Stukeley Update October 31, 2007

This is Stukeley Calling . . .
Well the date has been set again for Paul’s knee surgery, November 13th. Please pray nothing stops it this time, Paul is more than anxious to get some relief. We do appreciate your prayers and thank you!
Jepye has a room reserved at the guest house on base, so she will be there while Paul is in the hospital. She had begun driving the car, but with petrol prices the way they are we decided that it would be about the same cost for her to stay on base as it would be to drive 2hrs round trip each day. After Paul gets back home he will send out another email.

We will be doing some special things in December.

We will have a “Carols and Lessons” service December 15th, featuring the Bottisham Bells, Members of Handbell Ringers of Great Britain.

Julia Whitham, Peter’s wife, has written a Christmas play and music and has around 10 girls preparing to present it on December the 23rd.

It has always been interesting to me how our faithfulness to the gospel has a ripple effect on all of us. Because you support us in our ministry in England our church has been supporting the work in Iraq. We have been sending money to the Indigenous Mission Project program of the EBF. They are planting two churches out of an existing church in Baghdad. I have enclosed a picture of the mother church in Baghdad. Here is an update on what is going on there.

Indigenous church planter Aws that is supported by EBF is planting new church in Baghdad, Karkh (Iraq) that is inhabited by Shiite and not stable politically. The mother church is in Baghdad, Rosafa (Pastor Nabil Sarah) that is inhabited by Sunnis and more stable.

Karkh is Aws's second church plant. He began with only one family last year (2006) and now has 8 families. They meet in a private building. They are glad for having transportation to bring people from the neighborhood but have to borrow technical equipment from the Rosafa Church. Aws and his team discovered that prayer has great power.

The irony of war is that the distribution of Bible is now possible. There are ca. 3000 evangelical believers in 12 churches of Baghdad. Also Seminary extension from JETS of Jordan. They started 5 new church plants in Kurdistan.

Aws is engaged and will be married soon.

It is exciting for our small group to0 be a part of the work in Iraq. All of you should also be excited because your continuous prayers and support make you a part of the work also.

Please pray”
· For both events in December to be an outreach/contact to the community and parents.
· Paul’s surgery and recovery.
· For the church to grow to a state of self-support.
· For the work in Iraq.


Serving Together,
Paul and Jepye of the Stukeleys