March Prayer Letter 2014

WIN PRAYER LETTER

WORLD INTERCESSION NETWORK

First Friday Fast:

The first Friday of every month is a day of prayer and fasting

PRAYER FOCUS: Praying for Europe 

Pray for:  SOUTHWEST EUROPE     Lin and Nancy Berry 

We look forward to the visit of Tame Lambert and the Women’s Ministry team to Spain they will be here for about 10 days.

Pray they catch a vision for the work here and go home with a love for the Spanish people. Pray as they minister to the women and to the church on Sunday

Thank you Kathy Petty for your hard work in working out the details of their visit.

Thank you for your prayers for my neighbor’s mother who had a tumor removed from her brain… she made it through a very dangerous surgery; pray for her complete recovery

Our church in Toledo has open a soup kitchen and they had their grand opening last Sunday.  There  was so many people from the community and from the churches not enough room for every one inside J

The church is growing and doing well even in the crisis. They also have a food bank and the church has grown by them helping others  

They have a voice and have a good reputation  in their community

We are very thankful for the way God has touched lives through CReA/café house/culture centre.

It has opened doors for people on the streets to know us and gives us the opportunity to share Jesus with them.

Lin has been working on a manual/book for CReA. We want to brand CReA and develop a unified vision and "product".

SCHOOL OF INTERCESSORS has been going great God has been leading and helping me and training others to intercede

Pray for us as we lead our churches and our pastors of ISPE may we be led by the Lord and guided by Him in all we do

Pray for Lin’s travel to Paris the last week of March

Pray for our Pastors and conference of churches

Gary and Kathy in Spain

PRAISE THE LORD FOR:

Special visitors this past month and the opportunities to pray and share with them -the Caves from Canada, Lulu from Mexico and Dr. Carlos from Costa Rica. “Visitation” a word in our spirits is proving to be a true word for us so far this year!

A “Connect” group meeting with our English students and a Kid’s Bible Club with our younger English students in February.

A blessed trip to Barcelona, Spain sharing in the church’s Valentine’s Banquet.

Our prayer requests are:

Safety and great ministry for the Women’s Ministry trip to Spain and France from March 19-29. After ministering to the women and church in Madrid, they will come to Granada for activities in the outreach ministry center with the Adult English students and also with Arab women from different countries.

Kathy will be with them for the whole visit and Gary will help while they are in Spain. We will both be driving vans so we’d appreciate prayers for the logistics of the trip.

Our daughter, Lisa, is looking for a job. She graduated from Regent University with a master’s degree in Political Science but has just moved to Colorado Springs after some difficult experiences. She’s going through a hard time and a lot of loss. We’d appreciate your prayers for her.

Thank you for your prayers!

Pray for Italy: 

Pray for Felicia Bush in Rome, Italy

Pray request and goals:  

To make every divine appointment set by God, for salvation experiences, and making discipleTo learn the Italian language. Learning, retaining and using the Italian language effectively for His purposes that
To begin the search for a suitable location for establishing a CReA presence in Rome.
IPHC - UK and NW Europe
1.  We praise the Lord for what He is doing in Albania and in the lives of people.
3.  Pray for the finances of the ministry.
4.  Pray as Craig and his family are working on their long term visas and permission to stay in Albania.

I may maintain a sensitivity to those divine appointments and opportunities to serve in this environment.

Pray for Viktor and Alla   Karplyuk, IPHC pastors from Ukraine, ministry in Italy   

Pray for the ministry of emotional healing in Italy.

Pray for the financial support of the ministry; for travel & for the work.

Pray  for the home groups in Naples and Salerno and in Venice

Pray for the people who repent and received Jesus in their hearts in Mestre

Pray for France:

Pray for Marc and Annemarie Lebrun in Paris, France

Pray for Jacque, Babeth & Valerie Chorel, the Church Eglise Siloe in Valance

Pray for Marty Delmon

Pray for Malta          Pastor Joe Agius and family

Please pray for:

1.       Salvation for Malta.

2.       Personal revival in some of the believers.

3.       Evangelistic program this June (joined with other churches).

4.       Better relationships between church members.

5.       Youths to commit their life to Christ. Please mention my children in particular.

6.       Reviving People to People fund raising meal at the church

Please praise the Lord for:

1.       Christine and I celebrating our 27^th wedding anniversary.

2.       Passing the first audit by the National Commission for Higher and Further Education.

3.       Receiving a five year license for the school (Like any other Higher educational Institution.

4.       For more Christians to study with GIT-Malta.

5.       Several members of the church who are really growing in the Lord.

Pray for Portugal       Tony and Patti Guasco

Praying for Germany 

Pray for Pastor Peter and family

Pray for the Mark and Jeannie McClung

Pray for Jeff & Miranda Weaver  

Praise Report - Jeff finally started working on post.  This got us our visas!  We are good for at least three years.

Prayer Requests - Due to the military assignments, we are losing at least three families this year - possibly four.  

That's almost our whole church.  We need The Lord to help us get new families in before our current ones leave.

PRAY FOR:    NORTHWEST EUROPE

Harold & Kathleen Presley

Pray for Jasmine Crilly missionary in London

Praying for Wales:

Todd and Stephanie Presley in Wales

Pray for parent2parent

Pray for Gary & Alesa Akerman

Pray for Matt and Femke Helland in Amsterdam

New Life West: Amsterdam

Successful Church Plant

Matt and Femke have done a great job in Amsterdam. We have witnessed the body of Christ, His Church coming together to celebrate. We were impressed that his dedicated young couple have done what many would find impossible, Planting a Church in the heart of Amsterdam. The Hellands have a Kids Club as well that brings together mostly Muslim kids and teaches them a totally Christian theme. They now have plans for their next Church Plant and I'm sure they will do what they set out to do.

Pray for Belgium

   Mauricio and Lulu

Bill, Gretchen, Rachel & Ryan

Bert Phagan and the Praise Center

Prayer requests:

1. That God will help us with adaptations to our building requested and demanded by our city. We made some mistakes and now have to correct them.

2. Financial blessings on our renters ( churches and apartments) so that they can pay their rents to help us pay all our bills and help in missions more!

3. Revival in this city of Brussels, the Capital of Europe. It seems the darkness is growing instead of us gaining!

4. Souls souls souls!

Praise report. We recently bought our first building in Varna, Bulgaria! 50 square meters CASH!

Bert Phagan, Praise Center

Pray for EASTERN EUROPE  

Linda Fannin

Pray for Tallinn, Estonia  

Larry and Deborah Mininger 

Pray for Albania   

David and Valbona Pennoyer

I, David, am in Albania right now for the transition to Pastor Craig as the pastor of the church.

2.  We praise the Lord that the Albanians are rising up to the challenge and doing a great work.

3.  We praise the Lord that Craig and his family are going to be leading the churches in Albania.

1.  We ask you to continue to pray that Valbona gets a full time permanent job.

2.  Pray for the transition in Albania.

5.  Pray for Elona who is having some trouble on her mission field with visas etc. and the uncertainty that comes with that.

6.  Pray for my health.

7.  Pray for financial support for the Albanians who are involved in ministry.

8.  Pray that I am able to have meetings in some new churches.

9.  Pray for my mom as she continues to heal and adjusts to living alone.

Thank you for everything, God bless and keep looking up.

In His Service

David J. Pennoyer

Pray for Macedonia  

    

Pray for Turkey:

   

Ismail & Angela; Igor & Lena; Jerry & Terry; Jonathan & Corrie

In Turkey God is moving. There were 5 more water baptisms and 3 conversions recently in LAODICEA. Please keep them in prayer that a great revival will happen across these 2 countries. Pastor Ismail, our lead man has a great opportunity to produce a daily television program that would reach hundreds of thousands

Pray for the Ukraine

Of course the News Channels are filled with news of the crisis in the Ukraine. But we have over 150 Churches in the Ukraine and at least 10 of them in the Crimean area. This is a highly volatile situation, BUT God can also turn this into a harvest of souls right across the Ukraine. Our leaders there want to mobilize evangelistic teams to minister to towns and villages.

Pray for Hungary

Pray for Romania: 

Teodor and Sauda Bulzan, President over IPHC of Romania   

Pray for Israel and the Middle East

Gary and Ann Robertson to Israel

  

THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR EUROPE    

Praying for Europe Nov 2013

WIN PRAYER LETTER

WORLD INTERCESSION NETWORK

First Friday Fast:

The first Friday of every month is a day of prayer and fasting

We pray and intercede for our World Mission Ministries Bishop

He has a very full plate in all that he does. We pray for his family. We pray for good health that God will touch him and keep him strong.

We pray as he make decisions for the wisdom of God will continue to guide him and direct him in all that he and the WM Board does.

We thank God for their leadership.

PRAYER FOCUS: Praying for Europe 

Pray for:  SOUTHWEST EUROPE     Lin and Nancy Berry 

PRAISE REPORT:

I had asked for prayer for our grandson and wanted to let you know that he is doing so much better

Our daughter and family are doing well in Ethiopia just talked with them yesterday and all are happy

We praise God for our leadership team who step up to the plate and did  very good ministry during the summer months

Lin and I will continue being the senor pastors of the church in Madrid but we are able to give more responsibilities to our leaders

The crisis has hit hard here but in spite of that we have people in our churches who have not lost their jobs and do pay their tithes

We are still planting churches and extending our boundaries

PRAYER REQUEST:

We are looking into branding CReA (culture center) to be reproduced throughout Europe

The ministry of the culture center is to reach people who normally do not enter into a church… it is a great tool for evangelism

People in our churches have brought their bosses to an art show and were very impressed by the culture center and when Lin would go and talk with them they were VERY OPEN to the gospel  

It opens so many doors for us to share our faith

I will be having a WOMEN’S ENCOUNTER this Sunday in CReA we were going to have it last Sunday but had to postpone till 3 of Nov

Pray as they gain confidence in Christ Jesus that they will be healed of past wounds, be set free from strongholds of sin and receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.

We will be traveling to the south of Spain to have a special meeting with our churches on the 10 of November

We pray for God guidance, direction and wisdom

Pray for our Pastors and conference of churches

Pray for Gary and Kathy in Spain

Pray for Italy: 

Viktor and Alla   Karplyuk, IPHC pastors from Ukraine, ministry in Italy    

In this region, a lot of people need the Lord.

Prayer request:

1) Prayer for the family and financial support for Viktor and Alla Karplyuk
2) - for 2 home groups in Naples and Salerno
3) - for the home group in Venice
4) - for evangelization in Mestre
5) - for the ministry of emotional healing in these places in Italy

Pray for France:

Pray for Marc and Annemarie Lebrun in Paris, France

Pray for Jacque, Babeth & Valerie Chorel, the Church Eglise Siloe in Valance

Pray for Marty Delmon

Pray for Malta          Pastor Joe Agius and family.

Praise the Lord for:

1.       Our worship leader who has taken strong stands against the lethargy of the worship team. He has grown strong and took a strong and brave decision to suspend the worship team until further notice.

2.       The unity that is growing between us and several churches. We are really working close together. One pastor put up an office for me in His church because I do not yet have one in ours. I am using it for Global Institute of Theology work as well.

3.       Completing my graduate Greek I&II and will be starting III on Monday. I got very good results on the Greek I and I am waiting for the result of II.

4.       the honor the Lord blessed me with when GU inducted me in the Hall of honor. I thank Bob Cave for the nice words he wrote to me. www.git.edu.mt/newsletter/2013/september.htm.

5.       A group of 20 Pakistani believers who are going to join our church from this Sunday. They will have their own service in the evening but become members of the WOL PHC.

Please Pray for:

1.       Holiness in the church

2.       Committed church members

3.       Respect towards the house of God

4.       Church members to protect their marriages

5.       Believers to understand what it means to be light and salt.

Pray for Portugal   Tony and Patti Guasco

Praying for Germany 

Pray for Pastor Peter and family

PRAISE GOD FOR

The church paid off its extension fund loan and is progressing on the completion of the final phase of remodel of its building.

Pray for the Mark and Jeannie McClung

Colossians 4:2-3 says…..“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message,

so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains” (Colossians 4:2–3, NIV).

We are not in literal chains as Paul was, but we do serve in an area where many are resistant to the gospel.

• Pray against evil forces that would seek to hinder the spread of the gospel.
• Please pray for individual hearts to be open and receptive to God’s truth. Pray that God will lead us to hearts ready to receive His Word.
• Pray that God will open doors of ministry, blessing partnerships and friendships.
• Pray that we will be led by the Holy Spirit and recognize open-door opportunities.
• Pray that God will give specific direction regarding our church planting endeavors.
• Pray that our missionary support account.  Please pray for new monthly supporters and/or gifts to bring it out of a deficit.  We hope to complete our 3 year term!

Your prayers have an impact that can reach around the world!  Thank you for praying for us and our European colleagues!

Grace and Peace to You!  Mark & Jeannie

Pray for Jeff & Miranda Weaver  

Praise God we finally got a house to rent and should be moving in soon!

Will be starting the Visa process soon.  Would appreciate your prayers.

Also we are trying to get the church organized and running smoothly.

We surely need wisdom.  Thank you.

Miranda weaver

PRAY FOR:    NORTHWEST EUROPE

Harold & Kathleen Presley
IPHC - UK and NW Europe

Pray for Jasmine Crilly missionary in London

Praying for Wales:

Todd and Stephanie Presley in Wales

Pray for parent2parent

Pray for Gary & Alesa Akerman

please pray for them as they are planning to go to help the Presley with parent 2 parent

We need prayer that our support needs will be met so we can go to Wales.
Blessings!
Gary Akerman

Pray for Matt and Femke Helland in Amsterdam

Dear Intercessors,

Could you pray for me for the psychic fair outreach we are doing this Saturday in Leiden. I will be going with a team to Leiden and from 11:00-17:30 we will be talking and praying for people. Please pray for protection, wisdom, healings, accurate words of knowledge and wisdom, signs, wonders and that God's kingdom will breakthrough in the lives of the people we speak to.

Sincerely,

Matthew Helland

Pray for Rob and Michelle Crigger in the UK 

Pray for Belgium

   Mauricio and Lulu

Bill, Gretchen, Rachel & Ryan

Things in Belgium are moving along. We have a few praise reports to share:

1) Our newest church plant just moved to every Sunday services. We have been meeting only two Sunday's a month. However, our ConnectGroups have been meeting every week. We are very excited to have our official dedication service November 24th. Harold Presley will be our guest speaker.

2) We are very thankful that SOWer Jennifer Moore from the Cornerstone Conference is with us for a few weeks. She came to help us in Children's Church as we are now in every Sunday services.

3) Bible School is going well. It's a rebuilding year as we had a lot of students graduate last year. Gretchen and I are serving as interim administrator due to Mau and Lulu itinerating the next few weeks in the States.

4) We have had a lot of open doors to teach and minister in several different venues: Schools of Ministry, Continental Theological Seminary and young adult retreats. This has allowed us to build some new relationships.

Prayer Requests:

1) We're praying and seeking for a SOWer for Children's work. The tasks we need is three fold. First, to serve as our children's leader in the new church plant. Second, to create a children's outreach. And third, to train children leaders in other churches. Please pray with us.

2) We will be engaging in some new areas of outreach in the coming months. We are wanting to be strategic and more effective.

3) Continued language skills in Dutch!

4) I (Bill) will be in the States the entire month of February. Please pray for effective fundraising, my family, and for our new church plant during this time.

Blessings,

Bill, Gretchen, Rachel and Ryan

SCHWARTZ

Praise Center Brussels

Please pray with us here in Brussels that God will send us helpers to work in our Coffee House Le Phare.

There are so many refugees and homeless here to reach for Jesus!

We also need a Pastor for one of our churches. Office help also!

Praise reports. We just paid off our big building!!!

People are getting saved in most services and we are reaching more and more Belgians.

Bert Phagan

Praise Center Brussels

Pray for EASTERN EUROPE  

Linda Fannin

Praise report:  Enjoyed our time in October with Bob cave and the various young adult leaders planning for EuroQuest 2014. The continent is in safe hands with these great young people! We also had a good time in Romania at the conference center at Suncuius and DCPI. I have just finished a week of teaching in Ukraine with Paul and Beverly Oxley. 23 students were enrolled. We had a lot of fun, food, and fellowship. The Ukrainians are such wonderful people! We will be going to Germany for the next DCPI in December. This is a great program...pray that it catches on to the national churches...Romania has a good start! Pray for my visa/work permit situation...it appears everything is in order, but this time because of the status of the church in Hungary they have asked for more paperwork. When you think you have it all together...something always comes up!  I am asking for a five year work permit.  Thank you all for prayers and all your encouraging emails and facebook thoughts... love my fellow missionaries! God be with you around the world today!

Pray for Tallinn, Estonia  

Larry and Deborah Mininger 

Pray for Albania   

David and Valbona Pennoyer

First of all thank you for praying for my dad.  He is doing much better even though he cannot go home as my mom can’t look after him anymore.  He has gone into a care home and he is very happy there which is also an answer to prayer.  Thank you.

Here are some requests.

1.  Pray for Valbona and the United Youth for Christ conference starting on Thursday for the weekend.  Pray for a move of God among the young people.  Pray for God to miraculously supply our needs for this conference.

2.  Pray for the transition in Albania.  Pastor Craig and his family are now they’re learning the language and the way things operate there.  Pray also for their long term visas.

3.  Pray for our upcoming “Love Albania” Banquet in Calgary that God would bring out the right people and that we would have miraculous giving.  http://banquet.lovealbania.com/

4.  Pray for our family as we are still going through the struggles of our move to Canada.  Pray for Valbona that God would give her the full time permanent job that she is looking for and needs.

5.  Pray for health, protection, and supply for all our family and workers.

Pray for Macedonia  

    

Pray for Turkey:

   

Ismail & Angela; Igor & Lena; Jerry & Terry; Jonathan & Corrie

Pray for the Ukraine

Pray for Hungary

Pray for Romania: 

Teodor and Sauda Bulzan, President over IPHC of Romania   

Hello from Oradea,

We're so thankful for the Indian summer days....

On the other hand, we're just in the middle of a Thanksgiving Week. Each evening we come to church expressing our gratitude to God for the passing year and the marvelous things

He has done in our midst so far. So, our "request" are actually praise report for:

1. Freedom regarding the Word of God (in Romanian language, we can preach/distribute it without persecution)

2. For the social projects our church is involved in, for the way God provided so far to meet the needs of the people that are part of these social projects

(Kitchen Meal, After School, A Chance For a Better Life)

3. For Angela and Ismail in Turkey and the mission field

4. For those who minister in our church in various departments: families, youth, Sunday School, intercession meetings)

5. For the continual growth of the Cell Group ministry

Thank you for your prayers. Much appreciated! May God bless you and supply all your needs as well!

Pray for Israel and the Middle East

Gary and Ann Robertson to Israel

Israel is controlled by a strong spirit of religion. Please pray this spirit will be broken and Israelis will be open to receiving the Good News of deliverance.

Pray the Lord will give us and other believers the wisdom, boldness, and divine appointments to help lead them to Him.

Pray with us for the peace of Jerusalem and peace in individual lives.

We praise the Lord for His faithfulness in every aspect of our lives!

Gary & Ann Robertson

THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR EUROPE