Missions Prayer Sheet for March 2017

Prayer is Your Missionaries’ Greatest Need!

March 2017

Our Retired Missionaries

Virgil and Dolores Bunjer

• Retired missionaries from Germany, living in Ankeny, IA

Allen and Marilyn Adler

• Native American ministry, Townsend, MT.

Ron and Kathleen Weber

• “Retired” in NJ after Church planting for 40 years in Brazil.

Joan Nichols

• Living in Ankeny, formerly served in Latin America

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

Mike and Peggy Carr

• Missionary Builders with CBM, building presently at Fort Ashby, W. Va.
• Dry wall is being placed. The Church is very excited as they are outgrowing their temporary meeting space.
• The Carrs have been active recently in Children’s Church and nursing home ministry. The pastor is having some health issues at present.
• Pray that “the Mayor” will be saved.

Dan and Peggy Whitcher

Visit their website: (www.danandpeggy.com)

• Church Planting and Development Coordinator, Baptist Mid-Missions
• They will have served with BMM for 35 years, come this summer.
• Their plan is to retire from “full-time missionary service” at the end of 2017 due to their bodies energy levels.

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 as they deal 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

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

• Serving in Romania with Baptist Mid-Missions.
• They recently sent another video update. Please, pray for the youth. They have about 20 young people that are interested in the Gospel. Some of these will be future leaders in the Church.

Nicole Carr

• Serving with Baptist Mid-Missions in Romania.
• She is involved in the Potter’s Club, an outreach to teens in the area.
• The Hospice outreach is giving her opportunities to share the Gospel!
• Continue to pray for her language ability to grow.

The Boyds

• Missionaries to Colombia with ABWE. Visit: BoydHome.com
• They recently celebrated with the Church there the 6^th anniversary of the Church.
• The Church wants to contract with Pastor Alfredo as their pastor, but finances are “not overly healthy.”
• Pray for the Boyds as they consider different options for the family’s future ministry.

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.

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 two students who have made decisions to accept Christ recently.
• Pray for the Sharbaughs — that the rest of their support will come in!

Rhonda Green RN

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

Anna Beth Wivell (www.annabethwiv.com)

• With Baptist Mid-Missions, translator of the Scriptures.

The Mapes

• With Baptist Mid-Missions – Ghana.
• Dan is teaching on the Major and Minor Prophets. Karis is teaching music.
• This is the hottest time of the year in Ghana!

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
• They have returned to Peru to teach at the Seminary in Urubamba.

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.

The Phillips Family (www.phillips5.net) 

• Team Church Planters in Chicagoland with Baptist Church Planters.

Mark and Leslie Boyd and Family

• Missionaries to Germany
• Some young men from a Northern Germany Bible College visited to see what church planting in Southern Germany is like.
• The Boyds eagerly await the help of the Snells as the work to establish a Church in Neumarkt continues slowly with only one couple.
• A Friday night prayer meeting is being held for the lost people the small group of Christians knows.

The Snells

• Baptist Mid-Missions to Germany, now on deputation.
• Baby is due March 22
• The goal is still the same: Germany by June.
• 73% of the support is in, and the calendar is filled except for a week off with “Baby.”

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

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

• Baptist Mid-Missions, in Brazil

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!.
• Pray for their trip to the East over spring break. They hope to move to the D.C. area later this year!

Joy Akkermann

• Baptist Mid-Missions headed to the jungles of Peru
• When she returned from the States, she dropped into a week of VBS. Kids were reached through this as well as through neighborliness!
• Pray for Saturday night youth group, Joy’s opportunity to speak at a Ladies’ Meeting, and for a weekly Bible Club starting in April.

The Campbell Family (www.campbellfamily)

• They await an assignment with Village Missions.
• There are 17 Village Missions churches across the U.S. that need a pastor. The decision is being made on which is the best fit for the Campbells
• They need $1500. for moving expenses.

Mark, Anahi, and Sophia Self

• Church planters/Serving in Argentina.
• A construction team is arriving at the end of the month. The goal is to have the building ready to inaugurate Sept. 30^th!
• Two discipleships have begun.
• The police opportunity has changed a bit since Roberto has been relocated temporarily. A “whatssapp” group of 35 policeman is meanwhile available, giving a portion of Scripture out daily with a brief explanation. Prayer requests have been shared with Mark through this means.

Rick and Elaine Fessel

• Assisting the German Missionaries in Eichstatt, Germany (BMM) A Friday afternoon Kid’s Bible Club is their latest ministry.
• The refugee had a hearing, and he may stay – at least until the next hearing. Pray also for the other refugee who awaits his fate.
• The kid’s Bible Club has been named Bible Discoverers.

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. Building passed its electrical inspection.
• Pray that funds for the needed 5^th wheel replacement will come in before Sept. $5200. is the amount donated thus far.

The Hemsworth Family

• On deputation to serve at Missionary Acres.

Check out their new website: www.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.
• Latin American missionaries (the majority) are reaching retirement, and no new candidates are joining for ANY Latin American country! Pray that God will send forth laborers!
• The future of the publishing building looks bright. Thanks for praying!
• Ellen’s abdominal surgery went well. Improvement will come slowly. Keep praying.

 

 

 

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. (The Club year has about 6 weeks left!) – that kids can attend regularly. Praise God for a good Brayton Challenge – that young people’s hearts have made and will make needed spiritual decisions. Pray that 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.