Dear Prayer Partners,

We continue to be very grateful for your prayer support as we revisit a new battle with an old foe. We have felt the grace and strength of the Lord as we hear the latest reports. The lesion on my lung is stable, no change. The treatment plan is a new drug called Aremidex and it is taken orally. It should be far more pleasant than chemo or radiation. Our focus is on Jesus not cancer and we know the battle is the Lord’s!

“I have set the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” (Psalm 16:7-8)

Our oldest son Ben will be married on Friday, March 1st. Ben and Andrea are the planters for the Central Lakes church plant in Greenwood, Indiana. Andrea is on staff at the Community Church of Greenwood in women’s ministry and missions. Ben and Andrea complete one another and we thank God for bringing them together. We ask that you pray for them as they establish their home and ministry.

Dave and Danielle are expecting their first baby and our first grandchild, a girl, in mid January. Danielle finishes teaching at Evansville, Indiana High School in December and plans to stay home with their baby.

Nathan is focused on pursuing a career in animation. The doors still have not opened for him, but the Lord keeps sending encouragement from different Christians in the field. He is currently working with youth groups and has been very helpful to his mom. Keep praying that the Lord will open career doors in His timing, and that Nathan will not be discouraged during the waiting period.

We ask that you pray for a uniting of our churches across the nation and Mexico. We want to experience what our General Conference theme says, ‘Renewed Passion and Fresh Faith’. May the Lord give us renewed passion for people’s needs in our local church ministry and fresh faith to believe God to make a difference in our communities in the 21st century.

Our schedule becomes intense beginning in March with the onset of the District Annual Conferences. Please remember our covenant and continue to pray the prayer of Colossians 1:10-12 for us.

Grace and Peace,

Ed and Loretta Williamson