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During August, we collect many school items needed by our local school children
to be used as a supplement during the school term.
The last Sunday of August, we take an offering for the Child Saving Institute of
CROP Walk is annually held in
We also help with school kits for In-Gathering on the first Sunday of November.
Our Christmas offering usually goes to Bidwell-Riverside
This mission was begun by the
Beginning in early December, our church adopts a family who needs help with
items for Christmas.
We all enjoy this project providing needed and fun gifts to our Christmas
family.
After Christmas, we focus on our missionary family:
the Dan Campbell family, missionaries to
Dan last visited us at
Christmas, 2003.
Dan & Regina keep us up to date on their activities and needs through The
Campbell Chronicle, a newsletter they send us regularly.
In July, 2004, we received this message from Dan & Regina:
Thank you! Thank you!
"As we prepare to return to
The
Summer
2007
A newsletter from Dan, Regina, and
Stephen Campbell, missionaries to Bolivia, South America with World Gospel Mission
God is at Work
When the Lord works, it is not always in our own way of thinking. Since arriving back in Bolivia in 2004, the Lord unexpectedly began using us to help raise up a church in the community of Villa Paraiso. We are amazed as the building begins.
We've also felt the Lord working in our lives as we have faced many personal challenges, mostly related to health. It is not always easy to understand the "whys", especially when it makes ministry very difficult, but we must still rest in the confidence that God is sovereign and in control.
Prayer Concerns and Requests
Little Davey -- We give special praise to the Lord for his intervention in Davey's life recently when he was hospitalized with rotavirus. We also thank the Lord that Davey's acid reflux has improved during the day. Special prayer is needed for the nights so that he can sleep. His inability to get the rest he needs due to the reflux makes it hard on everyone.
Our Family -- Sicknesses such as bronchitis, tonsilitis, bacterial infections, bad colds, etc., have been repeatedly hitting us. In fact, we've gone to the clinic so much that the receptionist knows most of our personal data by memory! Pray for a hedge of protection, so that we are able to operate normally as a family and as missionaries.
Dan -- Pray for guidance for Dan and a solution for his back as he pursues possible surgery for his herniated disk. Also, praise the Lord for testing that revealed the cause of Dan's sinus problems and headaches -- an allergy to eggs, dairy, adn wheat/gluten (the latter called "celiac disease"). A special diet is difficult, but has helped a lot!
Villa Paraiso Church -- In spite of the trials, we are excited to see the first walls of the church going up! Praise the Lord! Since we have one year left in our term here in Bolivia, pray that we will have the church finished by then (June, 2008).
Since our last letter, Regina's parents (Don & Brenda Rutledge), came to visit us here in Bolivia! Of course, the real reason they came was to see their grandsons! While they were here, we dedicated Davey to the Lord. Only God knows the plans he has for our boys.
Davey's Illness Up-date
In April, we had a rather scary experience when Davey (8 months) was hospitalized a week with vomiting, severe diarrhea, and dehydration from rotavirus. After several days of being in a desperate state with no signs of improvement, many people and churches began to pray. In less than twelve (12) hours, he improved dramatically and was soon released from the hospital. The Lord truly healed him in response to everyone's prayers! We are thankful for our fellow missionaries that cared for Dan and Stephen who also had fever at home, as well as for the Bolivian girls who helped Regina take care of the baby during an extremely difficult week at the hospital.
Construction has begun on the Villa Paraiso Church!
Thank you so much for the financial gifts we received for church construction following our last newsletter! You enabled us to go quite far with the building. It is so wonderful to be holding services under a roof now!
We are building the bathrooms, the pastor's study, and a storeroom for the chairs and supplies first, as these are needed the most.
The next stage will be the construction of the walls for the sanctuary and Sunday School rooms!
Yes!
If you would like to help us do this, clip the coupon (on the newsletter at the back of the sanctuary there in Diagonal) and send to:
World Gospel Mission
P.O. Box 948
Marion, Indiana 46952-0948
Memo line: Dan/Regina Campbell Church Construction Project
#272-32621 - Bolivia
To thank you for your gift, we would like to send you a DVD that Dan has made about our work in Villa Paraiso!
Teaching Update
This semester at the Bolivian Evangelical University, Dan is teaching Hebrews and the General Epistles. Since his students are preparing for the ministry, several have come to our Villa Paraiso church to preach, sing, or teach the kids.
Recently, the university held a career day. Dan and some of the students at the theology table used a a large termite mound as Mount Sinai!
Stephen visited the nutrition table while others saw what the nursing students have learned.
Bolivian Evangelical University offers sixteen (16) majors and has over 1400 students enrolled, but its main purpose remains to expose students to the Gospel.
Dan & Regina
Casilla 55
E-mail: dan.campbell@wgm.org
Phone:
1-312-924-0705
We are a family of Christ-centered relationships who prayerfully and lovingly support each other in our efforts to share our love of God with the rest of our world.
One of our own, Heidi Lumbard, traveled to Mexico in just that spirit and she shares her adventures eagerly with all who ask.
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