March 9, 2008

Dear Loved Ones,

Thank you for praying for us this past week, it was a hard one. Steve was able to get the hall finished where we meet for church, we even have a platform....we’ve never had one of those here. We are praying for 100 by Easter. Today I think we were somewhere between 75-80.

We had a nice group of youth today for our lunch and Bible study. We talked about “if you have done it unto the least of these, you have done it unto me.” It was interesting to hear that sometimes when they try to help someone, the person the are trying to help gets offended because they don’t want people to know they need help! In our prayer time, we had some good requests, pray for these young people. We usually have between 12 and 20 and they are all in varying stages of Christian growth - some are still unsaved. Pray for us as we teach them, that we will communicate effectively.

This week, Steve and Devin were invited by a young man to go on a fishing trip – Easter weekend. I said to him, “ well, you know, Easter is pretty big at church.” His reply? “oh, REALLY?” It has burdened my heart all week. Easter here is typically a vacation time and his response is not unusual. Pray for us as we work to motivate believers and unbelievers to be in church as we celebrate the greatest event in history.

Please also continue to pray for our chapels at school. We desire the Spirit of the Living God to move in hearts at our school. Probably 90% of our students are not yet saved. Many hearts are hardened, we pray for fertile soil for the Word to be sown in.

We continue to be overwhelmed at what God is doing. We want to be found faithful, abiding in Him in every circumstance. We treasure your prayers.

Reaching the Unreached,

Steve, Pam, Amanda, Derek and Devin