Specific Prayer Requests for this week

Here are specific prayer requests for this week:

Please pray for Mark and Meg, Valeria and Mariana this week. Mark and Meg have been in the process of trying to adopt Mariana and Valeria for close to 2 years. It has been along process and like anything in Latin America, full of many unexpected twists and turns. This week, they each have separate interviews with what is like Costa Rica's CPS in order to evaluate the living situations, the girls and Mark and Meg before the decision is granted to allow the adoption of Mariana and Valeria to continue. please pray for God's hand to be upon these interviews. That they may encounter people who are believers, people who seek to do what is best, people who will see the love that these four have for each other. Pray that in each interview the four of them have peace knowing God is in control of their lives, these interviews and this decision. He knows each of them and loves them and His Will will be done. Pray they will feel His presence with them this week.

Please pray for Becca as she is set to arrive this week. Please pray for her to have peace as she prepares to say good-bye to family and friends and prepares for the next year serving with our team. Please pray that her support would grow and that she would have the funds she needs to be able to serve the Lord here for the next year. She currently lacks significant funds.

Please pray for the Pensacola team that arrives Thursday and will be here for two weeks. This is a very familiar team to the ministry and are a joy to have here. Please pray for their strength and stamina as they will be in all three areas of La Carpio, Los Guido and Tejarcillos doing VBS as well as a fourth area, Guacimo helping a church their with a VBS as well. Pray for God's protection and that He would go before us and open the hearts of many to receive the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Please continue to pray for the health of Isabelle and Audrey. Neither one is feeling much better. They have good periods during the day, but then they basically crash out of tiredness and/or pain. Isabelle- from asthma symptoms and Audrey from headaches and stomach aches. I will be calling the doctor back about both of them today. Pray for healing.

Please pray this week as I try to line up child care for our children during these next five weeks of non-stop teams. This is not an easy thing for me to do for several reasons, the first being that they are sick and I do not like leaving them with anyone when they are sick. I also feel so strongly that they are my primary responsibility and I feel a little out of whack thinking about so much time away from them, so you can pray for me as I seek wisdom from the Lord in this. Also pray for the girl we have chosen to watch them. Pray that she will be faithful and be available when she says she will be. Please pray for no cancellations during this time frame.

Please also pray for our team, as I have asked before, during this time that we would take time to give our bodies rest when we are able, that we would keep our focus on Christ, and speaking for our family personally, that our family would remain our priority. Pray for smoothness in the teams, pray for protection from the enemy and most of all that lives would be changed by the power of the gospel.

(The last two requests span more than just this week, but throughout the month of August)

Also, through several emails and blogs, I have seen a number of our friends in the field feeling similar attacks as our family seems to be experiencing. Whether financially, through health related issues, physical safety or personal protection, a variety of issues...it is all the same: faithful servants in the field are feeling the attacks of the enemy. Please pray specifically this week against spiritual warfare and the attacks of the enemy for those you know serving in the field as God leads you.

Thank you for praying.