Update August 2006. Some highlights from Paul's lastest update: they now have 12 to 14 children who attend bible study and worship on Sundays. They are in the process of raising funds to repair the building so that they can use it to minister to the community. The children are studying about Joseph in bible study and have decided to write a musical about Joseph's life. It is completed and they will perform it sometime in September for the parents. (Wish I could be there to see the performance!) They are having one or two visitors on most Sundays, continue to pray for more.

Please join us in pray for the following:

The children's program to reach the parents.

That they will get more workers so that the ministry can be expanded.

That the children's musical will reach the parents.

For funding to repair the building especially to replace the roof which has several major leaks.

For the team from Emmanuel Baptist Church that is planning a VBS in 2007.

That they can penetrate the community.

For Paul and Jepye, that God will guard their health.

In my next posting, I'll share with you the vision statement that their church has recently adopted. They have a vision to penetrate the community where they live to meet the social and spiritual needs of the people who live near them. They long to repair the building and then use it as an outreach tool to the community by partnering with the local Parish Counsels. They could use it for debt relief counseling, after school programs for children and teens, a recovery program for people who are addicted and any other physical or social need that can be identified.

Thank you so much for joining us in prayer for this ministry. I'm so excited by what God is doing already!!