My heart overflows with joy to have Saving Grace World Missions office full of passionate servants of Jesus Christ.
– Tim Pappas
Author: Marte Thiemann
Rosarito Here We Come!
Left to Right: Nikki Arriaga, Allison Brechtel, Johnny Brechtel, Tim Pappas Jon Brechtel (back) and Noah Brechtel,
And we’re off!!!!!! Heading down to Rosarito, Mexico with the Brechtel’s! They are our SGWM missionaries & are praying about how the Lord would lead them as they have a heart for church planting! You can read more about them on their missionary blog; SGWM.
Please join us in praying for safe travels, clear vision, a wonderful time of fellowship and that God would be glorified in all we do.
God Bless you,
Nikki
Urgent Prayer Request For 3 Year Old, Ian Aniku
Please pray for our 3-year-old son Ian, to make a full recovery from this mysterious illness that had him hospitalized for a week and unable to walk. Pray for his physical therapy, that he will get full mobility back in his left leg. That this was just an infection deep in the muscle that they couldn’t find in blood or the fluid drained from his knee. That this is not Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Pray for swelling and warmth to go away with these antibiotics. Please pray that the Dr’s have wisdom. That we may get into the infectious doctors for the re-check before his scheduled appointment of Feb 21st since that is long to be on these antibiotics.
Thank you so much for your prayers!
God bless,
Vincent and Melissa
Missionary Blog: https://sgwm.com/aniku/
Urgent Prayer Request For Jared Massey
Please keep our youngest son Jared in your prayers, He has a severe chest infection and high fever; our whole last week was very busy as we ran back and forth for his chest treatments. Please pray for him to recover fully soon. Also please pray that Farah and I can get the rest we need as we care for him. Thank you for your faithful prayers for us
God Bless you,
Nadeem and Farah
Missionary Blog: https://sgwm.com/blog/missionaries/the-massey-family/
South Sudan – Prayer Request For Pastor Rob And The Team
The Sudan Team needs your prayers:
Here’s a photo of the complete team of seven at MAF Mission aviation fellowship. They are flying from Nairobi to the border of South Sudan this morning (our nighttime right now)
At about midnight (California Time) they will be driving through no mans land. This is potentially the most dangerous part of their missions trip. Please pray the vehicles don’t break down and that they have no encounters with gun men along the road.
Thank you
Pastor Rob Douglass
714.747.0458
rob@eem1040.org
South Sudan – Bringing Hope and Love of Jesus Christ to Unreached people
(Editor’s Note: This is an update from our missionary Pastor Rob Douglass, who is doing amazing work in South Sudan)
Myself and a team of seven people will be leaving for South Sudan tonight. Over the next two weeks, we will be ministering to a group of people that have been devastated by war. The government is bankrupt and most of the police, military, medical officials and school teachers have left because of this crisis. Our national missionaries are determined to remain and bring hope to these hurting people. They are risking their safety to continually stay in this country and care for these people. Groups of desperate children daily knock on the gate of our missionary home asking for help. Each night, as our kids are praying and singing worship songs, the sound of their voices fill the community. Government officials have asked us to never stop singing as it’s the only thing that brings a sense of hope and peace to this broken land. 
On this trip, we will be celebrating with our Bible College students that are graduating a two-year missionary training program. They are desiring to go into unreached areas, bringing the hope and love of Jesus for the first time. Please be praying for them as they graduate and begin their evangelizing and church planting ministry.
We wil also be providing an eye exam outreach to the community and the local government officials. The last time we did this, many of the people coming to get glasses were resistant to conversation or relationship. After they received their glasses, one man began to cry and laugh and said that he hadn’t seen the world that clearly since he was a little boy. He was hugging us and laughing and so thankful that we were there. Please pray this outreach will open the door for God’s love to be poured out into this hurting land. 
Thank you also for praying for our team’s health and safety while traveling into these dangerous and unpredictable areas. It is often difficult to find a working vehicle, so please specifically pray that our team will be able to get to all the places we need to go. The spiritual warfare our team has been experiencing prior to this trip has been particularly intense. Thank you for standing in prayer with us as we seek to bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth.
