Praises and Prayer Requests for 11/26/06

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it” (William Arthur Ward). During this Thanksgiving holiday, the missionary team would like to express our thankfulness for your weekly gift of prayer. May God also bless you in a special way.

Praises:
· We thank God for touching Dwight’s body. On Tuesday morning the kidney stone passed after he attempted a home remedy. You must drink a six pack of Coca Cola within 2 hours, then eat a pound of asparagus, and then over the next 24 hours drink at least a gallon of water. It worked!
· Thank you for your prayers for the national leadership-training event last weekend. 67 pastors attended. Each of the 6 expositors did a tremendous job presenting the new John Maxwell Leadership materials. There were many positive testimonies of what the event meant to each one.

Pray for:
· We request immediate, urgent prayer for Marion Rich, Dwight’s mother. Marion passed out on Wednesday evening and was taken to the hospital. Through a series of events she had a seizure and is in ICU. She seems to be stable. Last week and into this week she had been suffering with flu. Thank you for praying.
· Pray for our graduating seminary students as they finish their final projects and prepare to leave the seminary to serve. Pray also for all participants in the upcoming graduation service, Friday, 12/1.

Continued Prayer Requests:
· Luis (Lucho) Flores, one of our construction workers, as he recovers from a broken collarbone.
· Bruce McKellips as he continues to recover from rotator cuff surgery.
· Craig and Gail Zickefoose while they’re on home assignment.
· The leadership throughout Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela as they seek to do God’s will.