The COVER Letter

Board Report
Dear CornerStone Family, At our recent board meeting we had the joyful opportunity to approve and comission Cris and Daniela Jones out as our newest long-term missionaries. They will be working in Shell, Ecuador as associates with Young Life International. Theirs is an evangelistic ministry to street kids. They do this by hosting club trips, adventures and camps in the national parks of Ecuador. They also hold weekly meetings in town. We are talking to other applicants as well so we thank Jesus for these willing hearts. I reported to the board on my trip to Uganda and South Sudan to visit Amanda Samrani. Right after I left, South Sudan had a coup attempt by a disgruntled general in the S. Sudan army named Machar. His tribe is Nuer and the presidents is Dinka. These two tribes have a long history of territorial conflict. It has the potential to explode into a civil war. My takeGod loves the tribe but He hates tribalism.

January 2014

Praise

There are more than 50 CI missionaries! Cris and Daniela are long-term For our newest missionaries, Anna, Julia, Yusuf and Connie Renee Kusler has completed her Masters in Public Health

Daniela and Cris Jones

Prayer

South Sudan conflict Dr. Renee as she applies her Masters education in Honduras Janine Roberts to know the next step and for her girls, Abby and Grace Carlas grandson, Robbie with Trisomy 18 Summit Plans and Prep

We are up to 50some missionaries now! Since there are only around 300,000 of you guys on the entire planet this is something to be thankful for. May God receive all the glory and all the praise.

Contact
Mailing address: CornerStone International PO Box 192 Wilmore, KY 40390 Physical Address: 1400 High Bridge Rd Wilmore, KY 40390

All in the family

We have welcomed Yusuf and Connie as shortterm, part-time missionaries. They lived in Wilmore for many years but have recently moved to Lexington, Indiana. When they lived here, Yusuf was very active in the house of prayer and in fact, still serves on the CI-HOP board. He travels state-side and speaks in many Indonesian churches/fellowships and is active with numerous university campuses ministering to Muslim students. Connie and Yusuf Herman

Emails:
edj407@yahoo.com suzanne@cihop.org carla@cornerstoneinternational.org jackie@cornerstoneinternational.org
Website: www.cornerstoneinternational.org

Anna (short-term, full-time) has committed to a year serving the children at Casa de Fe in Shell, Ecuador. She will be teaching and assisting at the school as well as serving as the library and supply coordinator.

Anna Leubecker
Due to a "Non-Renewable" notice that was stamped across Janine's file containing her visa request to remain in Zimbabwe, she has been forced to relocate to South Africa in Simmons Town, near Cape Town. Her last update stated that her apartment "has a view of the ocean, electricity and water all the time and 75 degrees with a slight breeze Janine Roberts, Grace, Abby so exile is not too bad so far :) Please pray God will really guide me over the next weeks, that it would be a productive time and a source of direction for what is next." The programs she founded will continue and she will visit (on a tourist visa) several times a year to oversee the happenings at Fairfield orphanage. She will also be able to keep up with Grace and Abby (the twins Janine is still hoping to adopt) as they grow up under the watchful eye of their house mother. Please continue to pray for her and her girls.

Julia Barnett (Estelle's sister, see August '13 cover letter) is serving (short-term, full-time) in Honduras at Loma de Luz Hospital and El Camino (the bilingual school), as well as discipling and spending time with the kids at the Sanctuary House. She has served, off and on, there (mostly 'on'!) since 2008.

Julia Barnett

Renee has returned to Honduras after a year in England at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In her annual report, she says: "I was incredibly blessed with the opportunity to complete my Masters in Public Health in Developing countries in London. Through this education, I have become even more passionate about working in Public Health." She is working with Jeff and Rosanne McKenney to determine how to implement her education to best serve the people of La Ceiba.

Renee Kusler

Summit July 6-10, 2015

We are SO looking forward to seeing you at the Summit and sharing JOY! Dr Jim Wilder is coming to speak to us about joyful community. Here at the office and CI-HOP we have listened to Dr Wilders Joy Bonds CDs and are now going through this book, Joy Starts Here. It is practical, relational, scientific and Biblical information and how-to about living in real joy (not the pseudo, everything-is-fine stuff). He is a missionary kid and really wants to share his experience and knowledge in building joyful, cross-cultural communities. Dr. Wilder has asked us all to go through this book in preparation for the Summit. Please be thinking and praying about how you can do that, preferably with a group. We may be able to offer a book discount and/or a private, online group for those of you who do not have fellow missionaries close. Check out: www.joystartshere.org for a free chapter download and more info...

IMPORTANT!

Blessings to you all,

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