Mark & Patti June 2025 Prayer Requests

* June 6-14 we will be traveling, visiting the California Redwoods to celebrate Mark's birthday. Praise God with us for this opportunity and for the beauty of his creation.

* June 16th there's another 3-week translation push with the group of men representing 4 closely related Quechua languages. They travel down to town to work together and with Mark (online). This month they plan to finish the book of Genesis and get well into Exodus. Pray for increased facility and understanding. These men are just months into working in their language in written form, having never written it before now. Pray also for growing attention to detail.

Mark & Patti May-June 2025 Beans'talk

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BIG news with a BIG birthday

In June, Mark turns 70. That means he is old enough to start receiving maximum Social Security. That, plus our retirement accounts, will be enough for us to live on. So, starting the end of June, we will stop receiving financial support through Wycliffe Bible Translators and "retire" from Wycliffe as supported staff. Instead, we will work as volunteers. Many, many thanks to all of you who have faithfully kept us going over these past nearly 44 years.

Your prayer support is still very much appreciated. We will continue the same work we have been doing. Mark is still consulting for and supporting several Quechua translation projects with years to go.

Did you read that carefully?

We are still working. After June, we will work as volunteers rather than supported members of Wycliffe.

Do we need financial support?

No. Any gifts for us received by Wycliffe after June will be applied to their general budget.

Do we need prayer support?

Absolutely! It would be such a privilege to count on your continued prayers for our work and for the Quechua-speaking churches.

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Mark & Patti May 2025 Prayer Requests

* Pray for refreshment for our daughter-in-law Rachel who is exhausted from the stress of dealing with her son Jeremiah's leukemia the past two years. Pray for Patti and son Andy as they team up to keep life humming at home with Jeremiah, Matthew and Hannah while their mom is whisked away by her sister and mom for a week.

*May 5 through 24th is another translation workshop for the four central Peruvian Quechua teams. Pray for Mark as he teaches, guides and checks the work they plan to do covering Genesis 33-44 and the books of Ruth and Jonah. It's a lot of concentration, especially when done at a distance.

*Mark is still helping the Panatawa Quechua team work through 1 Samuel. Pray for the teams in Peru to be impacted by God's word as they work at getting it into their language.

*Praise for the gift of a couple weeks with our son and his family (E&J) as they ended up in the States for paperwork/visa issues. Praise that they are back in their country of service.