January 2012 - Blogs

Here's what the kids learned in Kid Zone / Beach Monkeys and Jesus Freaks this week.  

Memory Verse:
“And He is the head of the body, the church, Who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence” (Colossians 1:18).

Teaching:
What we learn about Jesus:
 He is the image of the invisible God (God in the flesh).
 He is the firstborn over all creation (He has the authority of the Father).
 All things were created BY Him.
 All things were created FOR Him.
 He is the head of the church.
 He is the firstborn from the dead (the One Who demonstrates the new creation He makes us).

Looking back at the creation of everything in Genesis 1:1-22, we see that God created the following:
 Day 1: light, separated from darkness (1:1-5)
 Day 2: sky/heavens, separated from waters on earth (1:6-8)
 Day 3: dry land, separated from earth; plants (1:9-13)
 Day 4: sun, moon, stars (1:14-19)
 Day 5: sea creatures and birds (1:20-23)
 Day 6: animals and man (1:24-31)
 Day 7: rest (2:1-2)
All of these things were created by Jesus and For Jesus.

When our sin separated us from God, Jesus, having the authority of the Father, came as God in the flesh to recreate us after we sinned against Him (John 3:16).

God bless you!
-Pastor Ben Eisenman
 

LONDON TEAM- New place to meet for their Wed and Sunday meetings. 

Holydes-Wanted to let you all know that we have a meeting with Rev. Paul. He wanted to have a meeting with us to talk about our facility usage. He said that he knows that we have been growing and that he wants to talk about any concerns that we might have about using St. S's in the future.  While talking to him on the phone, it definitely seemed like it was a meeting that would lead to a positive outcome.
Please be in prayer tomorrow, that the Lord would show Himself strong! (I'm praying that He would allow us access to the whole church, sanctuary and all!)
Meeting is at noon.

Lauren-
-Please pray that the Lord continues to guide me here. He has been opening up more discipleship opportunities that I am excited about as well as more times to meet with people in the Camden Markets to specifically read through the word with them! It's been a blessing!

Parks- please pray for our growing children's ministry, first for the children that are coming, also for David as he prepares the curriculum and all things involved with that, and for helpers :)  And of course, please pray that each one of these kids that walks through the doors will come to know Jesus as their Savior and Lord!  
• please pray that we will find a church building that is big enough to hold our growing church as well as growing children's ministry. 

Merrills-
- Praise: My parents will be visiting us this weekend! We are very excited about that!
- Yesterday Luke's mom had a biopsy on a growth that will be tested for breast cancer. I know that for her this is very scary, and just a little unnerving as his dad is also living with slow growing prostate cancer, which was discovered this time last year. Please pray they will experience the peace of God as they are waiting for the results to come back Thursday or Friday this week.
- Luke is spending more time working on the website, trying to learn how to make a data base so we can put all PT's old sermons up and make them available for people to listen to. Please pray that Luke can find a good resource as this is quite complicated and new to him. Or pray someone with the skills could come alongside him :)
- Today at lunch time PT is having a meeting with St Saviours where we meet on Sundays to talk about possibly getting to use the big church! That would be so good, as we're growing out of space.
- Please also pray that we would find ways reach people as a family. We are looking for something like a play group in the area where we can meet new local people. We are thankful to have gotten to see the neighbors more and getting to know them.

Mark Piester- Far Reaching Ministries
Pray for all the people whose lives were touched by the winter ministries.

Theodore-El Salvador  www.missionalvision.blogspot.com

Solomon & Collett- Uganda
• For protection from the various health issues that could attack them at the different villages they travel to.

Pottengers-Kenya-
• We are rejoicing that as we write all seems to be well in Kisumu and as we know Kenya! Of course this could change over night but the important announcement today revealed that there are true consequences to sin, regardless of stature, money, esteem etc. As many may know 4 of the 6 men were confirmed that they will indeed go to trial and are accused of some pretty horrible things that happened in the post election of 2008. There is a bit of shock that two who were to run as presidential candidates (they can no longer run at this point) are accused.
• We also want to praise God that the Women's Leadership Discipleship Class began on Sat. and went very well. The two topics covered were Salvation and Who We Are in Christ. Next Sat. the women will begin a study called Bearing Fruit.
• We also rejoice that Matt had the last minute privilege of teaching on Sunday. He taught on giving and was given great feedback but best of all a young man named Charles gave his life to the Lord. His story is really interesting so check out our blog soon!
• The evangelism class went really too and there were about 16 people there. People seemed very excited about the class.
• It was a very long day for Matt on Sunday and on disturbed sleep as Joellie is struggling with a terrible cold. So we praise God for His strength and grace in bringing us all through the weekend and some wonderful ministry.
• We want to praise God for an awesome meeting with some fellow missionaries doing work with widows and training them how to be effective for Christ  in their business. We currently have some Mamas who would like to expand their business and some who would like to start out. In seeking advise a whole new door as to how to encourage the mamas in and for Christ is opening up. We have another meeting this next Wed. with Pastor Stephen attending and we are very excited about it! 
Please Continue to Pray for:
• Health - JJ has a terrible chest cold and has been feeling yucky, KG praise God is so much better but fighting the dust and dryness, Matt is getting the cold, and John Mark is having some serious issues with an ear. Please pray for healing and rest for all
• Transition for O4 as they prepare to move in Feb.
• Mama Johnny as she will be attending a fellowship day with pastor wives from the baptist community this Sat. The hope is to get her connected with other Kenyan Pastor Wives 
• WLDC (Women's Leadership Discipleship Class) on Sat. 
• Evangelism class on Sunday
• More servants in most areas of church (smile!) 
• KG on our Thurs. as she has a field trip to a farm with her Int. school. Please pray for protection in the van and safety all around. 
• Kenya as results from the ICC set in

Ruth Deam-Kenya
Ruth traveled back to Kenya on Monday...pray for her settling in and jet lag recovery.

Compeans-Kenya

Vules-Kenya
1. Ramsey is in South Sudan with the orphanage...he is asking for prayer for the children...they need Jesus! They need to know Him more and that He loves them no matter what they have done in their past. They need to know that love has boundaries and discipline and God disciplines those He loves to help them, not hurt them. These are children who have never had someone tell them "no" for their own good, most grew in the "bush" by themselves with no parental love and guidance. Ramsey is ministering to young hearts that he is seeking the Lord to help him mold them. Thanks for praying with us for these children.
2. Ladies bible study tomorrow morning! Please pray for me (Vicky) as I get to minister to small group of women missionaries from the book of Daniel. What a privilege! We will be looking at Daniel ch. 7 and then an overview of Daniel ch. 8
3. Elhanan has been fighting a cold for a few days, doesn't seem to be affecting him too much. He is happy and strong, just congested. Please pray that the virus would go away soon. Also, he has been suffering from growing pains in his legs....he keeps growing so fast that his legs are aching all the time. I know how he feels, I had the same thing when I was growing up. Please pray that the pain wouldn't be too serious and that he has the grace to be able to handle it.

Gordons-American Samoa
Praises
- Our family, Our Salvation, our Bibles
- We are moving houses this week (the 15th)
- Elizabeth begins a nursing program at the local college on the 17th
- Robbie begins Language school
- We are over out flu and feeling strong and healthy right now
- Outreach on Friday nights(Pago Pago)
- Continued favor with the government, Samoan people, licences, permits, landlords and new ventures in faith
- The “GFV” or Gordon family van has been paid for and is now ours
- Pastor Chuck- That God’s strength would be made perfect in his weakness right now and that Jesus would show Himself strong on his behalf (This is our prayer as well)

Don & Marta- Israel 

• Pray for Marta's daughter Jamie who has health problems and is looking for a job.
• We ask that you pray as we are traveling Monday 23 to Thursday the 26th to Phoenix Az.  We are making this trip we wait for our visa to Israel.  Pray as we will be serving in Phoenix with Pastor Jeff Jackson.  They are reaching people from many countries that come to Phoenix as refugees. There are people from countries that are relatively closed to the Gospel like, Nepal and Myanmar.  Pray for boldness in sharing the Gospel.  They are open to have short term missions groups go to Phoenix and serve.
• We are still praying for the one year visas to Israel. Please pray that we would receive the visas to Israel soon.  Pray for the believers in Israel to be strong. 

Mark- Israel
a friend of M’s who works with a program to help the people in the land.
Pray for the organization that he works for that the LORD would move in the problems that they are having.

The M’s- Israel
Praise:
- Praise the Lord for open hearts!  This week JM had two different guys come into the Congregation office looking for prayer.  Both were very cold, wet, hungry and discouraged.  Mr. "A", who you have all been praying for the past few months, was at a real low point.  JM shared with him and he recommitted his life to the Lord.  He also agreed to look into a program (run by believers) designed to help guys in substance abuse recovery. Mr"A" then told JM that he had been planning to commit suicide that same day. Please pray that Mr  "A" will be able to enter a program that will help him get victory over his drinking problem and grow spiritually.
The second seeker who John Michael shared with, Mr."A-k", was also very open, but not quite ready for a decision.  Please pray for his salvation, and that he will realize the job provided for him was an answer to prayer.
-Praise the Lord for friends and spiritual family.  This week we had a visit from Jen and her daughter Katie.  We had a great time chasing this adorable toddler around the house and sharing what the Lord has been doing in our lives recently. We've also had guests here every night this week, for Bible study, movie and game nights and just "hanging out" and talking - so much fun!
Please pray: 
- Please continue to pray for Miss "S" who's looking to the Lord for specific guidance in her studies.  She has to make some serious decisions about when and where to apply for pre-med studies, and is now considering an option in Italy (an English language program).
- Please continue to pray for new believer Mr. "A", and seeker Mr. "A-k"
- For follow up with the contacts we made recently, for the Lord to continue working in the hearts of  people we have been ministering to, and for direction and growth of our Congregation, Shemen Sasson.
-For spiritual growth of those we are discipling and teaching: Mr. F and his two sons, Mr. A,  Miss T. Miss F, Gal, Jen and baby Katie. 
-For the reconciliation ministries we are involved with: 
* that the house church in Bethlehem and the Aqleh family will transition to a more independently managed ministry
* that we will be able to develop further ministry partnerships in the Arab believing community                                         
-For Gal in her deployment in the Army-  Please pray that the Lord will continue to give her and the other soldiers in her unit, supernatural protection and peace, wisdom, skill and courage to handle every situation.  
-  Please continue to pray for Aminidav and his family:  He's doing well, and continuing with his schedule of chemo therapy and radiation - he's almost halfway done.
- For the Lord to smooth the way for me as I seek permanent residence (and national health insurance) in Israel.  Please pray that the Lord will help me to move forward with this process.

Stephen & Pat-Israel CC Tel Aviv
This season of transition to new facilities.

Susanta Patra

Nancy-YWAM/Lifewater .

praise:
• Monday I was at Craig and Jenn's to discuss & pray about EARS school.  Just when we were about to head into the meat of the meeting the phone rang.  Rats! Interruptions was my response.  Who was it on the phone?  Our coworkers up in Canada wanting to discuss and pray about EARS school among other things!  So thanks to God's prompting them to call just then, and technology of speaker phones we had an awesome prayer time together.  Glory to you God, you're timing is perfect!
• Looking forward to seeing my SLO area friends Jan 30 thru Feb 13.
prayer:
• please pray for the couple who run the Bible school in Egypt.  They have traveled to a neighboring country with their baby for 3 months to plant the school there. Please pray for them all as the staff are trained and that the students catch the vision of God's heart through inductive bible study skills.
• continue to pray for our church here as the Pastor search committee forms and begins working.  pray for good communication and unity in the body in sorting through the loss and transition.
• I travel to San Luis Obispo this weekend.  please pray for divine appointments and good connections with the body while I am there. also for creativity that will bear good fruit as I join my Lifewater coworker Lina in preparing our teaching outline for Ethiopia. that God prepare the way with all logistical details and hearts of the workers coming to training.
• We fly Feb 14.  Also as I prepare final details of the teaching plan for the Ghana training in. March.
• Pray for me as I juggle book project and logistical details and a long to do list before I start my busy travel schedule.  that I fix my eyes on Jesus and remember that done is better than perfect!

Jack-New York
A prayer request would be that God would grant unto me wisdom and His knowledge on how to fix things around here. Also too, that I would learn to do the work for the Lord and not for the camp staff. 

Sweeneys-New York
Praise: For safety as volunteers worked on various projects;
for Jenn’s recovery from surgeries; prayer for Jenn’s continued recovery!
for the campers’ Bible studies in the Bronx led by CBF staff;
for mild weather!
Prayer desired for staff as they prepare to travel to recruit summer staff from several Christian Colleges.
Paul and I will take the “southern” route: Also, please pray for the PG mission groups coming this spring from as far away as Canada, Iowa and West Virginia! They are fund- raising and building their teams; preparing for a week of ministry here

Dan-IBS training
• I am in Africa I’ll be going to Cameroon first for a 2 week conference where I’ll be teaching the IBS seminar.
Please pray:
1. For my safety in travel and good health.
2. Pray for seminar participants in Cameroon
3. For my time with all of our African staff in Uganda
4. For Pakistan pastor to clearly understand how to teach the IBS
5. For my wife Debbie who stays at home

Rachel-Philly (Continuing prayer)
• As for prayer requests I have just really been having the desire to connect more with some of the high school girls I am around. But friendship and trust with them takes a while to earn. So just that I would know how to best be there for them and relate to them!

The Gunter family. going to the Philippines (Friends of Ruth Deam)
• All that goes with moving a family of 6 to another country!
• We have officially purchased our tickets and we will be landing in the Philippines on Feb 7th.
Thanks to everyone who has made this venture possible through your love, prayers, and support!
For Shayla and myself, our calling is in the realm of Church planting with the understanding that ultimately it is Jesus who builds His church. We simply are privileged with being spectators as God performs His will and does the work.

Our vision for the Philippines is five fold and can be summarized with an acronym.
P.R.E.S.S.
P. Plant Churches
R. Raise up National Leadership
E. Establish Bible Colleges
S. Strengthen Existing Pastors
S. Send out National Pastors

Steve & Anita Coon- wherever the LORD sends him.
Jan 18 to 23 Evangelizing in the tent cities. We are taking the students through the entire Bible in 1 year. We will be evangelizing in the Tent city in the afternoons and having a church Outreach service each night in the tent cities.
Jan 24th, Plane evangelism
For a great outpouring of Gods’ Holy Spirit!
Update from the Tent City:Thank you so much for all your prayers for the work of evangelism in Haiti! I am working with the Haiti Bible Training Center in the Tent cities and God is answering your prayers! The need is very great, our God is greater! we are seeing multitudes come to the LORD It is a revival in the tent cities! Praise the LORD! Please continue to pray without ceasing for all the souls!

Remember to also pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ and those who minister to them.

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Upcoming Events:

Friday January 27 - 6pm - Servant Dinner. Please join us if you are currently serving in any ministry at Shoreline. It's a time to catch up and fellowship. It's a potluck so bring something to share. Let us know you're coming by calling the church office (772-8525)

Saturday January 28 - 8am - Moms Fellowship and Prayer at Top Dog Coffee in Morro Bay

Saturday January 28 - 3pm - Farmers Market Outreach in Morro Bay. 

Sunday January 29 - 11:30am - Food for Thought. Join Pastor Jack for lunch and discussion. Here's your chance to ask questions about Jesus, the Bible and Shoreline Calvary Chapel. Let us know you're coming by calling the church office (772-8525)

Sunday January 29 - 11:30am - Softball Fellowship Group (organizing meeting) - Co-ed softball fellowship & fun & ministry. Monday nights in Morro Bay at Lila Kaiser Park. Season runs is 10 games starting in March. Spaces are limited. ($45 / player). Contact Sean Rogers 772-7783.

SKC needs empty paper towels rolls for an upcoming craft. Please save yours and bring them to church. Drop off at the Children's Ministry sign in table or at the Lighthouse on Sundays or at the church office during the rest of the week.

Upcoming:

2/5 - 220 (Jr High) Car Wash Fundraiser.
2/17-20 - 220 (Jr High) Snow Trip
3/10 - Church Work Day
4/8 - Easter at the Rock! 

SENT PRAYER- 1-18-12
Remember to also pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ and those who minister to them.

LONDON TEAM- New place to meet for their Wed and Sunday meetings.
Holydes-
Lauren-
-Please pray that the Lord continues to guide me here. He has been opening up more discipleship opportunities that I am excited about as well as more times to meet with people in the Camden Markets to specifically read through the word with them! It's been a blessing!
Landon-
Parks- please pray for our growing children's ministry, first for the children that are coming, also for David as he prepares the curriculum and all things involved with that, and for helpers :)  And of course, please pray that each one of these kids that walks through the doors will come to know Jesus as their Savior and Lord!  
• please pray that we will find a church building that is big enough to hold our growing church as well as growing children's ministry. 
Merrills-
Please pray:
-So thankful for our beautiful healthy daughter!
-We have had a great few weeks just being home as a family together. I, Luke, will begin work again on Monday.
-For us to learn how to adjust and learn how to get out and about as a family.
-For us to be the parents and Godly example Milla needs!
- Please pray for my sister Clara who is in Mozambique with YWAM. They are a team of 10, and so far there has been 3 cases of malaria, 3 of salmonella, 3 bladder infection and 2 amoeba. Please pray they would recover and be encouraged. 

Mark Piester- Far Reaching Ministries
• Still in Russia

Theodore-El Salvador  www.missionalvision.blogspot.com 

Solomon & Collett- Uganda
• For protection from the various health issues that could attack them at the different villages they travel to.

Pottengers-Kenya-
• We were able to get away as a couple for 24 hours and truly enjoyed EVERY single moment and minute. We realized it had been over 3 years since we had done something like that and both agreed that we shouldn't wait another 3 years for everyone's sake
• We also praise God for the people He is raising up including Gideon who is peeking in at children's ministry!
• As the DIP class on Thursdays begins to wrap up Inductive Bible Study we pray there are more hearts stirred to serve. We are also planning a children's ministry training in Feb. and pray more servants may come out of this class.
• Pastor Stephen just finished the book of Ruth and did an amazing job teaching through it! We continue to praise God for a pastor who loves the Word and does such a great job of teaching it!
• We also want to praise God for bringing little Peggy out of a very high fever and through what we think was malaria even though the test came back negative.
• Please continue to pray for:
• Health for the O4 and P4 (KG has a cold or allergies due to the incredible amount of dust right now.....this always triggers her asthma.)
• O4 as they transition out of their old home and into the church
• Transition and wisdom for the young men currently living at the church as they seek direction for their next steps in life
• The different areas of ministry at CCL
• Future trainings and classes for evangelism (This Sunday), children's ministry, and women's leadership that starts this Sat.
• Kenya with important announcements that are approaching. Especially Jan. 23 your 22nd.....some say there could be violence.....
• Benta and Charles - a young couple seeking the Lord but very eager to be married....Peg is discipling Benta and they are soon to begin pre-marital with P. Stephen (Lord willing)
• Us as we have a super busy week......pray we would have big bags of grace for one another and patience.

Ruth Deam-Kenya
Ruth is at the Missions Conference!

Compeans-Kenya
Vules-Kenya

Gordons-American Samoa
Praises
- Our family, Our Salvation, our Bibles
- We are moving houses this week (the 15th)
- Elizabeth begins a nursing program at the local college on the 17th
- Robbie begins Language school
- We are over out flu and feeling strong and healthy right now
- Outreach on Friday nights(Pago Pago)
- Continued favor with the government, Samoan people, licences, permits, landlords and new ventures in faith
- The “GFV” or Gordon family van has been paid for and is now ours
- Pastor Chuck- That God’s strength would be made perfect in his weakness right now and that Jesus would show Himself strong on his behalf (This is our prayer as well)

The Ramirezes
-We want to first say thank you so much for everyone who sent us Christmas gifts through the Christmas in October outreach!  It was such and incredible blessing, we can't even begin to tell you!
-Last Christmas, we had just found out that Eleazar was sick the day before, and our gifts were few.  This year our tree was full of gifts from those we love, and our hearts on the road to being restored.
-Meagan:
Praise the Lord I got my first job in the teaching industry!!!  It is a part time job, which will be great because I can continue to have more then enough time for the photography.  
-George is doing well in his job still!  Getting more and more comfortable as time goes on.  He starts school next week so that will be a fun addition to our crazy lives!
-As we have praying over the last few months we have decided that we are going to take a year off of ministry, in accordance with the example that the Old Testament lays out for men taking a year out of the army after being married to invest in their marriage.  We feel that God was leading us to do this when we first got married and we really didn't.  After losing Eleazar we took about two days off together before going back into ministry full time.  It is so natural for us to be in ministry that it was hard to not be.  But we have decided that it is time to really take that time off.  So for sure we won't be involved in any ministry, either full time or less, until July of this year.  Once July comes we will prayerfully see if the Lord has us in ministry in some way. 

Don & Marta- Israel
• Thank you for praying, we have been praying for our visa to Israel
• With the hope that we will have the visas, we now have a new date of Feb. 14th to fly to Israel.  Please continue to pray that the visas would be processed and granted, allowing us to serve in Israel for the next year.
• We are praying about ways to serve while we await the visas and our flight to Israel in February.
Mark- Israel
a friend of M’s who works with a program to help the people in the land.
Pray for the organization that he works for that the LORD would move in the problems that they are having.

The M’s- Israel
• Praise:
- Praise the Lord for His protection!  This week we met up with some acquaintances of ours (Mrs.G. and Mr Y) who's daughter ("B") was hit on the head by a falling concrete block.  Their little girl miraculously survived, and received only a relatively minor concussion.  She does have a small depression fracture in her skull, which will have to be corrected with surgery.  They asked for prayer for the upcoming surgery, and continued healing.
-Praise the Lord for grace.  Though J M and I have been struggling with our Hebrew studies for a while now, we are managing to make some good progress.  I actually feel like I'm able to express myself now, which has been a big hurdle for me.  We have a great teacher, who is patient with our different learning styles.
Please pray: 
- Please pray for Miss "S" who is looking to the Lord for specific guidance in her studies.  Miss"S" is a very bright and talented believer, who is nearing the end of her studies for a bachelors degree in psychology at Hebrew U. However,  her heart is really in medical studies, and she has to make some serious decisions about when and where to apply for pre med studies. She has some big exams to take too, in order to qualify for a pre med program. 
- Please continue to pray for Jennifer and baby Katie.  They are doing well, and will be visiting us this week.
- For follow up with the contacts we made recently (especially Mr. A, who's been out of touch with us the past couple of weeks) for the Lord to continue working in the hearts of  people we have been ministering to, and for direction and growth of our Congregation, Shemen Sasson.
- For spiritual growth of those we are discipling and teaching: Mr. F and his two sons, Mr. A,  Miss T. Miss F, Gal, Jen and baby Katie. 
-For the reconciliation ministries we are involved with: 
* that the house church in Bethlehem and the Aqleh family will transition to a more independently managed ministry
* that we will be able to develop further ministry partnerships in the Arab believing community                                          
-For Gal in her deployment in the Army-  Praise the Lord for His protection, there was an attempted attack at her base, while she was present, but no injuries occurred. Please pray that the Lord will continue to give her and the other soldiers in her unit, supernatural protection and peace, wisdom, skill and courage to handle every situation.  
-  Please continue to pray for Aminidav and his family:  He's doing well, and continuing with his schedule of chemo therapy and radiation - he's almost halfway done.
- For the Lord to smooth the way for me (A) as I seek permanent residence (and national health insurance) in Israel.  Please pray that the Lord will help me to move forward with this process.

Stephen & Pat-Israel CC Tel Aviv
This season of transition to new facilities.

Susanta Patra
This year IMA has planned four Advance Mission Leadership Training Course in different regions, four National Summits here at the Vision City and Fifteen Mission Focus Seminar in different areas. 
 Please PRAY for the followings…
1.       That each participating Church/Mission leader at these specialized training would God sent and that each one would pay serious attention to the voice of the Lord in different sessions. That everyone would understand God’s new revelations for the future of their own ministries and missions in India.
2.      That everyone taking part in the four National Summits based on a particular issue/need/challenge in Indian Mission here at the IMA Vision City, Hyderabad would be refreshed by the Spirit and would experience a fresh renewed vision for our nation.
3.      That God’ surprises would be received gladly by both participants and resource persons at these strategic IMA training programs.
4.     That many new strategies, decisions and initiatives would be birthed during these training programs.
5.      That every registered participant from different regions/missions/ denominations when they meet for workshops and strategy sessions, new kingdom relationships, partnerships and friendships would be put together for our missions.
6.      That everyone who participates at the AMLT, NS and MFS would create a special burden for the lost in India & beyond and passion to reach the unreached would emerge.
7.      That God would rekindle a new & continuous zeal for Pioneering, Learning, Equipping and Training for Church Planting Movement, for Shared learning/ expertise, for continuous Connectivity with each other, for a new desire to grow in mission understandings and inspiration to holistic missions.
8.      That each resource person presentations would be insightful & inspirational.
9.     That each of the resource persons, group discussion leaders and facilitators and organizers would find grace and strength from the Lord to be able to impact.
10.  That the arrivals of each participating leaders would be safe, the weather would be favorable, their travels to their respective venues would be calm & comfortable and the health of each participating leaders would be delightful.
11.   That the IMA team would receive extra-ordinary strength to carry on the loads of organizing and making of all arrangement for these specialized trainings which is the lifeline of IMA ministry in the country.
12.  That God would provide the needed finance for all the training programs and be gracious to India Missions Association.

Nancy-YWAM/Lifewater .
praise:
• Lifewater received more than their target during year-end giving!
• thank you for your prayers for my retreat. while I was concerned about important decisions I need to make and upcoming ministry, as we know about our God, He was more concerned about my heart.  So this retreat he did a little heart surgery taking me to that painful but freeing place where He brings conviction of a  wrong heart attitude, needed repentance, then his gentle restoration take place.  So I wouldn't call it a refreshing time, but definitely a restorative one.  and restoration is something to celebrate! I did also receive some confirmations and more clarity about some (but not all) of upcoming projects this year.
prayer:
• Lifewater is having important planning meetings this week.  Please pray for the staff to hear God's voice, that they might discern his heart, wisdom, and strategy for the ministry.
• Keep praying for upcoming Lifewater workshops Ethiopia and Ghana, lesson planning for Ethiopia especially as this is a special project that does not have a set curriculum.  Pray for the preparation of the hearts of the participants.  These will be smaller groups than normal, 12-15 instead of 25, so we anticipate more opportunity to go deeper.  Pray for HIS Spirit to prepare the way
• I am behind in my writing project, with deadlines to meet this week & next. Pray for God's inspiration, clarity with editing and for fixing formatting , protection against computer techie issues to run smoothly, and that I would find his peace in it not be distracted by other things.
• Please pray for God to continue to restore my heart where I still fear and lack trust in him,  and have trouble receiving his forgiveness for my faults & failures.

Jack-New York
A prayer request would be that God would grant unto me wisdom and His knowledge on how to fix things around here. Also too, that I would learn to do the work for the Lord and not for the camp staff. 

Sweeneys-New York
Praise: For safety as volunteers worked on various projects;
for Jenn’s recovery from surgeries; prayer for Jenn’s continued recovery!
for the campers’ Bible studies in the Bronx led by CBF staff;
for mild weather!
Prayer desired for staff as they prepare to travel to recruit summer staff from several Christian Colleges.
Paul and I will take the “southern” route: Also, please pray for the PG mission groups coming this spring from as far away as Canada, Iowa and West Virginia! They are fund- raising and building their teams; preparing for a week of ministry here

Dan-IBS training
• I am in Africa I’ll be going to Cameroon first for a 2 week conference where I’ll be teaching the IBS seminar.
Please pray:
1. For my safety in travel and good health.
2. Pray for seminar participants in Cameroon
3. For my time with all of our African staff in Uganda
4. For Pakistan pastor to clearly understand how to teach the IBS
5. For my wife Debbie who stays at home

Rachel-Philly
• As for prayer requests I have just really been having the desire to connect more with some of the high school girls I am around. But friendship and trust with them takes a while to earn. So just that I would know how to best be there for them and relate to them!

The Gunter family. going to the Philippines (Friends of Ruth Deam)
• All that goes with moving a family of 6 to another country!
Steve & Anita Coon- wherever the LORD sends him.
Jan 17 to 24, 2012  Haiti-Haiti Bible Training Center, Port Au Prince Pray for the Holy Spirit to instruct me & teach
me in the way I should go and to guide me with His eye, to set up each divine appointment, to bind every prince that would bind the mind of the unbelievers, to draw them to full faith and belief in Jesus.
LORD grant unto your servant that with all boldness I may speak your word, by stretching forth your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy servant Jesus. Lasting fruit!
Jan 17 & 18, Plane evangelism
Jan 18 to 23 Evangelizing in the tent cities. We are taking the students through the entire Bible in 1 year. We will be evangelizing in the Tent city in the afternoons and having a church Outreach service each night in the tent cities.
Jan 24th, Plane evangelism
For a great outpouring of Gods’ Holy Spirit!
For the opportunity to encourage all believers to evangelize in every situation they are in!
Weather, Provision, connections, safety, courage & boldness
Continue to pray for all the new believers! 

Remember to also pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ and those who minister to them.

LONDON TEAM- New place to meet for their Wed and Sunday meetings. 

Lauren-Praise God I arrived back into London safely! Thank you for all the travel prayers! I really appreciate them!
-Please pray that the Lord continues to guide me here. He has been opening up more discipleship opportunities that I am excited about as well as more times to meet with people in the Camden Markets to specifically read through the word with them! It's been a blessing!
We received our Christmas in October packages! Among the many wonderful gifts included were some English/Chinese bibles that I got to use today! It was awesome! Many great questions came out of the text we read through in John such as, "Why is Jesus called the Lamb of God" Praise God for the great opportunity to share Him!

Landon- Rachel moved back to the US. Pray for Landon’s focus in ministry. and for them as they return to a long distance relationship.

Parks- please pray for our growing children's ministry, first for the children that are coming, also for David as he prepares the curriculum and all things involved with that, and for helpers :)  And of course, please pray that each one of these kids that walks through the doors will come to know Jesus as their Savior and Lord!   

• please pray that we will find a church building that is big enough to hold our growing church as well as growing children's ministry. 

Merrills-
Please pray:
-So thankful for our beautiful healthy daughter!
-We have had a great few weeks just being home as a family together. I, Luke, will begin work again on Monday.
-For us to learn how to adjust and learn how to get out and about as a family.
-For us to be the parents and Godly example Milla needs!
- Please pray for my sister Clara who is in Mozambique with YWAM. They are a team of 10, and so far there has been 3 cases of malaria, 3 of salmonella, 3 bladder infection and 2 amoeba. Please pray they would recover and be encouraged. 

Theodore-El Salvador  www.missionalvision.blogspot.com

Solomon & Collett- Uganda
• Pray for Solomon to get over the sickness that he contracted after a visit to a village. the church floors were “a dusty floor like brown flour”.
• Praise for the good teaching and attendance in the village of Bugogo, they baptized 13 people in “swamp water”
• They encouraged those that could read the Luganda Bibles to read out loud so those who don’t read can hear the Word.

Pottengers-Kenya-
Praises
• God has provided the finances to buy a new car! It's really amazing!!! In less than 4 months He has provided what we believe more than enough to buy a new, used, reliable car!
• A new place for the O4 to live (this has been so needed for many reasons!)
• Tuesday discipleship with Peg and Maureen
• A women's leadership/discipleship class on Sat. before regular ladies Bible study
• A children's ministry training - prayerfully we will find more servants through this
• Maureen will be a guest speaker and teaching on forgiveness at a church in Nairobi (It's a surprise to the fellowship there)
• Some down time for the O4
• An evangelism training at church with plans for more outreach this year
Prayers
• We could really use prayer as we now search for the right car.
• Please keep the fellowship in prayer as we plan for our evangelism training at the end of  the month and begin encouraging the saints to reach out to their communities with the gospel.  Pray that any fears of witnessing would be dispelled and that God would give us divine boldness.  Pray that it would be supernaturally natural to talk to people about our love for Jesus and to present a clear gospel that is easily distinguishable from all the 'false gospels' that this area is known for.
• Pray for more servants to raise up in the fellowship for Ushering, Children's Ministry, and the Worship Team.  And Praise the Lord for the faithful servants that we have forming the core of each of these ministries.
• Lastly please keep the people of Kenya in prayer as January is a difficult month (financially) as many families are struggling to get school fees for their children and prices remain high after the Holiday increase for day to day life.
• There's also 2 major announcements that may affect the people here for better or worse... one is the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruling on 6 government leaders who are suspected of crimes against humanity related to the post-election violence in 2008.  The second thing is that the gov't is supposed to announce what month the elections will be held this year (Aug or Dec).

Ruth Deam-Kenya
Ruth is at the Missions Conference!

Compeans-Kenya (On going prayers)
• They are visiting the P4 and the O4 in Kisumu

Vules-Kenya
• please be praying for Ramsey as he travels to South Sudan to minister to over 120 children.
• p.s. please keep praying for Vicky's back/neck and
• her Dad is doing better, but please keep praying for him also.
• Elhanan's eye is doing so much better! (he got bit by a mosquito on the eye lid) thanks for praying for him!

Gordons-American Samoa
- Our family
* - We start Language School This month. (We need to learn the Samoan language)
* - Teaching the Tues Men’s fellowship (in 1 Peter)
* - Teaching the High School Ministry at Church. New Believers
- Friday night ministry “One Way”
* - OUR HOME CHURCH AND OUR PASTORS [CHUCK AND BRIAN AND THEIR FAMILIES]
- TO SIMPLY FALL IN LOVE WITH JESUS MORE EACH DAY  AS WE WALK WITH HIM WHILE HE BUILDS HIS CHURCH

Don & Marta- Israel 

• Thank you for praying, we have been praying for our visa to Israel
• On January 5th, we received news from our friends in Jerusalem that the interview to turn in the paperwork for our visas went very well.  The person that turned in the documents was told that the visa processing could take up to one month before we receive it in Los Angles.  We needed to cancel our return ticket and reschedule it, so we prayed and I spoke with a Delta Airlines supervisor and we are so delighted to say that they waved the fees and we were able to reschedule the departure without paying any fees. 
• With the hope that we will have the visas, we now have a new date of Feb. 14th to fly to Israel.  Please continue to pray that the visas would be processed and granted, allowing us to serve in Israel for the next year.
• We are praying about ways to serve while we await the visas and our flight to Israel in February.

Mark- Israel
a friend of M’s who works with a program to help the people in the land. Please check out the information on the young Christian man he is assisting. it will be on the bulletin board. Persecution is getting worse.
Pray for the organization that he works for that the LORD would move in the problems that they are having.

The M’s- Israel
• Praise the Lord for His provision: We recently had some difficulties with transferring funds from our account in the States to our Israeli bank.  This put us in quite a bind as we were trying to pay rent and other bills.  But thanks to the Lord's grace, the help of friends and some good customer service, we got it all straightened out.  In the end, we found we were in better shape financially than we had previously thought.  This is an answer to prayer, as we have been praying about a possible move, once our current rental lease is up.  Moving will require saving up a good sized deposit, but will save us money in the long run. Since our finances are now looking pretty solid,we hope this can happen in the next six months.
• Praise the Lord for His protection and healing: This past week A was struggling with migraine headaches, low energy, and feeling nauseous.  On Tuesday, she discovered a bruise on the back of her head, and suddenly remembered that she had bumped it on Friday, but forgotten about it.  All her symptoms added up to a mild concussion. A week of extra rest and tylenol alleviated the headaches, and now she's back to feeling herself. God is so good!
Please pray: 
• - Please pray for A's Dad Rich, who was in a car accident last week.  He's ok, but has some cracked ribs.  Please pray for a quick recovery.
• - Please continue to pray for Jennifer and baby Katie.  We still haven't had an update - so please pray for grace and protection.
• - For follow up with the contacts we made during our coming Holiday celebrations and during the Arabic/ Hebrew worship night. For the Lord to continue working in the hearts of  people we have been ministering to, and for direction and growth of our Congregation
• -For spiritual growth of those we are discipling and teaching: Mr. F and his two sons, Mr. A,  Miss T. Miss F, Gal, Jen and baby Katie. 
• -For the reconciliation ministries we are involved with: 
• * that the house church in Bethlehem and the A family will transition to a more independently managed ministry
• * that we will be able to develop further ministry partnerships in the Arab believing community                                          
• -For Gal in her deployment in the Army-  Praise the Lord for favor with her commanders and peers, for bringing other believers and seekers into her sphere of influence, and for giving her an extra day off 3 times a month. Please pray that the Lord will continue to give her and the other soldiers in her unit, supernatural protection and peace, wisdom, skill and courage to handle every situation.  
• -  Please continue to pray for Aminidav and his family:  We heard through a mutual friend that he's doing well, and continuing with his schedule of chemo therapy and radiation - he's almost halfway done.
• - For the Lord to smooth the way for me (A) as I seek permanent residence (and national health insurance) in Israel.  I did try to get an appointment at the ministry of interior today, but they were uncooperative.  Please pray that the Lord will help me to move forward with this process.

Nancy-YWAM/Lifewater .
• The first quarter of the year I'll be a moving target (guess not too surprising...)
• January 28 fly to CA to prepare for Africa trip & visit Shoreline & friends
• February 14-27 Ethiopia workshop
• February 27-Mar 2 somewhere in Africa to be determined...
• March 3-12 Ghana workshop
• March 13-21 Montana
• March 22-24 Bellingham WA
• March 25 Hawaii
• Praises:
• JOY!! to sing with the worship team at church the last two weeks. JOY!!
• Was able to house-sit for two nights at a nice place with hot tub.
• Seeing God at work in my life and the lives of those around me.
• The shepherd speaks to even the most stubborn of his Sheep...
Prayers:
• The pastor of my church in MT has resigned and will be pursuing a PhD. Please pray for him and his wife in their transition, and the search for a new pastor.
• Pray for God's guidance, good communication, tickets, logistics, visas, team planning for upcoming Lifewater workshops in Ethiopia & Ghana.
• Pray for my God's inspiration in my writing.
• This week Thursday, Friday, Saturday I will be on a silent retreat to seek God for his heart and agenda about the coming year's plan & projects.
• Pray for refreshing of his love, the rekindling of my first love for him, for it is only after we receive from the father that we have something of worth to give away to others. Please pray for God to illuminate what he wants me to see & what I should do about it, both in my ministry and in my personal life. I have many decisions to make.

Jack-New York
I am fine just getting over a sinus cold.  very busy here at Childrens Bible Fellowship of N.Y.  a lot of work. 
A prayer request would be that God would grant unto me wisdom and His knowledge on how to fix things around here. Also too, that I would learn to do the work for the Lord and not for the camp staff. 
Also a prayer request for Paul and Darlene that the Lord would give them much needed rest since they have had to take care of their 3 grandchildren. 

Sweeneys-New York
Our daughter-in-law Jenn came home last night after a 6 oclock surgery. She is doing well at home and is anxious to get back to caring for her little guys!

Dan-IBS training 

• I am headed for Africa this Saturday.  I’ll be going to Cameroon first for a 2 week conference where I’ll be teaching the IBS seminar.
Please pray:
1. For my safety in travel and good health.
2. Pray for seminar participants in Cameroon
3. For my time with all of our African staff in Uganda
4. For Pakistan pastor to clearly understand how to teach the IBS
5. For my wife Debbie who stays at home

Rachel-Philly
• I am starting to feel a lot better. I've been on meds for a week now and am finally starting to feel the effects!
• As for prayer requests I have just really been having the desire to connect more with some of the high school girls I am around. But friendship and trust with them takes a while to earn. So just that I would know how to best be there for them and relate to them!

The Gunter family. going to the Philippines (Friends of Ruth Deam)
• All that goes with moving a family of 6 to another country!
• Excitedly, we have just returned from the Calvary Chapel Missions Conference. While soaking in the great teachings and experiencing phenomenal fellowship, the Lord began to stir a new passion in our hearts. The passion then began to transform into prayer. The prayer when uttered, was something like, "Lord, please increase our family inheritance, may our family's inheritance be one of serving God. Lord, may our children serve you, may our children's children serve you." 

Steve & Anita Coon- wherever the LORD sends him.
• Thank you so much for your prayers and intercession for the work of evangelism! The missions conference was so awesome, we were very encouraged by the LORD!
• Please pray for the LORD to show me where to go next and when and for His provision.
• Please pray for the daily evangelism to the youth, the LORD has open an effective door!

Edge Project- They need a team of at least 3 people to commit to being in Spain for a 9month period to oversee the ministry there.  

Here's the chart Pastor Jack talked about during his message on 1/1/12.

See if there is somewhere you'd like to serve.  Contact the church office and we'll put you contact with the person who heads up that ministry.

Remember to also pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ and those who minister to them.

LONDON TEAM- New place to meet for their Wed and Sunday meetings.
Lauren-She is in the US visiting

Merrills- Little Milla is born! (Dec 27th) 8lb 8oz 20 in long! She is beautiful...check their facebook or blog pages.

- Praise: Milla got here safely! She is a healthy beautiful big girl! We are loving our time with her and she is not giving us a hard time at all! Luke and I love being her parents. Please pray for wisdom as we want to raise her to know and love Jesus, and that our home would be evidence of that to her.
- Please pray for my sister Clara who is in Mozambique with YWAM. They are a team of 10, and so far there has been 3 cases of malaria, 3 of salmonella, 3 bladder infection and 2 amoeba. Please pray they would recover and be encouraged. 

Mark Piester- Far Reaching Ministries (Continuing prayer)
• Greetings from Rybinsk, Russia! I have been here in Russia a little more than 2 weeks now and it has been a blessing to meet friends and ministry partners once again. Christmas was spent in Rybinsk where we had two celebrations, one on the Arefino orphanage about a 45 minute drive outside the city of Rybinsk on December 23th and a second celebration for 100 children for at the local church. Christmas celebrations and gift distributions have also taken place in the cities of Urozhainaya and Orel this past week. We still have some additional celebrations still planned in the coming week. I look forward to share more in my Prayer Update next month.
• The past several days we have been visiting families whose children have attended the summer and winter camps. These visits are always special as we have one-on-one time with the children. It is a blessing to see them grow up in the church and get excited to have us as visitors in their homes. This week the winter Vacation Bible School begins here in Rybinsk and the children are excited about this special time during their school winter break. I would appreciate your prayers for the 30 children who are planning to attend.

Theodore-El Salvador  www.missionalvision.blogspot.com
• The Christmas season events, 400 new people have visited the church, 100 have made a decision for Christ
• patience in waiting for marriage.

Solomon & Collett- Uganda
• Pray for their ministry in Uganda.

Pottengers-Kenya-
• We really want to praise Him for our health especially through an incredibly busy, full month. He truly is our strength and for those continually praying for our health we say thank you!!
• We also praise God that P. Stephen's leg is healing well. He got the needed medicine for the infection and after some good medical advise he is a taking good care of it.
• Also our Christmas sing before Christmas was brilliant. We had about 40 people in our home and praised the Lord through story telling and worship.
• Matt did a great job teaching both on Christmas and New Years and we are so grateful for the Lord's strength and guidance.
• We also were so blessed to visit Pamela's rural home and had a sweet time with she and her family there. Next time we will camp out there! The car as many know broke down on the way but praise God where we stopped there were cars for hire. (To rent). So we negotiated a price and I hopped in with the girls, Baba Jeff and one of the car guys and off we drove. (Only in Kenya!) It was a rather small car and we were all stuffed in tight but it sure had zip and was rather new inside. Matt waited for the mechanics who arrived shortly after our departure and after fixing the car, Matt met us. The car did just fine on the way back!
• On a car note we continue to receive donations which we praise God for! We continue to trust God for His timing with the car.
• We also really enjoyed some sweet family time and LOVED our time with the Compean family when they came to visit for a few days. We were all able to go out and visit P. Stephen's mother's homestead where he and Maureen currently have a home and we learned more about one of the local cults. Not only was it an off-roading adventure where the Lord kept our poor car going but it was so sweet to be doing ministry together with our friends.  While they were here Ed, Matt and Stephen were able to hold a board meeting where some really great things were talked about for the New Year!
Please continue to pray for:
• Important meetings with leadership today and tomorrow
• Different changes in the next couple of months for the O4 (Lord willing good changes to help them be more effective in ministry)
• P. Stephen's car to sell soon (It was purchased in hopes of a business that would run independently but it's not a reliable car.)
• Vision and wisdom for each area of ministry this next year
• Focus on the Lord for us all
• Sleep training for Joellie (First night completed.....pretty rough.....hoping that was the worst and that the week holds better nights of sleep)
• Matt's back as it is giving him spasms (sad face)

Ruth Deam-Kenya
Ruth is at the Missions Conference!

Compeans-Kenya (On going prayers)
• They are visiting the P4 and the O4 in Kisumu

Vules-Kenya
• please be praying for Ramsey as he travels to South Sudan to minister to over 120 children.
• p.s. please keep praying for Vicky's back/neck and
• her Dad is doing better, but please keep praying for him also.
• Elhanan's eye is doing so much better! (he got bit by a mosquito on the eye lid) thanks for praying for him!

Gordons-American Samoa
- OUR FAMILY
- NEW MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE BEFORE US
* - WE START LANGUAGE SCHOOL THIS MONTH - [WE NEED TO LEARN THE SAMOAN LANGUAGE - SMILE]
* - TEACHING THE TUES MENS FELLOWSHIP AT CHURCH  - [IN 1 PET]
* - TEACHING THE HIGH SCHOOL MINISTRY AT CHURCH  - [DOING NEW BELIEVERS]
- FRIDAY NIGHT MINISTRY - “ONE WAY”
* - OUR HOME CHURCH AND OUR PASTORS [CHUCK AND BRIAN AND THEIR FAMILIES]
- TO SIMPLY FALL IN LOVE WITH JESUS MORE EACH DAY  AS WE WALK WITH HIM WHILE HE BUILDS HIS CHURCH

Don & Marta- Israel
• They are here at the missions conference
• TODAY THEIR SPONSORS FOR THEIR VISA MEET WITH THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR. FAVOR

The M’s- Israel
Praise:
- Praise the Lord for unity in the Body of Messiah!  We had a truly special night of Arabic and Hebrew worship music, with a combined worship team with members from both Alliance Church and our own congregation. Many Arab brothers and sisters, from around the country, joined us at Shemen Sasson for this amazing night. There were also several unbelieving Israelis in attendance, who were touched by both the message of the music, and by the demonstration of love among the followers of Yeshua. I couldn't imagine a more blessed ending to the year, as we gathered together as one family, praising our God for His goodness and grace!
- Praise the Lord for a new season of growth.  As we start this new year of 2012, we are looking forward to personal spiritual growth, as well as ministry growth. We've pulled out our new calendars, and have already made several changes in our weekly routine. We hope this will facilitate a more efficient work week, conserving time and energy, and allowing us to keep our focus on the priorities of ministry here.
Please pray: 
- Please continue to pray for Jennifer and baby Katie.  We have tried to call her repeatedly, but have still not heard any news about what happened with her court date and custody status. Please pray for grace and protection.
- For follow up with the contacts we made during our coming Holiday celebrations and during the Arabic/ Hebrew worship night. For the Lord to continue working in the hearts of  people we have been ministering to, and for direction and growth of our Congregation, Shemen Sasson.
-For spiritual growth of those we are discipling and teaching: Mr. F and his two sons, Mr. A,  Miss T. Miss F, Gal, Jen and baby Katie. 
-For the reconciliation ministries we are involved with: 
* that the house church in Bethlehem and the Aqleh family will transition to a more independently managed ministry
* that we will be able to develop further ministry partnerships in the Arab believing community                                            
-For Gal in her deployment in the Army-  Praise the Lord for favor with her commanders and peers, for bringing other believers and seekers into her sphere of influence, and for giving her an extra day off 3 times a month. Please pray that the Lord will continue to give her and the other soldiers in her unit, supernatural protection and peace, wisdom, skill and courage to handle every situation.  
-  Please continue to pray for Aminidav and his family:  We heard through a mutual friend that he's doing well, and continuing with his schedule of chemo therapy and radiation.

Stephen & Pat-Israel CC Tel Aviv
Read the amazing account of the miracle of his healing from an embolism, at the CC Tel Aviv website!
http://www.calvarytelaviv.org/ccta/welcome.html

Nancy-YWAM/Lifewater .
praise:
• it's a new year to walk with a God who brings new mercies every morning
• for progress on home projects, much further along because of Sandy's coaching and encouragement
• for friends
• Workshops for Lifewater in Ethiopia (Feb)and Ghana (Mar) are confirmed & transatlantic ticket purchased. planning a stopover in Mombasa Kenya for a few days R & R in between with friends who will also be teaching in Africa.

prayer:
• purchasing tickets between Ethiopia, Kenya & Ghana this week,
• phone conference planning for the Ethiopia workshop (monitoring & evaluation of impact of hygiene & sanitation program in the community)  and Ghana is a new introductory workshop in transformational community development. . pls pray for God's guidance in planning, good airfare, finances, logistical arrangements etc etc.
• blue cross MT declined health insurance. pls pray for me to make wise choices in what to do, and God show me other plans out there I could apply for
• that I stay focused and accomplish the many things on my to do list that need to be done in the next four weeks before busy travel schedule for 3 months following, including how/where/when to have a colonoscopy that is due

Jack-New York

Sweeneys-New York
Jenn still isn’t healing well. they had to cancel their trip to California. She is going into surgery again tomorrow.

Dan-IBS training
• Spoke to him at the conference. 8 of the people from that Bible study in Japan prayed to receive the LORD just before Christmas! a couple more from the group need to make a choice.
• He will be traveling to a couple of different countries in Africa. teaching over 100 university students. 

The Gunter family. going to the Philippines (Friends of Ruth Deam)
All that goes with moving a family of 6 to another country!

Steve & Anita Coon- wherever the LORD sends him.
Street evangelism.
Close walk with the LORD
Growth through the Word and prayer
enabled by the Holy Spirit and boldness in every opportunity
strong marriage ,good friends for the children

Thank you for all your prayers and intercession for the work of evangelism around the world! Please pray for the Missions Conference Jan. 2 to 6 and the 'meet the missionary' day at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa on Jan 7 from 9 am to noon!
Please pray for the daily outreach to the community in the public squares and around town. Please pray for the LORD to show me where to go next and for His provision!

Edge Project- They need someone to commit to being in Spain for a 9 month period to oversee the ministry there.