Praise and Prayer for December 12, 2008

Thank you for your prayers as we face many opportunities during these very busy days. Along with a piano lesson, Sunday school preparation, cleaning house, keeping Caleb profitably busy, and having a choir member and another family stop by to practice for Sunday’s Christmas program, today we are also preparing for the choir party tomorrow evening. The choir Christmas party will be here at our house Saturday evening for a dinner and time of celebration of God’s Gift. Sunday afternoon will be the annual Christmas program at church with refreshments to follow. Each group in the church will take part including our SS children, our choir and the Sango group. Many have been invited to this celebration, including teachers and friends from Adrianna’s school. As usual space will be a problem, so please pray the Lord will give special grace and help the message of the Savior born in Bethlehem to be clear to all. There has been 90 or more present each of the past 4 Sundays.

There are still several goodies to confection or bake for the Christmas parties and gifts that we are preparing to share with friends, students, neighbors and school contacts. Please pray that the Lord will open hearts to the Gift of Jesus this Christmas through these special opportunities and that He will give us grace, health and strength to keep up with all of these opportunities. Pray that God will use us and that we will ourselves be refreshed and blessed.

Praise for:
- good attendance at church these past four Sundays.
- God’s Gift to the world! Praise God for invitations that have been given to many to come to the church Christmas program.

Pray for:
- the Lord’s help to keep up with all of the special opportunities this month.
- God to bless each participant in the Christmas program on Sunday and that visitors’ hearts will be open to Christ.