“I recently visited Odessa to help with the EnglishUp! outreach and attended ELEVATE twice. Jacoby and Lera are almost single-handedly performing a tremendous lift with the entire organization of the Saturday morning English-teaching club which is held in the centrally located local Presbyterian Church in Odessa, and which serves to create contacts for the pastors and other Christians who help conduct it – especially now in the Nelsons’ absence. Jacoby and Lera are well-loved and deeply missed by all there. At last count, approximately 100 people were coming on Saturdays, (and attendence rising!) Many of them students, but also adults, young married couples, middle-aged mothers, school teachers, businessmen, etc.
It behoves us to prayerfully uphold and support these efforts, so long as we still have an open door, both politically, and in the hearts of the people there.”
