Hi friends,
Just a quick note and some prayer points. Sorry that there are no more posts coming up on the blog. We had created posts to go on and scheduled them to be published over the next 7 weeks. We have since found out that this particular function on the website has problems and is being addressed. That being said we have asked some folks to go ahead and publish those posts manually for us. That may mean the all come at once instead of weekly, so sorry about that, but at least you may still have the info to pray for the lost amongst the Mengen.
Please pray
1) It’s rainy monsoon season, and we are finding it very hard to get clothes dried and with the humidity the mould is starting to grow. Please pray for some sun for us and less rain. To add injury to insult a friendly rat made a nest in a clothes dryer that some friends gave to us and fried the thing, so we really need the sun.
2) There is lots of growth in the church, but persecution seems to come in waves so please pray for us right now. There are customs in the village and believers are getting a hard time because of this. They are young in their faith and a few are being pulled into sin. Pray for Merenge who we have mentioned before that he will be restored and come back into fellowship; he is ashamed because of his sin and this is making him stay away from us and the church. Pray we can reconcile this all today and remind him of the unending grace of the Lord.
3) Pray that Annika and I will progress well in language. That we will be motivated and make good plans that help us to advance quickly. Pray for language helpers to be faithful in coming.
4) We praise the Lord we have settled well into life here again and that bar a few sniffles we are all healthy and doing well.
5) Some of our believers – Edward, Brus and Topa have gone on a little tour of some villages. They have gone with the thought of doing a little survey to see how receptive some villages (where they grew up) may be to future evangelism. They will be gone for a week so please pray for safety for them and for wisdom to not get into any heavy debates etc. Pray God may give them opportunity to share their faith and will encourage their hearts.
6) Thanks for what you are all doing for us; people in the Mengen church decided to freely give some money to support Edward, Brus and Topa on their trip. They did this because we have told them of our supporters and how they pray for us and give money to enable us to be here amongst them. They have taken your example and are starting to follow it without any prompting from us. Thanks for being a part of the work!
Love in our Saviors name,
Simon, Annika, Nya and Noah