Missionary Prayer Sheet for August 2020

Prayer – Missionaries need it! August, 2020    

Our Retired Missionaries

Virgil and Dolores Bunjer

• Retired missionaries from Germany, living in Ankeny, IA

Allen and Marilyn Adler

• Native American ministry, Townsend, MT.
• After staying pretty much at home, the Adlers are again attending Church, busy handing out tracts, and witnessing.
• Allen reminds us to pray for the election November 3^rd.

Ron and Kathleen Weber

• Serving in their local Church, Flemington, New Jersey.

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

Dan and Peggy Whitcher  (www.danandpeggy.com )

• Retired in Katy, TX from Church Planting and Development Coordinator, Baptist Mid-Missions

 Bonnie Abbas

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

Missionaries We Support Financially and with Prayer

Darrel and Lori Jingst

• EBI (Spanish Literature Publication) in Sebring, FL

Norman and Susan Smith family ( www.smithlife.net ) ABWE, Japan..

• Pray for the new missionaries headed into ministry with the Smiths.

Nicole Carr

• Serving with Baptist Mid-Missions in Romania.
• Some ministry is now possible with masks used indoors. No official Children’s programs have started.
• Ways of ministry are different at present, but “pray that the Holy Spirit will work in hearts to bring our people to a saving faith in Jesus Christ.”
• Nicole is thankful for the safe return from furlough in the U.S. of the Warners and their three children.

Mike and Peggy Carr

• Missionary Builders with CBM, Lakeland Baptist Church, Gilbert, MN.
• Dennis and Peggy Robinson,
• CBM, Missionary Builders – working at the Gilbert, MN project.

Pete and Dar Ringleberg

• Church builders with CBM home office
• Dar had a good checkup with the surgeon. She still uses a walker and is weak, but she can bend, twist, and lift again. Praise the Lord!
• After the MN project, the next scheduled building project is to be in Eureka, MT. Plans for that building have gone to the engineer to be stamped “ready for construction.” Pete’s next set of drawings are for an addition in Chardon, OH.

Ed and Cheryl Bunt

• CBM Church Planters, Chatsworth, Illinois

Missionaries We Support With Prayer

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

• Serving in Romania with Baptist Mid-Missions.
• Their isolation days are nearly done. The return trip took them 34 hours of continuous travel, but all the border crossings went smoothly! (The kids thought being part of the 40 passengers on a 400 passenger plane was really cool!)

The Jonathan Boyd Family

• Missionaries to Colombia with ABWE. (BoydHome.com )

Henry John Family

• With Baptist Mid-Missions serving in their native India.
• Both Henry and Molly are doing a great deal of online ministry to India during this time of virus restrictions. Pray for their really demanding schedule of various times on several different days a week – pastor help, Bible studies, Sunday services, and study and fellowship time with pastor’s wives.
• There is a great need for the Christians who need smart phones and join the meetings. Pray God will provide through Christians here: 20 Android smartphones and 10 laptops.
• Pray for the pastors who can meet with the people again, BUT the Churches have had to meet in homes. The guidelines are too strict for home Church meetings.
• Pray for Molly to stay as healthy as possible and to receive a kidney.

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

• Campus Ministries at ISU in Ames
• Pray for the cross-cultural ministry with the Asians in this particular time.

“Prayer needs no passport, visa, or work permit. There is no such   thing as a ‘closed country’ as far as prayer is concerned … much of the history of missions could be written in terms of God moving in response to persistent prayer.” Stephan Gaukroger

Anna Beth Wivell (www.annabethwiv.com )

• Pray for her as she supervises the final translation of the Scriptures by the teams there in Chad.

Rhonda Green RN     

• Micronesian Medical Missions, Baptist Mid-Missions, Guam.
• Rhonda’s sinus surgery went quite well. Pray she can begin transporting people to services again VERY SOON.
• Classes have started at the Bible College. She is teaching two classes until she leaves for her furlough Oct. 2.

The Mapes     

• With Baptist Mid-Missions – Ghana.

Pat and Wendy Campbell

• Baptist Mid-Missions, Missionaries to Peru

Wesley and Sonia Chatla

• International Gospel Missions – Church planting in India
• To reach the intellectuals, the doctors, politicians, and the youth in colleges and universities, Wesley wants to erect an outreach center on land owned as well as purchase adjoining land. Ask God to provide the $60,000 needed for land and the $100,000. + needed for the total project. (His plans are big, but God can/will provide so that India can be reached with the power of the Gospel!) Prayer and $$$ needed!

Mark and Leslie Boyd and Family

• Church planting missionaries to Germany.
• School for the children starts Sept. 8.
• Mark had a really good opportunity as he waited for his daughter to finish up at a friend’s birthday party. Two dads who also waited asked what the difference was between churches. They have now heard the Gospel clearly!

Luke and Bethany Snell and boys

• Baptist Mid-Missions to Germany.
• Furlough has gone very well so far. The Snells will be based in Ankeny, IA the rest of their time in the States.
• Pray that Keith and Julia Klaus can get safely back to serve in Germany. Until Germany opens its borders to the U.S., there are no exceptions. They cannot return. A reassessment of their situation will occur the end of this month.

Aaron Brudtkuhl with Baptist Mid-Missions serving in Germany

• The good news is that the Church can meet again now, but first due to restrictions, they had meet as a “club.”
• Aaron is meeting with a young adult group at Church. Pray that it continues to be an encouragement to all those participating.

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

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

• Baptist Mid-Missions, in Brazil
• They had many opportunities while in the States. Seven men made professions of faith when John spoke at a prison in TN.
• After 14 days of quarantine upon their return to Brazil, they plan to open up ministries again this month.

 David and Patti West

• Gospel Mission of S.A. in Argentina preparing to teach pastors to be better in their ministry.

Mark and Jennifer Tylavsky

• Church Planters with CBM in MD near Washington, D.C.

Joy Akkermann

• Baptist Mid-Missions transitioning to the jungles of Peru
• Pray for the children that Joy has had opportunity to interact with in various ways this summer.
• She had to return to the States for medical reasons this month. Pray that she can get the issues resolved and get back to Peru.

Mark, Anahi, and Sophia Self

• Church planters/Serving in Argentina.
• A Christian, his wife, and special needs daughter have all recovered from the virus. Now the Grandmother has it. Pray for a good outcome for her. These Christians are so thankful for prayers from folk around the world for their health struggle!
• The Church cannot meet yet. Pray it can soon open.
• Pray for the $450,000 needed to buy the area next to the church for needed parking space! Big need. Big request. God is able!

Rick and Elaine Fessel

• Assisting the German Missionaries in Eichstatt, Germany (BMM)
• Pray for the Covid tract that are being passed out in the villages nearby – that God’s Spirit will draw those who read the message to the truth found in God’s Word!
• Pray that the Klaus family will get back. Rick has been filling the pulpit there, but the Church needs their pastor back!
• The Fessels are in southern France at this time “vacationing” with several Christian families. There are Bible study times together. Rick is teaching through 1 Peter. Pray for safety.

Ben and Katie Wooster

• CBM Builders now at Gilbert, MN.

The Hemsworth Family www.hemsworths2ma.com

• Serving at Missionary Acres in MO.
• The Barry Farlow family
• Serving faithfully in Brazil teaching, and ministering in the local Church.

LET’S PRAY, GIVE, AND GO HOWEVER WE CAN 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 beginning this fall semester. Praise the Lord for an excellent summer of camping at Ventura – that even with reduced numbers of campers that there were salvation decisions and that all stayed healthy. Pray for Pastor Capon, State GARBC Rep., Alpha Women’s Center; our KJAN Radio Broadcast and our website: www.fbcbrayton.org ; streaming of Sunday service,  Baptist Children’s Home, and Memorial Christian Hospital in Bangladesh. Alpha Women’s Center needs our prayers. Pray for Israel/the Jews. Pray that we will reach those who need the Lord where we work and in our own neighborhoods. Pray for Pastors, Deacons, and congregations across Iowa and the Nation as many decisions are still being made each week due to the pandemic. Pray for IA Churches and congregations that have long-going problems caused by the recent storm!