Archive for September, 2008

Prayer Requests

Pray for Kay and Leroy ministering in Chihuahua, Mexico.  Ask the Lord for much fruit and for rest upon their return on Thursday.

Friends of Andrew and Carol are visiting from Northern Ireland.  Pray for Mark and Sarah as they visit the work and pray about the possibility of coming to join us.

John-Mark and Susan, Robin and Jonny and Julie are on Home Ministry Assignment.  Ask the Lord that they will find favor with those they meet and for the necessary funds to return to Mexico.

Prayer Requests

Thank you for your prayers for the work here in Mexico.  This Sunday and Monday we were had team meetings and God met us there.  Pray for continued unity and for the plans we made being submitted to World Headquarters that they would reflect God’s plans for Mexico.

Pray for the churches in Acapulco.  Ask for unity and for a pastor for the Center church.

We praise the Lord for God touch on Leroy.  He’s feeling much better and after some rest.

Robin M will be traveling to California to spend some time with her dad and go through her mom’s things.  Pray for peace and comfort.

Robin E is still in need of a reliable car to use while in the States raising funds to return to Mexico.

Praise God for our pastors and lay leaders.  Pray for additional pastors and for strength and grace as they minister.

Prayer Requests

The La Raza ECC team is putting together their plan for the next year.  Ask the Lord for wisdom and direction.

Pray for our field council meetings with Mike and Bonnie Shrode Sept 21-22.  We are currently writing those plans.

Pray for Leroy and Kay as they travel to Chihuahua to teach and share at various events September 29 - October 2.  Pray for them as they teach.

Thank you for standing with us for our families who are not here.  We so appreciate your prayers.  Colleen’s brother, Barry, has a growth on his neck.  Pray for wisdom for the doctors and for healing.

Pray for a contact of Colleen’s who recently accepted the Lord.  Ask that Conchita will find someone to disciple her.  She is currently living in Canada.

Continue to pray for health and encouragement of all missionaries here in Mexico, especially Leroy.  He is feeling much better but not 100 percent.

Continue to pray for support accounts and for those funding to come join the work.

ECC National

Our ECC Director, Joel, asks that we pray for the teams to not loose the vision of planting churches.

Most of our ECC workers are also studying in the seminary.  Pray that they will be able to apply what they are learning in their ministries.

Pray for Joel that he will have discernment and wisdom as he leads ECC.  That God will continue to transform his life and for good organization of his time.

Prayer Request

We just received word that Cristy Garcia’s father passed away in the night.  Cristy and her husband Juan de Dios work in the music at the Campanario church.  Brother Ignacio is also no the praise team and works with youth.  Pray for this family as they seek God’s comfort.  Cristy and Ignacio are the only two walking closely with the Lord.

Prayer Requests

Pray for Leroy Lindsey who is struggling with health issues.  Pray for healing and rest.

Pray for wisdom as we write the field plan.

Pray for the new Alpha course starting at the Santa Monica church.  Ask the Lord of the harvest to bring much fruit from this course.

Pray for Margaret Neff’s support account as it has dipped into the red.

Pray for the two kids wanting to come off the streets.  Ask the Lord for wisdom and follow through.

Continue to ask the Lord for safety and protection as we move about the world’s largest city.

La Loma UNIFAM/Naucalpan ECC

Pray for spiritual growth for the church in the remainder of this year.

Pray for the Andres family.  Their father 70 has been missing for more than two months.  Ask the Lord for peace and comfort and that he can be found.

There are six students from La Loma studying at SEMBIMEX.  Pray the Lord will guide their minds as they study.

We praise God for the more than 300 who heard and received a written portion of the Gospel at a special ECC event on Saturday, Aug 30.  There were new 30 solid contacts.  Pray for follow-up and lasting fruit.

Pray for healing for Maria de Jesus.  She was working on a billboard and fell.  Pray for Diana, Carmen and Zoel as the minister to this family who does not feel worthy of God’s love.

Pray for the house church in San Rafael.  The host couple is struggling with their commitment.  Pray that they will be sold out to the Lord.

Pray for Carmen, Diana and Zoel studying in the seminary.

UNIFAM National

Pray for the UNIFAM churches (Families United in Christ).  Ask the Lord of the harvest for growth both numerical and spiritual. Ask the Lord to continue to unify UNIFAM, OMS, and ECC.

We have two churches without pastors.  Pray that the Lord will provide the leadership needed in Tultitlan and Acapulco Center.

Pray for restorative rest for all pastors and workers laboring in the harvest.

Prayer Requests

Pray for missionary candidates Troy and Jenny Gentry in Jackson, Mississippi as they wait out the hurricane. They have made all preparations possible and are trusting the Lord as the winds and rain roll in.

Pray for the UNIFAM national committee as they head to Acapulco today and return tomorrow as they endeavour to encourage the churches there.  Pray for the pastors, lay leaders and churches in this needy area.

Classes have begun at the seminary with many new students.  Pray for them as they get back into the habit of studying.  Pray for the teachers as they impart the Word.

Pray for Leroy Lindsey, seminary director as he has been suffering with bad headaches and  throat infection.  Remember him to the Lord as he directs the seminary and pastors the Santa Monica church.

Pray for Colleen Taylor in Canada for a family wedding.   Ask the Lord for rest and for good times with the family.

Pray for the Proyecto MEFI team from the UK who left Mexico this morning.  Ask the Lord to confirm His will in their hearts and for quick adjustment back to life in England.

Pray for Jonathan and Cleide Villanueva, team member in Cofradia.  They moved recently and are having trouble finding a school for Sara.  Ask for peace and God’s provision for this young family.

Continue to uplift those funding to return to Mexico; John-Mark and Susan Brabon, Robin Efing, Jonny and Julie Pollock.

Pray too for those funding to come to Mexico; Leslie and Brenda Reid, David and Jen Sherwood,  Troy and Jenny Gentry.