Women's Prayer Retreat

Our women's ministry hosted the second prayer retreat of the year.  The first one (for the women at our hotel campus) was in March.  The second (for the women at our Miralvalle campus) was last Saturday.  

About 35 women traveled about an hour and a half outside of the city to spend time "listening" to God's voice.  We left the church at 6:00 a.m. and stopped for breakfast at a restaurant named Kaltepet on the way there.  

Once there we had a short time of praise and worship and a testimony, followed by the "prayer retreat" rules:  

• Stay silent--not the time to talk or pray with anyone else--just you and the Father
• Concentrate on listening for His voice
• Morning prayer time is from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

We enjoyed a great lunch with time to share our experiences, before repeating the same schedule in the afternoon.  We ended the day with group prayer and a short testimony time.  We were loaded up and ready to leave at 4:30 p.m. and arrived at the church at 6:00 p.m.

 

Women's Ministry Leadership Team

Prayer Request for El Salvador

The seismic activity that began two weeks ago (when we were in Nicaragua) has started up again. Today while at church in the hotel there were 2 strong (in my opinion) tremors and the hotel asked everyone to evacuate while they examined the building for any damage.  We returned to the service about 10 minutes later. People who were here two weeks ago said today's tremors were mild in comparison to those. Makes me thankful I wasn't here. Please pray for the activity to cease,especially for there not to be a major earthquake.

We are flying to KC on Tuesday and will take steps to secure our belongings in the apartment to avoid damage if there should be major tremors while we are gone. 

Thanks for praying for El Salvador. 

Semana Santa in Managua, Nicaragua

We flew to Managua on Friday night about 7:00 p.m. and arrive at the hotel about 9:00 p.m.  Rodrigo and Miriam were there to pick us up.  On the other hand, Guillermo and the Salvadorans left for Managua at 5:00 a.m. Friday morning and didn't arrive until midnight.  Once again they had problems at the borders which delayed them for hours.

The teams from Crossroads Baptist, Benson, NC; Hickory Grove Baptist, Charlotte, NC and Glen Baptist, FL, all arrived in time for orientation on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 p.m.  We had our first campaign on Saturday night.  Sunday morning we had a Koinonia service with both campuses. 

During the week we visited door-to-door in neighborhoods in the mornings and had family festivals in the evening.  

Here are some pictures from the week:

Second Update on my niece

Friends, one more update on Liz's kidney situation. Turns out the positive update from earlier has turned out to be somewhat less so. The definitive results from the biopsy shows severe rejection indicators, likely from being under immunosuppressed for some time. She is at this moment receiving a treatment to "zero out" her immune system (a type of chemotherapy) which she hopefully will tolerate. If that works well then she and Jane will fly home tomorrow night where she will spend the next seven days in the hospital for the remaining doses of immune system therapy. So, we would appreciate continued prayers for her situation to improve. The prognosis is good if the doctors are correct in their diagnosis and treatment option. Our greatest worry is the amount of damage, if any, caused by this episode. Thanks again for your care and concern

Update on Prayer Request

Update from my brother about my niece, Liz:

Friends, I wanted give an update on Liz since so many have been interceding in her behalf. We are forever indebted. Good news- no signs of rejection! Likely some sort of infection which caused an acute reaction. Clearly, prayers work. She will be in the hospital in Denver until Tuesday while they confirm the type of infection and start treatment.

Praise the Lord for this great news. Will update again if anything changes!