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January 2012

Paula had a couple special gifts just in time for Christmas this year. On Dec. 22, she completed her 30th (of 30) radiation treatment! Then, the next day, we received the good news that her recent biopsy (of a suspicious spot on her remaining right breast) did not show any cancer. That was very encouraging, as she certainly didn’t relish going through the whole treatment process all over again.

2011 was a hard year, but by God’s grace - and lots of help, encouragement, and support from friends and family – we made it through. As we head into 2012, we appreciate your continued prayers - for healing from any remaining cancer, as well as the side effects of the cancer treatments (including the latest radiation burns).

At the moment, Paula is spending a week with family and friends in the Tucson, Arizona, area. A few days after she returns, I’m then planning to travel to our NTM base in Chihuahua, Mexico, to provide our co-workers there with some further training in our NTM Accounting & Administrative (NTMAA) system.

Here are some of our praise and prayer requests for 2012:

PRAISE & PRAYER REQUESTS

• Praise God for His great salvation and the work He is doing around the world, reaching the lost with the Gospel of Christ. Pray that He would continue to raise up folks to partner with us in this important task - through going, giving, and praying.

• Praise God for our three precious children, Nicholas, Joy, and Hannah. Pray that they will come to know, love, and serve God, develop in maturity, and walk with the Lord.

• Pray for us in our relationships: with God, with each other, with our children, with others - that we would be the man & woman, husband & wife, Dad & Mom that God wants us to be.

• Pray for Paula, for healing from her breast cancer, as well as from the side effects of the cancer treatments (tourniquet-type nerve pain in her arm; neuropathy – numbness and pain in her fingers and toes from the chemo; and radiation burns), and to rest in the Lord and His sovereign care.

• NTM is planning to sell their older (built in 1925) headquarters building (where we live). Pray for wisdom and guidance as we consider possibly buying a home in the local area here.

• Pray that God would give us humble hearts and make us a real blessing here at NTM Headquarters.

Thanks for your love, prayers, and encouragement!

For our News & Prayer Requests for previous years (2007 and later) :

Oliver Family Updates - 2011
Oliver Family Updates - 2010
Oliver Family Updates - 2009
Oliver Family Updates - 2008
Oliver Family Updates - 2007

From 2007-2009, we also summarized our monthly updates into a year-end Oliver Family news summary:

2009 Oliver Family News Summary
2008 Oliver Family News Summary
2007 Oliver Family News Summary

To review News & Prayer Requests from 2000-2009,
please visit our Praise & Prayer Request archive.

For a number of years (prior to sending our monthly Oliver Family Update emails), we periodically sent an Oliver Family Newsletter (by snail mail) to keep folks updated on our family & ministry news, praises, and prayer requests, so here are links to those:

(These newsletters are in PDF format and can be viewed using the free Adobe® Reader®. If you don't yet have the Adobe Reader installed, you can download it for free).

Newsletter 44 - Aug 2007
Newsletter 43 - Mar 2007
Newsletter 42 - Nov 2006
Newsletter 41 - Apr 2006
Newsletter 40 - June 2005
Newsletter 39 - Mar 2005
Newsletter 38 - Oct 2004
Newsletter 37 - July 2004
Newsletter 36 - Mar 2004
Newsletter 35 - Sep 2003
Newsletter 34 - Apr 2003
Newsletter 33 - Feb 2003
Newsletter 32 - Aug 2002
Newsletter 31 - Mar 2002
Newsletter 30 - Dec 2001
Newsletter 29 - Sept 2001
Newsletter 28 - June 2001
Newsletter 27 - Mar 2001
Newsletter 26 - Aug 2000
Newsletter 25 - May 2000
Newsletter 24 - Dec 1999