Myers Weekly Prayer Letter

We are preparing this week for the arrival of the volunteer team from the First Baptist Church, Washington, NC. Jmmy Moore (team leader), Jimmy Johnson, Joyce Hodges, Roger and Caren Wilcher arrive on the 18th in Swaziland. The Team will stay at the guesthouse at Tambukhulu. Revival services begin at Vuvulane and Mafucala on Friday (19th) and end on Friday (26th). Saturday the children of Vuvulane and Mafucula will meet at the Mafucula Primary School (10:00-3:00) for a day of Bible study. Monday-Thursday Bible study for youth and adults will be conducted in the early afternoon. Other ministries include speaking in schools and leading early morning school devotions as well as homestead visitation.

--On the 27th of March the team will leave for three days and two nights at Kruger Game Reserve before departing for the states on the 1st of March.
Pray for this team as they help Swazis come to know Jesus as their Savior. Pray the soil will be prepared for a rich harvest and blessing.

Pray for Al Jordan tomorrow (16th) on his birthday!!

-Al and Belinda Jordan will return to Swaziland to cover for the Allens while they are on stateside assignment March 19th. Pray for Al and Belinda as they make preparations to fill in for the Allens for six months.

Father, let me hold thy hand and like a child walk with thee down all my days, secure in they love and strength. –Thomas A. Kempis

SPECIAL MEDICAL PRAYER REQUESTS:
1. Continue to pray for Shirley Carpenter (Barbara’s mother) as she recovers at home from a broken hip.
2. Wayne’s sister Patsy Collins was in the hospital the last week of January for pneumonia and COPD. She is currently on oxygen at home. She has a follow-up visit in March. Pray she will be able to breathe without difficulty and will have full recovery from her illnesses.
3. -My sister’s husband (Pete Rutledge) is still recovering from his herniated disc surgery before Thanksgiving. Pray Pete will soon be able to move and walk without difficulty.
4. -Pray for Terry (Wayne’s brother dealing with stage 4 cancer) and his wife Darlene as they go through a time of uncertainty.
5. -Pray for my nephew-in-law’s mother diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
6. -My sister-in-law’s mother had her surgery on the 10th of February. She is doing well and was to be discharged home sometime during the weekend. Please pray Verna Bullock will recover sufficiently and will not need to have this type of surgery again.

AIDS UPDATE:
Before we left for stateside, reports had reached us that one of the youth of the Nhlangano Baptist Church and a presenter for the True Love Waits message was pregnant. Because of our move to Tshaneni and departure for the states, we did not have a chance to confirm or disconfirm this report. A couple of weeks ago this young lady phoned Wayne and asked to speak with him. In her words, “I do not have peace and I must confess something to you.” Wayne met with this young lady and her mother and our suspicions were confirmed. She did have a baby girl out of wedlock about four months ago. Even if we had talked with her family before leaving for stateside, they could not have helped since they too did not know until after the baby was born. (She is schooling in Mbabane). She told Wayne that she and father of the baby want to get married, but that will take time since he must pay libola (several head of cattle) before the marriage can take place. This young lady had vowed she would stay pure before marriage and so it rather disappointing as we see this trend continue. Not only does this behavior damage their witness but the risk becoming HIV positive is very strong. Please pray as the trends of pregnancy out of wedlock, several sexual partners, more than one wife and relationships and disregard for God’s Word continue to dominate the lives of both Christian and unchristian Swazis. Pray for a spiritual change throughout the country.

--April 1-4 is the Swazi Baptist National Easter Services. Lessons for adults, youth and children will be scheduled as well as sermons and devotions centered on the theme and Resurrection message. As planning begins, pray for wisdom for the planning committee. Pray even though there is a great expense to attending this annual event, many will have the means to participate in these services.

PRAYER FOR HAITI:
Southern Baptists are being asked to purchase and distribute “Buckets of Hope” to send to Haitian families. These buckets will include a five-gallon bucket packed with rice, cooking oil, black beans, flour, sugar, spaghetti noodles and peanut butter. Even after Haitians use the supplies, the bucket can serve multiple uses for a family. While relief assessment teams struggle to get a handle on the massive needs, each of us can get a handle on these buckets. Ask God how He wants you and your congregation involved in sharing hope—BUCKETS of hope.

2010 is the year of football!!!
June 11-July 11, 2010
As South Africa prepares for World Cup action, many people around the world, including many missionaries, are applying for tickets. However, unlike many spectators, these missionaries will be sharing the Gospel in a variety of ways with all the fans flooding into South Africa. The month of February is full of The Ultimate Goal (TUG) training meetings. These meetings are to train volunteers from churches in South Africa in multiple methods of evangelism. Pray as the logistics for everything is completed. Pray for the fans, even before they arrive, asking that their hearts will be open to the Good News that will be shared with them.

PRAYER FOR AMERICA:
Dear Father, as we stop to consider Presidents’ Day, (Monday February 15) we want to praise You for the way You moved on the hearts of the founders of this Nation to create such a blessed land. We feel the disappointment, however, of a nation that seems to be turning away from You. O Lord, we ask that You might once again show Yourself as the Rock and Redeemer, Fortress and Defense of the American people, and in such a way that no one could deny that it was You who interceded for us. We bring this to you for Jesus’ sake and in His name. Amen

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Direct my path of your commands, for there I find delight.
Turn my heart toward your statures
and not toward selfish gain.
Turn my eyes away from worthless things;
preserve my life according to your word.
Psalm 119:15-17