Please pray for a pastors' training that is being held this month. Pray that the pastors will fully understand the true message of the gospel and be able to communicate it effectively to their congregations. Pray that lives will be changed through faithful, biblical preaching.
"Volunteer teams will be coming to help with the work here," workers write. "Please pray for their health, asking that they will remain healthy as they travel, while they are serving with us, and when they go home. Pray for all the necessary paperwork and visas in and out of the country to go smoothly. Pray for their protection while they are prayerwalking, 'prayer driving,' and sharing the good news on the street and in the villages. May they have boldness and eyes to see the lostness. Ask that they will have a pleasant, fruitful time here and that they will want to come back again. Pray that they will be a blessing to many, many people here!"
(chee-ang MY) - Last month, a Pregnancy Center Care Team was connected with Violet three days before she delivered her baby girl, Daphne. Violet is only 14 years old and, while she is caring and attentive to Daphne, she is so young herself! Daphne's father has yet to meet his daughter and must wait until he is released from juvenile jail later this year. Violet does have a plan to return to school and finish her 9th-grade year. This is a crucial level of education because after 9th grade, she can choose to complete high school and take university entrance exams, or to attend a trade school or to follow some other career path. Thankfully, Violet has a supportive mom who will take care of Daphne when Violet returns to school. Pray for Violet and baby Daphne, especially as they hear the gospel from their Care Team. Pray they will both grow up together in the truth of who God is in their lives.
http://www.imb.org/give/project/the-pregnancy-center-in-northern-thailand/Thank you for praying as some believers took their first education research trip upriver in February. Please pray as they prepare to take their second trip upriver this month. Their goals are to spend time teaching Bible stories to new believers, learn about shallow river transportation, and further agricultural social project opportunities among distant communities. They need God's grace in planning, travel, and spiritual preparedness.
"Plans are underway for a variety of summer outreach events. Parents are looking for opportunities for their children and youth, and our local churches are responding. Pray for church leaders and local believers who are hard at work praying, planning, and preparing. During this busy season, pray that all those involved will guard their time with the Lord and spend time with the Father every day so they will have spiritual endurance and patience. May the love that flows from each believer be a great witness to all who attend the summer camps and to each of their families. May the gospel seeds that are planted among even the youngest who hear take root and grow into a hunger to know more."
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