August 07

August 1, 2007

Dear Prayer Partners,

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope(Romans 15:13,ESV).

Greetings from the rainy Casamance! The Casamance is the Senegalese land that is between The Gambia and Guinea Bissau. Initially we have had a slow start to the rainy season, but this past week we have had several downpours. This is an answer to prayer. We are grateful to our heavenly Father who is faithful.

Our family along with our colleagues throughout West Africa just completed a week of worship, fellowship, and training in Dakar, Senegal. These are times that we really understand how important it is to worship in our heart language. All of the children enjoyed reconnecting with old friends and meeting the volunteers who came to minister to them. This was made possible through your gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.

This past June, we began planning with pastor SD for the MNK gathering. SD and his family are planning to come this month to visit and continue planning for this event. Please lift up this time of planning. We pray that this opportunity to encourage MNK believers will help them in their personal walk with Christ and to be bolder in their witness in their communities.

Kimberly is doing great. Thank you for praying for her language and cultural acquisition. Please pray for her as she begins classes at a local language school to continue preparation for sharing the Gospel in the MNK language. She is diligent in working on relationships which is very important in this society. Pray for opportunities for Kimberly to read scripture and pray for her neighbors.

Please continue to lift the villages including BN, MK, BF, DjT, and S in prayer. Many are working in the fields so please pray that we will continue to have times to teach in each of these villages. Ask God to send dreams and visions revealing Himself to men and women in each of these places.

On a personal note we ask that you lift our family in prayer as we prepare to start the new school year. Our son Alex is a senior this year. Daniel is a junior, and Patrick is in the eighth grade. We will be home schooling, so please pray for the boys to be diligent in their work and have good internet access.

Your Sister in Christ,

Scripture verses:

Aug. 01-04: For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth (1 Corinthians 1: 26, ESV).

Aug. 05-11: Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established (Proverbs 16: 3, ESV).

Aug. 12-18: The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold (Psalm 18:2).

Aug. 19-25: Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water (John 7:38, ESV).”

Aug. 26-31: The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue. (Psalm 33:17, ESV)

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Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
August 2007 MNK Prayer Gram Pray for/that: Pray4mnk@pobox.com www.mandinkapeople.com			1 Sila Tilindingo radio broadcast would not be disrupted despite the many power outages during the rainy season.	2 For MNK believers who are “foolish” in the eyes of their families and peers to remember their calling.	3 Workers among the MNK to remember their call during the dry times of their ministry.	4 MNK men and women to measure themselves by God’s standard’s not man’s.
5 MNK Pastor SD and his family who are seeking to encourage MNK believers in The Gambia, Senegal, and Guinea Bissau.	6 Travel mercies and good health for SD and family.	7 All of our work and plans will be under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.	8 Many will hear God’s Word on the radio broadcast and seek to know Him.	9 Ask God to prepare the hearts of the MNK believers for the upcoming MNK gathering.	10 Ask God to prepare mature West African believers to be willing to come and teach at this gathering.	11 The Lord will raise up leaders for the future MNK church.
12 MNK believers to desire to gather together to worship God in spirit and in truth.	13 Seeker DD who has heard the Gospel many times to accept it by faith.	14 The village “BN” chief K, to become dissatisfied with Is.	15 The radio manager to listen and be changed by God’s Word through the Sila Tilindingo.	16 MNK men & women who hear the Good News will understand that it is the only way to Salvation.	17 God would prepare the heart of DtD to hear the good news	18 Seeker BC to study and desire to know God as deliverer.
19 Effective and reproducible discipleship materials to be produced in the MNK language.	20 As Kimberly reads scripture to MNK in Sedhiou; many will cherish Christ as more than a prophet.	21 FC, a believer, to be challenged as he listens to MNK scripture tapes	22 Open hearts of those listening to the Sila Tilindingo to receive “living water”.	23 People who come seeking scripture would diligently search for Truth	24 The people of the village “MK” to desire to hear truths from scripture.	25 MNK in America to hear the gospel and carry the message back to their people
Aug. 26 God to send out more of His children to share the hope of Jesus with the MNK	Aug. 27 MK to be a faithful witness to his friend, IF	Aug. 28 As OS works to please a “distant” god, the true God will reveal Himself	Aug. 29 Those who listen to Sila Tilindingo would hear and believe the message of hope	Aug. 30 MNK women would understand that faith in Jesus brings freedom from fear	Aug. 31 MNK will not place their hope in the “war horse” of Is., but in the Living God