January Prayer Updates

Thank You for your Prayers!
January 2008
Precept Ministries
1. Praise God for the good turnout for the classes that have just started this month. There are a total of 25 students divided between three different locations, this semester. That doesn't seem like a lot, but many of them are keen to become leaders and that is an answer to prayer.
2. We are rejoicing that the first 2 children’s inductive study workbooks have been published. Now we are really concentrating a lot of effort on promoting these books. Dai will be giving her first demo/training next week. I know she would appreciate your prayers.
3. We are working on producing more promotional materials for Precept including a three-minute promotional video. We are far from professional video makers and need lots of help. Pray that we will be able to find the help we need, at a price we can afford (free would be good!)
Hsinchu TEAM Church
1. Please pray for more spiritual vitality in the individual church members and a growing understanding of what a church is meant to be—with an increased burden for the lost.
2. While there has been some evidence of spiritual growth in the fellowship, a recent incident has caused distraction and mistrust to spring up. Please pray that the Holy Spirit would work in hearts to bring a godly resolution to this situation resulting in even greater unity in the body.
Trailblazer Camps
1. When I finish typing this, I will be on my way to a Trailblazer Camps board meeting. We have had real growth in programming and camp participation over the last couple of years. Please continue to pray for the new camp development process. There is still no new land realistically in sight.
2. We are especially in need of two personnel positions…..a national director for our missionary director to mentor and eventually take over, and a PR/Promotional person to work on fundraising. Please pray for God’s provision of just the right person or people. This need could be filled by one person, if we found the RIGHT one.
Nancy's Personal requests
1. I am praying about attending a couple of training sessions—one for TEAM and one for Precept—this July. Pray for God’s direction and provision for this.
2. Please pray for balance in my life as I travel more and teach more classes in more locations. I am in need of more physical exercise, but the busier I am, the harder it is to make myself squeeze this in. And the lack of exercise makes me even more tired.
3. Please pray for continued spiritual growth for me….to walk in intimacy with God.
4. Please pray for some new supporting churches and God's plan for my Home Assignment planning for 2009. I would really like to develop close ties to a few more churches, including some Chinese congregations in the US.