Thomas, Paige, Elizabeth &

Jacob Queen (our missionaries in

South Africa; Suite H17, P/Bag

X9118; Pietermaritzburg, South

Africa, 3200): God's will is becoming

clearer for our family this month. Our

roles as volunteer coordinators at

Ethembeni are becoming more clearly defined. We get our first

mission team this week from England. We even got Ethembeni

branded tee shirts so we are official! The site for the church plant has

been narrowed. The classes we are teaching are growing. House visits

have been a blessing. Elizabeth and Jacob continue to thrive. We are so

thankful for all God is doing in our lives and in those lives we come in

contact with daily. Praises: The Grove Level Missions Cafe donation

to our family. What a blessing!; The Baptist Global Response donating

over 200 Bibles to give away on house visits; God providing clarity in

direction for the church plant; 28 Christmas shoe boxes for the patients

in Shiyabazali. Requests: Discernment in setting up a productive

routine schedule for volunteers; God to use the St. Paul's mission team

from England in a mighty way the next two weeks; God to provide the

place, people, and finances needed to start a new church plant;

Traveling mercies for our family over Christmas break- to refresh us

and to enjoy the break; Opportunities to share the gospel and for seeds

we have planted to bear fruit.

M&H (serving in East Asia; 504 Cherees Way; Dalton, GA 30720): As Christmas approaches, we are looking

forward to all that will be happening in our part

of the world. Next week, we will receive a team

of college students who will be in our city over

the holidays. We will be attending and throwing

many Christmas parties and events. Christmas

provides a very natural and simple way to share

the truth about J3sus. Praise G)d that He has

come to us! We are asking that even now, G)d is

preparing the hearts of many students who will hear and respond to the

truth of the g)spel this Christmas season. From our family to yours, we

wish you a very merry Christmas. Requests: Please lift up our short

term Christmas team. Ask that their work will be fruitful. Please pr@y

for our 2 semester workers. One of them will return home in January

while the other will extend and receive a new partner. Please continue

to pr@y for our seeker study. Please lift up a student named John who

seems very interested in the truth. Praises: In November, we enjoyed

celebrating Michael's birthday, our 3rd wedding anniversary, and

Thanksgiving. We are planning to b@pt1ze two new believers next

month. We count this as a great privilege. Ask that many would come

to this service and hear the truth. As always, we are thankful for G)d's

word and the truth and effectiveness of his g)spel.

BJabc (serving in Northern Africa;

4551 Old Dalton Rd NE; Rome, GA

30165): We hope you all are doing well.

We miss you! Enjoy the Christmas

Season, we love it here, even though its

tropical weather and from what I hear it’s

pretty tropical there too...Partners - We

have been encouraged the past few weeks by the nationals who are

working alongside us. Praise Him for partners that share unhindered

about the love they have seen and tasted. Please ask the Father to

encourage them. Last week was spent with teams working on stories in

4 different languages. Please ask for these stories to spread through

their parts of the country. Family - We are so excited about this

season. Our children recently were all in school plays and will be out

of school on Friday. Ask for good family time together while they are

out of school. B will be a part of a men’s retreat after Christmas, ask

for good fellowship among the men, it is much needed time for them.

Work - We have started working with a new MBB and her sister that

is MU, please ask for F to see Truth and believe. B has been working

with several groups that has seen much fruit, we ask that the new

followers will share quickly about the Son to their friends and family.

Also, please ask for fruitful followers as we start a few new groups in

the next month. We ask for His kingdom to spread quickly through the

country. Merry Christmas!

Janna Plemons (working at Orphanage Emmanuel in Guaimaca,

Honduras, August 8-December 21): Thank

you all for praying for me during my time in

Honduras. It was a good trip, a great

experience, but I am very glad to be home.

Pray that I would settle back in at home. Pray

that God would open doors for me in the future

and that I will continue to serve in the city of

Dalton. Pray for me as I go to Dalton State in

the Spring. Pray that I will work hard and be

diligent in my studies. I am afraid that I will

get a different kind of culture shock coming from Honduras to here.

Brian & Ashley Jones (student at Southeastern Baptist

Theological Seminary; 704 Ridgetop Way;

Wake Forest, NC 27587): A couple praises:

Brian managed to get through Greek and did

very well in his other class, so we give God all

the glory there! Please be praying for Ashley,

she will be transferring jobs in a few weeks. She

got a full time position at the seminary, so that

provides health and benefits for us, again glory

to God! Pray for her that it will be an easy

transition both logistically and emotionally as it

will be hard for her to leave her precious kids at the preschool. We love

you all and wish you all a Merry Christmas! Troy Poe (answered the call to vocational ministry; 556 Harvest

Way; Dalton, GA 30721): Thank you for the

prayers and encouragements. Please pray for my

friends and me as we leave to go to

Urbana Sunday morning. I cannot wait to see how

God moves in each one of our lives at this

conference. Pray for discernment and guidance

over each one of us. Thank you and Merry

Christmas!

Mark & Gynnette Yoho (Fourth Watch

Ministry; 840 Mountain Loop Rd NW; Sugar Valley, GA 30746): "It's

beginning to look a lot like Christmas....." Can you hear Bing Crosby

sing it? But a 70 degree forecast does not really match up with what

most of us think when we think of what Christmas should be like. But

last Friday evening when I hit the streets of Gatlinburg to pass out

Christmas tracts, it was spitting a pretty good

snow. As the flakes fell over 900 people took

Gospel tracts and many smiled as they

returned, "And Merry Christmas to you." I

love telling people "Merry Christmas" and I

said it thousands of times as we handed out

close to 5,000 Christmas tracts in Gatlinburg

and Pigeon Forge. I still have just under 1,000

December 23, 2015

Josh & Hannah Bowen (seminary student at Boyce School/

Southern Baptist Theological

Seminary; 107 Fenley Avenue, Apt

Q3; Louisville, KY 40207): There are

a group of three at work (including me)

that have agreed to meet on

Wednesday mornings early at the office and do a Bible study. We are

simply going through Colossians. I am excited about this and wanted to

ask for your prayers. Hannah and the kids are doing great! We love our

church and friends. There are so many encouraging families that are

keeping up with us and we are trying to do the same. We miss Dalton a

lot, and our familiar family at GLBC, but there is no doubt in my mind

we are where God wants us right now. Thank you for your patience

and continued prayer!

Chad Keeter (Navigators Ministry, Staff; 825 Gaines School Road,

Apt 219; Athens, GA 30605): Thank you so much for continuing to

pray for me! It’s been a joy for me to spend time back in Dalton. Please

pray for this time to be restful and that I would have a good time with

my family. I love you guys!

Emily Payne (answered the call to

vocational ministry; 1913 Beaverdale Road

NE; Dalton, GA 30721): Thank you for

praying for me throughout this semester at

Dalton State! I appreciate it so, so much. It is

a praise to have it behind me and the holidays

before me! I also want to thank everyone who

came to our wedding shower! We really feel

so blessed to be a part of such a loving church family! Thank you all

for making us feel so loved! Chad and I are moving some stuff down to

Athens today, would you pray for us as we travel? Thank you all so

much for your precious prayers!

that I will be attempting to pass out before Christmas day. Last week at

La Senda Antigua I preached with the paint-board to a rather good

sized crowd. I gave the invitation and 2 young men responded to Pastor

Jose's office where he counseled them for salvation. Praise the Lord.

Coming up we will preach a watch-night service at Grace Community

Baptist in Sugar Valley, then our calendar gets pretty quiet for a couple

of weeks in which we will be spending time with the Lord praying for

our ministry. Thanks so much for your prayers and support. Blessings

and Merry Christmas!

Michelle Parham (answered the call

to vocational ministry; 1812 Glenbrook

Place; Dalton, GA 30720): Merry

Christmas! Please pray that I will be

spiritually ready for Christmas Day! Also

pray that I will find my satisfaction in

Christ and be content in Him! I love you

all and am excited about the coming days!

David, Kellie Crowe & Family (church planters w/ Greene Community

Church in Waynesburg; 417 Craig Run

Road; Waynesburg, PA 15370): Pray for

our men as I seek to mature them and

equip them for ministry in our church and

community! Thank you and praying you

all have a Merry Christmas!

Kristen Bowen (currently attending

North Greenville University with plans to

do the Journeyman program with the IMB; 7801 N. Tigerville Road,

Box 2282; Tigerville, SC 29688): Thank you for your support in prayer

and all the other ways you support me! I am

excited about spending Christmas with my

family, the older I get the more I realize how

special those times are. Next week it will be

been 3 years since my Papaw passed away and

this season is full of memories that are sweet

but also vividly remind me and my family of

his absence. I am sure many of you can relate

with that. Please pray for us as we remember

him and praise God for what we he has given

and what he has taken away, knowing that he has a time and purpose

for everything. Also I have some 'pre-semester' school work to get

done over the 'holiday' pray for me to be able to give it time and

attention. And things with the IMB are complicated right now, please

pray for guidance in the process of figuring out what to do post

graduation. Thanks again for your fellowship and partnership in the

gospel! I love y'all!

Julie Parham (answered the call to vocational ministry; 1812

Glenbrook Place; Dalton, GA 30720): Thank you

for all the prayers. I have been going through a

rough season in my life and can’t seem to get out

of it. Please pray for healing in my life. Please

pray that I will spend more time with the Lord

and seek after Him. Also pray for my schooling at

Moody. I have about two weeks until I go off to

Chicago. Thank you for praying and for loving

me!

Bryan & Brittany Kelly (Boyce School/

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; 315

Crescent Court; Louisville KY 40206): We

leave tomorrow. We couldn’t be more ready to

be home and see you all Sunday! Praying you

all have a Merry Christmas! Remember us

tomorrow as we travel. We hope the bad

weather will hold off until we get home.

Upcoming Birthdays: Thomas Queen 12/26; Samuel Crowe 12/31; Dan Rice 1/5; Stephanie Thomas 1/8; Helen Keys 1/12; Chad Keeter 1/28