Tuesday

“I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,

that you should be for salvation

to the ends of the earth.”

~Acts 13:47~

This request for Callie Jo Brunett was written yesterday morning:

Calli Jo Brunett from Loranger.

Tommy and Debbie Brunett’s daughter.

She is a few years older than Savanah, maybe 22 or 23.

She had a cold that turned into pneumonia.

She couldn’t breath and thought she was having a heart attack.

They took her to North Oaks and her oxygen level was only 60.

She was panicking and the doctors put her into a coma and put her on a ventilator.

She has air pockets around the lungs that are bleeding.

They are giving her units of blood.

They have chest tubes in her lungs.

The doctors are running test but have no idea so far.

It all started from a common cold from what they know so far.

Tommy and Debbie are so overwhelmed at this point.

Please pray for them to have faith through this.

And pray that the doctors find out what this is and fix it and get her out of this coma.

This all happened so fast, everybody is just in shock and confused.

I will email you again after I get back from the hospital.

Please forward this to your prayer chains.

Thanks again, Sherie

P.S. These are the Brunetts that have the Old Farmer’s Day in Loranger. Very big close family. They are all in shock right now.

Pray for Hollie K., a local young lady was was a M.K. and who will be leaving in three weeks for eight weeks of training to be a M.K. teacher to four children in West Africa. She will begin her assignment early in January. It has been my pleasure to know family members for years and to become better acquainted with his young lady lately. She will be a great M.K. teacher! I am so excited about what the future holds for her and what she will be able to accomplish in her new position.

October 2008 Prayer Requests and Praises

for Team Bucharest

“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” John 8:36

Freedom is important to us all. We know many people throughout this world are not free in many ways. BUT the most important freedom most lack is freedom in knowing the Lord as their Savior. Pray for those bound in spiritual darkness to see the light of the Savior and break free from the chains that are holding them in darkness.

Floyd and Freda Angeletti- “You are My witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, nor will there be one after Me. I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from Me there is no savior. I have revealed and saved and proclaimed – I, and not some foreign god among you. You are My witnesses,” declares the Lord, “that I am God. Isa 43:10-12

We have so much to praise the Lord for but His word is such a blessing and a special retreat under His hand. As you pray for strength, healing, wisdom, patients, guidance, and blessings, He so often uses His word to provide it in our life.

· Praise Him for those who send special notes of encouragement or information about those we would be concerned for. We praise Him for you and know that you are reading this because you are a prayer warrior. We appreciate you taking time to join us in the battle for souls. Your prayers open many doors and prepare us and them for the word and love of God to be shared.

· Praise the Lord for the 11 ladies in Freda’s new international ladies Bible study. Last week she had women from seven countries. This group frequently grows through October.

· Praise God for the care He takes of His missionaries. We see so many examples of His faithfulness even in what appears to be adversities among our colleagues that we can praise His for His obvious care in accidents, loss of precious loved ones, illness and other circumstances.

· Please praise Him for the growth He is allowing us to see in our university/career group. We surely must sometimes wonder who is growing more, the group or us. It is definitely our blessing.

· Praise the Lord for those who He has called out to come to Romania to serve Him. Pray for them as they prepare for the journey and that leaving family and friends will be a blessing to all.

Our Prayer Request:

· Freda has a flight to Baltimore on October 18. Please pray for strength, protection and safety as she travels. Pray that she will feel well and have peace from the Lord.

· Please pray for Freda as she keeps an appointment October 20 at Johns Hopkins Med Center to see about degenerative discs and a Tarlov cyst in her lumbosacral spine. Surgery has been suggested by two clinics that do not do surgery on Tarlov cyst. Pray for wisdom and understanding for the medical team and Freda during the process of evaluation.

· Pray for Freda as she prepares for the trip. Pray that she will fully accept that the Lord has opened many doors in this process and that He will take care of everything here.

· Pray that the pastor and his wife who have offered to host Freda be blessed by her presence and that the ladies who have offered to drive her will also be blessed for their care. And please pray that Freda will have many opportunities to witness to the church about missions and that every opportunity will glorify God.

· Pray also for Floyd as Freda is going through this process and he remains in Romania. Please pray that he will be a willing and pliable instrument in the Lords hand and that task presently before him will be accomplished in a way that brings glory to God.

· Please pray for the international women’s Bible study. Pray that the Lord will call out those to lead the group and that it may continue to reach out to many who do not know the Lord as well as those who are looking for spiritual guidance and Christian fellowship.

· Pray that the Lord will raise up English speaking Romanians to fill the opportunities we have in several locations to use English as a Foreign Language as an outreach tool.

Thank you for your prayers and for using your faith to left us before His throne.

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 NKJV

Richard and Wanda Clark (Stringer, Mississippi)-

1. Please pray that we will use our time well in getting ready to leave and that we will make wise decisions about what to take with us, what to sell and what to leave in storage.
2. We will be traveling a lot over the next couple of months. Please pray for our safety and that the Lord will use us as we speak to churches about our ministry in Romania. We will be in Richmond, October 6-12, for training and immunizations.
3. Begin to pray now for us that the Lord will bless us in our language studies when we arrive in Bucharest and that we will be faithful to work hard and be able to communicate with the Romanian people in their language very soon.
4. We also ask that you pray for the church in which we have been serving, as they search for a new pastor and continue the work that the Lord has allowed us to be part of for the last three years.

Roger and Melinda Russell (Belton, Texas) – Thank you for praying for us as we traveled in September. We enjoyed being able to go with Kyle to Union University. We met one of Kyle’s suitemates, Zach who is a MK from West Africa and his mother. We also saw where Jordan lives off campus and checked on him as he continues to recover from his tonsilectomy and the healing of the trach area. Currently Jordan is going to physical therapy for his left shoulder. Somehow during his time in the hospital his left shoulder was injured. Pray it heals correctly and Jordan will be patient as his body recovers.

From Jackson we traveled to Nashville, Erwin, and Maryville Tennessee, Taylors and Easley South Carolina, Jefferson and Williamson, Georgia and Stringer, Mississippi. It was nearly two weeks of traveling but we enjoyed getting to visit with friends we have not seen in awhile and make new friends. It is absolutely amazing how God arranges things. Most of the friends we saw are former colleagues who God called back to the US to minister here. We enjoyed catching up and hearing how God is working in their lives and how he is using them in his ministry. In Erwin TN we enjoyed meeting the members of Calvary Baptist Church and talking about God’s work in Romania. In Georgia we stayed with the Brewer family. Their daughter Sarah stayed with us a couple of times during the past two years in Bucharest. We felt instantly at home with them and with their friends in their house church. They were a blessing to us!! We also were able to see Richard and Wanda Clark in Mississippi and hear how God has been preparing them for returning to Romania in December. It was a great trip!!

On September 10th we attended the missionary appointment service at FBC Jonesboro GA. Eighty-three missionaries were appointed. We were able to see friends appointed. We first met them in 2000 when they came on a mission trip to Romania. Now they are going to South Asia to be used by the Lord in his ministry there.

September 19th we had to opportunity to speak to the WMU at Fellowship Baptist Church in Morgans Point Resort (outside of Belton where we live). We enjoyed an evening of fellowship (great food) and speaking about Romania.

We are looking forward to visiting Jordan and Kyle at Family Weekend at Union University October 3rd-4th. Yes it has only been a month since we have seen them but it is a good time to check on the boys, meet their friends, and take part in the activities during the weekend. Please pray for us as we travel.

October 20th-24th we will be taking part in mission week at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor here in Belton. Pray for God to use us and the other missionaries present as we share about our countries to students and staff at UMHB. We have already met some students that are ready to be used by the Lord here and to the ends of the earth.

October 31-November 2nd we will be at Northway Baptist Church in Angleton for their mission conference. Pray for us as we speak about God’s work in Romania.

Bucharest Christian Academy – Thanks so much for your prayers for BCA! While the ‘critical’ bases are covered (thanks to willing hearts and flexible people) we are still in need of staff members. Our K-12 music, K-12 art, business manager, 7th-12th social studies, and 7th-12th math positions are still available-for you or someone you may know :)! And, it’s not too early to be thinking about next year, when we’ll have elementary positions available too! If you’re looking for an amazing group of colleagues to work with, cool kids to invest your life in, and a bit of adventure BCA may be the place for you! http://www.bcaromania.org

Angela Stamps (Team Romania) is completing missionary orientation. The commissioning service is October 1 for all the missionaries who are at orientation. Angela will return to Dallas on the 2nd and will be there until she leaves on Oct. 16th for Romania (arriving on the 17th).

Prayer requests for Angela…”That I would know how to pack and prepare for the winter months in Romania as I get ready to head over there. This will be my first legitimate winter ever, so I’m a little nervous about it. That’s one thing growing up in the tropics didn’t prepare me for. Also that as I pack, I would have discernment as to what is important for me to take and what I could live without what with all the airplane weight rules and such.”

“My niece was born on September 9th in Irving, Texas. She weighed in at 6lb9oz and 18 in long. Her name is Sahara Xiomara (pronounced Siomara) Stamps. Can you tell both of her parents are MKs? Pray also that I would treasure the time I will have to spend with her and her parents before heading over, but that I would know how to let go in a healthy way.”

Pray for Angela as she prepares for this new adventure with the Lord, as she flies to Romania, gets settled in Bucharest, and learns the Romanian language.

Torch Mission Europe

Pray for Romanian Baptists as they work with other national Baptists reaching the lost of Europe. This month they will be in Brussels, Belgium 11th and 12th and Paris, France 25th-26th.

Love in Christ,

Melinda Russell

Team Bucharest

Website for Team Bucharest and Team Romania- http://www.imbromania.ro

Cottage Prayer Meetings tonight @ 6:30

• George Eddie and Alice Fay Lee
• Joey and Karen Miller
  

Pray for the fall revival.

Please feel free to share your praises, requests, and updates so we can all pray.

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Anna Lee