March & May 2024 Prayer Letters

March 2024

Dear Prayer Partners,

Thank you so much for partnering with me through prayer, and thank you to those who also partner with me financially. God has continued opening so many doors for me here in North Carolina. I am so thankful for how God continues to provide for meetings and every need I have. I cherish each of my partnering churches! Each church I have visited has greeted me with open arms. There are so many I want to say thank you to! I am so blessed to have such loving partners!

As a people person, deputation can be difficult. I am so thankful though that God knows exactly what I need when I need it. The churches that I have visited either remember me from before or think they know me as someone’s daughter or granddaughter. Church families have welcomed me into their church family, and for that I am so very thankful! One church has welcomed my participation — allowing me the opportunity to serve alongside them whenever I have time. As a missionary, I am so blessed to have partnering churches and individuals that welcome me with such open arms! Thank you to you all for your demonstration of love!

When I arrived in North Carolina at the beginning of January I had 2 meetings and 1 meeting the last of February. I told God that if He wanted me to get more meetings, He would have to open those doors for me. Praise God! As I contacted churches, God opened doors! Thank you, Lord! 😊

I have a prayer request for you all. A couple weeks ago, I spoke with BMM home office. Each summer they have Launch Seminar – training which all BMM missionaries have to go through before they are allowed to leave America. Missionaries must be at 70 – 75% monthly support level before they are allowed to do this training. Launch Seminar in held every July. Please join me in praying that my support level reaches 70% – 75% before the seminar so that I can attend. I am currently at 62% needed support.

Thank you again for all your prayer support and financial support / gifts of love! Hope you all have a good week! God bless.

Mary Coburn

Missionary with Baptist Mid-Missions to Ireland

Email: mary2ireland@gmail.com

Praises:

5 Meetings in January

5 Meetings in February

6 meetings already in March

6 churches with pending meetings

A couple churches upping my support

A new church considering partnering financially

Doors God is opening in the autumn

Prayer Requests:

Open doors with new churches

3 more meetings in March

1 meeting in April

2 meetings in June

Safety as I travel

24 partnering churches that I still need to visit in-person

May 2024

Dear Prayer Partners,

It has been such a blessing for me being back in Texas! God has opened door after door for me on this trip. When I first began my deputation journey, I spent over a year contacting churches only in Texas.

Some of you in Texas have known my family and me since I was a young child. Others of you in Texas, I met in 2018 or 2019. It has been such a blessing for me to reconnect with you all on this trip! I look forward to visiting Texas again in October.

As my stay in Texas draws to a close, I look forward to traveling back to North Carolina. I’m excited to see how God is continuing to open doors in states on the East Coast! Only God knows where there will be an open door for me. I am so thankful for each of you who partner with me through prayer, and I can not thank you enough for your prayer support! I am also grateful to those who partner with me financially as well! I greatly treasure each of you! I have no doubt that in God’s timing, I will reach Ireland! 😊

I have a prayer request for you all. June 15^th is the cut-off for being able to join Launch Seminar at BMM in July. Launch training is required for all BMM missionaries before they can leave the USA. BMM has a requirement that in order to be a part of Launch Training, missionaries must be at least at 70% monthly support. I am currently at about 63 ½ %. I have been informed by a couple churches that they are planning to up my support or take me on. That additional support has not yet been officially added to this percentage.

Thank you again for all your prayer support and financial support / gifts of love! Hope you all have a good week! God bless. 😊