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May 31, 2010
2010 June Prayer guides
PRAYER CONCERT FOR JUNE 2010
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
PRAISES:
As family, we celebrate May with a lot of blessing. Nathan had his pastoral debut as he preached (?) on Children’s Sunday. Though it was only ONE-TWO minute sharing on his daily devotion, it was a meaningful experience for him and exciting for us. We were all nervous. Naomi had a great time in Yucatan Peninsula as she blew her birthday candles there. Nahum is so excited for the upcoming World Cup games in South Africa. He loves soccer. One day he found a Wii soccer game which one would love to own. So we made a deal that if he controls his temper for the next 3 weeks, we will buy him the game. Right away, he agreed to do so. For a week, he did very well. The reason we proposed the idea is that it takes about 21 days to change a habit. We have worked with him with his anger management. We pray that this will help him to get started and continue on.
Ministry-wise we’ve finished institutional tasks at the Seminary and Institute. The shoulders of our students are so loaded with assignments, but they will soon return with a blossom smile on their faces. Elaine has finished her The Image of God follow-up Bible study. The 7-8 ladies have grown emotionally and spiritually over the four months of study. These ladies will be a part of a ministry team for this seminar in the years to come. We’ve also taken a weeklong family ministry training in town. FamilyLife has a ministry center in Cuernavaca.
A STORY:
Noé Santiago is our student at Ixtlatotaztin Bible Institute. He is a vehicle electrician by profession, but now he is seriously considering to serve in frontier for God’s Kingdom. He wants to move on for the formal seminary training in Mexico City and serve God as an ordained pastor.
At each class he is like a sponge sobbing the basic ideas. Last course he took was Abe’s class on Diakonia. For a final assignment, Abe assigned a project that might be good for their church and beneficial to the community. Noé decided to sweep the church streets and offer free electric service to church neighbors. He also invited his church to join him with their own talents from haircut to facial. He is trying his best to practice what he learned and set them as his life values. PTL!
The followings are our need IN YOUR PRAYER. Thanks in advance!
a. June 2-7 – Dr. Simon Kistemaker (Prof. New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL) will give a series of lectures on the Coming of God’s Kingdom at our Mexican Reformed Theological Seminary, Mexico City. Abe is so excited to be at the lectures for two reasons. First, our Presbytery pastors’ willingness to learn! It’d cost them U$50 per person to attend the lectures, in addition to relatively expensive bus fares. But they found a way to fund themselves. Second, their growing spirit of team ministry! Pastor Jose Ocampo, collectively inviting other colleagues to join the study, now offered to financially cover (that is U$25) for me to attend the lectures with them. It meant a lot to us since it’s not just an invitation but their initial steps toward team ministry. Pray that Dr. Kistemaker will be a great blessing to our pastors and seminary students.
b. June 7 – Dating with Pastors meeting will be at Bethesda Church. It’s been an edifying time as we come to learn to share and give hand to each other’s needs and also pray for each other’s ministry. Especially pray for pastor Nain de Jesus who seems to have a hard time to adjust to this fairly new culture among the pastors. Also please pray for our Mexican missionary friend (anonymous) who served about 4 years but have recently been expelled from a Muslim country in North Africa. We have not been in contact these days so don’t know much about their current situation, but they definitely need our prayer.
c. June 4, 18, & 25 – Our ministry team to assist the upcoming ‘Seminar on The Image of God’ (Salamanca in July 7-9) is set. About 10 adults (all participated last November’ seminar) will lead and assist a table of 6-7 people. On 3 occasions we will gather together to pray for the seminar and for 50+ participants. None of us has any idea what’s going to happen, but we are sure that many participants will experience a life-changing encounter with the Lord during the seminar. Please join us in prayer for this goal.
d. June 5 – Our dear friend pastor Constantino and Madai’s daughter will turn 15. It will be a big day for her as she celebrates her quinceañera. We’ve known her since she was 5 years old. Time has gone by so fast. Abe is honored to deliver a message for this young lady. May the Word lead her walk into adult life and equip her in becoming a woman of noble character (Prov. 31). … Due to the Mexico City traffic law, we’re unable to take our US licensed vehicle, so we’d need to travel on bus. Pray for the event and 6 hour round-trip.
e. Elaine’s Teacher Training continues every other Fridays. All the teachers are assigned to prepare their own story-telling lesson for a weeklong Vacation Bible School (VBS). Due to the financial hardship, if it done individually, they decided to work together on material purchase and textbook preparation. Pray that all the teachers will be encouraged in the process of VBS preparation.
f. June 26 – Elaine, Milca, and Gloria (members of Bethesda Church) decided to launch a ministry for single moms. There will be a Café and Cake Night targeting at least 15-20 ladies. Pastor Melendez is very supportive with his two arms wide-open.
g. We will also minister our Reformed churches on their effort to expand the Gospel through small missions in Puente de Ixtla, Amacuzac, La Lagunilla, Milpillas, Puerta del Cielo, and Nuevo Balsas. They would need some time to grow and organize as churches. Pray that our involvement with Evangelism courses and occasional preaching will fuel them in doing ministry to the needy.
Blessings on your ministry and your daily walk with the Lord,
Abe & Elaine Lee
Posted by nanana at May 31, 2010 09:05 PM