Sunday, July 02, 2006

Praises to the Lord:
  1. We arrived safely from the US last week and were blessed with a really fruitful time while in the states
  2. Things are well underway for the pastor's conference we have been planning that starts TOMORROW! (Tuesday July 4)
  3. 4 of the scheduled speakers from the US have arrived safely, and have been able to see various ministries here during these past several days.
  4. There are now at least 150+ attendees registered.
  5. Praise God for all the hard work put in by the Petra Foundation and GCF in coordinating the details of registration, facilities, scheduling, etc.

Please pray with us:

  1. For God's hand on every aspect of the conference - that the ministry leaders who attend would be greatly blessed.
  2. Pray for the two key speakers (Dr. Montoya and Dr. Ardavanis) who have yet to arrive from the states. They will arrive the morning of the conference, and are scheduled to speak within a few hours for landing. Please pray that God would give them energy and power after their 18 hour flight.
  3. Please pray also that there would be no flight delays so that they can make it on time for their speaking time.
  4. Pray for Sean as he prepares for his own seminar, and also prepares to be the understudy for Dr. Montoya in case there are any problems with his flight.
  5. Pray for our housing situation. We have been blessed with the opportunity to house in our home 7 people who coming from 9 hours away to attend the 3 day conference this week. This is in addition to the 3 guests we already have with us from the U.S. Please pray that we can make them all as comfortable as possible and that they would be blessed by their stay with us.
  6. Pray for Ate Dora (who lives in the community under the Bridge). She was taken to the hospital recently and now walks with a cain. She will need to be taken back to the hospital for a CT scan and more tests. Pray that we might be able to help her with that and that the Lord would provide us with the time to do so given the current busyness of our schedule.
  7. Pray for our schedule in general, besides the conference, we have many houseguests and then another conference next week.
  8. Please continue to pray for the health of this little baby who is actively moving and kicking inside Jessica's tummy. The baby will be arriving in less than 9 weeks!