February 4, 2006
2005 Annual Report (Wycliffe)
Dear friends and loved ones, this past year had plenty of good surprises:
In Giving
In
2005, God surprised me with two
new partners in giving. What a joy it is
to discover, apart from my prompting or their announcement, additional people
joining
our work for the vision of God's glorious future among the nations!
I was also startled to discover at the end of the year that giving had met 98% of my average monthly quota! What amazing team of supporters God has given me! Over half of the committments were completely fulfilled, and a few even increased their commitment or gave above their pledge. Praise the Lord!
| A few of my main contributers have notified me of not being able to continue the same level of support this coming year. Please pray that the Lord will provide more partners to help cover any deficits. |
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I was able to present my work to a couple of church groups this past
year. Please pray for more of these opportunities to let others know about the
work I do. I have already spoken to a men's group in January at the
church where I worship. Everyone said it was very interesting and informative!
In Prayer and Encouragement
Toward the end of the year, I was overwelmed with the number of people who
told me they have been praying for me on a weekly basis, unbeknownst to me! And
looking back, I can see that God has surely provided for me in a number of
important ways, including work, school, and fellowship:
I really love the work I'm doing here; my fellow teammates are family to me!
Our team successfully completed the Beta of Fieldworks Language Explorer (FLex
for short). This is the Grammar and Lexicon tool I've been working on for the
past year. It is in the process of being distributed to field workers and should
be freely available to download soon. Pray that missionaries working in minority
languages would be able to use FLex for their language projects and will give
us helpful feedback so this year we can continue to make it more useful to
them.
In other news, I successfully completed two seminary classes this past year
taught by Dr. Sinclair Ferguson. Seminary continues to be a rich and challenging
experience, and I trust that the Lord will bless my studies for the benefit
of his church. Please pray that I will have the time and money needed to complete
the 13 hours for a Masters of Arts in Religion over the next two years. (Classes
currently run $340 per credit hour.)
Church
worship and fellowship is a highlight every week. It's been amazing
to see so many families with children growing up in the Lord, and to
get to know some of them. I've also been blessed to get to know several
linguistics students and missionary kids (MKs) over the past year,
who frequent the cafeteria on campus. I've especially enjoyed
meeting with the MKs on a weekly basis to watch and discuss movies
that invite spiritual reflection. I've even had a few opportunities to
get to know some godly women this past year. You may continue to pray
for that as well, as I know a number of you have been! :-)
Yours by His faithfulness, Eric D. Pyle |
[View and Comment on my picture album of my
work environment:
visit EricPyle.shutterfly.com ]  "God's blessing Eric! We are so proud of you. Love, Gayle and Stan" |
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