Return from Guyana

Thank you for praying for us during this trip to the Guyana mission field.  We have safely returned after traveling over 4000 miles and spending 45 hours in the air (one way) in 13 days.

We experienced a mechanical problem one morning after departing from Laramie Wyoming and returned back to the airfield to check it out.  Turns out the propeller governor had stopped working and wasn’t increasing the pitch on the blades to make us go faster.  Kind of like being stuck in 1^st gear and not able to shift into second.

The Lord blessed us with a family 60 miles away in Cheyenne that took us in while we waited for a new part.  They came and got us, gave us a place to sleep, and fed us.  We played music together, sang together, had worships and fellowshipped together for 3 days.  It was wonderful to have time to rest and get rejuvenated before continuing westward.  We were very thankful for their loving kindness.

The next obstacle was bad weather in Oregon, our final destination.  After checking the weather report, we decided to divert to Walla Walla Washington for the weekend because Oregon had 60 mile per hour winds with rain, ice and snow.  Another family took us in, the brother of James, and we spent a wonderful weekend there taking off to Oregon on Sunday with clear skies and good weather.

The Ash’s have now had their new baby, Juliana Elise, born Friday, March 26 and she’s a cutie.

Today we are finishing up a week of camp meeting here at our place and have been blessed by the Lord many times over with a better understanding of the book of Joel and end time prophecy.

I have news from Guyana that 65 people have been baptized after an evangelistic series held by Dr. LaRose McClusky in Paruima village and 8 of those are from DIIC college there where I installed the solar energy system.  When we had left the village of Shea, 10+ people had asked for bible study and 2 had asked to be baptized as a result of evangelistic meetings held there by James and Joy Ash.

Please continue your prayers for the people in Shea as the devil is bringing in false doctrine through other churches.  They are even paying people $50 to be baptized.  What a sham and an abomination.  James and Joy held evangelistic meetings there before we left to provide a foundation for those people so they would not be led astray.

Gary Lewis is now flying after Kyle and team put the new engine on his airplane and work is continuing in Bethany to build an airplane hanger so they will have a sheltered place to work.

A special thanks to our new friends in the British Virgin Islands, Jean and Phillip, Clive and Marshay, for showing us God’s love, dinner, to and from the airport and helping us get through everything smoothly during the trip in the Caribbean.  We pray God will bless the health ministry they have recently launched there.

I can tell you that the prayers offered by many during this trip were answered by God.  He listened and acted.  Everything from protection, guidance, and bringing pieces together at the right time all happened during this trip.  God brought people together who needed the connection, and he also brought parts, supplies, and assistance when they were needed.  It was awesome to see God work!!

The idea that prayer is not essential is one of Satan's most successful devices to ruin souls. Prayer is communion with God, the Fountain of wisdom, the Source of strength, and peace, and happiness. Jesus prayed to the Father "with strong crying and tears." Paul exhorts believers to "pray without ceasing," in everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, making known their requests to God. "Pray one for another," James says. "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." Hebrews 5:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; James 5:16.  {7T 42.3} 

In God’s Service,

Brandtley