Updated! August, 5, 2012

We updated our Points for Prayer and Travel Schedule pages on this blog....  We have had a couple relatively quiet weeks at home in Chiang Khong catching up on correspondence and work.  Now we head out for a couple of weeks in China!  Please pray for us as we go!

Points for Prayer

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( As of  July  16, 2012  )

Please read our new requests  and updates in italics below. 

2012-006.  Peter’s knee & shoulder.  I continue to recover from surgery to my knee and shoulder which I had in April.  My shoulder is much better finally, now in July.  But I am still hobbling around with pain in my knee.

2012-005.   Pray for Covenant personnel who are in the States after a short term and working hard to return overseas…. I think of Christy Taylor, Diane & Chris Wiebe, and Neil & Liz Peterson.  Many of them are finding fund-raising to be challenging in this economy.  Liz & Neil are dealing with many issues related to Liz’s obtaining United States citizenship.  Christy and the Wiebe’s are doing on-going education to enhance their teaching skills.  Please pray that these times would be refreshing  times of rebuilding and encouragement.

2012-004.  Praise the Lord for the strong church growth in Taiwan and for the many ways the churches are reaching into their communities and countries around them.  Pray that the new sanctuary for the Xindian church would be completed in time for a 60^th anniversary celebration in October.   

2012-003.  A house, a visa, and energy to make the move back to our former country of service.  We hope to move sometime in October or November.  Please pray that all the important things will come together.

2012-002.  Ruthie and I are in the States for two weeks for meetings and study.  Please pray for Ruthie as she continues her program in Spritual Direction at North Park Seminary in Chicago.  Peter will be returning to Thailand on July 16, Ruthie on July 26.

2012-001.  The smell from the mill that was such a big problem last year….

·        Has now been solved!   Thank the Lord we were able to find an environmental engineer who was able to help us design a system that totally eliminated the smell.  We closed down the mill in mid-January and then worked hard to make many changes in the ventilation system.  When we turned on the system it worked!

Points for Prayer

( As of May 15 , 2011 )

Please read our new requests and updates below (in italics)

2011-007. We travel tomorrow to China to visit Peter & Anna Kim and OTC. Please pray for us and the team there as we help make plans for the future.

• We've just returned from a great trip to China. We had productive meetings with the team at OTC and saw some very impressive work at the organization in which Peter & Anna are working.

2011-004. MVF is still waiting for permission to import vitamins and minerals to go in our blended flour.

• Permission was granted, but we are still waiting for the vitamins to arrive and be cleared through customs. Please keep praying with us till the day we actually begin producing blended food.

2011-003. Missionaries and churches in Japan are mobilizing to bring relief and care for the suffering people of northern Japan.

• Keep praying for the relief efforts under way in northern Japan. The United Project has brought together the Japan Covenant Church, Covenant World Relief, and several other church groups to bring relief supplies and short -term teams to help do relief work.

Points for Prayer ( 2 May, 2011 )

Please read our new requests and updates below (in italics)

2011-007. We travel tomorrow to China to visit Peter & Anna Kim and OTC. Please pray for us and the team there as we help make plans for the future.

2011-006. Eric & Karyn Sorenson are praying about future directions in their ministry. They have been at Pacific Islands University & seminary four years as project missionaries.

• Please keep praying for Eric & Karyn.

2011-005. Pray for Jun Pejji and his family as they live in the midst of a mess while their house is renovated to become the future meeting place of the Pasig City church in Metro Manila.

• Jun writes that the church/house remodel is moving along well after some holidays when the workers took off.
  

2011-004. MVF is still waiting for permission to import vitamins and minerals to go in our blended flour.

• Answered! The Thai FDA finally gave approval for 2 of the 3 products we needed to import. The last one, also, is not expected to be a problem. We hope to clear these products through customs in a week or two. Thanks for praying!
  

2011-003. Missionaries and churches in Japan are mobilizing to bring relief and care for the suffering people of northern Japan.

• Dave Husby, Director of Covenant World Relief, made a quick visit just before we arrived in Japan. Curt Peterson and Gary Walter will be traveling north this week. Rolling Hills Covenant Church sent a team, including their senior pastor, Byron MacDonald, paid a visit and are considering making Japan and this relief effort one of 3 strategic foci. Samaritan's Purse, Food for the Hungry, and many other quality organizations have teams in the field. Praise God for this quick response! Please keep praying for the thousands who have lost family members.

2011-001. Kevin and Ramona are searching for jobs now in L.A. After a year working in Laos, our son and daughter-in-law, are back in Orange County contemplating further studies, and looking for work.

• Answered! Both Kevin and Ramona have found jobs. Kevin will be working as assistant manager in a branch of Starbucks. Ramona will be working with an NGO which responds to people around the world in need of wheel chairs.

Points for Prayer

April 17, 2011. Please read our new requests and updates below (in italics)

2011-006. Eric & Karyn Sorenson are praying about future directions in their ministry. They have been at Pacific Islands University & seminary four years as project missionaries.

2011-005. Pray for Jun Pejji and his family as they live in the midst of a mess while their house is renovated to become the future meeting place of the Pasig City church in Metro Manila. Pray also for the church pastors and leaders in the Infanta and Mindoro Island who are sacrificially serving in small, remote churches.

2011-004. MVF is still waiting for permission to import vitamins and minerals to go in our blended flour.

• More problems! The Thai FDA has rejected the paperwork from our supplier in Germany! Please pray for break-through. We are at our wits end!
  

2011-003. Missionaries and churches in Japan are mobilizing to bring relief and care for the suffering people of northern Japan. Please pray that they will come together in unity and have the funds to make a real difference in the communities in which they work.

• Jim Peterson, Jay Haworth, and and Tim Johnson have recently traveled north to some of the affected areas and are working closely with pastors and lay-people in the Japanese Covenant (NSKK) as well as other churches. Praise God for this united effort! We travel at the end of this week to visit missionaries and churches in Japan. The church will be celebrating its 60th anniversary on May 3. Gary Walter and Curt Peterson have made plans to be there. Pray for God's blessing on this celebration even in the midst of Japan's worst disaster since W.W.II.

2011-002. We're headed for the Philippines and Guam. Please pray that we will have productive visits and that God would use us to bring encouragement to his workers on the front lines.

• We're now back from these visits. Thank God for meaningful productive visits to both these places of ministry!

2011-001. Kevin and Ramona are searching for jobs now in L.A. After a year working in Laos, our son and daughter-in-law, are back in Orange County contemplating further studies, and looking for work. Please pray that their interviews would go well and they would both find the jobs they need!

• The job search is going well for both our children, though nothing definite has turned up yet.

Points for Prayer ( 7 April , 2011 )

• MVF is still waiting for permission to import vitamins and minerals to go in our blended flour. Please pray that permission would be granted this week! When that happens, we give the green light to a company in Germany to ship the vitamins. Hopefully in a week or two we will be able to produce food for our first contract!

• Missionaries and churches in Japan are mobilizing to bring relief and care for the suffering people of northern Japan. Please pray that they will come together in unity and have the funds to make a real difference in the communities in which they work.

• We're headed for the Philippines and Guam.

Please pray that we will have productive visits and that God would use us to bring encouragement to his workers on the front lines.

• Kevin and Ramona are searching for jobs now in L.A. After a year working in Laos, our son and daughter-in-law, are back in Orange County contemplating further studies, and looking for work. Please pray that their interviews would go well and they would both find the jobs they need!