Monday, May 6, 2013

May Prayer Requests

Praise Reports:
  • The Israel outreach went amazingly well! Everyone was safe, ministry was awesome. Pray for the seeds that where planted trough outreach and also into the students lives. 
  • No issues for my family while I was away.
  • Homeschooling resources for fall 2013!
Ministry Requests:
  • This is our busiest two weeks of the semester. We have two weeks of classes, finals, thesis defense, graduation. Please pray for strength and wisdom for the staff and students. Pray that we all finish well. 
  • Pray for the final month of AVFL applications. We are praying for 40+ students. We have 32 right now. Pray that those who have committed that the Lord will provide and protect them during this process. 
  • Pray for the Foundations conference our largest conference is less then 6 weeks away. Over 300+ missionaries and their families will come for a week or refreshing, refining, and responding to work of the Holy Spirit. Pray for the speakers and teams that will be coming to serve. Nations will be impacted through the messages and moments in during the conference.
  • Pray for the many different staff members dealing with health challenges. It seems that the enemy would love for us to be distracted by weakness and different challenges. Pray for healing, strength and victory for those that ailing and weak. 
Family Requests:
  • Strength and patience for Kimmie and the kids as I get through my busiest season.
  • Wisdom, and grace as Kimmie, I and the team get ready for our first full AVFL summer together. We need discernment as we make decisions about classes, curriculum, outreaches, schedules and even applications. Potentially 40+ kids will going through 6 weeks of life changing classes and outreaches. The warfare will be intense!
  • Provision and protection for all the outreach's we will do with the AVFL team this summer. 5 different countries!
  • Protection as Spring / Summer weather is here. The pool is opening up and the kids are enjoying more outside time with family and friends.