Praise and Prayer for November 22, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving Day! Sometimes when we live in a foreign land, we lose some of our own traditions and celebrations. While some traditions are perhaps best lost, there are others that we do not want to lose and we do our best to celebrate them whether in the USA, the CAR or in France! One of them is Thanksgiving Day, which is a reminder to give thanks to God for His many blessings and His grace bestowed throughout the year. It would be impossible in this short update to share all of those blessings, but we would like to take the opportunity this week to mention just a few of them. First of all, we join Paul in 2 Cor. 9:15 saying “Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift.” Praise God for Jesus Christ and the salvation that He provided for us at the Cross. Praise God for His Word through which He speaks to our hearts as we read it and study it. This year, at our Thanksgiving table, there is a fifth member of our family. Praise God for His gift of Josiah to our family, and for His protection and healing of Josiah when he experienced such great difficulty after his birth. Friday, Cherith’s Birthday, was a reminder to our family of the special blessing that God has given us in a wife and mother. Our family and friends, those who support and pray for our ministry, our health, the food we eat, our apartment, etc. The list goes on. May every day we live be a day of thanksgiving to God for His daily blessings.

Praise for:
- the innumerable blessings that God has given us throughout the year.
- good attendance in Sunday school and church, and a good evening Sango service.
- several of the Central Africans that Jonathan was able to have contact with this week who have not been in our Sango service.
- those who are part of a special Christmas chorale ensemble, as we prepare a part of the Christmas program for December 13.

Pray for:
- good attendance this weekend for our services, and for the Lord to work in hearts.
- the church leaders as they meet this coming Thursday (26).
- our intern and pastoral candidate Emmanuel and his wife as they participate in a special Q & A time this coming Sunday as the January church vote approaches.
- the rest we need at night!
- God’s direction to be clear to us for our next term of ministry (after home ministry in 2011).