Missionary
work is a lot like a NFL football team. A team needs its offensive string,
defensive string, kickers, coaches, doctors, trainers, fans, television crews,
and more. Missionaries also need a team supporting them if they expect to win
their game.
Many of you have
supported us for years, and we greatly appreciate you. Without you, Katrina
couldn’t have written her book, we couldn’t have received training, we couldn’t
have gone to Mexico—or come home and seen God’s healing touch on Steve which
drove us out again. Through our team
work, many, many LDS women and men have come to Christ, finances for the
mission are on an even keel, and our neighbors and friends in Mexico were
touched with the gospel. You have watched our children grow, and
even watched our children go out successfully as missionaries in their own
right. You have been with us every
step of the way!
Our
future ministries continue to depend on this team approach. We look forward to ministering
to young Navajo ladies who are in hard spots, missionaries who are new to the
field and want to learn more about the culture and language, and also to
starting an entirely new type of ministry by opening a pottery and reaching an
unreached segment of people in this area, who will then be ministering to the
world!
In
the coming months, Steve (and sometimes Katrina) is going to be traveling
around and meeting with individuals and churches like you to share what we’ve
been up to, and to build a stronger and larger partner base among people just
like you. We’re excited about this facet of our ministry: the opportunity to
share just what God is doing, and also to see what God is doing in you as well.
If
you, as a team member, can help us in any way in this time of raising
support—remember teams are built of all kinds of members, all of whom have
different roles—please contact us. We’re available by email, by phone, by
Facebook, by snail mail, text, and would especially love to have a personal
visit with you!
Contact info: Steveandkatrina@westernindian.org, Steve's cell: 505-399-8603. Home Phone 505-371-5557, Katrina's cell: 505-409-1694, home address: P. O. Box 9090, Window Rock, AZ 86515. Financial support can be sent to Western Indian Ministries P. O. Box 9090, Window Rock, AZ 86515 (please make any checks out to WIM, and enclose a note saying it's for the Marti family).
