Please see the attached prayer points. We continue to give thanks for all who partner with us in prayer.
Blessings,
Jack
Dr. Jack Whytock, Director
Please see the attached prayer points. We continue to give thanks for all who partner with us in prayer.
Blessings,
Jack
Dr. Jack Whytock, Director
Dear Friends,
We had some very positive feedback with the October format of the newsletter, so we are using a similar version for this winter newsletter.
Each numbered point has two sections:
• first, the activity and a short report or announcement,
• second (in italics), focused prayer points from that activity.
We covet your prayers for this winter. Please use this at prayer meetings; perhaps you will consider giving one prayer meeting over to praying through this Winter Prayer Letter. Thank you for your encouragement.
– Dr. Jack Whytock, Director
1. Marking for courses taught and tutored through to December—of the almost 100 seminary students taught in the fall of 2024, I am now down to marking for the last eleven. I am just so very thankful for these students and the wonderful interactions with so many of them. Many of them have now taken six courses over the last few years from me, so we have really been able to develop good relationships.
• Pray that the last eleven student materials to mark will receive proper attention and Lord willing this could be all finished by the end of January, which is the goal.
2. The itinerate tour in Northern Ireland and Ireland with Principal Wilbert Chipenyu of Dumisani Theological Institute, SA went very well. Those who organized our schedule and hosted us were so helpful, and the fellowship in the Lord was great.
3. Volume Two of the Africa Textbook Project update: 16 chapters plus the introduction are (as of December) with the editor and the publishing team in South Africa. The artwork for the cover of Volume Two has been completed by an artist in Uganda who works at ARTS in Kampala. Nancy was able to complete her work in Edinburgh in November and see more
chapters finalised and many images secured.
• These facts are all matters of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord. Volume Two has over 30 contributors, so this is a major advancement to now be at this stage of such a large project.
• Pray that now more colleges will continue to use these as textbooks for courses in Africa and globally and also that mission agencies will use these in training courses for sending out new missionaries. It is critical that mission history not be ignored in training indigenous leaders and also in preparing new missionaries.
6. Over the last twelve months, we have been trying to navigate through some family health concerns – particularly for Jack’s mother. Many have been so very helpful and supportive, and we are most thankful for this.
• Pray that we can be patient and know the Lord’s grace through these ongoing matters and keep various commitments balanced and properly honoured.
Haddington House has received a request for used theology and Bible books from a small training institute in Burundi, Africa, run by graduates Jack has taught. We have such books on hand, but the shipping is costly. If individuals or churches want to designate funds for this, the funds will be used for shipping expenses.
Other funds are for General Operations, Dumisani in South Africa and the Dumisani principal, the Africa Textbook Project, and Overseas Travel for Teaching in Africa.
You can access the Spring 2024 Newsletter here.
Thanks to the generous support of subscribers and donors, the electronic version of the 2023 Haddington House Journal is now available. To access the current volume, Click here.