Dear Prayer Team: Wow! March was a very busy month and all the celebrations of Holy Week and activities kept us very busy. We thank all of you so much for your unceasing prayers as they give us the strength and endurance to continue the race. For He answers our prayers as we trust in Him (1 Chron 5:20). (Psalm 66:1-4) Shout with joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of His name; make his praise glorious! Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you. All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing praise to your name."

1. Continued prayer for Al's sister Margie as she continues to battle lung cancer.
2. National SC training April 11th through 16th with Calvin Morris.Pray for maximum participation from pastors in Cañar and Azuay as we continue to pray for 1500 house churches and communities for Christ.
3. House churches in Santa Barbara, Bartolome and Ruisho stay faithful, committed and have a burning desire to reach out of their own communities.
4. Manuel Bonilla as he leads the house church in Cahuashun to have a vision to follow God´s leading in doing their part of the Great Commission.
5. Preparation for the volunteer groups coming inn May. Pray for them and us as we prepare through prayer for what God is going to do.
6. As we continue to prayer walk in communities with no evangelical work, that God will open doors and give us sensitivity to hear His voice when, where and to whom He wants us to speak to at his divine time.
7. Linda as she gets back in the swing of things after returning from visiting with her mom and continue to pray for her mom´s health.
8. For Al as he continues to work with the different pastors and churches from Cañar to encourage them the importance of working together to reach out with the gospel to the surrounding lost communities.
9. Perseverance to continue in wisdom, strength and compassion in His name.
10. Continued prayer in the direction in search of a secular radio station to share the gospel.
11.Please pray for our team as we continue to engage the indigenous people of Ecuador. We have four teams working with Quichua Indians in four distinct areas of the Ecuadorian Andes. Pray for Steve and Megan Heard as they begin working with the Imbabura Quichua of northern Ecuador. Pray for Brett and Brenda Cargile, Michael and Cindy Wollett and Steve and Paula King as they plant churches with Quichua in the metropolitan Quito area. Pray for David and Debbie Butts as their teams are planting numerous churches in central Ecuador. Pray for Linda Freeman and Al and Anna Rodriguez as they plant churches among the southern Quichua. Also, we are just beginning a team which is looking to engage the southern Shuar people of Ecuador. Pray for us and for Mike and Pat Townsend as we strategize and make plans to begin work with these people.

Check out the web link below and you can get your church involved in the Day of Prayer and Fasting for World Evangelization, May 11, 2008. This year the unreached tribal groups of the Amazon Basin of South America are featured including the Southern Shuar. There are many ways you can get involved in this effort. Our greatest strategy is prayer and you can be a partner in bringing down the barriers which have kept the gospel from about 200 people groups in the Amazon for all these years. There are videos which you can download or watch online. There are many other possibilities so please check it out!

http://imb.org/main/pray/page.asp?StoryID=5227