Myers Weekly Prayer Letter

This morning Wayne left the house early and headed for Manzini and the site of the 2010 National Youth Camp to meet the Headmaster and discuss plans for conducting the camp at the school during school break. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the National Youth Camp.
Please pray for the National Youth Camp August 26-29. Pray the youth attending will meet God there and not just their friends. Pray for salvation for those who do not know Jesus as Savior and pray for spiritual growth for those who have accepted Him. Pray for the team from the First Baptist Church, Belton, Texas; Grant and Jenna, Brett, Courtney and Daphne. Pray for Al and Belinda Jordan as they host the team and get them to the camp venue each day.

--Saturday morning (17th of July) Wayne met with Pastor Nkosingiphile Dlamini of the Thunzini Baptist Church and moderator/chairman of the Shiselweni Baptist Association to discuss the association’s meeting on the 31st of July. It has been a while since the association has met and there was much to organize. Pray for Nkosingiphile as he organizes this meeting at the Velebantfu Baptist Church. Pray as the churches come together to plan and fellowship there will be a sense of unity and harmony.
The youth retreat scheduled for this weekend (23-24 of July) was also discussed since Nkosingiphile has been asked to help. Because of the lack of planning and very busy schedules, the youth retreat for Mgamudze and New Hope Baptist will be postponed until later in the year.

--Tomorrow (Tuesday) night we will host the pastors of the four Baptist churches in the northeast section of Swaziland (and families) to discuss the upcoming Swazi Baptist Children’s Camp August 16-18 at the Mafucula High School. This is an entirely new venture for these churches and to insure the camp runs smoothly there are a few points that need to be discussed. One is the age of the campers that are invited to come-6 to 11 years. It is hard for churches to understand that a child 14 years old is a youth even though he is still attending grade school. They look at the children’s schooling instead of age. In the past we have encountered problems when youth and children have been mixed in the camp setting. Also the church does not always take the lead in informing their church of the age limit and allow the camper to come with the expectation that either we will allow him/her to stay or send the camper home. Pray the meeting will go well and the pastors will understand what is required of the church in sending their children to the camp. Pray this year’s camp will be free of problems that cause discouragement for the workers, teachers and those organizing the camp.
This year’s camp theme is “Let Us Talk To God. The second camp will be conducted at the New Hope Baptist Church for the Shiselweni Baptist churches.

Happy Birthday to Belinda Jordan on the 23rd of July. Pray her special day will indeed be special!!
Pray Al and Belinda’s remaining time in Swaziland (end of September) will be devoid of unexpected surprises that hide the joy and blessings the Lord provides. Pray the last two months will be full of thanksgiving!
The Myers and Jordans are taking a little holiday to Kruger National Game Reserve July 26-28. Pray we will have a great time!!

Pray that all the members of the Allen family will get their final medical clearances from the mission board in a timely manner so they will not be delayed leaving the states around the 24th of September.

--On the 26th of July Todd and Deborah Hoskins will begin their time of training at the International Learning Center in Rockville, Va. Pray for Todd and Deborah as they prepare for this time of training in preparation for their work and ministry in Swaziland.
The Hoskins are scheduled to arrive in Swaziland around the 7th of October. Their job description includes church planting in the Manzini region and developing rural training schools throughout Swaziland.

***Did you know???
What missionary worked for 40 years in China, literally giving her life to her work?

--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.
--The Vuvulane Baptist Church has scheduled a baptism service (tentatively scheduled) for the 8th of August. Pray for those who will be baptized and for the church to reach the lost in its community. A young lady came forward to accept Christ as her Savior yesterday (18th of July). Pray this one will understand what it means to be a Christian.

AIDS UPDATE:
Pray for Kym Pennington, the new True Love Waits International consultant as she prepares to make her first trip to Swaziland in August during the National Youth Camp. Pray this will be the beginning of a wonderful working relationship between Kym, the Swazis and the Swazi Team.

***Answer to the Do You Know question:
Lottie Moon, who is most famous for her desperate appeal in 1888 for more missionaries (resulting in the annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering). Funds were so scarce that Lottie once spent 14 continuous years on the mission field. She starved with the Chinese and died on Christmas Eve 1912.
Thank you for giving to the 2009 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. We praise the Father for your faithfulness to give so that missionaries can be sent to evangelize many lost and dying people and nations.

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

This week’s country focus: SOUTH KOREA
-Pray for the nation of South Korea in the face of continued threats of aggression from North Korea. Pray for wisdom for the nation’s leaders to be sensitive in their relations so as not to cause war, but also not to condone the human right abuses that North Korea are practicing.
--Pray for more than 10,000 missionaries sent out from South Korea. Pray for the continued mobilization of young people for missions, and the cultural adaptation of South Korean missionaries, who come from a very homogenous society, to very different regions of the world.
(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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The time we spend in solitude with the Bible and our prayer list is time spent waiting upon the Lord. Then, in God’s perfect timing, there is the mounting up, the taking flight like the eagle! We are able to soar because we’ve been with the Lord. –Elizabeth George