Lord God, thank you for for helping us to know you as our All-Powerful and Mighty God, the one who sustains us and blesses us, and fulfills every promise you make. Lord, God increase our awe of you and all of your power that that we may faithfully follow you in believing you and taking your Gospel of your Son Jesus Christ to all nations, peoples, tribes and language groups and discipling them.

I want to thank you all for partnering with us, praying for us and support of God's Kingdom. We have had an awesome month of October with partnering churches joining us in ministry and experiencing His awesome presence. We praise Him for His response to the cry of His people and leading us through new open doors of the lives and homes of those who He is breaking the chains of bondage and sin. Please see below the prayer requests and praise for this month as we continue to partner together.

Praise and Prayer Request for Nov 2011-10-29
1. Praise God (El Shadday) for watching over us and given us strength to endure a very busy month of Oct with teams from SC and AL while trying to keep up with other ministries and responsibilities.
2. Praise God as through the team form SC we were able to go in to homes and communities/schools to share the gospel. Pray as the gospel seed was planted, other believers from nearby communities will continue to water and work the ground that God may reap the harvest with these lost, confused souls living in darkness. Pray for salvation of the home of M in Zhud. Pray for the school in Zunag, the teachers and the children that are hungry for God’s Word that the nearby believers will be obedient to God in reaching out to them.
3. Lift up Pastor Lucas and his family for continued strength to encourage and inspire the house churches and other pastors in the Canar/Chimborrazo provinces to stay faithful in obedience as the new believers in Acts so God can add to His Kingdom. Pray for provisions.
4. Pray for the house church in Chordeleg. They are walking in obedience but the consequences of their past tend to be a discouragement. Pray for their perseverance and faithfulness. They have a heart to allow God use them to reach their community and neighboring communities with the gospel.
5. Pray for the pastors of the Canar Association as they seek God in bringing them to work together in planning for 2012 and using the resources and partnering churches to not only reach the lost within their communities but to have a heart and begin to reach out beyond their walls.
6. Pray for L as he is hungry struggling in breaking away from the bondage of sexual immorality/homosexuality. He is so hungry and wants God to free him from those bonds. Pray He will recognize he has been given a free will to make that choice and for the HS to help him in surrendering it to God.
7. Praise God for the mountain top experience at Moso as the Clanton volunteer team joined us spending three days in prayer calling out to El Shadday (Almighty God) as the rams horn was blown asking for God’s voice to blow over all surrounding communities in the canton of Nabon, Crying out to El Chay (the Living God) to break the bonding chains of darkness, and on the 3rd day praising Yahweh Nissi (The Lord is my Banner) for the victory he has given and will continue to give.
8. Pray for the home Bible study in La Playa, the family to surrender to the Lordship of JC, and 28 children for the first time heard the gospel message through VBS activities. That it will be transformed into a house church and the parents of the children will open their hearts to hear the Gospel message.
9. Pray for strength for pastor Gonzalo and his family for endurance, encouragement and joy to as they continue with a committed heart in reaching out to the whole Canton of Nabon.
10. Continued praise and prayer for the women’s prison ministry in Cuenca. For Anna and other sisters in Christ to have the boldness, wisdom to speak the gospel message as they share God’s love with the women in bondage and for spiritual growth and perseverance for those whom have decided to follow Christ.
11. Pray for us (Al and Anna) a we need strength to continue in the coming weeks as we have more teams partnering with us.
12. Pray for the team from AR that will be coming to lead our Quechua Missionary Team in a prayer retreat.

Thank you FBC Clanton, AL for your prayers and support.

Victory with Victor's family. God has opened doors to share His love with this family in Patadel. Pray as God love and Word is shared, they will surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and their lives and home will be a shinning light drawing many to bow down confessing He is Lord and lives to transformed.

Anna admires God's victory in her life as she is at awe of God's creation through the flowers at the mountain top cared for by God. God gave her strength to experience Him at the mountain top.

Victory is claimed as the sound of the rams horn keeps sounding and the Banner of Yahweh Nissi is over us.

God shows how he breaks the chains of bondage of darkness and sin.

God's voice through the sounding of the shofar (the ram's horn) blowing to all the surrounding valleys and communities.

Diligently seeking God through His Living Word as He deals with each one of us and begins t reveal to us what He wants is about to do.

Pastor Gonzalo leads hike to the mountain top to spend three days in prayer seeking and crying out to El Shadday (God Almighty), El Chay (The Living God), and Yahweh Nissi (The Lord My banner)for all the surrounding communities in the canton of Nabon. Thank you for all your prayers as we experienced the presence and power of God in the middle of spiritual warfare.

Praise God! the first VBS for children in La Playa. 28 children attended and were able to hear the good news of Jesus Christ through Bible stories, games, crafts and songs. Pray as they take what they heard to their parents. Thank you Lord for allowing the seed to be be planted.

Oh, looks like Gene got a little hungry!

Geraldine from FBC Clanton, AL shares God's Word and testimony encouraging believers and visitors in what it means to walk by faith and believing in the Living God who offers his love, hope, and eternal life through his Son Jesus Christ.

Thank you for all your prayers. We enjoy the walk to the river to witness as God blesses with fruits of the harvest with new believers and obedience through testimonies and baptisms. witnesses or eager to hear the teachings of what it means to follow in obedience to Jesus Christ and baptism. Pray for Franklin, Percilla, Maria and Mercy as they begin their journey in their new life in Christ. Pray they will continue to stay hungry for God's Word, they will stay faithful, be strong witnesses and not faint. Part of the first fruits in the canton of Nabon. Pray Franklin will be a lighthouse in the community of Patadel where he and his wife are the first believing couple and that their lives will be a testimony to start home Bible studies and house churches.

FBC team from Clanton, AL start the weak praying Al and Anna over Cuenca and its spiritual darkness.

After a blessed and long week, a little R&R and learning from God's creation at the equator in Quito with WBC team 7 and Pastor Carl

Praise God for doors opening in Zunag. With the WFBC team we were able to do VBS for the first time and share the gospel with the children and teachers at the school. Building relationships has been the first step to taking the Gospel message to these children. Pray for them as they take this good news to their parents that have been very closed to Christianity.

Al witnessing to teachers from school in Zunag

Children learn from Bible stories and crafts about Jonah and God's spirit in the form of a dove when Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist.

Pastor Carl reaching out to staff in in school in Gonzol during VBS

Anna takes a little break from VBS and finds a new friend on her stroll.

Children prepare for VBS with team 7 from WBC and Lucas leads in praise songs as they learn about Jesus who loves them and is their friend.

Pastor Carl builds relationships with children from school inn Gonzol as he joins in a game of soccer. Never too old.

Thank God for the teachers in the small school of Gonzol. They are hungry for God's Word and want to learn how to teach it to their students. Pray for their salvation as Lucas , Juvenal and AL teach them that they may be able to teach the children.

Pastor Carl and Caleb encouraging in home visits. Pray for Jose as he seeks to learn how to be the spiritual leader of his family as he has committed to start a home Bible study. Pray for salvation for his son and daughter in-law.

WBC team 7 encourage pastor Lucas as they go join him in prayer at special praying place in a small cave at Lucas'property

Children at VBS in Zhud learn about Jesus being baptized by John the Baptist as Anna with WBC team Pastor Carl, Josh, Zach and Caleb