Requests sent July 16, 2008

1. Continue to pray for Dorthe, Sam and myself as we seek to grow together as a team and to be creative with the challenges we face, having a much smaller staff than in the past. This time of transition has been such a blessing!!! God is answering your prayers for unity and a caring atmosphere in our working with one another.

2. Pray for the 12 children here at the CEF Leadership Training Institute with their parents. Three young ladies are caring for the children: Moira, Kajsa and Pia. God is using them! Keep on praying for wisdom, stamina and great joy in these coming weeks of ministry. Pray that God do a special work in each child’s heart at this time. Happy children free the parents to concentrate on the training for which they came.

3. Please pray for healing of whatever is causing the pain in my neck – I had my last physical therapy treatment today. Armed with exercises and a better understanding of how to avoid future trouble, I am confident that it will continue to improve. Thank you sooo much for praying.

4. Monday afternoon (July 14) I will be leading the staff and student prayer afternoon. God blessed richly! It has been such a joy to make this time to focus on our Lord and to enter the ministry of intercession for one another as well we for the children of Europe

Requests sent July 9, 2008

1. Continue to pray for Dorthe, Sam and myself as we seek to grow together as a team and to be creative with the challenges we face, having a much smaller staff than in the past.

2. Pray for the 12 children here at the CEF Leadership Training Institute with their parents. We have three young ladies caring for them. The children are settling in very well - especially considering the language challenge. (One of the young ladies is helping only this first week – God supplied a 3rd helper for the rest of the first 6 weeks – Pia is from Sweden and is taking her school holidays to help us with the children – Do pray for God’s continued work in her life and blessing in her ministry to the families here)  Pray that those caring for the children have wisdom in coming up with a  creative and diverse program for these children: ages 6 months to 11 years. Mostly active boys! (Markus is the 11 year-old and got to help pick cherries today! He really enjoyed it)

3. Please pray for healing of whatever is causing the pain in my neck – praise God for continued improvement! I am learning how to sit properly & need to learn to change my positions every 10 minutes or so – God did not design our bodies to sit cramped in one position before a computer the entire day. (C:  (Computer work with bifocals (C: does not help)  Pray for stamina for these beginning weeks of this training.

4. Monday afternoon (July 14) I will be leading the staff and student prayer afternoon. Please pray for my preparations in choosing Scripture and spiritual songs to lead us into times of intercession.

Thank you for praying with me.

Martha G Heidinger

1. Continue to pray for Dorthe, Sam and myself as we seek to grow together as a team and to be creative with the challenges we face, having a much smaller staff than in the past.

2. Pray for the 12 children here at the CEF Leadership Training Institute with their parents. We have three young ladies caring for them. The children are settling in very well - especially considering the language challenge. (One of the young ladies is helping only this first week - pray that God supply a third helper for at least the next 6 weeks; after which our child count goes down to 9) Pray that those caring for the children have wisdom in coming up with a creative and diverse program for these children: ages 6 months to 11 years. Mostly active boys!

3. Please pray for healing of whatever is causing the pain in my neck - after a week of physical therapy - and changing to a special pillow I am able to sleep through the night. (Computer work with bifocals (C: does not help) Pray for stamina for these beginning weeks of this training - With more families present, there seems to be a greater need for me to be present and listening and getting answers to their questions.

Thank you for praying with me.

Martha G Heidinger

thank you so much for your faithful support and prayers. I have attached a general update (Click the Link Below)

I want to thank you specifically for your regular gifts this year and for the ways you find to encourage me and pray for me and my ministry here. Whenever I experience God at work in and through our students, I simply must thank Him for the fantastic team He has called to join me in this ministry. HE IS FAITHFUL!

On HIS team together,

Martha G Heidinger
Heiding June 2008

1) June 28th our Summer Leadership Training Institute begins!
* It looks like we will have the equivalent of 17 students with possible 12 children for the entire Institute . There are 6 only coming for the first 7 weeks and 5 coming only of the last 5 week (as they finished the first 7 weeks last year). Pray for their preparations to come/ and that God provide enough volunteers for the child care. (with 12 children from 4 nations: Belarus (do speak English), Finland, Belgium - but speak Hungarian/ German, Cyprus)
*Martha is revising the student notes for her classes on Visual Aids. Pray that this project get done on time. Pray that she also be able to finish the administrative work that needs to be done before Institute.
2) Monday, May 26th Martha will have minor surgery to remove the metal plate in her left arm. Pray for a quick recovery.
3) June 18-20 The Kilchzimmer staff will have a Retreat together for spiritual emphasis - pray that God speak to our hearts and draw us together as a team.
4) In May we had a very successful pilot training for teachers of Preschool children. Pray that as
those trained take this teaching out to others - they will give us feedback to help us see where further adaptations need to be made. Then the notes will be provided to all the countries of Europe for translation. A very capable writer, Jennifer, will be revision the texts for the USA preschool materials to be used in Europe. I am a part of a special literature checking committee; to go over what she writes and make sure it agrees with the principles we are teaching in the course. THIS IS EXCITING! and can open many doors for CEF as there has been many requests for help in reaching the preschool child in Europe.

 

Dear Praying Friend! You are precious and I am so grateful for your part in my ministry in Europe. You will find my latest prayer letter attached. Please let me know if you have trouble opening this file. I am hoping to have access to this e-mail address through the internet.

 

Greetings from Kilchzimmer!

Thank you so much for your support and your prayers for me and my ministry here in Europe. Tomorrow I will be sharing with the three ladies to take over leadership of the education department for Western, Central and Eastern Europe.

They are having a epriod of orientation right now and I will be sharing about the work of Institute Supervisor with them - I have to think a bit out of the box as other Institutes are organized a bit differently as they are not at Kilchzimmer and do not have the same staff present.

In His care,

Martha G Heidinger