Summer Prayer Requests and Praises

Praises:

• God worked in incredible ways this year! We ended the year with over 45 students; we saw 4 students decide to follow Jesus and we had over 10 separate investigative Bible studies with non-Christians. Praise the LORD!
• God met us and carried us through an incredibly challenging year. He taught us more about who He created us to be and how He has gifted us. 
• Our supervisor, Brad, is now back from Sabbatical and will be launching our new area in the upcoming year!
• We have had a fair amount of success with our Air B and B room this year. God has used this very small business as a way of helping provide for our needs. 

Prayer Requests:

• Our summer Bible study begins May 17th and will be held every Tuesday night. We will be studying the book of Exodus. Please pray for our student leaders who will be leading the study most of the summer (since we will be in Mexico). We anticipate around 15-20 students attending and expect non-Christians to come as well. 
• The Mexico GP begins on June 14th. Here are some ways for you to pray:
• We have over 75% of our budget left to raise as a team. Please pray that God would provide for this need.
• We are still finishing the curriculum for the English conversation course.  Please pray for Brad, Samantha, and Justin as we finish putting together this material.
• Pray for our US students that God would be preparing them to make good friendships and to share the Good News. Pray that they would be soft-hearted and ready to engage in another culture.
• Pray for COMPA students and staff as they prepare their end of the project (arranging where students will stay, hiring people to cook for us, arranging the class location and students, etc.). Also, pray that this project would be a blessing to them and not a hassle. We want to leave them with new students who are interested in participating in their ministry. 
• Pray for us as we make the preparations for the class, the orientation, the flights, etc. And as we lead students, teach them about leadership and cross-cultural engagement, and handle conflict and adversity. 
• Help us by praying in advance for the upcoming school year. During the summer, we spend time thinking strategically about the next school year, dreaming of what could happen, listening to God, and planning some of the key trainings and events.