporters.
Thanks for staying in touch and upholding us as we seek to carry out God’s call. We thank God for you and so much appreciate your support of our family in prayer.
Charley and Cheryl Warner
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Communicating with the Warners
Warner family blog: www.ccwarner.blogspot.com
Warners’ Electronic Updates: If 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 (Info at: www.skype.com)
FURLOUGH ADDRESS (until June 30th):
P. O. Box 88043 warner@barnabas.org (general)
Carol Stream, IL 60188-0043 charley@barnabas.org (personal)
Home phone: 630-665-9179 cheryl@barnabas.org (personal)
Charley cell: 630-456-6601
Cheryl cell: 630-456-6599 Skype phone: 630-687-1426
FIELD ADDRESS (after July 1, 2007):
Pröpstlgasse 9
A-1220 Vienna
Austria
Home phone from the United States: (011) 43-1-734-5541
Home phone International: +43-1-734-5541
Home phone in Austria: (01) 734-5541
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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