Keep Praying

Sorry it has taken me so long to get out another update. The Internet availability is not what we have hoped for. We have, however, gotten to talk with her on the phone a couple of times since the last post. She is still pretty homesick at least sometimes. During the day, things are kind of quiet because all of the adults are working and all of the kids are in school. That seems to be the hardest time.

Here are some items for prayer:

1. Pray for Leoncio, the school principle. The goal that the team has for their time in Quinto Arma is to plant a house church. They feel that Leoncio may be the man that God has anointed to be the leader of the church and have challenged him to consider that. He has been very interested in studying the Bible with them and seems to be feeling this is God's calling for him.

2. Leoncio has already been encountering some spiritual warfare. He tried to talk to his uncle about the Lord and the idea of the church and his uncle told him that he thought the team was trying to take advantage of him and meant no good. The same night, Leoncio had a dream that the team was not genuine and did some harmful things. However, the team feels like after spending some time with him talking, praying and teaching him about spiritual warfare, that he is on board again.

3. Pray for Leoncio's wife. The girls are studying the book of Esther with her. They want to help her learn about being a woman of God, a wife and a pastor's wife.

4. Pray for Nestor. He is their translator and he is not a believer. The kids are concerned that because he doesn't agree with them about things, that he may be putting his own "twist" on some of his translations. He especially has had a problem with the idea of wives being submissive. That's not too surprising since lots of believers have problems with that! :) Pray that Nestor will be saved and be able to see with spiritual eyes. However, pray that whether or not he responds to Christ's invitation, he will translate accurately.

5. Please continue to pray for health and safety of the team members and that God will speak through them and glorify himself.

6. Pray that many villagers will come to know the Savior of their souls.

7. Pray for the meeting of all of the mission teams that will happen in about a week and a half. They will be going to a city (not sure where) for a time of debrief, training, etc. They will then return to their assignments for the second half of the trip.

8. Gyer Springs First Baptist Church of Little Rock is the church that has adopted the people group Natalie and her team are working with. Their church has been sending teams to this area for several years. They will be sending a team up there in a few weeks, so please pray that the students and the folks from GSFBC will work well together and accomplish God's purposes there.

Thank you so much for your prayers, love and support for Natalie. You are a blessing!!!