Martin
Thanksgiving:
- For rest and refreshment during the December/January college break
- For the blessing of Bible College and the opportunity to learn and be equipped for future ministry
- For recent financial support, meaning that I can now afford this semester’s college fees
- For God’s providence in the short-term mission work so far*
Petition:
- Bible college has begun. Please pray that I would be able to keep up with the assessment deadlines and that the Lord would keep me encouraged as the semester progresses.
- To finish the correspondence TESOL course I’m still working through*
- Financial support required – estimated $2000/month*
- For God to prepare the way in Myanmar for ministry*
ERC (Evangelical Reformed Church / Thang Bwee’s church)
Thanksgiving:
- By the grace of God two books have been published in Myanmar and are now selling in book shops in Yangon. These books are “The studies of the person and work of Christ” and “Concise Theology” (refer June ‘08 prayer points)
- All students are sponsored by people of the Presbyterian Church of Australia. This allows the college to provide food, accommodation, books, travel and various other tools for the students, ensuring them the best opportunity of a quality education.
Petition:
- For the students to keep faithful in their given ministries
- For RBI to find two lecturers, and also to find students who are called by God for ministry
- For Thang Bwee to manage things properly according to God’s will and under His guidance
- There will be three weeks of ministerial training at Sami in Chin State in early March. Rev. Pyi Su, Pye Si, Pa Bawh, and Be Nwe will teach in that in-service training.
- 4 students are ill, 3 with TB and another, Kyaw Htin, is in hospital with a serious, life threatening illness which the doctors are unable to diagnose.
- Ram Uk, studying in India, and Siama who will begin studies in the United States early 2009. Pray that they would assimilate well into their new countries and study and learn with the Lord’s blessing*
FRCM (Free Reformed Church of Myanmar / James’ church)
Thanksgiving:
- All students are sponsored by people of the Presbyterian Church of Australia. This allows the college to provide food, accommodation, books, travel and various other tools for the students, ensuring them the best opportunity of a quality education.
Petition:
- Funds:
- for the Church Building, firstly to purchase a plot of land
- for the FRCM members who are in need for their daily living, food, clothing and shelter
- for the house rent, so that James, his family, and the Bible College students may continue to use the house now occupied
- for the young children’s ministry in South Dagon, especially for daily food, clothing, shelter, and equipment
- for digging a good well, so that the ministers and the church members in South Dagon no longer have to buy water every day
- for the installation of a telephone for the Church and Bible School
- for Church planting
- Students’ learning and health*
* Thanksgiving and petition items with an asterisk indicate an ongoing prayer point, that is, one that was listed in the previous month(s)
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