Spanish Work - WEST PHOENIX

John & Michelle Dennison

I have just returned from a short trip to Australia to help with two conferences, a series of gospel meetings, and to visit a Spanish work. It is a beautiful country but, sadly, Australians are generally very indifferent to the gospel. Knowing that, we were most encouraged with new folks attending every night of the gospel series, with some returning nightly. One 75 year-old man came to every meeting. As a boy he attended a Gospel Hall Sunday School and never forgot the verses and choruses he learned. He is still attending and we pray for his salvation. It was a great reminder of the value of Sunday School work that may not produce results until years later. Of the two million people in Brisbane, only two- thousand are Hispanics. I was most encouraged to have fifteen Hispanic adults in to hear the gospel.

We are thankful that the new work in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico, continues to experience the Lord’s blessing. God has graciously given us a dozen souls and opened the way for Dan and Joan Harvey to move to the area to be responsible for the work, although I try to make the 3-1/2-hour drive to help as often as I can. We are looking forward to our second baptism there in the next few weeks.

Here in West Phoenix, the assembly continues faithfully and we have been encouraged with monthly ministry weekends that we have been having and with the teen class I hold each Saturday evening. Lord willing, we are planning a large Seed Sowers distribution, December 26th to 31st, as a joint effort with the Sunnyslope assembly. We plan to distribute around 100,000 texts and invitations to two simultaneous series of gospel meetings beginning on January 1, 2012. Bill Seale and Gary Sharp will be preaching in English in the new Sunnyslope Hall and Shad Kember and I will share the responsibilities in Spanish in the West Phoenix Hall. We would value your prayers for this effort and be glad for any volunteers to lend us a hand.

We are keeping busy with the Spanish publishing work as we have pocket and wall calendars, tracts, and another book scheduled to be released soon. We trust the Lord will use these materials for His glory.