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November 14, 2010 Prayer Note

November 14, 2010 Prayer Note

Dear Family & Friends,

“But he said to them, ‘It is I. Do not be afraid.’  Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat came to the land where they had been heading.”  John 6:20-21

The above passage is part of the Apostle John’s testimony of the Jesus walking on the water.  It is interesting that Jesus sent them out onto the lake and into the storm himself.  Then when He joined them in the boat they came to their destination.  So many times in life we are like the men in the boat.  We are headed in the direction that is pleasing to God, but we insist on using our own strength, ingenuity, … to get there.  We struggle until we are exhausted, then finally we ask God for help, “take Him into the boat.”  It is amazing we arrive at the destination with much less strain and effort.  Let us learn to invite Jesus into our boat as we start each day.

We praise the Lord for the good fellowship that the Eternal Light congregation had last weekend.  Thirty-five people in all attended.  This represented the majority of our weekly attenders.  We praise the Lord that one of the non-Christian husbands, Jared Ke, attended with his family.

Both the Eternal Light congregation and the Good News congregation are planning Christmas outreach activities.  This year the Good News congregation is going to assist with Eternal Light’s program.  We are grateful for the willingness of the congregations to work together to share the gospel message.  Eternal Light’s program will be on Sunday evening the 19th of December.  Good News’ program will be on the evening of Christmas Day.  (Yes, the culture is a little different about the Christmas holiday.)  Please join us in prayer as the congregations prepare for these programs.

We are so thankful for your prayers on Cheryl and our family’s behalf.  Cheryl came through the surgery very well.  We believe her recovery is going very well also.  Please pray that we will have wisdom as she slowly increases her activities.

Please pray for the His Hands ministry.  There are many things happening at this time.  One of the moms that recently gave birth, came to His Hands due to abuse by her boyfriend.  Since giving birth just over a week ago,  he has threatened her, as well as a friend that has supported her throughout the pregnancy.  This is all very disturbing for everyone involved.  Please pray for protection of this mom, the baby, the friend, and those involved at His Hands.  There is also good news.  His Hands has found a larger place, with a landlord that will provide His Hands with a five year contract.  This will allow the ministry to proceed with the application to be a licensed children’s home.  Please pray that this application process will go smoothly and quickly.

Recently in our monthly financial reports, we have reported the need to pay for our children’s second semester tuition and to be saving for airline tickets.  During the past month we received two unexpected donations from two our supporting churches for a total of $3,000 US.  That amount is over half of the total for the tuition.  Praise the Lord!

Thank you so much for your prayers.

God Bless,

John & Cheryl

1.  Pray that Jesus travels with you everyday in your boat.

2.  Praise God for a good fellowship outing.

3.  Pray for our upcoming Christmas outreach activities.

4.  Praise God for Cheryl’s lack of pain and pray for a continued smooth recovery.

5.  Please pray for the safety of this mom and everyone involved with her case.  Please pray as well for the rental agreement and application for the children’s home license all to be completed smoothly & quickly for His Hands.

6.  We praise God for the additional donations received recently.

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