…Venezuela… In the beautiful tropical nation where I (Steve) grew up, average citizens have turned out in large numbers to protest food shortages, rising crime and discontent with their leaders. Some of them have been met with violence. The situation is very precarious for our Christian brothers and sisters there, including national and expatriate church planters. Please pray for them.
…Colombia… I’ve been asked to go to fly south in May to interpret for a four-day meeting of the regional Church Development Team and six days of Regional Leadership meetings. It’s been awhile since I’ve done much simultaneous interpreting, so I’d appreciate your prayers for God’s enabling. We’re talking about ten straight days of English coming into my ears while Spanish flows out of my mouth.
In the meanwhile, I’m working on the Spanish version of a 100-page manual on field leader formation. This will be one of the principal themes of the gathering, so my present work is really good preparation on the subject matter and gives me the opportunity to come up with appropriate Spanish terminology.
…Florida… Our Spanish Language Resources team’s annual meetings are scheduled for the third week of April at our mission home offices in Sanford. I am planning by faith to attend, although right now we don’t have the air fare for the trip. We would very much appreciate your prayers for God’s provision for that need.
…El Paso... Eida continues to study and develop her skills as a tutor for (primarily) young people with dyslexia. In the meanwhile, God has generously provided short-term employment for her, serving as a caregiver for our neighbor’s aging mother who is undergoing medical treatment.
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Thank you for continuing to pray for our daughter-in-law Lenn. Sadly, we’re not seeing any improvement. She’s been experiencing pain and weakness in both arms (to the point of struggling at times to even open a chip bag clip), pain and tenderness in her upper back and in her lower neck, and she’s also been suffering severe chest pains. Heart problems and acid reflux have been ruled out. A very strict diet without gluten and many other foods seems to help somewhat. We’re hoping this may be a clue as to the cause of her suffering over the last couple of years.
Finally, we are VERY GRATEFUL to you who make up our donor team, and have given for a lot of years; some even increased your giving last year. Unfortunately, we are still falling significantly short of our recommended support level, so when you pray for us, would you please ask the Lord to bring new partners to our support team? As you probably know, raising support is one of the least enjoyable tasks for a missionary, so we’d ask you to pray that we would be sensitive to what God would have us do.
Wherever you are, whether in the cold north or the less cold south of this continent or overseas, we pray that the Lord will care for you and abundantly meet your needs and make you as much of a blessing to others as you have been to us.
Serving our Lord in partnership with you,
Steve & Eida Irwin
NTM Spanish Language Resources
Steve_Irwin@ntm.org
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