This is a quick prayer request update. Thank you for your prayers!
1. Our house church has rented a building, and it is an exciting time for the church. Please pray for the transition, that God would bless and grow the 20+ worshippers in Toke. Also pray for Sara-Beth as she is starting a “Mom’s and Kid’s Club” there this month.
2. Please be in prayer for the students at CCSI. Pray for their minds and souls as Eric educates the children. Please pray for the upcoming X-mas program and all the preparation and details for this great outreach to the community.
3. Please pray for college ministry. There are numerous students that have shown interest in Christianity at different times, however many of the students are very busy and it is difficult to have consistent time together. Pray that God would reveal himself to these students.
Throughout this last year, Eric and I have had the privilege of anticipating the births of many of our dearest friends’ babies. It has been so exciting to pray for these little lives as God has shaped and grown them for the past months and we are thrilled to finally get to meet them. Two very soon coming babies are Baby Cole and Baby Chase.
Sarah (Cole) is due in a month but has had a lot of false labor and discomfort from the baby running out of room in her torso. Last night she went into the hospital because it was so bad and they were convinced it was the real thing but were sent home this morning only to anticipate a little more and stay quite uncomfortable. PLEASE PRAY for Sarah as she waits for God’s timing for the birth of their daughter. If you’ve had a baby, you know its so hard to wait, especially if you thought it was coming much sooner. Please pray for her as she is very sick from the baby having no room and so is very uncomfortable. And of course, please pray for the safe and healthy delivery of this precious little girl.
We’d also love to ask you to pray for our niece or nephew, Baby Chase, who is growing inside Carly. He or She is just like cousin Noa who was breech at this point and had to be manually turned. Carly is trying alternative measures this next week to try to get the baby to turn, but if not, she will go in next wednesday to have the baby turned manually. If the baby doesn’t turn at all, the doctors will do a c-section. PLEASE PRAY that this kid would turn on his own so that Carly can go into labor naturally. And again, please pray that, no matter what the method, that this precious one would arrive safely into the outside world.
We love these two families so much and these babies are already so dear to our hearts. We really appreciate you joining us in asking God’s will to be done and for Him to be glorified in these, the lives of His children.
our friend Levi has been greatly needing a job change for numerous reasons (including expecting a child in july) and we have been praying for one specific job. when they didn’t contact him when they said, i had some doubting thoughts, but we prayed nontheless. today, they called him and he got the job and it is even a better situation than previously thought! praise God! congrats Levi
this was the second of two major prayer requests for close friends. both were answered abundantly and beyond our prayers. i confess i pray at times in doubt, fear, obligation, without faith…praise God for the Holy Spirit…”in the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. we do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.” rom 8:26
once again showing me its all about Him.
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I have told you all about Kate, our precious friend who is battling a brain tumor. Today she has an MRI to determine if the chemo is working or not. PLEASE PRAY that there would show great success of the chemo so that they do not have to start radiation while she is so young.
Because they have been waiting to have an MRI, Kate was able to be home for an extended period of time these last two weeks (the longest she and her parents have been home since she was diagnosed in September). We LOVED seeing all of them at school functions (her older sister Chloe was in Eric’s class last year) and then going over to their house to play on Friday. How we pray for and look forward to the day that their lives can be back to normal and that we can do this more often.
Here is Noa with Kate:
And then Sophie and I joined them:
on tuesday we shared that we were at 7% (financial support to go to Japan) and asked for prayer. we want to let you know that God doubled our support account through various supporters the last 2 days and we are now at 15% which Sara-Beth and I are very thankful for and excited about. praise God! please continue to pray for us as we are still in the beginning stages, but we are hoping to be in japan when school starts (where i will teach) this september.
i lift up my eyes to the hills-
where does my help come from?
my help comes from the Lord,
the maker of heaven and earth.
psalm 121:1-2
