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Updated: 28 September 2008
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Leon & Sally Winter
Who they are and what they're doing
Leon and Sally are assigned to
JAARS, Wycliffe's technical center for training in support fields such as aviation, computers, and communication. Many field-related services are fulfilled at
JAARS.
Recent news
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Oct-2008 newsletter (PDF, 454KB) -- Air and water craft dedications. Sally back in the classroom. Shipping IT/communications equipment around the globe. Welcoming guests and creating community. Praise and prayer requests.
June/July-2008 newsletter (PDF, 705KB) -- "As our lives unfold in this new place of service we have a strong sense of His plan for us at this time. We're encouraged and joyful in this knowledge." Sally & Leon's new roles. Establishing their new North Carolina home. Praise and prayer requests.
Feb-2008 newsletter (PDF, 293KB) -- Looking forward to the move to North Carolina (new address enclosed) and a new four-year assignment with JAARS. Praise and prayer requests.
Dec-2007 newsletter (PDF, 613KB) -- The view from New England, Koronadal Blaan news, visits to supporting churches, Christmas in South Africa, praises and prayer requests, and more.
Aug-2007 newsletter (PDF, 98KB) -- Furlough in the U.S. begins, with its travel, good-byes and hellos, and cultural adjustments. Praises and prayer requests.
May-2007 newsletter (PDF, 408KB) -- Making the rounds to say goodbye. Leaving Bagabag on May 24. Plans for the balance of the year.
Mar-2007 newsletter (PDF, 232KB) -- Finishing well and planning furlough. Leon and Sally's 30-year history in the Philippines. Tentative furlough schedule.
Dec-2006 newsletter (PDF, 438KB) -- Thanksgiving for the activity of God this year. Looking ahead to furlough in June 2007.
Oct-2006 newsletter (PDF, 206KB) -- Bagabag School gets off to a great start. Dealing with health concerns. Furlough ahead. Praise and prayer items, and more.
Jul-2006 newsletter (PDF, 404KB) -- Light comes to Rev. Saya's house. The light of God's Word comes to the Isnag people of the northern Philippines. More Blaan New Testaments are distributed via an unlikely means. The WBT/SIL conference comes to Bagabag. Praise and prayer items, and more.
Feb-2006 newsletter (PDF, 258KB) -- Christmas break is spent on the Blaan hymnal, now completed! Sally is team teaching grades 1-4. Photos of the lower-grade children and the Bagabag staff. Praise and prayer items, and more.
Dec-2005 newsletter (PDF, 200KB) -- Visits with family. Visits to Mindanao and Koronadal Blaan. Life resumes in Bagabag. Christmas thoughts: not an ordinary baby. Praise and prayer items, and more.
Jun-2005 newsletter (PDF, 104KB) -- Celebrating the completion of the entire Tuwali Ifugao Bible. An update on the Blaan hymnal project. The school year begins on August 8, with a full staff of teachers. Praise and prayer items, and more.
Images from the Tuwali Bible dedication.
Mar-2005 newsletter (PDF, 438KB) -- Missionaries come in all shapes and sizes (highlighting some servant-friends). Praise and prayer items.
Dec-2004 newsletter (PDF, 422KB) -- A visit to Mindanao. Pastor Cuma's "motorcycle from Jesus." Dedication of the Mayoyao Ifugao New Testament. Typhoon Yoyong visits Bagabag Center.
3-Dec-2004
Dear family,
'Thank you' to each one who prayed for our safety. A typhoon in the dark is a scary thing. You hear so many crashes and wonder what is coming down next. In the light of the morning we saw that God had protected nearly every building on the Bagabag Center -- huge trees downed, but neatly lying alongside structures and homes. Minor damage to the end of the library, but no books got wet. One personal dwelling had a limb punch through their roof, but no one hurt. And our house had one piece of roofing lifted away. We gave special thanks to the Lord as we walked around to the east side and saw that a lovely 60-foot pine tree and gone over and just missed the south east corner of our house. Just a few degrees more to the west and it would have struck us. PTL!
The very penetrating sound of chain saws is in my hearing as I type this thank-you note to all of you. It's quite bright, looking out our windows. This is because of two things: the loss of so many limbs on our shade trees and the many tons of leaves that are no longer on these same trees. One sad loss for us is the many orchids plants around our place that were damaged or destroyed. ... But we are reminded that we had a storm like this in July last year, not long after we got back from furlough. It was not too many months after that before it was hard to see evidence that such violence had come through Bagabag. God is in the business of growing beauty.
Well, I need to get back to the clean up. There's lots of mopping to do since a great deal water came in through the closed windows. Jalousie windows -- most common here -- are not very good at keeping rain at 100+ mph from spraying into the room. Even so, it could have been a lot worse. PTL!
Thanks for being there,
Leon & Sally
Oct-2004 newsletter (PDF, 773KB) -- A blended culture: teachers and students come from all sorts of countries around the world. Bagabag faces. Sally's extra jobs. Praise and prayer requests.
Aug-Sept-2004 newsletter (PDF, 226KB) -- The Bagabag school goes networked. Photos from the Finallig New Testament dedication. Wycliffe's partnership with Campus Crusade for Christ and the "Jesus" film. Praise and prayer requests.
May-June-2004 newsletter (PDF, 212KB) -- The Finallig language community celebrated the dedication of its published New Testament on April 24. More New Testament dedications are coming up; the next one being planned is the Limos Kalinga on June 26 and July 3. Praises: a good year for the Bagabag school, and a grandchild on the way. Prayer: a challenging summer ahead for both Leon and Sally, and for their financial support.
Feb-Mar-2004 newsletter (PDF, 187KB) -- Leon and Sally's personal news and prayer requests. For Wycliffe: six New Testaments and one full Bible are planned for completion in the next 12 months: Finallig, Limos Kalinga, Tagabawa, Agutaynen, Mayoyao Ifugao, Tuwali Ifugao, Kagayanen (read about each team, their schedule, and their prayer requests).
