6/8/07

Praises

Ginger Wood appreciates the prayers lifted on her behalf and she’s excited to report that she accepted a contract on her home this week! Please continue to pray for her as she relocates to the Kansas City area, looks for a new job, new home, etc.

From Tim & Jennifer Baker, Mission Corps Volunteers, who have accepted the executive pastoral position at their home church in Fergus Falls, MN: “We want everyone to know that we are extremely grateful for the support we’ve received and for your generosity and care as we’ve been on the mission field. We leave with somewhat heavy hearts as we have come to love South America. We thank God for the opportunity we’ve had to serve here in Ecuador. We would greatly appreciate your prayers during the next month as we prepare for our July departure. We give God the glory for this opportunity that He is giving to our family to serve Him and the Church of the Nazarene. Love in Christ, Tim, Jennifer, Luke and Hannah”

New Prayer Requests

From Partner Chuck Fuselier: “Please pray for my wife Dena as she has developed an intestinal bleed during the last week. She’s undergone many tests but the results are all negative. She will have more tests, but the GI doctor is stumped. Besides enduring so many tests without results, she has a lot of back and lower quadrant pain. It's been a tough week for our family, but God is our strength!” Dr. Fuselier is from Texarkana, TX, and has brought several medical teams and supplies to Ecuador.

Jen Staudt, Mission Corp Volunteer assigned to the Fischer family, asks for your prayers regarding her grandmother, Florence, who is battling pancreatic cancer. Please also pray for Jen in this difficult time especially since she is away from home.

June Celebrations of our NAF Missionary Family:
· Candace Howard, 6/1
· Courtney Howard, 6/6
· Michele Fischer, 6/6
· Stan & Sherri Hall, 20th ann., 6/27
· Christian Howard, 6/29
· Sherry Howard, 6/29
· Christa Howard, 6/30

Continued Prayer Requests
· Our ministry interns as they work in Ecuador for the summer: Jonathan Hooker, Lisa Dagley, Barron Steele and Bob Huck.
· The Youth in Mission team, originally assigned to Venezuela, are now serving in Guatemala for the summer.
· Please pray for God’s protection during the month of June as there is a large amount of travel among our missionary families.
· We are trying to raise a few Work and Witness teams immediately to complete a project in Cali, Colombia, before November. Please pray that God will send us the right groups for this project.
· Craig Zickefoose during his current medical leave.
· The leadership in Venezuela during the absence of missionary staff.
· Fischer family while on Home Assignment, 5/1-8/13, and for their daughter, Michelle, as she transitions to MANU in the fall.
· Dwight and Carolyn Rich while on Home Assignment, 5/1-6/15.
· The Zickefooses’ daughters, Brianna and Andrea, who are both expecting babies this year.
· The leadership and future students of NILI (Nazarene International Language Institute) being developed on our Seminary campus in Quito, Ecuador.
· The leadership of our Venezuelan pastors and for the funding of national ministries.
· The leadership throughout Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela as they seek to do God’s will.