Spring 2014

Dear Friends,

San Jose is my home town, and a little over three years ago, because of some unforeseen circumstances, my husband and I relocated here. San Jose has changed so much in diversity that I could hardly get used to hearing Chinese and other languages at a local health club. It was at this health club that I met a wonderful young Korean woman who was interested in Project Lost Sheep. She and a few other Christians started having coffee and some prayer for a number of months. My friend, Sue Thompson, a seasoned missionary, joined us. Then the Korean woman connected us with her church, which had a desire to reach out to the Hispanic community just outside their property.

Things happened very quickly when we met Glenn Inn, a deacon, and some of his friends as well as the pastor. Glenn Inn had a mission-oriented heart and had done outreach work in Mexico, and so I suggested that he and an elder and some of the women come up to Redwood City to visit the tutoring program at Verbo Church. They came, and in one afternoon session saw the work, met with the pastor, met with Patty Cardona and with the leader of the tutoring program, collected forms, and before I could blink they had an opening date for their tutoring program all set.

Glenn trained the tutors, mainly high school students in the church, how to tutor the elementary students, and a few months later the program opened in a once a week format. This program is now in its third school year with 24 students getting helped. Several families are now involved in Onurri Church, and they have hired a Spanish pastor.

What an easy job here in San Jose. Pray, connect with a missions-oriented church, and there is a pattern to be repeated again and again. There are over 100 Korean churches in San Jose. The tutoring program has had visitors from some of them and other visitors sent by me. We are now encouraging another tutoring program to open.

God is at work in California’s third largest city. Thanks for your continued help and support as we serve those who have no helper and who struggle without hope of change except we be Christ’s hands and feet.

Sincerely,
Joyce Dueker
Founder of Project Lost Sheep