Weekly Prayer DigestHelping you pray around the ABWE world.
I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge and discretion. The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate. Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, I have strength. —Proverbs 8:12-14
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The initiative and industry of the four million people is an asset to the ABWE goal of church planting. ABWE missionaries have found the Togolese people very responsive to the gospel, therefore, they are eager and zealous to open new ministries on their own. Church planters are needed to execute the plan to multiply churches in the urban centers.
Pray for Togo | Learn more about Togo | Opportunities to serve in Togo
Peter and Janice Maybury
Peter and Janice Maybury (North Togo) ask for God’s favor with the government to avoid paying expensive import duties for the hospital construction. Volunteer workers will soon arrive from the US to assist with the building project. They hope to have three buildings ready for their roofs by the end of this month. Pray that God will touch the lives of the children and their parents involved with the Kid’s club.
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Papua New Guinea, a fairly youthful member of the world community of nations, occupies the Eastern half of the Island of New Guinea. The world's second-largest island stretches like a 1500-mile-long bird across the tropical Pacific. Its mountains and valleys, jungles, and South Sea shores are a tourist's and anthropologist's dream in today's progressive world.
Pray for Papua New Guinea | Learn more about Papua New Guinea | Opportunities to serve in Papua New Guinea
Bill and Lori Smith
Goroka Baptist Bible College needs to start construction on new facilities in June 2010 which means that they need to purchase materials as soon as possible. They are looking for help from two building teams to come out in June and July 2010 to help with the buildings. Pray that God will allow them to purchase the land across the road from the campus and then allow them to start developing that land.
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ABWE was born in Iloilo, the "Queen City of the South," on the island of Panay. ABWE-Philippines has one unified field council spanning the nation with committees relating to on-going strategic ministries throughout the archipelago. These missionaries serve on the islands of Luzon, Palawan, Panay, Leyte, and Mindanao.
Pray for Philippines | Learn more about Philippines | Opportunities to serve in Philippines
Jim and Esther Entner
Dr. Jim and Esther Entner (retired) arrived back in the Philippines for their first visit since leaving the field in 1998. They are asking the Lord to provide them with a three month visa.
Phil and Barb Klumpp
Phil and Barb Klumpp have a ministry of discipleship and teaching the more than 100 students at Bukidnon Seminary. Pray for the Lord’s will to be done in their housing situation. They have had to make two moves in the past two months. They would like to stay in their current house as they continue to teach at the Seminary.
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ABWE personnel plan to establish Baptist churches, train national leaders through theological education by extension, and start works among the youth of Nicaragua, where almost half of the population is under the age of fifteen.
Pray for Nicaragua | Learn more about Nicaragua | Opportunities to serve in Nicaragua
Steve and Terri Robinson
Thanks for your prayers for Terri's mom. She made it through the 8+ hour surgery, and is trying to manage pain and be comfortable at this point today. The construction of a ranchon (a tile-roofed pavilion) is almost complete at the Las Flores church-planting site. Now the people will have a covered area to meet, and we are looking forward to ministering in the community there with a medical team in May. Prayers for Steve are appreciated as he continues in the ministry in Nicaragua while Terri and Kellan are in the US. He is hosting Pat and Bonnie Ryal, their newest Nicaragua teammates, and helping them get settled in their new environment.
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ABWE missionaries will assist in training national leaders in Trinidad & Tobago. Additional personnel are needed to help local pastors broaden their knowledge base and reach their country for Christ.
Pray for Trinidad and Tobago | Learn more about Trinidad and Tobago | Opportunities to serve in Trinidad and Tobago
Timothy Bahula
Jane has been diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic colon cancer. Not only is there cancer in Jane’s colon, the CT scan revealed spots on her liver that seem to be cancerous. While a surgical removal of the colon and chemotherapy will both likely be prescribed, the exact course of intervention still needs to be set. They will meet with Dr. Ott this week to discuss the treatment.
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England Collapse
ABWE missionaries are mainly working in the southwest counties of England, with the city of Bristol as their base. They use a variety of evangelistic strategies, all designed to establish Bible-believing Baptist churches and to rebuild those churches currently in a state of decline.
Pray for England | Learn more about England | Opportunities to serve in England
Jeff and Rachel Lee
Jeffrey and Rachel Lee’s shipping container will depart on February 9. They need to raise $176.00 in monthly support. Their plane ticket is for March 8.
Romania Collapse
Romania is a key country in the region of Central and Eastern Europe for the expansion of church planting and missions. With this in mind, the team at ABWE is committed to mobilizing church planting missions movements in partnership with the Romanian church. The realization of God's glory is through evangelizing the nations, training godly leaders, planting and nurturing local churches, and equipping and facilitating the sending of Romanian missionaries.
Pray for Romania | Learn more about Romania | Opportunities to serve in Romania
Mike and Marylou Rummey
Mike and Mary Lou Rummey returned to Romania from their furlough ministry last week. They will have a visit from a potential future teammate this month. The Rummeys will be attending a planning meeting with Romania South team leaders February 18, 19.
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ABWE works in nine areas of this vast country.
Pray for Brazil | Learn more about Brazil | Opportunities to serve in Brazil
Robert and Karen Hamilton
Bob’s younger sister, Lois collapsed from a brain aneurism. She was with her husband Steve, who took her immediately to the hospital. They worked for hours trying to save her, but she went on to heaven about midnight. Bob was able to attend her funeral on Friday, January 29. Please pray for Lois’s family.
Steve and Mendi Everett
The baseball ministry has been getting news coverage. This is
a wonderful opportunity to gain more contacts and use the means of sports in order to build relationships and share the gospel. Pray for the youth retreat this month and for opportunities to influence youth for Christ.
Chile Collapse
The capital city of Santiago has been the center of ABWE ministries for years. Santiago has a European lifestyle and many large shopping malls can be found in the city. Many nationally pastored churches exist along with a thriving seminary program with three annex ministries. The ABWE Team however is extending ministries to Northern Chile where a team of missionaries serves in the city of Iquique. The team will extend to the south with a ministry to the Mapuche Indians. Adelphos Chile, a national mission board established in 1993 with 140+ missionaries serving in nine countries of the world, contributes to an ongoing national mission’s movement for the glory of God.
Pray for Chile | Learn more about Chile | Opportunities to serve in Chile
Pedro and Stephanie Garcia
Pedro and Stephanie Garcia are back in Chile after uniting with their adopted sons from Haiti. Please continue to pray for this time of transition the family. Their older children now have to adapt to new roles.
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The country most known for negative news and experiences is the country that most experiences rich spiritual blessings in a growing church planting movement context. ABWE missionaries and national pastors function together to minister to Bogota’s growing population of 10 million + people. Located at 8,500+ feet, Bogota offers an ideal spring-like climate year round. Other areas are being reached by national/missionary partnerships including cities like Medellin. A national mission board also provides vision to expand to other parts of Colombia and the world.
Pray for Colombia | Learn more about Colombia | Opportunities to serve in Colombia
Scott and Laura Carter
Scott and Laura Carter concluded their furlough ministry and returned to Colombia last week. They will begin a new church planting effort in Santa Marta and would like to ask for your prayers as they seek to reach Colombians with the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Four cities in Peru serve as the centers for outreach to Peru’s vast population areas. (1)The Amazon River basin presents a jungle style of ministry including launch ministries to river villages and an urban style of ministry in Iquitos where the first missionaries arrived in 1939. Both in the city and along the river, opportunities exist to partner with and train nationals. (2) The coastal city of Chiclayo presents the challenge from upper class ministry and the use of an airplane to reach the mountainous areas. (3) The capital city of Lima has a variety of ministry opportunities described on their web page. (4) Arequipa provides a quaint historical setting for ministry with national partners.
Pray for Peru | Learn more about Peru | Opportunities to serve in Peru
Lynn Porter
Lynn Porter will be making several follow-up visits to the river towns where deaf friends live. The visit to Mazan has already been set for March 13. In April, she plans to visit Gallito/Panguana. There are three more deaf there who did not make it to the retreat. Lynn is currently in Lima for a medical check on a lump discovered in her breast. She writes, “I am hoping and praying that He will allow everything to check out benign. However He is the Lord of the harvest and knows what is best, and I will accept His decisions for my future. Thank you for your prayers!”