Author: Marte Thiemann

SGWM AUG PRAYER UPDATE

Posted on by Marte Thiemann

EUROPE

Brenna  Kulla – Pécs, Hungary

Praise Report:
-Praise God for all that He has been doing these past months!

Prayer Requests:
1. Prayer for our university students who have started organizing events together as a way to reach their friends and classmates. Pray that God would pour out His Spirit, guide them, equip them, and grant them wisdom and boldness. That they would be a vessel of truth and grace to all those who come to these events. Pray that many would be saved and come to the knowledge of truth!

2. Personally, for wisdom, clarity, and guidance during these months of rest in the states

Thank you for taking time to pray and seek God in behalf of His kingdom work in Hungary!

Love in Christ,
Brenna –  Email Blog

Rebecca Alaniz – Zagreb, Croatia

Praise Reports:
– Lord has kept me healthy! -Projects in the Roma Village began  

Prayer Requests:
1. For the country of Croatia. The coronavirus has come back into the country as the borders re-opened and cases are on the rise. Pray for the government to have wisdom when it come to making decisions for the country.  

2. That the Lord would completely heal my thyroid, so that I wouldn’t need to take any medication 

3. For direction, that I would simply be open to whatever the Lord has for me. There are some big decisions that are coming up, so please pray that the Lord would give me wisdom.  

4. Language Learning: Even though I’m conversational, there is more that I need to learn to reach fluent. Pray that the Lord would help me grasp the language and that He would give me a desire to study it.  

Roma Ministry:
5, Pray that the Lord would give me guidance and wisdom in regards to working in the Roma village. Pray for our relationships with the Roma people, especially with this new project that we are about to start.  

6. Increase in my monthly financial support. 

7. For salvation in Zagreb Thank you for keeping me and the country of Croatia in your prayers. The Lord is at work and I am so excited to see what He is going to continue to do!

God Bless,
Rebecca  – Email Blog

S.S. – Europe

Prayer Requests:
1- I hope you guys could pray for new open doors for reaching out to the refugee community in my city. Since many activities were ceased because of Covid-19. That God would give us new ideas on how to witness with the means available to us. 

2- For the Arabic Church service on Saturday evening that it starts again ( we have to do it as open-air service, but it is difficult to be organized with the translation and worship), and especially for the people invited to be open to the message of the gospel. 

Thank you very much for praying for me.
 
Have a blessed week,

S.  – Email Blog

AFRICA

Matt and Noelle Harris – Gulu, Africa

Praise God:
– For the many people who are coming to Christ at the clinic every week.

– For the people who are hearing the Gospel as God blesses them through the food packages.

– That the harvest has arrived, bringing relief to many.

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray For wisdom as our ministry makes some big decisions.

2. That our food distribution programs would continue to help the right people and to win many souls for Christ.

3. For wisdom for us as we continue to raise our children.

4. For us to have wisdom with our school of discipleship as we move into remote teaching.

Thank you for your faithful partnership!

Love in Christ, 
Matt, Noelle, Emma, Madeline, & Noah – Email Blog

Brian and Jill Kanyike –  Kampala, Uganda

Life and ministry seem to be moving slowly as Uganda is mostly still under lock down and curfew.

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for everyone to stay healthy. Luke was very sick and then Liana a week later. Both went to ER screaming in pain on their stomachs but the Dr. found nothing.  Though Luke had swollen lymph nodes in his tummy. The Dr.  thinks maybe it was a virus. Both are OK now.   Now Luke and Laylee have rashes which the Dr. also thinks is a virus. I don’t know where they could be getting these things since they don’t go anywhere.

2. Pray for safety as crime and violence has been on the rise. Lately many riots and protests. The other day they were very close. It sounded and felt like a war as the riot police used water canons and such to disperse crowds. The booms literally were shaking our windows. 

3. Homeschooling has been a little challenging. Being together 24/7 for months has made patience for everyone a little hard. Pray for patience and grace for everyone with everyone.

4. Pray for the church as people are suffering. We are helping best we can with the money we normally would use for tea after Sunday service.

5. Uganda is repatriating people who were stuck outside Uganda. Many of them are testing positive upon arrival. Pray that this does not lead to a massive outbreak.

6. For 2 years now Uganda has not had a proper dry season.  The lake is higher then ever recorded and many people have lost their homes and lives.  Even now when it normally should be dry it is pouring down heavily everyday.  Pray for a time of dryness and for people who are affected to be safe and provided for.

Thank you for praying for our family and for Uganda.

God bless you,
Brian and Jill – Email Blog

Vincent and Melissa Aniku – Uganda

Thank you prayer warrior for your faithfulness.

Prayer Requests:
1. Please continue to pray for guidance as we fill the forms for the container.

2. Pray for God to open doors.

3. Pray for personal prayers we can not share but the spirit knows.

4. Pray for the upcoming elections in Uganda.

5. Pray as our schools and churches are still closed in Uganda.

God bless,
Vincent and Melissa –  Email Blog

Ends of the Earth Ministries

In South Sudan:
Please continue to pray for the nation of South Sudan. Decades of Civil War have collapsed the economy, resulting in mass starvation and desperation. Hopelessness and violence run rampant throughout communities.

Pray for our 500 students that are being daily discipled in the love of God and His Word, so they may lead their nation Into a new season of hope.

Pray for the 75 children and young adults in our children’s home and for the Missionary parents that are laying down their lives to provide peace and unconditional love to these precious ones.

Please pray for the new churches in the Tauso & Taposa villages. Pray that the pastors and medical staff will have the spiritual and physical tenacity to handle the countless challenges while living amongst Stone-Age tribes.

In Kenya:Pray for the refugee students in our missionary training college in the Kakuma Refugee Camp. They are fasting and praying as they prepare to return to South Sudan to begin reaching cities across the border in North Sudan, with hopes to plant churches amongst Muslim peoples in 2020-21.

In USA:Pray for the Missions Equip Training Programs. We are in the throws of launching two new schools this year.

The first – International School, will be used in Bible Colleges as a complete missions training course. 

The second – Transformation, is a cross-cultural immersion training program, equipping missionaries to assimilate into their new culture while learning the language and world view. 

Pray that God would continue to empower, envision and sustain us as we seek to establish nationally led, culturally relevant, biblical-based churches among unreached peoples.

Yours for the unreached, 
Pastor Rob – Email Blog

NORTH AMERICA

Bryan Reyes – Internship with SGWM

Prayer Requests:
1. I would appreciate prayer for the following: Wisdom from the Holy Spirit as I am leading the guys in the Calvary School of Missions.

2. That the Lord would use me in a way that will impact their lives. That the Lord will provide wisdom for the next steps to take in order to get to Jordan amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

3. That I may continue to live my life surrendered to God despite the trials that may come. And finally, that I may continue to receive opportunities to teach and grow in teaching the word of God. 

Thank you once again for your prayers!

For His Glory.
Bryan – Email Blog

Joel and Amy Garcia – California, USA

Thank you all for taking the time to read these prayer requests and intercede on our behalf! 

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for the family, as Clara is walking now and Harrison now enters his official schooling, making weekday life a lot busier for Amy!

2. Pray for our family in regards to spiritual warfare. July was a month filled with warfare, as almost everyone in our household has experienced either demonic dreams, sleeplessness, random anxiety, etc. 

3. Pray for the Calvary School of Missions out of SGWM, that the students would finish strong and come out ready to start prepping for the foreign mission field!

4. Pray for Joel as he plans on taking on a new role at SGWM as Director of Missionary Sending. 

Love in Christ,
Joel, Amy, Maggie, Harrison, Jude, & Clara – Email Blog

Leo and Pilar Gray – Ensenada, Mexico

Prayer Requests:
1 . We have a lot of new students registered for next semester. Pray for students, staff, and teachers for next semester.

2. Leo will be teaching two classes the semester. Pray for the students and him.

3. We were not able to host any teams this summer. Additionally we have had more students on campus working this summer because of travel restrictions or lack of job opportunities.

4. Leo is scheduled for some minor surgery in late July. Please pray that the lab tests have a good report.

5. Pilar has been experiencing some back pain. Pray that she get some relief as we seek medical help.

Thanks for your prayers for us.

God bless you,
Leo and Pilar – Email Blog

Mike and Sarah Vincent – Rosarito, Mexico

Prayer Requests:
1. That God would keep our city and church healthy from the corona virus!  2. That God would bless our upcoming international church planting conference on August 7-8! 

3. For our next church plant to Guatemala City in August! 
Thank you for faithfully praying for us! 

Con mucho amor de Mexico, (with much love from Mexico)
Mike, Sarah, Grace, and Daniel – Email  Blog

Gary and Tina Barrow – Truckee, California

Praise God:
-First, praise the Lord that He has provided for us to start meeting together as a church. For the past 4 Sundays we have been able to meet in a local park. It has been so neat to see the body of Calvary Chapel Truckee come together, even under these COVID restrictions.

-Secondly, I want to praise the Lord with you that God is allowing us to buy our first home. We have never had a home of our own. The Lord has always said, up to this point, He wanted us to be able to go wherever He would call us. Now that He is planting us here, He is opening a door that Tina has longed for. 

-For Calvary Chapel Truckee, I thank God that He has us in a place where we desperately need Him.

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for vision, sensitivity to His Spirit, for His power to work mightily in the church.

2. Pray that His word would go forth in power and souls would be saved. We are waiting on the city to approve our plans to build out our space.
We are asking the Lord to raise up a gifted and dedicated youth leader to take over a struggling youth ministry.

3. We are asking the Lord to make us a light in a dark community. A community that needs Jesus desperately.

4. We’re asking the Lord to open doors for us to have a Spanish speaking ministry.

5. For vision on how to reach out to those who are addicted to drugs and alcohol, to reach out to those in broken marriages, for business men and women who have discovered there is no lasting fulfillment in seeking wealth.

6. for a Young Adults ministry we want to start. Pray for God’s timing.
As always, please continue to pray for South Asia. We are currently in the 3rd week of a new semester at one college and are planning, Lord willing, to start another semester at another college mid September. Please, please keep this work and those on the ground in your prayers. Their Covid restrictions are much tougher than ours and that amidst increasing persecution.

7. As always, Tina and I are so thankful for your willingness to stand with us in the ministry to see our Lord and Savior exalted among those who do not know Him.

Thank you for your prayers.
God bless,
and Tina –  Email Blog

Bond, Heather and Brenna Gaona – USA

Praise God
– Praise God for God’s provision for a place for us to live stateside at a guesthouse of our friends – Praise God for the many outreaches, churches and slums where food relief has been provided through our partnering pastors in Asia and Africa. Pray for those who received food and the Gospel to be touched and changed.

– Praise God for open doors to minister to many both stateside and overseas both one on one and in small groups

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for our time as we travel to Mexico in August to teach at the Calvary School of Missions. Pray that we would be an encouragement and effective tool used of the Lord to teach and equip future missionaries and ministry leaders.

2. Pray for vision as we seek to serve Jesus right where we are each day.

3. Pray  for our ministry leaders overseas to continue to find ways to minister to those who are hurting, hungry and without hope as a result of COVID.

Thank you for praying for us! 

God bless,
Bond, Heather and Breanna –  Email Blog

Joni Houser – Indiana, USA

Prayer Requests:
1. Please Pray for Our Country to Turn to God

2. Please pray for the protection of the SGWM pastors and Christians in South Asia

3. Please pray for my financial support

Thank you so much for your prayers!

God bless you!
Joni – Email Blog

Jana Sandbulte – Indiana, USA

Praise Report:
-Praise the Lord for the birth of our baby, Cara Joy! Please pray for her to continue to have good health.

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for my financial support and that God will open doors for me to share about the work He is doing in South Asia.

2. Please pray for my financial support and that God will open doors for me to share about the work He is doing in South Asia.

Thank you so much for your prayers

 God bless you,
Paul, Jana and Sari, Kaylee, and Rose –   Blog

Deanna Jevas – Tijuana, Mexico

1.  I am so very thankful to the Lord and blessed that He has sustained me; provided for every single one of my needs, (and then some)! I wish to always be thankful in every circumstance/situation that may come my way.  1 Thess. 5:18

2.  For the parents and students in the after school program, that they would come to know Jesus and surrender their lives to Him as they hear the online Bible story reading Tue.-Sat. at 12:00

3.  For our first ever digital VBS that is Aug. 3rd-7th

4.  For the churches and schools here in Tijuana to open soon. 

5.  For my right knee, in constant pain, and migraine headaches that plague me.

Thanks so much for praying for me! God bless you all and stay safe!!

God bless!
Deanna – Email Blog

Mike and Erin Thiemann –  California, USA

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for our family during this crazy season. We are doing well, but our kids are struggling with all of the lockdowns. They miss their friends, sports teams, classes, etc.

2. Please continue to pray for our School of Missions that will be. Pray for peace. Pray for unity. Pray for vision.

3. Please pray for the youth ministry I lead. Our youth are struggling due to COVID. 

4. Pray for SGWM as we restructure some of our staff and leadership roles. This is just an organizational thing that is necessary as SGWM has grown and is growing rapidly. Pray as we plan to reopen our affiliate missionary program soon.

5. Pray for our personal support. Living in the States and on missionary support is a difficult reality. We struggle with it practically as living expenses in Orange County are high. It is also a struggle to convince people that our home office staff is an absolute necessity for the success of our missionaries all over the world.

Thank you for praying!

God bless you,
Mike, Erin, Malachi, Kyla and Alaina  – Erin –  Email   Mike – Email Blog

 SOUTH AMERICA

Cory and Danielle Kilgus – Trujillo, Peru

Thank you for your continued prayer and support.

Prayer Requests:
1. Recently I received a message from a Venezuelan refugee who was crying as he had  not ate in two days. We delivered food to him the next day, and a shared the love and hope of Christ. He wept as we prayed for him to receive Christ. He is one of thousands of refugees struggling in Peru. Please pray that many would come to Christ, and be comforted in these times.

2. Please pray for Calvary Bible Institute Perú as we have 4 new students for next semester, to bring us to a total of 10 on campus, full time students. 

3. Pray that we would be able to purchase property in Venezuela to send out equipped students to church plant and start a Calvary Bible school.

Thank you again for all your love and support!
Cory and Danielle Kilgus – Email Blog

Brad and Melissa – Amazon Jungle Brazil

Hello and God bless you from the Amazon Jungle.  Please pray with us over these things!

Prayer Requests:
1. The Apurina people.  Specifically, Oscar and Analucia, Raimunda, Valdeci, Emerson, Nelson, Vitor, Alcimara.  

2. Pray they continue strong in the Lord, taking the word to other indigenous villages.

3. Pray for Brad’s upcoming trip there.  This is his first trip since the COVID shutdowns in March.  Pray for direction, wisdom and discernment.

4. Pray for Melissa and our children, Andrea, Josiah, Veronica and Benjamin.  Pray for them as they stay in the city and continue school and work.  

5. Pray for the Calvary Chapel Pastors of Brazil.  We are trying to organize a fellowship between them.  

Thank you and God bless you,
Brad and Melissa Miller and family – Email Blog

The 10/40 Window

The 10/40 Window is a rectangular geographic area stretching from North Africa through the Middle East to Asia, covering 68 countries. Two-thirds of the world’s population live within the 10/40 Window.

Three out of every five people in the 10/40 Window have no access to the gospel. According to the Joshua Project, 68.6% of the 10/40 Window’s ethnic groups (5,984) are considered unreached, with a total population of 3.09 billion.

Worker 15 – 10/40 Window

Prayer requests:
1. Please pray for the situation in the North.

2. Pray for the believers, that the Lord will give them courage and wisdom.

3. Pray for these Anti-Christian people, that the Lord would change their hearts.

4. Pray for our son, that he would not be discouraged.

5. Pray for God’s protection over us all.

6. Pray for some non-Christians who have been attending our online services. May they believe in Jesus and call upon His Name and be saved.

Thank you for your prayers and support!

God bless you

Co-workers in Christ
15 and family

Rabi and Mahima – Nepal

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for our Church to be growing day to day.

2. Pray our church believers to be grow in God word.

3. Pray for our Church member as well as our Family.

4. Pray For our Ministry to be fruitful.

5.Pray our health to be physically fit so we can serve God.

6.Pray our Church need sound system to spread God word throughout different social media.

7. Pray our fellow brother Avinash he fail from chair now his leg doing plaster.

8. Pray us to do faithful Ministry. All the staff, students, Pastors, leaders pray for their health and ministry.

9. pray It’s God will that corona will stop soon and we will gather and Praised Our Lord Jesus Christ soon.

Thank you for praying for us! 

God bless,
Rabi and Mahima – Blog

Prakash and Muna – Nepal

Praise God:
-Praise God for all His provision for the Charis Bible Church Relief Program last month. May The God bless the generous hands. Thanks SGWM family for the prayers and support.

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for Charis Bible Church. We need to move Church building from current place because the agreement is over. We are trying to find a new place for rent. Pray that God would direct us and meet our needs for new facility.

2. Please pray for the spiritual maturity of all the Charis believers.

3. Please pray for all the students of Calvary Chapel Pastors Training Center as they are at home, for their good health and safety. 

4. Please pray that CCBCPTC would reopened soon. Let the environment be suitable for that.

Thank you for your prayers!
Blessing,
Prakash, Muna and Eutychus – Email Blog

Anand and Usha – Nepal

Thank you prayer warrior who had been praying for us since before. We had some prayer request for this month, here are as follows:

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for our good health.

2. Please pray all the people to whom we had get chance to distribute food relief and shared Gospal that they may come to Christ.

3. Please pray for Santa one of the lady in the Church that she is gone through depression.

4. Please pray for the Leprosy colony, 7 years old girl was rape by old man that God may give peace to victim family.

5. Please pray for for the people around us because of lockdown and people are being spoiled with bad habits that they may put their faith in Christ.

6. Please pray for the nearby slum where we can start Bible study.
Thank you for your prayers and support

God bless,
Anand,  Usha and family – Email Blog

Darryl and Kayo Record – Cambodia

Thanks for your faithful prayers.  God has been carrying us through this unpredictable time.  

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for Darryl’s current Cambodian partners in the apologetics/evangelistic video ministry that they would have enough free time to devote to the ministry.

2. Please continue to pray for Precious Women ministry as they provide food and other emergency supplies to women who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19.

3. Please pray for Benjamin’s school as it has received special permission from the the government to reopen in August.

4. Please pray for wisdom in staying connected to our senders in the US and Japan because we don’t know when we will be able to travel from/to Cambodia again as a family.
 
In Christ’s Hands,
Darryl, Kayo, and Benjamin – Email Blog

Worker 8 – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for my ministry, family, and spiritual life.

2. Pray for my parents and my brothers; they are still unbelievers.

3. Pray for R.Y., who has mouth cancer; please pray for complete healing.

4. Pray for all of the believers in my church, that their knowledge will increase in the Word of God.

5. Pray for sister H–her husband and children are persecuting her.

6. Please pray for our biggest need, a piece of land for a church.

Thank you for your prayers

May God bless you all,
8 and family

Worker 3 – 10/40 Window

Prayer Request:
1. Please pray for Mr. N, who is a new believer, receiving opposition from his village.

2. Please pray for K.P., as she has experienced God’s healing touch upon her life. Pray that she will continue to have faith in God.

3. Please continue to pray for our online church services.

Thank you very much for your prayers and support!

God bless you,
3 and family

Milan – Nepal 

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for my family to mature in their relationship with Christ and to have good health

2. Please pray for the believers here to grow in their faith.

3. Pray for my community to know the difference between the Truth and false teachings.

4. Pray for me for safety and for good health.

God bless you,
Milan – Blog

Worker 9 – 10/40 Window

Please Pray:
1. Please pray for me, that I will continue to grow in the knowledge of the Word of God.

2. Please pray that God will teach me to be a good leader for His people.

3. Please pray that God will protect all students and staff of the Pastors School from all illnesses and diseases; pray that they will remain healthy.

Thank you so much for your prayers. God bless you all!

May God bless you,
9

Worker 12 – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for all of the new people who have heard the Gospel, that they will accept Jesus.

2. Please pray for God’s protection and guidance.

Thank you for your continual prayer and support!!

God bless you
12

Worker 11 – 10/40 Window

Praise God:
-Praise God! He has kept my family and the believers here safe from Covid19.

-Praise God for providing for our every need!

Prayer Requests:
1. Please continue pray for us to be safe from Covid19. No one is wearing a mask and no one is following social distancing. Everyday so many they are finding so many corona patients here. My state government started another lockdown starting on the 16th of July.

2. Please pray for my state. Since the lockdown, criminal activities are increasing day by day. Because of the lockdown, so many people lost their jobs, so they stated to committing murder, stealing, robbing etc.

3. Please continue to pray for the believers at my churches to be strong in their faith. They are being persecuted by their family members, neighbors and the community.

4. Please continue pray for my mother health.

5. Please pray for our baptism service. Some more believers want to be baptized.

6. Please pray for the lockdown to be lifted as soon as possible.Thanks for your prayers and partnership in the Gospel!

God bless!
11

Worker 6 – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for church people to grow more in the Word and to have a new revelation during this pandemic situation.

2. We’re doing our church service through conference phone calls. We are having trouble with our internet and having technical disturbances during the phone calls, so please pray for this.

3. My sister had a baby girl. We are soooo happy for God’s blessing! Please pray for the baby and her health.

4. For 2 weeks I will be teaching God’s Word in local churches. Please pray for me to deliver the messages the right way and for people to lead by the Spirit of God to move closer to God.

5. Pray for my mom. She’s suffering from chest pain

6. We’re still praying for church building and a place to start youth group Bible studies. Many young adults are interested in learning God’s Word through a book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse Bible study. So praying and planning to have one in my city.

7. Pray for our co-workers in Christ, two brothers from another Calvary Chapel in a close-by state, as they continue serving in ministry.

8. Pray for protection and provision over family.

Thank you for your prayers!

God bless,
6

Worker 13 – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests: 
1. Please continue to pray for God’s protection and guidance.

Thank you for your prayers!

God bless,
 13

Raju – 1040 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray that revival may take place in our Church.

2. Please pray for me, that I may grow spiritually day by day.

Thank you for your prayers.

God bless you,
Raju – Blog

Worker 10 – 10/40 Window

Please Pray:
1. Pray for me, that God will use me mightily, and for those who know about Jesus but still do not believe, that God will change their hearts.

2. Pray  for me to share the Gospel.

3. Pray for God’s protection and guidance.

Thank you for your prayers!

God bless you
10

Worker 7 – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for this new season of ministry as I have returned to the South. I pray that I will be faithful in the ministry He has for me.

Thank you.

God Bless
7

Worker 4 – 10/40 Window

Please Pray:
1. Please pray for me, as I have been busy with many things. I need strength, wisdom, peace and direction about where to buy things for construction.

2. Please pray for more male students to come to our Bible School.

3. Please pray that the Lord will give me wisdom and Godspeed with translation.

4. Please pray that in the midst of all of this, that I will depend upon God alone, and not on my past experiences.

Thanking you!
4

Worker 2 – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray that if it is God’s will, I will be able to go to a certain village and teach the Word to the Christian families there, as well as share the Gospel with the unbelievers.

2. Please pray that I will be able to build relationships and share the Gospel with the village people.

Thank you so much once again for your prayers.

God bless you,
2

Majhiya and Sarita – Nepal

Prayer Requests:
1. We have found an opportunity to share with others about Jesus, praise the Lord!

2. We conduct small house fellowship services. Please pray for unbelieving neighbors who have joined us sometimes. They are curious and confused during this time of lockdown. Pray that their hearts will soon be changed.

3. Praise God for safety and protection during this time!

4. Remember us in your prayers for His guidance in upcoming days, and pray that God will open the hearts of our neighbors for salvation.

Thank you

Blessings,
Majhiya and Sarita –  Blog

Worker 1 – 10/40 Window

Praise God:
-I completed my quarantine and am still healthy.

-The Lord provided masks for the tribal people.

Prayer Requests:
1. That we have a growing relationships with the surrounding community.

2. The Students remain safe back in their homes

Thank you for your prayers for us

God bless you,
1

Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.”
– Hebrews 13:3

Thank you for praying! Your prayers are impacting lives and helping    
“Reach the Nations…One Soul at a Time”.

Saving Grace World Missions

SGWM JULY PRAYER UPDATE

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EUROPE

Rebecca Alaniz – Zagreb, Croatia

Praise Reports:
-I made it back to Croatia safely and have been so blessed to be back!

-So far the Lord has kept me healthy!

-Projects in the Roma Village are about to begin

Prayer Requests:
1. For the country of Croatia. With the coronavirus present, only 8 cases left in the whole country,  pray that the Lord would continue to keep me healthy. Pray the country doesn’t get an influx of new cases due to tourism. 

2. That the Lord would completely heal my thyroid, so that I wouldn’t need to take any medication

3. For direction, that I would simply be open to whatever the Lord has for me. There are some big decisions that are coming up, so please pray that the Lord would give me wisdom. 

4. Language Learning: Even though I’m conversational, there is more that I need to learn to reach fluent. Pray that the Lord would help me grasp the language and that He would give me a desire to study it. 

5. Roma Ministry: Pray that the Lord would give me guidance and wisdom in regards to working in the Roma village. Pray for our relationships with the Roma people, especially with this new project that we are about to start. 

6. Increase in my monthly financial support.

7. For salvation in Zagreb Thank you for keeping me and the country of Croatia in your prayers. The Lord is at work and I am so excited to see what He is going to continue to do!

God Bless,
Rebecca  – Email Blog

S.S. – Europe

Prayer Requests:

1. Please pray for a refugee Christian family whos sons will be  getting deported back to their home country. Please pray that God would intervene on their behalf.

2. New ways for reaching out to the refugee community since our traditional ways are limited because of the COVID-19 precautions.

3. Our refugee Bible study that more people can join and start to get together in spite of their fear of  more personal contact with COVID-19 situation. We are following all needed measures like meeting outside and 1.5m distance… Thank you so much for praying for me , I really appreciate it.   4. This explanation is not to be shared on the website:

And Thank you again for praying.

Be blessed,
SS – Email Blog

AFRICA

Vincent and Melissa Aniku – Uganda

Prayer Requests:
1. Please continue to pray for Gods guidance.  

2. Continue to pray for our hospital and staff as the cases are in creasing in Uganda, especially around the boarders. 

3. Pray for the certifications we need to finish the container and prepare to send it. 

Thank you so very much for your prayers! 

God bless,
Vincent and Melissa –  Email    Blog

Brian and Jill Kanyike –  Kampala, Uganda

Prayer Requests:
1. Eases in lock down are in Uganda. At the same time the cases in covid are dramatically increasing. The president said for the first time they are getting cases that they cannot trace infection from. Pray for safety for the country and for the Kanyike’s.

2. Violence has been increasing as people disobey covid laws and police try to enforce them. Also, as people begin trying to campaign for January elections. 

3. Hunger continues to be an issue for many. Pray for wisdom and provision as the Kanyike’s and Arise Christian Fellowship try their best to assist. Also pray for Brian as he pastors via phone and internet.

4. Pray for Luke as this weekend we had to take him to ER for extreme stomach pain and vomiting. They had to give him 2 injections to stop pain and calm him down. They did not find anything in tests that day but we are waiting for cultures to get results. He seems much better now so praying what ever it was is over. 

5. Pray for Jill as she home schools and for the children to enjoy learning. 
Thank you for praying for the Kanyike Family and for Uganda. 

God bless you,
Brian and Jill – Email  Blog

Matt and Noelle Harris – Gulu, Africa

Thank you so much for standing together with us in prayer!

Praise Report:

-The gospel is being preached at the medical clinic and many are getting saved.

-Many people are getting saved at our churches as they receive food packages.

-Many are hearing our ministries radio broadcasts and are coming to salvation.

-We got the chance to preach to a neighboring family and many came to Christ.

Prayer Requests: 1. Please pray for, Fred Latim, our head pastor at Calvary Chapel Gulu, as he recovers from prostate surgery as part of his battle against cancer.

2. The people of Northern Uganda, as they await the harvest time and are low on food due to the ongoing lockdown.

3. Our family as we plan and prepare for the new baby, expected late October.

Thank you for praying!

 Love in Christ,
Matt, Noelle, Emma, Madeline, & Noah – Email Blog

Ends of the Earth Ministries

Prayer Requests:
In South Sudan:
Please continue to pray for the nation of South Sudan. Decades of Civil War have collapsed the economy, resulting in mass starvation and desperation. Hopelessness and violence run rampant throughout communities.

Pray for our 500 students that are being daily discipled in the love of God and His Word, so they may lead their nation Into a new season of hope.

Pray for the 75 children and young adults in our children’s home and for the Missionary parents that are laying down their lives to provide peace and unconditional love to these precious ones.

Please pray for the new churches in the Tauso & Taposa villages. Pray that the pastors and medical staff will have the spiritual and physical tenacity to handle the countless challenges while living amongst Stone-Age tribes.

In Kenya:
Pray for the refugee students in our missionary training college in the Kakuma Refugee Camp. They are fasting and praying as they prepare to return to South Sudan to begin reaching cities across the border in North Sudan, with hopes to plant churches amongst Muslim peoples in 2020-21.

In USA:
Pray for the Missions Equip Training Programs. We are in the throws of launching two new schools this year.

The first – International School, will be used in Bible Colleges as a complete missions training course. 

The second – Transformation, is a cross-cultural immersion training program, equipping missionaries to assimilate into their new culture while learning the language and world view. 

Pray that God would continue to empower, envision and sustain us as we seek to establish nationally led, culturally relevant, biblical-based churches among unreached peoples.

Yours for the unreached,
Rob Douglass – Email Blog

NORTH AMERICA

Leo and Pilar Gray – Ensenada, Mexico

Prayer Requests:
1. Our sons father in law was killed in a car accident. They are expecting a child in August and with the virus may not be able to travel to  attend the funeral. Please pray for peace and comfort for their family.

2. We have a lot of new students registering for our next semester. Pray that God would prepare their hearts and that they would be deeply rooted in His word while they study with us.

3. Over 40% of our Operations budget comes from Teams on summer Missions trips. Almost all of our teams have cancelled due to travel restrictions safety concerns, and the Covid virus. Pray that God would continue to provide for our needs.

4. Pray that God continues to move in Mexico drawing people to Himself.

Thank you for your prayers.

God bless you,
Leo and Pilar – Email Blog

Mike and Sarah Vincent – Rosarito, Mexico

Prayer Requests:
1. Protection for our family, church and city as we prepare to re-open our church after the corona virus! 

2. God’s blessing about our plans for the international church planting conference on August 7-8! 

3. God’s provision for our family as missionaries and our church!    
Thank you for faithfully praying for us! 

Con mucho amor de Mexico, (with much love from Mexico)
Mike, Sarah, Grace, and Daniel – Email Blog

Hope Noack – California

Hello and thank you for your prayers!

Prayer Request:
1. Please continue to pray for my wedding which is this month!

2. I also ask your prayers for our ministry in parts of the world that are opposed to the Gospel- our missionaries are under great persecution from the government right now. 

Thank you for your prayers for these things.

God bless you!
Hope – Email Blog

Joel and Amy Garcia – California, USA

Thank you for taking the time to read these requests and pray for us. It means more than you know!  

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray that we would continue to fight the good fight in spiritual warfare within our church and our home. We have felt this warfare in myriad ways, but are confident the Lord is working in it.

2. Please pray for divine wisdom for SGWM, as COVID-19 has left a large footprint and created obstacles in the realm of international missions.

3. Please pray for continued growth and learning for our children, and that the Lord would continue to give Amy and I wisdom in the training and discipline of our wonderful kids. 

Thank you for your continual prayers on our behalf. 

In Christ,
Joel, Amy, Maggie, Harrison, Jude, & Clara – Email Blog

Joni Houser – Indiana, USA

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for our family’s health.

2. Please continue to pray for my financial support.

Thank you so much for your prayers!

God bless you!
Joni – Email Blog

Jana Sandbulte – Indiana, USA

Praise Report:
-Praise the Lord, our health has still been good this month!

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for God to give us strength as we move this month.

2. Please continue to pray for my youngest daughter, Rose’s, recurring struggle with reflux.

3. Please pray for my financial support and that God will open doors for me to share about the work He is doing in South Asia.

Thank you so much for your prayers

God bless you,
Paul, Jana and Sari, Kaylee, and Rose – Email  Blog

Deanna Jevas – Tijuana, Mexico

Prayer Requests:
1. For my health, right knee and horrible headaches which are too frequent.

2. that we will be able to congregate and open after school program soon

3. for the people in this community–salvation of their souls!

4. That we would have revival in this place, and that it would begin with our church members

God’s blessings to you for praying for me.

God bless!
Deanna – Email Blog

Bond, Heather and Breanna Gaona – USA

Please Pray:
1. Pray for continued healing for Heather’s knee

2. Pray for the those suffering around the world from the virus and those day laborers who have been hard hit. Many are without ample food or eating only once a day and are suffering. Praying for an end to the lockdowns and for God to use this time to draw people to Himself throughout the nations.

3. Pray that in each meeting, phone call, online class, we would be filled with the love of God to encourage, exhort and stir up our co-laborers, friends and family around the world.

4. Pray against persecution of Christians that is ever increasing in the 10/40 Window. Pray for protection for those we know and love.

Thank you for praying for us! 

God bless,
Bond, Heather and Breanna –  Email Blog

Mike and Erin Thiemann – California, USA

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for our family during this crazy season. We are doing well, but our kids are struggling with all of the lockdowns. They miss their friends, sports teams, classes, etc.

2. Please pray for our School of Missions that will be starting July 6th. Pray for peace. Pray for unity. Pray for vision.

3. Please pray for the youth ministry I lead. Our youth are struggling due to COVID and are scattered. Pray that we would be able to reengage them soon.

4. Pray for SGWM as we restructure some of our staff and leadership roles. This is just an organizational thing that is necessary as SGWM has grown and is growing rapidly. Pray as we plan to reopen our affiliate missionary program soon.

5. Pray for our personal support. Living in the States and on missionary support is a difficult reality. We struggle with it practically, as living expenses in Orange County are high. It is also a struggle to convince people that our home office staff is an absolute necessity for the success of our missionaries all over the world.

Thank you for your faithful prayers and support

God bless you,
Mike, Erin, Malachi, Kyla and Alaina – Email Blog

SOUTH AMERICA

Brad and Melissa – Amazon Jungle Brazil

Please pray with us for the ministry here in the Amazon.

Prayer Requests:
1. For the Apurina people we minister to.  Specifically the leadership and young couples.

2. For Oscar and Analucia, our missionaries from the Apurina church.

3. For Raimunda.  She has been visiting many different villages on a monthly basis over the last year and has opened up many new hearts to God through the Gospel.  She, too, is one of our supported missionaries.

4. The village chiefs.  They are always under pressure and are susceptible to being influenced with gifts.  Pray they are strengthened by Christ to stand firm in Truth that they could see their people prosper under God’s protection.
5. Our family.  Brad and Melissa, Andrea, Josiah, Veronica and Benjamin.

Thank you and God bless you,
Brad and Melissa Miller and family – Email  Blog

The 10/40 Window

The 10/40 Window is a rectangular geographic area stretching from North Africa through the Middle East to Asia, covering 68 countries. Two-thirds of the world’s population live within the 10/40 Window.

Three out of every five people in the 10/40 Window have no access to the gospel. According to the Joshua Project, 68.6% of the 10/40 Window’s ethnic groups (5,984) are considered unreached, with a total population of 3.09 billion.

Workers – 10/40 Window

Prayer requests:
1. Please pray for the situation in the North.

2. Pray for the believers, that the Lord will give them courage and wisdom.

3. Pray for these Anti-Christian people, that the Lord would change their hearts.

4. Pray for our son, that he would not be discouraged.

5. Pray for God’s protection over us all.

Thanks for your prayers!

God bless you

Rabi and Mahima Shrestha – Nepal

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for worldwide this pandemic COVID-19 will end as soon as possible if God allow it.

2. Pray for our Family, Church and Bible School, students and all the staff for their health.

3. Pray for Our Church we need Sound System.

4. Pray for the  Chepang people and their churches where we distributed foods in this pandemic time; that they may grow spiritually in the Christ.

5 Pray for Us to do  a faithful Ministry in Social media to share, proclaim and teach them Calvary Styles.

Thank you for praying for us! 

God bless,
Rabi and Mahima – Blog

Prakash and Muna Pariyar – Nepal

Praise God ! He has been so good to His people and Church.

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for all the believers all around the world that the people of God truly love God, His word and stand for their faith in every situation.

2. Please pray for the good health and safety of all the students of Calvary Chapel Bible College of Nepal and India as they are Home.

3. Please pray that corona virus be gone from the world soon and social lives of people become normal again, that we can gather together as His Church to praise and glorify Him more than before.

4. Please pray for Charis Bible Church. We need to move out the Church facility from current place. People don’t want to give their land in rent especially for the Church. Please pray that God would direct us towards the right location and especially He would provide our own Church Property so that we don’t need to look for the new place and facility again and again.

Thank you for your prayers!

Blessing,
Prakash, Muna and Eutychus – Email Blog

Anand and Usha Choudhary – Nepal

Thank you ray warrior for praying for us!  
Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for our good health so we can keep on serving LORD.

2. Please pray for the believer  who had went back home from Kathmandu city in lockdown they may get job in back home.

3. Please pray for the opportunity to share Gospel close to the Bible college slum.

4. Please pray for the young people to whom I am teaching Genesis in zoom class.

5. Please pray for the radio ministry and all social media ministry which we were doing that we may reach more people in coming days. 

Thank you for your prayers and support

God bless,
Anand,  Usha and family – Email  Blog

Worker – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for my ministry, family, and spiritual life.

2.  Pray for my parents and my brothers; they are still unbelievers.

3. Pray for R.Y., who has mouth cancer; please pray for complete healing.

4. Pray for all of the believers in my church, that their knowledge will increase in the Word of God.

5. Pray for sister H–her husband and children are persecuting her.

6. Please pray for our biggest need, a piece of land for a church.

Thank you for your prayers.

May God bless you

Workers – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
Please pray for Mr. N, who is a new believer, receiving opposition from his village.

2. Please pray for K.P., as she has experienced God’s healing touch upon her life. Pray that she will continue to have faith in God.

3. Please continue to pray for our online church services.

4. Kindly pray for student recruitment for our Pastor’s school, that God will bring dedicated students.

5. Please pray for me and my family, as we are in lockdown at home. Pray that God will help us to meditate and grow in His Word.

Thank you very much for your prayers and support!

God bless you

Milan Pariyar – Nepal 

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for my family to mature in their relationship with Christ and to have good health.

2. Please pray for the believers here to grow in their faith.

3. Pray for my community to know the difference between the Truth and false teachings.

4. Pray for me for safety and for good health.

Thank you for your prayers!

God bless you,
Milan  –  Blog

Worker – 10/40 Window

Please Pray:
1. Please pray for me, that I will continue to grow in the knowledge of the Word of God.

2. Please pray that God will teach me to be a good leader for His people.

3. Please pray that God will protect all students and staff of the Pastors School from all illnesses and diseases; pray that they will remain healthy.

Thank you so much for your prayers. God bless you!

May God bless you

Worker – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for all of the new people who have heard the Gospel, that they will accept Jesus.

2. Pray for God’s protection and guidance.

Thank you for your continual prayer and support!!

God bless you

Worker – 10/40 Window

Praise Report:
-Praise God, He has kept us safe from the persecution and the corona virus.

-Praise God for fulfilling all of our basic needs during the lock down.

-Praise God for returning our land from my neighbors. Twenty years ago when my family accepted Jesus, my neighbors attacked my family; they tried to kill my family and took lots of our family’s land. But now, by the grace of God, they returned a small part of the land!

Prayer Requests:
1. Please continue to pray for my family’s safety.

2. Please pray for my believers, that they can stand in their faith. They are being persecuted by their husbands, fathers, mothers, neighbors and society.

3. Please pray for my state; after this lockdown many people lost their jobs. Now the people are doing criminal activities like fighting, robbing, chain snatching, murder, etc. Recently, my cousin (a non-believer) killed his own mother (my mother’s sister), and one believer’s son went fishing and someone killed him and threw his body in a field.

4. Please pray our friends who are being disturbed by police and political leaders.

5. Please pray for 3 believers who want to show God their commitment to Him.
6. Please continue to pray for all 8 house fellowships and the Bible studies. Pray that the believers can understand more deeply the Word of God.

7. Please pray for the coronavirus to stop spreading. There are mostly uneducated people in my area; they are not following social distancing and not using masks, even if the government provides masks to everyone. The people are also starting to worship the “corona goddess”. Their thoughts are that if they will worship corona, they will be safe from corona.

Thanks for your prayers and partnership for the Gospel

God bless!

Worker – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for us as we have our services over the phone; most of our church attenders do not have Facebook.

2. Please pray for the unbelievers and believers who we distributed food to.

Thank you for your prayers!

God bless

Worker – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests: 
1. Please continue to pray for God’s protection and guidance.

2. For my health and safety

Thank you for your prayers!

May God bless you

Worker  – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for the youth in our church that they will grow in the Lord.

2. Please pray for me that the Lord will guide andhelp me to take good care of His Church.

3. Please pray for those who are wanting to show their commitment to Jesus. May they truly know the Lord Jesus.

Thank you for praying.

God bless you

Worker – 10/40 Window

Please Pray:
1. Pray for me, that God will use me mightily, and for those who know about Jesus but still do not believe, that God will change their hearts.

2. Pray  for me to share the Gospel.

3. Pray for God’s protection and guidance.

Thank you for your prayers!

May God bless you

Worker- 10/40 Window

Praise Report:
-Praise the Lord, the lockdown is loosening up here some, and finally, seven of the students and I were able to get train tickets to travel to our hometowns.

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for our safe travels, and that we will not contract the virus during the journey.

2. I am excited about the next season of ministry after I leave from here. I do not know what things will be like, but pray that I will be faithful for what God has for me.

Thank you,

God Bless

Worker – 10/40 Window

Please Pray:
1. Please pray for me, as I have been busy with many things. I need strength, wisdom, peace and direction about where to buy things for construction.

2. Please pray for more male students to come to our Bible School.

3. Please pray that the Lord will give me wisdom and Godspeed with translation.

4. Please pray that in the midst of all of this, that I will depend upon God alone, and not on my past experiences.

Thanking you!

God bless you

Worker – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray that if it is God’s will, I will be able to go to a certain village and teach the Word to the Christian families there, as well as share the Gospel with the unbelievers.

2. Please pray that I will be able to build relationships and share the Gospel with the village people.

Thank you so much once again for your prayers.

God’s blessing

Majhiya and Sarita Besra – Nepal

Prayer Requests:
1. We have found the opportunity to share with other about Jesus, praise the Lord!

2. We conduct small house fellowship services. Please pray for unbelieving neighbors who have joined us sometimes, as they are curious and confused during this time of lockdown. Pray that their hearts will soon be changed.

3. Praise God for safety and protection during this time!

4. Remember us in your prayers for His guidance in upcoming days, and pray that God will open the hearts of our neighbors for salvation.

Thank you

Blessings,
Majhiya and Sarita –  Blog

Worker – 10/40 Window

Praise Reports:
-All the students have returned to their home areas.

-I am now back home safely, too.

-The Lord provided the funds for the student’s travels.

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray that I remain healthy as I complete my quarantine.

2. Please pray for the health of the students, as some of their states are keeping them in quarantine facilities with other people.

3. Please pray for wisdom on how to proceed for the next semester due to what is going on around the world.

Thank you for your prayers for us

God bless you,

Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.”

– Hebrews 13:3

Thank you for praying! Your prayers are impacting lives and helping    
“Reach the Nations…One Soul at a Time”.

Saving Grace World Missions

Vincent Family July 2019 Missions Update

Posted on by Marte Thiemann

Greetings from Mexico,

Our family hopes that you are your’s have had a blessed start to the summer! In our monthly update, I love to tell you about our missions and church planting adventures, but ultimately, most of what we do is tied up around our local church here in Rosarito Mexico! So in this update, I want to talk to you about what goes on at our local church during the week!

Our focus at our church is always on our weekend services. Presently, our weekend series is a series I have titled “The Greatest Stories Ever Told” , a verse by verse through the book of Genesis. Although our three weekend services in the sanctuary are our focus, they certainly aren’t the only thing going on in our church campus!

During each one of our services, we have a new believers class taking place where those that have recently professed faith can learn the basics of the faith! These new believers graduate from this class by getting baptized at our monthly baptism. Praise God that at our June Baptism, we had the honor of baptizing 16 people, most of them new believers.

Also on Sunday mornings we offer a bilingual adult Sunday School class that we call “Pillars”  that focuses on the pillars of the Christian faith. Graduating from this course is a requirement to serve at our church. On any given Sunday morning we will have 20 friends taking this course, desiring to join the over 200 weekly servants that volunteer their time every week to serve God and His people.  Over the summer we offer a special Wednesday edition of the pillars class during our midweek service, and the first week we had over 30 people attend the summer edition! (Pictures are of our Wednesday Pillars class taking place on our new upper room patio)

Also during our weekend services we are averaging over 300 children that have fun, receive love,  and (most importantly) learn  about Jesus! Our teachers gently and kindly share the message of salvation with all of our first time little guests, and many of these children have professed faith in Jesus Christ!

During the week, our activities change, but they certainly don’t slow down! At our midweek (Wednesday evening service) we are averaging over 500 men women and children coming out to study the life of Jesus through the Gospel of Luke! I have had the privilege of allowing my assistant pastors and visiting pastors to teach this series this summer, and they have blown me away with their teaching gifts.

Our main youth services meet on Wednesday nights with special events every Friday evenings. We also have a young adult group (ages 18 to 28) we call AGAMOS ( Greek word for un-married ) and they meet every Friday night and also host a once a month worship concert for the church!

Besides those ministries, each week we have the normal men’s and women’s Bible studies, purity groups for men and women, and over 20 small groups (we call them life groups) that meet throughout our city! We are also blessed to have a vibrant Celebrate Recovery Ministry that meets twice a week to help people overcome their hurts, habits, and hang-ups.

One of the things that blesses me the most is we have so many of our church friends involved in outreach and mercy ministries. Visiting the prisons and the dump weekly, serving in orphanages and men’s rehab centers, and the kids club that brings in street children every Saturday for a meal and a message about Jesus! All of these ministries are thriving and led by believers in our church.

Finally, one of our most important ministries of all is what we call our welcome center. Our church congregation does a great job inviting their unsaved friends and family members to come to our church! When our guests arrive, they experience the love of Jesus through His people, and receive an invitation to forgiveness and salvation at the end of each sermon. But to properly welcome these guests, our welcome center team does a fantastic job of telling them about the church, and giving them a little welcome gift.

As you can see our church is BUSY BUSY BUSY! But praise God that our believers are not only equipped to do the work of the ministry, they do it with joyful hearts! And they aren’t the only ones that do the work of the ministry here, YOU our precious friends and supporters are just as important to the great work that God is doing here! It is through your prayers that God meets our spiritual needs, and through your financial partnership that God meets our physical needs!  So once again, we want to tell you thank you!  

Con mucho amor de Mexico,  (with much love from Mexico)
Mike, Sarah, Grace, and Daniel

Prayer Requests!

#1-  That God would help us plug in and disciple the guests and non-believers that are visiting our church!

#2-  That God would continue to provide for the needs of our family and church in Rosarito!  

Praise Reports!
#1- Praise God for a great start to the summer, with 16 June Baptisms!

#2- Praise the Lord for 30 more friends that want to serve weekly at our church and are taking our Wednesday Pillars class!     

For our personal support, checks should be made out to Saving Grace World Missions with “Vincent support” in the memo section.  For special projects, checks should also be made out to Saving Grace World Missions or SGWM, with the project name in the comments section. Use the enclosed envelope or mail directly to Saving Grace World Missions, 17451 Bastanchury Rd., Suite 203, Yorba Linda, CA 92886-1873

For your convenience, you may consider giving through electronic funds transfer or direct deposit.  Simply go to our mission’s website, or insert this web address into your web browser, www.sgwm.com/wp2010/ministries/calvary-chapel-rosarito/   Next, click on the “become a financial partner” button and fill out the information. If you want your gift to go to support our family, please write “Vincent” in the “purpose of gift” section.

Gause Update June 2019

Posted on by Marte Thiemann

Family in Christ, thank you so much for your physical and spiritual support for our family as we have been serving the Lord in Mexico for 6 1/2 years now.  How the time flies! Brian and Jamie have graduated from High School, R.J and Mackenzie will follow in the next 2 years. It has been a journey of ups and downs and all arounds. Wouldn’t trade it for anything!

We have been reaching out in a local colonia called Hiberito.  It is an area where we are partnered with a men’s discipleship home.  The purpose of the home is to help men who are deported, men who are struggling with addictions.  Our church has been gathering every other week to play soccer with the local youth. It has been awesome.  We are inviting the community to come down to where we live, about 15 minutes away, to come have a day of fellowship and fun.  Our ultimate hope is that we would plant a home church in the area. How exciting!

Starting July 7, 2019 we will have two services on Sunday. Please keep our leaders and faithful servants in prayer as we step out in faith.We also teamed up with a Doctor to have a medical outreach.  We have trained 15 people from the body to participate and are hoping more come to serve.  That will be June 10th, 7a.m. We will be doing the outreach in a local swap meet, called a Sobre Ruedas.  We have a space to put up 4 tents and are expecting the Lord to save many! 

We were blessed to celebrate all of the moms on Mother’s Day and our good friend, Timothy who is moving back to the states. Please be in prayer for the Lord to direct his next steps in serving the Lord.

Jamie got a new job at Hel-THe and although the minimum wage in Mexico is $8-10/day, she is blessed to have some extra money as she is praying about her plans for the future. Brian is working hard at finishing up High School and working while RJ continues to play sports any chance he gets. Mackenzie celebrated her sweet 16 and got her drivers license. So we now have 4 drivers in the house!

The Gause family is very thankful to have a community of believers that supports us in the mission field, meeting both our physical and spiritual need.  We have been so blessed to represent our Lord as well as those who support us. May the Lord bless you and guide you as you minister to the least and the lost.

 God bless you
Ryan , Karen, Jamie, Brian, Ryan, and Mackenzie.

Mosley Family June 2019

Posted on by Marte Thiemann

Numbers 9:17-23

17 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the Israelite’s set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelite’s encamped. 18 At the Lord’s command the Israelite’s set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained in camp. 19 When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a long time, the Israelites obeyed the Lord’s order and did not set out. 20 Sometimes the cloud was over the tabernacle only a few days; at the Lord’s command they would encamp, and then at his command they would set out. 21 Sometimes the cloud stayed only from evening till morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set out.22 Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelite’s would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out. 23 At the Lord’s command they encamped, and at the Lord’s command they set out. They obeyed the Lord’s order.

This verse has become the definition of our lives this past year! When the cloud lifts, we have set out and when the cloud has settled, we have stayed. What a change a month can bring; the cloud has lifted, and we are on the move again! It has been eleven months since we set out as missionaries, ready to follow the Lord where He would lead us. What a journey this has been. I think we can say with confidence this has been the best and the hardest year of our lives. The lessons that we have learned, the adventures we have had, the time with our kids, and the experience of living by faith have been priceless. The adventure continues as we, again, move into a new chapter of our lives.

We have been asked by our home church, Calvary Chapel Napa, to come back and serve in a new capacity. Calvary Chapel Napa is launching a new ministry called The Bridge Napa. This program is a residential discipleship ministry to those that struggle with addiction. Aaron will be one of the people overseeing the program, providing safety, structure, discipleship, and supervision for the purpose of restoring people back to God, family, work, and community. After much prayer we have accepted the call to come back to Napa and serve along-side our home church and community in this exciting and much needed ministry.

Oregon quickly became our home for the last two months and we are sad again to be moving on. We loved our time of service there and will treasure our friends, new and old, and the church that so warmly welcomed us. It is hard when “the cloud lifts” and we know it is time to move on, however, as a family, we have promised God that we will be on His mission wherever He sends us, for as long as He sends us.

Aaron will continue serving the Law Enforcement community, now primarily in Napa. We attended a training in May on the subject of first responder peer support which proved to be a very useful and important training. Aaron is looking forward to continuing to fellowship with these amazing men and women as they encourage one another to grow in their relationships with our Heavenly Father. The discipleship group is still meeting once a month.

God quickly and miraculously provided a house for us in Napa, despite the insane and ridiculously competitive market. We have found the saying true “where God guides, He provides.” We are very grateful for the people that He uses to accomplish His purposes. The house the Lord has provided will not be ready for us until approximately the second week of July. In the mean-time we are hoping to spend some time in Monterey shadowing and being trained by the Pastors of The Bridge Monterey, where the residential discipleship program originated fourteen years ago.

There are two big questions that keep coming up that we want to address:

First: “Is Aaron going back to work in law enforcement?” The answer is no, we do  not believe the Lord is leading that direction at all.

Second: “Are you still missionaries?” Yes, we are still missionaries.  We know that we are challenging peoples common understanding of missionaries. Normally we think of missionaries as people in far off lands. Right now, we are continuing to serve as local missionaries to our community. Our definition of being a missionary is being set apart to live solely for the purpose of being on Gods mission to make disciples of all nations (including this one). That means we live by faith. It means that we trust God to provide for us what we need when we need it. He has yet to let us down and we are so grateful. There is nothing more exciting than to live by faith and watch God come through, we LOVE it!

Until next month!
The Mosleys – Aaron, Jackie, McKenna, Mia, Isaiah, and Penelope 

Following Paul the Apostle to Spain…Ruano Update

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When you look back at Paul’s missionary journeys, you’ll notice that he kept expanding his mission field.  He started off in Antioch and then he kept moving to the west, and a little more to the west, and then farther out to the west!  Heading to Spain meant traveling as far west as he possibly could; for Paul that meant sharing the gospel to “the ends of the earth”. Paul was an amazing missionary with a big vision!

“My ambition has always been to preach the Good News where the name of Christ has never been heard…I am planning to go to Spain, and when I do, I will stop off in Rome….I will come to see you on my way to Spain.” Romans 15: 20, 24, 28

You may be thinking, “Wait a minute Zully, the Bible never mentioned that Paul indeed traveled to Spain.”  You are absolutely right.  Although church tradition and historical scholars indicate that Paul made it to Spain, the Bible doesn’t recount a 4th missionary journey to Spain.  What the Bible does recount is Paul’s passion to keep moving forward for Christ. Paul was a man with a vision. He was a man with a desire to share Christ.  Despite the hardships he went through in his three previous missionary journeys, he desired to keep pushing through boundaries, both earthly ones and physical ones too. (Read his stirring list of hardships in 2 Corinthians 11:24-30!)

I recently listened to an interview of a Christian marathon runner named Ryan Hall.  He mentioned that he runs because he enjoys pushing himself and loves realizing that he can do a lot more than what he thought he could. As he goes through the pain and exhaustion of finishing a marathon race, he is able to run all the way to the finish line because when he focuses on someone or something outside of himself (i.e. his family, his charity foundation…etc.); he then has a purpose to keep running even though his body is ready to quit. Ryan Hall’s interview made me think about our Christian race. Are we running this Christian race with purpose? Are we willing to expand our vision? When the going gets tough, do we keep running knowing that we can endure this race because God and His calling are worth it?

While I’m not competing in a marathon race anytime soon, I am following Paul’s footsteps to Spain. I don’t mean that just literally. I want to follow his example in expanding my vision for Christ. I want to follow his example in pushing myself a little more to do those things that the Lord is calling me to do. I want to keep asking myself: How willing am I to push myself a little more for Christ each day? Am I willing to let go, to surrender, to sacrifice, to be uncomfortable for Him and for the sake of the gospel? 

What is Christ calling you to do? How is He desiring that you expand your vision? 

Let me tell you that just by reading this newsletter and taking part in my missionary journey, you are allowing the Lord to expand your vision! It’s so awesome that we can expand our vision together in the furtherance of the gospel to Spain! I’m very thankful that together we’re allowing the Lord to do something through us that only He can do! It’s never too late to partner with us in Spain. Contact me and I can share ways that you can be part of this team! 

Thank you for your prayers! I’m praying for you as well, that your vision may be expanded and that you may be amazed at what God can do in and through you!

God bless,
Zully – Blog

Updates

~ The visa process is in the works. I’m waiting for an important document from Spain that will allow me to request a religious visa. 

Please keep that in prayer!

~ The monthly funds I need to have in place before leaving are coming in slowly but surely! Please pray for the Lord to continue to provide in all areas. 

~ My Care Team and I have been meeting once a month; I’m blessed by everyone on my team! If you would like to expand your vision in missions and would like to join a Care Team, feel free to contact me! 

Mosley Family May Update – Open Doors

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Our first month in Portland, Oregon has gone by so fast! After we first moved here, I began to wonder what we were going to do to fill our time but after a few days I discovered that was not something we needed to worry about!  

As we have continued to pray and ask God for direction in ministry, a door has swung wide open within the law enforcement community. After retiring and laying down my badge last year, after 15.5 years, the Lord has continued to stir my heart for my fellow Law Enforcement Officers. I am beginning to see that God may be calling me to be a missionary to the Law Enforcement community. They really are their own tribe, speak their own language, have their own culture, and can be a very challenging group to reach with the gospel. I never really saw this ministry coming but I have a growing, unquenchable desire to support these men and women of Law Enforcement as they fulfill God’s calling on their lives. 

As I shared last month, we have a solid group of Law Enforcement guys that are meeting in Napa once a month. I flew back to California at the end of April to meet with these guys, encourage them, and support them in their job, and more importantly in their walk with Christ. We will continue to meet once a month to encourage, support, and pray for one another. My good friend John and I are producing weekly YouTube videos for the guys and gals involved in this group to help keep everyone engaged and offer support during the weeks we are not meeting together. The group has been growing in interest and we are hoping to start working toward one on one discipleship.

I don’t believe this door for ministry would have swung so wide if we hadn’t moved up here to Portland. I have been able to make several connections with Christian Law Enforcement officers in the area. It’s through these connections I have learned about other First Responder support ministries. I’ve spent most of the month meeting with different people, whether on the phone or in person, from local and national organizations, that are involved in Law Enforcement ministry. So far, I have been speaking to an organization called Navigators and the Fellowship of Christian Peace Officers, which are both nationally known ministries. It has been exciting to connect with people that are doing great things for God within Chicago PD and with folks in the Tennessee area too. Each encounter has taught me more about how I can serve our Law Enforcement officers. There is also a possibility that Jackie will be working with Law Enforcement spouses, which is also much needed. Many times, these women go unnoticed and the impact these jobs have on the spouses can be very devastating.

We are working on a project called “Cover Unit. In police terms a cover unit is an officer’s backup. The job of a cover unit is to watch and offer a secondary level of protection, to support the primary responding officer on his/her call. With this in mind, I began thinking about how I could be these guys “Cover Unit” in a spiritual sense. It began to occur to me that I could be a cover unit to the officers on the street by committing to pray for these men and women and “covering” them in prayer. The idea began to grow. I want to go beyond just supporting in a general sense and support by prayer. I’ve been able to share this concept with several officers, deputies, and organizations about the idea and there is a lot of excitement and momentum behind praying for officers! So, stay tuned for more to come about the Cover Unit Ministry.

The other component of being in Oregon is serving alongside our friends in the local church. We had a great time helping with the Easter Egg Hunt a couple of weeks ago and it was a neat opportunity to get to know some folks at the church and meet people from the neighborhood. This week we started doing a Drive-Thru prayer stop at the church, where people can drive into the parking lot and be prayed for. It was interesting watching the people that came first drive by and then intentionally turn around to receive prayer, the Holy Spirit drew the people that needed prayer. Praise God that we have been able to meet and make some new friends and even have them over for dinner a couple of times. God knows how much we love all of our friends back home and in Mexico, so He graciously brought some new families into our lives. I’ve had the opportunity to continue meeting weekly with a brother from the church to encourage and support him in his relationship with the Lord. He has been such an encouragement to me as well. “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17).

As you can see, it’s been a busy month. We ask that you come along side us this month in prayer. 

Please pray for:

  • The church here at Faith on Hill- that God would continue to use it as a beacon of light to the neighborhood. 
  • For our group of officers in Napa – that they would continue to stand strong in their faith in a dark work place. 
  • God would continue to open doors for ministry within the Law Enforcement community
  • Unity, strength, and provision for our family

Until next month!
The Mosleys – Aaron, Jackie, McKenna, Mia, Isaiah, and Penelope

The Pavel Family – May 2019 Update

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APRIL 2019 – THE RESURRECTION

“Webster argues that the Protestant church itself is in need of evangelization, since it has been heavily influenced by radical pluralism, individualism and relativism.”Christian Apologetics in the Postmodern World – Phillips, Timothy & Okholm, Dennis (1995)

1 Timothy 1:5-6 read, Now the goal of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith. Some have deviated from these and turned aside to fruitless discussion. (HCSB)

This April I have had the privilege to share about the importance of God having a plan to save me and the youth listening to me. This generation especially children of trauma have a hard time believing the Gospel of Christ’s death and resurrection. While none of them would go so far as to say the event did not occur, but when asked if they would repent and commit their lives to Christ, learn His teaching, and obey his commands, they shrug and have responded by saying when they see the church doing so then they will too.

Some of you may know young people like this. Some of you may have encountered or taught young people and responded in various ways but hearing a young person say this still stings with truth. I can’t ignore their proposition but what I have been able to demonstrate is what 1 Timothy 1:5-6 shares. As a teacher, mentor, pastor, and disciple maker, my technique must be in love because that’s the way Jesus responded and spoke to people in His ministry. I’ve noticed that all the power and testimony found in the resurrection account misses its mark in another person if I don’t use the love from a pure heart, a good conscience and a sincere faith.

These virtues have been so difficult for me to achieve. I can not maintain consistency in my own power and I have had to simply cry out to the Lord to demonstrate His power in my weakness. It’s in this moment precisely that the Gospel of the Resurrection of Christ comes alive because I realize this is the tangible object of my belief in God. I can not teach, mentor, preach or make disciples for God without this object of faith.

So, this is my encouragement to the faithful brothers and sisters who are among a generation that is saturated in pluralism, individualism, and relativism. Let the Gospel message be the singular truth, be communal, and be dependent on God to get a pure heart, a good conscience and a sincere faith in God’s goodness.

Pray for this generation because they desperately need it. They must be prepared if they are to survive the traps set for them throughout their lives.

Thank you for your love and prayers,
The Pavel Family – Serving in Oradea, Romania

I’m Just a Branch – A Lesson on Dependence – Ruano Update

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“Lord, if You were leaving to Spain and you had a long list of things to do, what would Youdo? How would You handle it all?”

Lately, my prayers have been very simple before the Lord. And His answers have been just as simple and practical!  This is what He spoke to my heart after the above prayer:

“Zully, if I were leaving to Spain, and had a long list of things to do, I would desperately seek my Father’s direction every single morning.”

Pretty straightforward! Two words stood out: “desperately seek”. 

How do you desperately seek for something? Is it the kind of desperation like when you’re parched and look forward to a glass of water?  Desperate like when you’re lost for hours and will do anything for the exact directions to your destination? Desperate as if you were hanging from the edge of a cliff and cried as loud as you can for someone to save you? Yes, yes, and yes.  I need to be desperate enough to surrender everything to Him.     

Shortly after I was learning about “desperately seeking” for the Lord, at just the right moment, I received lessons on John 15:5 that would solidify this new lesson on dependence.

The following are current personal updates that include a lesson I learned from the book Absolute Surrender by Andrew Murray (Ch. 9 – Ye Are the Branches):

Update 1: I have been blessed to share the call to Spain at various bible studies and on platforms like podcasts and webinars.  (The links to those studies & platforms will be at the end.) Those who know me, know that sharing on these public platforms have been a huge stretch for me; I’m amazed at what God is doing! 

“Absolute dependence upon God is the secret of all power in work. The branch has nothing but what it gets from the vine, and you and I can have nothing but what we get from Jesus.”

Update 2: I started the visa process! There are so many components to the visa, so I am taking everything one step at a time. 

“The living connection of the vine and the branches is hourly, daily, unceasingly… Just so, I must take that position…and morning by morning and day by day and hour by hour and step by step, in every work I have to go out to just to abide before Him in the simple utter helplessness of one who knows nothing, and is nothing, and can do nothing…. I have no care, my cares are His. I have no fear, He cares for all my fears.”

Update 3: The Association of Christian Teachers and Schools (ACTS) is providing the needed assistance to help establish the Christian school in Mallorca. Therefore, the Lord has put a team together both in Spain and in the US to help begin the school!

“If I am something, then God is not everything; but when I become nothing, God can become all…We need to become nothing.”

What freedom I found in recognizing that I am just a branch! I don’t have to strive or control anything but depend on the Vine and in His direction.  It’s as if I have taken a front row seat, and I am watching His every move; it’s exciting! My heart’s desire is that you would take a front row seat with me!  What ministry gift does God want you to contribute to this mission? 

Your generosity in financially partnering with me, every prayer you make on my behalf, every encouraging message and counsel you send… etc. are some ways that you can share your ministry gift with our work in Spain. If you want to learn more on how to partner with me in this exciting venture of faith, please do not hesitate to contact me! I’m truly blessed that we’re in this together! 

God bless,
Zully

Praise and Prayer – Nepal

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Prakash and Muna Pariyar  – Nepal

Thank you so much for your prayers for us!

Praise Report
-As I had requested to pray for the new place for  the CCBC/Pastors training center and school of ministry Praise God that He provided it.

-Praise God that we could hold the medical camp and children outreach program this month with BWO team at Dumre Western part of Nepal and Leprosy Colony Kathmandu.

Prayer Request
1. Please pray that God would send more the new students at Bible College.

2. And also for the Bible college finance many things to be settled and also student-scholarships.

3. Please pray for the healing that one of our student’s father is suffering by cancer.

Thank you for again for your prayers!

God Bless,
Prakash and Muna – Blog

Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.” – Hebrews 13:3 

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