Many Thanks

Written by Jonathan DietrichDecember 4, 2025

Dear friends and family,

During this Thanksgiving season, we are indeed very grateful. After you about some of God's blessings, please take a look at our prayer request at the end of this update!

Announcement

I'm not sure where to begin, but I'll start with an announcement. The newest Dietrich missionary was born on October 13, and his name is Malachi Paul Dietrich! 

Malachi is doing well, as is his mother. Malachi is now giving out lots of smiles. He is a good traveler so far, as we begin to meander across the country again. We are thankful for this new addition to our family.

We just left northern Minnesota and are on our way south. We paused our journey for two days so the kids could play in the snow in the Upper Peninsula. We are trying to stay warm with temperatures into the single digits and lower teens. 

Mission Presentations

As we travel, we are scheduled to speak and give a mission report at a few churches. Here is our tentative schedule.

• December 6: Lowell, MI
• December 13: Greeneville, TN (AYA 4:30pm)
• December 27: Union, SC (tentative)

We would enjoy seeing you if you are close to one of these locations. For those of you who are too far away or can't make it, you might be interested in viewing a recording of the presentation we did at South Bay SDA Church in Chattanooga, TN.

DTM Mission Report at South Bay SDA Chattanooga, TN

You may also be interested in seeing a short interview with OCI at the following link.

OCI Interview: A Printer That Changed Lives

Literature and Equipment Shipments

We are excited about the shipments that were recently sent. Please be praying for God's protection on this precious cargo. Also, please pray for easy passage through the complicated customs process. Thank you to all of you who have donated to make these projects possible.

Our container full of literature was sent from Poland last week and is on its way on a ship headed for Cameroon. From there it will be loaded on a transport vehicle and then traverse the road to Bere. On this container is about 20,000 French Great Controversy books, about 4,000 French Steps to Christ, some more Spirit of Prophecy books, and over 1,000,000 gospel pamphlets. In addition, the first printing of 1,000 New Testaments for the Bavuwa community.

Also, many thanks to my parents who packaged up two crates of printing equipment and supplies headed to Chad. They will be transported by air freight, as any other option is too risky. A couple of the machines we have are getting older and getting parts is becomming challenging. So we purchased two more printers, which will give us redundancy.

Prayer for Challenges

Please pray for our Chad visas. Two days before departing Chad on our planned trip to America, we were informed that Chad is now longer issuing visas to Americans. Without these visas, we cannot return to Chad. As soon as we get Malachi's passport (it is being processed), we will try to submit a petition to allow us to return. It seems that since we have been there so long (since 2009) that some people are inclined to allow us back in. We simply do not know yet. If God works a miracle and allows us to go back, we plan to return to Chad leaving January 5, 2026. If that door remains closed, we are considering other options where we may continue developing the publishing work in French-speaking Africa.

Time is short. We must work untiringly now. What God's church does not accomplish now in comparative ease, it will have to accomplish in more difficult times.  Publishing is an essential part of God's work, and we have confidence that God's work will never fail. In fact, as we follow His plan, we are guaranteed success, as God measures success.

Please continue praying for our ministry. Thank you to each one of our donors. Whether the amount is small or large, God knows how to multiply it for His work. Many souls will be in the kingdom. Jesus is coming very soon. Let us all be faithful until He comes!

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In His service,
Jonathan, Melody, Gideon, Liliana, Eliora, and Malachi Dietrich