Latest Prayer Letter/January 2012

The quarterly prayer letter from the Borodys

1^st Quarter 2012

SIM Missionaries

Reaching people worldwide with the Gospel of Christ through partnership with WWLab Improvement.

SIM Canada

10 Huntingdale Blvd

Scarborough, Ont.

M1W 2S5

Mailing Address:

4405 Clayborne Dr. Apt 306

Kalamazoo, MI

49009

Email: james.borody@sim.org

In loving memory of Norma June Rumble

We would like to dedicate this letter to a wonderful mom, mother-in-law, wife, grandma, sister, aunt, and friend who left us to meet Jesus on Jan. 5, 2012, surrounded by all her family.

It has been a difficult number of years for Cindy’s mom physically, and even though we mourn her loss, we are comforted to know that she is free from pain and rejoicing in Our Lord’s presence.

Thank you for the many words of condolence and encouragement that we have received in recent days. We appreciate each one. We have felt God’s presence in the midst of difficult circumstances.

Mom is now part of that “great cloud of witnesses” who is cheering us on as we continue our journey on earth until we join her in Glory one day.

Update on US visa process

The second round of paper work was submitted to the Department of Homeland Security in late Nov. They had further questions about our application for permission to apply for a religious worker’s visa. Big thanks to Carol Bos at WWLab for accumulating, organizing, and sending the many documents required to help support our case.

We ask that you continue to pray that the DHS will approve our request soon, so we can get on with applying for this visa.

This process is taking much longer than we expected, but we know that it is right on schedule according to God’s timetable. Pray that we would not be discouraged as we wait for this document.

WWLab News

We continue to spend the majority of our weeks at WWLab in Kalamazoo as we wait for our visa. Every day we learn new things and get more involved in this unique ministry.

James was able to return to Jordan in early Dec to complete the lab installation and training. He returned healthy this time! A month previously, he had the privilege of going to Cambodia for retraining and upgrading of lab equipment.

A new partner in Haiti, Village of Hope, is next on the travel schedule. James will be there Jan. 27 to Feb 1.

Many other projects are “in the works” for the coming months.

A few things from Cindy......

A few verses of Scripture, a few thoughts, and a few ponderings that have touched me over the past few months. (Taken from Cindy’s journal)

• God needs knees more than hands.
• Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts”
• “The foremost quality of a trusting disciple is gratefulness.” Brennan Manning.
• He is in the moment.
• EXPECT TO SEE GOD.
• I can only enter His gates when I enter with Thanksgiving.
• “A teardrop on earth summons the King of Heaven.” Charles Swindoll
• Luke 1:45 “She who has believed is blessed because what was spoken to her by the Lord will be fulfilled”
• While you journey through life in My Presence, My Glory brightens the world around you.
• Surely, the Lord is in this place.
• The Lord is my portion, therefore, I will put my trust in Him.
• Let God infuse His Peace into my inmost being. Peace – it’s not about will power or discipline, it’s about opening myself to RECEIVE.

…and lastly…

• Instead of trying to figure things out yourself, you can relax in the Presence of the One who knows everything…

- As you lean on Me in trusting dependence, you feel peaceful and complete.

- Your efforts, to win others approval eventually exhaust you.

- Let My Spirit give you words of grace as you live in the Light of My Presence.

When I don’t live in the Light of His Presence – I am offering others only dry crumbs…

Family News

We had the opportunity to all be together in Canada for Christmas last month. We were thankful for dry roads and good traveling weather for all. This was Rebekah’s last Christmas as a Borody! Wedding plans for Aug 18 are moving along nicely. We are looking forward to welcoming Ryan Gall into our family this coming year. He is a high school teacher in Waterloo.

Bethany is working long hours at Engineers Without Borders. International travel is on the agenda for this year.

Tim has started the preliminary courses needed to work towards his CMA designation as he continues to work at OTIP.

Prayer Requests

1. Pray for Cindy and her family as they mourn the loss of her mother. We are thankful for good neighbors who will keep an eye on her dad as he adjusts to his “new normal”.

2. Pray for DHS as they process our paperwork. Pray that we will soon be able to apply for our R-1 visa.

3. Pray for safety in travel for James, John, and Ed as they install lab equipment and train local staff throughout the world.

4. Pray that WWLab would continue to have a great impact on mission hospitals and clinics around the world.

5. Pray that we would be intentional in making relationships with unbelievers in our community so that we can point them to Christ.

…..did you know….??

- You can discover great information at www.wwlab.org

- The new Blog site at WWLab (developed by Cindy) gives timely reports of recent trips

- WWLab was officially formed in 1995 – the same year God called us into FT ministry!

Thank you for your faithful prayer and financial support.