~Missionsary Prayer Focus - Sept. 27th - Oct. 4th, 2010

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Prayer focus for Monday, September 27, 2010: Tremayne and Vicki Simoneaux ( Zimbabwe / Malawi / Mozambique / Regional Children’s Ministry, Africa )

~Tremayne and Vicki Simoneaux 
     Zimbabwe / Malawi / Mozambique /Regional Children’s Ministry, Africa







Prayer Focus for Tuesday, September 28, 2010: Kevin and Lolita Vacca (Philippine Islands )

~Kevin and Lolita Vacca
     Philippine Islands










Prayer Focus for Wednesday, September 29, 2010: David and Angela Doan ( Japan / Vietnam )

~David and Angela Doan
     Japan / Vietnam










Prayer Focus for Thursday, September 30, 2010: Alan and Valerie Demos ( Germany )

~Alan and Valerie Demos
     Germany










Prayer Focus for Friday, October 1, 2010: Leonard and Ping-Lan Richardson ( Taiwan )

~Leonard and Ping-Lan Richardson
     Taiwan









Prayer Focus for Saturday, October 2, 2010: Randy and Carolyn Adams ( Togo / Benin / Gabon )

~Randy and Carolyn Adams
     Togo / Benin / Gabon










Prayer Focus for Sunday, October 3, 2010: Steve and Danita Drost ( Mexico )

~Steve and Danita Drost
     Mexico

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prayer focus for Monday, October 4, 2010: Ron and Terry Brian ( Haiti )
 

 
~Ron and Terry Brian 
     Haiti
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Please PRAY for and continue to support our missionaries! They need and desire your prayers.
"...the EFFECTUAL fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
 
"PRAY without ceasing."
 
"PRAYER is a river by whose brink some die of thirst while others kneel and drink."

~"A Day to Remember - And One to Never Forget! A Memorial"

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Exodus 12:12-14  'A Day to Remember...'

In American History...!

*Dec. 7th, 1941 - Pearl Harbor bombed...

*June 6th, 1944 - Invasion of Normandy (Code named "Neptune") ...Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword - landing areas where American, British, and Canadian troops stormed ashore as the liberation of France continued.

*Sept. 2nd, 1945 - Formal surrender of our enemy and signing ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

The above events happened prior to my birth so I only know of them through information passed down to me and the study of history as it relates to World War II. I am sure our elders, parents, grandparents and friends who lived at that time remember in vivid detail the reports of these events that occurred.

*October 4, 1957 - The Soviet Union launched Sputnik I and the Space Race was on....I was ten years old at the time and this didn't interest me much.

*November 22nd, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.  I remember exactly where I was that day - walking between my second and third period class at Ceres Union High School in Ceres, CA when the announcement came over the intercom system that our president had been shot and killed...silence and disbelief hovered over the campus...then we were sent home to be with our families.

*June 12th, 1987 - President Ronald Reagan makes this profound statement in a speech at the Berlin Wall,

~Missionary Prayer Focus - Sept. 19th - Sept. 26th, 2010

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Prayer Focus for Sunday, September 19, 2010: Curtis and Amanda Scott ( Pakistan )

~Curtis and Amanda Scott
     Pakistan










Prayer focus for Monday, September 20, 2010: Foreign Missions Staff
     ~No photo available

Prayer Focus for Tuesday, September 21, 2010: Cynthia White ( Middle East )

~Cynthia White
     Middle East










Prayer Focus for Wednesday, September 22, 2010: Mike and Jill Patterson ( Romania / Bulgaria )

~Mike and Jill Patterson
     Romania / Bulgaria










Prayer Focus for Thursday, September 23, 2010: Michael and Ivonne Walmer ( Uruguay )

~Michael and Ivonne Walmer 
     Uruguay









Prayer Focus for Friday, September 24, 2010: Darry and Kathy Crossley (RD, South America )

~Darry and Kathy Crossley
     RD, South America










Prayer Focus for Saturday, September 25, 2010: Bennie and Theresa DeMerchant ( Brazil )

~Bennie and Theresa DeMerchant
     Brazil









Prayer Focus for Sunday, September 26, 2010: Paul and Darla Brochu ( France )

~Paul and Darla Brochu
     France










**Note!  Thank you for your continued prayer and financial support - without your support it would be very difficult, if not impossible, for these missionaries to be in the countries where God has called them to labor. 

~Surimane New Flash - Aug. 2010 **A Month in the Life of a Missionary

                                                                                                                   

Suriname News Flash                                                           August 2010

August 2

~Ladies prayer meeting.

August 5

~Received residence permit extensions, good for two years.

August 6

~Youth prayer meeting.

August 8

Celebrated twenty-ninth wedding anniversary.

August 17-19

Basic Bible School classes in western Suriname. Twenty students present at least one night, nine students present all three nights.

August 20

Met new contacts in a village on the way back to Paramaribo. Hope to return for special services.

August 21

Advanced Bible School classes in Paramaribo. Three young people baptized afterward.

August 25

Happy twelfth birthday, Jason!

August 28

Basic Bible School classes in Paramaribo.

August 29

Basic Bible School classes at central prison.


As always, thanks for praying.

The Rhoads Family
~Missionaries to Suriname


NOTE!  The emphasis - bold, italics, underlining and font color are mine.
Jerry E. Powell

~Missionary Prayer FOCUS Sept. 13th - Sept. 19th, 2010

Prayer Focus for Monday, September 13, 2010: Peter and Robin Gration (Papua New Guinea)

Prayer Focus for Tuesday, September 14, 2010: Adam and Maya Hunley (Middle East)
     Sorry, no photo available.

Prayer Focus for Wednesday, September 15, 2010: Devin and Brandi Doyle (Grenada / Windward Islands)

Prayer Focus for Thursday, September 16, 2010: Scott and Nicole Carpenter (Russia / Kazakhstan)
     Sorry, no photo available

Prayer Focus for Friday, September 17, 2010: Jared and Kimberly Staten (Republic of Georgia)

Prayer Focus for Saturday, September 18, 2010: Bernhard and Shelley Suppan (Austria)

Our missionaries need, desire and appreciate your prayer. "...the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."

Thank you for your faithful prayer and financial support!

~Impact Asia - Sept. 2010

Sept. 2010                                                Rev. Xenn Seah

As I was talking to Ethan regarding his testimony, he emphasized many times as to how delicate the details are. Ethan and his family are being mightily used of God in China and much of it is in plain sight of the Communist Government. Many details of this testimony will be kept vague to protect the endeavors of Ethan and his family.


Ethan comes from a Communist family and his father actually held position with the Communist Government. In no way did they believe in Jesus nor even entertain any thoughts about Jesus. Jesus was a complete "non-issue" with this family. Thankfully, this family was anything but a "non-issue" with Jesus! He saw something of value in them, as He sees in everyone. Jesus loved them and was reaching for them. Thank God they responded! Many souls in China depend on their response!

~It's Not Easy...

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It's Not Easy...but Important!


~Let's be honest.  Ethics is not for wimps.  It's not easy being a good person.

~It's not easy to be honest when it might be costly, to play fair when others cheat or to keep inconvenient promises.

~It's not easy to stand up for our beliefs and still respect differing viewpoints.

~It's not easy to control powerful impulses, to be accountable for our attitudes and actions, to tackle unpleasant tasks or to sacrifice the now for later.

~It's not easy to bear criticism and learn from it without getting angry, to take advice or to admit error.

~It's not easy to really feel genuine remorse and aplologize sincerely, or to accept an apology graciously and truly forgive.

~It's not easy to stop feeling like a victim, to resist cynicism and to make the best of every situation.

~It's not easy to be consistently kind, to think of others first, to judge generously, to give the benefit of the doubt.

~It's not easy to be grateful or to give without concern for reward or gratitude.

~It's not easy to fail and still keep trying, to learn from failure, to risk failing again, to start over, to lose with grace or to be glad for the success of another.

~It's not easy to avoid excuses and rationalizations or to resist temptations.

~No, being a person of character is not easy.

~That's why it's such a lofty goal and an admirable achievement.

~Sign Me Up Again! by Bruce A. Howell, General Director FMD/UPCI

**The following article is reprinted from the 'OnSite' magazine with permission from the author.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

'Sign Me up Again'

          by Bruce A. Howell
 
Time has speedily passed since the first night I stepped into an Apostolic church in Herrin, Illinois, where Lee Roy and Becky Sherry pastored. I immediately saw our potential for reaching the world through an organization with an impacting sacrificial global outreach. My first Foreign Missions service was in a conference in St. Louis—I think it was 1967 when I was thirteen. I enthusiastically saw in the United Pentecostal Church International an authentic, relentless desire to evangelize the world. I wanted to be a member of such an impressive church. Sign me up, I thought!

Several decades later, I still feel the same way. Not only does our church continue to hold to the same basic Bible doctrine of salvation, it also endeavors to walk in holiness while it maintains an aggressive program of reaching the world.

~CSI - Pakistan Update

Pakistan Update

9/3/2010

This is a brief update on the assessment trip Brother Malik and I made to the Southern Punjab and Northern Sindh provinces where the flood recently passed through. We covered 2,300 kilometers in two days and were in the car for one 22 hour stretch. Although the main floods had passed through eight days before, many houses were still mostly covered by water, if standing at all.

~Missionary Prayer FOCUS Sept. 6th - Sept. 12th, 2010

Prayer Focus for Monday, September 6, 2010: Ken and Ginny Cantrell (Burkina Faso)

                                                                     Ken and Ginny Cantrell
Burkina Faso










Prayer Focus for Tuesday, September 7, 2010: Vladimir and Kimberly Goodrum (Paraguay)






Vladimir and Kimberly Goodrum
     Paraguay






Prayer Focus for Wednesday, September 8, 2010: Mark and Glenda Alphin (Finland)

                                                                    Mark and Glenda Alphin
                                                                         Finland







Prayer Focus for Thursday, September 9, 2010: James and Elizabeth Corbin (Bangladesh)

James and Elizabeth Corbin
     Bangladesh








Prayer Focus for Friday, September 10, 2010: Radovan and Tanya Hajduk (Croatia / Slovenia)

                                                             Radovan and Tanya Hajduk
                                                                 Croatia/Slovenia







Prayer Focus for Saturday, September 11, 2010: John and Susan Beek (United Kingdom)

John and Susan Beek
     United Kingdom








Prayer Focus for Sunday, September 12, 2010: Aslam and Toy Malik (Pakistan)

                                                                      Aslam and Toy Malik
 Pakistan










Our missionaries need, desire and appreciate your prayer. 

"...the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."

Thank you for your faithful prayer and financial support.

~Missionary Prayer FOCUS Sept. 1st - Sept. 5th, 2010

Prayer Focus for Wednesday, September 1, 2010: Jayson and Nellie Long (Nicaragua)

Jason and Nellie Long
Nicaragua









Prayer Focus for Thursday, September 2, 2010: Nathan and Tanya Harrod (Spain)

Nathan and Tanya Harrod
Spain







Prayer Focus for Friday, September 3, 2010: Paul and Stephanie Rivero (Costa Rica)...

Paul and Stephanie Rivero
Costa Rica








Prayer Focus for Saturday, September 4, 2010: Nate and Ingunn Turner (Estonia)

Nate and Ingunn Turner
Estonia








Prayer Focus for Sunday, September 5, 2010: Shawn and Tammy Turner (Middle East)

Shawn and Tammy Turner
Middle East









Our Missionaries need, desire and appreciate your prayer.