Myers Weekly Prayer Letter

PRAY FOR TODD HOSKINS TODAY ONHIS BIRTHDAY!!
Todd and Deborah leave for Swaziland on the 12th of October. The Hoskins are 2-year missionariesserving as church planters and developing rural church training schools for pastors and lay leaders. Pray for Todd and Deborah as they continue to say goodbyes to friends and family.

SPEAKING OF SAYING GOODBYES…The Swazi Team thanks the Lord for Al andBelinda Jordan serving in Swaziland during theAllens’ stateside assignment. We appreciatetheir willingness to sacrificially serve withthe Swazi people. They did a fantastic job!! The Jordans leave Swaziland on the 30th ofSeptember (Thursday) for Jo’burg. They leaveJo’burg for the states on the 1st of Octoberand are scheduled to arrive in Austin, Texas on the 2nd. Pray their journey home will be uneventful. Pray Al and Belinda will leaveSwaziland with joy and blessings in their hearts.

BUT WE SAY WELCOME BACK TO THE ALLENFAMILY!! Steve, Monica, Lacie and Nathan arrive in Swaziland on the 28th of September after their six month stateside assignment. Lacie has beencounting the number of sleeps until their return. Pray for an easy adjustment to Swazi life and the Lord will direct them to the right ministries over the next couple of years. Pray for Lacie as she returns to her Kindergarten class. Lacie will be taking an entrance exam for first grade in the next couple of weeks. Pray she will do well and there will be no complications in her starting school at Sifundzane Primary School in January2011.

--Tomorrow (26h of September) the MountainBaptist Church (Mafucula) will conduct a
baptism service. 11 individuals are scheduled to be baptized. Pray fort he church as they prepare to baptize these new Christians.
--Saturday the 2nd of October the executive committee of the Baptist Convention meets. Pray each committee member will understand his or her job description. Pray this meeting will be a time of discussion and planning for the 2011 budget and other ministries.

Winter is over as well as the dryseason in Swaziland. Swazis anticipate the arrival of the refreshing rains and the beginning of planting crops and gardens. Pray the rains will be plentiful and adequate this season to meet the basic needs of the people and sustain their crops and gardens.

And Satan trembles when he sees, The weakest saint upon his knees.
--William Cowper

OCTOBER MINISTRY EVENTS:
-“Evening and morning and at noon I will pray and cry aloud. And He shall hear my voice.” (Psalm 55:17) October 14-16, 2010 is the National Swazi Baptist Women’s Retreat at the Manzini Baptist Church. The theme is “I Will Cry Unto the Lord” and the scripture verse is Psalm 55:17. So many Swazis do not know the importance of a personal prayer life or that they can even pray outside the church. Pray for missionary Barbara Myers as the leads four sessions on the importance of prayer in our lives. Pray those attending will understand the true meaning of prayer and the need of a daily time of talking and listening to the Lord. Pray each attendee will learn to cry unto the Lord anytime and anywhere.

--October 21-November 10, Todd and Deborah Hoskins will attend the on-field orientation40/40 in Burkino Faso (West Africa). 40/40 is an intensive time of learning to live in Africaas well as developing relationships with the African people. Begin praying for Todd and Deborah’s preparation for this type of training and wonderful blessings will occur.

--A third children’s camp is scheduled for October 22-24 at the Mphungwane BaptistChurch. The children will study stories on Christ, Daniel and Hannah who were great prayer warriors. Pray the children will be able to take home the stories and their significance. Pray each will go home touched by the Lord.

--October 26-29, we are taking a little holiday to our favorite place in the whole wide
world, Kruger!! Pray we will have a great and relaxing time.

SWAZI TEAM PRAYER CONCERNS:
-- 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 canceris in remission.
-Pray Barbara’s brother-in-law, Gary Rutledge will continue to recover from his herniated disc surgery.

Thank you for giving to the 2009 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. Pray for the faithfulness of Southern Baptist churches to give to the 2010 LMCO so missionaries can be sent to minister to many lost and dying people and nations.

--Please continue praying for the IMB’s Presidential Search Committee as they seek God’s man to lead our organization.

AIDS UPDATE:BGR (Baptist Global Response) is requesting help from our Southern Baptist churches to fill In-Home Care Kits for the care of terminally ill AIDS patients. These kits center around a five gallon heavy duty bucket with a lid that seals. Inside the bucket are items that will assist in keeping patients clean and dry, items to protect their mat or mattress from soiling, and vitamins to help keep their immune systems strong. Information for packing these kits is available on the Baptist Global Response websitewww.inhomecarekit.org . On this site you will find the following information….A. How to complete the In-Home Care KitProject• Introduction and Commitments• Shopping List• Assembly Directions• Prayer Guide• Collection Site Contacts VideoB. Promotional Materials• How to these items help?• Bulletin Insert• Poster• Press Release• Myths about AIDS in Africa.
In 2010 BGR requested help from SBC churchesto fill 6,000 kits but only were able to fill 1500.The Swazi Team requested 300 kits but was only guaranteed 25-50. BGR needs yourhelp in providing these kits to AIDS patients andfamilies.

This week’s country focus: PARAGUAY:
-The spiritual life of Paraguay has long been dominated by the Catholic Church. There is a lot of superstitious traditionalism, devotion to Mary and occult related bondage. Pray that spiritual eyes would be opened, and people would be set free from bondage.
-Most of Paraguay’s protestants are amongst immigrant groups—the German speaking Mennonites, Ukrainian Baptists and Korean Presbyterians. Nominalism is a problem amongst these groups. Pray for renewed vigor for these people, as well as for more Paraguayans to be reached with the Gospel.
-Praise God for the work amongst Indian minority peoples which has been largely successful. Pray for young churches, and more tribal groups to bereached.- (Information from The Ultimate Goal (TUG) a project of
SASCOL and is the outreach initiative taking place duringJune and July 2010.)