Thursday, March 29, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
PR- March 23, 2012
Dear friends, please pray for the following requests:
Death
Among the farm community aspect of our PB team, we have seen death and birth of life, in these last few weeks. A dear family, that works on the farm, had a motorcycle accident and almost immediately the wife died while the husband was in critical condition for days. He stills suffers from head trauma. Although just a few days ago, returned to their home on the farm.
The teenager, that ran into this family with his motorcycle, is from a Muslim family. The teenager's family has come repeatedly to our farm worker's family asking for forgiveness. The farm worker's family each time has responded by love and forgiveness. It has been said that the Muslim family worries about what the Christian farm worker's family will do. The Christian farm worker's family has not asked for money, not sued, not involved legal courts, not asked for the young man who ran over the Christian family, to be taken to jail. Nothing. Instead, the Christian family has responded in love. They have been a godly testimony to this Muslim family, about forgiveness and love. A testimony that the Muslim community, including this one family, has yet to understand.
Please pray for the farm worker as he adjusts to life without his soul mate. Please pray for his complete healing. Praise the Lord that this testimony has gone forth that "as God has forgiven us, so we can forgive others." Please pray that some from the Christian farm worker's family will share the Truth that can set us free, Jesus Christ, with this Muslim family and community.
Life
Praise God with us for a number of babies born in our Christian community within the last few weeks. Many of the babies were born with breathing problems and difficulties but are now healthy and home with their families.
During the month of May
there will be a training for "sent out ones." Sent out ones are national (possibly and hopefully local) believers in Christ that want to go throughout these parts of the country and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ, making disciples, and baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (see Matt 28:18-20). This is a new part of the PB team strategy. Please pray for guidance from God as the leaders seek to glorify God by raising up men and women to go into the harvest. For this first training, there are but a handful of followers of Jesus that want to be discipled and trained. Please pray that God would burden more and more believers hearts to go into the harvest.
"And he said to them, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.'" Luke 10:2
Bible Study Groups
In PB land, there are several bible study groups who gather consistently. Please pray that these groups would hold the Bible as absolute authority, be obedient to the Scripture, and live for God's glory. And through this obedience, please pray that these groups will actively be sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with their family members, friends, and acquaintances.... till all in PB land have had an opportunity to clearly hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Thank you for your prayers brothers and sisters. To God be the glory!
Death
Among the farm community aspect of our PB team, we have seen death and birth of life, in these last few weeks. A dear family, that works on the farm, had a motorcycle accident and almost immediately the wife died while the husband was in critical condition for days. He stills suffers from head trauma. Although just a few days ago, returned to their home on the farm.
The teenager, that ran into this family with his motorcycle, is from a Muslim family. The teenager's family has come repeatedly to our farm worker's family asking for forgiveness. The farm worker's family each time has responded by love and forgiveness. It has been said that the Muslim family worries about what the Christian farm worker's family will do. The Christian farm worker's family has not asked for money, not sued, not involved legal courts, not asked for the young man who ran over the Christian family, to be taken to jail. Nothing. Instead, the Christian family has responded in love. They have been a godly testimony to this Muslim family, about forgiveness and love. A testimony that the Muslim community, including this one family, has yet to understand.
Please pray for the farm worker as he adjusts to life without his soul mate. Please pray for his complete healing. Praise the Lord that this testimony has gone forth that "as God has forgiven us, so we can forgive others." Please pray that some from the Christian farm worker's family will share the Truth that can set us free, Jesus Christ, with this Muslim family and community.
Life
Praise God with us for a number of babies born in our Christian community within the last few weeks. Many of the babies were born with breathing problems and difficulties but are now healthy and home with their families.
During the month of May
there will be a training for "sent out ones." Sent out ones are national (possibly and hopefully local) believers in Christ that want to go throughout these parts of the country and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ, making disciples, and baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (see Matt 28:18-20). This is a new part of the PB team strategy. Please pray for guidance from God as the leaders seek to glorify God by raising up men and women to go into the harvest. For this first training, there are but a handful of followers of Jesus that want to be discipled and trained. Please pray that God would burden more and more believers hearts to go into the harvest.
"And he said to them, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.'" Luke 10:2
Bible Study Groups
In PB land, there are several bible study groups who gather consistently. Please pray that these groups would hold the Bible as absolute authority, be obedient to the Scripture, and live for God's glory. And through this obedience, please pray that these groups will actively be sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with their family members, friends, and acquaintances.... till all in PB land have had an opportunity to clearly hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Thank you for your prayers brothers and sisters. To God be the glory!
Friday, March 2, 2012
PR - March 2, 2012
Wow February came and went in the blink of an eye!
Dear prayer supports,
I wanted to update on you on the situation here in PB land. After a hectic and trying month of January and into February, for the past several weeks, thinks are "seemingly" calm. I am always a little hesitant to say that because we know the spiritual battles in this world (see Ephesians 6:12) are not against flesh and blood but against the evil one. And those battles, often times, are unseen. What we did see a lot of in the month of January, was a lot of trials and tribulations. Grace was given, as was strength, from the Father. National partners stood firm, and we believe because of these trials and tribulations that the faith of many has been strengthened, and God has been glorified! Not to mention that Name of Jesus and His Gospel have continued to go forth with great boldness.
That being said, I wanted to ask for prayer for a few more prayer requests:
* Please pray for a training being held this next week for some national partners and their coworkers. Please pray that God will enlarge their faith in Him, that His heart for the nations would be their heart, and that He will give guidance in how He might use them to reach those who have still yet to hear in our area.
* Please pray for a coworker as she leads a Bible Study and presents the Gospel with two girls who are open to the gospel. Pray that she will speak with clarity and the Holy Spirit will fill her and speak through her. Please pray that God will open the hearts of two girls to Him, and that they would become followers of Christ. One of the girls, Ir, is about to graduate from college. She is a very smart girl, who wants to make a difference in the world from a moralistic viewpoint. Please pray that God would draw her into His Kingdom and give her a heart to make a difference for HIS glory in planting seeds of Truth and caring for the souls she will encounter.
* Please continue to pray and ask God to raise up more and more national partners. We are so encouraged and blessed with the handful we work amongst. But they need help. Pray to the Lord of the harvest to raise up more nationals who want to follow Him, whatever that means and wherever God may lead them. There are still SO MANY who have yet to hear a clear presentation of the Gospel even one time. Ask the Lord to raise up more nationals to go to their neighbors and the next people group over, and then the next and so on... until all people groups through these areas will have a clear presentation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Thank you dear friends. Please keep praying.
For now, here is a picture of PB land. A view that I love, and hope you will enjoy. Below those canopies of trees are thousands of people. Pray for all those lost souls that live in the proximity of the land in this picture who have yet to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Dear prayer supports,
I wanted to update on you on the situation here in PB land. After a hectic and trying month of January and into February, for the past several weeks, thinks are "seemingly" calm. I am always a little hesitant to say that because we know the spiritual battles in this world (see Ephesians 6:12) are not against flesh and blood but against the evil one. And those battles, often times, are unseen. What we did see a lot of in the month of January, was a lot of trials and tribulations. Grace was given, as was strength, from the Father. National partners stood firm, and we believe because of these trials and tribulations that the faith of many has been strengthened, and God has been glorified! Not to mention that Name of Jesus and His Gospel have continued to go forth with great boldness.
That being said, I wanted to ask for prayer for a few more prayer requests:
* Please pray for a training being held this next week for some national partners and their coworkers. Please pray that God will enlarge their faith in Him, that His heart for the nations would be their heart, and that He will give guidance in how He might use them to reach those who have still yet to hear in our area.
* Please pray for a coworker as she leads a Bible Study and presents the Gospel with two girls who are open to the gospel. Pray that she will speak with clarity and the Holy Spirit will fill her and speak through her. Please pray that God will open the hearts of two girls to Him, and that they would become followers of Christ. One of the girls, Ir, is about to graduate from college. She is a very smart girl, who wants to make a difference in the world from a moralistic viewpoint. Please pray that God would draw her into His Kingdom and give her a heart to make a difference for HIS glory in planting seeds of Truth and caring for the souls she will encounter.
* Please continue to pray and ask God to raise up more and more national partners. We are so encouraged and blessed with the handful we work amongst. But they need help. Pray to the Lord of the harvest to raise up more nationals who want to follow Him, whatever that means and wherever God may lead them. There are still SO MANY who have yet to hear a clear presentation of the Gospel even one time. Ask the Lord to raise up more nationals to go to their neighbors and the next people group over, and then the next and so on... until all people groups through these areas will have a clear presentation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Thank you dear friends. Please keep praying.
For now, here is a picture of PB land. A view that I love, and hope you will enjoy. Below those canopies of trees are thousands of people. Pray for all those lost souls that live in the proximity of the land in this picture who have yet to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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