Friday

“Each of us finds our meaning and function as a part of his body.”

~Romans 12:5 MSG~

Trisha and Dwayne Wilson shared this good report on their mission trip.  Thank God for their opportunity and willingness to minister.
GAIN Team

El Salvador

June 27- July 6, 2009

·         600 GAiN CarePacks with backpacks distributed

Each pack contained: backpack, school supplies, hygiene items, 1 Beanie Baby,
1 New Testament, and 1 pair of Children’s sandals.

·         1075 CarePacks distributed with a Beanie Baby, and 1 pair of adult
sandals for family.

·         1300* Bibles distributed (There is about ½ case of bibles left that
Enrique will distribute)

·         425 estimated families received a bag of food. The bags were about
12-15 lbs of rice, beans, pasta, and soup mix

·         Estimated 2200 individuals (Children and Adults and a few wandering
dogs) heard the Good News of Jesus Christ.

·         80 GAiN Seed packets used at the Achiotal School.

Pray for the Lockwood family and the Pittman family as David and Chuck continue their battles with cancer.

Maggie Lee Henson’s mother placed some comments on Caring Bridge.  http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/maggieleehenson

KOMpray

Kids on Mission Pray

Kids love VBS

In Guadalajara, Mexico, children are baptized as babies.  A 12-year-old Mexican girl was really surprised when she learned that Baptists are baptized after they accept Jesus as Savior.  She was going to Vacation Bible School and learned about baptism and more about Jesus through Bible study, music, crafts and games.

One night during the week of Bible school, the leaders wanted to show an evangelistic Christian film.  Evangelistic is a big word, but it just basically means that you want to tell others about Jesus so they can love Him too. The movie would have encouraged the kids in VBS and their parents to tell others about Jesus. Three people from the neighborhood came to protest the film.  Unfortunately the projector was broken.  Let’s pray that they get to show the movie some other time.

At the final program for Vacation Bible School, 15 parents came to hear the 62 children sing and repeat Bible verses. Yes, just like you, kids in Mexico love VBS too!

This story comes from the Operation GO team.  If you want to learn more about them, ask your parent’s permission then visit their website: http://macopgo.blogspot.com/

Prayer Requests from Missionary Kids

Please pray for the Wa people.  They are poor, and only a few of them know about Jesus.  They are like Chinese people, but their language is different.  MN, age 6 (Southeast Asian peoples)

Pray for my friend in Pakistan, that she’ll learn about Jesus.  MARLA, age 7 (South Asian peoples)

My prayer request is about my school.  My whole school will be moving this year.  I hope we will be safe there.  CW, age 10 (East Asian Peoples).

Please pray for my family to be safe in the US. Benjamin, age 6 (American peoples)

I have lots of prayer requests:
My grandma has cancer.
Friend’s grandpa not Christian.
Deaf people.
Most people are Catholic in Malta.
Please pray for our family as we serve God and love our family.  KATHRYN, age 8, (European peoples)

Hi, my name is Christian.  I would like you to pray for my family as we struggle our way through life and as we have bad times.  I would like for me and my sister to get along.  I also have some Tanzanian friends who are not Christian.  Please pray for my dogs so that they can be well taken care of and live a long time.  Please pray for me and my family.  CHRISTIAN, age 12 (Sub-Saharan African peoples)

Pray for more people to become Christians.  HOPE, age 8 (East Asian Peoples)

Baptist Press

August 20, 2009

ISRAEL–Huckabee, in Israel, pushes one-state solution. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31106

WASHINGTON–In reducing abortions, 2 bills take drastically different tactics. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31107

WASHINGTON–Pro-lifers: Rep. Tim Ryan, his bill not pro-life. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31108

MINNESOTA–Piper: tornado a ‘warning’ to Lutherans about approving sin. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31109

KENTUCKY–Mohler: SBC must be willing to change or face decline. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31110

ALABAMA–FIRST-PERSON (Bob Terry): What will SBC membership be? http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31111

MONTANA–Long recovery ahead for missionaries injured in Mont. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31112

VIRGINIA–Giving shortfall risks opportunity to re-engage closed country. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31113

LOUISIANA–FIRST-PERSON (Keith Manuel): Prayer in school. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31114

GEORGIA–Former NAMB president issues statement. http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=31105

David L. Sibley

(Died August 20, 2009)

David L. Sibley 29, passed away at 10:57 a.m., Thursday, August 20, 2009 at the North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond.

Arrangements are incomplete at this time.

An on-line Guestbook is available at http://www.mckneelyvaughnfh.com

McKneely & Vaughn Funeral Home, Amite, is located at I-55N & Hwy 16W behind Mr. Tom’s Car Wash & Bond Eye Clinic.

KneEmail
“At the name of Jesus every knee should bow…” Philippians 2:10
Mike Benson, Editor
Henri Nouwen (Making All Things New) believes Jesus isn’t saying we should forget about our responsibilities and live happily ever after, ignoring the schedules and activities that make up our daily lives…

Jesus’ response to the rat race is different.  He wants us to center our attention on something else that is much more important.  Instead of being frustrated by too many items on our to-do lists, He asks that we focus on “one necessary thing.”  He isn’t asking us to leave the world but to live in it with a new sense of prioritites: “Jesus’ does not speak about a change of activities, a change in contacts, or even a change of pace.  He speaks about a change of heart.’
The rest of the book explores what it means to have a true “change of heart.”  Does it mean getting up an hour earlier in the morning to be sure to have devotions?  Working fewer hours?  Taking a time management course?  All those ideas are good ones, but the change of heart that Nouwen speaks of goes deeper than that.
The fast lane is a state of mind, not a certain ribbon of concrete between home and work.  If we want to choose “the better part,” we need to start by following Jesus around to see where He goes and what He means.
Are you a Martha?  A Mary?  Somewhere in between?  Are you controlling your schedule, or does it control you? (Fritz Ridenour)
“And Jesus answered and said to her,
“Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.
But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part,
which will not be taken away from her.”
Luke 10:41, 42



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