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MICHAEL & KAREN MCDONALD


S E RV I N G T H E RU S S I A N C H U RC H
F O U R S Q U A R E M I S S I O N S I N T E R N AT I O N A L - H O P E C H A P E L N A S H U A N H
NORTHEAST DISTRICT OF FOURSQUARE CHURCHES

A Busy Month in the U.S.

On October 2 we arrived in in-law and grandson. This


Boston from Nizhny Novgorod was precious time for us since
and spent the night in New we see them so rarely.
Hampshire with our
daughterʼs family.

Greetings from DENVER and NEBRASKA


Nizhny Novgorod Fifteen hours later we flew out
of Boston to Denver, Colorado
in order to attend the
1 Tim 1:11, 12 11in Gateway District Foursquare
accordance with the conference for three days.
glorious gospel of the Upon completion of the
blessed God with which we conference we relaxed for 2
have been entrusted 12we days. One of the perks for us
thank him who has given us of coming to the Gateway NEW JERSEY
strength, Christ Jesus our District is being able to stay On the 13th of October we
Lord, because he judged us with our daughter, Jessica flew back to Boston and the
faithful, appointing us to his and her family. next morning we drove with
service, (italics ours) pastors Jason and Mary
We then drove from Denver, Grace Debow to Jersey City,
The highlight of the CO to North Platte, Nebraska New Jersey in order to attend
Northeast District where we were hosted by the Northeast District
Conference for us was our pastor Dave Holland and his Foursquare conference.
ordination service together. wife Jonie. Dave is senior
This was a powerfully pastor of Lighthouse
spiritual moment for us as Foursquare Church in North
we stood together and Platte. We spoke in the
hands were laid on us with church on Sunday, sharing
prayer recognizing and about our work in Russia.
confirming our call by God This was a short, but
to ministry. wonderful time for us. Much
too quickly we had to repack
and headed back to Denver View of the Manhattan skyline
nnn were we spent another two from the conference center
days with our daughter, son-
We had a great time seeing many people really appreciated their hospitality and
whom we knew and meeting new friends. friendship.
The highlight of the conference for us was our
ordination service together. This was a
powerfully spiritual moment for us as we stood CALIFORNIA
together and hands were laid on us with prayer As we write this newsletter we are back in New
recognizing and confirming our call by God to Castle, Indiana. We will be here for another
ministry. week, speaking in the New Castle Foursquare
Church and then on the 5th of November we fly
MIDWEST to Los Angeles, CA to attend a two week
After 3 days of “rest” we packed again and flew training session with Foursquare Missions
to Indianapolis, Indiana. This trip to the International. We will also be speaking in
midwest was dual purpose. One reason was churches in the LA area.
to reconnect with Michaelʼs family which we Another task will be meeting with Foursquare
had not seen for many years. The other Missions press. We will be discussing the
purpose for being out here was to attend the distribution of Russian language literature
Heartland District Foursquare conference. We which Foursquare Missions Press has printed
borrowed a car and drove from New Castle, as well as strategizing the possibility of several
Indiana to Decatur, IL. The conference was joint publishing efforts to provide Bibles and
joyful and energizing. theological books for the Russian church.

We appreciate your prayers for us as we travel.

• We would ask that you pray for open doors of


opportunity
• The financial resources which we need to cover
the cost of all our travels
• We also need wisdom and again,
• Financial resources for the publishing projects
Life Foursquare Church Decatur, IL which we hope to complete.
• We have a need for $5000 to publish theology
books
We had a bit of unexpected excitement during
• and $15,000 to purchase study Bibles for Russian
the conference as a small tornado came pastors and leaders.
through during the night and ripped off a piece
of the church. We were told that our display
table was shown in the evening news when the Thank You to all who pray for us and financially
local news station came to film the damage. support our work. We could not be here
without you.
While there we had the joy of meeting and
staying with Art & Goldie Gomez, a couple who
have faithfully ministered for Christ within the
Foursquare movement for over 60 years. We

Important Giving Directions! Please make checks to “HOPE CHAPEL” and write
“Russia” or “McDonald” in the memo portion. Please mail your check to: HOPE
CHAPEL NASHUA, PO Box 1458, NASHUA, NH 03061-1458.

Thank you so much for your partnership. Individuals may send support to our home
church at the address above.

Direct electronic giving link through Foursquare


https://give.foursquare.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=477&frsid=67

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