Thanks to those that pray for us, we need it. Please pray for the following:1. For our devotion to God's word and prayer. I was convicted of my need to study the Bible for myself (not just in order to teach someone else) so I started in the beginning again, I plan to go through the whole Bible in chronological order this time, God has been renewing my focus in Him through my morning times. Lena continues to have her daily devos during the kids naps.
2. For our family, that the Lord would bless and use us together. We want to walk in the light and be a bright light to this country. Tuesdays we are visiting different cities as a family, It's nice to get out of Ogre sometimes and to get vision for outreaches in other towns. Pray that Lena and I keep connecting on all levels and be supportive companions.
3. For a Latvian/English/Russian translator to help with outreach, bible studies, website. Zane is still unsure if this is for her. Pray that whoever the Lord wants to serve with us in church planting will have a clear call from Him. We are still taking Latvian lessons, but without a translator we are limited in what we can say.
4. For Brenten's ministry. I am teaching through the book of Romans Sunday morning about 30 people are coming, even though the senior pastor is in the States for 6 weeks, I am in charge while he is gone and will continue to teach there until I finish Romans. We hope that our Russian speaking brothers and sisters will grow in the grace of God and be prepared to take over more ministry responsibility when the Lord makes it clear we should start our own Sunday morning services. Our Sunday nights have been pretty quiet, sometimes no one shows up, which is discouraging but we are praying for ways to reach more people.
5. For the people we are ministering to (the Russian church, the English club, youth on the streets, our Latvian friends). Pray for more people to hear the gospel, get saved and discipled and raised up for ministry.
6. For faithfulness in our relationship with supporters. For God to bless those who pray and/or financially support us from the Monterey Bay. For their faithfulness regardless of how often we communicate with them. Also on the other side of the coin, for us to communicate faithfully with them regardless of how much they support us. That all will serve as unto the Lord in view of the eternal rewards. This is important to keep in prayer, because it takes teamwork.
2. For our family, that the Lord would bless and use us together. We want to walk in the light and be a bright light to this country. Tuesdays we are visiting different cities as a family, It's nice to get out of Ogre sometimes and to get vision for outreaches in other towns. Pray that Lena and I keep connecting on all levels and be supportive companions.
3. For a Latvian/English/Russian translator to help with outreach, bible studies, website. Zane is still unsure if this is for her. Pray that whoever the Lord wants to serve with us in church planting will have a clear call from Him. We are still taking Latvian lessons, but without a translator we are limited in what we can say.
4. For Brenten's ministry. I am teaching through the book of Romans Sunday morning about 30 people are coming, even though the senior pastor is in the States for 6 weeks, I am in charge while he is gone and will continue to teach there until I finish Romans. We hope that our Russian speaking brothers and sisters will grow in the grace of God and be prepared to take over more ministry responsibility when the Lord makes it clear we should start our own Sunday morning services. Our Sunday nights have been pretty quiet, sometimes no one shows up, which is discouraging but we are praying for ways to reach more people.
5. For the people we are ministering to (the Russian church, the English club, youth on the streets, our Latvian friends). Pray for more people to hear the gospel, get saved and discipled and raised up for ministry.
6. For faithfulness in our relationship with supporters. For God to bless those who pray and/or financially support us from the Monterey Bay. For their faithfulness regardless of how often we communicate with them. Also on the other side of the coin, for us to communicate faithfully with them regardless of how much they support us. That all will serve as unto the Lord in view of the eternal rewards. This is important to keep in prayer, because it takes teamwork.
Right on, Brenton! So good to see and hear you share the word. May the Lord continue to pour His Spirit out upon you and your family.
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