Myers Weekly Prayer Letter - September 14

IT’S MOVING DAY FOR THE MYERS (15th of September)!!
Tomorrow (Tuesday) the movers are scheduled to arrive at the Myers’ home in Nhlangano to help their move to Tshaneni. The packing is finally completed and we are more than ready to put this move behind us. It is a 2 ½ hour drive between the two points. I anticipate it will be a very long day!! Pray for the movers to arrive early and for the moving experience to end satisfactorily.

Our new address:
Wayne and Barbara Myers
P.O. Box 4480
Manzini
Swaziland
Phone: (268) 323-2311 ext. 240
**Please discontinue the use of the Nhlangano address.
**Since we are not sure whether we will be able to send emails from our new home, I may not be able to send the weekly prayer letter until we arrive stateside.

SPECIAL UPCOMING EVENT!!
Pray for the Shiselweni Youth Rally on the 18th and 19th of September at the Velebantfu Baptist Church. Theme: “How Christian Youth Enjoy Life.” Sessions include Have a Desire…,
Youth Challenges and God’s Purpose/Plan for Your Life. Pray for those leading sessions and for the Velebantfu Baptist Church as they host this very special event. Pray the youth attending will understand what it means to follow Christ and make Him Lord of their lives.

--A price was given for the printing of the prayer booklet, “So That Christ Might Dwell in Their Hears.” The process of securing funding for the project is in place. Please pray the printing of the booklet will take place within the next few weeks. Pray also the prayer booklet will be in the hands of many prayer warriors for the Swazi people.

SPECIAL PRAYER REQUESTS:
--Steven Allen has an appointment with his urologist in Jo’burg on the 15th of September concerning the kidney stone that refuses to move. It is uncertain how long he will be in Jo’burg. Monica and the children will remain in Swaziland. Please pray for Steven to be able to pass the kidney stone. Pray he will receive a “clean bill of health” from his urologist.

-During kindergarten assessment Sarah’s pediatrician notice a weakness in her right eye. She was referred to a pediatric ophthalmologist and was prescribed eyeglasses as well as a “pirate” patch. She underwent a MRI on Friday and the family is waiting to hear the results. She has a follow-up appointment on the 12th of October. Please pray for God’s will in this situation and that He will be glorified through it all.

-Pray for direction on employment/ministry opportunities for Bert and Lisa Warren. Pray for Lisa’s parents as they adjust to moving into the Warren’s home and for her father’s continued improvement and rehabilitation.

MEDICAL PRAYER REQUESTS:
-For Terry Myers whose cancer is in remission. Pray for his full recovery.
-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.
-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 especially on days when he feels depressed.
Winter is over as well as the dry season in Swaziland. Swazis are beginning to look forward to the time when rain will refresh the earth and crops can be planted with the hope of a plentiful year. Pray this year will be a year of abundance of rain!!

AIDS UPDATE:
Recently we learned one of our Swazi friends’ 7-year old daughter is HIV positive. The father has also been told that he is HIV positive. Fortunately, the father has not experienced any additional health problems and the young girl is on medication and doing fine. This is another family that has become part of the HIV/AIDS’ statistic. Pray this family will continue to do well in view of their HIV status. Pray many other Swazi families will be able to receive the ARV’s that will prolong their lives.

IMB OFFICE OF GLOBAL PRAYER STRATEGY:
-Ramadan is based on a lunar calendar and runs approximately August 21-September 19.
Though the Quran instructs Muslims to ready the books of God from before (that is, the Bible), many Muslims refuse to read it. Some fear the spiritual power of the Bible and are afraid that they will be cursed. Others fear that their reading will raise questions they cannot answer or that they will be persecuted for reading the Christian Holy Book. In addition, many believe that holy books must be read in formal Arabic—like the Arabic used in the Quran—despite the fact that most people do not speak or understand formal Arabic. Ask God to make His Word available and understandable to Arab-speakers both in printed forms and in oral forms (radio broadcasts, cassettes or CDs or recorded Scripture, the “JESUS” DVD). Ask God to create a hunger in the hearts of Muslims to know more about Jesus Christ and to grant them courage and boldness. Pray that millions of Muslims will hear or read God’s Word this year. Pray that it will bear eternal fruit in their lives.

--The IMB Board of Trustees will be meeting in Jacksonville, Fla., on September 14-16. The highlight of their gathering will be the appointment of 60 new missionaries on Wednesday night, September 16. May God’s guiding hand be upon all the decisions reached by the trustees, and His Spirit’s sustaining peace in the hearts of the appointees as they prepare for the appointment service. May their testimonies be used of God to call more laborers into the harvest.

September 24th we leave for our stateside assignment in Kentucky. We look forward to this special time with friends and family.
Stateside address:
Wayne and Barbara Myers
977 Hebron Road
Shelbyville, Ky. 40065
Phone: (502) 633-2936
Email addresses:
Wayne: wmyers@shelbywireless.net
Barbara: swazibam@shelbywireless.net

VERY SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST:
We ask you to continue to pray a vehicle will be provided for this special time (September 24-December 30). Our flight is next Thursday and we still do not have a vehicle lined up for our use stateside.
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Pray for the Swazi people:
S-salvation please pray for the salvation of the people of Swaziland.
W-workers please pray God will provide workers (leaders) to lead Swazi Baptist churches.
A-AIDS please pray the Swazi people will understand how to stop the spread of AIDS.
Z- Zionism pray the Swazis will turn from Zionism (Africa Traditional Religion) to follow Christ.
I-increase pray the number of Swazi Baptist churches will increase.