Myers Weekly Prayer Letter - July 27, 2009

A little faith will bring your soul to Heaven; great faith will bring Heaven to your soul.
--Spurgeon


The Shiselweni Region youth leader meeting that was scheduled for Saturday 25th of July had to be postponed because of problems with our mission truck’s alternator. Pray this meeting can be rescheduled.

-The Swazi Team quarterly meeting scheduled for Monday has been rescheduled for Tuesday 28th of July. Wayne has an appointment to have our alternator fixed on the mission truck on Monday. The venue of the quarterly meeting is Nhlangano. Pray for a wonderful time of fellowship and business. Praise the Lord Wayne was able to get the mission truck fixed!


--The executive committee of the Baptist Convention of Swaziland meets Saturday 1st of August. Pray this meeting will reflect the desire to glorify the Lord in all that is said and done. Pray for good attendance of those on the executive committee.


August 1st, is Sarah Warren’s birthday!! Pray she will have a wonderful time on her special day!!


--In April Lisa Warren’s father suffered a stroke and has been in rehabilitation care centers. Due to insurance limitations he will return to his home on August 3rd. After much prayer the Warrens feel God leading them to return to the States to care for Lisa’s father (Lisa is the only child). They will leave Swaziland on the 5th of August. Please pray for direction and discernment in all aspects of life from preparing their home to handle Lisa’s dad’s special needs to placing Jessie, Matthew and Sarah back in school as well as Bert and Lisa finding employment.

Testimony From a Swazi
I accepted the Lord in October 1994. Before I was a Christian I didn’t know I was a sinner. I thought I was perfect. I didn’t fight with others or drink. I saw other people going to church but I didn’t know why they were going. The Baptist missionaries who came to Swaziland helped me change. Through their teaching I came to know I needed Jesus in my life. I learned I was a sinner and I needed Jesus to change me. I asked Him for forgiveness of my sins. I enjoy the weekly Bible study because I can ask questions and hear others talk about Jesus. Before the Baptist, I never had a person talk to me about Jesus or ask me if I was a Christian.
Pray all Swazis will have a chance to hear and know about Jesus. Pray the Christians in Swaziland will seek to win their lost family members and neighbors.

Please pray I will receive the help needed to get the prayer booklet “That Christ Might Dwell In Their Hearts” printed. Pray the booklet will be a wonderful tool for prayer support for the Swazi people.


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. A feeding tube has been placed. 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:
According to the “Swazi Weekend Observer” several cultural practices and beliefs contribute greatly to the spread of HIV and AIDS in Swaziland. Besides cultural practices such as forced marriages and widow inheriting, other factors include poverty, high mobility of the population, alcohol and drug abuse and male dominance. Pray these problems that plague the Swazi population will be controlled and no longer help spread HIV and AIDS. Pray for a strong sense of Christian living verses cultural practices in Swaziland.


IMB OFFICE OF GLOBAL PRAYER STRATEGY:
Please pray for the July 27 through August 24 field personnel orientation that will bring together more than 260 adults and 115 children for training at the International Learning Center. May the Lord bless them with excellent health, keen minds to learn, and open hearts to experience fully all that He has planned for them during these days of orientation.


UPCOMING EVENTS:
-We are taking a week holiday at the Kruger National Game Reserve 2nd of August-8th of August.

-In April Kelly Woody, True Love Waits International consultant visited the Swazi Team members in their areas of work. Kelly returns to Swaziland around the 16th of August to assist the Swazi Team with True Love Waits and to teach about TLW at the National Youth Camp (Aug. 27-30). Pray for Kelly as she prepares to work with Swazis and missionaries to establish a strong True Love Waits program in Swaziland.


“Learning About the Bible” is the theme for the Shiselweni Region’s 2009 Children’s Camp. The first camp is scheduled for August 17-19 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!


Each year the Swazi Baptist churches have the opportunity to send their youth to the National Youth Camp. This year’s camp is August 27-30, 2009. Pray for a venue to be confirmed this week. Pray the annual National Youth Camp will reach many Swazi youth for the Lord. Pray those who attend will daily seek the Lord’s face and will constantly strive to understand the Lord’s will for their life.


--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. 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 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 believers


Continue to pray for us as we continue to prepare for our departure on the 24th of September to begin our stateside assignment.
--Pray we will also be able to secure a vehicle for our time in the states. (September 24th-December 30th).