Baby Benjamin Luke, born Thursday 30th October 2008 @ 4:32am. 6lbs10oz and 51cm (That’s 3kg & about 20in) Both Julie & Baby are doing fantastic!
Pray for the Sta. Elena house churches as they go on retreat this weekend. Several are being baptize.
Pray for Benito as he directs the house churches and teaches in the seminary. He is teaching new material this quarter and asks for prayer for wisdom and good time management.
Pray for Christian, Miguel, Joel, Alfredo, and Daniel in the Dominican Republic for special ECC meetings. Ask the Lord for a fresh touch and for unity.
Praise the Lord for the Dynamic Women team here from Greenwood. Ask the Lord for continued blessings as they share with the Mexican women.
Praise for the new ECC team at Campanario. Pray for Alejandro, Raul and Felix as they work with the five new house churches.
We just received word that Julie is in labor. Pray for a safe delivery and a healthy baby and for Julie and Jonny as they await the arrival of their child.
Pray today for Socoro as she takes her comprehensive exam (GED equivalent). Ask the Lord to help her remember all she has reviewed and for a passing score on the test.
Alfredo is currently visiting his mother who is suffering with advanced breast cancer. Ask for peace and for Alfredo to be able to minister to his mom while they are together.
Have a blessed Sunday!
Pray for Zoel, Sandra and their children, Zoelito and Noami. Ask the Lord for health and safety. We praise God for His continued touch on Zoel.
Pray for Diana and her family. Her sister Juana is struggling and has moved out of the house. Pray for restoration, grace and salvation for Juana.
Carmen is struggling with health problems. Ask for healing and wisdom for the doctors as they try to find what her stomach problems are.
Continue to pray for little Jimena that God would touch her sight and bring her and her parents to salvation.
Ines, one of the house church hostesses is asking for prayer for the church to grow. Pray she will not be discouraged as people say they will come and then don’t show-up. Ask the Lord to lead Ines and the team to people hungry for the Word.
The team is planning three conferences for the end of the month teaching about the Day of the Dead. Pray for much fruit.
Pray for Pastor Alfredo’s mother who is has advanced breast cancer. Pray for healing and for peace for the family.
Pray for the Coacalco ECC team Socoro and Avril and Pastor Alfredo. Ask the Lord for unity, for good communication and for oneness of spirit.
Avril is experiencing sever allergy and other health problems. Ask the Great Physician to touch her body and give her the rest she needs.
Socoro is studying for her GED equivalent so she can complete her seminary studies. Pray especially for the math section of the test. Pray too for her feet, she has an appointment in November to see what is causing her pain.
Praise God for the house churches that are meeting on their own. Pray for continued growth as the lay leaders attend training and for multiplication of those groups.
Pray for the funds needed for the property in Coacalco.
Pray for Alfredo as he is also supervising the work in the Tultitlan church that is without a pastor.
Pray for Carlos as he pastors the Rena church as it is getting ready to become an organized church. His father, Joventino has prostrate cancer. Pray for his wife, Estela’s health (she has a condition that is causing her brain to shrink).
Catarino is working helping Carlos and working on establishing house churches.
Pray for Mario UNIFAM pastor still pastoring two churches in Acapulco. Ask for strength and wisdom. Ask the Lord of the Harvest for more workers to join the work there. Pray too for training for the kids workers.
Pray for John Mark and Susan as they share the financial needs of the seminary. They are also making plans to bring a team to Mexico the end of October. Pray for those coming with them that their hearts will be touched by the needs of the Mexican people.
Pray for the team working on our job descriptions and goals. Ask for wisdom and for God’s plans to be on our hearts.
Pray for Mario still pastoring two churches in Acapulco. Ask for strength and wisdom. Ask the Lord of the Harvest for more workers to join the work there. Pray too for training for the kids workers.
Pray for focus for all ECC workers, coordinators, leaders, and supervising pastors as we work toward multiplication.
Pray for completion of the drop-in -center. Work need to be finished for the next stage of the plan to be put in motion. The team is on vacation this week and Andrew is “minding the store” letting the workers in and locking up when they leave. Pray much will be accomplished this week.
Pray for boldness among OMS, UNIFAM and ECC for abundant sowing of the Gospel.
Pray for good completion of Barney’s English classes. Pray too for cultural transition for Barney and for the decisions to be made as he returns to the US.
Pray for the vision group arriving this Friday. Ask the Lord to touch hearts for the lost here in Mexico.
These are the prayer requests from our Naucalpan ECC team.
Pray for Israel and his wife that the Lord would raise them up as leaders. Israel’s aunt is hostess for one of the house churches and asks for prayer for her husband who is not a believer and for her neighbors as she shares with them.
In October we will be having a campaign in the San Rafael Champapa area. Pray for the dentist, nurses, hair stylists, and others who are going to be involved. Pray especially that the house church host family with catch the vision.
María de Jesús is a young woman who fell on the job. Ask that her family continues to keep the door open to hear about Jesus, for healing for María and salvation for this house. This could be a strategic house church.
Ines is the hostess of another house church. Ask the Lord for strength and wisdom as she attends the training and takes over responsibility of this church. Ask the Lord for more lost souls to come to Him in all the house churches.
Pray for Zoel, Diana and Carmen as they live their faith in front of their families. All are facing family conflicts.