April 30, 2008 Issue

Focus Church: Good Springs Baptist Church
Pastor, without pastor

Associational Focus: Pray for direction of an advisory team for associational work meeting tomorrow.

Pray for guidance as mission trips are in the planning stage and more to join in sharing Christ in Guatemala. We still need 3 more to fill the team and airline ticket need to be bought in 2 weeks.

Our sights are now move to the end of school and the the summer of vacation bible schools. Pray for the leaders as they enlist workers and for the workers as they prepare.

NAMB Focus:
Email address included so you can send a word of encouragement.

4/30/08 Bill Johnson
PO BOX 911
Conyers, GA 30012
missionsconnections@yahoo.com
Bill is a missionary with the Stone Mountain Association. Conyers Romanian Mission Pastor, Igor Coada, is currently an international student graduating May, 2008. Pray for God to provide his salary for two years to help pay for the expensive visa change needed after he graduates.

5/1/08 Mike York (Carolyn)
P.O. Box 5323
Logan, WV 25601-5323
cbamissions@wv-cis.net
Mike is a church planter for the Coalfields Association. Pray for the upcoming associational revival, April 28-May 3. Pray for provisions to advertise on the radio and in the newspaper for this unprecedented opportunity to reach the Coalfields Association for Christ.
5/2/08 Terry and Kay Dorsett
30 Jones Brothers Way, Ste. B
Barre, VT 05641
terrydorsett@vermontbaptist.org
Terry Dorsett, a church planter for Vermont, asks for prayer for the first Friday of May and of June as they hold youth-led revival services in Barre. Pray for many unchurched teens to come and for the teens who will lead the revival to be filled with the Spirit.

5/3/08 Bob Loy
2700 University Blvd., S.
Jacksonville, FL 32216
bloy@jaxbaptist.org
Bob is executive director of The Jacksonville Port Ministries. Please pray for two needed minivans for the ministries. The vans are used to transport seafarers from their ships to the centers, purchase supplies, and to churches for worship. All four vans have high mileage and constant repairs.

5/4/08 Ellis Prince (Ginger)
P.O. Box 38538
Baltimore, MD 21231
together@gallerychurchbaltimore.com
Ellis Prince is a church starter for the Baltimore Association. Pray that they will secure a place to hold services by the end of May. Pray that they reach their goal of seeing 10,000 people invited to their preview services. Thank God for their children being accepted into the local charter school.

5/5/08 Ted H. Knach Jr.
theodore.h.knach@afghan.swa.army.mil
Ted is an Army Reserve chaplain deployed in Afghanistan. Please pray for his bringing God to the soldiers and soldiers to God. Pray for him, for the safety of soldiers who are in war zones, and for peace in Afghanistan. Also pray for his wife Mary Shelley holding down the home front.

5/6/08 Michael and Devon Cooper
1200 NE 168th
Ridgefield, WA 98642
mrs.cooper@teacher.com
Michael and Devon are church planters in Salmon Creek, Wash. Please pray for their spring and summer events. Also pray for continued relationships with those in the community, for others to help disciple new believers, and for more to come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

IMB Focus:Wednesday Window on the World for the week of April 29, 2008

FULBE OF NIGERIA (FUL-bay). The Fulbe Team thanks you for praying for the Annual Northeast Baptist Conference that was held in February. Several churches have committed to help with Fulbe ministry this year. Plans are being made to train these churches in the “Creation to Christ” evangelism method that has been very effective with Muslim peoples. Also in the planning stages is the selection of specific villages for outreach. Pray that this training will be effective in bringing many Fulbe to Christ. Also ask God to open doors and enable the Fulbe Team and Nigerian Baptists to enter the villages that they want to reach. Most importantly, pray that they will be led by the Spirit of God and follow His plan.


50 DAYS OF PRAYER FOR CUBA. A retired pastor walks the mountainous countryside for hours each day. He stops at homes and along the way to tell everyone he meets the good news of Jesus. Last year he made 2,640 visits, all on foot, to share the gospel. That is an average of 220 visits per month, and about seven visits per day--and he is 88 years old! “Pray that the Lord will lengthen my life, to be able to keep working in the Lord’s service,” he asks. “Pray that Cuba might be won to Christ,” he adds. As Cuban Baptists are in the midst of the “50 Days of Prayer for Cuba” emphasis, please ask the Lord for 1 million Cubans to come to Christ, and for a church to be started within walking distance of each one during the next three years. Pray for others, like this retired pastor, who daily share their faith with those in Cuba who do not know Christ. fiftydaysofprayer@50dias.org


LAST FRONTIER. “When a farmer puts a tiny seed in the ground, covers it with dirt, and continues to water it, he is not always worried about that individual seed sprouting because he has planted so many in his fields. But when an overseas worker plants a truth in a heart, he knows he might not ever see that person again in order to cover that truth and water it. So the worker worries that the seed might never sprout in that individual’s heart, and he worries about the rocks/obstacles in the way and the birds/enemy who want to devour the seed. But we praise God continually for His promise that His Word will not return void! Would you join so many of us workers who are planting seeds in hearts and pray that these truths will be watered and will sprout and grow into a marvelous plant that glorifies God? Pray for seeds planted in both believing and unbelieving hearts, for God is still tending the plants that have started growing in His garden.”