Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Starting off the New Year!


Happy New Year everyone! Just thought I would start off with that... :)
Lift up Jonathan Jackson and Levi (Ecuador) as they return to work among the Tigre Quichua in Peru. Praise the Lord that Levi had an encouraging visit with his church over Christmas and they are prepared to support him for more time on the team. Continue to pray for the new believers among the Tigre Quichua, ask that that Lord would raise up strong, obedient churches among them. Thank you for your prayers for our Xtremers José (Ecuador) and Enoc (Chayahuita) as they work in the community of C among the Asheninka. Praise the Lord for the 4 newly baptized believers there! However, in the end the non-believers of the community asked our missionaries to leave. So we would ask that you lift up the new believers, pray that we would be able to find a way to disciple them and for clear guidance from the Lord about where to go next with this people group.
Some good news from Bolivia: Trent and Kay Jones are so thankful for your prayer support during their son´s, Jack, delivery. Things went well, and they really felt your support throughout the entire process. He is doing well, and they hope to take him into a community for the month of February. Please pray for his safety and health. Cristian (Costa Rica) has finished his month of Quechua study, and is currently beginning his application for a missionary visa. Please pray for him to be able to secure the visa quickly. Roberto (Argentina) will soon begin his Quechua study. Pray for both of them to become competent in Quechua quickly. In Qhochumi, Graham Michael and Efrain (Colombia) finished their last trip a few weeks ago, and we able to tell several stories. Celedonio's family, and Santu Felipe's family are really interested. We hope to get to the NT at the end of the next trip. Pray for Efrain and Javier as they return to Qhochumi this weekend.
Please pray for Linzi Williams and Nadia Jones as they prepare to return to the Yaminahua community to continue discipling the church. Pray especially because we found out after they returned from their last trip that there are some false rumors being circulated about them; pray that we will be able to help them deal with it in such a way that the church is strengthened and matured and that in dealing with these lies, the believers will also address the spiritual sin that is rampant among them. Lift up the 8 women—Kelli Johnson, Leah Brown, Misty Boyett, Lori Christian, Amy Givens, Elaine, Meradith and Susanna who will be going through training beginning in February. Pray that the Lord will increase their language skills and help them absorb everything that will be taught. Pray for wisdom for the trainers—Amanda Dimperio, Mary Lee, Megan Brewster, and Amanda Brock. Lift up Amanda Brock as she finishes up her term helping train new xtremers.

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