June Prayer Calendar

Tuesday June 1: The Luwhhawhheni Baptist Church conducted revival services last month. These services were led by Matt and Ben a two-man volunteer team from the South Roanoke Association in North Carolina. Pray the congregation as well as the pastor will continue to be encouraged through these services. Sunday mornings have been less than encouraging and the church has received little support from the community. Pray a strong follow-up will take place with a good response and outcome.

Wednesday June 2: The Swazi Team continues to be blessed by Al and Belinda Jordan who are covering ministry responsibilities and watching the Mbabane mission properties while the Allen family is in the states. Pray for strength to press on each day and for their faithfulness in following God’s leading to Swaziland for six months.

Thursday June 3: The congregation of the Lesibovu Baptist Church is committed to completing their church structure. Pray weekly giving towards this project will continue and the building will soon be completed.

Friday June 4: Continue to pray for the couple joining the Swazi Team in October 2010. They are filling the 2-year job request for a church planter in the Manzini region and Religious Education that includes developing rural church training schools for pastors and lay leaders. Pray as they begin preparing for the ministry in Swaziland and saying goodbye to friends and family.

Saturday June 5: The executive committee of the Baptist Convention of Swaziland will continue the election process of a chairman and officers today. This is a very important process in the life of the Baptist Convention. Please pray all committee members will make an extra effort to be at this meeting. Pray selections will be prayerfully considered before voting. Pray the Lord will be glorified.

Sunday June 6: Steve and Monica Allen are sharing with the Fletcher Memorial Baptist Church in Ashe County, North Carolina. Pray as the Allens share how the Lord’s Spirit is moving among the Swazi people.

Monday June 7: Wayne Myers’ brother, Terry completed a two week course of chemo to protect the brain from the invasion of cancer. Please pray his stage 4 cancer will continue to be in remission. Pray also for Wayne’s sister Patsy who continues to be on oxygen 24/7 due to COPD.

Tuesday June 8: The Hawane Baptist Church has elected members to serve on its building committee and is collecting funds each week for construction of their church building. Pray for continued progress in collecting the needed funds so construction can begin.

Wednesday June 9: Pray for Steve and Monica Allen as they share about the work and ministry with the Swazi people at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

Thursday June 10: Praise the Lord for the recent National Youth Committee planning retreat (May 21-22) for the upcoming National Youth Camp in August. All went well and the youth are excited about the five-member volunteer team from the First Baptist Church of Belton, Texas that will lead the camp. Pray the Lord will provide wisdom in the preparations of lessons and activities. Pray each team member will be spiritually prepared for his/her ministry in Swaziland.

Friday June 11: Today begins the South Africa-FIFA World Cup (June 11-July 11), one of the biggest event ever in South Africa. Churches and other Christian organizations throughout South Africa have been preparing to share the Gospel in a variety of ways that include sports-related programs, holiday Bible clubs and tract distribution. Pray many opportunities will be given to conduct these ministries. Pray the Gospel will reach many South Africans and the world.

Saturday June 12: Today the Swazi Baptist National Women’s Committee will meet at the mission house in Mbabane to begin planning for the annual ladies retreat in October. Pray all representatives will be able to attend this meeting and the planning will go well.

Sunday June 13: June 13-14, Monica Allen is sharing with the ladies of the National WMU Meeting in Orlando, Fla. Pray for Monica today and tomorrow as she shares with Baptist women from all over the USA how God is moving in Swaziland and all around the world.

- Last month the Maphungwane Baptist Church conducted a youth revival with good results. Today the church celebrates with a baptism service for 21 individuals. Pray those desiring to be baptized will understand their commitment to the Lord. Pray for the church as it continues to reach its community.

Monday June 14: The 2010 National Youth Camp is scheduled for August 26-29. This year’s theme is “Formed in Us” and the theme verse is Galatians 4:19. Begin praying the Lord will prepare each attendee to receive wisdom and blessings from this year’s camp. Please pray for the continued planning of this very important event.

Tuesday June 15: Pray that ordinary daily events will be used of God to point Muslims to Him. With a belief in an active spirit world, Muslims are susceptible to impressions through ordinary events during the day and dreams at night. Pray those in Swaziland following the Muslim faith, will experience dreams that show them the truth found only in Jesus Christ.

Wednesday June 16: June 16-19, Steve Allen’s family is gathering with his parents and all his siblings and their families to celebrate Steve’s parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. Pray for a special time of being with family and making great memories together.

Thursday June 17: Pray for Lacie Allen today on her 6th birthday!

Continue to pray for Lacie as Monica is homeschooling her for part of her grade 0/kindergarten year while the Allens are in the USA for six months. Lacie will take an entrance exam to start grade 1 when the family returns to Swaziland. Pray Lacie will stay focused with her school studies as well as enjoying this precious time of learning in a different environment for the family.

Friday June 18: PRAYING FOR OUR TROOPS: The toll of American dead in Afghanistan passed the grim milestone of 1,000 after a suicide bomb in Kabul killed at least five United States service members. Pray for the families of American military who have lost loved ones to the ravages of war. www.presidentialprayerteam.org

Saturday June 19: Wayne Myers will meet today with pastors/leaders of Swazi Baptist churches in the Shiselweni region to discuss and plan a pastor/leader training on the 10th of July.

Pray all the pastors will attend this meeting as ministry and training events are organized for the rest of 2010.

Sunday June 20: FATHERS’ DAY!
Take time to talk or spend time with your father today!! Pray this day will indeed be special for fathers everywhere and each will feel the presence of the Lord throughout the day.

Monday June 21: The Allen family is moving from North Carolina to West Palm Beach, Florida at the end of June for the last three months of their stateside time. Pray for all the logistics, travels and closure throughout the month of June.

-The Allen family praises the Lord for the many contacts encountered through churches, Bible studies, schools, family and friends as the Lord has given opportunities to share all He is doing in Swaziland. The Allens also are thankful for the many that are faithful prayer partners for the family and ministry.

Tuesday June 22: Please pray salvation will come to the house of the King of Swaziland, his wives and his children. Pray true revival will take place in this country.

Wednesday June 23: Kym Pennington, the new True Love Waits International consultant to Swaziland, will be in the country during the National Youth Camp to meet with True Love Waits presenters and share with all attending the camp. Pray for Kym as she prepares to make her first trip to Swaziland. Pray this will be the beginning of a wonderful working relationship between Kym, Swazis and the Swazi Team.

Thursday June 24: What is Love? “AIDS is a warning sign to all people who involve themselves in premarital and unfaithful sex lives,” according to K, a university student in Tanzania. Many young people equate sex with love-but they confuse love with lust. Lust is a kind of perverted love, a desire to gratify self at the expense of others. True love is a love that gives. The greatest example is when God gave His only Son to die for us and our sins (John 3:16). HIV/AIDS reminds us that we are at war with the enemy and we must combat his lies with the true love of Christ. Pray the eyes of young people throughout Africa will be opened to the truth about sex and what God expects of our lives. (From the booklet, “Hearing the Cries of the Hurting”)

Friday June 25: They were laughing and running to the church to see their friends and make new ones. They came to attend the 2009 Shiselweni region children’s camp that was held at the Velebantfu Baptist Church. Planning has begun for the 2010 children’s camp August 30-September 1st. Pray for wisdom as the theme is developed and subject matter selected. Pray many children will run and laugh to attend this year’s camp.

Saturday June 26: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA UNENGAGED PEOPLES: The Nuer of Sudan are the Nilotic people living in one of the most remote places in the world along the Upper White Nile in Southern Sudan. The Nuer are believed to have a population of approximately 1.3 million, with 0 percent evangelized. Pray God will soften the hearts of the Nuer, raise up a church to adopt them, and touch the heart of someone willing to take His Word to them.

Sunday June 27: Imagine every Sunday arriving to church to find no one to lead the services or preach the sermon. The faithful few that continue to attend every Sunday try to encourage others to come and support the church. Youth and children program suffer or are non-existent. Pray existing Baptist churches without pastoral leadership will stay strong and faithful in their work with the Lord. Pray for unity among churches as they reach out to their communities.

Monday June 28: Today Sarah Warren is scheduled for the next check-up with her pediatric ophthalmologist to see if her vision has improved. The Warren family praises the Lord for her continued improvement and asks you to to pray Sarah’s right eye will continue to grow stronger. Presently her right still turns inward when glasses are removed and she cannot see letters in the middle of the rows on the sight chart.

Tuesday June 29: Retired missionary, June Mason is in Swaziland this week leading Swazi Baptist ladies’ Bible studies. Today she is with the ladies of the Shiselweni region at the Thunzini Baptist Church, tomorrow she will be with the South Lubumbo region ladies at the Phuzumoya Baptist Church and Thursday with the North Lubumbo region ladies at the Vuvulane Baptist Church. Pray these times of Bible study will be an encouragement to the ladies attending. Pray for June as the Lord prepares her for this very special ministry.

Wednesday June 30: I never knew I could pray in a shop or on a bus. I never knew I didn’t have to close my eyes or bow my head. These are just a few of the statements heard by a volunteer team that came to teach the Swazis the importance of a personal prayer life and prayer walking. When prayer walking one afternoon, a group of ladies asked the prayer walkers who visited them if they had to stop working in their gardens and go inside for prayer. The prayer walkers told them, “No, we can pray for you right here.” Pray Swazis will understand the true meaning of prayer and a need for a personal prayer life. Pray each Swazi Baptist church will make prayer walking a part of the church’s ministry. (From Swazi people prayer booklet, “So that Christ might dwell in their hearts.”)