Dear Brothers and Sisters,                                                             

Greetings in the name of the Lord. Hoping this letter finds you all well.  We are fine, just a bit tired and sick with the flu, but all in all God is good, amen. 

Thank you so much for your prayers for our trip to Zambia during the Resurrection Conferences. It seems whenever we make such a trip to Africa, there are battles taking place, from the physical which we can see, to all the behind the scenes fighting to keep the Gospel from having free course, to the everyday battle of just trying to do right in the sight of the Lord. Wow, God is indeed wonderful and faithful, to say the very least.

We had over 180 saved with over 80 following the Lord in believer’s baptism.  We even had a Mazungu saved. That is the Swahili word for “honky”.  Cody Sapp, a young man from KCBT in Missouri got saved. God has indeed met with that young man. He was baptized the in the Kafulafuta River and has decided to stay at there and go to our Bible Institute. We held the conferences in several locations around Zambia in the bush and in the cities. Many came to worship our Lord. It was just wonderful to see the results of people coming to Jesus. Thank you DBC for sending such a quality of young men who love the Lord and were spiritually led and filled to preach the Word to our people. You were and are a wonderful blessing. Thank you.

As we prepare for the 20th year Celebration this August, we are once again challenged and overwhelmed at the grace of our Lord that He would allow us to do what we do.We are expecting over 10,000 people for 8 days and nights at the mission. We are also expecting 40 visitors from the USA who will be teaching, preaching, evangelizing, cooking, cleaning, building, and other things that need to be done. We need your prayers so much for this coming conference as the Kwacha ($) is devaluated and prices keep going up and up. Fuel costs are over $8 a gallon right now and are expected to rise.

Also, please pray for our travels across the USA, that God will give us opportunities to minister His Word, and see lives changed for the glory of God.  My health is okay at the moment, praise the Lord. I know many of you have asked how I am. My answer is, not in the hospital and going down the road for Jesus. God bless each one of you for your prayers. We now have another grandson, Levi, and my younger daughters and their husbands are both expecting their first. Six grandchildren and 2 on the way, God is good.

We praise the Lord for your faithfulness. Becky sends her howdy’s and prayers. Thanking each one of you who lift up the Bonner Family in prayer and support. God is good and we praise Him, He is worthy.

In Jesus Name,