Archive for January, 2010

Prayer Requests

Pray for the team on the retreat this week with Jeff and Laura from headquarters. Ask the Lord for rest and unity.

Pray for Sadie as she adjusts to the culture and schedule here in Mexico. Pray for her family back in the UK.

Pray for the seminary students as they finish the quarter, turn in their assignments and take their finals this week.

Ask the Lord for much fruit from the campaign at La Raza on Saturday. The La Raza, Cofradia and Coacalco teams will be going door to door and inviting the people in the neighborhood to a showing of the movie “Fireproof.”

Pray for salvation for Andres, father of one of our workers. Pray for the many unsaved family of our team and workers.

Escuadron 201

Pray for Cesar as he begins pastoring in Tultitlan and his wife Irma continues to cover the churches in Escuadron and Paraiso. Pray that they will both have favor among the people. Pray, too, for their children, Judith and David, as they face many changes in the coming months.

Pray for those who will be coming to work in Escuadron and Paraiso that they will have a passion and love for the people of these areas. Pray for growth both spiritual and numerical.

Continue to pray for Jesica as she has started treatment. Pray for her mom who is not interested in things of the Lord.

Oscar saw a homicide that has left him scarred. Ask the Lord to take away his fear and heal his heart.

Jesus asks for salvation for his children and for healing as he has been recently confined to a wheel chair.

Ask the Lord to be with Juan who is loosing his vision. Juan is a believer.

Cofradia/Izcalli

Pray for Salvador as he continues to labor in the harvest field that is Cofradia.

Pray for Alejandro as he continues with his discipleship course. Ask the Lord to open the doors for his business.

Pray for Gerardo who is going to Tijuana and is looking for a church to attend there.

Ask the Lord to work in Jose Luis’ heart to turn from his worldly ways, back to the Lord.

Pray for the Lord to change Monica’s heart to forgive her sister and remove the bitterness toward her.

Pray for Regina, three years old, who has a doctor’s appointment to try to discover why she can’t speak.

Prayer Requests

Praise the Lord that Sarah (Sadie) Graham will be arriving this week to join our team. Pray for her last days in the UK and for smooth transition to life in Mexico.

The missionary team will be on retreat next week with our supervisors, Jeff and Laura Edwards. Pray for a good time of renewal and fellowship. We will also be visiting and encouraging our pastors and workers in Acapulco during this time.

Pray for health and protection for our pastors and ECC workers.

Pray for Laura Edwards. She and Jeff are to be flying to Ecuador this morning and Laura woke up early with fever and vomitting. She is very weak and they have been unable to change their plane tickets to a later flight. As of the latest update, her fevor is gone. Pray for strength, easy flights and peace for both Laura and Jeff.

La Raza

The La Raza team will be having an evangelistic campaign on January 30th. They are planning on going door to door in the area, along with the teams from Coacalco and Cofradia, sharing the gospel and inviting the people to the presentation of the movie “Fireproof” that evening. Pray for much fruit.

We praise the Lord for continued interest from the young people who are wanting to get off the streets. Pray for Miguel, Jeny and Juanito who have all come off the streets since the first of the year.

Praise the Lord for a job for Alex and Pati’s son, Hansel. Pray that he will make a firm decision to follow the Lord and stop drinking.

Continue to pray for a speedy end to Fidel and Juana’s son, Hugo’s, court case.

Pray for wisdom as the team decides when to begin Sunday services.

Pray for the work being done on the facade of the drop-in-center. Ask that there will be no problems with the authorities.

Pray for work for Miguel.

Pray for Joe as he continues to use his Spanish and asks for more opportunities to share the Gospel. Ask the Lord for salvation for his father in Australia.

Cofradia/Izcalli

Pray for Araceli, one of our house church leaders and a seminary student, who is struggling with depression. Ask the Lord to encourage her heart and give her peace.

Pray for Vicky, another house church leader who is not doing well in her business nor with the leadership of the church. Ask the Lord to renew her vision and encourage her to be faithful.

Ask that the Lord would raise up Oscar to be a leader in his home and in the house church.

Ask the Lord for new clients for Alejandro. Ask, too, that he would be encouraged as he studies the Word and that he would put it in to practice in his life.

Pray for a job for Gerardo and that he would not turn away from the things of God.

Pray for peace for Rodolfo in spite of the circumstances he is facing.

Ask the Lord to lay His healing hand on Regina so that she may be able to speak.

Escuadron 201

Ask the Lord for workers to help in the harvest in Escuadron and Paraiso.

Pray for Cesar as he is the new pastor in our church in Tultitlan. Cesar and Irma ask for wisdom to balance ministry and family especially in light of their new assignment. They will continue working in both places for a time.

Pray for the house church in Valle de Chalco. This is a transit community and an opportunity to plant many seeds that can be spread throughout the city.

Pray for healing for eight year old Jesica Monserat who has been diagnosed with cancer. Her grandmother is a believer but her parents are hesitant to believe.

Praise the Lord for His touch on Jorge who has not had seizures lately. Continue to ask for wisdom for the doctors to find the cause.

Continue to pray for Noe who is still in jail even though his accusers have failed to show in court.

Rosario from the Parisio church gives thanks to the Lord for bringing her daughter and son-in-law to church. Pray for complete restoration of this family.

Prayer Requests

Pray for Saul, a 10 year old from our church in San Pablo Autopan who was burned after Christmas by fireworks. He had skin grafts and then had surgery on the area they took the graft from. Pray for healing for this young man.

Pray for the evangelism class that started yesterday in Santa Monica. Pray for a new vision for the church and for healing of relationships within the church.

Pray for Sadie who arrives in Mexico later this month from the UK. She is busy packing and saying her goodbyes for the year.

Pray for healing for Leroy’s voice.

Coacalco is now having two services. Pray for continued growth and wisdom on sharing the work load.

Pray for the seminary students as there are two more weeks of class in this block. Pray for them as they study for finals and get their assignments completed.

Pray for Robin beginning an on-line master’s program. Ask the Lord for wisdom and guidance as she studies and teaches.

Campanario ECC

We praise the Lord for His provision for our team and give Him thanks for what is being accomplished in the Campanario area.

Praise the Lord for His touch on Paulita through dialysis and on Antonio as he recovers from prostate cancer.

Praise the Lord that Beto, Hijo de Paz in Nicolas Romero, has a job. Pray that it will be a long term assignment, not just temporary.

Pray for continued direction for Araceli during the coming year. Ask the Lord for wisdom, provision and grace as she ministers and makes plans for a move to Tabasco.

Ask the Lord for revival in our house churches. Pray for the leaders who will take part in the training on January 30.

Pray for Joel who has joined our team again. Ask the Lord for spiritual strength and for grace in his marriage.

Pray for Beto, an autistic child, who is in need of a place where he can receive therapy at little or no cost.

Pray for Jesica and family as they mourn the death of her grandmother.

Pray for the house churches in Tlalne and Nicolas Romero to grow both spiritually and numerically.

Pray for Angel to grow spiritually.

Gaby and Benjamin are in need of a touch from the Lord in their lives and on their marriage.

Prayer Requests

Praise the Lord for the safe arrival of Naomi, daughter of Laura and Jorge, former team member from Cofradia. She arrived 3 weeks early and weighed in at 5 lbs 11 ozs and is 19 inches long. Mother and baby are both fine. Dad is still in shock!

Praise the Lord for the 60+ children at the Vacation Bible School at San Pablo Autopan. Pray for the seeds that were planted and for the followup.

Pray for Andres who is an alcoholic and needs salvation.

Pray for the unsaved family members of our pastors and workers.

Seminary classes begin again this week. Pray for open minds and hearts as the students return to their routine.

Pray for the ECC training taking place this Tuesday.