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