~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.