Myers Weekly Prayer Letter

Saturday the Phuzumoya Baptist Church conducted a time of recognition for those called (Lubumbo region) to be a pastor or lay leader. Most of these men had at one time been members of the Phuzumoya Baptist Church or were influenced by the training provided by the church and Pastor Mandla Sigwane. At various times during the program church members from the various churches addressed the church to show support for their pastor and further confirm his calling. Wayne attended the meeting and gave words of encouragement to the churches and pastors. Praise for the Lord for these men faithfully serving the Lord. Pray each one of these men will continue to be faithful to the Lord in service and commitment. Pray through their ministries many Swazis will come to know the Lord as their Savior and Lord.

--July 16, friends of Todd and Deborah Hoskins (2-year missionaries to Swaziland) are giving them a farewell party. Pray this will be a time of encouragement and joy!
The Hoskins will work (church planting) in Manzini and will develop rural training schools throughout Swaziland. They arrive on the 7th of October. Pray for Todd and Deborah as they prepare to come and minister in Swaziland.

--Monica and Lacie Allen are guest missionaries this week at the Florida GA/Acteen Camp (July 12-16). Please pray for them as they share about missionary life and ministry among the Swazi people.
--Lisa and Sarah Warren will be sharing about Swaziland at Camp Mundo Vista (North Carolina) during two mother/daughter camps this week. Pray for a wonderful week of connecting with these mothers and daughters.
Also, July 17th is Lisa Warren’s birthday. Pray her special day will indeed be special!!

***Did you know???
What drove the southern states from the Triennial Convention to form their own convention?

PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE FUTURE EVENTS
-The youth of the New Hope Baptist and Mgamudze Baptist Churches have scheduled a youth retreat at the New Hope Baptist Church July 23-24. Pray this function will encourage the youth of these churches to commit totally to the Lord and attend church faithfully.
-July 29-31, the Phuzumoya Baptist Church is sponsoring a “Women’s Gathering.” Pray this will be a fun and enjoyable time for those who attend.
--July 31st, the Shiselweni Association will meet at the Velebantfu Baptist Church. Pray as the churches come together to plan and fellowship. Pray for a sense of unity and harmony.

--Imagine children running, laughing, singing, reading, praying, coloring reciting the books of the Bible and other fun things and you have imagined the annual Swazi Baptist Children’s camps. The 2010 camps’ theme is “Let Us Talk to God.” The first camp is August 16-19 at the Mafucala Secondary School and the second camp will meet at the New Hope Baptist Church (Shiselweni region) on August 30-September 1. Please pray Swazi Baptist churches in these two areas will send their children to these two camps. Pray each child attending will experience a new awakening of Christ’s love in his/her life.

--The 2010 National Youth Camp is scheduled for August 26-29. A volunteer team from Belton, Texas (First Baptist) will lead. Pray those who attend will leave feeling the presence of the Savior and will daily strive to seek His face. Pray for Grant and Jenna, Brett, Courney and Daphne as they prepare for this awesome ministry.

--We have been asked concerning our two dogs, so I thought I would give you an update. Our Noel who was diagnosed with bone cancer (month ago) is still with us. She is still eating and getting around on three legs. We hope we can keep her with us until her death. I have a special place in our yard picked for her resting place. Our Bubba seems to have recovered from his stoke-like episode and is back to being his funny self. This has been a bad year for fleas and I have attempted to give him a bath these past three Saturdays. He is a big boy (small pony) and I am sure we are a funny sight during our bathing time.

AIDS UPDATE:
After the worship service yesterday at Vuvulane, the church visited a lady who had just lost her daughter. Upon arriving on the homestead, two small children fixed their eyes on us as we walked to the room where we were to meet. They didn’t say a word but just watched us walk away. As we entered the room we began to sing. Singing followed with a prayer (on our knees) and then a sermon by the pastor of the Vuvulane Baptist Church. As we were leaving it was explained to us that the lady’s daughter died of “some sickness” and the grandmother was left with her small children and the children were left without a mother, an all too common occurrence in Swaziland. Pray for this family as they grieve the loss of their loved one. Pray the Swazi people will understand their lifestyles are causing premature deaths and by living as our Savior shows us we don’t have to die.

***Answer to the Do You Know question:
The slavery controversy. The Triennial Convention refused to appoint slaveholders as missionaries. Seeing this as an infraction of the convention constitution, the southern states formed the Southern Baptist Convention.

---In spite of the weakened economy and sluggish recovery, Southern Baptist gave $148.9 million in 2009 to support international missionaries. It was the third largest Lottie Moon offering in history. Thank You!!

Continue to remember Wayne’s sister Patsy suffering from COPD and on oxygen. -Pray also Wayne’s brother (Terry). Pray his quarterly tests will continue to show his cancer is in remission. -Pray Barbara’s brother-in-law, Gary Rutledge will soon be able to move around unassisted (herniated disc surgery in November) and for Barbara’s nephew-in-law’s mother diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease

The World Cup is now history and Spain is the victor. Since the prayer letter has already focused Spain for prayer, we will focus this week on the runner-up NETHERLANDS:
-Pray for revival that restores the nation spiritually. The Netherlands has a glorious history as a Christian nation. It fought for religious freedom, ministered to refugees and Jews and has a record of extensive involvement in missions to other lands. Now, Dutch people seem to have forgotten this heritage. Pray for a return to the good things of the past. Pray also that the Dutch government might be influenced for the good.
-Pray for ministry to young people in this nation where many people are alienated from the gospel. Christianity is seen as irrelevant, and yet many young people are still searching for answers to life. Pray for youth to take a step for faith, and seek the truth that can only be found in Jesus.
(Information from The Ultimate Goal (TUG) a project of SASCOL and is the outreach initiative taking place during June and July 2010. TUG is a network of local and international churches, para-church organizations and ministries all working together on one common goal: to bring hope and change to South Africa.)
Check out www.worldsoccerjourneys.com

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