June 2013 Council Agenda - International Pentecostal Holiness ...

of attorney but only a couple who the Government recognize with complete power of attorney, one
which is an attorney in Costa Rica who could change our property status for his benefit if he so desired. I
am sure he is not aware of this so I am moving fast to make some changes.
I went to San José, Costa Rica in May and met for three days with an attorney to put things in order and
we will hopefully resolve the Power of Attorney problem shortly. Upon doing this I will be able to make
the changes to some other clerical errors in the registration and get our property back in safe condition.
The Costa Rica property and housing has been recently valued at $465,000. At present it is costing the
LAMCAR budget $350 a month for security and utilities plus $1,200 a year in taxes. I ask your prayers for
the Lord to provide these funds and the legal funds as this is not in my budget for LAMCAR. Please pray
we get a missionary in this country and for our legal problems to be resolved.
BIG THANKS TO THE AWAKENING
The Awakening teams have been making a great impact in LAMCAR. At the writing of this report they
have had two back to back teams in Costa Rica. Southwestern Christian University and Emanuel
University both sent teams to minister in the country. These teams helped in cleaning up the grounds on
the property in Costa Rica readying it for a team that will come in July to build a fence. They ministered
in the week at local mission works and rehabilitation centers. Before General Conference they will be
with two more teams to Guatemala and Panama. Thanks Max and Jessica for a great ministry.
MISSIONARY PRESENCE IN LAMCAR
Our North American missionary staff needs an injection of new forces. I am so proud of the missionaries
I have on the field. God has truly given great workers to the Kingdom. When I look at the age of our
missionaries I am also aware of the upcoming decline that will take place from natural attrition due to
retirement. Of the present missionaries we have on the field most are over the age of 50 and half are 60
and over. Only the Cooks in Panama and Catrina Taber are at an age that would not place them in this
area of concern. When I say concern I mean things like retiring, health issues (which are happening now)
and weariness from years of ministering in a foreign land. In the next five to ten years we will be seeing
this come to pass. We at present only have the Pittis and the Jonathan Cook family in Central America.
In South America we have Catrina Taber in Peru along with Brenda and me, when we are there. In the
Caribbean we have Darrel & Bonnie Clowers in the DR, the Johnsons in Haiti, the Hancocks in Belize and
Pat Sykes in Trinidad. Our Mexico region has the Roys, Judy Perez and Maxine Lopez.
Once again I state, I am very thankful for these missionaries and the retired missionaries like the Wards
and the Blacks who keep coming back to help. I am also extremely thankful for the national missionaries
that help me in five nations where we do not have missionaries. It is not my desire to share a gloomy
forecast of my region but rather to make you aware of the reality of what we have and to set the stage
for what I know God is going to change. You need to know that with all of these missionaries only seven
of the twenty four countries have a U.S. missionary presence. I ask you to make this a great priority for
WMM in my region as well as other regions of the world. The harvest truly is great but the laborers are
few.
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