July Praises and Prayer

It is summer time which means it is time for VBS (Vacation Bible School)!! This month I have the opportunity to be a part of the VBS program at Faith Community Church. I will be serving at the mission’s booth and I am so excited to be used to teach children about our Lord. Every time I work with children I am reminded of how simple they make things and how sincere they are. To see the way the Lord reveals Himself to the smallest of them reminds me of how incredible the Holy Spirit is with in us. Sometimes when I read about the Didinga and how things will be I think how is God going to use me? I don’t know the language, culture, etc. and yet the more I see Him move the more I am ashamed that I would even ask Him such a question. We serve such an amazing God and yet so often we forget that. May we continually reflect on how great He is and never lose sight of it.

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not see you ablaze.” Isaiah 43:2

PRAISES~

1. My dad got a new Job!! He had been out of work this past year and several months ago got a job but the lord found it fitting for him to change jobs again. This was a blessing!!! Praise God for His perfect timing and blessing him with a better fitting job.
2. The last all night prayer night that was held we had about 30 people praying through out the night with us!! This is exciting as this has been our prayer for a while and now to see more and more brothers and sisters joining us is such an answer to prayer.
3. Last month I asked for prayer for my team leaders while they were in Kenya. The Lord answered those prayers and they have safely landed in Sudan.

PRAYER REQUESTS~

1. For the VBS’s going on all over the valley. This is an amazing program and many children hear about Christ for the first time through it. Please pray for those leading and the children and families who will be participating that God would reveal Himself to them.
2. For David and Deborah (my team leaders over there currently) that God would be giving them wisdom and preparing them for us to join them very shortly. Please pray specifically for the logistics of things that David, as team leader, will need to plan and think through.
3. Pray for Simon and Dario. They are two Didinga men that David has had an opportunity to disciple. Pray that David and Deborah would be a light and that these men would experience God’s presence.
4. Please pray for my other team members. Many have just sold their homes and some have already left family and friends to start training. Please pray for extra strength and that they would remain faithful and steadfast.