Myers Weekly Prayer Letter - July 13, 2009

We returned from Jo’burg on Friday after delivering Hunter and Brinkley at the airport for their return flight to the States. Thursday we began our stateside assignment physicals. We were able to get most of our tests completed and will await the findings this week. We are glad they are over!! Continue to pray for us as we continue to prepare for our departure on the 24th of September. Christmas in Kentucky, what a wonderful thought!!
--Pray we will also be able to secure a vehicle for our time in the states. (September 24th-December 30th).

Loading Up the Portable Baptistery…
We loaded up the portable baptistery, two fifty gallon drums of water and other supplies and headed to our destination, an hour earlier than usual to allow us time to get the baptismal pool set up and before services started for the day. The baptismal candidates gave a brief salvation testimony and a sermon was preached about the Lordship of Jesus Christ. During the service we had a brief interruption as we had to chase away some cows that discovered the baptismal pool and thought it was a drinking trough. Eleven people were baptized. It was a joyous celebration for all those present.
--Pray new Swazi Christians will grow daily in their faith.
--Pray the Lord will bring a spiritual harvest among the Swazi people.
--For the last two years I have been working on a Swazi People prayer booklet titled “So That Christ Might Dwell in Their Hearts” The story Loading up the Portable Baptistery is one of the stories included in this booklet. I was scheduled to meet with the media department at BIMS but the missionary lady I was to see could not make the meeting because of having a baby!! J I did talk to her mother who took the booklet and information. Please pray I will receive the help needed to get the prayer booklet printed. Pray the booklet will be a wonderful tool for prayer support for the Swazi people.

Monica’s mom, Polly Trice has spent several weeks with the Allen family. The Allens are blessed that she was able to visit with Steve, Monica, Lacie and Nathan and see how God is working in Swaziland. Polly leaves on the 17th to return to the USA. Pray for safe travels to her home in Florida.

Saturday the 18th of July, the youth leaders of the Swazi Baptist churches in the Shiselweni Region are scheduled to meet at the Velebantfu Baptist Church (10:00-1:00). Pray all our youth leaders will be able to attend this meeting. Pray a good time of planning and organizing will take place.
--Saturday the 26th of July the Shiselweni Baptist Association will meet at the Velebantfu Baptist Church. Pray for this planning meeting!!

July 17th is Lisa Warren’s birthday. Pray her day will be full of wonderful blessings.
-Please continue to pray for her father’s recovery from a stroke. Please pray for strength, patience and comfort as he continues therapy and is now struggling with kidney stones.

MEDICAL PRAYER CONCERNS:
-Continue to pray for Terry Myers whose cancer is in remission. Pray for his full recovery from cancer.
--Pray for my niece’s husband’s
mother who has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease. My nephew-in-law reported that the doctors are going to insert a feeding tube before her breathing becomes too bad for the procedure to be done. Pray for the Lord’s strength and courage during this difficult time.
--Pray also for Kerry Harp who continues to recover from a motorcycle accident last year. Pray the Lord will wrap his loving arms around him and Kerry will feel His presence.

AIDS UPDATE:
Continue to pray for the Warrens as they seek direction in future orphan and HIV/AIDS ministry, and also for partnerships with other mission organizations. Meetings are being scheduled with Samaritan’s Purse, and the Red Cross. Pray the Lord’s will be accomplished.

WORD FROM THE OFFICE OF GLOBAL STRATEGY:
-The second summer stateside assignment conference is scheduled for July 12-19. Please pray for the participants to enjoy safe travel, refreshing communion with the Lord, warm fellowship with colleagues, and helpful equipping for their future overseas ministries.

PRAYING FOR OUR TROOPS:
Security for Afghan elections: According to the American Forces Press Service, troops from the 554th Military Police Company out of Stuttgart, Germany, are assessing polling sites in Afghanistan’s Nangarther province for next month’s Afghan elections. A sergeant for the 1st Platoon, 554th Military Police Company said the purpose of the missions is to assess local security posture.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
July 27th is the scheduled quarterly Swazi Team meeting in Nhlangano. Pray for a wonderful time of fellowship and business.

“Learning About the Bible” is the theme for the Shiselweni Region’s 2009 Children’s Camp. The first camp is scheduled for August 14-17 and the second camp August 31-September 2. As preparation continues, please pray the Lord will guide and direct each decision made. Pray the children will begin to look forward to this time of learning and having fun!

Pray for the National Youth Camp August 27-30 for the youth of the Swazi Baptist churches. The venue is undecided. Pray for all the logistics to be completed and for the youth to make plans to attend this important event.

--Because of the concern for charismatic tendencies and practices displayed at the National Easter Services, teaching was scheduled by the Baptist Convention of Swaziland May 22nd-23rd of May. September 11-12 a follow-up teaching is scheduled. Please pray for Wayne Myers and Steven Allen as they prepare for a time of additional information sharing and a question and answer time. Pray for a better understanding of those attending concerning Baptist beliefs. Pray members from our Baptist churches will commit to making their churches stronger in Baptist beliefs as well as Christian beliefs.


A HAPPY DAY
Today will be a happy day
If, first, you find some time to pray;
If, first, alone you go apart
From worldly things, and in your heart
You make resolve to do your best
And then to God you leave the rest.
For God will take the hate and fear
Of yesterday and yesteryear
And in their place He’ll make you feel
The light and love He would reveal;
Yes, this will be a happy day
If, friend, right now you’ll stop and pray.
-Author Unknown


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www.swazimissions.org
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