2008 July Prayer Guides
The Lee Family and Ministry
Cuernavaca, Morelos
Praise the Lord that Abe had a good experience at the Inner healing seminar of All Nations Church. It was a biblical series of self-discovering sessions. Abe came back with much lighter memory of his past. He was encouraged to adopt the program for our local partners.
Our NANANA have almost ended the school year, just as Reformed Seminary of Mexico graduated two wonderful students for God’s kingdom work. Nery and Odon are going to work in Centro Prebiterio. Especially, Nery’s wife, not-yet-a-believer, has come to the service and congratulated her husband’s achievement.
Cuernavaca TEE has celebrated its 4th module completion. There were about 10 students who finished another four courses as they turned in written assignments and exams. Pastor Jose Ocampo, the director, announced two months of vacations. We will reinitiate in late August.
Prater items:
01. July 1 – Elaine and Abe will lead a Bible reading group. Elaine has been a part of this group for the last couple of months. Some of the group members raised some theological issues, such as spiritual gifts and denominational differences and identities so Abe will once again give a talk on the spiritual gifts. Most ladies are from charismatic churches.
02. July 5 – A Christian mariachi and dear brother, Salustio’s daughter will have her 15th birthday party at Maranatha Church. May she become a woman of God’s heart.
03. July 6 – Sinai Church (NPC), Zacatepec, just started using Tiempo Con Dios (30 copies). Abe will preach to cultivate in the church this Bible reading. Pastor Oscar Molina and his church run a kindergarten at the church buildings and an extension center.
04. July 9 – Men’s club of Shekinah church (RPC) continues. Rigoberto, Tomas, and Alfonso have continuously attended the meetings. They are using Tiempo Con Dios, by which Tomas, more than others, is learning and growing in wisdom and spirit. He is so motivated in sharing the Word.
05. July 17 – Pastor Alejandro & Nora announced their 10th anniversary to be celebrated at the church (Bethel NPC). He has had problems with his consistory since last year. May it help settle his situation and continue to serve the church.
06. July 19-25 -- A Korean couple will visit our churches to evaluate future work team possibilities from their church in Alabama. We’ve known the couple for many years. May their visit give them a vision for Mexico missions.
07. July 21-26 – A number of Reformed churches of Emmanuel Presbytery will have a joint VBS. The Korean couple will possibly help on hand-craft activities.
08. July 30-Aug 4 – A work team will come and support Liz’s ministry, an All Nations seminary graduate (Cd. Juarez), up in a village in Puebla. It is the second year that the team is coming to help her work for the Lord.
09. Elaine’s activities: (1) Kids club is finished as the vacation is starting. (2) School moms prayer meetings will continue as the kids go back to school. (3) Our NANANA will need to find an English tutor to improve their writing & reading skills. (4) Elaine wants to take Spanish courses for a week at UNINTER in town.
10. Rosario, a dear friend of Elaine, is suffering from gallstone. Her husband is a very nice Christian and church leader of a Charismatic church in town. However, he has not taken good care of his own family. She has been so intensely stressed for the last couple of months due to her husband’s indifferent attitudes and other personal matters. May our prayer give her wisdom and wellness for her physical and marital needs.
11. A year old missions in Puente de Ixtla is growing. It’s a missions composed of former Mexican railroad company laborers who lost their jobs due to its bankruptcy and ended up making home from the unoperating wagons since 1980s. See pictures of a CRC visit last year and a recent worship service at pics. Now there are a handful of families worshipping God. Last Saturday we had a service at a local park. We got temporal permits to occupy it for this purpose. On pictures you will also see some ladies from Maranatha church serving poor kids with hot foods. Praise the Lord. We still have a lot to do here. Our children were surprised by kids’ foul languages.
12. We are scheduled to purchase a new vehicle for our ministry during our upcoming home-service (Dec. 2008 – June 2009). Please pray for its fundraising. Should you have any questions regards to our fundraising please contact us at chiapslee@gmail.com or abe@nanana.org
Thanks for your constant fellowship in prayer for God’s missions in Cuernavaca.
Blessings,
Rev. Abraham & Elaine Lee
Cuernavaca, Morelos.
July 05, 2008
2008 June prayer guides
The LEE family and ministry
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Graduations are around the corner? Congratulations! May God also be with you on your next stage of life! Please join us in praising God for ...
• Naomi is 11 as of last May. Thank you all for your warm greeting emails and phone calls that completed her party the most beautiful gift.
• Mother’s Day Eve was a surprising morning as Maranatha Church did stop by at our home to sing Las Mañanitas and a Mother’s Day special song. Thanks to pastor Jose Ocampo.
• Worship Symposium (Calvin Worship Institute) in DF was a good experience for our seminary students. It was an eye opening for them to rethink of their worship life and church liturgy.
PLEASE PRAY WITH US FOR THE FOLLOWINGS.
• May 31 – Shekinah Church has announced to gather together its neighbors for a dinner campaign. Abe will deliver the Word. Pray that the Spirit of Salvation will move on each soul at the event.
• Abe will participate a conference at All Nations Church (June 6-8) in Los Angeles. May it help him equip for pastoral care and learn on how better counsel the needy.
• Shekinah RPC Men's Club continues twice a month. It is a group of 5-6 men for Bible & thematic study with Abe. Pray for the leadership of Rigoberto and Tomas, key lay leaders of the church.
• Seminary's TEE center in Morelos will celebrate its thanksgiving service for the end of another 4-month-module on June 21. May this service encourage both students and teachers who have faithfully prepared and attended 16 week-courses. Abe will teach his 4-hour course on June 14.
• Reformed Theological Seminary. The semester has reached to its end. All students are writing thesis and taking exams to finish the semester. Pray that they had had learned the very heart of God from each classroom. Pray also for its commencement service on June 15 at Gethsemani Church, Xochimilco, D.F. Abe is scheduled to give the word of encouragement to the graduating students, Nery and Odon.
• Our children will have school-end exams from June 17-25. Pray that they prayerfully solve each subject.
• Sinai Church of Toluca (pastor Constantino) invited us to join their feast for Ladies Society anniversary on June 29. Abe and Elaine will share the Word.
• Pray for Elaine's activities:
1. Prayer Meeting & Bible Study with Goldenwoods School Moms. Pray that the power of prayer is felt in each of its integrants’ life, and deepen their relationship with the Father.
2. Kids club. May God continue to bless this ministry and the children may become happier through these activities. It will also call recess once the school starts its vacations.
3. Pray for Elaine as she gets engaged more and more in counseling moms.
• Pray for the ministry of Tiempo Con Dios (a monthly devotional book). We are facing financial difficulty to continue its distribution. Our subscribers are not really trained to save and put their time to take it a habit for their spiritual benefit. Many of them have owed us 2-3 months of subscription fees ($2.50 per copy).
• We are scheduled to purchase a new vehicle for our ministry during our upcoming home-service (Dec. 2008 – June 2009). Please pray for its fundraising.
Thanks for your prayer, love, and giving,
God bless you,
Rev. Abraham & Elaine Lee
May 30, 2008
2008 May Prayer Guide
The LEE family and ministry
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Happy Month of Family!
• Thank God for His protections as we traveled to different places in the month of April.
• Thank God for many wonderful people we met in April and the blessings we received through conversations. It was a time of refresh and challenge. Pray that God will continue to bring people to our lives so that we may see and hear the voice of God through them.
Prayers:
• Shekinah RPC Men's Club is having twice a month gathering. It is a group of 5-6 men for Bible & thematic study with Abe. They are using the book "Limited for Adolescent" and “Tiempo con Dios.”
• May 10: Abe and Jose Ocampo will work together at a mission in Puente de Ixtla.
• May 12-16: Abe will teach two courses at the Bible institute in Chiapas (Ebenezer Presbytery). He will be teaching Leadership and the Book of Acts. Pray for safety in travel and an effective teaching.
• May 13: Naomi will celebrate her 11th birthday. We encourage you to send a short note in her email box at naomi.lee13@gmail.com. She would love to write back ASAP. Thanks. :)
• May 19-21: Worship Symposium. Calvin Worship Institute is coming down for Its First Worship Symposium in Mexico City. Abe is promoting and planning to attend it with local pastors. Please pray for the event.
• May 26-28: We will have an annual evaluation. Please pray that everything goes well.
• Reformed Theological Seminary. Abe continues teaching. May God show His grace upon the students as the final week of the semester approaches.
• Seminary's TEE center in Morelos. Our 13+ students are firm and even hungrier for the Word. Pray for Abe and pastors—Jose Ocampo, Nain de Jesus, & Francisco Melendez—as they continue to prepare to better feed the students.
• Personal discipleship. After various weeks off, Abe is back with Brother Cho, Ph.D. student at UAEM. May the Word continue work in his marriage and study.
• Pray for Elaine's activities:
1. Prayer Meeting & Bible Study with Goldenwoods School Moms. While we were gone out of Cuernavaca, the school principal had called in her office two moms of our prayer group. She did ask them to stop the prayer meetings. Likely, there was a complaint by a parent who felt that we have been forcing her to become a Christian. We have once invited her come over our meetings, as we learned that she However, two moms told the principal that we would continue meeting and praying for the school. Please pray that we would stand firm for the school and may not lose heart.
2. Kids club. May God continue to bless this ministry and the children may become happier through these activities.
3. Pray for Elaine as she gets engaged more in counseling moms. She has shared the Word of God with a number of ladies who have been in difficult stages in their marriage and moreover in their spiritual journey.
4. The ladies society of Filadelfia NPC has asked Elaine to speak for their weekly meetings in May. The topic is "Single women." Pray for Elaine to share God’s given wisdom.
• Pray for the ministry of Tiempo Con Dios (a monthly devotional book). We ask God for a dedicated person for such a ministry. Since there isn't any monetary profit from this book sale, it would be a real search for a right person. May God send us a qualified servant.
• We are scheduled to purchase a new vehicle for our ministry during our upcoming home-service (Dec. 2008 – June 2009). Please pray for its fundraising.
Thanks for your prayer, love, and giving,
God bless you,
Rev. Abraham & Elaine Lee
May 09, 2008
2008 April Prayer Guides
THE LEE FAMILY & MINISTRY
Cuernavaca, Morelos
Time in Chiapas was very enjoyable. We never expected the weather to be so pleasant. It seemed like we took the Cuernavaca weather with us. We met many brothers and sisters in Christ. We encouraged them with the Word of God and prayers; and in return, they encouraged us with their visions and passion for the ministries.
• We are thankful for the visitors we had in April. We really enjoyed the fellowship with each one of them.
• Abe had about 30 students at AMICH. The course of "Urban Missions" sounded like unmatchable them since all of the students were from rural areas. However, they showed a great interest in learning and outreaching the urban people.
• Thank you for your prayer for Pastor Pedro and Esperanza. They now find peace in their marriage. Please continue to pray for them as they are in a healing process.
PRAYER ITEMS:
• April 2: Elaine is invited to an evangelistic breakfast. Pray for her as she prepares for the talk. Let the people who were invited to know the gospel and come to know God.
• April 2 & 23: Shekinah RPC Men's Club. Twice a month a group of 5-6 men gathers together for a Bible & thematic study with Abe. They are using the book "Limited for Adolescent."
• April 6: Abe is scheduled to preach at Shekinah Church.
• April 12: Nahum's 8th birthday. Please join us to celebrate his birthday.
• April 15-19: Abe is going to Nicaragua for an evangelism strategy meeting. Please pray for his trip and for the meeting.
• April 24-29: Missionary Annual retreat. We are having the retreat in Merida. Please pray for the spiritual renewal and good fellowship amongst missionaries.
• Reformed Theological Seminary. Abe's teaching duty continues this month. He travels every Thursdays to the world largest city.
• Seminary's TEE center in Morelos. We have 13+ students. Pray for Abe and pastors—Jose Ocampo, Nain de Jesus, & Francisco Melendez—who are also scheduled to teach in between their busy church activities.
• Personal discipleship. Brother Cho has gained confidence in studying the Bible with Abe. May his stay in Cuernavaca will help in getting to know God in addition to his Ph.D. study at UAEM.
• Pray for Elaine's activities:
• Prayer Meeting & Bible Study with Goldenwoods School Moms. She now has 5 moms in the group. They study "The power of the positive mom". Please continue to pray for this ministry. Many of their prayer requests are related to their marriage issues. This helps not only to strengthen the school but also reach out their family needs.
• Kid's club. May God continue to bless this ministry and children who come to the club.
• Pray for Elaine as the need for good counseling is requiered. She is sharing the Word of God with many who are going through difficulties in their marriage and in spiritual journey.
• Pray for the ministry of Tiempo Con Dios (a monthly devotional book). We ask God for a dedicated person for such a ministry. Since there isn't any monetary profit from this book sale, it would be a real search for a right person. May God send us a qualified servant.
• We are scheduled to purchase a new vehicle for our ministry during our upcoming home-service (Dec. 2008 – June 2009). Please pray for its fundraising.
• Pray for our family for health, safety, and kids with their studies.
Rev. Abe & Elaine Lee
April 28, 2008
2008 March Prayer Guide
THE LEE FAMILY & MINISTRY
Cuernavaca, Morelos
The month of February was short but had so many activities that had kept us busy. The Men's club in Shekinah church is going very well. After The 10 Commandments, they are studying on "Boundaries for Adolescents." They saw the need for better relationship with their teenagers. Abe is also preparing himself for Naomi (10) though she will not be teen in years.
Abe’s trip to Tampico went well. A small Korean community is eager to set itself a Christian family. Thanks for your prayer.
Prayer items.
o March 1: Elaine will play piano at a wedding at Filadelfia church.
o March 2: Abe is scheduled to preach and the communion at Filadelfia NPC.
o March 8: Spring Mini-Olympics at Goldenwoods Schools. Pray that we as a family would have fun. Also on the same day, our dear friend CAM missionary Tim & Michelle are hosting a conference on the servant leadership. Pray for good attendance.
o March 15-20: We have visitors (Dr. Jay Shim and his wife Joyce) are visiting us. We are so excited to see them. Elaine has known them since her junior high years. Dr. Shim will preach at Gethsemani Church (Moises Brito) on March 16.
o March 22-28: Abe is once again invited to lecture on Urban Mission at AMICH of Chiapas. So we as a family are heading to Chiapas. While Abe teach the course, Elaine and the kids will make visits to friends. Especially, pray for the family of Pedro Gutierrez and Esperanza Peñate for their marriage struggle. A church member of the church where Pedro is pastor has caused a problem in their marriage.
o March 29-31: Board members visit is scheduled to feel and witness our ministry in Cuernavaca. May this visit be a comfort and encouragement to us.
o Reformed Theological Seminary. Abe’s teaching duty continues this month so travel every Thursdays to the world largest city.
o Seminary’s TEE center in Morelos. We have 13+ students. Its third module has begun since Feb. 24. On March 1 Abe will teach new course (NT Exegesis). He is scheduled to teach every other Saturday. Pray also for other pastors—Jose Ocampo, Nain de Jesus, & Francisco Melendez—who are also scheduled to teach in between their busy church activities.
o Personal discipleship. Brother Cho has gained confidence in studying the Bible with Abe. May his stay in Cuernavaca will help in getting to know God in addition to his Ph.D. study at UAEM.
o Shekinah RPC Men's Club. Twice a month a group of 5-6 men gathers together for a Bible & thematic study with Abe. At the last meeting, the men started to pray and bless their own family. Praise the Lord.
o Pray for Elaine's activities:
1. Filadelfia NPC women's society has asked her to lead Bible study on March 4 & 11. The theme is "The importance of teaching Bible at home".
2. Prayer Meeting & Bible Study with Goldenwwds School Moms. She now has 5 moms in the group. They study "The power of the positive mom". Please continue to pray for this ministry. Many of their prayer requests are related to their marriage issues. This helps not only to strengthen the school but also reach out their family needs.
3. Kid's club. Elaine has planned to cover The 10 Commandments (Focus on the Family’s home-builder material). Pray for Elaine since it is her first-time in kid’s ministry. Beyond fear, now she is really enjoying it. It is a sign of another ministry for her to pursue.
4. As time goes by, Elaine is receiving many prayer requests from broken families. She has been asked to counsel some family and woman issues. Pray that God would give her wisdom and courage to deal with the requests.
o Pray for the ministry of Tiempo Con Dios (a monthly devotional book). We ask God for a dedicated person for such a ministry. Since there isn't any monetary profit from this book sale, it would be a real search for a right person. May God send us a qualified servant.
o We are scheduled to purchase a new vehicle for our ministry during our upcoming home-service (Dec. 2008 – June 2009). Please pray for its fundraising.
o Pray for our family for health, safety, and kids with their studies. Elaine and Abe have been under drug treatment for Typhoid fever. Thanks God that its under control.
Thanks for your prayer, love, and giving, God bless you!
Rev. Abraham & Mrs. Elaine Lee
March 29, 2008
