tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80825042365395564462024-03-12T16:01:35.314-07:00Far Reaching MinistriesFar Reaching Ministries is a non-profit Christian organization dedicated to spreading the good news of the Gospel around the world. Our focus is the whole continent of Africa, but more specifically the countries of Sudan, Kenya, and Uganda.FRMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728437680466464240noreply@blogger.comBlogger344125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082504236539556446.post-34855169157340651482013-08-25T23:44:00.000-07:002013-08-25T23:44:51.510-07:00Making today count ~ by Vicky Bentley<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I saw this posted on my friend’s facebook I wondered what would happen if all
of us purposed today to go a step further. Kindness isn’t enough…what if we extravagantly
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heavier and harder as the days grow more evil. The world brazenly rejects God
grieving His Spirit and refusing to accept His mercy. Friend or foe of the Lord
Jesus Christ, now more than ever, they need to know they are loved and have an
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may be thinking, “My plate is already full!” believe me, I hear you…but we have
HELP and HOPE as close as a prayer. Taking all our burdens and laying them by
faith at the feet of Jesus not only frees us but also makes our actions that
much more genuine and effectual! Make today count for the kingdom, I have to
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Vicky Bentleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07086228504727557139noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082504236539556446.post-72551934638223581532013-08-12T14:24:00.000-07:002013-08-12T15:34:30.299-07:00Matthew 18:19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Praying for the plumbing parts to safely reach Nimule. They
still need a solar pump and various fittings. Keith Coggin is coming to oversee
the connections.</li>
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in their leadership skills, communication (as a team and with the Corporate
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of the traditions contrary to God’s word, be a light in their communities,
learn new income-generating activities, and that the literacy classes would be
effective.</li>
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wisdom to Vicky and support for and from trained leaders and prayer groups</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the youth ministry at CC Nimule. Pray for purity,
honesty among themselves, revival in each young person and their families.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the Sanctuary of Grace launch into South Sudan.
Pray for anointing over Lisa as she drafts up the complete curriculum and for
favor with the Ministry of Education. Also pray for open doors at the teacher
training college in Kerapi.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise Report: The missionaries are back in the country the
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please continue to pray for the adoption as things appear
complicated. Pray for the family as they rest in Him for the outcome. Ask Him
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year in England, and Annie will be preaching five times to the women! Please
pray that God would use her greatly as she speaks to hundreds of ladies over
the week. Pray for Him to give her vision, passion and strength. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray as the whole family will have various jobs to do
at Creation Fest. Pray for a fresh filling of the Spirit on all of them during
the week-long festival/outreach. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Continued prayer for the launch of La Pépinière at CC Nice.
There is still much to do (secure visas for students, class schedules), and
registration for French students is still open. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Shawn is starting a student’s ministry at CC Nice (for
12-15-year-olds). Pray that the Lord would give him a vision and raise up a
young assistant(s). </li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray that the Lord would prepare the hearts of the
students and teachers who are at the School of Ministry this semester.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray that more Irish people would attend the School
of Ministry and get trained up for service.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray that Calvary Waterford would find the best place
for Sunday worship – whatever place God has in mind.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise Report: Great turnout and success of the kids' camp
(VBS) that Carrie and several volunteers from the church put on at the
community center in the small village of Passage East where the Langleys live.
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the team from Harvest Chapel that will be
coming out in August to do short term ministry with the team in Nairobi and
Mombasa.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray that the Lord would open doors to find secure,
affordable, suitable houses for the FRM guest house and for the Zavala family.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Prayer that the Lord would heal Bianca's ringworm infection in
her torso and Sophia's asthma.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise Report: Masoka (Pastor Asukulu Ibrahim's wife) from
CC Barraka, had surgery and is recovering. Pray that the Lord would continue to
heal her and provide the proper medical care.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that the Lord would give wisdom to Jamie and Phyllis as
they teach the Women’s Bible Studies. Pray that the women attending would have
a hunger for the Word and live Christ-centered life.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the Harvest Chapel team as they prepare to come
out. Pray that God would give them wisdom as they work on details and seek the
His vision for the trip. Also pray that He would provide for the needs of
each team member.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Jamie and Jane as they teach a small group
discipleship class for young girls once a month. Pray that the Lord would give
wisdom to Jamie and Jane, and use them as vessels of love to encourage and
bless the girls who have difficult home lives.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for CC Nairobi’s weekly evangelism. Pray that the Lord
would use the members to shine the light of Christ in dark places. Pray
that those who have come to Christ through the outreaches would grow in His
Word and come for fellowship.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that the Lord would give Jamie wisdom and peace as she
waits upon Him and His will in each area of her life.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that the Lord would provide a new, affordable, and safe
location for the team to live in.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise Report: Natasha’s mom expressed a desire to be
baptized, and Wes is going to baptize her August 3. Pray for Natasha as she
organizes the event, and pray for Natasha’s father to be saved, as well.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that Wes and Edward would be able to challenge and
encourage the saints at Calvary Chapel Vladimir during their time there.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Masha’s pregnancy and for her to see clearly that
Jesus loves her and wants her back in the fellowship of His light.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Natasha’s visa to be approved to come to the United
States.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the Lord to guide and lead the preparation for the
Women's Retreat.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that the Lord would grant an invitation for Jamie to
visit the church in Russia. Pray that He would take care of every detail.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the prison ministry as they meet to discuss
visiting the women’s prison church at least once a month for the Sunday service
where Ruth will be teaching. Please pray for God’s will and direction.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise the Lord, K*** has made it back safety from her
appointment for her passport and visa.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the Women’s Conference at Calvary Chapel Vladimir.
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise Report: 42 children yielded their lives to the Lord
at two camps held this summer in Rybinsk and Urozhainaya.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the last camp of the season: July 31-August 10.
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know about God, and many have accepted Him as Lord.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the church plant, that God would continue to
oversee everything that is going on. Pray that God would draw people by His
Spirit and in His timing.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please ask the Lord to send the perfect buyer for the
Kampala guesthouse.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Rabuna Fi in Masindi. Pray for unity, loyalty, and
boldness; pray for anointing over Richard and Suzan Angoma as leaders,
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise report: The Kanyikes were able to find someone who
could recover most of what was on their hard drive.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise Report: Jill's dad had a successful surgery, and it
was not cancer!</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray that the Kanyike family would be healthy and
that all their visitors would stay healthy.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for safety in Kampala as there are still protests and
riots happening.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Jill as her new Bible study begins on Saturday.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Brian and Jill as they begin a monthly leader and
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the church to have a projector to display the
worship songs for the satellite campus in Kololo.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that the new church in Bunga will start well and
thrive.</li>
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FRMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601301590715579074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082504236539556446.post-48275716305383912013-08-05T11:40:00.001-07:002013-08-05T11:59:40.820-07:00Faithful in Prayer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sometimes we are privileged to see the answer to the things
we pray for. Natasha has been a missionary with Far Reaching Miniseries
in Nairobi, Kenya for the past five years. She has been praying for her
mother’s salvation a very long time. While Natasha was home in Russia on a
brief furlough, she was blessed to see her mother accept Jesus Christ as her
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God answered Natasha's prayers in the best way possible. It
was an even sweeter gift because Wes Bentley was in Russia working on the Home
for a Grandmother project, and he was able to baptize Natasha's mother.
Praise God that the body of Christ can celebrate this amazing thing together!
This moment shows us that when we are faithful in prayer, God will
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FRMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601301590715579074noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082504236539556446.post-25844624912703477382013-08-01T19:58:00.001-07:002013-08-01T19:58:39.787-07:00 “I have seen the Power of God..."<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was talking with one of
our chaplains from the Nuba Mountains about how he knows that God is real. Our
chaplain, Joffer, is a high ranking solider, who works closely with the
commanders in the Nubas. His reputation is known throughout all the army. Joffer
is known as a man of God – trustworthy and fearless. He has earned the respect
of the commanders because of his dedication to his Heavenly Father. Many of the
commanders in the area are Muslim, but they know that Joffer’s God has true
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Joffer went on to say, “There
are many ways that I know God is real. His love for me explains it all. I would
not be here if it was not for Him watching over me. I was at a meeting with
four commanders, planning for the battle. All of a sudden we started getting
bombed by Antonovs and rockets. A bomb landed between us five soldiers, but it
did not explode. We took off running to get our men to safety. When we thought
the bombing was over, the five of us regrouped. Another bomb dropped in between
us again! It did not explode, so we ran as fast as we could. When we got about
50 feet away, the bomb finally exploded but none of us were injured. The next
day, six of us met to talk about the battle. For a third time, a bomb landed in
between us, but this time it did explode. Even though six of us where around
the bomb, only one man was injured in the explosion. This is how I know God was
real. When all these men should have been killed, including myself, only one
man was injured. God was faithful to my prayers for protection. How do I know
God is real? Because I am here today. I have seen the power of God, and He is
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FRMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601301590715579074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082504236539556446.post-65293873873940620082013-07-19T19:31:00.000-07:002013-07-19T19:31:31.367-07:00Please Join Us in Prayer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for this 9th class of chaplains who just graduated and
whose deployment will move them directly to the front lines where there is
heavy conflict. Ask the Lord to take all
that they have learned and now make it practical and useful, for His glory and
the saving of many people. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the stabilization of South Sudan. The oil reserve areas are still under attack
from the north, not allowing the south to properly grow its economy and care
for its people.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise God! He supplied a visa!</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep this missionary lifted. After a decade of serving in very difficult
circumstances, he has a lot to say about what he has observed and what is
happening in the country which wh served.
Ask the Lord to provide the words and platform for what He would have
shared.</li>
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<b>Zavala Family: Nairobi, Mombasa, DR Congo</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for healing for the Zavala family from coughs
& colds.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise God for yesterday's evangelism outreach. There
was a big turnout, please pray that "seeds fell in good ground", and
those who got born again would commit their lives to the Lord.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the team from Harvest team that will be
coming out in August to do short term ministry with the team in Nairobi and
Mombasa.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that the ladies would grow in their maturity in Christ.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for wisdom in how to minister to the worship team.</li>
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<b>Rees Family: Thika</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray that Helen will come to know Jesus and receive
His Word as truth.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for a special move of God’s Spirit on Gloucester
and Wales.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Thank you to all who were such a great blessing to the Rees’.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Ruth’s sister’s mother in law who has heart
complications and is getting worse day by day.
Also lift up a friend who has inoperable pancreatic cancer. Please pray
for Maxwell, his parents are not doing well, especially his mom, who is
suffering from Alzheimer’s. Please pray for strength, comfort and as the Lord
leads.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Prison ministry, they are meeting regarding
visiting the women’s prison church at least once a month for Sunday service
where Ruth will be teaching. Please pray for Gods’ will and direction.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for also for provision for a reliable vehicle
that is a blessing to the ministry.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please ask the Lord to send the perfect buyer for the Kampala
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<b>Kanyike Family: Kampala</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the team of 15 which recently returned to
states, many are recovering from malaria and other illnesses.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for safety as violent theft is on the rise especially
involving foreigners.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise report that the protests have ended!</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please continue to pray for safety and health for all the
missionaries and visitors.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the administrative work that needs to be
done to be accomplished; there have been many issues this month with power and
the repair of a broken step up transformer which caused us to get a bit behind.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Brian as he pastors at CCK.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Brian and Jill as they begin premarital counseling
with a new couple.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Jill as she prepares for a new study she will be
teaching beginning in August.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for all the ministries taking place at CCK.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Thank you for faithfully praying for the ministry in Uganda
and the Kanyike family.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for their stress management and relief. Their second year living in Uganda is much
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<b>G***** Family</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that God would have His hand upon K***’s appointment.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for safe travel to and from the necessary appointments.
Praise God, He is faithful and they need
not worry.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Keep them in prayer as they finish up the necessary steps
before taking the interview.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please continue to pray for God's provision for the upcoming
summer camps. Praise God, for the Lord's provision for more than half of the
necessary funds have been received to date. We trust that the Lord will fully
fund the camps once again this year. Ask
the Lord for much fruit from the presentation of Christ’s love.</li>
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<b>Ceaser Family</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for approval of their four year work and residence
permit from the Mauritian Government. They are waiting for a positive response
from the Ministry of Labour now that their file is complete. Pray for favor and
a positive decision for them to receive our work and residence permits for
Mauritius.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Ask for God’s continued provision for the ministry; to be
good stewards in order to build up our reserve fund that has been diminished
due to the increased expenses related to their pioneering work on Mauritius.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for opportunities to share the love of Christ with
people they meet. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Ask God to be in all the administrative work that Eric is
carrying out in regards to the permits, and developing the carpentry and food
service courses for CHARIS.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the neighbors’ from Sierra Leone; four women from
the same family who are being ministered to by Sheila. Pray for wisdom on how
to best share her faith with them.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Mary, an Eritrean woman whose foot injury and
physical condition hinders her from work; is learning crocheting in order to
make a living.</li>
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<b>E**** Family</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep T*** lifted.
Things are very difficult for her.
Pray that with all that goes on around her, her eyes will never waiver
from her Savior.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please continue to pray for the adoption. Things appear more complicated; pray for the
family as they rest in Him for the outcome.
Ask Him to make legal the family He has already provided. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the needed fingerprints and for the adoption packet
to be approved and complete to go to C*** by August. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please also pray for the additional documentation being
mailed which includes irreplaceable documentation that they need.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise the Lord with them for T*** new contract and all the
additional and advanced classes she was asked to teach.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise God! He took care of all the details and provided a tremendous increase on the efforts of the yard sale!</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please continue to pray for Sheri, that the Lord would heal
her from her seizures. Ask the Lord to give the Doctor’s wisdom and
discernment on the best course of action in treating her. Pray that she
and her husband would have His wisdom as they walk through these trials.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Ask the Lord
to be in the transport of the latest container to South Sudan. Pray that it would arrive with
perfect timing. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please continue to pray for the family of Carol Garlow, as
they adjust to this season. Grieving is a
process.</li>
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FRMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601301590715579074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082504236539556446.post-44942783373051697802013-07-11T10:48:00.003-07:002013-07-11T10:48:50.933-07:00UNDETERRED<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Several months ago, I remember a short-term missionary
asking me why Far Reaching Ministries (FRM) had an armored SUV with bullet-proof
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“This is Africa,” I explained. “This place can blow up at any time. It’s inherently unstable.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Next, Kampala’s shopkeepers closed their stores to
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When we arrived at church Tuesday morning, we found the
building locked. I wasn’t expecting that. The church staff ended up going over to a
local café and prayed there. It was very
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On Wednesday morning, I called the building manager to find
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Since Ugandans tended to understate things, I knew this meant
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morning, the U.S. Embassy issued a security warning about “planned
demonstrations.” So, I texted church staff
not to come in and about 700 church members telling them our evening worship service
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The police presence in downtown was about double the usual
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except for when the riot police walked by.
It seemed like things were safe enough to return to the church building,
so a few of us walked over and talked the building manager into letting us in for
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Once inside, we rushed to make preparations for Sunday’s worship
services and the children’s ministry classes.
Afterwards, I treated the church staff to a goat and rice lunch at
Uhuru, the same restaurant that was practically engulfed in tear gas the week
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<li>Pray for this 9th class of chaplains who just graduated. Many will be sent directly to
the front lines--areas experiencing heavy conflict. Ask the Lord to equip them for ministry in
these hard and dangerous conditions. </li>
<li>Pray against the rhetoric and posturing from the government
of north Sudan. Their threats to the
international community and the deceptions they are perpetuating have the
potential to further escalate the war and send it deeper into South Sudan. </li>
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<li>Please pray for the missionary who is in need of a visa. Ask the Lord to provide as only He can.</li>
<li>Praise our King! Despite the emotional roller coaster this
family has been on, their faith is being manifest, and His grace apparent! They are grateful for the prayer covering!</li>
<li>Please pray for those involved in the ministry that was
closed down. Pray that they would have
patience in the wait as He calls them to be still. Praise God, He has provided a clear sense
that He is in the midst of these unexpected events. </li>
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<li>Pray for Natasha, as she finishes teaching the book of
Revelation.</li>
<li>Pray that the ladies would grow in their maturity in Christ.</li>
<li>Pray for wisdom in how to minister to the worship team.</li>
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<li>Pray for the health of the team, as many are getting colds
and sickness. Pray for the Lord's healing and protection physically as
they serve.</li>
<li>Pray for Lois, a woman in Kibera, who just lost a loved one
(the father of her children), that the Lord would comfort her and give her
peace. Pray that the Lord would show her His love and she would grow closer to
Him through this.</li>
<li>Pray that God would give wisdom to the team as they seek the
Lord's vision for the trip and work on the details.</li>
<li>Pray that the Lord would prepare the hearts of those they
will minister to.</li>
<li>Pray for the Titus group (youth girl discipleship), that
Jayne and Jamie would have wisdom as they teach and disciple these young
ladies. Pray that they would be committed and that God would grow them
into godly women with hearts on fire for Him.</li>
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<li>Pray for Tom and Cheryl as they grieve the loss of her
mom. </li>
<li>Pray for family unity and healing and forgiveness for family
members. </li>
<li>Pray blessing for Cheryl’s sister Cristy who is displaying their
prayer cards in her hair salon. Ask the
Lord to move the hearts of those He has called to join them in prayer to take
one of the cards.</li>
<li>Ask the Lord to bless Tom’s Mom who will be having a special
time at her home with her class from church and also friends and neighbors, so
Tom can give a bible study and share about the new work they will be doing in
the UK.</li>
<li>Pray blessing for Patti, an airline stewardess, who has
opened her home to the Rees’ if they need a place to stay as they work on their
visas and prepare to leave for England.</li>
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<li>Please pray for Ruth’s sister’s mother in law who has heart
complications and is getting worse day by day.
Also lift up a friend who has inoperable pancreatic cancer. Please pray
for Maxwell, his parents are not doing well, especially his mom, who is
suffering from Alzheimer’s. Please pray for strength, comfort and as the Lord
leads.</li>
<li>Please pray for Prison ministry, they are meeting regarding
visiting the women’s prison church at least once a month for Sunday service where
Ruth will be teaching. Please pray for Gods’ will and direction.</li>
<li>Please pray for also for provision for a reliable vehicle
that is a blessing to the ministry.</li>
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<li>Please ask the Lord to send the perfect buyer for the Kampala
guesthouse.</li>
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<li>Please pray for safety during this time of protests and
riots in Kampala.</li>
<li>Pray for health for all the missionaries and visitors. Pray
for Brian and Jill as they are both fighting off stomach viruses.</li>
<li>Pray for all of the people who were baptized recently at Calvary Chapel Kampala.</li>
<li>Pray for Brian and Jill to accomplish the many tasks and
ministries they have this week as well as to be hospitable and show the love of
Christ to all the visitors to the guest house.</li>
<li>Thank you for praying for the ministry in Uganda and for the
Kanyike family.</li>
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<li>Pray for their guard, Walter, and his wife to overcome their
marital problems.</li>
<li>Pray for guidance about getting a bigger car.</li>
<li>Praise God that the church is beginning to turning around
financially. There is much further to
go, but God is guiding the leadership to sound decision making.</li>
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<li>God is truly a God that blesses. In
their weakness, He continues to provide for them. He has guided them to the
hospital that K*** must go to for the medical examination.</li>
<li>Pray for safe travel to and from the necessary appointments.
Praise God, He is faithful and they need
not worry.</li>
<li>Keep them in prayer as they finish up the necessary steps
before taking the interview.</li>
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<li>Pray for Sasha and Luba and their church as they minister to
the elderly and poor families through the FRM Sponsorship program. One
sponsored family with 6 children (ages 15 to 2 years) lost their mother in a
tragic death last month. These children have regularly attended Sunday school
at their church. The children have been temporarily placed in an orphanage
because their father has not been able to cope with the loss and is currently
hospitalized. Pray for the family and Sasha and Luba as they seek ways to bring
comfort and minister to the family during this time of loss.</li>
<li>Continue to pray for God's provision for the funding of the
upcoming summer camps. Praise God, for the Lord's provision for more than half
of the necessary funds have been received to date. We trust that the Lord will
fully fund the camps once again this year. </li>
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<li>Please pray for the Scott's health as they have just entered
winter. It has been an extremely hard winter with snow falling only a couple of
hours from where they live. </li>
<li>Please pray that the Lord's work would continue unhindered
by the enemy. Pray for hearts to be opened and for the Word of the Lord to go
forth. </li>
<li>Please pray for Suzanne as she is staying home most days
with their kids. Pray for wisdom in raising Godly and loving children. </li>
<li>Please continue to pray for the church plant. God is definitely
moving and doing something awesome there. </li>
<li>Please pray against the spiritual warfare. It seems at times
the church is confronted around every corner of ministry. Pray that they would
all grow though this time of trials and persecutions. Pray that the strength of
the Lord would be their guide.</li>
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<li>Pray for the needed fingerprints and for the adoption packet
to be approved and complete to go to C*** by August. </li>
<li>Please also pray for the additional documentation being
mailed which includes irreplaceable documentation that they need.</li>
<li>Praise the Lord with them for T*** new contract and all the
additional and advanced classes she was asked to teach.</li>
<li>Please also keep R*** and S*** lifted. S****’s parents are really struggling. With the E**** family’s recent flurry of
activity and things not going so well at home, they are really being knocked
for a loop. Please also lift all those
that marking time until August when they can start putting thing back
together. </li>
<li>Please keep T*** lifted up. Its finals season, crunch
time for teachers and students alike. She is buried, though she has help
with their son.</li>
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<li>Please continue to pray for the family of Carol Garlow, as
they adjust to this season. Grieving is
a process.</li>
<li>Pray for Susana. She
is 58, has lung disease, and is also going through breast cancer and trying to
keep her job while in chemo and radiation. Pray that the Lord would bring
people alongside her to help with any and everything she needs. </li>
<li>Please pray for the group from Calvary Chapel South Shore
that is doing a yard sale to help provide a church building for Loa. Ask the Lord to bless their planning and
provide all they need.</li>
<li>Please continue to pray for Sheri. Ask the Lord to intervene and eliminate the
seizures. Pray that the reduction to
part time work would help.</li>
<li>Please pray for Sherrell. Ask the Lord to provide her
with complete healing. Pray for the doctors to know how to prevent
the recurring health issues that she is having.</li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On Thursday morning, a political opposition leader (the
president’s nemesis) appeared in downtown Kampala and started addressing a
crowd. The police considered this an “unsanctioned rally,” so they arrested
the opposition leader and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. Gun shots
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This all took place about two blocks from the church. Additionally, the police shot tear gas on two
streets that were even closer to the church. I was able to take this
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I walk through this area all the time and could have easily
been there this morning. Toward the left of the photo is a restaurant
called Uhuru. I was there yesterday eating rice and goat meat for
lunch. In the middle of the photo is Pioneer Mall. I walked through
there twice yesterday on church business. The church staff parks their
cars in its parking lot every day. All this is a little too close for
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for, among other things, safety. As soon as I mentioned safety, I
wondered why I asked God for that. I normally don’t pray for
safety. Now, I know it was the Holy Spirit guiding my prayer for
today. May the Lord bless and keep us…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of our missionaries serving in Kampala.
“It has been almost a straight week and a half of protests and rioting.
Today all the shops downtown are closed in protest. They have threatened to
burn any shop that does not join in on the protest.” Imagine how this would change your way of
life. Please continue to pray for the
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FRMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601301590715579074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082504236539556446.post-751256018547606912013-06-24T15:41:00.000-07:002013-06-24T15:41:00.161-07:00Sacrifice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As I sit and write this, my heart is heavy. Over the course
of the last six months we have had three sets of visitors from the United
States. Our friends and family came to see us for 2-3 week visits each. It is
wonderful to have that connection but at the end of it all it can leave one
with a weighty heart. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We live over 8,000 miles away from our children’s
grandparents. To have them come and visit is truly wonderful. To see the way
they interact with our children is nothing short of marvelous. They love their
grandkids and want to fit as much in as they can as they know their time with
them is extremely limited. This is the case for most people as their families
come for a visit and then go home. But, with most people, home is not across an
ocean or involve sitting on a plane for the better part of 24 hours. I know
that both the grandkids and the grandparents love the time together, but I also
know that the grandparents often times wonder if our kids will remember them.
Will they remember the blessed times they had together? Will they remember that
they came and saw them for their second birthday? We are blessed with families
that understand the calling that God has put on our lives but that doesn’t mean
they wouldn’t want to live next door to us to see our kids on a daily basis. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This is one the many ways that we have had to count the cost
of serving the Lord overseas. Though God has called us to service here, it
doesn’t mean that our hearts are not torn from time to time seeing our loved
ones so far away. We live in a country that is foreign to us. We are around
people that have no idea what it is like where we came from or what we really
go through on a daily basis. There are times that you just want to quickly ask
your mom or dad something but then you realize they are at work or sleeping
because of the time difference. I don’t think that one can ever get used to
these moments, but they become an act of surrender in serving the Lord. <br />
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FRMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601301590715579074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082504236539556446.post-25433526018116205412013-06-21T14:30:00.002-07:002013-06-27T15:05:29.703-07:00He's Too Young to Die<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When we think of death, our minds automatically think of someone old or stricken with a disease. The pain involved with death is great but how joyous it should be for us as Christians. How happy we should be to see our beloved go to be with our Heavenly Father. </div>
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At what age is death acceptable? 70? 80? </div>
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Is it acceptable if you are old or with an incurables illness? We think of such temporal things. Have we forgotten about the martyrs or those who are willing to go into dangerous places to share the good news? “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.” (Romans 10:15) </div>
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The picture above is of one of our brothers. He is graduating from our chaplain Bible school later this month. His heart is to take the gospel to his people, even though death is likely possible. His age is young but his strength is in the Lord. “Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.” (Mark 10:15) </div>
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Death has no perfect age – it has no preference; it wishes to inspire terror, to draw you away from the Father. “But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.” (Acts 2:24) “Oh death, where is your sting?” (1 Corinthians 15:55) </div>
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What will you be willing to do with your new freedom? </div>
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Are you too young to die?<br />
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FRMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601301590715579074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082504236539556446.post-49020557012685064022013-06-20T10:00:00.000-07:002013-06-20T10:00:06.597-07:00STAND, FIGHT and DIE!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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compound in South Sudan, the men are busy with preparations for graduation.
After a long and hard year at our chaplain training school, the men are filled
with excitement for the long awaited day. After graduation the men will be
deployed to their respective positions. Some of the men will be going straight
to the front lines of the war here in South Sudan, but every single one will be
on the front lines of the spiritual battle for souls. The men know that this
war (both physical and spiritual) will be very costly and the blood shed will
be great.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For most of us, fighting one war
(against our flesh) is hard enough; it takes every last ounce of strength we
have. How convicting is it to stand with men who are fighting not just for
their own soul, but for everybody they come in contact with. Our men live by a
code of conduct that we all should follow. “If the enemy comes, we will STAND,
we will FIGHT, and we will DIE! But we will not surrender you to the wicked!”
This code was made when we witnessed the Government of Sudan (GoS), the LRA,
and other rebel groups coming into villages and killing every woman and child.
We teach our men that we stand on that line until every woman and child is
evacuated to safety, and we will DIE protecting the innocent and helpless. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Our men are ready to die to the
desires of their flesh and are willing to die to ensure life for others.
Matthew 16:25 says, “For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but
whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” When you are faced with this
choice, what will you do? Are you ready to die, so that you have eternal life?
John 5:13 says, “Greater love has not one than this, that one lay his life down
for his friend.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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Are we willing to love to the
point of death? A time to die…a chance to live. <o:p></o:p></div>
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FRMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601301590715579074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082504236539556446.post-4198047168172709942013-06-17T16:26:00.000-07:002013-06-17T16:26:00.731-07:00A Light in the War Against Darkness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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who are willing to set aside their own desires and offer all they have in
obedience to the Lord. Once in a while,
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Brian and his family had read the newsletter about the suffering
Syrian Christians and the portion about the young boy who gave his $5 to help
children in need instead of buying candy, particularly touched his heart. He told his mom that he wanted to give his
savings to the Syrian church. She called
Friday morning and made the donation for him.
As we communicated back and forth, more information came to light. Brian had also received a gift card for his
birthday that he desired to cash out so that he could give even more. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Brian is ten. He also
volunteers here with us in the office. He
again stands with us, committing now both time and treasures for the Kingdom, shining
as a light in this war against darkness.
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But there is more to this story! Brian had been struggling on and off for
about a year with serious health concerns.
Last November, whatever was attacking his body came on full force. He couldn’t even function as a normal,
healthy, active kid any more. He had no
energy to even go outside and play. He
couldn’t do his normal daily activities, including school. He had aching pain from head to toe: severe
headaches, punishing joint pain, extreme fatigue, and sensitivity to light. He was in constant pain, sometimes falling to
the ground because of the intensity of how badly he was suffering. He still had a heart to help his family with
the dishes and had to support himself by leaning on the sink. His condition perplexed the doctors that his
family sought out in desperation for help.
They came to believe that Brian had some rare lifelong disease. In the midst of this, the whole family poured
themselves into prayer, including his little brother who prayed, “Jesus, heal
my brother, I want to play with him.”
And, the Lord did! All of Brian’s
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What has been Brian’s
response? He wanted to know when he
could return to volunteer at Far Reaching Ministries, and as you have also read,
he is now investing his treasures as well.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hearing Brian’s story is compelling. He is acting on the moving of the Holy Spirit
at an age when most of us only thought about friends, playing, video games and
sleep-overs. We are all moved by stories
of that nearness with the Father, of those who hear and choose to respond
seamlessly. But really, this story can
belong to any one of us, because the source is not us, it’s the Holy
Spirit. The book of Ephesians tells us
we are each God’s masterpiece, His poema, uniquely created with a plan,
prepared in advance for us. (2:10, 4:12)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Don’t miss what God created you for! We all get one short life. There are no do-overs, nor second
chances. Glorify the Father with every
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for this 9th class of chaplains who are preparing to
graduate. Many of these brave men will
be going directly to the front lines. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the teams traveling to South Sudan to work with
these men before graduation. Ask the
Lord to use them mightily as they pour into the lives of the chaplains.</li>
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of north Sudan. Their threats to the
international community and the deceptions they are perpetuating have the
potential to further escalate the war and send it deeper into South Sudan. </li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for those involved in the ministry that was
closed down. Pray that they would have
patience in the wait as He calls them to be still. Praise God, He has provided a clear sense
that He is in the midst of these unexpected events. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for all those that had such a sudden
displacement, whose plans and expectations took such a radical turn. Ask the Lord to pour His presence and
direction out on them as they discover what He has next.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Zavala Family: Nairobi, Mombasa, DR Congo</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray that the water meter in the house would get
fixed soon.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for healing for Twinkle's migraines, neck &
back pain.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Damaris Kemunto, a single mom of 3 kids, who
is anemic and has been in poor health for many months.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the Holy Spirit to speak to them through the Bible
study of the book of Revelation.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that the worship team will become even more united
through this time of stretching by the Holy Spirit.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Continue to pray for salvation for her daughter and her
father.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray that God would provide for a new computer for Natasha.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the health of the team, as many are getting colds
and sickness. Pray for the Lord's healing and protection physically as
they serve.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Lois, a woman in Kibera, who just lost a loved one
(the father of her children), that the Lord would comfort her and give her
peace. Pray that the Lord would just show her His love and she would grow
closer to Him through this.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the Calvary Chapel High Desert team as they prepare
to come out on a STM to the DR Congo and Nairobi. Pray that God would give
wisdom to the team as they seek the Lord's vision for the trip and work on the
details. Pray that the Lord would prepare the hearts of those they will
minister to.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the Titus group (youth girl discipleship) that
Jayne and Jamie would have wisdom as they teach and disciple these young
ladies. Pray that they would be committed and that God would grow them
into godly women with a heart on fire for Him.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Tom and Cheryl as they grieve the loss of her
mom. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for family unity and healing and forgiveness for family
members. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Ask the Lord to be in all the details for their trip to the
UK. Pray that He would pack for them,
and minister to them as they to go. They
will travel first to Gloucester, then Wales to pray for the new church plant in
the UK and then York for their daughter’s wedding on June 22nd.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray blessing for Cheryl’s sister Cristy who is displaying their
prayer cards in her hair salon. Ask the
Lord to move the hearts of those He has called to join them in prayer to take
one of the cards.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Ask the Lord to bless Tom’s Mom who will be having a special
time at her home with her class from church and also friends and neighbors, so
Tom can give a bible study and share about the new work they will be doing in
the UK.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray blessing for Patti, an airline stewardess, who has
opened her home to the Rees’ if they need a place to stay as they work on their
visas and prepare to leave for England.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please ask the Lord to send the perfect buyer for the Kampala
guesthouse.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Kanyike Family: Kampala</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Susan Angoma as she processes the sudden
loss of her father.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please continue to pray for health and safety of all
missionaries and visitors at the guest house.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Brian as he is returning this week from the senior
pastor’s conference and jumps right into teaching. Pray he will recover quickly
from jet lag.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the ministries at Calvary Chapel Kampala and the
guest house. Pray for the Lord's guidance in all things.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Thank you for praying for the ministry in Uganda and for the
Kanyike family.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that the funds are available to buy a bigger car.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that God guides John and the leadership through the
church’s difficult financial times and gives them a vision for His plans.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Ask the Lord to give John and the church leadership discernment
about renting an additional floor for the church. Doing this would be a big step of faith in a
difficult financial period.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for their guard, Walter, and his wife to overcome their
marital problems.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise God for seeing them through this hard part of their
lives.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise God! He has
consistently been providing the monetary support they've needed during this
time.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Ask God to guide them to the right physician/hospital before
the interview date arrives.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Ask God to continue to be in control of the situation and
that they would not seek to finish this work of the spirit in their flesh.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Sasha and Luba and their church as they minister to
the elderly and poor families through the FRM Sponsorship program. One
sponsored family with 6 children (ages 15 to 2 years) lost their mother in a
tragic death last month. These children have regularly attended Sunday school
at their church. The children have been temporarily placed in an orphanage
because their father has not been able to cope with the loss and is currently
hospitalized. Pray for the family and Sasha and Luba as they seek ways to bring
comfort and minister to the family during this time of loss.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Continue to pray for God's provision for the funding of the
upcoming summer camps. Praise God, for
the Lord's provision for more than half of the necessary funds have been
received to date. We trust that the Lord will fully fund the camps once again
this year.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray with them that many Russian people would hear the
true Gospel this year and truly humble their hearts before the Lord. They ask
you to stand with them in prayer for Vladimir, churches in the Vladimir region
and for the new land Ivanovo.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for their churches to stay strong in sound
doctrine and in practical righteousness as the Lord is teaching them. Please pray
for more workers.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pasha asks you to pray that they can have some able,
experienced, and willing teachers come and do good retreats or seminars for
their families.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the Scott's health as they have just entered
winter. It has been an extremely hard winter with snow falling only a couple of
hours from where they live. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray that the Lord's work would continue unhindered
by the enemy. Pray for hearts to be opened and for the Word of the Lord to go
forth. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Suzanne as she is staying home most days
with their kids. Pray for wisdom in raising Godly and loving children. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please continue to pray for the church plant. God is definitely
moving and doing something awesome there. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray against the spiritual warfare. It seems at times
the church is confronted around every corner of ministry. Pray that they would
all grow though this time of trials and persecutions. Pray that the strength of
the Lord would be their guide.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please lift their relationship with the Lord. Pray that circumstances are no influence on
hearing from the Lord. Pray for their heart’s desire, that they would clearly
hear his voice and be obedient.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please lift up T***C***’s relationship with the Lord. Ask the Lord to make Himself so real that
T***C*** is not moved.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep the adoption lifted. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please continue to pray for Mr. Missionary’s visa situation</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please lift that the Lord’s will be done. Pray that they would get their hearts desire,
which is for the world to see Christ in them, and Jesus beside them as they
travel through this storm, able to say, “Never the less Lord, not our will but
yours be done.” </li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the attorneys with The National Center for
Law & Policy, as they return to court on June 24 & 25 with a statement
of decision expected on the 26th. They
are asking the court to order the Encinitas Union School District (EUSD) to
comply with religious freedom provisions of the California constitution as well
as to offer students the minimum amount of physical education
minutes. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please continue to pray for the family of Carol Garlow, as
they adjust to this season. Grieving is
a process.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Susana. She
is 58, has lung disease, and is also going through breast cancer and trying to
keep her job while in chemo and radiation. Pray that the Lord would bring people
alongside her to help with any and everything she needs. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the group from Calvary Chapel South Shore
that is doing a yard sale to help provide a church building for Loa. Ask the Lord to bless their planning and
provide all they need.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please continue to pray for Sheri. Ask the Lord to intervene and eliminate the
seizures. Pray that the reduction to
part time work would help.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"> Please pray for
Sherrell. Ask the Lord to provide her with complete healing. Pray
for the doctors to know how to prevent the reoccurring health issues
that she is having.</li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Do you want to look into the eyes of the Man who died in your place? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What is the cost? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Everything.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I look back on these past two years, on the journey the
LORD put me on, I see how Jesus brought me to a place where I needed to
surrender to Him everything: my father, my mother, my daughter, all my
relationships, all of my friends, places I wanted to serve Him, my desires, and
all of my dreams. There are not enough
words to express the depth of His love and the care He showed me through the
months of struggle I had as I was learning how to walk moment by moment, yielding
to Him, and yet Jesus is the One Who did it all. There is a song, the words of that song very
well describe the place the LORD has me now.
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With no regrets inside of me, just to find I am at Your feet.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I leave my father’s house, I leave my mother.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh! How I love You and there is no cost.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">oh! How I love you and there is no loss.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh! How I love You I want to take Your name.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh! How I love You I want to cling to You Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jesus Christ had counted His cost when He left His glory and
became a Man, lived among us, and died on the cross. He said It is Finished!!! He was risen on the
Third day. His grave is empty. He is
coming back. And He did it all because
of a love for us that is so great we can barely comprehend it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Do you want to look into the eyes of the Man Who
died in your place?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: left;">Natasha Chilikina</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nairobi, Kenya</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To support Natasha, go to: <a href="http://www.supportfrm.org/">www.supportFRM.org</a></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHbK67Jgtq86jFCtzh_NXXnGWraS-ui5Y9AOYDD74z-kLm_lMIRPKHWydSzom66bb4pIdH1MlaabUrWTm95ERIoZFF3v0trRXlf7FB75HVa07qyMAQr7JP9nxL5vhi-I3U4FOhIB4/s1600/Chaplain+w+head+bowed.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHbK67Jgtq86jFCtzh_NXXnGWraS-ui5Y9AOYDD74z-kLm_lMIRPKHWydSzom66bb4pIdH1MlaabUrWTm95ERIoZFF3v0trRXlf7FB75HVa07qyMAQr7JP9nxL5vhi-I3U4FOhIB4/s320/Chaplain+w+head+bowed.JPG" width="212" /></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thank you for joing with us in prayer. We are blessed by your participation in the battle! Here are our most needs.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SPECIAL NEED</b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>FRM is hiring; please pray for the Lord to
provide a strongly committed Christian, with senior-level experience in server
administration & network security management. Cloud computing
experience a real plus</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>In addition, please pray that the Lord would
also provide the right individual with advanced (highly innovative) graphic
design & video production experience.</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> SOUTH SUDAN</b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Please pray for the chaplains who continue to
serve in on the frontline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ask the Lord
to give them strength, courage and compassion as they serve in these
challenging conditions.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Continue to ask the Lord to be the provider for
the many hundreds of thousands who have been displaced by violence and lack
even the most basic food supplies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Pray for the youth and women’s ministries in South
Sudan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ask the Lord to make
their faith deep and a witness to all they know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></li>
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<b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">MISSIONARIES
SERVING IN A CLOSED ASIAN COUNTRY </span></b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Please
pray for missionaries serving in an undisclosed Asian country. The
government has closed down their current ministry. Ask the Lord for favor
in all the details that allow them to remain in the country. Currently,
will have to leave, at least for a time.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Pray
that their mind would be stayed on Christ and fear would not be an issue.
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Ask the
Lord to provide everything they need in terms of relocation and open new doors
for ministry.</span></li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> KENYA</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Zavala Family: </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nairobi</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">, </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mombasa</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">, DR Congo</b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Please
pray that the water meter in the house would get fixed soon.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Please
pray for healing for Twinkle's migraines, neck & back pain.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Please
pray for Damaris Kemunto, a single mom of 3 kids, who is anemic and has been in
poor health for many months.</span></li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Natasha Chilikina: </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nairobi</b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Pray
for the Holy Spirit to speak to them through the Bible study of the book of
Revelation.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Pray
that the worship team will become even more united through this time of stretching
by the Holy Spirit.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Continue
to pray for salvation for her daughter and her father.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Please
pray that God would provide for a new computer for Natasha.</span></li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jamie McKinley:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nairobi</b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Pray
for the health of the team, as many are getting colds and sickness. Pray
for the Lord's healing and protection physically as they serve.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Pray
for Lois, a woman in Kibera, who just lost a loved one (the father of her
children), that the Lord would comfort her and give her peace. Pray that the
Lord would just show her His love and she would grow closer to Him through
this.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Pray
for the </span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Calvary</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Chapel</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">High</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Desert</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> team as they prepare to come out on a STM
to the DR </span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Congo</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> and </span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Nairobi</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">. Pray that God would give wisdom to the
team as they seek the Lord's vision for the trip and work on the details.
Pray that the Lord would prepare the hearts of those they will minister
to.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Pray
for the Titus group (youth girl discipleship) that Jayne and Jamie would have
wisdom as they teach and disciple these young ladies. Pray that they
would be committed and that God would grow them into godly women with a heart
on fire for Him.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Pray
for the FIC youth group day retreat this Sunday, that it would be a time of
great fellowship, laughter, and encouragement. Pray that the Lord would provide
good weather for the event as it is a picnic.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rees Family: Thika</b></div>
<br />
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Thank you for all the prayers for their visa for
the UK. They
were able to contact an agency and will begin the process soon. </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Pray for preparations for their upcoming travel
to the UK. They
go first to Gloucester, then Wales
to pray for the new church plant in the UK
and then York for their daughter’s
wedding on June 22nd.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Pray for the Lord to provide for churches and
new prayer partners who will join them for the mission in the UK.
Blessings for Edward and Emily who have been assisting them in reaching others
for this mission.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Pray for the Calvary Chapel Pastor's Conference
in Murrieta coming up the first week of June. Pray for the FRM barbeque for
these pastors and all those who will be serving.</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ruth Deam: </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Karen</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">, </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kenya</b></div>
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<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li>Pray for the arrival of visitors and all the
details that need to be finished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Please pray for the team and their time while in
Kenya; for all
the ministries they will be involved in and for all the travels. </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Pray for the hearts of the people; that the Lord
will prepare their hearts for His word.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">UGANDA</b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Please ask the Lord to send the perfect buyer
for the Kampala guesthouse.</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kanyike Family: </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kampala</b></div>
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<li>Please pray for safety in Kampala
as security is high due to possible riots and protests.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Please pray for Brian as he pastors and leads
the church.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Pray for the couples Brian and Jill are counseling.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Pray for the new Foundations class that has
begun at CCK on Saturdays.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Pray for all the ministries taking place.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Pray for Luke as he has not been sleeping well.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Thank you for faithfully praying for the
ministries in Uganda
as well as for the Kanyike family.</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Eastham Family: </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kampala</b></div>
<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Pray that the Eastham family is protected from the
stresses of living in Uganda.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Pray that the funds become available to buy a
bigger car.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Pray that God guides John and the leadership
through the church’s difficult financial times.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Pray that God gives John and Lily an editorial
team to assist them with their newsletter and social media.</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Ask that God would lead them to people that need
ministering and discipleship. </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Pray that God would go before them in the
immigration interview process, and that it would progress rapidly. </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Pray for God to use them in a mighty way and
that His will would be done in their lives.</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> RUSSIA</b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mark Piester</b></div>
<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Pray for Sasha and Luba and their church as they
minister to the elderly and poor families who do not know Jesus Christ as Lord
and Savior this Easter week. (Russia
celebrates Easter this coming Sunday). Pray that the monthly sponsorships to
families and elderly will demonstrate Christ’s love and a door to build
relationships and share the Gospel message.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for God's provision for the funding of the upcoming
summer camps. Mark would appreciate your prayers as they work on the budgets
and raise funds for the camps planned this summer. In past years, God has been
so faithful to provide the necessary funds to provide scholarships to all
children desiring to attend. We trust that the Lord will fully fund the camps
once again this year.</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Baranov Family: CC Vladimir</b></div>
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<li>P<span style="mso-fareast-language: JA;">lease
pray with them that many Russian people would hear the true Gospel this year
and truly humble their hearts before the Lord. They ask you to stand with them
in prayer for </span><span style="mso-fareast-language: JA;">Vladimir</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: JA;">, churches in the </span><span style="mso-fareast-language: JA;">Vladimir</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: JA;"> region and for new land </span><span style="mso-fareast-language: JA;">Ivanovo</span><span style="mso-fareast-language: JA;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: JA;">Please
pray for their churches to stay strong in sound doctrine and in practical righteousness
as the Lord is teaching them. Please pray for more workers.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-language: JA;">Pasha asks
you to pray that they can have some able, experienced, and willing teachers
come and do good retreats or seminars for their families.</span></li>
</ul>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Scott Family:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Cape Town</b></div>
<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Please pray for the Scott's and their church
plant in South Africa. </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Please pray for the Lord to continue to direct
and lead the church. Pray that the Lord would continue to bring people as He
sees fit. </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Please pray for the new internship program that
Bob is doing with four men in the church. Pray that the Lord would build up and
sustain Godly men for leadership and vision in the church. </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Please pray for Suzanne as she has started a
women's study in the church. Pray that the ladies would take to heart the
exhortations that are in Titus 2. Pray that Suzanne would be led by the Holy
Spirit. </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Please pray for the whole Scott family-- Bob,
Suzanne, Bobby and Maisey. Pray for their health. Pray that the Lord would keep
them safe as the country faces internal political struggles between the races. </li>
</ul>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">E**** Family</b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Please pray for all the final details of the
adoption process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ask the Lord to make
permanent the home and family He has already given T***C***.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pray that any nerves frayed in the wait would
be calmed.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep S***, R*** and T lifted as they seek to move in
the best direction for the bike shop.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep T lifted as they search for another supplier for
leather for P***’s journals.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the team as they search for new living quarters.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please continue to pray for the relationship and ministry at
the orphanage.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the family to have all the wisdom and discernment
needed for handling all the details of ministry.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please lift that they would keep their eyes on the boss and
all that He has called them to. Thank you for being such a huge part of all
that happens within this ministry. </li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for a friend of the ministry, Sheri, who has been
experiencing seizures. Ask the Lord to put an end to this and be everything
she and her husband need. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Sherrell. Ask the Lord
to provide her with complete healing. Pray for the doctors to know how
to prevent the reoccurring health issues that she is having.</li>
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Please pray for the attorneys with The National Center for
Law & Policy as they go to court on May 20 to ask the court to order the
Encinitas Union School District (EUSD) to comply with religious freedom
provisions of the California constitution as well as to offer students the
minimum amount of physical education minutes. </div>
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<li>Please continue to pray for the family of Carol
Garlow, as they adjust to this season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Grieving is a process.</li>
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FRMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601301590715579074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082504236539556446.post-74378030451179294912013-05-21T14:55:00.000-07:002013-05-21T14:55:00.059-07:00LIFE IN A WAR ZONE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We live in a an always-on world of instantaneous
communication; yet, in the Nuba Mountains, frontline battlefield reports often have
to wait for our chaplains who serve there to relay them person-to-person. The following is an excerpt from one of our
Senior Chaplain, J**** T***, serving in the Nuba Mountain region.<br />
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<b>June 6th:</b> </div>
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Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) launched an attack on the
Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) base in the Nuba Mountain Region; including
the Integrated Units headquarters (HQ), the home of the Governor, and the
houses of all political leaders and commanders.
The battle was short, ending the same day with a victory for the
SPLA. Several enemy were killed and arrested. Several machine guns were captured along with
Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs). Only one
SPLA soldier was injured. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>June 9th:</b> </div>
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Our finance officer was killed due to shelling
near my home.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>June 10th:</b> </div>
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My wife miscarried as a result of the bombing by
SAF aircraft [Antonov, Mig and gunship] from 06:00 to 19:00. This led to the miscarriage of eight women,
among them my wife. One SPLA soldier was injured. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>July 15th:</b> </div>
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I was given the assignment to move from Kadugh
with 350 new soldiers to open a refugee camp at Yida. Before my mission to Yida, a terrible thing
happened, but God Almighty saved us by His power. It was there in Kadugh, the capital of the
region, and at the HQ of operations where the enemy shelled us at 07:00 with
three big artillery guns. One shell exploded 50 meters to my right but it did
not harm anyone. The second fell between the high officers, me and the OPs
officer, but it did not explode. The third one fell in front of us while we
were going up the hill. It landed a ½
meter away, but it too did not explode. On the same day, while we were moving
from a big tree to a downward position, an Antonov aircraft bombed us with several
bombs that destroyed the tree that we had just moved from. We thank God Almighty that He has saved us through
these hard times. (Psalm 103) <o:p></o:p></div>
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Please continue to intercede for the chaplains who are
courageously serving across several battle fronts, and for the hundreds of
thousands of civilians being devastated by the ongoing atrocities being inflicted
upon them by the Islamic government of northern Sudan (GoS). <o:p></o:p></div>
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Government statistics in Uganda state that 85% of the
country’s population are subsistence farmers. This means that most people grow
what they eat, build their own houses and live without making regular purchases
in the marketplace. In our bible study
last week at Canaan farm our study focused on the motive of the Christian
farmer and asked the question “Why do we farm” Is it from a self-centered
motive or a Christ-centered motive. The
large group that attended the study had two things in common </div>
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1. They were all Christians.<o:p></o:p></div>
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2. They were all subsistence farmers.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Farming in a rural setting can involve a lot of work, there
are crops and animals to tend and a host of other things to do that can keep
one so busy. In our study the farmers learned that farm work although demanding
is not the only thing that God calls them to in life. They were taught that life is not all about
farming, it’s all about Christ. It’s about doing what pleases the Lord who
created us, loves us, and saved us. If our farms are to bring glory to God they
must be motivated first and foremost by a love for God and man and a commitment
to carry out the great commission. Using the parable of sower in Matthew
Chapter 13 the farmers were encourage to always ensure their hearts are always
well prepared to receive from the Lord and bear fruit for His kingdom. <o:p></o:p></div>
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At the end of our
study it was such great joy to witness a renewed commitment among the farmers
to balance farm work, family and the Christian walk. Next month we plan to use
the same approach to reach out to rural traders.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Please pray for all the Christian farmers throughout our
country that the Lord may open more avenues for the study of the Word so that
they may be firmly rooted in the Word and have their eyes set on the author and
finisher of their faith Jesus Christ. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Richard Angoma</div>
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Canaan Farm, Northern Uganda</div>
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<b>SPECIAL NEED</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<ul>
<li style="text-align: left;">FRM is hiring; please pray for the Lord to provide a
strongly committed Christian, with senior-level experience in server
administration & network security management. Cloud computing
experience a real plus.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">In addition, please pray that the Lord would also provide
the right individual with advanced (highly innovative) graphic design &
video production experience.</li>
</ul>
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<b>SOUTH SUDAN</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify;">We now have 200 chaplains serving in active war zones. Please continue to pray that the for Lord to give them
strength, courage and super natural endurance as they serve in this ongoing humanitarian crisis.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please continue to pray for those who who have been displaced by the violence and lack even the
most basic necessities of food and medicine. 700,000 civilians are on the run and on the verge of starvation from the Nuba Mountains to the Blue Nile regions. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the youth and women’s ministries in South
Sudan. Ask the Lord to make their faith
deep and a witness to all they know. </li>
</ul>
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<b>MISSIONARIES SERVING IN A CLOSED ASIAN COUNTRY</b><br />
<br />
<ul>
<li>Please pray for missionaries serving in an undisclosed Asian country. The government has closed down their current ministry. Ask the Lord for favor in all the details that allow them to remain in the country. </li>
<li>Pray that their mind would be stayed on Christ and fear would not be an issue. </li>
<li>Ask the Lord to provide everything they need in terms of relocation and open new doors for ministry.</li>
</ul>
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<b>KENYA</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Zavala Family: Nairobi, Mombasa, DR Congo</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Please pray for safe travel as they leave for Kenya on the
15th of May.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Please pray for good health for their family.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Please pray for Pastor Nicholas and for the congregation
of CC Nairobi.</li>
</ul>
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<b>Natasha Chilikina: Nairobi</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<ul>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Natasha’s work permit, an agent is working on
finding the file. Please pray for the
Lord to show clearly what is going on with the processing of the work permit.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Ask the Lord to provide wisdom in ministering to the worship
team; they are going through the time of stretching and growing. Some are choosing to walk by faith and not by
sight and the Lord is teaching them how to bear one another burdens, which is a
huge encouragement.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for her cousin, Nina, she is dying from cancer
and does not know the Lord. Natasha doesn’t
even know if she has a Bible. Her Mom
wants to travel to the city where she lives and visit with her older sister and
give her a Bible, please pray that the Lord would have mercy on her.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Natasha’s health, that she would stay
strong.</li>
</ul>
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<b>Jamie McKinley:
Nairobi</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please just keep Jamie and her family in your prayers, her uncle
recently passed away. Please just pray
that the Lord would be there to comfort her mom, since she is unable to be
there. She thanks you for your prayers.
It has been a very hard year with the loss of many loved ones.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the Calvary Chapel High Desert team as they prepare
to come out on a STM to the DR Congo and Nairobi. Pray that God would give
wisdom to the team as they seek the Lord's vision for the trip and work on the
details. Pray that the Lord would provide for all the needs of each team
member and ministry.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the ladies of Kibera; the bible study has been on
break due to election security concerns. Pray as Jamie and Eunice go back to
Kibera to teach that the Lord would work in the hearts of the women. Pray
for continued peace and protection for each of the ladies in the Kibera slum.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Jamie and Jane as they begin to have a small group
discipleship class for youth girls once a month. Pray that the Lord gives
wisdom and uses them as vessels of love to encourage and bless these girls who
have difficult home lives.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Jamie that the Lord would lead her and give her His
Word of wisdom as she meets with young ladies and women for discipleship during
the week. Pray that each one would have a heart for the Lord and read His Word.
Pray that the Lord would just show His love to each one, and they would
respond to His call on their lives.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the Vacation Bible School at the end of the month
that will be taught in the Ngando slums, pray for the leaders Bernard and Jane
that God would use them to reach many children with the Gospel. Pray that
those children who attend would share the Good News with their parents and
friends.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise the Lord; He is raising up the women in the church. Philis
(Pastor Nicholas’ wife) is now teaching a small bible study in her house to
share with the women in her plot. Pray that the Lord continues to draw more
women closer and use them for His glory.</li>
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many of the saints who stand with them as they serve with Far Reaching Ministries.
The Lord greatly blessed their time together.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for two ladies who accepted Christ at the retirement
home in Washington. Tom was able to deliver an encouraging message about God's
work in the world and in our individual lives. John 3:16</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Ask God to pour out His Spirit on Calvary Chapel Bothell as
they seek more of Jesus. Blessings on their youth team called SOAR as they
reach out to Port Angeles, Portland, those in prison and the poor.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Jack Henderson as he serves in missions at his
local church. Pray for wisdom and discernment as he makes decisions about
reaching out to the community in Monroe. WA.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Virginia, a wonderful prayer warrior who is turning
94 years old. She is serving others at her retirement home. Pray for strength
physically and her eyesight.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Yari who is going through a very difficult time
after his divorce. He is a new Christian and needs discipleship. Also for
Alexander who was a scientist, he is about 85 years old and doesn't know Jesus.
Pray he will receive the truth and come to Jesus.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The Lord has blessed us the Rees’ with a new friend, Cathy,
who prayed for a Calvary Chapel in Gloucester for three years, this is where
they will be going in June.</li>
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ready for the visitors coming soon after the move.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the team that will be there for about ten days,
for the different ministries they will be doing. Please ask the Lord to prepare
the hearts of the people where the Word will be preached and taught.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the ladies Ruth works with. </li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Luke, he has not been well the last couple days.
Pray Laylee does not also get sick.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Brian as he meets with some other evangelical
pastors for dinner to strategically plan on how they can impact Kampala.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Brian and Jill as they counsel couples and members
of the church body.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Brian and Jill as they were invited to share with
all the Sunday school teachers this upcoming weekend.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for all the ministries at CCK.</li>
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of living in Uganda.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that the funds are available to buy a car that better
suits the needs of their growing family.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that God guides John and the leadership through the
church’s difficult financial times.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that God gives John and Lily an editorial team to
assist them with their newsletter and social media.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Kenneth to be healed of malaria and chest pains so
he can go back to work.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Safety for K*** as she will eventually be making a trip to B***
for an interview. The road leading to B**** is closed off due to political
problems, so safety is an issue when going there.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">That God would continue to guide them during this time.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Open doors to minister to the people here in I***.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise - Sasha was released from the hospital last week and
is at home. He is still undergoing treatments as an outpatient. He is feeling
much better after the month-long treatments. They have helped significantly.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Sasha and Luba and their church as they minister to
the elderly and poor families who do not know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior
this Easter week. (Russia celebrates Easter this coming Sunday). Pray that the
monthly sponsorships to families and elderly will demonstrate Christ’s love and
a door to build relationships and share the Gospel message.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for God's provision for the funding of the upcoming
summer camps. Mark would appreciate your prayers as they work on the budgets
and raise funds for the camps planned this summer. In past years, God has been
so faithful to provide the necessary funds to provide scholarships to all
children desiring to attend. We trust that the Lord will fully fund the camps
once again this year.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Baranov Family: CC Vladimir</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray with them that many Russian people would hear the
true Gospel this year and truly humble their hearts before the Lord. They ask
you to stand with them in prayer for Vladimir, churches in the Vladimir region
and for new land Ivanovo.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for their churches to stay strong in sound
doctrine and in practical righteousness as the Lord is teaching them. Please pray
for more workers.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pasha asks you to pray that they can have some able,
experienced, and willing teachers come and do good retreats or seminars for
their families.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for God’s direction and provision in this (if
such is His will) for the Baranov family to visit the US.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Bob and Suzanne, that the Lord would give
them wisdom as they are raising two kids and planting a church. Pray for grace and
guidance in their lives. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the church that is being planted. Pray for
the Spiritual growth of the people coming and pray for their lives to be
changed by the gospel message. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray that the Lord would continue to call people to
the church by His grace. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray as Bob is looking for a new meeting place. The
current one is not meeting the needs of the congregation as they are growing in
number. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the health and safety of the Scott family.
They are going into winter season and the cold and flu season is coming on
strong. Pray that their immune systems would be strengthened and that they
would not have any illnesses. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the outreaches they are doing in and around
the community. Pray that the Lord's Word would go out and that many would come
to salvation. </li>
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process. Ask the Lord to make permanent
the home and family He has already given T***C***. Pray that any nerves frayed in the wait would
be calmed.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"> Please lift up the possibility
of another set of Operation Safe camps in the earthquake zone.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep S***, R*** and T lifted as they seek to move in
the best direction for the bike shop.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep T lifted as they search for another supplier for
leather for P***’s journals.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the team as they search for new living quarters.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please continue to pray for the relationship and ministry at
the orphanage.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the family to have all the wisdom and discernment
needed for handling all the details of ministry.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please lift that they would keep their eyes on the boss and
all that He has called them to. Thank you for being such a huge part of all
that happens within this ministry. </li>
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experiencing seizures. Ask the Lord to put an end to this and be everything
she and her husband need.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Marissa, that the Lord would provide her with
each thing that she needs. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Sherrell. Ask the Lord to provide her with complete healing. Pray for the doctors to know how to prevent the reoccurring health issues that she is having.</li>
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provisions of the California constitution as well as to offer students the
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one having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom
of God.” This statement by Jesus is in the context of discipleship. What does
it mean to be a true follower of Christ? It means to give everything over to
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like this one time. If you are married or dating someone, imagine coming home
to your spouse or telling your loved one that they are number one in your life.
In fact, that would make them very, very happy. To know that they come in first
place in your life is probably the most comforting words you could speak. Now,
tell them that you are going out on a date with the number two person in your
life. Though you don’t love this number two person as much as you love them,
you just wanted to go out on a quick date. Get a bite to eat and watch a movie.
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back.” The picture that Jesus is drawing here is that we have to have eyes for
only Him…in everything that we are doing. We can’t put Jesus in a box and
release Him on Sunday and then the rest of the week keep Him locked up. No
matter what decision you are making, is it for the Kingdom of God? Jesus said
in Matthew 6:33 “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and
all these things shall be added to you." Is this the first place your mind
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looks back, it is hard to maintain that straight line. When a farmer is harvesting
the field he has to keep his eyes fixed on that field and there is no going
back. Let this be also our attitude with Jesus. There is no reason to look back
for we are complete in Christ and He will supply our every need exceedingly and
abundantly more than we can ever hope for. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To support Bob & Suzanne, go to: <a href="http://www.supportfrm.org/">www.supportFRM.org</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Far Reaching Ministries<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The 2007 Kenyan election:
we remember it like it was yesterday.
It was a time of violence, endurance and scarceness in Nairobi, Kenya. The riots lasted three months. We could not evacuate because Twinkle was too
close to giving birth to Sophia. We had
a difficult time finding the essentials like bread, water and milk at the
grocery stores. The church remained open
and became a refugee for many hungry and hurting Kenyans.</div>
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We were preparing for more of the same uprisings during the
2013 presidential elections. We
evacuated all non-essential missionary personnel and handed much of the
responsibilities over to capable nationals. I (Dave) was planning to stay and
minister, but was redirected by the Lord to return to the states, and seek
other treatment options for Twinkle's debilitating neck and back problems. Once in the States, I heard reports that
large crowds of people were lining up to vote.
I became concerned, knowing it would take only a small spark to set off
a riot. But everything was surprisingly peaceful. I was elated by the peaceful
actions of the Kenyans. We are all
praising God that when the newly elected Kenyan president was sworn into
office, the country remained at peace—despite the fact that the opposition
parties have filed a case in the Kenyan courts, accusing them of rigging the
voting during the elections. The
newly-elected President Uhuru Kenyatta and his running mate both face charges
of crimes against humanity for past election violence through the International
Criminal Court (ICC). Please pray for
the new Kenyan President and for peace to continue to reign in Kenya.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Twinkle’s health continues to improve. She does have a bulging disc that’s pressing
on to her spinal cord and she has painful bone spurs in her neck, which are
also adding pressure. The Praise Report:
Through numerous treatments, Twinkle’s pain level continues to stabilize and
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Thank you so much for your prayers and financial support for
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Dave & Twinkle Zavala<o:p></o:p></div>
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Africa: Nairobi, Mombasa, DR Congo<o:p></o:p></div>
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We are blessed as a ministry to also work with great
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Being a missionary, it is necessary to count everything but
the gain of knowing Christ Jesus as Lord as garbage. (Phil. 3:8 NLT) Tom and I
have been involved in overseas missions for over twelve years and have had many
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Ten years ago, on our first mission overseas in Israel, the
Lord made clear His calling on our lives. He gave us John 3:16, “For God so
loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in
Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Our calling was and is “For
God so loved the world…” Some missionaries know at a young age they will grow
up and serve in a particular country or location. On the other hand, some grow
into a love and desire to serve in a certain place where God had led them. It
is amazing to read about missionaries spending their whole lives in one place.
For Tom and I, God did not call us to one place—but said that we would have the
world as our mission field. This means we could go anywhere. Knowing this, when
we go where God calls, we still serve as though we will always be there. Our
hearts are firmly planted to love and serve those God places before us for as
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There are those who question us as to why we seem to move on
every few years. The answer is a simple one: God says it is time to go. This is
not an easy thing to do; in fact, it is very hard for Tom and I to leave those
we have come to love and cherish. What makes going to someplace new so
difficult is knowing that our hearts will be terribly broken one day, leaving
friends and loved ones behind because of God’s calling for our lives. Pieces of
our hearts have been left behind in Sudan, Uganda, Israel, Rwanda, Kenya and
here in the states. And, it should be this way, to leave a part of yourself
behind. You need to know that it does hurt, a lot. This is part of living our
lives for Christ. Christ loved those He served and we are called to follow in
His steps. Some of you have asked us about the difficulties we face living
overseas. It is not an easy life God chose for us. We are separated from our
family much of the time, as I was from Tom for over a year. We miss our
families, kids, grandchildren and friends; we have no house or apartment to
come home to. Our health has suffered. Those we are called to serve do not
always welcome us. It can be very dangerous. So why do we do what we do?
Because of GOD! There is no greater joy than serving God. Being a part of the
joy of someone coming to Christ, discipling those who want more of Jesus.
Loving the unloved through Christ’s love, being a light to a dark & dying
world.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What can be better than that? The joy that God places before
us is very real, but not always easy. I am being very honest because you need
to know how to pray for us as we prepare for the United Kingdom. Our next
mission field will be a very difficult one. Again we will be separating from
our family and friends. Most don’t
realize that those we will share with in the United Kingdom will be much less
receptive to the gospel than whose we have served in the past. Our desire is to be faithful servants,
despite the conditions. Jesus is Lord!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Maybe you have always lived in one place or maybe you move a
lot. What is important is that you remain or go as God leads you. It is easy to
think the ministry is all about you, what you can do for God or how God is
going to use you. This is not true; ministry is all about God, about where He
wants to take you and what He wants to do with your life as a believer. He
chooses to use us for His good pleasure and we can do nothing apart from Him.
The path God has chosen for you is perfect. Let nothing detour you from His
path. God uses trials and various situations to build your faith. He wants to
see if you trust Him. Do you? Do you know He is faithful to complete the good
work He is doing in you? Go where He calls you to go and do what He calls you
to do! One day when you reach your final
destination He will say, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tom & Cheryl Rees<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I once thought all these things were so very important, but
now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. Yes, everything
else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus
my Lord. I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that
I may have Christ and become one with him.”
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container. Ask the Lord to be in all the
details of its delivery.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the chaplains who are serving in harm’s way
in the Nuba Mountains, Blue Nile, and Darfur.
Ask the Lord to keep them safe and provide strength and endurance as
they minister in these hard places.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Continue to ask the Lord to be the provider for the many
hundreds of thousands who have been displaced by violence and lack even the
most basic food supplies. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the youth and women’s ministries in South
Sudan. Ask the Lord to make their faith
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for healing for Twinkle's neck & back (she
has a herniated cervical disc that’s pressing on her spine).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray that God would give her strength as she
continues to home school the kids.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Pastor Nicholas as he pastors CC Nairobi in
Dave's absence.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray that God would provide sufficient finances for
the Zavala Family.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">It is so amazing to see how the Word of God is changing the
ladies in the Women’s ministry. Phyllis, Pastor Nicholas’ wife started a small
Bible study with the ladies who are living in the same area with her. They just started on Saturday and one of the
ladies shared that she had never heard the Word of God being explained that
well. She asked for more time and now
they are meeting three times a week and go through the book of 1 John, the same
book the church is studying on Sunday. It
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Janet and Phyllis that they continue to grow
in their relationship with Jesus and for the Holy Spirit to teach them and lead
them and guide in their Bible studies.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for wisdom in how to minister to the worship
team and to the church body at CC Nairobi.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the discipleship with Christine, she is a young
girl who would like to join the worship team.
They will start with a devotion together; please pray for the guidance
of the Holy Spirit.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Gilbert and Esther as they serve as the pastor and
pastor's wife at Calvary Thika. Pray for wisdom and strength for each day and
that the Lord would be glorified in all they do.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Blessings to Lucy and husband John who have so faithfully
served at Calvary Thika. God has blessed them with a new baby girl who has
brought them great joy.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Tom as he goes back to the dentist for another root
canal. Tom has been able to share with the dentist. Pray for the salvation of
the dentist and his wife, David and Kristen.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for all the ministries taking place at CCKampala.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for all the visitors who are here to be healthy.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Jill's Bible study on Tuesday</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Thank you for your faithful prayer for the ministry in
Uganda and for the Kanyike family.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that the Eastham children will adjust back to their
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for their greatest need—for the Lord is to send
some helpers, both short term and long term.
They are looking for teachers, educators, curriculum writers, etc.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the young people who attended the youth
conference in Nimule, South Sudan. They
asked deep searching questions and are seeking Him.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray with Keith and Lisa as they continue to disciple, teach
and serve in Gulu and branch out into other areas of Uganda and South Sudan.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for a speedy immigration process for K***.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">They request prayer that God would bless their families and
the FRM family for all their support of them during this hard time.</li>
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ask the Lord to provide the funding for those treatments.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Luba as she tries to gather information and
photos.</li>
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raising a family. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that the Lord would show His grace upon them and they
would bring glory to His Name. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that the men who are coming to the men's study would be
built up in the Word of God and be ready to be used by Him. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that the families in the church would stay strong in
the face of persecution. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Bob and Suzanne's time. That they would manage it
well with all that they have to do. </li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep the interns lifted as they grapple with their
study and their relationships - horizontal and vertical.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please also keep T*** and T*** lifted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep the plans for this summer lifted up. Boss willing, they will be coming back to the
states with T***, which means the camps will be headed up by a different leader. It looks like nearly a month of camps in
different places, so favor is needed with the local groups and
authorities. So, please keep the
staffing, favor and provision in all kinds of ways lifted up.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">They were hit with more requirements for T***
paperwork. Please lift up T***’s heart
about the situation, toward people and toward the work that he does. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep the Italian contingent lifted. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please also keep TJ lifted as he and his fiancé are working
through the loss of her grandmother. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep the bike shop lifted. After this weekend they should be 90%
open. By April it will be 100% up and
running and have the first bike club gathering, a month late but not bad. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep the work in the orphanage lifted. The orphanage crew is doing an amazing job.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please also continue to keep K**** lifted.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the Celebration Life Festival and Crusade in
St. Joseph, MO. Pray for those who are in bondage to religion, who believe they
are saved, but in fact are not. Billy Graham once said; “Religion is like a flu
shot, it will keep you from getting the real thing.”</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for those who surrender their lives to Christ as
they are challenged in their walk. Pray for them as they turn from the
things the Lord has shown them that can no longer be tolerated. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Thank you for your continued prayer for Carol Garlow! A year ago the Doctors, working on their best
indicators prepared the family for her to remain this side of eternity for only
6 more weeks. Carol and her husband are
praising the Resurrected Lord for what He has done and thank you for praying! Please
pray for them to continue to stand strong as they persevere!</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please lift up the miraculous arrival of the container in
Sudan! We are still up against insurmountable odds, but our God is greater! Please pray for His hand of intervention. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please lift up the chaplains! Ask that they would arrive for the refresher
poised to be equipped spiritually and physically. Ask the Lord to give them just the right
words for all the stories that they contain about His faithfulness!</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Fighting continues in the Nuba Mountains and other points in
Sudan. Please continue to support the
chaplains in prayer as they serve in these battlefield conditions. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Continue to ask the Lord to be the provider for the many
hundreds of thousands who have been displaced by violence and lack even the
most basic food supplies. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the ladies of Rabuna Fi, that their eyes would be
fixed steadfastly on the Author and Finisher of their faith, that they would
grow in understanding of His unfailing love and have a burden to share that
with the lost.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for healing for Twinkle's neck & back (she
has a herniated cervical disc that’s pressing on her spine).</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray that God would give her strength as she
continues to home school the kids.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Pastor Nicholas as he pastors CC Nairobi in
Dave's absence.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray that God would provide sufficient finances for
the Zavala Family.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">The Presidential elections are over and this time everything
was peaceful in the country. Please continue to pray for peace in Kenya, and
also for the church to stand strong on the Word of God. It is good for them to
be back with the family of Christ here at Calvary Chapel Nairobi.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Janet as she teaches the book of Revelation
(her family is facing a lot of difficulties, now her youngest daughter is sick).
Pray for the ladies to be hungry and
thirsty for the Word of God.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please also pray for her trip to Eldoret. </li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that whoever is elected would stand up for
righteousness and have a fear of God.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Jamie that she would have wisdom as she begins
teaching Ruth to the ladies of Rabuna Fi. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that each lady that comes to study would have a desire
to know more of God and be example </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">of Christ in their communities.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Kibe a brother from CC Nairobi that is going to
serve in S. Sudan, that the Lord would give him wisdom and strength as he
follows the call God has put on his life. Pray for him to be protected as
he travels, to arrive safely, and to have a peace as he sees the ministry he is
going to.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Jamie and Jayne that the Lord would just speak
through them to the young girls who are coming for teaching and counseling, and
that God's love would just be poured out on these young girls. Pray that
the Lord would lead in every step and moment of prayer and counseling.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that the Lord would call people to serve in the
children's ministry of CC Nairobi and many would have a desire to reach the
children with the Word of God and His love and salvation.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Tom as he teaches on brokenness at a home bible
study.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for wisdom and grace as God prepares them for the UK.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pastor Gilbert in Thika, Kenya is in need of encouragement
at this time as they have been going through a lot of spiritual warfare.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for blessing on John and Lucy in Thika as she just
delivered their second child.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for wisdom and blessing as Gilbert and John are meeting
to pray on Wednesdays.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for their children who all have major changes going on
in their lives. </li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for God to direct Ruth to a new place. Please intercede for Ruth to get the perfect
house and the funds needed for the move; a house that she is able to run the
ministries from.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the physical, emotional and spiritual needs
for Ruth and the ladies.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for health for all the missionaries and
visitors.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the ministries taking place at CCK.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Thank you for praying for the ministry in Uganda and for the
Kanyike family.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for God’s guidance as they seek His will daily.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for a speedy immigration process for K***.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">They request prayer that God would bless their families and
the FRM family for all their support of them during this hard time.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Sasha started treatments this past week for hepatitis. Please
ask the Lord to provide the funding for those treatments.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Luba as she tries to gather information and
photos.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep the interns lifted as they grapple with their
study and their relationships - horizontal and vertical.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please also keep T*** and T*** lifted.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep the plans for this summer lifted up. Boss willing, they will be coming back to the
states with T***, which means the camps will be headed up by a different leader. It looks like nearly a month of camps in
different places, so favor is needed with the local groups and
authorities. So, please keep the
staffing, favor and provision in all kinds of ways lifted up.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">They were hit with more requirements for T***
paperwork. Please lift up T***’s heart
about the situation, toward people and toward the work that he does. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep the Italian contingent lifted. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please also keep TJ lifted as he and his fiancé are working
through the loss of her grandmother. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep the bike shop lifted. After this weekend they should be 90%
open. By April it will be 100% up and
running and have the first bike club gathering, a month late but not bad. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep the work in the orphanage lifted. The orphanage crew is doing an amazing job.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please also continue to keep K**** lifted.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the Celebration Life Festival and Crusade in
St. Joseph, MO. Pray for the upcoming Discipleship training class, and the
Regional Volunteer Training/Prayer Rally.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Pastor Jim and Carol Garlow. She is receiving chemotherapy again. Praise God, her cancer markers are dropping!</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Fighting continues in the Nuba Mountains and other points in
Sudan. Please continue to support the
chaplains in prayer as they serve in these battlefield conditions. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Continue to ask the Lord to be the provider for the many
hundreds of thousands who have been displaced by violence and lack even the
most basic food supplies. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for God to make a way for all the chaplains to come in
for refreshing and resupply. Ask Him to
have His hand in all the details of travel. Pray for the Lord’s covering on the
soldiers as the chaplains step briefly away from their units. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Ask the Lord to bring the container of supplies safely and
quickly into South Sudan. Pray that Lord
would bind the hands of anyone who wants to try to extort money from us. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the ladies of Rabuna Fi, that their eyes would be
fixed steadfastly on the Author and Finisher of their faith, that they would
grow in understanding of His unfailing love and have a burden to share that
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Pastor Nicholas as he pastors CC
Nairobi while Dave is away.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Ask for God’s favor in making it possible for Twinkle to get
appointments with good orthopedic specialists at Kaiser.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for healing for Phyllis Ahondo, Pastor
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for peace in Kenya as election campaigns are being started
and as bribery and corruption have already started. Pray that the Lord
would protect the brothers and sisters who are in unstable election places. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that whoever is elected would stand up for
righteousness and have a fear of God.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Jamie that she would have wisdom as she begins
teaching Ruth to the ladies of Rabuna Fi. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that each lady that comes to study would have a desire
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Kibe a brother from CC Nairobi that is going to
serve in S. Sudan, that the Lord would give him wisdom and strength as he
follows the call God has put on his life. Pray for him to be protected as
he travels, to arrive safely, and to have a peace as he sees the ministry he is
going to.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for Jamie and Jayne that the Lord would just speak
through them to the young girls who are coming for teaching and counseling, and
that God's love would just be poured out on these young girls. Pray that
the Lord would lead in every step and moment of prayer and counseling.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that the Lord would call people to serve in the
children's ministry of CC Nairobi and many would have a desire to reach the
children with the Word of God and His love and salvation.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">They are currently working on their Ministers of Religion
& Missionaries sponsorship request for the UK. Pray that everything is
filled our correctly and processed according to God's timing.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Tom will be sharing at CC Murrieta Bible College on March
20th. Pray for the students to be encouraged.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for travel to Washington State in May to share at
churches. Pray for a wonderful time of fellowship and united hearts for the UK.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Their daughter Melissa will be getting married in June. Pray
for all preparations.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for peaceful election, for good leaders who will lead
this nation in truth and justice.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for God to direct Ruth to a new place. Please intercede for Ruth; to get the perfect
house and the funds needed for the move; a house that she is able to run the
ministries from.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the physical, emotional and spiritual needs
for Ruth and the ladies.</li>
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visitors.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for security in Uganda and in Kenya during this
time of elections.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the ministries taking place at CCK. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Brian as he will be back at City Center this
Sunday after having been in Kololo for a month.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Jill as she prepares to teach at a Women's
conference in Fort Portal in 2 weeks.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Thank you for praying for the ministry in Uganda and for the
Kanyike family.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for safe travel as they visit friends and family.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Praise Him for all His wonderful works in their lives!</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that God would continue to be with them as they finish
the paperwork.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please keep Sasha in prayer, he has a stomach ulcer. He will
be hospitalized the coming 3 weeks for treatment. Pray for Luba as she helps
cover his ministry responsibilities in his absence.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the families in the sponsorship program; the
harsh conditions extend beyond just their economic needs. Pray that these vulnerable people wouldn’t be
victimized any longer. </li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the upcoming summer camps. This is the most extensive set the team has
done. Pray for provision for all the
supplies, protection as they travel, people to help in all steps of the
process, and that the Lord would provide a good harvest! </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that the hearts of the children would be prepared to
receive the gift of salvation and that they would grow in the knowledge and
grace of God. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for the teachers as they write the lessons. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray for favor with the local government as they travel into
areas to do the camps and for acceptance in the community of those bringing the
gospel.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the Celebration Life Festival and Crusade in
St. Joseph, MO. Pray for the upcoming Discipleship training class, and the Regional
Volunteer Training/Prayer Rally.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for Pastor Jim and Carol Garlow. Praise God that He has gifted her with pain free days and the energy to clean the kitchen and cook dinner! </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Pray that Brian would be able to see the specialist in Los Angeles.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Please pray for the church to be made salty again and our
light to shine brightly. Pray that we
would know how to speak the truth in love in these dark days. Ask the Lord to make this generation of His lambs
bold and fearless.</li>
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on an outreach to Embu. I was asked to come and teach the youth at a
technical college about godly relationships, and to help with a VBS at a local church.
One of the youth from CC Nairobi has been living and working in Embu for the
last year as a teacher at the technical college. The Lord is always so
faithful to open doors for His Word and His love to be shared in places we
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I travelled with three other servants who agreed to work
with the Fikia Ministry. As we traveled in the matatu (African MiniVan
Bus) we went from downtown Nairobi, to outer slums, to green farm lands.
As I looked out the window I was amazed at the extreme difference in life
only traveling about 2.5 hours out of Nairobi. As we all patiently sat in
the matatu waiting for our destination, I began to just pray and listen to
music, waiting on the Lord to confirm and solidify the message He would have me
teach when we arrived.<br />
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We arrived safely and Dennis met us at Embu, and then we climbed
into another matatu to go further into the country to a smaller town. Once
at our destination, took us to the college and got us settled in our rooms. We freshened up and went into the teaching
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There were about 60 youth who stayed to hear the teaching. Bernard and I taught about relationships
according to the Bible and how we are to behave godly as single or married.
Then we broke up into groups, women and men separately, for question and
answer time. Jayne, Eunice and I had a great time ministering to the
ladies and sharing examples and answering questions. Sometimes it is so
hard to be free to share, but praise the Lord both of the groups had a great
time of questions and answers. Please continue to pray for the youth. There is so much immorality; it makes it very
difficult to live a godly lifestyle. Pray that God would just give them the strength
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After the teaching, we all went out for a wonderful walk by
the rivers and farms. It was so beautiful, peaceful, and just refreshing.
I could definitely get used to staying in such a gorgeous part of God's
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The next day we did a VBS for the children of the local
church. We taught on the Gospel message and each of the children made a
gospel bracelet to help them share the Good News with their friends and family.
The children had so much fun; we had games, music, teaching, craft, and
sweets. It was so precious to see how excited they were to have us visit.
They didn't want to say goodbye, so some of the children grabbed us by
the hand and walked us back to the college. There is something so
rewarding to hear the voices of little children saying memory verses, and
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I left in the evening after the VBS. Some of the group stayed behind to teach in
the church the next day. The pastor has invited us back to do evangelism
and outreach, praise the Lord! Please continue to pray for all those in
Embu who heard the Gospel, that the Lord would speak to them and draw them
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