Prayer Requests and Praises for 10/20/06

Dear North Andean Field prayer partners,
Many of you responded to last week’s prayer email, letting us know that you were praying. You have our deepest gratitude for your faithfulness to our mission. May God bless you in a special way this week!

Praises:

• The personal evangelism training in Shell, Ecuador, went well with 29 people praying for salvation. Please pray for these new converts. About 35 people attended the evangelism training and four seminary students participated in leading the sessions. Please pray that the training will not go void but that these fishermen will continue to catch new fish.

New Prayer Requests:

• Please pray for a national pastors and leaders retreat beginning Thursday evening and ending Saturday at noon (Oct. 19-21). We expect around 100 participants at our campgrounds in Santo Domingo. The senior pastor and three key leaders from our large church in Cali, Colombia, will lead the retreat. Help us pray for a great outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit upon us all.
  
• We would like to request prayer on behalf of Tim and Jennifer Baker. Their assignment as Mission Corps volunteers is to promote and manage our conference center so that it can produce the finances for the Seminary as we believe that it can. They were able to raise some funding before they came which helped them purchase a vehicle for their ministry here.
  
  In trying to pass the inspection process for licensing purposes, it has been discovered that a significant part of the motor needs to be overhauled. The motor is dismantled and parts are being purchased. It looks like the total cost is going to be around $2000. If the Lord would lead you to help the Bakers with this, please send a donation through the NAF partnership and label it for the Baker’s vehicle. (For specific instructions about sending donations, click on the “How to Support Our Ministry” link.) Thank you for praying for them during this frustrating time.
  
• Pray for the safety of Mary Hall (missionary kid, age 13) who is traveling Thursday through Saturday (Oct. 19-21) to Guayaquil, Ecuador, for a soccer tournament with her school.

Continued Prayer Requests:

• Pray for the recovery efforts in southern Ecuador after the last volcano eruption and for the Riobamba church as it continues to serve those in need.
  
• Pray for the leadership throughout Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela as they seek to do God’s will in these countries.
  
• Pray for the safety of each missionary family serving in the North Andean Field.

New Prayer Requests

Pray for Stan Hall as he travels to Shell, Ecuador, October 12-15, to provide training in personal evangelism and street witnessing. Pray for the layleaders in the church as they learn a new way to share their faith and pray that many people will hear and respond to the Good News.

Pray for the Sun City, AZ, Work & Witness team as they travel back to their homes today (10/13). We thank God for the work they did on the Eucalyptus church in Quito.

Pray for the upcoming Leadership Retreat with Cali leaders taking place Oct. 19-21.

Continued Prayer Requests

Pray for the recovery efforts in southern Ecuador after the last volcano eruption. The Riobamba church continues to be a center of hope where people can get food, clothing, medical attention and other necessities.

Pray for the leadership throughout Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela as they seek to do God’s will in these countries.

Pray for the safety of each missionary family serving in the North Andean Field.

Praises

We praise God for the way he has answered our prayers for Candace Howard (age 8). Candace has been diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Currently she is taking medicine to control her thyroid and to diminish the growths in her neck. Her parents are also consulting a U.S. doctor (that works with World Mission employees) for a second opinion. Candace also has asthma, so continue to keep her in your prayers as she deals with these different symptoms.

Hannah Baker (age 8) is almost completely well after suffering from the herpes virus that attacked her nerve endings and caused lesions to grow on her arms. The doctors believe that she will not have any long-term effects. We praise God!

We praise God for the Mission Corps missionaries now serving in Quito: the Baker family and Ginger Wood. An introduction to these missionaries are found in a earlier posting (below).