2/23/07

Praises
· From Bruce and Cinda McKellips: “We are happy to announce the birth of our second grandson to Michael and Brooke. His name is Blake Phillip McKellips. He weighed 8lbs, 8oz, and was 19 ½ in long. He was born on Friday, Feb 16th at 12:50pm (Central time). He is very healthy. Both Brooke and Blake are doing great. Thank you for your prayers last Friday as everything went very well.”

· We celebrate with Dana and Sherry Howard as they meet the General Board to be commissioned as career missionaries in Kansas City, MO, this week. Please pray for God’s help and blessing as they are interviewed for this important step in their lives.

· We thank God for his presence at our National Youth Leadership Congress held last weekend and for the young leaders that attended.

· We praise the Lord for the W&W team of youth and adults from Maine District that recently came to Venezuela. They worked hard and had a desire to serve in all areas of ministry. We were blessed as they shared their stories of how the Lord has performed many miracles in their lives. May God bless them as they return to their homes and continue to work in their own mission fields.

· Marion Rich, Dwight’s mother, has recuperated so well that she was able to attend the M7 Conference in Kansas City this week.

New Prayer Requests
· Please keep Dwight Rich and Stan Hall in your prayers as they travel to Macas, Ecuador, this weekend (2/23 – 26) to attend a District Assembly and various meetings. Pray also for God’s direction during these meetings.

· Pray that God will send a couple to serve as assistants at the Venezuelan Campground. Pray that this couple will see it as a ministry and a way to serve the Lord and the Christians that stay at the campground.

· Gail Zickefoose recently polled local pastors in Venezuela. The survey revealed needs in the following areas:
o Renewal in the devotional life of the minister
o Develop and multiply leaders
o Balance ministry with family and marriage needs
o Economic security and personal finances
o Time management
o Live a holy life in today’s world
o Adapt ministry to the post modern world
o Balance evangelism with discipleship
Please pray for wisdom and direction as the Zickefooses work with these pastors to help them meet these needs.

Continued Prayer Requests
· District Assemblies in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela will be held from 2/4 until 3/6. For a specific list of dates and locations, please go to www.andeanadventure.blogspot.com and click on the “Prayer Requests & Praise” link. You’ll find the information in the 1/19/07 listing.
· We would appreciate your prayers for Dr. James Diehl and Dr. Christian Sarmiento and all of the meetings and services they will be involved in during March (in Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador).
· Diane Wright as she continues strenuous therapy for her broken leg.
· The Dana Howard family on home assignment.
· The leadership throughout Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela as they seek to do God’s will.