jueves, 30 de junio de 2011

June 2011


MadreSabia (Mother Wise)
Remember from our last prayer letter that we mentioned that Tammy was invited to lead another MadreSabia study in a new church plant in a neighboring city…well, they just wrapped up the study this past Sunday.  We are praising God for the work He did in the lives of those who attended.  Thanks for praying with us and keep praying that God will continue to use His Word to form and transform the lives of the 10 or so women who were a part of the study.    One lady is checking into doing the study in her home with her unsaved friends!

Following the Lord in Believers´ Baptism
Over two years ago, we asked you to pray for the salvation of a man named Eddie and, if you´ll remember, several months we shared with you the great news that he had come to Christ.  Well, Eddie just completed a series of baptism classes and has decided to publicly declare his faith in Christ and be baptized.   Now we are praying for their 2 sons to come to Christ.  Join us!

Family Camp
It is hard to believe, but it is almost time for family camp again.  This year Tammy and I will be working with the young teens and we will be teaching on the subject of fear.  Pray with us that God will use His Word in a mighty way and work in the hearts of those who will be in attendance. 

Youth Center
We will try to do a few activities this summer to get to know some teens in our church area.  Pray for good ideas that will pique the interest of a lot of teens in the neighborhood.  Our son, Levi, is going to offer English classes for other teens in the neighborhood where we live. 

Future Missionaries
Adam and Emily Byerly will be arriving on July 26 to help ECA for 2 years.  Pray for us to be helpful and encouraging to them and for their time here to be a blessing to them and to the school (and the church they´ll be helping in.)  This spring we have met a number of people who have come to Spain who have an interest in missions.  Pray for the Lord of the Harvest to send forth laborers…to Spain! 

September
Every year we have an outdoor VBS in September with a great crowd of neighborhood kids joining us.  Pray for this to be more than a onetime event in their lives.  Pray for them to join us for Sunday School and AWANA and for their entire families to come to the Lord.  Our church family always works so hard on the outreach events and we´d love to see fruit for their labors. 

October and beyond…
A little girl in our church was upset one Sunday morning that it wasn´t AWANA day!  (I know, that´s a funny praise, isn´t it?)  But it will start back up in the fall, along with the weekly ladies´ Bible study.  This fall we´d like to hold our first marriage retreat.  We plan to use the Love and Respect book as our topic. 

 We are praising God for…

o    A great MadreSabia study!

o    A great spirit at the church!

o    The commitment of RCCC to help us with another year of AWANA

o    The Byerly´s have their visas!


Matters of prayer for the next few months…

      o    As all the green around has turned to scorched brown, that our hearts would continue to grow and be nourished through a close walk with the Savior.

o    Andy and Lindsey Messmer, Brenda Andrus, the Hagues, and the Duryees are raising support to come to Spain.

o    Our support level – we are currently about $750/month under supported. 

Thanks so very much for standing with us in prayer.  Thanks also for your faithful support!  Keep praying!  God is working!