Thomas, Gil & Denise

Gil and Denise Thomas (Children – Sarah, Jonathan and Andrea)

E-mail: gthomas@abwe.cc
Website: http://www.thomas.abwe.org/
Field Address: ABEW P.O. Box 8585, Harrisburg, PA  17105-8585
Telephone: 727-277-6891 (Gil) and 727-808-9467 (Denise)

Mission Agency: Association of Baptists For World Evangelism (ABWE) Good Soil Evangelism and Discipleship
Mission Field: USA and the world

November 2009

Dear Praying Partners,

As we move from Thanksgiving into the Christmas season, we have much for which to be thankful – and we are especially thankful for prayer partners like you. 

Thanks for praying about our house in Portugal.  No, it is not sold, but God has provided renters at least two or three years.  That alleviates the pressure tremendously and we are pleased to help provide a nice place for Rod and Sunsan Henderson and their daughter, Leah, who are new missionaries to Portugal, in which to stay for their first term.

Thanks for praying for Gil’s trip to S. Africa.  Wayne Haston and I conducted an evangelism and discipleship seminar in Durban for 33 ABWE missionaries and internationals.  The S. African contingency was very diverse; ten Indians, several Zulus and a few Afrikaans.  Then, I took an ABWE missionary and a S. African pastor with me to Johannesburg and taught a seminar to 14 Baptist pastors and missionaries.  Two significant observations about that week: (1) It was great to see Bobby Vic and remember what they learned and put it into practice. (2) The participants, without any coaching or encouragement from us, got together and planned a December meeing in which they want to develop a plan for sharing Good Soil with other pastors and leaders in metropolitan Johannesburg.

As soon as I traveled back to Harrisburg we were involved in two weeks of training.

One participant said, "I traveled from Alaska for the seminar.  It was an excellent time of training and learning.  Thank you…for your hard work and preparation."

We also thank God for providing a church for us to attend and in which to be involved here in Harrisburg.  Each of us is involved:  Denise helping w/children’s classes, Andrea leading in the youth, and Gil leading the choir and helping with worship.

Please pray:

Denise and I will be travelling to the Philippines on Jan 1 and 2 and will be teaching 5 seminars on four islands until the middle of Feb. 

Gil’s book, Gaining Ground with Good Soil", An Evangelism and Discipleship Training Narrative, is nearly completed and should be in print by mid Jan. 

We are several hundred dollars under supported.  The financial crunch has affected many of us and has forced some to lower our support.  We are pryaing for you all and trust God will meet needs and bless his people.

Your missionary friends,

Gil and Denise Thomas