RICK & ELISABETH ~
Faith Promise Missionaries in West Africa
Rick and Elisabeth are church-planters among an unreached, least-accessible minority people group in West Africa where there is still no church and no Bible in their language. They minister in the area using outreach programs such as sports, literature, and educational resources for preschool and elementary-aged children. They partner with short-term teams who help with medical resources, basketball camps and building a sports court. Through these ministries, doors have opened for Bible stories and studies. A few of the local men have chosen to follow Jesus and continue to grow in their faith journey. It is a ministry on the extreme edge and they count every person on the team as strategic and valuable in reaching this people group.
Many years ago Rick had the vision to set up a multi-purpose court where they serve, so the youth would have something to do
in the afternoons. This town in West Africa is in the middle of nowhere on the way to nowhere so
there are not many resources or options available for the youth. Many people
prayed and gave to make it possible, and some even came in person.
A wonderful
church in Callahan, FL got behind that vision and sent out a mighty short-term
team who did the massive job of preparing, measuring, setting up, and pouring
the slab for the court. Another amazing church in Sarasota, FL sent out a
mighty short-term team who did the incredible job of setting up the court with
backboards, nets, painting the court, and all the lines needed for the sports
played on the court. Both churches have returned several times to put on
sports camps for the youth as well as do maintenance on the court -- all
in extremely hot and humid weather. All the teams have come with beautiful
smiles and servant hearts - everyone remembers them and all the convos they had
together.
The kids love the SportPlex, as we call it, and use it every afternoon.
Across the street from the SportPlex is an elementary school, and the school
uses it for its PE Classes and Group meetings.
Usually, Rick has a soccer
team called the A.F. Rhinos, and they play a season and end with a tournament,
but twice now the government has taken back the land (for building schools -
excellent reason) where soccer fields have been laboriously prepared due to the
rainy season, cows treading across, and the hot, dry weather. This year no land was available for a soccer season so Rick had the vision of doing
a 5x5 Futsal Tournament in the SportPlex.
Futsal Tournament in the SportPlex
Praise God for the good reports of appreciation and impact of the soccer tournament. The moms of the B:13 team thanked Rick so much for giving their children something to do for a whole month so they wouldn’t be getting into trouble. One of the fathers called to also thank Rick. The women said that everyone is hearing about the tournament and especially the celebration and everything that took place. Thank you for partnering to share Jesus there.
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PRAYER & PRAISE ~ Aug. 24 - Sept. 6, 2022
8/24
Keith & Rita Haywood
Operation
Mobilization, USA/Worldwide
Pray
for Keith and Rita as they will be investing a lot of time in preparing and
sending reports to churches on the projects they have given to this past year.
They are also continuing to work on strategic plans, goals, and budgets for the
coming year.
8/25 Al Rhea
Cru,
USA/Southern & Eastern Africa
Please
pray for International Leadership University
(ILU), Kenya. Ask the Lord to bring at least three hundred new students for the
new academic year in August.
8/26
T & D
Asia
Pray
for travel safety for T and D as they continue their travels throughout Europe
(began July 11) to meet with various missions and church-planting connections.
Pray also that they will have a few days to rest in their very busy schedule.
8/27 Tyler & Lara Patty
Josiah
Venture, Czech Republic
Pray for their ForMission
campus staff, who are spending the summer researching, resting,
and preparing for the next academic year. Pray for a good team retreat on
August 27-30.
8/28
J & R
USA/Central
Asia
Pray
for Christian radio and satellite broadcasts into their ministry country. There
has been great response to these programs. Pray for the Bible being translated
into the largest language of their ministry country.
8/29 Linda Summer
The
Agape Puppets, USA/Worldwide
Praise
God for the children who came to a show in a trash dump in Peru and invited
their friends the following day to a second show and tripled the number. Many
of those children found their hope in Jesus! Linda’s teams traveled great
distances for extra training. Linda checked nine suitcases of equipment in her flight to
Peru and was able to bless every team with a big bag of equipment!
8/30 Ruth Rhea Greenhaw
Cru,
USA
Praise
God for the 84 new missionaries who are joining Cru. Pray for Randy and Ruth as
work sometimes requires them to be separated from each other for days at a time.
8/31 CF - Thailand
Pray for CF as she transitions from East Asia staff to Thai staff. Pray for the Summer Missions teams as they share the Gospel this summer. Pray the Lord will raise up laborers through this group of students.9/1 Bela & Ildiko Dobos
Word of Life, Hungary
Praise the Lord
for over 100 salvation decision and 160 dedications in WOL’s summer camp. Pray for the enrollment in
the Bible Institute in the fall. Pray that their new
dormitory will be finished at the end of the year and may the Lord provide all
the funds for fully furnishing the new dorm.
9/2
Julie Roseboom
Ethnos360,
Asia Pacific
Pray
for Julie as she teaches second graders in this new school year. The students
happen to be her first graders she taught last school year, and they are a
great group. They will work through various levels of English during lessons.
Avant Ministries,
Guatemala
The doctors
discovered there was additional growth of the disease which was pressing on
Linda’s airway. She had three days of intense chemotherapy to knock down this
aggressive growth on the lymphoma, and will need to be reevaluated for the new
trial which will begin in September, hopefully. This is the type of trial
they’ve been praying for all year!
9/4 Fotis & Mary Romeos
AMG
International, Greece
Pray for the Sport Camp “Back to School at CVC”
during Sept. 4-8; for trip to Turkey Sept. 7-9 for Consultation meetings; for
German Short-Term team Sept. 16-25 working with Refugees; and the Bethel team
working at Cosmovision Sept. 25 to Oct. 1. Pray for peace in Ukraine as the war has
developed a huge energy crisis.
9/5 Andrew & Anna Gorski
In
Touch Mission International, Poland
Pray
for the grass root collaboration movement, which has the potential to move the
Church in Poland to another level and change the country for Jesus! God is at
work through the Saddleback church initiative to invite their friends and do
something for the Ukrainian refugees in our country, work together to move EP
to the next level and work with the Polish Church.
9/6
Mark & Pat Terry
Cru,
USA
ISP
staff in Ukraine are not only surviving but are impacting the lives of their compatriots
even during the conflict going on there. Oleg and Galena are ISP staff in
Ukraine who continue to meet with teachers all over Ukraine during the war.
Please pray for these Ukrainians.
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