Ministry Update (October 2024)

To My Praying Friends,

Thank you for your continued prayers and support! The end of the year is coming up soon and I have many things to praise the Lord for! 

Recent Happenings

• July 30-August 06–I had the opportunity to attend my first Deliberate Discipleship Retreat with my mission board director. The theme of this retreat was on how to disciple others in their walk with the Lord. It was a huge blessing and a challenge to me both personally and spiritually!

• August 18–Today a pastor messaged me that the church was going to take me on for support! Praise the Lord! He also asked me what else I needed for my upcoming trip to India. He told me that the church would send a check for the remaining amount! Praise the Lord for answered prayers!

• September 1-4–This week was my mission board's annual missionary retreat. We stayed at Carson Spring Baptist Conference Center in Newport, TN. It was a great time of encouragement and spiritual refreshment!

Trip to India: September 15 to October 8

• Team Members: Myself, Lindsey, Rebecca and her father Dr. Mark

  
  

• Week 1: This week was mostly spent doing some sightseeing. Places visited: Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Kohima War Cemetery, Khonoma Village, and Heirloom Naga Centre. We arrived at the Deaf school on Wednesday.

  
  

• Week 2: Dr. Mark and I both gave our testimonies on Sunday. It was International Week of the Deaf! To celebrate, the school organized games for the students. There were three teams: Faith, Hope, and Love. On Wednesday, Rebecca, Lindsey, and I got to organize and lead the games! Friday was a fun carnival day. The students made all of the games and prizes! I was so impressed with their creativity!

• Week 3: On Sunday, the students also put on a special program at church. We spent this week having time with Amongla in the morning. (She and her husband, Pastor Yanger, started the school.) She shared bits of wisdom and practical advice she had learned over the years. In the afternoon we observed in the school and also had the opportunity to teach a couple of lessons. After classes let out, each day we alternated  spending time with the girls in their vocational room or spending time with the boys in theirs. We also had the opportunity to teach chapel in the morning and devotions at night. We took turns leading the music and teaching the lesson. Lindsey taught her first devotional in sign language! I’m so proud of her!

• Week 4: On Sunday, Lindsey also gave her testimony for the first time in sign language! Lindsey and I left on Monday and arrived home Tuesday morning. 

Goal for the Rest of the Year

• I hope to finish training the two new interpreters (Mark and Lindsey) in my church to prepare them for when I leave in January.

Praises

• Prayer cards designed and ordered!

• The remaining funds for India provided!

• A successful trip to India! I look forward to when I can return!

Prayer Request

• For Mark and Lindsey as we continue interpreting class 

  • for their heart for the deaf to grow

  • for their sign language skills to grow

• That more churches will choose to partner with me for support

• For my parents’ health

  
  

Financial Needs

• A reliable car for travel

• A new laptop

• At the end of December, I will be traveling to Romania for 4 weeks to stay with a fellow missionary and her children while her husband is out of the country. 

Your Fellow Servant,

Lois Boswell

Matthew 9:37-38 – Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

A Group Photo with All the Students and Staff

Teaching in the Deaf School

Having Fun with the Girls at the Deaf School