Pray for our Sunday night Bible group as we begin to work towards becoming a biblical obedient church.  Pray that the members of the group will be actively growing in their faith as well as sharing their faith with their family members, colleagues and friends.

Pray for Ginna and Hannah as they have finished up their last month of language school and look towards coffee house ministry starting March 1.

Pray for the salvation of Z, J, N and G.

Pray for A to be open to the idea of studying the Bible.

S is very open to Hannah and Ginna, pray for their conversations to turn to spiritual topics.

Pray that Hannah would get to know M much better and establish a good friendship.

Pray for L as she and Jennifer study the Bible together weekly and for her salvation.

Pray for P that he would have a real desire to start studying the Bible with Charlie

Prilep:

Pray for our annual women’s day party on March 7th in Prilep.  Pray for the speaker to speak to the hearts of all the women who attend and that many would be responsive to the Gospel.

Pray for a volunteer group from Arkansas that is arriving in Prilep on March 19th to renovate a local playground and lead a seminar on leadership.

Pray for Celeste (new Journeyman) as she arrives in Prilep on March 25th.

Please pray for a seminar our club will host on February 18. We hope our speaker will be a Dutchman whose ministry is to distribute Bibles throughout Europe. We’re hoping he will share about his experiences smuggling Bibles across borders during the cold war and why he continues to bring Bibles even today. Everyone from English and Spanish classes will be invited.

Pray for L to have continued interest in the Word and in doing a weekly Bible study. Pray for her salvation.

Pray for our Team as we will be in many homes celebrating the birth of Christ with our contacts. Pray that we will have fruitful conversations during this time.

Pray for new contacts M and I. Pray that our relationship will grow deeper and that they will be open to hearing the truth about God’s goodness.

V is SO close to accepting the Truth. Pray that as he continues to read and study with Brian he will choose to live by faith.

Pray for P that he and Charlie’s relationship would continue to deepen and he would continue to ask spiritual questions.

Pray that our new journeymen, Ginna and Hannah, will receive their visa in the next couple of weeks. Pray also for relationships yet to be made by the J-girls, that they will be able to develop deep and meaningful relationships where they will boldly share the gospel and display the love of Christ .

Pray for the Breast Cancer Awareness Day that we are hosting at our club on November 13th. Pray that many women will come and hear not only about better physical health but also about how to have a relationship with Christ.

Pray for A be more and more aware that something is missing in her life and she will be open to reading God’s Word with Jennifer.

Pray for L and S that they will desire to study God’s Word with Charlie and Jennifer and that our bond with them will grow stronger in the coming months.

Prilep:

Please pray for the people Janae has met through Spanish classes–that the relationships will continue to friendships and that the doors of communication will remain open to share the Gospel.
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Praise- -Spencer has found a field to start a sports ministry in Prilep. Pray that it will turn out to be the best option and if not, that another venue can be found.

Please pray for the sports ministry that will begin this Sunday.  Pray for a great turn out, for Spencer to have the ability to relate sports to Christ, and for the lack of knowing the language to not be a barrier to communicate to those who come.

Pray as I (Spencer) begin to teach English (which I have never done before)- -that I will be effective in teaching and as a model for Christ.

For Janae, the new semester of Spanish class began last week with many new students.  Pray for relationships to be built through these classes.
]]> http://mkprayer.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/october-prayer-requests/feed/ 0 mkprayer http://mkprayer.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/september-requests/ http://mkprayer.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/september-requests/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:56:42 +0000 mkprayer http://mkprayer.wordpress.com/?p=200 ]]> Jeff and Amy:
Pray for the birth of our son.  We have a C-section scheduled on Sept. 20.

Spencer and Janae:
Please pray for us as we seek to find an affordable field to start sports ministries.  We are in the process of making new contacts and pray that they will help us in this search.  Pray for the people who will be touched by this new ministry.

Kyle and Jackie:
1.  Pray for Z as he grows in discipleship and leadership.
2.  Pray for several young people as they look for jobs.  Unemployment is very high and over 40% of Macedonians are out of work.
3.  Pray for K as she grows in the Lord.  Pray that she will be freed from legalism and grow in freedom in the Lord.

Team Ohrid:
1. G and N to continue to have a seeking heart and desire to know more about
God’s word. Pray for their hearts to be softened and ready to receive the
truth as Brian studies with them.
2. Pray for the school supply distribution we are preparing to do in early
September. Praying that God will work out all the details of how to do it.
3. Pray for the Bible study group that meets on Sundays, several that come
are moving closer and closer receiving Christ as their savior and
surrendering their life. Pray for protection from the evil one as they and
their families grow in the knowledge of Christ.
4. Pray for our kids as they start Macedonian preschool and Kindergarten.
Pray that they will transition amazingly, make friends quickly and pick up
the language.
5. Pray for Charlie as he will be having surgery for a deviated septum on
September 10th. Pray for the surgery to go great, quick healing and for this
to relieve the severity and frequency of his migraines. Pray also that we
will still be able to see where God wants to minister through us even in the
midst of surgery and recovery time.
6. Pray for L and S to have more free time and a desire to study God’s word
with Charlie and Jennifer.

Pray for our Spanish classes that Janae started in late July.  Pray for relationships to strengthen and for opportunities to share with the many new contacts.  Pray also that our “regulars” will step up to help carry some of the load.

Pray for Jackie as she prepares this month to homeschool for the first time.  Pray for wisdom in prioritizing and balancing discipleship relationships and evangelistic efforts for ladies with her new homeschooling responsibilities.

Pray for E, K,V and D that they would set their hearts on be rooted and firmly established in Jesus.

Pray for the young people from Skopje who will be coming mid-August to Prilep to encourage our young people.    They’ve already met on several occasions and friendships are growing.  Praise God that the church in Skopje is seeing Prilep as a mission field!

Pray for Z and B who are showing great growth in Bible study.  Pray that they would accept the challenge to witness to their friends and begin leading in Bible study.

Ohrid:

Pray for Charlie and Jennifer’s relationship with S an L to grow and that they will be able to start a Bible study with them soon.

Pray that the Lord will bring people into Charlie’s path at his new gym who he can invest in. Pray for B and L that they will come to know to the Lord as their Savior and that they will continue to have a hunger and thirst for truth.

Pray for our new teammates, Hannah and Ginna, who are now in training in VA. Pray that they will receive their visas quickly. Pray for them as they soak up all that God has them during this time of training and that He will begin to prepare hearts of people they will encounter while here.

Pray for our Wednesday night Bible study group for young people. This summer several are marrying and pulling away from the group. Others are committed to studying the Bible but at the same time are chasing more desperately after traditions. Still others are busy working in the fields and have no time or energy to come. Pray that the Spirit would continue to move in their hearts even when it seems that a lot of ground is being lost. Pray for our team to know how to spur them on.

Pray for the volunteer team from Louisiana July 13-19. Pray for their evangelistic efforts during Prilep’s summer festival, that we would reach new people.

Ohrid:

The Sunday night Bible study group to continue to meet throughout the summer and God to increase their desire to know Him and His word and ultimately for the salvation of all those who attend.

V and Z and the salvation of these two young men

Pray that we will be able to continue to meet with old contacts and make new contacts in the midst of a busy summer.

Pray for L and S to continue to ask questions and seek the truth and for their relationship with Charlie and Jennifer, as well as the whole team, to become deeper.

Pray that Z and Brian will continue to meet together and that God would draw him to Himself and he would see his need for a savior.

Pray for the ladies in ESL classes who are wanting to study the Bible and who are asking he tough questions, really desiring to know the truth and have peace.

Pray for the volunteer youth group who will be coming June 13th. Our team needs wisdom as to how to utilize them during the short time they are here.

Pray for Vlatko, our national team member in Ohrid, who will be leaving at the end of June to finish seminary and get married. Pray that he will have wisdom and act according to God’s will in all the decisions that need to be made and for Him to trust God to provide all that he and his wife will need.

Prilep, Macedonia:

Pray that the Fullers will learn the language quickly and that they can build relationships along the way the will lead to opportunities to share the gospel.

Pray for one of the small groups that has been going through deeper doctrine these past 10 weeks.  Pray for June 6th when we will be having a Covenant lesson where they will be challenged to go further.

Pray for the Williams as they prepare to go on Stateside at the end of June.  Pray that they would be able to accomplish all God wants of them during their remaining time in Prilep, and that God would bless the time they have in America.

1) Saturday, May 8th, Samaritan’s Purse will be handing out wheelchairs at our coffee house.  Pray that we will be able to make some good contacts during that time.  Also pray for a Mother’s Banquet on Saturday evening.  We will be  inviting a lot of the moms we met during our time in the preschools.  Pray that those relationships will grow and that our time on Saturday will be a fruitful time.

2) Continue to pray for good health for our whole team.  At least one person on the team has been sick or hurt every day for the last few weeks. Pray that  the Lord will give us good health so that we can be effective in our ministry here.

3) Pray for our Sunday night Bible study. Pray that the people who come will begin to see the light, turn from their sin and follow our Lord.

***4) The month of May will hold many evangelistic activities for our city.  Pray that the Lord will move mightily in the hearts and lives of the people who come to these efforts and that He will be glorified.

Pray for the relationship with L and S. She has agreed to study the Bible with us, pray that she will hold to that promise and for God to prepare their heart to hear and accept the Gospel

Prilep:

Thank God for the Fullers safe arrival and pray for an easy visa process.

Pray for H and T, regular attendees of our Bible studies and good friends of ours who are still very caught up in religion and rituals.Pray that they would have pure faith in Christ and not in human traditions.

Pray for M and M to step forward in faith to be leaders of Bible studies.

Pray for M who was very hungry for the Word, but in the past couple months has been struggling with depression and no longer wants to study the Bible.  Pray for the many women we know who are dealing with depression.