Missions’ Prayer Sheet for February 2017

Prayer is Your Missionaries’ Greatest Need!

February 2017

Our Retired Missionaries

Virgil and Dolores Bunjer

• Retired missionaries from Germany, living in Ankeny, IA
• Standing/walking are still very painful for Virgil.

Allen and Marilyn Adler

• Native American ministry, Townsend, MT
• An Indian man is struggling spiritually. Marilyn’s health is steadily getting better.

Ron and Kathleen Weber

• They just had a dedication service for their new home – Brazilian tradition. (Address: 1 Londonderry Dr., Flemington, NJ 08822)
• The trip to Brazil to visit Kathleen’s parents and the various Church plants was successful

Joan Nichols

• Living in Ankeny, formerly served in Latin America
• Pray that she is coming along quite well with her series of Monday chemotherapy treatments

Wyzetta Titus

• Widow of Gerald Titus faithfully serving the homebound in her area of VA

Lois Wantoch

• Serving in her Church in NE after years on the Amazon

Bonnie Abbas

• Living with her sister in IA since leaving S.A. due to health reasons.

 

Missionaries We Support Financially and with Prayer

 

Norman and Susan Smith family (www.smithlife.net)

• Serving in Kumamoto, Japan – workers needed!
• Seeking to build bridges to individuals and establish Churches.

Darrel and Lori Jingst

• EBI (Spanish Literature Publication) in Sebring, FL
• Remodel at the print shop is underway. There were more than 6 tons of books to carry to the lower level of the building!
• Praise God, a co-worker was spared being in the Ft. Lauderdale terrorism incident as he was still in traffic on the way there.
• One printer machine is having intermittent problems.

Mike and Peggy Carr

• Missionary Builders with CBM, building presently at Fort Ashby, W. Va.

Dan and Peggy Whitcher

Visit their website: (www.danandpeggy.com)

• Church Planting and Development Coordinator, Baptist Mid-Missions – encouraged by the interest in some wanting to become Church Planters and by the growth in some of the multicultural Churches across America.

Brad and Marie Hansen and family

• Baptist Church Planters, Bussey, IA
• Visit the church website: busseychurch.com

Dennis and Peggy Robinson,

• CBM, Missionary Builders

Ed and Cheryl Bunt

• CBM Church Planters, Chatsworth, Illinois

 

 

Missionaries We Support With Prayer

 

Lars and Phyllis Wessberg

• Missionary Evangelism with C.O.M.E Pray for them as they decide where/how God wants them to serve with the limitations of age.

Steve and Kelley Frerichs,

• Church Planters in Lima, Peru

Cathy King

• Pray for her ministry to women with Sabrina’s Hope.

Blane and Kelly Barfknecht Family (www.chalcohillsbaptist.com)

• Church Planters with BCP
• Chalco Hills Baptist Church in the Omaha area of NE
• After 10 years on the field/working at Mutual of Omaha to meet financial needs, Blane has the chance to cut to a 30 hr. work week and keep all benefits. The Church has said they will cover the one less day of pay each week so that their pastor can spend more time as “pastor.”

Lucas / Kimberly Warner (www.facebook.com/WarnersinRomainia)

• Serving in Romania with Baptist Mid-Missions.

Nicole Carr

• Serving with Baptist Mid-Missions in Romania.
• Her involvement in the Church grows as her language skills increase. As her hospice opportunities increase, Nicole has more chances for spiritual conversations in homes. Pray that folks will respond to God’s Word.
• Pray for Ruth Kimmel, co-worker, recovering from spinal surgery.

The Boyds

• Missionaries to Colombia with ABWE. Visit: BoydHome.com

Henry John Family

• With Baptist Mid-Missions serving in their native India
• Molly needs a kidney transplant.
• Pray for the 5 Church plants now underway in North India. Funds are needed for Seminary modules and to buy land for a permanent location for the seminary.

Pat and Bonnie Ryal

• They are being assigned by ABWE to International Health Ministries for short-term work around the world. Description: “active retirement.”

George and Dottie Hatfield (http://ghatfield.ebm.org)

• Campus Ministries at ISU in Ames. Pray for those who have made decisions to accept Christ recently.
• Pray for the Sharbaughs and for the rest of their support to come in!
• Pray for “X” who went back to her large Asian country recently – to make wise decisions and to find a Christian friend.

Rhonda Green RN

• Micronesian Medical Missions, Baptist Mid-Missions, Guam.

Anna Beth Wivell (www.annabethwiv.com)

• With Baptist Mid-Missions, translator of the Scriptures.
• She received a warm welcome back to Chad.
• The present translation work is with a language very different from what she worked with prior to her furlough. Pray for the team.
• Pray for the Carew family as they move from the Central African Republic to Chad. Transition is not easy.
• There are 4 months more with not a drop of rain. (6 mo. dry season!)

The Mapes

• With Baptist Mid-Missions – Ghana.
• Pray for the teaching trip to Ghana on the 28^th. 82% of their support for their permanent return to work there has come in!

Timothy and Jane Silcott Family (www.silcottministries.com)

• With COME bringing an evangelistic outreach to small Churches.

Pat and Wendy Campbell

• Baptist Mid-Missions, Missionaries to Peru

Wesley and Sonia Chatla

• International Gospel Missions – Church planting in India
• Continue to pray that land can be found so a building can be built for the Church to meet in. Sunday School has been launched.
• Pray for Rajesh and Soujanya, brother and sister. They are young adults and a great help to the missionaries. (Their mom died when they were very young.)

The Phillips Family (www.phillips5.net) 

• Team Church Planters in Chicagoland with Baptist Church Planters.

Mark and Leslie Boyd and Family

• Missionaries to Germany
• The initial work of starting a Church is going as well as can be expected with only the one missionary family. Pray that the Snells will be able to be with them on the field yet this summer.
• Mark is presently visiting the Holy Land with a tour group, his brothers, dad, and some German pastors.

The Snells

• Baptist Mid-Missions to Germany on deputation.
• Baby is due March 22. Pray their remaining support is in soon so they can go to Germany this summer! Every week until baby arrives they have meetings scheduled.

James / Christen Taylor – Brazil (www.taylors4brazil.blogspot.com )    

        They are $750. a month short of support. Plans are underway for their return to the field, and goals for the Church there are being set even before they get back there.

John and Bev Leonard (www.prayforjohnblog.wordpress.com)

• Baptist Mid-Missions, in Brazil
• Seven people are very interested in accepting Christ but have yet to make the decision. Pray for them.

David and Patti West

• Gospel Mission of S.A.
• They are in language school now. Support in the amount of $800. more a month still is needed.

Mark and Jennifer Tyylavsky

• Pray that they can join their coworkers in the DelMarVa area this summer!.
• An accident to their trailer was bad, but they sent out an urgent specific prayer request, and God MARVELOUSLY answered. (See letter on missions board!)

Joy Akkermann

• Baptist Mid-Missions headed to the jungles of Peru
• Her return from being with family over Christmas was delayed because the road to the jungle had collapsed. Pray for safe travels. She will be teaching VBS when she arrives back in Peru.

The Campbell Family (www.campbellfamily)

• They have resigned from ABWE. Now with Village Missions.
• There are 17 Village Missions churches across the U.S. that need a pastor.
• By May, 2017, the Campbell family hopes to be ministering in one of these churches. Prayers needed!

Mark, Anahi, and Sophia Self

• Church planters/Serving in Argentina. Their letter gives an amazing report of the work team from the states and an opportunity with the police at headquarters before they go out on duty!
• God has richly blessed with the needed funds coming in toward the building.

Rick and Elaine Fessel

• Assisting the German Missionaries in Eichstatt, Germany (BMM) A Friday afternoon Kid’s Bible Club is their latest ministry.
• One of the two recent refugee converts must go back. Pray for God’s will in his life, and for these men to be strong converts/missionaries!

Ben and Katie Wooster

• CBM Builders.
• Their support level is at 85%, and they report all continues to go well at the W VA site.
• Pray that funds for the needed 5^th wheel replacement will come in by the end of this summer. l

The Hemsworths

• On deputation to serve at Missionary Acres.
• Check out their new website: hemsworths2ma.com
• Support has reached 39%. Pray they reach 60% by September so that they can attend Launch Seminar and be at Missionary Acres a year from this summer.
• There is a “well” issue at Missionary Acres that needs to be resolved.

The Barry Farlow family

• Serving with Baptist Mid-Missions in Brazil in Church and Seminary teaching. Their furlough comes in July.
• Pray that the publishing building sells so a replacement building can be purchased in a different area.

 

LET’S PRAY, GIVE, AND GO TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND CO-WORKERS! IF WE ARE ALL FAITHFUL IN OUR TASK, THE JOB WILL GET DONE! Pray for FBBC and Seminary students, Pastor Capon, State GARBC Rep.; the online Bible study for kids at www.iToadU.com ; Shepherd’s; Alpha Women’s Center; our KJAN Radio Broadcast and our website: www.fbcbrayton.org ; IARBC statewide ministries; Baptist Children’s Home Ministries; and Memorial Christian Hospital in Bangladesh. Pray for Israel/the Jews. Pray that we will see those who need the Lord in our own neighborhoods. Patch Clubs and the Youth Compass ministries – that kids could attend regularly Pray for upcoming Brayton Challenge night. Pray families in this area will see the need of boys and girls to hear the Gospel and to grow spiritually through: Sunday School, Children’s Church, as well as the Patch/Compass ministries.