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Dear Friends:
How can I begin to tell you what has happened since the last prayer letter dated August 23, 2021? First, you realize that the date on the prayer letter is the mailing date, and the letter has been prepared a week or two prior to mailing to allow printing, folding and stuffing time before mailing. On August 9 Wayne was diagnosed with COVID; on August 13 I was diagnosed with COVID. We generally felt weak and tired with no appetite, but were pushing liquids and taking vitamins, etc. as prescribed by our doctor. By August 18 Wayne was having trouble breathing, and on August 19 he was admitted to the hospital in need of oxygen. Hospital regulations prevented any of our family from being with Wayne for two weeks, but we talked on the telephone and as he was getting a little appetite could even take him some food items he was craving (his nurse would pick them up in the ER where we left them). He had pneumonia in both lungs, and it would not respond to any of the normal medications. His condition was deteriorating. We were getting desperate to be with him, and several people who “knew” others appealed our case and we were allowed to be with him in his room for the last four days of his life as long as we followed their requirements. His breathing was very difficult when we saw him, but we could still talk a little (he mostly listened but could still understand and speak) for the first two days. (He even told me he would meet me at the Eastern Gate.) Then as breathing became more difficult he rarely opened his eyes. We continued to talk to him, so if he could hear and understand he knew we were there with him.
The Lord took him home on Monday, September 6, around 6:30 PM. Our daughters, Ellen and LeAnne, our son Andrew, and our granddaughter Ashlley, were there with me. There is such a hole in my heart, but I am determined to continue to serve the Lord as long as I have breath. I had made a laminated 8 ½ x 11 page with Isaiah 41:10 on it and sent it to Wayne before I was allowed to see him. When I did get to see him the verse was nowhere to be found, but I know everyone had seen it because at the nurse’s station they had handwritten that same verse (although it was from some “modern” source) and placed it on their wall. That verse was our comforting words from our Lord in those final days. “Fear thou not: For I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.”
So where does that leave FOMMI? For almost three years FOMMI has been subject to the leadership of Victory Baptist Church, Milton, Florida. Our pastor, Tim Fellure, has said FOMMI will continue to provide broadcasts to the radio stations and make them available from the website and on Podcasts. That will be done through using the over 25 years of archived broadcasts. THE CAST NET will continue to be published bi-monthly, again using articles from Fisher-Mund’s writings over the last 35 years. “Anchors of the Faith” is scheduled for reprinting soon, as there is a growing demand for this discipleship material. This prayer letter will keep you updated on current events affecting the projects FOMMI supports financially. I will continue to do the “office work”. Our address remains the same. By the end of 2021 the phone number of 251-752-6474 will be discontinued and only 251-752-1495 will be active. Please note that now. Thank you for continuing to support FOMMI both in prayer and financially.
Fishers of Men Baptist Church and Bible School in San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines and Bro. Jeph Palit-Ang are experiencing their own COVID issues. Bro. Jeph was in the hospital with COVID but has recovered. His wife, Marge, has been having problems with her heart, and has recently had a pacemaker installed. Like us in the U.S., they long for the time when ministry can take a more normal course.
Bangladesh and Bro. Lemon are using the times they are restricted in their evangelism to complete the construction on the central building. They have added a dock at their property to make easier access to the river they travel on when evangelizing (extreme tide changes there). They are having to negotiate the purchase of a boat from another manufacturer since the one they originally contracted with bumped them back many months in favor or a contract with their government. Maybe by the next prayer letter we can show you a picture of their ministry boat.
Fishers of Men Bible School in India with Bro. Varghese continues to be faithful in training young men. That country is having more COVID deaths than are internationally reported.
I leave you with Romans 8:38-39, “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Continuing,
Lenora Mund
Office Manager
Fishers of Men Ministries International
PO Box 400
Bon Secour AL 36511
(251) 752-1495
[email protected]