HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

Johann and Louise: Training Disciples to Make Disciples in the Netherlands As the day of Thanksgiving in the USA and the Season of Advent approaches, we want to wish you and your loved ones a joyful and blessed celebration and preparation. Across an ocean and many time zones, your faithful partnership has been a constant source of encouragement as we serve the Lord here in the Province of North Holland. This year, we are especially mindful of God’s kindness shown through you. Many of you have supported this ministry sacrificially for years, and your generosity has sustained the work through seasons of growth as well as challenge. We are deeply grateful - not only for your financial partnership, but also for your prayers, your messages of encouragement, your cards, and your belief in the mission of disciple making here in the Netherlands. We also want to thank those who rallied around us during the crisis we faced at the beginning of October. Your swift response and practical help lifted a heavy burden from our shoulders and reminded us once again that we are not alone in this calling. We cannot adequately express how much that meant to us. As the work continues to expand and deepen, we humbly ask you to prayerfully consider continuing (or beginning) monthly support. Regular monthly giving allows us to plan wisely, care for the people we serve, and invest in the long-term disciple-making efforts that bear fruit slowly but meaningfully in this culture. Looking ahead, we are preparing a short video update that will give you a glimpse into the ministry here. We hope to send it out sometime in December, so watch this space. We are also starting to work on a series of short videos with stories from the field, showing how God is moving, and what lies ahead. With gratitude and thanksgiving HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Johann & Louise van der Bijl Support Us Johann and Louise spent two years helping to develop the St. Frumentius Seminary in Gambella, Ethiopia. They then worked in Southern Africa, serving in seven southern African countries, while continuing to work with the Diocese of Egypt, North Africa through engaging in a disciple making movement in order to grow the body of Christ. They are now serving in Heiloo, the Netherlands. We are sent  through the Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders, a missionary sending community, engaging in building relationships with the worldwide church to experience the broken restored, the wounded healed, the hungry fed, and the lost found through the love and power of Jesus Christ.  Support SAMS Copyright © 2016 Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders, All rights reserved. www.sams-usa.org      Our mailing address is: PO Box 399 Ambridge PA 15003 Attention to: Johann and Louise van der Bijl Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

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