MISSIONARIES

PRAISE & PRAYER REQUESTS

Greg & Mandy Breeden

Maine

PRAY: For four new core families in 2009.  That Northside Baptist church can soon be self-supporting.  Souls to be saved,, visitation power, safety and protection, prayer meeting services, for salvation: Jim Melissa, Michael, and Robert. Meeting place issues and for Carole and her family.

Nathan & Kristin Ching

China

PRAISE: The church is growing, visitors come and bring more visitors.

PRAY: For healing on Kristin – she still has the occasional pain in her side that she has had for several years.  Pray for the new classes that have been started – SS and ladies’ class.

Gary & Wilma Sammons

Missionaries to the Collegians of America

PRAY:  That the Lord will give the 25 students in our online Master’s Program the wisdom and strength to finish well their 4 ½ year period of study.  For Gary to continue to gain strength and weight which he has lost.  For the provision of a new Director for Editorial Bautista Independiente (EBI).  That Lord will guide in the important decisions to be made at EBI’s Annual Meeting beginning on Jan. 21.

Ethan & Kim Champlin

Suriname, South America

PRAISE:  We are thankful for the Lord’s care, provision and protection over this past year, and look forward to another year of service for Him!

PRAY: For money to come in for Seth’s Summer trip to Suriname he needs about $500 more plus money for his school.  We pray that the seeds planted through giving packages of cookies to several of our neighbors who have never come to church will bear fruit in the future. For safety as he flies into the interior with 4 fellow Americans and blessing during the trip, as well as opportunities to witness to those with whom I will be traveling.

Marvin & Marilyn Donnell

Australia

PRAISE:  Marilyn has had a very good report from the breast cancer specialist.  Our regular attendees have remained faithful and are a great encouragement to us.

PRAY:  Pray the physiotherapy Marilyn has just begun will provide the strengthened muscle tone to allow for optimum post-op recovery. Visitors to come back, church growth, CRE classes, Summer Outreach during December – February, financial need, our health, our extended family as Marvin’s stepmother went to be with the Lord in November / our sons and their families / our fathers’ both have health problems in their old age.

NEWS:  Marilyn’s abdominal operation has been postponed from January until later in the year. 

Bill & Carolyn Waldrop

Mexico

PRAISE: For about ten or more new converts wanting to be baptized. Praise God for the many laborers that were sent so they now have a new tile floor, stucco is finished inside and out, and the electrical wiring is ready to go in.

PRAY: For people to come and help install the insulation, sheet rock and lighting fixtures.  Continue to pray for Carolyn’s parents – her Dad had a massive stroke last May and is still recuperating - and for her mom’s health and strength.

Kari Marshall

Nigeria

PRAISE: God for safety in my travels to Ghana and back over the holiday; God for His perfect sovereignty.

PRAY: For teachers to come to Hillcrest School for the 2009-2010 school year. For bible training for the spiritual leaders all across Africa. We know that Satan is a masterful twister of the truth, so pastors and teachers need the understanding of the word of God (more on that to come). For wisdom for me to know what it means to be fully present here in Nigeria. For sensitivity to the Spirit’s guidance concerning my summer plans. There are several factors to consider, but I need to quickly choose between staying here or coming home.

MISSIONARIES

PRAISE & PRAYER REQUESTS

Ray & Jean Ann Clemmons

Native Americans

PRAISE:  For a new laptop. For visitors, Salvation decisions, and good attendance at church.

Please pray that Suzette and Derrick will soon accept Jesus Christ as their Savior and that we will be able to minister to their families.  That God would make His will perfectly clear to us regarding another vehicle for the “red van” ministry and those who have a part in our ministry.  That God would use this laptop to reach Native American (and other) children with the “Good News” of Jesus Christ.  For Samuel and Lydia as they grow in Christ.  For finances.

Sonny & Debbie Dix

Philippines

PRAISE: God has given us a tremendous year (2008) in all of our ministries and the Lamb Center.  Praise God for the provision of two vans – jeepney.  Praise God for a new educational building which is used every day by the Lamb Center School, Bible College classes and Sunday School classes.

PRAY:  For the students as they are out in the villages, school rooms, prisons, hospitals, and streets telling people about Jesus.  Pray for the three men in prison who have come to know the Lord and have signed up for the Bible College Correspondence Course that they will continue to sever God behind bars.

Bob & Patsy Green

Candidate, Deputation & Aviation Director – BIMI

PRAISE:  Iglesia Bautista Getsemani in Hendersonville, NC, dedicated their building in January.  This building was donated to them by another church.

PRAY:  Safety as Bob travels to El Salvador and visits several churches that they had help established during their 42 years as missionaries.  Pray that God will help him to be a blessing in each of the five or six churches he visits.

Marti & Ruth Bevis

Malachi Boys School, Inc.

PRAY: That we will be Spirit filled and led as we make daily decisions and guide our boys – our desire is to see them know Christ intimately and go away from Malachi to serve the Lord in a great way.  Pray as they travel and share what God is doing at Malachi.

Johnny & Susan McGill

Victorious Valley Homes

PRAISE:  The Lord has sent u two widows to the homes this year – they both have children/grandchildren at the home.  The Ladies of the church along with the girls have started a nursing home ministry – the staff told them that people are smiling that have never smiled!

PRAY:  They need a plumber and brick layers for the church building. – if interested please call 64-878-3070.  Please pray that they will be able to finish the new CD by Easter – the devil has fought this project more than any we have ever done.

Eddie & Nancy Wang

China

PRAISE: The Eucon International College will be TRACS accredited-same accreditation as BJU and Northland Baptist Bible College.  Brother Jedidiah has had several opportunities to preach the gospel to 200 Christian coworkers and Bible school students and at another church in another providence.

PRAY: Earnestly that God will grant us good health so that we might continue serving Him for many years – he has heart problems and she has pain in shoulder as well as sometimes suffer insomnia.  Pray that the immigration and visa policy won’t change for the island that they hold their Timothy and Titus training when the US government takes over.

MISSIONARIES

PRAISE & PRAYER REQUESTS

Tom Rooney

Lincoln, England

Deputation

PRAISE:  We have 83% of our support – target date of August has been set for arriving on the field.

PRAY:  That the Lord will direct us in the details of obtaining our visa, for revival in the US and the UK, for British men, women and children to come to Christ, For the preparation for moving to England in August, for the final17% of our needed support, for our spiritual preparation for the work in Lincoln, England.

Graham & Joanne Peacocke

Botswana

PRAY:  For safety – they’ve had several break-ins in their car as well as home.  For the studies being taught/preached at the church during the next few months – heaven and hell, the book of Nehemiah.  Pray for us at Tati River Baptist Church as we seek to make God a priority in every area of our lives.

Jake & Steph Taube

Russia/China border

PRAISE:  We broke a hundred for the first time in one church service – a good test for our new location as well as all that foot traffic and noise didn’t seem to generate any kind of reaction from our neighbors.  For the development in our leadership with some of the students.

PRAY:  They are having a summer internship for college students – those interested in serving in China this summer. (see prayer letter if interested).  Pray as they do a more in-depth study for those that will stick around during the school break – being and making disciples.

Russell & Cheryl Pruitt

Church planting in Montana

Deputation

PRAISE:  We want to thank God for all He has done through us in the past two months, for opportunities to preach, present our ministry and see lives changed.  Support level is now at 88%.

PROGRESS:  We are making plans for my ordination and to move to Montana in June 2009.

PRAY:  As they go to Montana in March to look for a house and a good location to start God’s church.  For their house to sell.  For Russell’s mom’s health and strength for his dad as he takes care of her.  That 10% more of our needed support will come in and that those who have committed will stay faithful in their giving.

Kevin & Corli Hall

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

PRAISE:  God for what He has done through the Sunday School of the church – it is truly amazing to see children as they learn for the first time about the great stories of the Bible.  Attendance to Church as grown from 60 to around 100. To see the growth of the preachers of Madiba Bay.  God has blessed us with two boys.

PRAY: That their boys will grow up to serve the Lord with all their hearts, soul, and mind.  That God would give us wisdom about purchasing the building we are currently occupying - $25,000.

Thurston & Kay Hassler

Rio de Janeiro

PRAISE:  Pacheco Baptist Church has voted in two Deacons for the first time.  That the children’s choir is taking off.

PRAY:  As they make serious plans to initiate the construction on their new auditorium.  For Wagner, Veronica, Gabriella, Alexandria – these are children involved in the children’s choir.  For the Patefield family, they are missionaries starting another fundamental Baptist church and are need of a home.