Prayer Needs

Pray for wisdom & guidance as we look to expand our ministry in Namibia

Pray for Community Hope School as we look for new teachers

Please continue to pray for our over-all health

Coming Up May 1—

­ One year in Namibia!

May 17— ­ New school

term begins

June 11—

­ Sandy’s birthday

June 22-July 9—

­ Team from New Zealand coming

July 4—

­ David’s birthday

To keep up with us between these

newsletters, check out our website and blog:

davidandsandy.org

David & Sandy Echols – 3940 Oberding Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80911 –david@davidandsandy.org

Here’s the latest news from David and Sandy Echols

April-June 2011

New Things on the Way!

The first of May marked one full year for us in Namibia and working for Community

Hope School. As we have completed the first half of our first term, our ministry will

begin to expand into some new areas. We love CHS and will continue our work in the

school; however, we will now also be freed up to begin some more ministries.

Many of you know that our vision in coming here was

for church planting and community development. This

has not changed; now that we can begin to move

forward in these ministries, please pray for God’s

direction and wisdom for each of us.

Community Hope School

All in all, things are going well at CHS. The second term began on May 17th & the kids

couldn’t have seemed happier to be back. Please keep the school in your prayers as we

have lost two teachers in the last couple of months due to visa problems.

A Friendly Face

In April we had a visitor from our home church in Colorado

Springs, CO. Mark Fisher is the leader of Global Impact

Ministries & an elder at Pikes Peak Christian Church; he

came to check up on us as we completed our first year. He

came with lots of encouragement, advice… and a lot of American goodies! We are

really thankful for his visit and for the effort of the church to send him.

With His Love,

David and Sandy Echols

Global Impact Ministries Missionaries to Namibia

Check out our website: www.davidandsandy.org

A New Term

The weather here is changing;

winter is coming. Early in the

morning, as we pull into

school, we can see puffs of

steam coming from the kids as

they run and play in the brisk

air.

The kids here at CHS are

overjoyed when the school

starts up again, we as teacher

are enveloped with hugs and

laughter when they first see

us. There are stories of how

they enjoyed their breaks, but

mostly kids talk about being

lonely, bored and hungry at

their “homes.”

The new term gives us an

opportunity to look back at the

previous term and remember

the things that God has done.

Since Maria’s passing, we can

see how God has healed

wounds and drawn the kids

and staff closer together.

There is one girl in particular, a

close friend of Maria, who was

a closed book before her

passing, but now I find her

reaching out and letting us in.

God is good in all situations,

take time today to sit and think

of all the things that God has

done in your life in the past six

months. -SE

Ladiwa, Issa & Andilla—Three of our second graders having some

fun with Sandy after school.

Support Progress

Part of being a missionary is consistently promoting the need in your field of service & encouraging others to support the work financially. At times it’s difficult to ask, at others it comes naturally. Sometimes support raising gets frustrating and sometimes it could not be more fulfilling. Financing a mission is a ministry in itself and it unites missionary & supporter in what God is doing. Recently we have had some supporters fall on hard times. As a result the ministry lost $600 of monthly support within one month. Since then we’ve recovered $245 with two new supporters and a raise from one church. Praise God! We are still looking for more partners. Please consider joining the work here in Namibia. If you would like to help us get back up to budget, return the included response card or contact us at support@davidandsandy.org.

Budget

Personal (including food, housing, etc)……….$1,570

Ministry………………$980

Benefits (Health Insurance, Savings)………………….$300

Administration……….$150

Total Monthly Need $3,000

-Current Monthly Raised $2,410

Total Remaining Need $590