The apostle Peter tells us to be like God--the Holy one--set apart in everything we do (1 Peter 1:15). He says, be totally sold out to God! Be available for His special use! Refuse to be entwined in sin. Jesus prayed for you in this same way (john 17:17). he asked His Father to protect you and to sanctify you (set you apart)--so that you would be living pure and ready tom be used by God. Imagine that...today, Jesus prays that you would be holy. (Gripped by the Holiness of God, James MacDonald).

THANK YOU for sending us to serve in Ecuador as missionaries/family counselors/church-planters among the Quechua people. Your giving to the Cooperative Program and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering allow us and our team to live here and share Jesus. It is through all of your prayers and support that the gospel is being spread and lives are being transformed.

You allow us to fulfill God’s call.
• To reach the Quechua and Shuar of Southern Ecuador with the gospel
• I coordinate strategy to get the Gospel to the hard to reach.
• Disciple and encourage believers to respond to the Great Commission Matt 28:18-20

Please pray with us that ...
• New believers will be a blessing to their communities.
• We will not feel overwhelmed but always call on the power of the Holy Spirit.
• Southern Baptists will support more workers for this great harvest!

Prayer and Praise Request Dec 2010
1. Women’s jail ministry Anna is involved with as they prepare Christmas baskets for 120 women. Pray that specially this month as God’s love is expressed through the ministry and sharing the gospel message that the imprisoned women will be impacted in a way they would receive the most beautiful gift from God and begin new and transformed lives.
2. Pray for the work with the Shuar. The community of Shakai is facing persecution form their surrounding communities as Cory along with Edwin and Javier spent a month living amongst the people to build relationships. During that time, they were able to share the gospel through Bible storying and a couple of families from Shakai were very open to the teachings. However the neighboring communities are bothered with these three young men (outsiders) coming in. Pray that through this jealousy of the neighboring communities, it will be an opportunity for the seed that has planted, God will continue to send workers to do the harvest.
3. Continued prayer for the few believers in Nabon as they are being discipled and their excitement will continue to grow in allowing Jesus Christ to be the center of their lives and living in holiness attracting their families, friends and neighbors to also desire to invite Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
4. Pray for D. a young house church starter that he will continue to stay strong and trusting in Jesus Christ to do the work through him. He is facing many challenges that are distracting to his commitment and walk with the Lord.
5. A young couple Jorge and Maribel are struggling in their marriage. Pray for Al and Anna as they minister to them and help them come to point in their live to recognize they can do nothing in their own strength, that God can do nothing for their relationship as long as they think they are sufficient in and of themselves. That they will completely trust and surrender their lives and marriage in the hands of the one who can change them, Jesus Christ.
6. Pray for Bob, Peggy, Al and Anna as they minister to the parents and staff of the students of the blind and deaf school. They are seeking understanding and guidance in how to help their children be obedient. Pray for the parents to first recognize and their need to place their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and allowing Him to the center of their lives to help them in raising and teaching their children in obedience.
7. Pray for David Edwards (JM) as he will be traveling to the states to be with family for Christmas. That this will be a time of refreshing and encouragement and will return with a fresh and renewed spirit to finish his term.
8. Pray we will be sensitive and take every opportunity during this Christmas and holiday season to hear God’s voice and leading us through open doors to share the gospel offering with wisdom the greatest gift of God’s grace, love, forgiveness, new and eternal life.
9. Pray that God will keep us safe and centered on Him during the busyness and travels during this holiday season.
10. May we join in prayer as we seek and trust in God’s provisions through people and giving of the LMO.

Al and Lucas listen to Juvenal's heart and needs of Gonzol and the surrounding communities to encourage and give wise counsel.

Prayers needed for Anna as she disciples Diana & Emma

Pray for leaders from Nabon, Gonzalo and wife Jenny as Al and Anna work with them in helping them through discipleship and leadership development.

Walking through the jungle from village to village can be a beautiful experience enjoying God's beauty and creation but at times one must be careful where one steps for you never know what you might step on. Careful with the snakes.

"God loves the little children" For their's is the Kingdom of God. We must always make time for them. Please pray for them.

Praise God for answered prayer and the fruits of the labor are beginning to flourish. Corey, Edwin and Javier share God's story and the gospel through Bible storyin as a couple of families are attentive and curious.

Corey, Javier and Edwin working with the locals on building relationships to share the gospel.

Preparing and having typical meals is not what we are used too and at times can be challenging. McDonald's is much missed. But God's grace is sufficient.

Family time in Shakai and nap time for others while in the jungle.

We thank God for the opportunities and opening doors to build relationships and begin to share the gospel with the Shuar in the southern jungles of Ecuador. Corey along with two young men Javier & Edwin) from a church in northern Ecuador accompanied him in living with a family in Shakai for a month. It was very rewarding as they shared through Bible storying and God's seed was planted. Please continue lifting these people in prayer as neighboring communities are beginning to persecute them for allowing the missionaries to come live with them. It's been a slow process but we trust in God's sovereingty. We praise God for providing a home for the three young missionaries and basic extraordinary meals.

Thank you for your prayers for Leonardo and Diego as they continue to be steadfast in their spiritual growth and desire to serve Christ. In the midst of many trials, their hunger for Christ continues. Continue to pray for Al and David as they work with them.

Join us in prayers for this small group of believers in Nabon. They are very hungry and have had no discipleship training and have a heart to reach their neighbors and surrounding communities with the gospel. We have started working with them and taking them through a process to prepare them, first in living holy lives, their prayer life staying connected in oneness with Christ, understanding and knowing the Scriptures, prayer walking and witnessing.

I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; before the "gods" I will sing your praise. I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. Psalm 138:1-2

Join us in prayer and praise as we continue to see God transforming lives.

Oct 2010 Prayer Request and Praise
1. Pray for FBC in Clanton, AL as they seek direction and God’s will in adopting the community of Nabon and surrounding communities.
2. New small group of believers in Nabon led by G P will begin discipleship and outreach training. Pray for a passionate heart for the lost and complete surrender and commitment to following in obedience first to live holy lives then to be able to reflect the glory of Jesus in such a way that others will be drawn unto Him.
3. Spiritual strengthening and committed discipleship of D C to be the spiritual leader and head of the household God has called him to be in the house church in Ayaloma and boldness to start the process of reproducing and start another home Bible study. Six believers in that house church.
4. P V and A V as they seek truth and God’s direction in their lives. That they will commit to complete surrender and follow in obedience through a home Bible study.
5. WBC volunteer team coming Oct 116th to 24th to work in Zhud and Gonzol their two adopted communities. Pray that as the doors continue to be open to visit in the homes and schools and opportunities for the gospel to be shared, that hearts will be receptive and ready for the harvest with fully committed lives for our Lord Jesus Christ.
6. Group in Salinas in canton of Santa Isabel will catch the vision of moving from within their walls to spread the gospel in their surrounding communities.
7. Pray for Anna’s safe travels to Lima for CPPI training.
8. Please pray for one of our strongest young leaders (L. L.) as he is facing some very heavy afflictions and family difficulties. Pray for peace and strength as he endures and that God will grant him the wisdom to guide the family and be a witness for our Lord Jesus Christ.
9. For 27 new believers that were baptized on Sept 25th that they will continue faithfully to be string witnesses and have a desire to start new house churches.
10. For Cory M, Edwin and Javier as they spend a month in a community in the jungle to build relationships and that God will grant them an opportunity not only with their lives but to be able to share and communicate the gospel in a way that will be receptive by the Shuar. Pray for their safety and provisions and for Rocky and Dorothy in Zamora in their efforts to do more research in various Shuar communities.
11. We praise God and thank all of you for your prayers and support.

September was an awesome month as eight congregations and several house churches gathered to give testimony and celebrate 27 baptisms of new believers. The gathering took place in the middle of a banana plantation where there is beautiful water park. The blessing was the opportunity to have witnessed to many onlookers along with time of fellowship and worship in an open public place. Join as we pray that the baptized believers will stay faithful inn their commitment in walking in holiness, obedience, be courageous and bold to share the gospel with their friends, neighbors and have heart to reach the lost for Christ.

Thank you Dr David Sills for bringing some of your seminary students to teach, encourage and minister to the Quechua students/pastors/leaders in the Canar area. May your teachings help them as they continue to seek and prepare to become the spiritual leaders God has called them to be in helping fulfill the Greta Commission.

Pray for this house church family of Shuar believers that they will be lighthouse for the surrounding Shuar communities as Rocky,Dorothy and Cory work with and disciple them.

Pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you. And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men, for not everyone has faith. 2 Thes 3:1-2

Sept 2010 Prayer Request and Praise
1. Praise: Thank you so much for your prayers for us and the family as we spent time in the states with them during the passing away of Al’s sister Margie. We are so grateful for you faithfulness in praying for the family as she battled cancer for the past 3 years. God is working and hearts are being softened. The harvest is His.
2. Pray for Clantan, AL BC as they visited with the Reap Team the area of Nabon and a house church in Ayaloma. They are seeking the Lord’s direction in partnering and adopting these communities. Through their visit the Lord has opened doors in the schools and softened the hearts of community leaders and have welcomed them to return with ways to reach out to them. Ayaloma is the first house church in the area and there is a small handful of hurting believers and families in Nabon.
3. Continued discipleship with Daniel from Ayaloma that he will stay faithful and mature in trusting in the Lord that he will become the spiritual leader and have a heart to reproduce house churches in the outlying communities.
4. Pray for the house churches in San Bartolome and Ruizio to stay steadfast in seeking opportunities to reproduce their house churches and seek men of peace in the outlying communities.
5. Pray for Rocky, Dorothy and Cory as they continue strengthening relationships with the Ashuar and encouraging the few believers in their faith. That the people that were ministered in the villages of Yayu, Chaimbi, and Paraiso by the medical team from AR will softened their hearts to the gospel message. For Cory as he seeks and stays with families in those distant villages. That through his life and witness people will see Christ and be drawn unto Him
6. Pray for Steve and Paula King as they visit and encourage the Rodriguez and Blacks. Pray for safety during the travels and through the encouragement we can be drawn closer unto Christ working together reaching the unreached with the gospel message.
7. Upcoming baptisms on Sept 25th of new believers in communities of Guigra, Iltuz, Gonzol, Chunchi, Zhud and Tolte. That these new believers will learn to walk by faith in holiness and have a heart to reach their neighbors and neighboring communities. That new house churches will start as we continue the goal of 1500 Communities for Christ: Healthy churches, obedient to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, pleasing to God, who disciple and take care of their members, who bless and impact their communities for good, and who carry the gospel to other places.
8. Pray as Anna and I continue to work in the partnership with WBC Wellford, SC and EBC East Wenatchee, WA, and the planning of future mission trips.
9. Continued prayer for the community of Guangra that we are able to make a trip there in seeking how the Lord can lead us to reach out to them. We have been praying and making attempts to go there for the past 3 years and something always comes up preventing the journey. Definitely want to be led by God.
10. Strengthening and continued steadfastness for David (JM) as he continues working with the youth and children of the various communities that we visit. Praise God for his servant heart and his desire to continue to be an example through his intimate walk with the Lord.
11. Pray for the C.A.S.A Ministries as students begin a new year in studying and preparing lay counselors. Pray for the six students Leonardo, Ivan, Rosie, Catty, Cecilia and Patricia as they step out in faith working with Ligia in teaching and applying what they have learned to new students beginning in Sept.

Thank you so much for all your prayers as you have been faithfully lifting my family to the Lord during these past 3 years of my sister battling cancer. But she is now with the Lord. We also thank you for praying for us during this time as the opportunity was giving to share the gospel at the cemetery and that the seed planted will grow in the hearts of all who heard and will come to a point in their life to surrender their lives and hearts to the Lord Jesus Christ. This is a picture of my parents, brothers with wives and sister.

Please be in prayer for FBC Clanton AL as they seek God's direction in partnering with us in reaching the lost in the Nabon, Ayaloma and surrounding communities. Their visit was a blessing with God opening doors at the schools and with local community officials. There is only one small group of believers Nabon and the house church of the Carchi family in Ayaloma.

I stand amazed at God's beauty a we look toward the horizon admiring His glory through the colorful clouds. Only he creates such beauty. Thank you Abba

Praise God for the honor and privilege to have baptized my grandson Nathaniel while we were at the states. May he grow up to be a faithful and strong slave and servant unto Christ.

Wow! Over 100 hungry children for love, friends and learn about God gathered at C.A.S.A. Ministries keeping all the children's workers busy. We give god the praise and are grateful for all your prayers and support. Because of your faithfulness, the seed of the gospel and God's love was extended to these little ones. We pray the parents will see God's love through them and bring them to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Youth from Azoguez, Canar, Tambo and Macas gathered in Jadan for spiritual growth, fellowship and counseling led by Ligia, Ludgarda, Anna and Al.