Nicodemus Team Update

Be sure to pray!

COLOMBIA. "On previous occasions, our Nicodemus Team has asked you to pray for growth in the Pan de Vida (Bread of Life) new church start. Thank you for your prayers for and with this church. In early April, we had a good group of approximately 10 women for a women's cooking class. Several expressed an interest in having other classes and even a Bible study time. Pray for L and D as they coordinate the follow-up of this event. On Easter Sunday morning, we had approximately 40 people present for breakfast and worship. About half of these were first-time visitors. Several expressed an interest in returning and participating with us in worship. Pray that God will continue to work in the hearts and lives of each of these individuals with whom we have made contact and draw them to Himself. Pray that the members of the church will be faithful to pray for and reach out to unsaved and/or unchurched family members and friends. Please continue to pray for the men of the Pan de Vida Church as they plan and carry out a time of fellowship for men of the apartment complex. They were unable to follow through with their plans in April so made plans to schedule another time. Pray that as different ones are invited, they will have an interest in fellowship and/or their personal spiritual life. Pray that God will guide J as he takes a leadership role in this activity."

Update and New Prayer Requests

I’ve been away from blogging to attend the funeral of my paternal grandmother. More on that here.

To start off the week, here’re are a couple prayer requests coming out of Colombia.

May 6, 2011

CAFE (ColombiA's Forgotten Ethnos) PEOPLES (cah-FAY). Thank you for your prayers for the development of leaders from among the Christian indigenous students who are participating in the indigenous university student center. Two of these students, D and G, are leading chronological Bible storying times on Wednesdays and Sundays with a group of 10 students in the residences (dorms) where the indigenous students live. These are non-believers who started meeting because they are interested in learning about God. Pray for these leaders and for the salvation of these students. Petition for a clear understanding of the stories. Pray for IMB missionary B as she mentors the leaders. Praise the Lord for this first group led by the students!

May 9, 2011

COLOMBIA. Each month, missionary P prepares a Prayer Bulletin in Spanish that is distributed to all of Colombia's Baptist churches as well as to other churches and individuals. This Prayer Bulletin serves as a source for a daily devotional, for Christian growth, and as a call to prayer for the spread of the Gospel among the different indigenous groups of Colombia. Pray that P will be open and obedient to God's leadership in the preparation of this Prayer Bulletin. Intercede for churches and individuals who receive this Bible study/prayer tool, asking that they will be faithful to read the daily Scripture passages and accompanying devotional thoughts, and to pray for non-Christian family and friends.

**Missionary P was also mentioned in a different request earlier and serves on the Nicodemus Team.**

Let’s remember to pray for our missionaries in Colombia and around the world.