Greetings from Australia,
The small group here in Southern Australia send their greetings to you all. It is the change of seasons from winter to summer and the weather is alternating between the two. I have been able to spend time individually with the members and have appreciated their warmth and hospitality.
Politically speaking all that would need to be done is to change the accent and it could be the U.S. People are losing any confidence in the national leadership as each political party promises the earth and then fail to deliver. The fickleness of the population is expressed by voting for whoever makes the promises that will give what they want. The idea of cutting back spending or tightening the belt in the interest of what is best for the greater good of the nation has disappeared. Any quality of leadership is washed away by selfish desires. It’s a familiar story around our world today as prophecy promised it would be.
Plans are being made for a conference over the January long weekend. It will be good to be together and to be able to project some forward plans as we enter a new calendar year. Cliff Veal is in Germany and apart from visiting members, he is hoping to make arrangements for the Feast of Tabernacles next year. We will have more on that in the future. I will return home on Sunday, 14th.
Warm Regards,
Brian Orchard
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Hello everyone,
This is coming to you from Germany. Connie and I have been in southern Germany and Switzerland visiting this past week. Today (Friday) we began the search for a German (European) Feast site. It would be much appreciated if you could pray for the success of that venture.
We will be home early next week. We will stop off along the way to visit our one member in Holland, who has had some health issues of late.
I wish you all a profitable and relaxing Sabbath.
Kind regards,
Cliff Veal
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Prayer Updates
Marc Masterson:
Mr. Masterson is staying at a stroke recovery facility attached to the hospital and is in 3 hours of intense physical therapy every day. He’s coming along and he’s actually sleeping better than he has in years.
Joanne Bagley :
Joanne has regressed significantly this week and is in a difficult situation in that she cancelled her Hospice care to obtain an MRI. Now she is bed-bound, finding communicating and swallowing difficult, she is in need of liquid medications provided through Hospice if she is going to be able to avoid hospitalization. Hospice is reviewing Joanne’s case at noon today (Friday) to decide if they will reinstate her as a patient. Joanne’s recently married daughter Candace has moved back in to take care of her mother full time. It is taxing but Candace writes: “So far I feel a lot more in control of the situation this time around. I am so grateful to God for the confidence and relative peace He’s giving to us. Please pass along my sincere thanks to everyone for their support and prayers. God is definitely hearing them and guiding this whole process.”
