Praying for Europe: December Prayer Letter 2008
5 December First Friday Fast
Pray for Bob & Carol Cave our OMC for Europe & the Middle East: Greetings from the island of Cyprus.
" I have just been in Turkey and of course a firsthand visit makes you aware of the needs. As we know this country is 99% Muslim, with 82% secular Muslims and 18% fundamental Muslims. This is good in that there are many opportunities among the Secular group as many are seeking answers. Our church in Ankara, the capital, with Ismail and Angela Serinken is progressing quite well. They need your prayer covering to be able to move into new frontiers and identify the spiritual forces that come against them. We would like to start a Coffee House ministry in 2009 and again need prayer for the right strategy there in their neighborhood.
There is a great Christian Radio station there in the capital and we would like to partner with them to expand into some other cities like Antioch and Laodecia. They reach a good portion of the people in the capital and Christian music is quite accepted. You can catch them on Internet Radio at www.radioshema.com Please pray that not only the 3000 Evangelical Christians of Turkey, but 100,000s of others will hear the Gospel through this median.
Israel: We ( Dr. Beacham, Dave Fannin) will be in Israel starting on the 2nd of Dec. Gary Bryant is also bring a group of our pastors ( through Acts2Day) and we will be hooking up with Hani Shehadeh in Galilee. We are hoping many of these pastors will get a heart for what God is doing in IPHC in Israel. On Sunday Dec. 7 we will be forming a conference in Israel. Please pray that supernatural doors will open in that Country of turmoil."
Thanks Nancy..................Bob
Lin Berry: Regional Ministry Coordinator for Southwest Europe.
Nancy Berry iWIN Director for Europe and Middle East
Pray for Lin´s trip to France: 13-14 December 2008, for the ordination of pastors Marc and Annemarie Lebrun in Paris. Sarah will be joining her father in Paris for a week. Pray that she will enjoy her time in Paris and improve her French.
Pray that the arts will have an impact to the unbeliever and get them thinking about God! http://www.linwoodberry.com
Pray for Galería Síntesis(art gallery in Toledo, Spain): We have a new guy working there and he is doing a great job.
I´m in the USA now with my family. Sarah will be going to the Congo 1 February so I´m helping her get ready for her big move.
Lin will be joining us the 26 of December, it will be the last time to see Sarah for about 2 years.
Pray for our Pastors & Churches here in Spain: http://spainchurchespray.blogspot.com
Prayer requests: We've had heavy attacks against our family the past two months and would appreciate your prayers for us.
2. We started a kid's Christmas club and meet every Friday afternoon. It's like a Bible club and I'm hoping that the children will want to continue with an Easter club after Christmas. The 6 young children (from 3-6 yrs.) that have attended so far are Spanish and really like it.
3. I visit and pray with several of my neighbors, one especially on a regular basis. Please pray that these friends will grow in the Lord and want more fellowship around Him.
4. The language classes we teach will finish mid-December and we'll have some end of the cycle "parties." We pray that in this relaxed atmosphere, spiritual conversation will arise, like it did today when we had a good conversation about fasting in the ladies' class. They were very surprised to know that we fast and wanted to know more about it.
5. We have a great group of friends, neighbors, and over 50 students - our prayer is that they all come to know the Lord in a personal way, grow closer to Him, and want to be discipled.
6. Christmas will be a time we'll visit a lot of these people and many will come to visit us. Pray that we'll be sensitive to the Holy Spirit in ministering to them
7. You all have a wonderful Christmas!
Praise report:
1. We praise the Lord for what He is doing here, even though with our eyes we haven't seen all we want, with our hearts, we know He is working .
2. We praise the Lord for the Arabic classes we're taking 6 hours a week. They are very good.
3. At Thanksgiving, we were able to have several meals in our home with families or representatives from seven different families. Before eating we read a Psalm and explained the meaning of the celebration then prayed thanking God for His mercies, blessings and provision. We also shared testimonies during the meal.
4. Praise the Lord for our supervisors and our supporters. Praise the Lord for you! Praise the Lord because of Jesus!
Pray for Portugal: Tony & Patti
We are requesting prayer for our personal support account. This year is the first time in 10 years that we have been in the red. We are not looking forward to going on furlough and have to raise a lot of money.
On the good side of things the Music and Language center (coffee shop) is going well. I now have 19 students, most of whom are Portuguese and who have never really heard the Gospel before. We ask for your prayers for the upcoming concert that the students will be performing sometime in Feb 2009. We be introducing them to Praise and worship music for the first time. We are also asking for your prayers in regards to our house here, because we don’t know what to do about it during our furlough.
Tony
Pray for France: Pray for Marty Delmon a missionary in France. Pray for her book writing and radio stations that broadcast her programs.
Pray for Marc & Annemarie Lebrun in Paris, France; Christ Light of the Nations Ministries: Check out their web page: http://www.clnm.org
First of all we have excellent and great news, answers to prayer. The security commission has granted us the classification 5 in order to open the building to the public. Also during the summer every Sunday the police came and wrote statements of 1.500 Euros each week because we were in the building, yesterday, because we have closed the building, all this amount has been cancelled and they have put an end to all their pursuits. But now they ask us to finish the works necessary very quick to get "rid of us". So if there is some more brothers or a team who would like to come and help finish the work it would be great! It is quite urgent now.
Also pray for the 13-14 December 2008, for the ordination of pastors Marc and Annemarie Lebrun and our partnership with IPHC.
Thank you, in the Blessing, Pascale.
Pray for Germany
Pray for Peter and Beate
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We thank you for staying together with us in prayer. We had a wonderful start with Royal Ranger!
Many children join us in this work. The success is more than we expected.
Also in our church services the glory of God is stronger than before. Last Sunday some people started to prophesy during our worship time. Please pray that the church will open up more to the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Also pray for an encounter with Jesus. Please pray for Berlin! Many churches in this city are going through hard times. There are conflicts between leadership, financial conditions and so on.
Pray for an open door to our society to preach the gospel. Pray for the church members that they become a willing heart to go and to do the will of the father.
Remember this in Prayer: We have invited many people in our neighbourhood for
our Advent celebration we will have a large campfire. This event will start on the 13 of December.
Beate will lead us in Christmas songs. The Royal Ranger will take care of the fire. I will give a short evangelistic massage.
Please pray for good weather; Cold is OK but hopefully not wet.
Pray for the Christmas Eve service. We will have a nativity play presented by our children.
We expect many families For this service. God bless you with Love, Peter and Beate
Pray for Mark & Jeannie McClung going to Germany
We look forward to being back on the field as Pentecostal Holiness Church missionaries. We are excited to plant a new PH Church in or near Herrnhut, Germany and we are excited to work with young people at the YWAM base in Herrnhut. We are busy itinerating and we thank God for the services we have had. We have had a lot of special opportunities to pray with young people here in our PH Churches who feel the call to be missionaries. It is exciting and so fulfilling to meet these young people, encourage them, pray for them and keep in touch with them even after we leave their church.
We are currently raising our support and we would love to return to Germany in the summer of 2009 so that Jack can start school in Germany next fall.
Dear fellow European missionaries - we are praying for you! We have the hope for the World - Jesus Christ! We pray you have divine opportunities to share the Gospel and lead many to Christ and we pray many will become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ as you teach the Word of God.
Blessings to you! the McClungs
to Pray for Eastern Europe: http://www.iphceuroprays.blogspot.com
Thank you for Praying, Your iWIN Director Rev. Nancy Berry
Toledo, Spain
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