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To our Faithful Supporters and Prayer Warriors;

We are grateful to you and to God for all that is being accomplished in our church planting ministry!
Here are some of the headlines:

Believers Faithful in Commitment to their Church

The Murrays Blaze the Deputation Trail

New Plan to Be Designed for Cuenca, Ecuador Field

Cause of David's Sicknesses Found

www.ecuamurray.org reaches 370 visitors

Believers Remain Faithful in their Commitment to their Church
Let's face it: our absence for this extended period of time has been a
good shot in the arm to motivate and unify the believers. It was vital
that our brothers remain true to their promise to each other and to God. Their
promise included staying united to the assembly and being committed and focused
on the church plant. We are happy to report to you that the believers of
Iglesia Bautista Trinidad (Trinity Baptist) are remaining faithful to their
commitment to this fledgling work! It is exciting to hear their enthusiasm as I
speak with them on the phone, or exchange emails with them. They are now
organizing a seminar about the Christian Family. They have invited friends to this,
because they are concerned for the souls of the lost. How exciting to see them
united, learning and growing as they await the return of their pastor!

At this point we have agreed together on a transition. They are
transitioning over to meeting at the church which my brother in law Diego Pastors. He
had been filling in for me, and has done an excellent job. They will be meeting
separately as a church in my home on Thursday nights because they are
committed to remaining unified. They are continuing their men's outings, and
other fellowship and outreach ministries as a unified group. When I return,
we will continue as Iglesia Bautista Trinidad. I hope it is soon!

The Murrays Blaze the Deputation Trail
The bottom line is that we have worked very hard and have spent allot
of money in our efforts to raise the required support to be cleared to return to
the field. We have been to deputation meetings in from Maine to Illinois,
traveling many miles to share our passion to return with churches and
individuals. We have many meetings set up for the next few months. But none of this has made
us think that we will be sent back to our people by the end of March. There may
be support coming, but we have received no official word from new
supporting churches yet. Therefore I told my people that we ought to go to an
emergency plan, which is stated above.

Again, as soon as we obtain the $550 per month support we need we can
go back to the people who are waiting for us. We need to get there. Please pray
for us!

Please consider whether God would have you be part of the solution.
Whether you are an individual or a church; if you wish to support us we would be
very excited to be brought closer to our goal of returning to the field by
your efforts. This circumstance is just a bump in the road! Just a few
individuals and churches getting behind us financially will put us back on the
field very soon. You could take part in this vital ministry in this way! It would
be a shame if our people had to wait as we were withheld from ministry in
that needy nation for an extended period of time, due to the fact that we cannot
raise $550 more in monthly funds. Maybe you can be a part of the solution!

New Plan to Be Designed for Cuenca, Ecuador Field

We have lost most of our missionary partners. Some have changed fields,
some have changed mission boards, and some have left missions for various
reasons. So our plans will need a good amount of revision. Therefore, Carlene Piper
will meet Fernando and Laura Naranjo, VW and Susan Peters and Sonia and me
somewhere in the Midwest in the next 2 months in order to re-hone our plans. We
are going to move ahead in the church planting/missionary endeavor in Cuenca,
Ecuador! For me this is very exciting-and I wouldn't have it any other way!

Cause of David's Sicknesses Found
Praise the Lord! They have found why I am usually sick- and it is a
treatable, non life-threatening problem! Needless to say that I was happy when
after 12 different (And expensive!) tests they have found that I have gastritis.
They have tested every angle and have concluded that this is the problem. I
am SO thankful to God! He has use for me yet!

www.ecuamurray.org reaches 370 visitors
In case you haven't looked yet: we have a website designed to
establish a connectedness with you. We have pictures, bios of our people,
guestbook, archived prayer letters, articles I write about daily life in Ecuador,
our philosophy of ministry, our mission board, needs list and other
features. If you haven't typed it in yet-go for it! www.ecuamurray.org

Please Note: The designer and I will be changing pictures and adding an article in the next 4
weeks, so be sure to get right on our site before I change them and you miss out!

We thank you all so much for your prayers, your backup, and your
support so that we are able to head out to the front lines. We need you! We need your
prayer support to keep-on-keeping-on as we wage spiritual war.

Needs/Prayer Requests:

  • $550 in monthly support

  • Please Pray for our Jairo, Veronica, William, Eli, Paul, Fernando,
    Doris, Mr. Pacheco, Marco and many others who are waiting for us to get
    back to them. Please pray that they will not get discouraged/led astray.
    We are at $1,000 in our passage (Plane Tickets) fund! We need to
    raise $2,000 more.

  • We will be moving to a missionary home soon. No more paying high
    rent! Yeah! Please pray for a smooth transition.

  • More deputation type of meetings so that we can get back to our
    people.

  • **************Building fund: Goal: $60,000 Actual: $1,000 Please Consider this!*************************

  • Video Projector for field: Need=$1,000 Actual=$20

  • Shipping of Bibles already purchased, Overhead projector (Thanks to
    Memorial, Verona WI for this donation!),Teaching supplies, Charity
    Items Need:=$1,000 Actual=$0

  • Please pray for Fabian Sanchez-salvation. I called him all the way
    from Indiana just recently!




Please be on the lookout for another communication via snail mail at
the beginning of April.

We love you and thank God for you from the bottom of our hearts!

Your Missionaries;

The Murrays: David, Sonia, Dave, Andrea, Joshua

Temp Phone # 765-429-6050
Temp Address: 1132 N 10th St. Lafayette, IN , 47904
*Permanent Email: ecuamurray1@juno.com Permanent Website:
www.ecuamurray.org

*(Notice NEW Address has a "1". Please save this new address in your
hard drive right now to avoid future non-communications)