Praise and Prayer for November 15, 2010

Last week we asked for prayer as Cherith and I were beginning to feel ill. Little did we know at what force that bug would hit us! I was in bed with a fever, out of commission, from Tuesday morning through Friday and Cherith was down for two days. Praise the Lord for His strength as when Cherith could no longer work with the kids, I had enough strength to take over until she was back up again. Josiah began coughing this week and when we took him in, both Josiah and I were diagnosed with bronchitis, complicated with asthma. Our family doctor was happy to solve the mystery of where the boys’ asthmatic tendencies come from! Cherith is nearly over her bronchitis. Caleb showed signs of not hearing well and when we visited the doctor, he found an ear infection. One of the benefits of being out of commission is extra time to read. I was delighted to read a gem of a book that I’d brought back from CAR, nearly a century old: “In the Twinkle of an Eye”. You have probably already guessed that it has to do with the Lord’s return for His own. It was a thrilling way for me to spend the time when I could do little else. Now this week is catch-up week as we try to scrunch two weeks worth of work into one.

Even with bronchitis, Cherith was still able to put in a number of hours last week working on recording a CD with the choir songs we are working on for Christmas. She sang each voice part and recorded accompaniment. It is a big job, and I am so proud of the good job the Lord enabled her to do, despite her cough, etc! The CDs will be a useful tool for the members of the choir who do not read music to help in learning their voice parts at home.

Sunday was an exciting day as we watched another young woman follow the Lord in baptism. She is a university student from Chad, Africa.

After the service we enjoyed a fellowship dinner together with a number of people who were able to stay. That evening we had the Sango meeting with twelve of us in attendance. We spent some precious time together in prayer, which was an encouragement.

Praise for:
- the Lord’s enabling this week as well as His healing.
- strength the Lord gave Cherith to be able to accomplish the project of recording the voice parts for choir.
- the young woman who was baptized this past Sunday.
- those who came out for the Sango service.

Pray for:
- the second English Encounter we will be having on Nov. 18.
- preparations for the A.E.E. (Child Evangelism Fellowship) seminar on November 27 with special training for those in our Sunday School program.
- good progress this week on reports.
- Chuck Frost, an 89-year-old prayer warrior and faithful servant of God in OH who lost his wife and home in a house fire this week. He himself was very badly burned and remains in critical condition. After retirement, the Frosts invested their lives and their home for the mission work in the CAR.