Wednesday, March 31, 2010

April-Ministry Prayer Requests

1) Trip to Northern Kenya-We are planning a trip to Northern Kenya for a couple to shoot some video footage for us. We will use this video to create awareness of the lives of the Borana people and our work among them. 
      -Pray for the couple coming (Tim and Emmi)
      -Pray for the logistical arrangements that we need to make.
      -Pray for the funds to come in for the trip.
2) Youth Conference-We will be leading a "True Love Waits" seminar with the youth at EV Church on April 19th.  
      -Pray for us as we make preparations and 
      -Pray for the hearts of the youth attending to commit to 
                     saving their purity for marriage.
3) New Bible Study Group-Alan is continuing the weekly Bible Study with the employees at the Kentmere Club. 
      -Pray for those attending to grow closer to God
      -Pray for the ones who are lost to get saved. 
      -Pray for Alan to follow God's guidance as he chooses 
                    lessons for each week.
      -Pray that God will raise up a leader to keep this group 
                   going when we go to the US.
4) Discipleship-Leah is still holding twice weekly discipleships classes with Momma George.
      -Pray for Leah to follow God's guidance as she chooses 
                  lessons for each week.  
      -Pray that she will grow closer to God and come to 
                  understand her role in serving Him.
5) Sunday School Curriculum-We continue to work on the 10-year reusable Sunday School Curriculum for EV Church.
      -Praise the Lord, we finished the Evangelism Track of Stories.
      -Pray that we will be able to finish the Discipleship Track 
                  before we leave for the USA.
6) Speaking Opportunities-Alan and Leah each have several speaking opportunities in April. 
      -Pray for God's guidance in what to teach.
7) Prayer Team-We feel that it is vital for us to have solid prayer support before we move back to Northern Kenya.
      -Pray that we will reach our goal of 1000 prayer partners 
                  by the end of May. (834)
8) USA-It has been FIVE years since we have been to the USA.
      -Pray for God to open the doors for us to be able to go in May
      -Pray for us to be able to book speaking engagements 
               effeciently so that we can update our prayer partners 
               on our work and yet not run ourselves ragged trying 
               to visit everyone we want to see. We have 834 prayer 
               partners in 34 different states. Not sure yet, how 
               many different churches. 

   We would love to see EVERY one of you. 

Monday, March 1, 2010

March-Ministry Prayer Requests

1) Teaching-Leah is teaching a class at Kenya Baptist Theological College March 8-13, for four hours each day.  Pray that she will be able to get finished with her preparations this week.  (Canceled and being rescheduled)
2) New Bible Study Group-Pray for those who are meeting with Alan for Bible Study at the Kentmere Club.  Pray that they will grow closer to God, that the unsaved will get saved & that God will raise up a leader to keep this group going when we go to the US.
3) Isiolo-Pray for God's timing & provision for a trip that we need to make to Isiolo.
4) Discipleship-Pray for Leah as she is discipling Momma George.  Pray that she will grow closer to God and come to understand her role in serving Him.
5) Sunday School Curriculum-Pray that we will be able to finalize the Evangelism Track of Stories  and that we will be able to get started AND finish the Discipleship Track before we leave for America later this year.
6) Speaking Opportunities-Alan and Leah each have several speaking opportunities in March. Pray for God's guidance in what to teach.
7) Prayer Team-We are praying for God to lead 1000 people to join us in prayer for the Borana People and our ministry among them before we leave for the US. (we have reached 801)
 8) USA-It has been FIVE years since we have been to the USA. We have much to do to get ready for our trip to the US.  We want to make good use of our time there.  We are beginning to start working on our schedule for speaking engagements and fund-raising for our tickets.  We have many prayer partners spread all over the US.  Pray that we will make wise decisions in what churches God wants us to schedule speaking engagements.  We want to visit as many as we can without exhausting ourselves.