Zac and Julie Stutler

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Prayer Letter/Ministry Update

November 1, 2009
Dear Prayer Partners,

Greetings from Punta Cana! We are moved into our house in Punta Cana and feeling quite at home. It is exciting to finally be here.

New Ministry Adventures:
God is opening doors and we are meeting new people and making more contacts in the area. The first day we were here, we ran into a friend that we have known for years in the capital who had just moved to Punta Cana. This friend is a mother of two of Luke’s friends from High School. She had been part of the aerobics class in the capital many years ago and went to the cookie class Julie had in 2004. We hadn’t seen her for a couple of years. She is now living close to our house. Julie has been spending time with her and she has expressed an interest in our Bible studies. This is so exciting how God has allowed us to renew this friendship now in Punta Cana. We look forward to making many new friends and seeing how God is going to work in Punta Cana.

Our plan for the next few months is to be laying the ground work from which to have a solid base to officially launch the church when the team is in place. Continue to pray that God would provide jobs for Luberto and Nadaleth Velez so that they can move to Punta Cana to join us at the beginning of 2010. Jeff and Deborah Climie are also praying about being part of this team when they return from Home Assignment in the summer of 2010.

We are continuing to meet with people individually to study God’s word and are also beginning some mentoring and discipleship studies. We continue to be a part of a weekly bible study in the home of our friends in the area. Zac usually leads the study and the music. There is a small group attending but they have a strong desire to study God’s word.

We have just begun another informal weekly Bible Study in our home. We have met various people who have expressed a real interest in attending a Bible Study so we are excited to get started. So far, the group is small but we know God is at work. Last week after the study, one lady very enthusiastically said “We thank God for blessing us and bringing you all here to Punta Cana to share God’s Word with us.” Pray that the Lord will work in these studies and that people will come to know Jesus and grow as His disciples.

Special Partnerships:
From November 16 – 20, a group retired professionals from Shell Point Village in Florida will be with us. They will be partnering with us in a special way as they get to know the area and give us support as we lay the groundwork for a future ministry in Punta Cana. They will be giving seminars and classes on topics of interest as a gift to the community. We will also be having some dinners with friends in the area during this week. God has opened some great doors in the community for these activities. Please pray that God will work in wonderful ways during this special week and that it will be a time of great blessing for the community in Punta Cana and also the group from Shell Point as they partner with us in this special way. We are excited to see what great things God has planned.

Family:
Our kids are not with us in Punta Cana as both are in college in the US. We really miss them but we are so grateful for good communications via internet and phone calls. They are both doing really well.

Luke is a busy man these days, working two jobs and studying at the University of Cincinnati. He and his wonderful fiancée Melinda are also busy with wedding plans and preparations. They will be married on July 9, 2010 in northern Kentucky.

Ana is thoroughly enjoying her junior year at Calvin College in Michigan studying International Relations. Besides academics, she is a dormitory resident assistant, leading a Model United Nations Club at Calvin and very active at the C&MA church in Grand Rapids,

Thanksgiving:
Later this month, people all across the US and other places will gather together to celebrate Thanksgiving. We love that holiday and look forward to celebrating it together with our mission family in Santo Domingo. It is great to know that for followers of Jesus, every day is a day of thanksgiving and praise to our amazing heavenly Father. We give thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ continually for you all and for your faithful partnership with us. As you live the call together with us through your ministry in prayer and sacrificial giving to the Great Commission Funds, our Work Special and Outfit Funds, God is at work.

Our hearts echo the words of Paul in Philippians 1:3-5.

“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now”

Joyfully Living the Call Together,

Zac & Julie Stutler

Prayer Requests/Answers to Prayer

Living the Call Together Through Prayer
Pray for us personally
• That we would walk closely with Jesus each and every day and that our lives would reflect HIS love to all around us.
• For our children, that God would continue to bless and care for them in special ways.

Pray for our ministry team
• Pray that God would open doors so that Luberto and Nadaleth can join us in January as part of the church planting team in Punta Cana. Pray that God would provide jobs for Luberto and Nadaleth and that these jobs would not only be a good source of income but that God would strategically place them where they can be used of HIM to bring people into His Kingdom.
• Pray for Jeff and Deborah Climie and their children (AJ and Olivia) as they are on Home Assignment in the US. Pray that the Lord would bless their ministry and give them great times with family. Pray also for God’s leading in their ministry upon returning to the DR this summer.
• Pray that God would lead us to Dominicans who could also be trained to be a part of this team
Pray for us as we work to lay a good foundation for the ministry in Punta Cana.
• Pray that God would use the Bible studies in Punta Cana to bring people into HIS kingdom and to build HIS church.
• Pray that God would continue to lead us to people who are hungry to know Christ and that He would speak through us.
• Pray that God will provide all the needs for this ministry.

Pray for the special week of ministry with the Shell Point Village team – November 16 - 20

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