BIMI - Prayer Requests

PRAYER PROMISE

“But ye shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” [Acts 1:8].

PRAY FOR WORLD LEADERS

“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men: For kings, and for all that are in authority: that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.” (1 Timothy 2:1–2). Please pray today for Prime Minister Jean–Claude Juncker of Luxembourg [western Europe between France and Germany].

PRAYER REQUESTS

May 1, 2008

FAR NORTH, CANADA, Nova Scotia, Arcadia. The Chapman family. This family arrived on the field in February and was welcomed by 12 inches of snow. They will be serving in the Lighthouse Baptist Church in Yarmouth. They are adjusting to their new place of service and ask that you pray that they will have an effective ministry there. They do need just a few more churches to take on their support. So, pray for that more churches will partner with them. PRAY FOR THESE NEW MISSIONARIES TO NOVA SCOTIA!!

FAR EAST, PHILIPPINES, Cebu City. Stan and Mollie Prussia. This couple left their home in South Georgia and his position as a professor at the University of Georgia and her medical practice to serve in this needy country. They arrived on the field February 7, 2008. The Lord provided a furnished house of which they entered March 3. They ask that you “Please pray for continued health and strength, and wisdom when scheduling clinic and meetings, Mollie’s medical permit process, and spiritual needs of J. E. A. C., and the students.”

EUROPE, UKRIANE, Simferopol. Tony and Dawn Hess. They are thanking the Lord for providing the funds for the purchase of a van for their ministry. They give the following prayer request: “Please pray for my family. We have been sailing through some stormy waters lately. God is at work to make us broken, useable vessels. He is reminding me that as long as Tony Hess is in control, Christ can do little with me. PLEASE PRAY: THE DOCTOR HAS FOUND NODULES ON DAWN AND MY THYROID. I AM SOME CONCERNED, BUT DAILY TRUSTING TO GIVE IT TO THE LORD. HE IS IN CHARGE!”

UNITED STATES, TENNESSEE, Harrison. Dr. Frank and Dot Rosser. These folks have served for over a half century in missions in Central America as well as serving as Executive Vice–President of BIMI. Dot gives the following report on Dr. Rosser: “Just a note to bring you up to date on my husband’s physical progress. He is not as strong as we would like, but we know God has it under control and we are trusting Him through it all. We ask that you please continue praying for him.” Dr. Rosser and Mrs. Rosser are staying with their daughter and grandchildren in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. They are giving Dr. Rosser top care and he is in very capable hands with them. PRAY FOR THIS PRECIOUS COUPLE!

USA MINISTRIES, NEW YORK, Astoria. Coy and Nancy Shaw. The Shaws are ministering to the Portuguese speaking in Astoria. “There are many lost Brazilians in Astoria and much carnality among those who call themselves Christians. We are fasting and praying for the Lord to send revival and save the lost. We ask you to join us in praying for revival among God’s people as well as for the salvation of souls.” This couple served for many years in the country of Brazil and are fluent in the Portuguese language. PLEASE PRAY FOR THEM!

WEST AFRICA, NIGERIA, Port Harcourt. David and Rose Maskey. They give the following report: ”Here in Nigeria we have a lot of freedom to go into the public schools to preach and witness to the students (without fear of being arrested or sued!), and usually they are very receptive. . . We also saw a record February attendance, averaging about 588 on Sunday mornings, and God blessed in the services with many decisions for Christ. Our Bible Institute also saw an increase, not up to 33 students. Continue to pray for them. We thank God for these blessings last month, but there are some trials that also came with them. Several people are gong through some battles right now, and they need your prayers as well!” PLEASE PRAY CONCERNING THE DOLLAR FALLING AND THE NEED FOR PASSAGE TO RETURN TO THE STATES TO RAISE ADDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT!

CENTRAL AMERICA, MEXICO, Tuxtla Gutierrez. Armando and Debbie Guzman. They give the following report: “In February, we started our 22nd mission church. It is located on the outskirts of Tuxtia Gutierrez, our city, in an area called ‘Plan Chiapas.” There were 86 people who professed faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and 55 of those people have already received 1–3 lessons of our discipleship program so that they can grow in their new walk with the Lord. We praise the Lord for all that He is doing in this new congregation of saints.” PRAY FOR THE GUZMANS!

SOUTH AMERICA, PERU, Lima. Tom and Carolyn Pace. The Pace family are veterans who have served faithfully in Peru for almost 40 years. The following is a portion of their recent prayer letter: “Earthquake Relief Work: The church people here sent several truck loads of food and other items to the towns south of Lima hardest hit by the earthquake. Our sons Andy and Abe organized a team of carpenters and built 38 little would houses and one church building. Medical, dental, and evangelistic teams have also gone form New Life Baptist. But definitely the most lasting and important work is that being done by our Peruvian missionaries Juan Carlos and Renato, working to plant churches in 17 villages in the area.” PRAY FOR THESE GREAT MISSIONARIES!

SOUTHEAST ASIA, NEPAL, KTM. James and Holly Tamang. The give the following report, “On New Year day, we were able to baptize S. and S. It was not a normal baptism, we had to accommodate by using the bathtub of a fellow missionary’s home. . . We thank the Lord that He provided enough money to be able to buy a piece (about � acre) of land and now we are in the process of designing and searching for builders.” PRAY FOR THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN NEPAL AS WELL AS THE VILLAGE OF SHIVAPUR!

WEST AFRICA, CANARY ISLANDS, Las Palmas. Terry Sharp. Terry shares in his last prayer letter his approach to witnessing: “As I go on the offensive publicly through mass literature distribution, I cannot stress enough how dependent I am upon your prayers. Please pray for me as I am writing the text for various pieces of literature to reach the Canary Island culture as well as the man Latinos in the community. Pray also for the distribution and follow up. Most people live in apartment buildings. The buildings have ‘propaganda’ boxes at the front door of the building. There are ways around this as other missionaries have done, but the way to get thousands of GOSPEL literature right into their homes quickly is through a special service provided by the post office. This will introduce me BEFORE I follow up with personal contact at the front door and dispel any perception that I am a Morman. If they are not interested, they will at least have the GOSPEL in their homes and contact information.” PRAY FOR TERRY!

USA MILITARY, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. Stan and Charlene Lane. They give the following report, “Praise the Lord for the six that received Christ since our last newsletter. What a joy it is to see people, young and old, come to the saving knowledge of our precious Savior. We had the privilege seeing one of the ladies from our church in La Maddalena get saved. We were happy that J. H., a Vietnam Vet, not only get gloriously saved on soul winning visitation but he followed the Lord in baptism last Sunday. . . Pray for us to be able to find room for three more beds in our nursery. We will have to do the stacking kind on the wall. We also are in search of a larger building, preferably to buy. Things are still so expensive but God is able. Amen! Psalm 95:3 ‘For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.’”

EUROPE, ROMANIA. Ed and Carole Hembree. They give the following report and prayer requests: “In the church we have had a very good few months. We just baptized five last Sunday . . . For three weeks straight we have people saved each week. We have visitors regularly now as well. We began an outreach to another area village, Balint, a little over six weeks ago. We regularly have between 8 and 20 from the village attending our services. Please pray especially for the young people from this effort. Things are changing so quickly in Romania, and not all for the good. Teens and young people nor are facing temptations that just a few short years ago were not even available here. It is increasingly critical to reach this next generation while they are very young.” PRAY WITH THEM RELATING TO THE DEVALUATION OF THE DOLLAR. THE NET LOSS IS ABOUT 35–40% OF THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT!

CARRIBEAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS, Cayman Brac. Russ and Bobbie Turner. Their last prayer letter contains the following: “Recently, a 36–year–old mother came forward to truly be saved. She had accepted Christ as her Saviour 28 years ago in one of our services, but had never grown in grace ad knowledge of our Lord because of moving to Grand Cayman and not attending a Bible–believing church over there. She knew she was a sinner, but didn’t realize she was a sinner saved by grace as a young person. Nonetheless, her 8–year–old son came with her to be saved also.”

SOUTH AMERICA, PERU, Lima. Rick and Kathy Anderson. The Andersons give the following prayer requests:

1. Please pray that our neighbors, S. and L., D., K., C. and their families, would make the decisions to accept Christ as their personal Savior.
2. Please pray that many students and family members from the school would also make this decision this year.
3. We are in need of another vehicle. Not only have our four daughters outgrown the backseat made for three, but at this point we are spending more than it is worth just to keep our present car running. In fact, it is in the shop as we speak! Please pray with us!

WEST AFRICA, GHANA, Tema. Fredrick and Antoinette Kearney. The give the following report, “Our home is known as a place to come and play since our children are home schooled. For this reason, we have a lot of children at our door in the pm hours. It was a perfect opportunity to begin our Bible Club and a Bible based reading program. We average about 21 children when the doors are opened. It’s giving our children a chance to make friends, be teacher assistants, play their accordion and sing songs.

As a result of preaching the gospel at the soccer field, one of the young men invited me to his school to share the gospel to over 300 children during an assembly time. Many received the Lord as their personal Savior and were given Johns and Romans that ere provided by Bearing Precious Seed and transported by Anchor Baptist Missions.”

EUROPE, RUSSIA, Samara. Adam and Angela Young. They are involved in teaching English as a second language for reaching their area. They give the following report, “We started giving English lessons for free about 4 months ago to about 6 friends of A., one of our converts, in order to reach them with the Gospel. A couple of people dropped out but I believe we will see some fruit from this soon. Our last topic for our lessons is the meaning of life, the existence of right and wrong, and the existence of God. R., who is probably the best English speaker of the whole class, says he is an atheist. He did admit though that if God was real, then the most important things in his life would not be as important and he would have to change his priorities. We got into a discussion about God and he admitted that God was the most reasonable explanation for the complexity of the design of the universe and its origins. However, he still did not want to say the words, ‘God exists.’ I told him that he does not want to admit to this because his life would have to change, and he does not want to do that. He said, ‘That is exactly right.’ He was laughing uncomfortably while admitting something he did not want to admit. Please pray for R., S. and O. from this class to receive Christ.”

April 8, 2008

THE HUNDRED NATIONS PROJECT – In 2005, BIMI launched this project to expand the ministry from 80+ nations to 100 by the year 2015. Please pray for David Carney who is heading up this ministry. The twenty nations the project has targeted have LITTLE or NO gospel witness. Several missionaries are already on deputation raising funds to serve in these nations. Pray for them.

SOUTH AFRICA, Whit Bank. David and Julie McCrum. They are planning a seven month furlough in June, however the Lord continues to bless. They give the following report, “There are several people in our congregation who come faithfully to church, but have not yet made a profession of faith. We were encouraged the other day, in talking with a South African, by here testimony of sitting in church and listing for a whole year before she came to Christ. Sometimes we get impatient waiting for the harvest. Please pray for these dear ones, that the Lord will work in their hearts (and we would really love to be here and see the joy of their salvation!).”

FAR EAST, PHILIPPINES, NORTH SAMAR. Layne and Nelia Jones. During their trips to the states and back they were able to lead an orthopedic surgeon to Christ and led two of their nieces to Christ. They give the following report relating to their new radio station: “The web site for the first fundamental Baptist radio station in the Philippines is wwwlighthousefm.ph. You can listen to our broadcast on your computer. The station should be up and running the first week of April. Right now, the antenna is on our church building roof. If a 200–250 ft antenna were constructed at our campsite we could reach several million more.” PRAY FOR THIS PROJECT!

EUROPE, ENGLAND, CHESIRE, CONGLETON. John and Mary Anne Jones. The give the following prayer requests:

• Progress toward a Property–In early April the church will be receiving a special offering for the building fund. The people in Congleton have already given nearly $30,000 during the past 20 months. We are asking God to work a miracle in providing a building.
• Spring Outreach–Please pray for God’s blessing on the upcoming outreaches we have planned. We will be sharing the Gospel door–to–door and in the open–air.
• Future Outreaches–Later this year we will be hosting the Bike Rodeo again, VBS materials have just arrived and we are preparing for that event. We are also contemplating a “Christianity Explored” style outreach. Please pray that God will give us wisdom in these things. We want to bring honor and glory to the Lord in every ministry and meeting.

CENTRAL AMERICA, HONDURAS. Matt and Dallita Goins. The Goins recently had trouble with their telephone lines [someone stole all the telephone cable running along one of the major highways]. They give the following request for prayer;

• We are having a campaign in the month of April called Friend month, to bring friends to Christ.
• There has been an increase of violent crimes and abductions here in Honduras. Please pray for the safety of our family and those to whom we minister.
• Pray specifically for the salvation of G., M., S. and P.
• Pray that we can get the permission necessary to break ground on our future church building.

SOUTHEAST ASIA, AUSTRALIA, VIC, BAYSWATER NORTH. Robert and Lisa Gunter. The Gunters work basically with the deaf in that country and give the following report, “We praise the Lord for what He is doing in our lives and in the lives of our people here. This year, we have seen a growth in our church and watched members become involved in various ministries. It has also been a blessing to hear and see the testimony of four young men in believer’s baptism, and a pastor’s son getting right and come back to church and the Lord.” Pray for the Gunters as they will be returning to the states for a six weeks visit in June and July.

EAST AFRICA, TANZANIA, MOSHI. The Greg Wagoner family. They had a great weekend during Easter: “There were two spirit–filled services and one old fashioned church feed.

We carried a cross on Good Friday this year;
To herald the message that the Lord was so near.
The building is up and the roof is now on;
And, we baptized five converts who received God the Son.
PRAYER REQUEST (LVBC APRIL 21–May 1)
In a couple of weeks we begin a Mwanza expedition,
In our van, on new routes, pray there’s no complication.
For college is in session and His servants need education;
As they keep speaking the news of God’s full salvation.”

FAR EAST, JAPAN. Rick and Beth Conrad. The Conrad report of blessing during the Christmas season, then let them share the blessings of Easter: “East also afforded us many wonderful opportunities to witness of God’s love and the Gospel. Mrs. S, who is a member of the ‘Little Lambs’ mother and child English circle, is a professional opera singer. For our Easter service she sang ‘I know that my Redeemer Liveth’ and ‘Rejoice’ from Handel’s Messiah. Accompanying her was Mrs. I. from the Little Lights Circle who is a piano instructor with the Yamaha School. We were truly blessed to see and hear how God is working as these friends offered songs of praise to the Lord. Their husbands and children also joined us.” The Conrads share their burden for more laborers in Japan. They share than many churches are in decline and losing their pastors as they retire, and there is no one to replace them. PLEASE ASK THE LORD TO SEND LABORERS!

EUROPE, GERMANY, BURKARDROTH. Dan and Tricia Dubbe. They share the following report, “This past February the church appointed E. J. as an elder/pastor. E. and I will be leading the assembly together. In addition another man was elected as a second deacon. The church has a leadership team and functions quite well together. It is important that the men reach their spiritual maturity and take places in the ministry. As a church planter I want to encourage that and help provide a place where their spiritual gifts can be exercised to the maximum.” Pray for the Dubbe family as they will be returning to the states in August for a 12 month furlough. PRAY FOR THEM!

USA MILITARY MINISTRIES, CALIFORNA, RIDGECREST. The Heneise Family. These folks have moved from the military ministry in Germany to California to start a church near a military base. Let them share their burden: “The church has seen in the last couple of weeks an increase in attendance with some earlier visitors now returning. We have also found a storefront building that we will be able to rent for the same cost we were paying in the hotel. We are planning on holding the first service in the new building on the 6th of April, which will also be our charter service.” They are asking that you prayer for the 4 families who are helping them get started and also pray about some land they are considering for a church building and location.

SOUTH AMERICA, GUYANA. Noel and Charlene Shrivnauth. The Shrivnauth family is on furlough at this time, yet they report the blessings of the Lord in the following report, “Great News from Guyana–They have had 216 saved and 27 baptized in January and February. Three couples have been married in the past few weeks. A new session of soul winning has begun there.” Pray for that needy country and this family as they travel reporting to their supporting churches.

EUROPE, GERMANY, INGELHEIM. Walter and Thrasilla Hornung. They are looking for a building to house their church and found a building that is ideal, however the renter is asking $3,120 per month and the church just cannot afford it. Since the building has been empty for over a year they might consider the offer. They ask that you please pray that way. They also ask for the following prayer needs:

• For a God–sent revival to us
• For many lost people that we have contact with to be saved
• For a suitable church building
• For spiritual growth of many of the church people
• For our financial needs, the dollar is at an all–time low in relation to the euro
• For additional strength, spiritual insight and wisdom

CARIBBEAN, WEST INDIES, TRINIDAD, ARIMA. Ken and Nancy Guth. They give the following reasons to pray, “Death continues to open doors for the preaching of the Gospel in Trinidad. With three funerals this year in Tunapuna the truth of God’s Word has been presented to new people in this community. Our hearts are sadden and our minds confused as one of our own junior boys, M., died apparently by his own hand last month. The circumstances are unclear, our church greatly affected and the community astonished. We are increasing our efforts in the Friday night King’s Kids Club to reach and impact youth for Jesus Christ.

They also ask you to pray for
• Spiritual growth for new converts
• Replacement missionaries as we take a furlough
• Continued prayer for the reconciliation of S. and M.

BRAZIL, SAN, PAULO. Jon and Mandy Crews. The Crews are in their final weeks of language school and asking that you continue to pray for them as they train and become more involved in the ministries of Igreja Batista Nova Vida (New Life Baptist Church). They were able to work with the Igreja Nova Vida choir and put together their first Easter Cantata. Following the cantata, several responded to the invitation. They also had a baptismal service on Easter Sunday with four being added to the church through believers’ baptism. They are planning a Family Campaign and Anniversary Sunday. They are praying to see families saved and restored. Their support level is 96%.

SOUTHEAST ASIA, SAMOAN ISLANDS, PAGO PAGO. Jim and Emi Civale. They give the following report, “Surely your prayers have moved the heart and hand of God! March began with a woman coming forward at a Sunday evening service to receive Christ as Savior. We also saw four recommitments on Resurrection Sunday in the morning service. How delightful and satisfying to see souls saved and strengthened through the ministry here. Jim receive the honor of being named the next Maui a position as high chief or paramount, a title Emi’s father held for many years. They go on to write, “We cannot describe how humbling it is to receive a title such as this. As we think of the ministry opportunities the title affords, we praise God for His wonderful working in our lives.” PRAY FOR THE CIVALES!

March 5, 2008

SOUTH AMERICA, Venezuela. The Tim Carte Family. They give the following urgent prayer need: “This year we want to continue giving the gospel to as many Venezuelans as possible. We plan to ship a container full of the books of Romans and Gospel tracts to Venezuela. The majority of this Gospel literature is sitting in a printing ministry warehouse in West Virginia. The problem is that we need the funds to send the container to Venezuela. This project has been costly and still funds are being raised by churches to finish the tract printing. The good news is that it will be possible to ship the container as soon as the end of March. The shipping cost, which includes U.S. land, sea, Venezuela land and custom fees and taxes, is around $8,000. At this time, we have only raised several hundred dollars…You can Email me or by telephone with the number 011–58–(251) 635–9089.

EUROPE, NORTHERN FRANCE, Givet. Danny and Janice Flowers. They share that God has allowed them to see S, F, 13, S, 19, Y, 13, N, and S, 20, saved. They took a scheduled trip to Gabon in January to survey the situation there with the possibility of transferring to that country, however after visiting there, they had no direction from the Lord to transfer there. In the mean time, the Lord has shown them very clearly He wants them to return to Ivory Coast. PLEASE PRAY FOR THEM IN THIS TRANSITION!

EAST AFRICA, TANZANIA, Moshi. The Greg Wagoner Family. They give the following report: “This year has started off right with the genesis of a new independent Baptist church! The first service of International Baptist Church–Kingereka. In the Hai District of Kilimanjaro, was held on January 13th with 13 adults and 7 children attending. Attendance is growing at a steady pace and a church building will soon be ready for meetings. Two people have trusted Christ and we anticipate a baptismal service on Resurrection Sunday. PRAY FOR THE WAGONER FAMILY!

USA MINISTRIES, NEW YORK, BRONX. The Alan Davis Family. They share the following: “Our mission work here in New York City has been located in the south Bronx for almost ten years now. Over 50% of government housing projects are located in the south Bronx. It is a very poor area. Approximately 40% of the children live in poverty. The most important need in their lives, however, is the great Saviour, Jesus Christ. Since it is the ‘poor’ that is open to the Gospel message, we are looking forward to our concentrated time of evangelism and outreach this spring here in the south Bronx. PRAY FOR THIS SPECIAL OUTREACH THIS SPRING!

USA MILITARY MINISTRY, OKINAWA, OKINAWA CITY. Ed and Elvie Navato. Ed shares a soul winning experience: “I also had the honor and privilege of leading ‘B’ to the Lord. ‘B’ attempted to take his own life and was confined to a hospital in Okinawa. I was there to visit someone else, but the LORD led me to ‘B’ who trusted the LORD JESUS CHRIST as personal Saviour! We visited with ‘B’ for five consecutive days to disciple him in the WORD.” Pray for “B” and the Navatoes as they will be back in the states for a short furlough in June and July of 2008.

CARRIBEAN, WEST INDIES, BARBADOS. Robert and Rhoda Smith. They give the following report and prayer needs: “The church room on Sundays is packed to capacity. The spirit of the people is great. They seem to be loaded with testimonies of the Lord’s goodness to them concerning spiritual growth and financial blessing from tithing and giving. One of our men preached a recent Wednesday evening service. Having one of the men to prepare was a great steppingstone for our church! PRAY FOR THE SMITHS!

SOUTHEAST ASIA, CAMBODIA. Dane and Debbie Board. They give the following report: “We recently finished a two week Missions Emphasis in the Bible college. Many of the students’ hearts were broken by God during the emphasis . . . Several Cambodian students have surrendered to follow God’s will for their lives and go to Cambodia as missionaries . . . Please pray that we will have wisdom to help equip these young folks to reach their own people with the Gospel” Pray for this family.

CENTRAL AMERICA, HONDURAS, Toncontin. Charles and Brenda Arnold. These folks have served in that country for almost 40 years and they give the following report: “Please pray for Daniel Flores’ eyesight. He is the pastor of the La Pena Baptist Church and the mission in Mount of Olives. He lost sight in one eye and his doctor told him he was going blind because of the thyroid problem that he has had for some time. He was referred to another doctor who seems to be having success in treating him. The swelling has gone down some and he is beginning to see through that eye again . . . Please do remember Daniel in prayer that his eye may be healed and his sight might be completely restored.”

SOUTHEAST ASIA, INDIA, Mysore. David and Joanne Divaker. The give the following: “…you remember N who was demon possessed and was freed when she asked Jesus to be her personal Saviour. I had mentioned the incident in one of our prayer letters back in 2006. Well, because the people around N saw the complete transformation Christ brought about in her, there are over 30 people who are attending church today in 2008 because of her testimony. Sure, I was scared when she would whirl and twirl and go into a trance in church and everyone would look at me, waiting to see what I was going to do (I prayed hard), but God has taken that incident and used it as a testimony of His wonderful transforming power. It was no missionary who did anything but Almighty God.” PRAY FOR THIS COUPLE AND THEIR TWO BOYS!

SOUTHEAST ASIA, SAMOAN ISLANDS, Pago Pago. Jim and Emi Civale. They share the following report and prayer needs: Please pray for H. She was saved a few months ago after responding to a chapel message Jim preached at her school. Hannah has been attending our church ever since. Please pray that here parents will allow her to be baptized and added to the church and that they would come to know the Lord, too.” They give the following prayer requests:

1. salvation, baptism, and church membership decisions.
2. continued comfort for Emi and her mother.
3. our children’s walk with the Lord and their grades.
4. more missionaries to be called to the islands.
5. more candidates for the Bible college.
6. Scot and Katie Daku, missionaries to the Samoan Islands who are back in U.S. on deputation.
7. more men and male leadership in the church.
8. better weather and better prices for the fence project; funds to complete the work.

FAR EAST, JAPAN, Nishi ku, Kobe shi. Ralph and Judy Burchell. They give the following prayer requests:

1. For the salvation of the following: Mrs. I, Mr. K, Mrs. B, Mrs. U, Mr. Y, Mr. K, Mr. H and Mr. F.
2. For the following to follow the Lord in believer’s baptism: Mr. O, Mr. T, Mrs. Y, Mrs. I, and her grandson, Mr. I.
3. Pray for special growth for our Christian believers.
4. For our children as they serve the Lord in the USA.

February 1, 2008

THE HUNDRED NATIONS PROJECT–In 2005, BIMI launched this project to expand the ministry from 80+ nations to 100 by the year 2015. Please pray for David Carney who is heading up this ministry. The twenty nations the project has targeted have LITTLE or NO gospel witness. Several missionaries are already on deputation raising funds to serve in these nations. Pray for them.

USA and AROUND THE WOLRD. Chattanooga, TN. Dr. & Mrs. James Ray. Dr. Ray serves as President and General Director of BIMI. The Rays give a summery of their ministry for the past twelve months where they ministered in Missions meetings in over 25 churches across America and spoke in Bible colleges, attended field conferences, and traveled to visit missionaries in Japan. He serves as the Editor of World Magazine and teaches new missionary candidates at the candidate school each year. Along with these activities, he hosts “Moments of Missions,” a five minute radio broadcast that is heard five days a week over 45 stations. They are involved in many other projects and helps in seeing that our missionaries are obeying the Great Commission. During all of these activities, they have had the privilege of seeing approximately 300 decisions for salvation, service and commitment. PRAY FOR BROTHER & MRS. RAY.

EUROPE, ENGLAND, Lincolnshire, Spalding. Glenn and Charlotte Palmer. The Palmers are veteran missionaries and have been busy through the months of November and December. Their Sunday school and church services continue to increase with ten new young people and a family of five now attending. Their daughter, Charity spent the Christmas holidays with them and assisted them in their Christmas play. Charity is completing her Master’s Degree in Music and is seeking the Lord’s will for her life. They ask that you pray for her. They are asking that you pray for them concerning a van, a national pastor for the church, and 12 unsaved families they are ministering to at the present.

USA MILITARY IN JAPAN, Yokosuka–shi, Kanagawa–ken. The Mark & Stephanie Sage Family. An unusual event took place when Stephanie was driving in the rain at about 15 kph and hit a young man. He was taken to the hospital and with minor injuries, however there is a lot of “red tape” involved in all of it with the Sages paying for all the hospital costs. They ask that you pray about this special need.

SOUTHEAST ASIA, Australia, Bertram WA. The Gary Lester Family. The Listers have been using special days as a means of inviting friends [Christian and non–Christians] to participate. At one event, like the America’s Thanksgiving, they invited all the people who had “helped” then in any way during the last year, their doctors, people who regularly check them out at the stores, real estate and rental people, bank tellers, those that sold them appliances and any that had in any way been helpful to them. They had thirteen of them show up. A simple gospel message was given. As a result, their eye doctor would like for to visit in his home sometime in the new year. Please pray for M., [grocery clerk] her boy friend, D. and R., their eye doctor.

SOUTH AMERICA, CHILE, Santiago. The Clifton Booth family. They give the following report and prayer needs, “God has given us a wonderful harvest of souls. In the past few weeks, we have had 22 people accept Christ as their Savior!!! Nine adults and 13 youth. . . I currently have 7 different Bible studies in progress throughout the week with several different families. With time, as these people grow, they will in turn be able to begin teaching others. In addition, we had 7 people present themselves for baptism.”

Their prayer requests at a glance are:

• Continued spiritual growth among our people.
• That God would continue to open the hearts of the people to the Gospel.
• That God would lift us up from health problems that we are having.
• That God would provide for us as the dollar has devaluated nearly 40%.

EAST AFRICA, UGANDA, Soroti. Dan and Amie Dwire. Dan, Amie, Abbie, and Emilie welcome a son and brother, Eric, who was born January 5, 2008. Let them tell of the blessing of the Lord, “While we were in the capital city waiting for Eric’s arrival, we were able to print and assemble the first run of 1000 tracts in Ngakaramojong–the language of the warring tribes to the north of Soroti.” They give the following prayer requests:

• The new orphans and new school year at the Soroti Orphan Assistance Project.
• The electricity supply problems at Calvary Radio.
• The tracts being given out in English, Ateso, Kumam, Luganda, and Ngakaramojong and for the tract translation work in Kiswahili, Langi, and Lugbara.

FAR EAST, JAPAN, Ginowan–Shi, Okinawa–Ken. Dan and Terri Gardner. The Gardners provide the following report: “We are presently planning to put up a temporary meeting place on our new property in the next month. Please pray that all would go well there, then we will move out of our existing meeting place to save $800 a month on rent.

. . .We are also meeting with the architect and the building company trying to work out the details with our building and we would appreciate your continued prayers during this time.

Please pray for our outreach ministries, the one in Hentona, our Sunday school, regular services, our tract and witnessing programs.” They ask that you pray for their son, Joshua who has been diagnosed with diabetes.

FAR NORTH, CANADA, Nova Scotia, Yarmouth. Greg and Tina Chapman. The Chapmans have been on deputation and are about ready to move to Yarmouth. They give the following report, I took a trip up to Nova Scotia the week before Christmas to look for housing. As most of you know from my presentation, there are many houses in the Yarmouth area with 3 and 4 bedrooms, but with just 1 bath. Since four females make up the remainder of my family, our prayer was to be able to find a house we could afford that had 2 bathrooms. I made many contacts over the course of the week, but found nothing concrete. However, I did speak with one gentleman who was preparing to sell a home that met our needs. He took my number and said that if he decided to rent, he would call. I arrived home on Christmas Eve, and the day after Christmas, I received a call from this man saying he had decided to rent! Now all we needed was an affordable price. I spoke with him…and he gave me a price that was exactly what we were looking for. Please pray that nothing happens and that we’ll be able to rent this house if it’s the Lord’s will.” Please pray that a few more church will take to supporting this family.

JEWISH MISSIONS, USA, McDONOUGH, Georgia. Mrs. Marilyn Brennan. Many of the BIMI family have sought to know about Mrs. Brennan. She and her husband, Bob have been faithful servants of the Lord in Brazil as well as here in the states as he was Brazilian Director for many years until the Lord called him home.

Marilyn writes the following report, “The Lord has also given me another ‘family,’–a group of grieving women who need to know the Source of real comfort, encouragement and love. I am amazed at the women the Lord brings into my life. I’m not even sure many times how they came to hear about me, but I thank Him for the privilege. I am finding the more I reach out to help others, the more I am blessed. It is such a thrill to see the Lord working in their lives. I need prayer for boldness and sensitivity. Pray that I won’t feel so rushed or so anxious to make a point that I fail to really listen.” She has been invited by the BIMI Brazilian “family” of missionaries to speak at their annual field conference in March. She will be speaking to the missionary wives. PRAY FOR HER!!

January 7, 2008

EUROPE, SLOVAKIA, Hurbanovo–Bohata. Douglas and Michelle Cook. They give the following report and prayer needs: “We are laboring to sow the Word among the people and using the Christmas season to encourage folks to come to church. It has been difficult and at times discouraging. However, we must press on and continue to witness and share the good news of Christ, the Savior of the world. Over a cup of coffee, I had a very encouraging conversation with two young me. Both have a desire to make a difference and reach their country for Christ. However, they admitted to not knowing where or how to begin or if it could be done. Even Christians appear to have accepted defeat and need to be challenged and encouraged to labor no matter the cost. The fall of communism has brought freedom to the people but bondage spiritually. Many Christians have become lethargic and satisfied with the status quo. Please continue to pray that the Lord will give us wisdom as we minister to the Slovak people, both saved and those without Christ.” PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS FAMILY!

FAR EAST, JAPAN, Aomori. David and Jenny Harris. They give a report of special meetings with Bro. Ron White and Evangelists Mike and Mark Herbster. They were in a revival meeting in Misawa with BIMI Military missionary, Bob Monteith. They give this report: “Although we did not have the numbers not the decisions for which we were praying, we had some miraculous things happen.

First, the weather was great! We had a two foot snowfall for Thanksgiving and a two foot snowfall the week after the meeting, but for the weekend, we had perfect weather.

Another great blessing was seeing a young teenage girl saved after the morning service. H. had attended before with her mother and sister, but they had all stopped coming recently. On that morning she came by herself. After raising her hand in the invitation, Jenny was able to lead her to Christ.”

Another miraculous thing that happened was the attendance of eleven [11] visitors. Nine of them were people with whom we have been working for years, but have never attended a church service before! One couple, the N., attended after just seeing their mother pass away a few weeks before.

Another couple that came is the parents of one of our most faithful members, Bro. Y…We have been praying for them for over 10 years!

His father seemed moved by the Gospel presentation and songs. Please pray for his salvation.” PLEASE PRAY FOR HIM AND THE OTHERS WHO VISITED.

SOUTH EAST ASIA, AUSTRALIA, Victoria, Bayswater North. Robert and Lisa Gunter. The give the following report and prayer request: “In answer to prayer in the last prayer letter, N. N., the deaf girl, trusted Christ as her deliverer. She and her family have been attending the services for the deaf since September. In addition to N., a couple of other people have also trusted Christ when they cam to recent evangelistic meetings. One of them was P. K., whom Robert had witness to earlier in the year. Praise the Lord for these precious soul!

…God has brought several deaf to visit the church. P. brought his friend M., and J. invited C. and her Mom to an Awana activity. Several new ladies have been coming to the afternoon teas. Continue to pray for us as we continue to meet new deaf people, and pray for opportunities to share the Gospel.” PRAY FOR THIS FAITHFUL COUPLE!

USA MILITARY, CALIFORNIA, Ridgecrest. Jason and Kathleen Heneise. The Heneise family recently relocated to work with military in California and give the following report: “Our attendance has been getting close to 20 for the past couple of weeks, so I am hoping to spring over that hurdle this week. We have put nearly 4,000 door packets into the community and have about 6,000 remaining to get out.” They are praising the Lord for two families who have shown great interest in having a fundamental Baptist church in the community. They are asking that you pray for the continued growth of the church and direction for a permanent meeting place.

CARRIBEAN, HAITI. Don and Bridgitt Dryden. The Drydens have faithfully served the Lord in Haiti since 1975. They give the following report: “The churches we have started continue to His glory albeit that a couple have decided to join up with another mission. As least they still minister to the lost and preach the Word. It is a missionary’s joy to see men and women, those whom they have won to the Lord and disciplined in the faith, serving the Lord.

I wish you could have been with us [today is Sunday, December 16th] as we [Eglise Baptiste Independante] walked to the ocean this afternoon and baptized four new Christians. The folk sang there and back! We have 12 in the New Members Class and will baptize them in January if Jesus hasn’t come.” PRAY FOR THEM!

SOUTH AMERICA, PERU, Lima. Rick and Kathy Anderson. The Andersons work with her parents, BIMI missionaries Tom and Carolyn Pace. They give the following report: “A few Sundays ago I had the privilege of baptizing our own Krista. I baptized fourteen people (a total of nineteen were baptized). The exciting thing was that seven of them were students from La Molina Christian Schools. It was encouraging to see some of the results of the ministry of the school in the lives of these children. This year many students and some parents have accepted Christ, including A., a senior who came in the last semester of school. Another was a sixth grade girl, M., who only had this one year in our school. She is the only Christian in her family. Please pray for them.

Along with the help of a few churches, our school put together 681 Christmas boxes to give to children who were affected by the earthquake. The group that went to distribute the boxes had the opportunity to share the Gospel with the children and their parents given them their gifts. Our ten–year–old, Janise, was able to go along to help that day. She came home exhausted but excited.” PRAY FOR THE ANDERSON FAMILY.

BRAZIL, JARDINOPOLIS. Paul and Sharon Pritchard. They write, “Since God called us to the field in 1979, we have had the privilege to see the Lord work in starting churches and calling others to the ministry. And this year Robson Sousa, one of the young preachers from Brazil, went with me with a group from Dr. Paul Prichard’s ministry to evangelize over forty thousand students in Cape Verda, Africa, which is a Portuguese speaking country. We witnessed the Lord’s working in that country with many converts in the schools that we visited. . . We ask for extra prayer to be filled with the Spirit and led by the Spirit so that this great work can reach those that are in darkness.” PRAY FOR THESE VETERAN MISSIONARIES!

EUROPE, UKRAINE. Robert Fuller [Deaf missionary to the deaf]. Robert gives the following report, “The Deaf Couple’s Retreat took place at Evpatoriya. It was organized by S., a deaf Ukrainian pastor. Eight couples attended. The biggest praise was that a deaf man, Z., got saved. . . During the month of November, deaf church had an evangelistic competition. The deaf were divided up into four teams. Each team was encouraged to invite first time visitors, as well as church member that had been absent for awhile. They also memorized many Bible verses. It was a blessing to watch as first time visitors filled the auditorium. The competition was close and it stirred excitement. Praise the Lord, three deaf were saved.” PLEASE PRAY FOR ROBERT!

EUROPE, RUSSIA, SIBERIA, KRASNOYARSK. Duane and Bonnie Hearron. They have an interesting story to share with their prayer requests: “My mother, who with my father visiting this summer, had an unexpected dental accident requiring my parents to lengthen their stay with us. One of our dental appointments happened on an evening when we have our mid–week service.

I sent my father, who speaks some Russian, with D., also a newer church attendee who speak near fluent English, to take the evening service so that I could translate for my mother at the dentist office. I. and his friend, overhearing Dad and D. talking in English as the bus stop, approached them and struck up a conversation. Dad invited them to church that evening.

I. arrived at the service thirty minutes late bringing with him his newly purchased Bible. He promised to come the next Sunday to meet the pastor (me). He attended three weeks of services. On my parents last Sunday with us, I. made the statement that his heart was ready to confess Christ as his own Lord and Savior.’”

September 9, Ivan followed the Lord in believer’s baptism.” PRAY FOR IVAN AND THE HEARRONS AS THEY HAVE RECENTLY PURSHASED AN UNFINISHED HOUSE OF WHICH THEY BELIEVE WILL BE IDEAL FOR THEIR MINISTRY.

FAR NORTH, CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, BURNABY. Russell and Lisa Mackay. They give the following prayer request, “Thank you for praying for K., our piano teacher. Could you please keep praying for her? We cannot begin to tell you all that she has gone thru in the last year. She has never married, so she is alone. Last week she was diagnosed with Lupus. She was supposed to be at our Christmas service last Sunday, but her health would not allow it. She was able to be at our Thanksgiving service. May dad was in town that day and spent 45 minutes witnessing to her after the service. The next week Lisa and I spent two hours witnessing to her at her house. She asked us to get her a Bible and she has been reading it. Our family has grown to love her and our hearts break watching her suffer physically. We know that her suffering is nothing compared to the sufferings of hell. We know how much God could help her and comfort her if she would just turn to Christ and accept Him. Please pray for her!