Ethiopia Prayer Itinerary, Part III

Fri, July 9…Shifting around.  On this day, the Gomeda Village team returns to Soyama and splits up.  Pray for safety in travelling the long, rough road back to Soyama.  Nicole & Kaleigh will swap places with the Humphries family on the Nedele Team; the Humphries family will join the Construction Team, which will begin work in earnest on the new clinic building; pray for safety, wisdom & God’s grace to multiply the materials for the work.  Pray for adjustment to all the changes & new partners in ministry.  About now, the Team will be getting tired; we have been pushing our bodies hard for the sake of the Kingdom, but we need to finish the race well.  Pray for self-discipline & diligence in ministry.

Sat, July 10…Guji ministry starts.  Today several of us will meet up from the various teams to go to the Guji Tribe.  Bible teaching, mobile medical work, evangelism, & relationship-building/encouragement will be our focus.  We’ll also distribute the first Bibles to those who have completed the memory program in the Guji tribe!  Praise God for this new outreach, which began in Nov, 08 with the trekking of Dave & Jason & (now martyred) translator James.  (I think James would be very happy to see this result of his ministry.)  Pray for good translators, for effective ministry, for good working relationships and for spiritual fruit.  Today the Nedele & Mountain Village Teams move to their third village; pray for dealing with fatigue.

Sun, July 11…On this day of rest & worship, the Construction Team will be in Soyama Town, the Nedele & Mountain Village Teams will be in their villages & the Guji Team will be in Gujiland.  Pray for good rest, spiritually & physically, for translators, youth corps & team alike.

Mon-Tues, July 12-13…Finishing ministry.  All the various Teams will complete their work and make their way back to Soyama; they will be very tired, ready for a bath, ready to be reunited.  We will meet with the church leaders & have our last evening all together; pray for wisdom.  Pray for Demissie as he returns with the bus.