Flight arrangements are done, and hotel reservation are in progress. Our team is complete, and plans are beginning to take form for a week of worship, fun, and fellowship with missionaries from Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venzuela. Please continue to pray for these missionaries: that they will be refreshed and will leave the meeting with more JOY than they arrived with.

We also ask that you pray for our team, for health and rest during the trip, and that our plans and activities are a blessing to the missionary families.

The new Hosea Bilyeu Family website is up and running. Concert CDs are available for purchase on the Resources page (also accesible from the Support page on this site). Proceeds from all CD sales go directly to the Wells of Joy ministry and projects.

Click here to go to the site:
http://www.HoseaBilyeuFamily.com

The Wells of Joy ministry had the pleasure of spending March 23 & 24 with pastors and their wives from the Southwest corner of Missouri.  The event was hosted by Michael Haynes and the Greene County Baptist Association, and held at the Honeysuckle Inn in Branson.  A wonderful time of worship and Bible study was had.

We had the pleasure of sharing our stories with those in attendance, sharing about our individual fights for joy in our daily lives, and how God is faithful to bring us through those times each and every day.

Attached to this post is a document containing Hosea’s notes and agenda for the weekend.  We hope that these scriptures and thoughts are an encouragement to you in your fight for joy.

Click here to download the document:

2012 03 23 Fight for Joy Pastors and Wives Retreat

In late July, Wells of Joy will be taking a team to Quito, Ecuador for a little over a week to minister to missionaries and families from four countries during their annual group meeting.  Our team will consist of about two dozen members, and will provide worship, Bible study, and child care and activities for the missionary families from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.  Please begin praying for these missionaries: that their time in Quito will be refreshing, and that our service to them will fill them with JOY!

Robin has finished touching up her journal that she kept during our 2009 trip to Africa.  It has been attached to this post for you to enjoy.  Click the link below to open the document.

2009 Africa Trip Journal Entries (with name changes)