PR - 17/07/08

"Salvation belongs to the Lord..." Psalm 3:8

Brothers and sisters, the PB team sends you greetings. Thank you for those of you who have emailed us recently and encouraged us with your words, your prayers, and support for the PB people.

Please continue to lift up the salvation of the PB people, asking the Lord to spread His Kingdom here among the PB people, that His Gospel would go forth clearly and boldly. "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thess 5:16-18)."

* A few days ago my family and I rode about 45 minutes away to see a section of where our PB people live. Their lives are plain. Their children run and play in the grass. Men and women gather on porches. Some women are sitting in the yards keeping birds, chickens, animals and what not from bothering the rice that their family is trying to dry out. Everything appears normal. Everything appears happy. But the heavy cloud remains in my mind... some of these have never heard the Gospel clearly, almost all of these are doomed for the pits of hell... but for the grace of God. Will you join us in praying for the grace of God, for His salvation to reach the PB peoples?

*Pray for a PB woman that we heard about recently. Mrs. Lane confessed that for years it was if she was unable to think on her own, like some power was over her and all she could do was whatever her husband demanded of her. When some national believers shared the Gospel with her, even in her own language, she said that it was like they were speaking a foreign language that she could not understand. Repeatedly these believers went to visit with Mrs. Lane and tried to share the Gospel with her. She reports that one day she understood and it made sense. God opened her heart and she became a follower of Jesus Christ. Her husband and parents who are Muslims and also believe in magical powers are still following the path of destruction. Pray for Mr. Lane and Mrs. Lane's family.


*Please continue to pray for the suffering family that was mentioned in the last blog and for their salvation.

Again brothers and sisters in Christ, thank you for your love for the saints and a desire to see His Name and Kingdom reach the ends of the earth... and in our part of the world that is known as the PB peoples.

PR - 01/07/08

I am sorry to say that a month has passed and I haven't updated the prayer blog. Sorry about that. I have been sick and we have had meetings and on the excuses could go but lets get to the main thing...

One hardship after another...
A Muslim family near our farm has experienced a season of great difficulty. Their daughter died and a few weeks ago their son was playing with matches and by accident their house burnt down, leaving them with little. This family has experienced other hard times as well. A very interesting thing about this family is that the man of the household has a magical objects. These can be a certain ring, a rock, or etc.

Magical objects/rings are no joke in this area. Even this part of the world. Let me explain... many believe they can keep evil things from happening to them or their family by having these objects. This is a demonic power which is very real and present in our world even though our western beliefs question their validity.

"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:12 ESV

We are unsure if this magical object was burnt up in the fire or not. Please pray that the evil one would NO LONGER have a grasp on this family. Please pray that the Lord would powerfully reveal himself to this man and his family. Please pray that God would save this man, his family, and the surrounding community as they know about this man's beliefs.



Dreaming dreams....
Last month I asked you to pray for the PB peoples to dream dreams and see visions that would reveal Jesus as the Savior and only way to God. We continue to ask you to pray for God to powerfully make himself known to our PB people. At the same time, we have recently heard how our Lord is giving dreams and visions to some of you and raising up more prayer partners for the PB peoples back home. Praise the Lord. Please continue to pray for the salvation of the PB people and for more prayer partners to rise up and pray for the nations. More specifically, for our PB peoples.

Lastly, please continue to pray for our national partners here. Pray for their faith in the Lord to grow deeper. Pray for boldness. Pray for their health and their families.

"In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me [PB team and national partners], that words may be given to [us] in opening [our] mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel" Ephesian 6:16-19 [emphasis mine] ESV