Answer to Prayer

Elizabeth Owens wrote to say that the church leader she asked us to pray for had a change of heart. Please continue to pray for the situation in the area. Mr. Smith is back on a two-week visit to help the Owenses and Ellisons solve some other problems that have come up.

Prayer Requests

Please be in prayer for a situation with one of the church members in Kiari where the Ellisons (far right) and Owens (far left) are working. The member is showing a lot of bitterness. Pray that the Ellisons and Owenses would have wisdom and that the Lord would change the heart of the church member.

Answer to Prayer

Here are most of the seventy kids who attended the puppet outreach at the church Ruth Potter attends in the Philippines. Praise the Lord that Patrick came with a group of friends. Please keep next week's cantata in your prayers.

Short-Termer Prayer Request

Puppet show invitation

The church Ruth Potter attends in the Philippines is having an evangelistic puppet show this Sunday, December 11th for the kids in their area. Pray for Colleen, Patrick, and Joshua - kids that have come to the church's Bible clubs - to be saved.

The church is also having a Christmas cantata on December 18th. Pray that the Lord would encourage young Pastor Blu with the results.

Rachel Potter

Short Termers III

Our last set of short-term folks to pray for are in Papua New Guinea.

The Ellison's are furlough replacements for the Smiths. If you attended the Thanksgiving Praise Service, you heard Ashley Abbott's testimony about how they are doing. Sounds like we need to pray that the Lord protects their health since they have lost so much weight. Also pray that they would be an encouragement in spite of the language barrier.

Elizabeth Owens is the other short-termer we are responsible to pray for. Elizabeth's primary job is teaching at Joy Christian School. In her most recent prayer letter, she asked us to pray for God's provision of another teacher or two. She has about a forty-five minute walk to school every day and when she becomes permanent (in a couple years) she will have a lot of other responsibilities. She would also like us to pray for several of her students who are not saved. Ellie keeps a blog. If you want to check on her try this link. You can pray for her husband if you want, but he is long term, so he is not in our jurisdiction. :)

Rachel Potter

Short-Termers II

Our next featured Short Term team consists of four people (two parents, and two small children) whom I cannot name or tell you where they serve. The picture might give you a hint as to why.                   

I am not really sure how they got on the short-term board. They have been in their country for at least five years, and they do not plan to stop serving any time soon. I guess our church does not have to give them any money because they earn their own living, so that automatically puts them in the short-term section.

Please keep their communication, protection, and contacts in mind over the next couple weeks. And find their letter on the short term board - their writing is usually entertaining.

Rachel Potter 

Short-Termers

Did you know that the College and Career class is responsible to pray for the short term missionaries our church sends out?

Shirley Pullins has put all the short-termers in the last section of display boards at the end of our missionary wall. Quite a few of the short-termers write prayer letters regularly, so you might want to check that board once a month or so and see what is new.

When it comes to mind for the next week or so, please pray for our two short-termers in the Philippines, Ruth Potter and Rachel Uhler.

Rachel is the concert mistress in this picture, and Ruth is first chair in the second violins. (If you keep looking you may see some other people we know.) Rachel and Ruth teach music - both lessons and classes - at Bob Jones Memorial Bible College.

Both Rachel and Ruth need prayer for daily strength in the heat, good communication across language barriers, and wise use of opportunities to minister and witness as they serve in small churches over the weekends.

Rachel Potter