Candidate Conference Week

Our candidate conference was an amazing week as IMB helped us to explore all of the issues, to count the cost, and to embrace our call with confidence. We met some truly incredible families and individuals who are also pursuing God's call to people groups around the globe. As God continues to call out missionaries to be used by Him in carrying the gospel to all peoples, pray that all believers will be sensitive to hear His voice and be found willing to pray, to give and to go. Our generation has a greater opportunity than any previous time to impact the nations, but will we be found faithful?
As Jenny and I listened to the wisdom gained from literally generations of sending out missionaries and as we benefited from the resources provided through faithful giving in the past, we also watched as some incredible young men and women who came to conference hoping to serve as Journeyman were sent home deflated because of the limited number of jobs available due to the current economic challenges. As our churches begin prayerfully considering their goals for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, may we be reminded of her simple wisdom:
"Is not the festive season when families and friends exchange gifts in memory of The Gift laid on the altar of the world for the redemption of the human race, the most appropriate time to consecrate a portion from abounding riches and scant poverty to send forth the good tidings of great joy into all the earth?"
(Lottie Moon * Tungchow, ChinaSept. 15, 1887)

Growing Prayer Base

God is building an amazing ministry of prayer for Santarém WAVE! We already have more than fifty individuals who have committed to become prayer partners, and even more exciting is the fact that a dozen churches are currently considering becoming PRAYERplus Partners with one of our six targeted communities: Alenquer, Curuá, Óbidos, Oriximiná, Monte Alegre, and Prainha. This means that we could potentially have at least two churches partnering in prayer for each community. Praise the Lord!
If you would like to download a template for a Prayer Bookmark, click here. By next week, we will also upload specific PRAYERplus guides for each community. We also still have open spots for our vision trip to the Amazon Basin in late February 2010. Click here for more information.