Hafa Adai from the beautiful island of Guam.
It is a blessing being called to serve the Lord on a tropical island in the Pacific. If I had known at the time when the Lord “called me to missions” (September 17, 1992, while serving in the Air Force) that such a thing was possible, I would have happily volunteered for it. But living on a small island 12 miles wide at its widest by 30 miles long, which is subject to typhoons that get “a running start” before they hit and whose supplies are dependent on and priced according to the shipping industry, is challenging and concerning, to say the least. But the Lord has taken up for us, and continues to take up for us, and we would not have traded this for any other opportunity or “occupation.”

Since our last update, the Lord has used me personally to lead 31 people to Christ. While parking my car in a store parking lot, I saw an employee on break, sitting cross-legged in the shade, and thought it might be a soul-winning opportunity. As I approached him, I got his attention with the local greeting, “Hoy.” He looked up and was surprised to see that it was a haole (“foreigner/Caucasian”) who had said “Hoy.” He allowed me to explain the Gospel to him and then prayed with me to receive the Lord Jesus Christ into his heart as his Saviour. After we prayed, we fist-bumped, and I needed to go back to my vehicle before going into the store. When I passed him to enter the store, he was still sitting in the shade, but with his head bowed looking at his phone and singing “Hallelujah” over and over.

A couple of years ago, I led a cashier of a store we frequented to the Lord. Back then, she always looked like she was having a bad day. Recently, I patronized the store, and she was at the same cash register. She was glad to see me and did not look like she was having a bad day. She thanked me for praying with her for salvation and said it had made a big difference in her life. She said that at the time, she had been going through a lot of turmoil, but since that day, her life has gotten better.

Island Baptist Church is a blessing. We are so thankful to the Lord for our local church on the mission field, the opportunity to serve Him through it, and for the people He has brought to it. Our church folks continue to attend faithfully, and the Lord continues to take up for them and to work in their lives.

And we are thankful for your prayers and faithful support, which help to keep us here and keep us going. Please continue to pray for our health and safety, Island Baptist Church, Guam, and Micronesia. Life and ministry have their concerns, and we were presented with a couple recently. Please pray that the Lord takes up for us and works them together for good.

In His harvest field,

Dan Rothwell and Family