Missions’ Prayer Sheet for April 2017

Prayer is Your Missionaries’ Greatest Need!

April 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.
• Pray James can adjust to his new work which requires more social and communication skills. (very hard for him)
• Pray for funds for the roof to the open court area beside the Church.

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.

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
• Pray for Marie’s health – not so good lately.

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.

Nicole Carr

• Serving with Baptist Mid-Missions in Romania.
• She is involved in the Potter’s Club, an outreach to teens in the area and is especially concerned for one of the girls that attends. She is being pressured to marry.
• 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
• 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
• Opportunity for the purchase of a lot next to where one of the Hatfield children lives has come, so the Hatfields hope to put a modular home on that land.
• Pray for the Sharbaughs — that the rest of their support will come in soon.

Anna Beth Wivell (www.annabethwiv.com)

• With Baptist Mid-Missions, translator of the Scriptures.
• Translation is back in full swing.
• Pray for the teens as pagan initiation rites are taking place,
• $852. Needed to prepare a new trial edition for the Sara Kaba Deme

Rhonda Green RN

• Micronesian Medical Missions, Baptist Mid-Missions, Guam

The Mapes

• With Baptist Mid-Missions – Ghana.
• The teaching/helping time in Berekum and Wa is fast nearing the end. Pray for the Mapes as they head to the states April 27^th.
• Pray that their support comes quickly so that they can head back for a full term there.

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
• A good Spiritual Emphasis Week was held. Churches are being planted by the students graduated from the Seminary.
• Pray for the victims of the flooding. More than a year’s rain fell in minutes near the driest place on earth. Devastation! Send gifts to help: Baptist Mid-Missions’ World Relief—–Peru fund. (See letter.)

Wesley and Sonia Chatla

• International Gospel Missions – Church planting in India
• There has been much concern for Wesley’s dad who had to have his leg amputated after his accident. He has ridden his bike and taken the gospel far – for years. His depression is improving, and he is home. Pray for the family!

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 Boyds eagerly await the help of the Snells as the work to establish a Church in Neumarkt continues slowly with only one couple.

The Snells

• Baptist Mid-Missions to Germany, now on deputation.
• Baby has arrived safely.
• The goal is still the same: Germany by June.
• 76% of their support is in. Each week is filled with meetings.

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

• There has been much travel during their days in the States.
• They plan to return to Brazil on July 1. Still needed $750 monthly support!

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

• Baptist Mid-Missions, in Brazil
• They had the first baptismal service at the church in Sao Pedro. Pray for the four who gave testimony of changed lives.
• Pray the outreach to new areas of the city.
• The church building on the reservation is near completion. Services are being held there!

David and Patti West

• Gospel Mission of S.A.
• They are in language school now. The end of their first semester is in sight.
• Pray that $870. per month additional support will be in place so that they can be on the field a year from now.

Mark and Jennifer Tylavsky

• Pray with them as they hope to join their coworkers in the DelMarVa area this summer!.
• A place to live has opened up more quickly than the family dared hope. Pray they can minister even as they wrap up pre-field ministry. Nine more individual supporters and 3 supporting Churches would be all that is needed.

Joy Akkermann

• Baptist Mid-Missions headed to the jungles of Peru
• An opportunity has opened for Joy to teach English in a Christian Private School. Pray Fridays as she teaches 5 classes and speaks in Chapel!
• 3 new members joined the Church in Kiteni!

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

Mark, Anahi, and Sophia Self

• Church planters/Serving in Argentina.
• The police ministry is going again. Pray that growing interest is followed by officers accepting Christ as Savior by several.

Rick and Elaine Fessel

• Assisting the German Missionaries in Eichstatt, Germany (BMM) One refugee has been allowed to stay in Germany. The second man still awaits his decision.
• They are visiting two of their daughters in Ireland for a few days.

Ben and Katie Wooster

• CBM Builders.
• Pray that funds for the needed 5^th wheel replacement will come in before Sept.

The Hemsworth Family

• On deputation to serve at Missionary Acres.

Check out their new website: www.hemsworths2ma.com

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!

 

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 ending the school year, 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 hasn’t many weeks left!) – that kids can attend Church on Sunday. 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.