May 10, 2004

Dear faithful friends and supporters,

Wrong number? I don’t think so! God used us in the midst of trailer trouble. While we were broken down in Louisville, KY we received a phone call from a 16 year Catholic boy named Josh. After the second time he called Dena, he realized that a girl had given him the wrong number when he asked for her phone number. Frustrated, he said, “I hate it when girls do that to me!” Dena could see he was in need of a friend. She began sharing how God saved her at the same age- 16. It was then that I came out of the mechanic’s shop. She gave the phone over to me saying, “Josh is ready to accept Christ.” I spent half an hour sharing scripture verses and making sure he understood. After he understood that knowing about Jesus wasn’t enough- he had to believe in Jesus and trust him only, he was ready to pray. He prayed the sweetest prayer and accepted Christ that day. Praise the Lord. Dena and I were glad that even in the midst of our own crisis, God used us for his eternal purpose.

Roofing: getting closer to heaven. While we were home for a short stay our home church had a four day roofing project, and re-roofed the whole church building. One local business owner was burdened to help us, so he sent two of his own employees to assist us. While eating lunch I was able to talk with one of these men. I was amazed how hungry he was for the truth. He tuned out all the other men next to us and listened as I spent time explaining God’s plan for salvation from Genesis to the Gospel. He then bowed his head right there to receive Christ as Savior! Many men in the church said that Cory’s salvation was the highlight of our roofing project.

Support and paperwork. . .We praise the God that we are over 90% of our needed support with another 5% promised. Please pray with us that either the churches we have already visited or our scheduled churches will be able to join our support team to bring us to the level that we need before we depart for Spain in September. The paperwork that we had translated for the Spanish government is in. We are going to the Spanish Consulate this week to apply for our residence visas. There is a two to four month waiting time for us to receive our visas. Please pray for God’s timing for our paperwork.

Cds and tapes. . .We have recorded our children singing and are distributing these tapes and cds on a donation basis. There will be a request form on our website. Any donations given are tax deductible and will go to our transportation fund. The goal of our recording was to glorify God. Our purpose was to be a blessing to those who receive it and also be another way to remind them to pray for us.

We want to thank each individual and church that has partnered with us. It is exciting to report to you the salvations and our progress in preparing to depart for Spain. Thank you for your prayers and support.
 

Striving together,


Bill & Dena Rose with Brianna, Kelsey, Jordan, Joshua, and Josiah