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| Prayer Journal - January 2012 |
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1 AFRICA Zimbabwe/Mozambique Our Annual Conference is January 2-6, 2012. Pray that this would be a great week together as TEAM family and that each person would leave refreshed and encouraged. 2 PAPUA Teresa Rhoads writes, “I have returned to Papua, Indonesia for my last term. I will be retiring from the Papua ministry October 2013. Please pray as I prayerfully consider priorities on what God wants to see accomplished concerning the continued spiritual growth and development of the Meyah believers.” 3 US The leaders of TEAM have re-committed the organization to a value that has historically been true within TEAM. That value is the high importance of serving the Body of Christ on the sending-side of the missionary equation in a direct and relational way. Please pray for TEAM representatives in the coming months who are personally visiting missions leaders in local churches across North America in order to determine how the Lord would have TEAM best serve them as they obey the his Great Commission. 4 SPAIN Jay and Carolyn Sensenig write, “Pray for several church planting/team development events at Oasis Church planned for late January. Each team has its special needs and personality. Pray for wisdom to assess well where each team is in its relationships and ministry and how we can guide them to even more effectiveness.” 5 JAPAN Tim Cole writes, “Pray for much impact and fruit from Family Forum, Japan's new radio broadcast, aired 3 times a week in the tsunami hit regions of Northeast Japan. Also pray for FFJ's financial situation, which has been hit hard by the earthquake/tsunami disaster. We currently need approx. $60,000 to catch up on staff salaries and reprint out-of-print resources.” 6 MEXICO Art and Vicki Reyes write, “What is this? Is this a church? Two neighbors stopped and asked as we were leaving after church the first Sunday service at our new land. After a few Bible studies with one of our members, Susie and Fatima decided to become sisters in Christ. Pray as they and two teens plan to be baptized.” 7 AUSTRIA The Chadwicks are getting close to leaving for Austria. Pray that their residency visa will be approved soon so they can make their moving and flight plans. They hope their oldest child, Ellison can start school at the beginning of the second semester. Please pray also for the remaining support to come in so that they can get a good start in Vienna. 8 US TEAMServe will have an Orientation on Jan 10-13. This will be a 4-day intensive, pre-departure preparation event for those leaving for their short-term assignments around the world. Pray that the TEAMServers who attend would be surrendered to Christ and open to all he has for them – even long-term service! 9 MIDDLE EAST Workers write, “Two months ago today, we had the Whole Heart Seminar. About 80 saints showed up and it went really well. The teaching was great with the attendees very engaged. Many were interested to learn more about applying the Biblical principles and being set free. Pray that the saints will be blessed in their own walks with the Lord and be more effective in ministry.” 10 AFRICA Zimbabwe Please continue to pray for a new principal for the Harare Theological College who can take over in 2012. Also pray for HTC's new Cambridge Diploma in Business Studies program starting in January 2012. 11 US Dawn McCordic’s Birthday is Jan 11. This is the first birthday since Ross, TEAM Sr. Director, went home to glory. Pray for God’s grace in Dawn’s life and for her sons. 12 APPOINTEES Pray for Ryan Kennedy who is heading to Papua, Indonesia to use his skills and gifts of evangelism to reach others for Christ and mentor Indonesian young people to do the same. Ryan is contacting churches and individuals to assemble his support team. 13 SOUTH ASIA Workers write, “We met three couples and several single physicians at the Global Missions Health Conference this month who were willing to consider service in South Asia. Pray for these and many others as they seek God’s direction for their future, whether with us or in other corners of our needy world.” 14 PHILIPPINES Please pray for continued growth of new believers among the various people groups here; that they would stand firm in their new faith in Jesus and be bold witnesses to their families. 15 AUSTRIA Dan and Rachel Zuch write, “A baptismal service will take place on January 15 in the Beheimgasse Church. The baptismal preparation course for those who want to be baptized has gone well, but with two individuals there are some important life issues that need to be discussed further. Please pray for God's help for Dan as he guides the ongoing conversations.” 16 AUSTRALIA Ray and Marti Williams write, “Pray for Ray as he works with Geneva Push (an Australian Church Planting Organization) and with a couple of new church plants that will be starting up in the coming year.” 17 NORTH ASIA Workers write, “Our house church needs mature indigenous leadership to emerge. Specially, pray that two people we have in mind will continue to mature and become model leaders in the church plant. Ask that our ministry team will be more effective in reaching men with the Gospel. So many are in addictive, dysfunctional lifestyles. Generally, in our area, women are much more accessible and aware of their spiritual need.” 18 JAPAN Linda Liljequist writes, “Pray that the Christians in Shinminato Christ Church would be encouraged and remain faithful. Most of them are the only Christian in their family. Pray especially for Mrs. Shibutani, who is a new Christian and for Mrs. Kataoka, who wants to become a Christian because of the witness of her daughter, Yoshie, but doesn’t understand the Gospel and is studying the Bible with Pastor Hoshino.” 19 APPOINTEES Pray for Andy and Jaycie Johnson as they wait for visas for Jaycie and their three young girls. Andy’s visa has been granted, but the rest of the family is now in process. The Johnsons want to leave for Italy to begin language study. A small amount of financial support and the visa are their last two hurdles. 20 THAILAND Missionaries working in Thailand will be gathering for their Annual Conference January 20-22. Pray for wisdom as they make plans for the coming year, good health for all – especially the kids, and spiritual refreshment as they spend time in the Word and in prayer. 21 SWEDEN Beth Webster writes, “New Life Church is praising God for providing the down payment for a new building. Please pray for the congregation as we renovate a warehouse, allocating space for the activities of the church, while continuing ministry at our present location through the end of February. Pray that this intense period will draw us together as a fellowship and ignite new vision for how we as a church can serve the community.” 22 NORTH ASIA/US Phil Schwab writes, “A young man from North Asia, is in his second year at Moody Graduate School. Pray that he will be encouraged and stay focused in his preparation for missionary service.” 23 SOUTH ASIA Workers write, “We learned of two nationals from our area who have fled the country under death threats from their families. Pray for these men whose wives and children remain in South Asia and hope to be reunited. Pray for the many other nationals who struggle to figure out how to carefully share their faith while under the scrutiny of more radical elements around them. 24 SPAIN Jay and Carolyn Sensenig write, “Pray for wisdom as we mentor 6-8 young leaders either in Oasis Madrid Church or in mission organizations located in Madrid. Ask God for wisdom to listen and counsel well.” 25 PAPUA Walter Kennedy writes, “I will be working with the men doing the upgrade for our hydro-electric system that the government has funded. We hope to have full-time electricity for the Hatam Bible School up and running by the February session.” 26 CZECH REPUBLIC Larry and Michelle Davies write, “We recently voted for our new leadership team. As a result, Larry was voted as the leader of the Czech Ministry area. He is excited about his new role and needs your prayers as his responsibilities have increased. He will be providing pastoral care and leading and directing the vision of the ministry area.” 27 JAPAN Paul and Violette Bridgman write, “Pray for our 54 English students. Three of them come to church, but so far only one of them has accepted Christ. Pray for their spiritual eyes to be opened.” 28 US On Jan 29 Dave and Jonathan Davis are “team-preaching” (a first) for three services at First Baptist Church mission’s conference. Pray for God’s work to be accomplished. 29 AUSTRALIA Bob Vajko, team church planting consultant, will be in Australia Jan 29 to teach the book of Acts in a 5-day intensive course at the Adelaide College of Ministries and will then be working with the Life Church in Adelaide. This church has planted two daughter churches and wants to continue multiplying. Pray that this seminar will make a difference in lives and that the training for Life Church will help them in their church multiplication. 30 MIDDLE EAST 16 months after closing the Cultural Center for construction, we finally were able to receive our permit of occupancy. This means that we can now do as we like to the building. We can now end a difficult chapter and strained relationship with our architect/builder. We praise God for softening hearts, expanding his church, and proving that he is in control. We pray that the improved Cultural Center will be a brighter light to the people in this part of the world. 31 THAILAND Kennedy and Wendy Paizs write, Recently I (Kennedy) was invited to be involved in a teaching time to help some young Thai believers to be challenged to be ‘doers’ of the word and not just ‘hearers.’ We challenged them to write their testimony, pick people to share it with and go out and share it with Buddhist people. We helped them see how to start a small group and begin a discipleship process of new believers that multiplies. Wendy and I both have been trying to practice these things personally. It was an exciting time to introduce some art work that I have done to share the Gospel in a more contextualized way. One man who is Thai and more of an evangelist mentioned that my painting was an answer to prayer for him and he was very excited to use the ideas behind it to share Christ with others. Other believers with a Buddhist background found this painting exciting and it helped them understand the Gospel better too. If you’re interested in seeing this painting I am going to post it on my artist website: artscapesofthailand.artistwebsites.com. Please pray for the Paizs family as they share Christ through art, music and personal relationships in their community in Thailand. |
