2010-10-04

Cook's Short Order Update

Dear Friends,

We enjoyed a fast trip to WV, Creation Museum, and home. We got to spend some time with our sending church family, Mount Tabor Baptist Church (you guys are the best!) as well as meet some new friends from Johnston Chapel Baptist Church in Princeton, WV. Thank you John and Jeannie King for the honor. Enjoyed hanging out with ABC family for a day.

The highlight, tho, was not the Creation Museum or church family or ABC, but spending an afternoon and evening with our son Bryan and his friend, Cheri.

Looking ahead to making plans for my first Outdoor Ed class. Stay tuned. Also getting my Small Bore Rifle Instructor training through 4-H this weekend. Very excited about that. Hope to use this in the summer program at Camp as soon as possible.

A new family has joined in supporting us, which takes us up a bit. We are at 38% of our monthly need. Thanks for being involved and...

thank you for praying for us,
Bruce Cook
for Michelle (my best friend), Bryan (20), Nate (18), Caleb (14), Kaitie (11), Seth (8).


Bruce Cook
Outdoor Ministries Coordinator
Whispering Winds Bible Camp
Bible Impact Ministries
St. James, MO
573-265-7445 x103

09-03-2010

Cook's Short Order Update

Our Family Celebration weekend and Labor Day Auction/Concert were awesome times to get to meet the WWBC family, those who have come here for years to learn about their Creator and experience spending huge amounts of time interacting with God in a carefully designed place.

More than 50 people joined us for the weekend, and almost 200 hundred were here to enjoy the activities on Labor Day. Whew! What a fun weekend. Now to get ready for more rental weekends.

I will be the speaker for a group coming September 22-24. Please pray that I will carefully deliver God's Word to these 5th and 6th graders through 4 messages.

Thank you for praying for us,
Bruce Cook
for Michelle (my best friend), Bryan (19), Nate (18), Caleb (14), Kaitie (11), Seth (8).

2010-06-07

Cook's Short Order Update

Well. Missouri. Here we are. I don't believe we've connected since before we left West Virginia. So much has happened since we last sent out an update. Yet it seems like we just got here.

We got through Summer Staff Training with only a few bumps, and now we are into our first week of Teen Camp. Pray for soft hearts. I believe the speaker will be used by God to grab the attention of some needy teens.

Pray for stamina for Michelle and I as we are up early and stay up late. She is indispensable to this ministry and we've barely started. I couldn't do what they've asked of me without her oversight. Pray for Nate. He is serving as a counselor. He will be stretched this summer. Caleb is serving with the summer staff that takes care of all the "grunt" work. He is also being stretched.

Bruce Cook
for Michelle (my best friend), Bryan (19), Nate (18), Caleb (14), Kaitie (11), Seth (7).

2010-05-01

Cook's Short Order Update

Let's stay in touch:
Email
Facebook Page...Cooks at Whispering Winds Bible Camp
brucecookfamily.blogspot.com
Bible Impact Ministries
Quarterly Prayer Letter Update (we need your physical address)


My new address at Bible Impact Ministries/Whispering Winds Bible Camp:
bruce.cook@bibleimpact.org

Praise the Lord!!! Sarah, one of our teens, became God's child this weekend! Two more friends have joined our team, taking our support to about 35%. My boss has offered to move a van load of stuff to our new home. God bless you Jay! We're finding it hard to focus on enjoying our last few days in West Virginia while we focus on preparing to leave. We have cleaned the basement, emptied the attic, and now focus on packing each room. We invite each of you to join us at Mount Tabor Baptist Church, Beckley, WV as we are commissioned as missionaries of MTBC. It will be an honor to see you there.

Our Calendar
Now Frantically pack the house
May 2 Commissioning Service at MTBC, 11am
May 3 Pack the moving truck
May 4 Clean our apartment
May 5 Move to Missouri
May 6 Unload the truck
May 7 Sleep for a while

Please pray that:
1. God will protect and help Sarah grow (a brand new Christian).
2. God will prepare us for ministry with the Counselors and Camp Crew at WWBC this summer.
3. God will prepare the hearts of those who will experience WWBC this year.
4. God will provide as we go on faith to serve at WWBC this summer.
5. God will provide churches and individuals who will commit to take our support level from 35% to 100%. Will you ask Him if He wants you to join our team?

We appreciate you,
~Bruce for
Michelle (getting more beautiful), Bryan (19), Nate (18), Caleb (14), Kaitie (10), and Seth (7)

2010-04-10

25 days to MO! Beautiful day to pack and clean. Look out basement. You're mine!!!

Upper Big Branch Mining Explosion, Big Branch, WV

Please pray for students and staff of Appalachian Bible College as they seek to serve families affected by the mining explosion in Montcoal, WV. This team has been helping on site for several days. Pray for wisdom as they seek to help bring comfort and God's love to these hurting people.

2010-04-06

Cook's Short Order Update

Let's stay in touch:
Email
Facebook Page
brucecookfamily.blogspot.com
Bible Impact Ministries (see Bruce's mug HERE but be warned...)
Quarterly Prayer Letter Update (we need your physical address)


My new address at Bible Impact Ministries/Whispering Winds Bible Camp:
bruce.cook@bibleimpact.org

Happy Birthday, Nate. 18 years old last week!!!

March 22 at 1:20 am Michelle's sister, Patty, after a short battle with lung and brain cancer went home to be with Jesus at the age of 61. Pray for family and friends who need comfort in many ways at this time. The Word was clearly proclaimed at the funeral. Please pray that individuals will trust God with their life and death, and others will submit to His will in their lives.

God was gracious and we were able to enjoy an awesome vacation last week near Gatlinburg, TN. Friday we traveled the near 500 miles from Tennessee to the viewing in Indiana. Saturday we drove the 500+ miles home to Bradley. Sunday we helped our teens at Mount Tabor Baptist Church host a banquet for the Senior Citizens. We share these details to praise God, as He amazingly sustained us through this demanding time.

Praise the Lord for His sustaining grace.

Our Calendar
April Frantically pack the house
May 3 Pack the moving truck
May 4 Clean our apartment
May 5 Move to Missouri
May 6 Unload the truck
May 7 Sleep for a while

Please pray that:
1. God will prepare us for ministry with the Counselors and Camp Crew at WWBC this summer.
2. God will prepare the hearts of those who will experience WWBC this year.
3. God will provide as we go on faith to serve at WWBC this summer. We will resume fund raising at the end of the summer.
4. God will provide churches and individuals who will commit to take our support level from 30% to 100%. Does He want you to join our team? Will you promise to pray about it?

We appreciate you,
~Bruce for
Michelle (getting more beautiful), Bryan (19), Nate (18), Caleb (14), Kaitie (10), and Seth (7)