8/17/07

Announcement
While most of you are aware of the following news, we want to make it official. Bruce & Cinda McKellips will leave for Home Assignment on September 1. At the conclusion of that time they will go on staff with Bruce’s father at the Sun City Church of the Nazarene in Arizona. They will be greatly missed after investing 13 years in Ecuador. Their contribution to the building of God’s Kingdom has been very significant.

On December 1, we will welcome Jon and Shirley Fischer as Work & Witness Coordinators in Ecuador. They have served around 10 years in Venezuela as NIVS and later as global missionaries. They will be missed in Venezuela where they have made an impact.
We request prayer for both families during this time of transition and also for the national church in each country.

Praises
· We are thankful for another successful Alerta Juvenil (Youth Alert) held last weekend. We had record attendance and wonderful times at the altar. On Saturday the youth participated in street evangelism or service projects, and we heard many testimonies of how God used this time to speak to their hearts about His calling on their lives.

· Update from NAF Partners Joe & Virginia Roberts: “Thank you for your prayers this week—we could really feel them. On Tuesday we arrived at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. We were shocked when we saw Tammy because she had lost so much weight, her balance was off, her vision was blurry and she was very weak. She was assigned a primary doctor plus she saw 7 or 8 specialists and had a lot of blood tests, sonograms and cat scans. We had a full day every day. By Friday we went back to the internist. She had gained 4 pounds and was so much perkier. The doctor found no cancer or lack of her body receiving nutrients. He gave her a body strengthening regimen to increase her strength. We thank God that there was no disease in her body, and we pray that the strengthening regimen will work. Thanks again for your love, prayers and concern.”

· Three churches have taken the challenge to help us with the Cali construction project—Texarkana, AR, Cathedral Heights; Flint Central, MI; and Garden City, KS. They will work together from September 29 to October 11. Let’s life them up in prayer as they prepare to go and as they work on this important project.

New Prayer Requests
· Please be in prayer for Felix Vargas as he is trying to obtain a visa to go to the States in order to speak at our upcoming NAF Partnership meeting. He goes to the Embassy on August 28th.

· We would appreciate your prayers for our upcoming camps in Venezuela and especially for traveling safety for those traveling near and far to attend the camps:
o Older Children’s Camp (ages 11-14), 8/20-26, Speaker: Jose David Acosta.
o Youth Camp, 8/27 – 9/1, Speaker: Rodrigo Olmedo
o Family and Children, 9/3-8, Speaker: Adalberto Herrera

August Celebrations of our NAF Missionary Family:
8/3 Dwight & Carolyn Richs’ Anniversary
8/7 Luis Meza
8/15 Landon Hall
8/16 Krista Fischer
8/20 Carolyn Rich
8/26 Sherri Hall

Continued Prayer Requests
· The Zickefooses’ daughter, Brianna, who is expecting.
· 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.