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Julie and Harry  Miller's prayer letter

DECEMBER 2006

Dear praying friends and family,

We are home!  And we hope to stay for awhile!  We returned from a blessed time in Bulgaria.  We are so appreciative of your prayer and financial support for our ministry.  This e-mail is a stop-gap because I delayed preparing our <snail mail> Christmas letter.  That will be out and in your hands before Christmas.

In November we led our sixth seminar for pastors and church leaders in the region of Parvomai in  south-eastern Bulgaria. Pastor Delcho and his congregation welcomed us warmly.  I found great joy in the hunger of some of the students for learning sound principles of biblical interpretation.  As always we rejoiced to see old friends and learn the news of others who could not be with us this year.

Prayer Requests

1. The church at Panagieursta had the hearing on its property before the national supreme court on Nov. 21.  They now await a decision.  Most of you know the church building was nationalized under the communists.  With the fall of that system the buildings were to be returned to their original owners.  Some other people moved in and have refused to leave, even though lower courts have ruled in favor of the Evangelical Synod congregation pastored by Emanuel Tinev..  Pray that the Supreme Court will return this valuable property to the rightful owners.

2. Ask the Lord to provide the money needed to fund the special projects of our ministry: $5000 for the summer conference for pastors; $5000 for publishing additional books; 10,000 to supplement  salaries for four pastors @ $2500 each; and $2000 to support a food bank.

3. Join us in praise to God for the growth of our publishing work. Three new books have been commissioned and are promised to us by the summer.

4. Pray for our colleagues Emanuel and Svetlana to have renewed health and strength as they assist us during our ministry times in Bulgaria.

5. Pray for the young man Yanko.  A year ago I told you his zeal for Christ and his desire to prepare for the ministry.  Recently his heart seems to have gown cold.  Ask God to re-kindle the flame.

6. Rejoice with us over our Thanksgiving celebration with our family in Huntsville.  All our children were there except for daughter Laura and her husband and family.  She is a nurse and was required to work on the holiday.  We hope they can visit us sometime during the winter.  Still, we had 17 gathered around the feast.  We are thankful that our children and their spouses know the Lord and trust him for grace and more grace.

7. Thank God for giving us wisdom and strength to do this work.  Please ask him to continue it for his glory.

Please let us know how we can pray for you.

Joyfully serving our King,

Julie and Harry