Next Mission Trip: Nicaragua

On Dec 12, I leave for Nicaragua to continue ministry in Central America.  We believe that our calling is to the Americas, so this step continues to unfold that plan.

I will be part of a team from Presbyterian Reformed Ministries International that will be conducting teaching/training events in two different locations.

December 12-15

We will be with the leadership of the Nehemiah Center, teaching through the Dunamis material from PRMI.

December 16-22

We will be with Vida Joven (Young Life) in Matagalpa for their annual leadership training conference.  We will be teaching the same material during the mornings, and the evenings we’ll have the plenary sessions with 200+ young life leaders from around the country.

• Be in prayer for us as we go and travel.
• Pray for safe uneventful travel (most fly out Dec. 12) and for physical and emotional health.
• Please pray also for the families of the team members.
• Please pray for Chris Walker as he gets the power points ready.
• Pray for all the preparation and the technology to work smoothly and seamlessly.
• Please pray for the Christian Reformed missionaries and others who will be attending the first event (Dec.13-14) that the team will lead. 
• Pray for God to draw people and for them to be sensitive and obedient to His leading.
• Pray for God to give the PRMI team favor in their eyes as this is the first contact we will have, and several different ‘streams’ of the Body are coming together here.
• Pray for unity among our team, that God will weave them together to demonstrate the mutuality in ministry and the flowing of leadership that so beautifully characterizes PRMI. Several of them don’t know each other yet.
• Special prayers for Sam Hale, our team leader who has been struggling with an illness that affects his voice.  I would like to pray that God dramatically heals Sam on this trip as he is a very gifted teacher and spiritual mentor. Pray for Jesus to get great glory from this healing.  
• Pray for the Young Life leaders that our team will be teaching on he second part of the trip after traveling to Managua Dec. 14.  
• Pray for a good connection among all; that language will not be a problem during this event (Dec. 16-22) 
• Pray for them to grow in power ministry and theological grounding. 
• Pray that God uses us to unite Catholic and Protestants of various ‘streams’ that will be present.
• Finally pray for spiritual protection for both events/places & groups and for all the individuals and their families. Pray that the schemes of   darkness will be revealed  and overcome by Jesus’ servants acting in obedience. Pray that the enemy will be bound from exploiting any differences in culture, language, politics etc.. to sow division.
• Pray for safe uneventful travel back to Managua on Dec. 22 and  home on  Dec. 23.

Thank you again for being wiling to take part in this with us!