Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 15:47
Jabe Matthew Pratt, 95 of Abilene, passed away Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at his home in Abilene. A service is scheduled for 11:00 am Friday February 5th, 2010 at Piersall Benton Chapel, 733 Butternut St with burial to follow at Elmwood Memorial Park, Don Morrison officiating. A visitation will be held at the funeral home Thursday evening from 5-6:30 pm.
Jabe was born on September 17th, 1914 to Jabe Ero Pratt and Virda Cooper Pratt in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He attended ACU, LCU and Sunset International Bible Institute. Jabe was a minister at many churches across the Northeast and the Western United States as well as many other areas of the country. After retiring from Portalis, NM Jabe and his wife Yvonne moved to Abilene where they were members of the 11th and Willis Church of Christ.
Jabe was preceded in death by his mother, father, A son and a brother. He is survived by his wife of 77 years Yvonne, a son, Butch Pratt and wife Gladys of Little Elm, TX; a granddaughter; Jamie Klimko and two grandsons; Gary Pratt and Gerald Pratt, 5 great grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren, as well as many extended family members and close friends.
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 16:54
Dear Co-workers,
Blessings to you and yours. Praise God for His grace and mercy. Much thanks to you for your financial help. Thanks for the many prayers. Last week, an elder told me that he prayed for me 5-6 times a week. That made my day/week!
Let’s look at the reports for the first 10-11 weeks of 2009. In Guatemala, we had 72 baptisms with 21 restorations. Some of the campaigns were more difficult because they were in 100% Mayan villages. The language and cultural difficulties naturally hindered the number of responses. We are happy to make these inroads.
I am very pleased with William Racancoj in Honduras. He is the new director; with only 16 students, they have baptized 105 and restored 114. Also, they have helped start at least three new works. In Nicaragua, over 160 have been baptized through March. I do not have the restorations number. So totally, we have more than 337 baptisms, plus very many restored to God’s glory.
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 14:51
Dear brothers and sisters,
Both Tyler and I are working now. He has a job with a movie theater, and I am a full-time substitute teacher with Austin Independent School District. We are grateful to be working for wages at a time that more than 55,000 people in the Austin area are unemployed, an increase of 61 percent from a year ago. Many people have been out of work for months, and the situation is getting worse. God has blessed us.
It took me a month to find work after I arrived from Morocco on December 6. I worked for two weeks canvassing and fund raising door-to-door for an environmentalist organization before I switched jobs and began substitute teaching. It took Tyler 1½ months to find work after he came here from Virginia.
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 15:32
India India 2009
Photos. You can access the photo we took on our trip. They are in three categories: The Land. The Children. The Rice Paddies. I do hope you enjoy them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibleanswers/
Christmas in India. Our three children were not going to be in Ireland for Christmas, so Leslie and I decided to begin our annual visit to India a week early and spend Christmas there. Our Christmas present was a day and night touring the back waters of Allepy on a houseboat. Yes, Santa was good to us.
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Mon, 01/12/2009 - 15:32
Dear brothers and sisters,
Greetings to all of you from Austin, Texas. This is just a brief note to let you know how Tyler and I are doing.
It took me a month to find employment here, but we're doing fine now. We're in a nice 1-bedroom apartment. The address is 7630 Wood Hollow Dr., Apt. 262, Austin, TX 78731. Tyler arrived from Virginia three weeks ago. He hasn't found work yet, but it's not for lack of trying. He's putting in his application at many places.
I have enjoyed working for the environmental activist group for which I do organizing and fund raising door to door. I work from 1 PM until 10 PM Mon-Fri. My co-workers are almost all 20-25 years old. I'm the only senior citrizen in the bunch. Believe it or not, I enjoy meeting people like this. My young co-workers energize me, too.
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Wed, 12/17/2008 - 15:32
Attached is the December newsletter for the Biblical Institute of Central America. There are a number of photos included so the file is a bit larger than usual and make take longer to open or download.
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 15:32
I am back in Austin at the request of my younger son, Tyler. He will move here from Virginia next week to live with me. With all that has happened, and even with all the plans we all have made, the urgent call to be a dad has taken precedence. For me to have stayed in Morocco at this time would have required me to refuse Tyler's needs. He's 20 years old, a fine young man.
Frankly, I don't know when and if I will be able to return to the foreign mission field. I send this to you to inform you of that. All in the school in Casablanca have unanimously responded positively, assuring me that I have made the choice they would have made in my position and keeping the door open for me to work with them sometime in the future. If, however, this blessed opportunity means the end of my ministry in international, cross-cultural, multi-lingual mission, I am willing to make that sacrifice for the sake of family.
Submitted by Sunset Alumni on Thu, 10/09/2008 - 15:37
Dear brethren,
This note is being sent to 15 people. I have been offered a job working with George Washington Academy (http://www.gwa.ac.ma/), an international school (grades 1-12), in Casablanca, Morocco. It is a large, well-established school with around 1,000 students, excellent facilities, etc. They need somebody to oversee and manage the housing units for faculty and others (mostly expatriates). That is partly administrative, partly maintenance. It involves helping people get settled in, getting phone/Internet connected, etc., which necessitates communicating a large number of people in a variety of tasks.
