Myers Weekly Prayer Letter

Lord God, where would I be without your love—a love that not only shelters me in the height of the storm but helps me grow and thrive no matter the weather. Each morning,
I commit my way to you and entrust myself to your care. –Rebecca Currington

Sunday morning as Wayne was pulling out of the driveway he checked to see if he could see Bubba. Not seeing him, he thought he had gone back to the house. He pulled out of the driveway only hear the cry of our baby. It was a terrible moment for both of us as I came running out of the house. Using a wheel barrel we got him back to the house but it was obvious he was not in a good way. Our Bubba died on Monday and is buried next to Noel. For the first time in 16 ½ years we are without a dog. It seems the end of an era. One of our Swazi friends offered to find us a dog. It was such a sweet gesture, but I told her we were not looking for a dog at this time. We will miss Bubba as we miss Noel, Wolf and Stormie. They were wonderful and sweet pets and will always be in our memories.

Our yard still looks like a battlefield after a severe wind and rain storm came through Tuesday afternoon. As I stood in our study I heard the sound of trees falling and looked outside to see a large limb fall from a tree beside our bedroom, another tree tumbled down and limbs and branches were being blown everywhere. Thank goodness the house was not touched but I kept a close visual until the worse of the storm was over. Upon closer inspection another tree in the corner of the yard was uprooted.
After a slow start the rains have finally arrived in Swaziland. We hope the strong (not particularly stormy) rains will continue so the Swazis will have plenty of food to eat and water for their needs. Pray for a good year of harvest for the Swazi people.

Today Wayne is in the Shiselweni region attending the Shiselweni Association Meeting at the Velebantfu Baptist Church. The association is continuing to organize to meet on a regular basis under the leadership of Pastor Nkosingiphilie Dlamini. Pray all the churches in the Shiselweni region will make an effort to participate in making the association strong and will attend regularly scheduled meetings.

Tomorrow November 14th, the Thunzini Baptist Church will host a licensing service for their pastor, Nkosingiphile Dlamini. Pastor Dlamini has led this church for many years and is a strong leader and committed Christian. Pray for this very special service and the Lord will continue to bless Nkosingiphile and the Thunzini Baptist Church.
Wayne is in the process of organizing an ordination service for Pastors Nkhosingiphile Dlamini and Liswe Nsibandze (Velebantfu Baptist) sometime early next year.

We ask you to pray for the Mkhonta family of the Thunzini Baptist Church. Last week, Babe Mkhonta’s brother was killed when his son hit him over the head with a hoe. The father had been yelling at the son who is mentally/emotionally challenged and the son responded by hitting him on the head. It is a very sad situation. Please pray for this family and for the son who may not even realize what he has done.

NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER MINISTRY EVENTS:
-Todd and Deborah Hoskins return to Jo’burg from their time at 40/40 on the 19th of November. Pray for their safe journey to Swaziland.
--THANKSGIVING DAY November 25th. The Swazi Team will celebrate this special day at the Myers.
-Member care team, Larry and Dianne Randolph is visiting the Swazi Team December 7-9, 2010. They will be with Myers on the 7th.
-The Nthutwakazi Baptist Church will conduct revival services December 6-11. Pray for the church as preparations are made for these services. Pray the people’s heart will be ready for revival.
-Swazi Team’s end-of-the year retreat is scheduled for December 13-14 in White River, South Africa. In the past, the time has enabled the Team to not only have great fellowship together, but also praise the Lord for His blessings the past year and a time of prayer for future work. Pray the Lord will be glorified in the planning for this retreat.
--The Swazi Team will spend Christmas Day at the Allens in Mbabane!!

--Continue to remember Wayne’s sister, Patsy suffering from COPD and on oxygen. His brother Terry recently had his gall bladder removed. Pray his quarterly tests for the return of stage 4 cancer will show his cancer in remission. Pray for Wayne’s oldest brother having health issues related to his diabetes. Pray for Barbara’s brother-in-law as he continues to recover from his herniated disc surgery in 2009.

***Do You Know?
What are the main intermediate channels for Southern Baptist foreign missions funding?
Answer: The Cooperative Program, initiated in the mid-1920s to channel funds to the various Southern Baptist agencies, and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, which traces its origins back to 1888.

November 28-December 5: International Week of Prayer and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering J
Lottie Moon—the namesake of the International missions offering—has become something of a legend with us. But in her time, Lottie was anything but an untouchable hero. In fact, she was like today’s missionaries. She was a hardworking, deep-loving Southern Baptist who labored tirelessly so her people group could know Jesus.
Throughout her career, Lottie Moon wrote numerous letters home, urging Southern Baptists to greater missions involvement and support. One of those letters triggered Southern Baptists’ first Christmas offering for International missions—enough to send three new missionaries to China.
Please pray the 2010 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering will enable missionaries to be sent to minister to many lost and dying peoples. Pray Lottie Moon’s legacy will live through the IMB missionaries around the world.

PRAYER REQUESTS FROM IMB OFFICE OF GLOBAL PRAYER STRATEGY:
--Please continue praying for the IMB’s Presidential Search Committee as they seek God’s man to lead our organization.
--November 15-19: Missions Expo for the Deaf, Richmond, Va. (participation by invitation only) Please pray for this special event.

---As you look toward 2011 remember www.inhomecarekits.org or info@gobgr.org are your contact sites for information to help fill kits that help families care for their loved ones with AIDS. You or your church’s help is needed in 2011 to supply enough kits to meet the requests from IMB missionaries ministering to AIDS victims. Please pray about this critical need.

This week’s country focus: FRANCE:
- Praise God for the growth in evangelical Christianity in the past 40 years. Pray that French believers would keep aflame the passion that they have had for the Lord, and that they would not be lulled into nominalism.
--To many French people, the evangelical message of personal salvation through faith is still seen as a foreign ideology. Evangelicals are referred to as “extreme emanations from the Reformed Church”. This has made outreach difficult. Pray that public opinion of Evangelical Christians would improve, and that people would be more receptive to their message.
-Islam is now the second largest religion in France. Mostly this growth has been through immigration and birth rates, but there are also many French nationals who have turned to Islam. There are less than 100 Christian workers in French reaching out to these people. Pray for more workers and for Muslims to come to know Christ as their Savior.
- (Information from The Ultimate Goal (TUG) a project of SASCOL and is the outreach initiative taking place during June and July 2010.)