Prayer Letter for January/ February 2015 – pdf file

Dear Brethren,

Greetings and peace in the name of our eternal God, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

As always, we thank our Lord Jesus Christ for taking us on this glorious journey, a journey of endless joy, speaking to our hearts and answering the call that he has given us, to do His work according to His ways and will.

Last year, 2014 was a year to remember with many blessings. We were accepted as missionaries with World Wide New Testament Baptist Mission, went to our survey trip, blessed with three churches that took us on for support, visited many churches, we were blessed with the announcement of our 8^th grand child by our daughter. Beside the joy of receiving these blessings, we were also saddened by the parting away of my father on December 31^st, 2014.

Now a new year is ahead of us continuing on this glorious journey, pressing on the work that is ahead of us, trusting in the Lord with our hearts opened to serve Him, focusing our eyes and our hearts on him, leaning on Him for strength and courage, and depending on His Holy Spirit for guidance.

We praise the Lord that He has given us another year for the sole purpose of serving Him with all our strength, to adore Him in spirit and in truth with all our hearts, and to glorify him in everything that we do. The Lord is Good!!

We are being blessed with many Meetings and Mission Conferences throughout the year. So far we have had meetings in Virginia and more to follow until the latter part of April.

As we press on, continue to pray for the following prayer request:

• Support Levels

            Pray as we are on full time deputation that the Lord will guide us to the right church and have favor along the way in order to obtain our support, so we can arrive on the field by December 2017 or sooner.

• Safety with Travels

            Pray that our Lord, God would protect us on the road not only here during    deputation.

• Schedule of Meetings

            Pray that our schedule will be fill. So far the Lord has blessed with meetings in VA,   NC, NYC and Florida for this year.

• Softness of Attitudes

            Pray that our hearts would stay soft, to have a humble attitude, to stay close to God, and focus on Him. Also for the churches that we have been in contact with.

Thank you for your faithful prayers, kindness and love, but most of all for your faithful service for our Lord!

Under His Wings Reaching the World for His Glory.

In Christ alone

Jean-Claude and Matilde Guilbaud

December 2014 Prayer Letter

Dear Brethren,

Greetings and peace in the name of our eternal God, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

As always, we thank our Lord Jesus Christ for taking us on this glorious journey, a journey of endless joy, speaking to our hearts and answering the call that he has given us, to do His work according to His ways and will.

The first week of the month of December, we were on our survey trip through December 6. As we mentioned in our previous prayer letter, the Lord blessed us grandly on our survey trip.

Last year, 2014 was a year to remember with many blessings. We were accepted as missionaries with World Wide New Testament Baptist Mission, went to our survey trip, blessed with three churches that took us on for support, visited many churches, we were blessed with the announcement of our 8^th grand child by our daughter. Beside the joy of receiving these blessings, we were also saddened by the parting away of my father on December 31^st, 2014.

Now a new year is ahead of us continuing on this glorious journey, pressing on the work that is ahead of us, trusting in the Lord with our hearts opened to serve Him, focusing our eyes and our hearts on Him, leaning on Him for strength and courage, and depending on His Holy Spirit for guidance.

We praise the Lord that He has given us another year for the sole purpose of serving Him with all our strength, to adore Him in spirit and in truth with all our hearts, and to glorify Him in everything that we do. The Lord is Good!!

As we press on, continue to pray for the following prayer request:

• Support Levels

            Pray as we are on full time deputation that the Lord will guide us to the right church and have favor along the way in order to obtain our support, so we can arrive on the field by December 2017 or sooner.

• Safety with Travels

            Pray that our Lord, God would protect us on the road not only here during deputation but also in Costa Rica.

• Schedule of Meetings

            Pray that our schedule will be fill. So far the Lord has blessed with meetings in NYC, NC and Florida for next year.

• Softness of Attitudes

            Pray that our hearts would stay soft, to have a humble attitude, to stay close to God, and focus on Him, for the churches we have contacted and  also for the people that we have been in contact with in Costa Rica.

Thank you for your faithful prayers, kindness and love, but most of all for your faithful service for our Lord!

Under His Wings Reaching the World for His Glory.

In Christ alone

Jean-Claude and Matilde Guilbaud

Prayer Letter for December 2014 – pdf

November 2014 Prayer Letter

Dear Brethren,

Greetings and peace in the name of our eternal God, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

As always, we thank our Lord Jesus Christ for taking us on this glorious journey, a journey of endless joy, speaking to our hearts and answering the call that he has given us, to do His work according to His ways and will.

Finally on November 20, 2014, the Lord allowed us to go on our survey trip to Costa Rica; a long and waited trip with anticipation as the Lord was preparing the way. We spent 16 days exploring the country and the Lord blessed us grandly. We saw the hands of the Lord’s protection over us, seeing many being sick with the virus of Dengue, we did not get it; we were warned not to drink of the water but we did and nothing happened to us. We also saw the Lord’s protection while taking the buses throughout the country, especially through the mountains, we saw many trucks that were turned over on the side of the road but God was with us. The Lord provided shelter and food from one place to another. We were also blessed by meeting many missionaries serving in Costa Rica for many years, seeing what they were doing. We also met many national pastors as they also open their hearts to us and were willing to help in every way they could. As a matter of fact, one national pastor and his wife have been praying for someone like us to come and help them.

Unfortunately, we were not able to visit all the places that the Lord laid on our hearts, especially in Guanacaste. Perhaps we may have to take another trip to explore those areas and other ones that the Lord laid on our hearts before we make final decision; praying on what the Lord will have us to do and where as we allow His Holy Spirit to lead us in the right path of righteousness so we won’t make mistake.

We praise the Lord that another church took us on as they are willing to support us starting January 2015. The Lord is Good!!

Continue to pray for the following prayer request:

• Support Levels

            Pray as we are on full time deputation that the Lord will guide us to the right church and have favor along the way in order to obtain our support, so we can arrive on the field by December 2017 or sooner.

• Safety with Travels

Pray that our Lord, God would protect us on the road as we do His work according to His ways and will.

• Schedule of Meetings

Pray that our schedule will be fill. So far the Lord has blessed with meetings in GA, NYC, NC, VA and Florida for next Year.

• Softness of Attitudes

            Pray that our hearts would stay soft, to have a humble attitude, to stay close to God, and focus on Him not ourselves. Also for the churches we have contacted.

Thank you for your faithful prayers, kindness and love, but most of all for your faithful service for our Lord!

Under His Wings Reaching the World for His Glory.

In Christ alone

Jean-Claude and Matilde Guilbaud

November 2014 – Survey trip to CR

Prayer Letter for September- October 2014 – View as Pdf

September /October 2014 Prayer Letter

Dear Brethren,

Greetings and peace in the name of our eternal God, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

As always, we thank our Lord Jesus Christ for taking us on this glorious journey, a journey of endless joy, speaking to our hearts and answering the call that he has given us, to do His work according to His ways and will.

During these two months, the Lord has been taking us through a process, a process which cannot be followed without the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The Lord is continuing to prepare the way for our survey trip to Costa Rica which will take place from November 20 through December 6, 2014. We had our first Mission Conference this year, it was a blessing. We are being blessed with meetings for next year and by our continued communication with three missionary families and a national pastor in Costa Rica as they are willing to help us when we go there. We were invited to a Thanksgiving get together where all the missionaries to Costa Rica will be gathering. What a blessing!!

We want to give you an update of where we are regarding our support levels for the survey trip. As previously mentioned, we needed a minimum $3,280.00 dollars for our needs which included the airfare (round trip), Lodging and meals, Airport transportation, Fee to leave the country, Transportation around the country and for Miscellaneous items. Praise the Lord, our financial needs are met. The Lord is good and always good. To God be the Glory!! The Lord knows our hearts and the desires of our hearts.

Continue to pray for the following prayer request:

• Support Levels

        Pray as we are on full time deputation that the Lord will guide us to the right church and have favor along the way in order to obtain our support, so we can arrive on the field by December 2017 or sooner.

• Safety with Travels

        Pray that our Lord, God would protect us on the road not only here during deputation but also in Costa Rica.

• Schedule of Meetings

        Pray that our schedule will be fill. So far the Lord has blessed with meetings in NYC, NC and Florida for next year.

• Softness of Attitudes

        Pray that our hearts would stay soft, to have a humble attitude, to stay close to God, and focus on Him. Also for the people we have contacted in Costa Rica.

Thank you for your faithful prayers, kindness and love, but most of all for your faithful service for our Lord!

Under His Wings Reaching the World for His Glory.

In Christ alone

Jean-Claude and Matilde Guilbaud

Prayer Letter for July & August 2014

July/August 2014  Prayer Letter

Dear Brethren,

Greetings and peace in the name of our eternal God, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

As always, we want to thank our Lord Jesus Christ for taking us on this glorious road, speaking to our hearts and answering the call that he has given us, to do His work according to His ways and will.

These two months have been a time of testing, continuing to prepare for our survey trip to Costa Rica. Unfortunately, the Lord did not allow us to go to Costa Rica for our survey trip which was supposed to take place at the end of August. The new dates of which have been confirmed will take place November 20 through December 6, 2014. We are being blessed in the meantime by our continued communication with two missionary families in Costa Rica as they are willing to help us when we go there. We were invited to a Thanksgiving get together where all the missionaries to Costa Rica will be gathering. What a blessing!!

We want to give you an update of where we are regarding our support levels for the survey trip. As previously mentioned, we need approximately $3,280.00 dollars for our needs which includes the airfare (round trip), Lodging and meals, Airport transportation, Fee to leave the country, Transportation around the country and for Miscellaneous items. We have stepped out by faith and charged the airfare tickets to receive the better airline fares. As of this date, we have received $820.00 dollars from our sending church. We are praying that the Lord will bless and supply the remaining balance of $2,460.00 dollars by the time we go.

Continue to pray for the following prayer request:

• Support Levels

        Pray as we are beginning full time deputation that the Lord will guide us to the right church and have favor along the way in order to obtain our support so we can arrive on the field by December 2017 or sooner.

• Safety with Travels

        Pray that God would protect us on the road not only here during deputation but also in Costa Rica.

• Schedule of Meetings

        Pray that our schedule will be fill.

• Softness of Attitudes

        Pray that our hearts would stay soft, to have a humble attitude, to stay close to God, and focus on Him. Also for the people we have contacted in Costa Rica.

Thank you for your faithful prayers, kindness and love, but most of all for your faithful service for our Lord!

Under His  Wings Reaching the World for His Glory.

Jean-Claude and Matilde Guilbaud

Dear Brethren,

Greetings and peace in the name of our eternal God, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

As always, we want to thank our Lord Jesus Christ for taking us on this glorious road, speaking to our hearts and answering the call that He has given us, to do His work according to His ways and will.

This month has been a month of testing, preparing for our survey trip to Costa Rica. It was also a month of blessing when we went to the Missionary Family Fellowship Week in Shelby, North Carolina with our Mission Board hosted by Faith Baptist Church of Shelby. We were blessed tremendously, the Holy Spirit of God was there without a doubt. We were blessed with many contacts where some invited us to present our work this year and also for a Mission conference next year. We were also blessed by being in contact with two missionary families in Costa Rica and they are willing to help us when we go there.

We want to give you an update of where we are regarding our support levels for the survey trip. We need approximately $3,280.00 dollars for our needs which includes the Airfare (round trip), Lodging and meals, Airport transportation, Fee to leave the country, Transportation around the country and for Miscellaneous items. As of now the Lord has provided through family and friends 60% of the trip. We are in the process to buy the airfare tickets, by faith, which cost $1,600.00 dollars before it goes up again.

Continue to pray for the following prayer requests:

• Support Levels
  • Pray so we can go surveying the land in August, starting from the 8th through the 23^rd, Lord willing, and that the Lord will prepare the way and provide the rest of the expenses.
  • Pray that we would be able to obtain support quickly to arrive on the field by December 2017.
• Safety with Travels
  • Pray that God would protect us on the road not only here during deputation but also in Costa Rica.
• Schedule of Meetings
  • Pray that our schedule will be full
• Softness of Attitudes
  • Pray that our hearts would stay soft, to have a humble attitude, to stay close to God, and focus on Him. Also for the people we have contacted in Costa Rica.

Thank you for your prayers, kindness and love, but most of all for your faithful service for our Lord! Under His Wings Reaching the World for His Glory.

In Christ alone,
Jean-Claude and Matilde Guilbaud

Read this prayer letter as a PDF: mid-June 2014

Dear Brethren,

Greetings and peace in the name of our eternal God , Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Beforehand, we want to thank our Lord Jesus Christ for taking us thus far, speaking to our hearts and answering the call that He has given us, to do His work according to His ways and will.
Finally, our first prayer letter! What an exciting time for us. As of June, we will be on full time deputation! If we were to say that we are not scared nor nervous, it will not be the truth; yes we are! It is a step of faith and an awesome opportunity to see the Lord provide all our needs. We are starting on a glorious journey, looking to the Lord for guidance in the right path, asking Him to prepare the way and the hearts of every one with whom we will be in contact. As of now, we only have one meeting with Fairview Baptist Church in Chesapeake, Virginia.

We would like to bring to the table of your hearts the following prayer requests:

• Support Levels
  • Pray so we can go surveying the land in August, starting from the 8th through the 23rd and that the Lord will prepare the way and provide.
  • Pray that we would be able to obtain support quickly to arrive on the field by December 2017.
• Safety with Travels
  • Pray that God would protect us on the road
• Schedule of Meetings
  • Pray that our schedule will be fu4ll
• Softness of Attitudes
  • Pray that our hearts would stay soft, to have a humble attitude and to stay close to God and focus on Him.

Thank you for your prayers, kindness and love, but most of all for your faithful service for our Lord! Under His Wings Reaching the World for His Glory.

In Christ alone,
Jean-Claude and Matilde Guilbaud

Read this prayer letter as a PDF: early June 2014