Wednesday

“So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent.” (Isaiah 55:11)

Mary Broussard works with the Tangipahoa Parish School System and with me through the KHS PBS (Positive Behavior Support) team. Her brother, Stephen Broussard has liver failure and is hospitalized in Abbeville. Mary would appreciate prayers for the family, especially her 90 year old mother, as they face losing Stephen.

Here is an attached news story about a recent outreach in north Czech Republic.

Thank you for continuing to pray for peoples others have forgotten.

Thank you for pressing forward.

Blessings,

Boyd H.

Litvinov Outreach – Czech Republic

November 17, 2008

North of Prague, near the German border, is the industrial town of Litvinov. In Litvinov, the majority of Roma live in a section of the city called Janov. This ghetto is the run-down, neglected part of town, where no one wants to live or even visit.

In October, more than 300 extremists, held an unauthorized anti-Roma rally in downtown Litvinov. At the conclusion of the rally, the emotional mob marched and rode on horseback to the Janov neighborhood. They attacked local Roma with sticks and stones. Police successfully stopped the raid, but not before three police were injured.

Last week, IMB personnel visited the Janov neighborhood. They distributed tracts, brochures, and evangelistic CDs. They listened to the concerns and fears of residents. They prayed with family members.

“They came in here to our homes and treated us like dogs. We have lived here all our lives. What did they want us to do? What have we done to them?”, asked Petra, a 40-year old mother from Janov.

“Has anyone from the church visited your area since this took place?” asked the IMB missionary.

“No one knows we’re here, except those people (extremists),” commented Jan. “The government wants us to leave, but we have no place to go.”

Your prayers gave missionaries the courage to go into an unknown neighborhood. Your gifts and resources provided the means for missionaries to travel to another section of the country. Your prayers will provide the direction for future ministry in this area.

Thank you for your partnership and prayers. Thank you for your gifts and generosity to reach those who feel forgotten.

WEDNESDAY WINDOW ON THE WORLD – November 19, 2008
International Mission Board

APPLE DISTRICT OF INDONESIA. You asked God to bless a project intended to bring water to a village that had none, and He did. You prayed for S to have opportunities to share his faith, and God brought another person, J, to share as well. J got to stay in the village while the project was being done and began sharing Bible stories from day one. There is great interest in the stories, and S and J have been very encouraged by the openness of the community toward spiritual things. The water project has gone amazingly well, and phase one has been completed. Now more than 70 families have water available to them without having to carry it for long distances or waiting for it for hours. The community was totally behind the effort, and more than 100 men turned out every night from 7-12 p.m. to dig the trench for the pipe until the work was completed. Please pray for the continued openness of the community and for S and J to have more opportunities to share their faith. Pray for phase two to go well. Also pray for S’s father to come to faith.

DEAF OF URUGUAY. Jesus said that in this world we will have trouble, but we are to rejoice, for He has overcome the world. Troubles are falling hard on a deaf mother church in Montevideo, where leaders are being attacked, vicious rumors abound, and there is an active movement to close the church. Please pray for the faithful members and especially the leaders. Ask the Lord to give them wisdom, discernment and strength. Pray for the survival of the church, asking that it will come through this time of testing pure as gold, stronger than ever, and reaching thousands for the Lord.

BERLIN, GERMANY. Workers in Berlin are thrilled with a wonderful start to a new immigrant fellowship meeting. The meeting is held every two weeks on Sunday afternoon, and is led by four men. This is the first fellowship that is held in the mother tongue of the largest immigrant population, and is co-led by men who are immigrants from this large Muslim country. Thank the Lord for those who have attended and that the numbers are growing. Pray for the fellowship to be a safe place where people can come and hear in their mother tongue the good news of Jesus Christ. Pray that the Lord will lead and guide the four men who lead this fellowship. Thank Him for the unity that these men find in Christ. Give thanks also for those who give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, as some of that money was used to provide chorus books and Bibles in the mother tongue of this immigrant population.

MISSIONARY PERSONAL NEEDS. West Africa’s Financial Facilitators rely heavily on Internet and e-mail services to support missionaries who are spread over an area approximately the size of the United States. However, much of West Africa has an underdeveloped infrastructure. Additionally, some information is difficult to communicate appropriately by e-mail. Pray that the team of Financial Facilitators in West Africa will be able to communicate effectively with those whom they support and that they will have wisdom and discernment to know how best to share information.

Baptist Press
November 18, 2008

ENGLAND–Multicultural London: ‘capital of the world.’ http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29355

ENGLAND–Coffee shop prayer yields fruit in London.http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29356

ENGLAND–Vietnam refugee fulfills vow in London.http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29357

ENGLAND–Brit returns to a new mission field.http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29358

TENNESSEE–Huckabee: Social conservatives key to GOP’s future.http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29359

CALIFORNIA–Calif. Southern Baptists affirm Prop 8 support.http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29360

VIRGINIA–BGAV adopts reduced budget; Campolo criticizes Prop. 8.http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29361

ILLINOIS–Ill. Baptists increase CP giving again.http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29362

TENNESSEE–TN Baptists approve W. Africa mission.http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29363

VIRGINIA–London (Erich Bridges): End of ‘Christian civilization’?http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=29364

KneEmail by Mike Benson

Identify

IN THE NEW York Times Magazine, Nancy V. Raine told a story she heard twenty-five years earlier from a friend named George…

In those days, work crews marked construction sites by putting out
smudge pots with open flames. George’s four-year-old daughter got
too close to one and her pants caught fire like the Straw Man’s
stuffing. The scars running the length and breadth of Sarah’s legs
looked like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. In the third grade she was
asked, “If you could have one wish, what would it be?” Sarah wrote:
“I want everyone to have legs like mine.”

When we suffer pain, we want others to understand. We want others to be like us so they can identify with us. We don’t want to be alone. God does understand. When Jesus became a man, he did something far more difficult than having legs like Sarah’s. (Craig Brian Larson)

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” ( John 1:14).

Posted by Mike Benson at October 14, 2008 12:54 PM

Face this day with a smile.
Anna Lee