Here is your link to our March UPDATE. Please read it and share it. In this issue: Rejoice! Christ is risen! Hallelujah! Our newest missionaries are just a Stones’ throw from leaving for Romania. Get ready! Despite our optimism, Romania has been hit by a “third wave” of the Chinese virus. We trust God toContinue reading “UPDATE March 2021”
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UPDATE February 2021
Here is your link to our February UPDATE. Please read it and share it. In this issue: Through weddings, funerals, pandemics and cold winters, the love of God keeps us going strong for His glory. There is still hope! And because of that, we at Friendship International have put two more major events on theContinue reading “UPDATE February 2021”
UPDATE January 2021
Here is your link to our January UPDATE. Please read it and share it. In this issue: Thoughts to start the new year. Reflections on the blessings of the old year. Refreshed and ready to serve! If you shop on Amazon, please consider joining AmazonSmile and help us through these difficult days as well. AndContinue reading “UPDATE January 2021”
UPDATE December 2020
Here is your link to our December UPDATE. Please read it and share it. In this issue: 2020 hindsight The Gospel according to Linus A Stone in a stocking There shall be blessings of showers If you shop on Amazon, please consider joining AmazonSmile and help us through these difficult days as well. And remember, ourContinue reading “UPDATE December 2020”
UPDATE November 2020
Here is your link to our November UPDATE. Please read it and share it. In this issue: A reminder to be thankful in ALL circumstances. A short update on progress at Friendship Camp, Romania. Rejoicing in a small Miracle. If you shop on Amazon, please consider joining AmazonSmile and help us through these difficult daysContinue reading “UPDATE November 2020”
UPDATE October 2020
In this issue: Prepare to vote…pray! (By the way, the correct link to Decision Magazine’s election guide is https://decisionmagazine.com/2020-election-guide. There’s a tricky extra hyphen in the article. Sorry.) How a virus has changed our travel plans. Meet Timothy Stone. Here’s the link to the October UPDATE.
UPDATE September 2020
In this issue: Your response to last month’s “backpack appeal” was amazing! Read about the result. Pray for Franklin Graham as he leads a prayer march in Washington DC this weekend. There’s a bittersweet parting in South America. The Stones are on the mend. Here’s the link to the September UPDATE.
UPDATE August 2020
Here is your link to our August UPDATE. Please read it and share it. It’s back-to-school time in Romania, and some of the children in the Romanian village at 44.73ºN, 25.22E (however you spell it) are in need of school supplies. There are only a couple weeks until they need to be ready for class, and we’dContinue reading “UPDATE August 2020”
Update 2 on the Stone Family
We felt it necessary to give you one more important update on the developments with the Stones since the accident they were involved in almost 2 weeks ago. As you recall they were in a terrible accident with the entire family on their return home from visiting friends, family and churches in the Portland area.Continue reading “Update 2 on the Stone Family”
UPDATE July 2020
Here is your link to our July UPDATE. Please read it and share it. This month we see reports from Chile, where it’s frigid, and Romania, where it’s not. Project Dandelion still needs a chunk of change for a new toilet-and-shower house, and the Stones are thrown a setback in their mission to Romania. ThereContinue reading “UPDATE July 2020”