10/03/08

Prayer Requests

·      This Sunday, 10/5, the churches on the Costa (Guayaquil) district are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Church of the Nazarene.  The Costa Norte district is also celebrating with a parade and TV coverage.  Please pray for God’s blessings upon these events and for those participating and traveling.

·      Please remember the NILI staff and students that are traveling to Riobamba this weekend for church services and a time of tourism.

·      Pray for Jen Staudt, Mission Corps volunteer serving in Ecuador, as she returns to the States for a time of rest and fundraising.  Her plan is to return to Quito in January 2009.

·      NAF Partner Virgina Roberts requests prayer as she has been diagnosed with cancer in the muscle of her shoulder and possibly her lungs.  She is undergoing tests this week to determine her treatment.  Her request is to “pray that God will take this away and the doctors won’t find anything.”

Continued Prayer Requests

·      The Howard family on Home Assignment until the end of December.

·      That Felix Vargas would receive a U.S. presidential pardon and be able to return to the U.S. one day.

·      That Vladimir Alulema will walk again and that his entire family will come back to the Lord.

·      NILI:  recruiting students and building relationships with partnering universities.

·      The school year for our Seminary and our extension programs in all three countries.

·      The leadership throughout Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela as they seek to do God’s will.