To Pray

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Pray for European Conference.  This month EBM missionaries in Europe will gather at a conference center in Switzerland to enjoy fellowship with each other and around the Word. Dr. and Mrs. Culver will be at the conference this year. The missionaries attending will have a good opportunity to meet them and get to know them one on one as well as hear Dr. Culver's heart and vision for EBM.  Pray for missionaries who travel to and from the conference. Pray that it will be a time of encouragement to all that attend. Pray for a team from Calvary Baptist Church in Wisconsin Rapids, WI,  who are giving their time and funding to travel to the conference to care for the children and young people.

Pray for Dawn Hall and Cindy Cha. Dawn Hall will be returning to Puebla, Mexico, to teach for a second year at Puebla Christian School in Mexico. This year Cindy Cha will be travelling with her.  Cindy will be teaching elementary students and Dawn will be teaching middle school. Pray for these young women who are seeking God's direction.

MINISTRY IN FULL SWING ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES. The international students are arriving on the campuses. At Iowa State University, Western Michigan University and Purdue University the internationals are settling in and very soon the US students will be following.  The Purdue team has had their furniture giveaway weekend which provided 2 pieces of furniture to international students.  This gives the ministry team there the contacts to follow up and help the internationals adjust to life here in the US, provide friendship and open opportunities to share Christ with these men and women and families.  Pray for the Iowa State team especially now as huge rains and flash flooding created havoc at ISU.  Thankfully all the EBM missionaries survived the flooding, but they are busy helping and also "regrouping" on where and how to most effectively meet and greet these new students.  Pray for campus ministries on all three of these universities that the missionaries will see God's hand clearly at work.

Pray for wisdom in Argentina: Barry Courts and his church have helped a couple with a ministry to orphans for a few years. Recently they needed to make a decision regarding the future of the home.  They had been praying for property and when they found a property that was suitable, it became apparent that God was closing the door on it.  Pray for wisdom to know what and how to continue ministering to these young people who are truly orphans.  Some in the church, including the Courts, have adopted children that have been in the home.  Pray for God to give clear wisdom and direction to the Courts, the church, and the couple that have been overseeeing this ministry.   

House Parents Needed for MK Dorm.  Please pray for dorm parent replacements. EBM needs to replace a couple in Niger for the 2011-12 school year in the MK Dorm in Niamey, Niger.   If you (or someone you know) would like to get more information on what this position would entail, contact Missionary Personnel department--Rick Hudson (rhudson@ebm.org) or Jill McMillan (jmcmillan@ebm.org)

For Appointees.  Pray for EBM appointees who are diligently working to raise their support. Pray especially for two new appointee families this year--Jamie and Mandy Smith to Zambia and Seth and Darla Curtis to DRC.  Pray for the following folks that are needed NOW on their fields.  EBM appointees who need support include:

• Walid & Rima Bitar--Arabic Ministries
• Roger & Carol Cryan--Bethesda Outreach Ministries
• Seth & Darla Curtis--DRC
• Ed & Bev DeLapp--USA/Urban Ministry
• Rich & Richelle Howard--Tri-M
• Elise McIntosh--Bethesda Outreach
• John & Lynna Murray--Campus Ministries--Iowa State University
• Fady & Ramona Nouneh--Arabic Ministries
• Jamie & Mandy Smith--Zambia
• Samantha Smith--Bethesda Outreach
• Alexander & Natasha Velichkin--Russia/Siberia

Pray that God will use His people to provide "exceedingly, abundantly above" their needs.

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS