OCTOBER, 2023​
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• 10/27/23 - Please pray for the current situation in Israel, where bombing and destruction continues
• 10/27-23 - Please pray for IMF Ministries that God will continue to increase their membership and support
• 10/27/23 - Praise God that Pastor Johnny and the Pongian church has now raised half of the money needed for their mission/fellowship trip to Pastor Johnny's sending church in Aparri! They still need roughly $360.00 to reach their support goal with only 5 days to go for the trip. Please pray that God would provide the remaining support.
• ​10/26/23 - Please pray for Katie and her calling to serve in Cambodia. Praising God that she has been welcomed back for another term. She now needs to raise $1,800/mo and be fully supported by Sept 2024. This is due to her first term being supported by a large amount of one time gifts. Praying for those who might be called to partner with her!
• 10/26/23 - Please pray for increased protection for our brothers and sisters in war-torn countries. 
• 10/26/23 - Please pray for the imminent ground invasion in Israel. 
• 10/22/23 - Please pray for the YWAM DTS students in Baguio, Philippines who are now on their outreach. Pray for clarity in God's calling and gifting for each of the students and for the gospel to bear fruit during their outreach. May lives be reached for Jesus!
• 10/22/23 - Please pray for my back and my legs. Just doing a little work that involves my back is causing significant pain that lasts for a few days.
• 10/18/23 - Please pray for President Joe Biden's visit to The Middle East.
• 10/17/23 - Thank You God for 5 years at The Rest Area!
• 10/15/23 - Please continue to pray for A and A as things are extremely difficult and challenging right now. Always praying for them to know their Father who loves them and understand and accept who they are in Him!
• 10/13/23 - Please pray for the ground invasion in Israel that God will protect the innocent and bring about peace as only He can
• 10/11/23 - Give thanks to the Lord for a team of fellow leaders who help lead the ministry of Celebrate Recovery Hermanus. Pray for me as I begin turning over responsibilities to our co-leaders Keenan and Jeanine in preparation for mu departure for NZ on the 23rd of October. Pray for Jean and myself as we share our couples testimony at Celebrate Recovery Singapore on 15th November.
• 10/11/23 - Our bedroom and bathroom flooded during a storm two weeks ago. Major work is being done to waterproof foundation and walls. A solution must be found to pump water out of the property and into the stormwater drains. Our vinyl floors need to be lifted. Pray the work will be completed while we are away in New Zealand and Singapore from Oct 23 to Nov 22. Thank You for praying. 
• 10/9/23 - For peace in the Middle East and a halt to ALL INDISCRIMINATE KILLING in BOTH ISRAEL , GAZA AND THE WEST BANK, be it at the hands of terrorists or State-sponsored terrorism in revenge. For support of all peace efforts and condemnation of all who use weapons to kill on Both sides- which is pure madness and nothing more than a eye for an eye
• 10/7/23 - Please pray for the people caught in the war in Israel
• 10/6/23 - Please pray for the leadership meetings for The Rest Area
• 10/5/23 - Please pray for Lori who is in the hospital again with complications. Please pray for her medical care and the doctors who are caring for her. Pray also for her and her family to have the peace of Jesus in their lives and the comfort that only He can bring.
• 10/4/23 - Please pray for the marriage of R and G as they encounter some serious struggles. May there be repentance, forgiveness, healing, and a renewal in Christ. 
• 10/4/23 - Please pray for the staff and students at DHMS. May God's presence be known and may there be an abundant harvest!
• 10/4/23 - Please pray for A and A, that their hearts would turn back to God and they would know and trust their identity in Christ
• 10/3/23 - Pray for Tonya who suffered a heart attack and seizures. She is still in ICU.
• 10/3/23 - Pray that we as a nation would repent of our sins and turn to Jesus Christ!
• 10/2/23 - Please pray for my daughter, Emoni. She is struggling away at college. She attends Trinity Bible College in Ellendale, ND. We've never been apart and she is missing home. She currently has a full schedule. Between work study, weight lifting, volleyball practice, team workouts, and double majoring, it doesn't allow for her to come as much as she'd like. 
  Thanks, God bless you.
• 10/2/23 - Please pray for the U.S.A.'s leadership, that God will guide them in all they do and that they will listen to Him
• 10/2/23 - Please pray for the people involved in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, that God will bring peace to their lands
• 10/1/23 - Please pray for KJ in Cambodia as she transitions from language to ministry
• 10/1/23 - Please start praying for the mission trip to the Philippines in 2025. I believe God is expanding the vision, scope, and purpose of this trip! This isn't just about the Philippines as we are growing this ministry and outreach internationally! 
• 10/1/23 - Please pray for Pakistan and that the Holy Spirit will move and empower a movement for the gospel!
• 10/1/23 - Please pray for the area of Nagorno-Karabakh and the ethnic Armenians still trapped there
• 10/1/23 - Please pray for the vision, mission, and strategy meetings that will occur this week for The Rest Area International ​

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SEPTEMBER, 2023

• 9/29/23 - Please pray for Glory, one of our missionaries who needs to get home
• 9/29/23 - Please pray for the two connections with believers from two other countries that they may join our family
• 9/29/23 - Praise God for providing donations to The Rest Area Church International
• 9/29/23 - Please pray for the Christian believers in the Sudan who are being heavily persecuted and enslaved
• 9/28/23 - Please pray for The Rest Area Church to implement the vision God gave us
• 9/28/23 - Please pray for the political division in the United States
• 9/27/23 - Please pray for western churches to return to Biblical teachings
• 9/26/23 - Please pray for our world leaders making decisions that impact souls 
• 9/26/23 - Please pray for Armenians in Azerbaijan undergoing massive unrest​
• September 1, 2023 - Christians in Nigeria and Finnish government
• September 1, 2023 - Teaching profession - be honest in what they are teaching and not hiding
• September 1, 2023 - Please pray for the community where our pioneer church is, for their relationship with God, to go deeper. Thank you so much