Date: April 7, 2005

Tomorrow (Friday) I will be leaving for Sparta, Illinois. I will be attending a regular meeting of my presbytery, giving my annual report, and preaching in our PCA church in Sparta--a church that has supported us for many years. I will be returning home Sunday afternoon.

Please pray about work agreements that the Latin American Resource Team (of which I am director) is currently developing with several MTW teams and/or Latin American churches. Most of these have to do with training national leadership.

One of these is the place I'll be doing the research for my dissertation. I am waiting on a letter from the local church and team officially giving their permission for me to do my research in their midst. Once I have this letter, I will send in all the required documentation to the proper authorities at George Washington University. Hopefully within two weeks from their reception of these documents I will have the official permission from the University to proceed with the research project. I will be making four visits between May (I hope to being in May) and September. Then I will write up the last two chapters of the dissertation (the first three are completed). I hope to defend my dissertation about a year from now. Then Phyllis and I (along with Audrey for as long as she is in High School) will be heading back to Latin America.

Micah is graduating from Covenant College in a few weeks. Thanks for your prayers for him.

Thanks again for your support of us and the ministry the Lord has given us.

Gary Waldecker