3/23/07

Praises
· We praise God for the 96 women who attended the Women’s Retreat last weekend in Santa Domingo, Ecuador. Many of the attendees expressed that the retreat was a real blessing in their lives.

· We are thankful that the recent meetings with Venezuela leaders and their pastors’ retreat all went well, and that there is a genuine excitement about serving the Lord in the coming year.

New Prayer Requests
· A medical team will hold clinics in conjunction with churches in the Otavalo, Ecuador, area during 3/24-4/1. This unique team provides a tremendous amount of triage care, donated medicines and supplies, and hygiene education.

· Please pray for a personal understanding of holiness among our Venezuelan pastors and for the funding of national ministries.

· NILI (Nazarene International Language Institute) is a new study-abroad, total immersion Spanish language program designed for Nazarene University students to attend on our Seminary campus in Quito, Ecuador. Please pray for the leadership, development and future students of this institute. NILI’s goal is to raise sufficient finances for more national students to be able to attend the Seminary. Also, please share our website with any Nazarene University student who may be interested in a Spanish language study-abroad program: www.studyinecuador.blogspot.com.

· Please pray for Dwight Rich, Stan Hall and Edgar Baldeón (Academic Dean) as they travel to and attend the Global Theology Conference in Amsterdam, 3/31-4/4.

Continued Prayer Requests
· Partner Jeane Taylor, diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia which is a serious condition.
· Stan Hall teaching personal evangelism classes in Shell, Ecuador this weekend.
· Craig and Gail Zickefoose teaching classes in different parts of the Lago district in Venezuela beginning 3/26.
· The ministry team from Mt. Vernon University working in Achaguas, Venezuela, 3/16-26.
· An open position for a teacher at Alliance Academy in Quito during the 2007-2008 school year (http://www.alliance.k12.ec/).
· An open position for a couple to serve as assistants at the Venezuelan campground.
· Dana and Sherry Howard and family while on Home Assignment.
· The leadership throughout Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela as they seek to do God’s will.