52 Weeks of Prayer for Belize…Week #6 Praise the Lord!

Jude 20-21New International Version (NIV)

²⁰ But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, ²¹ keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

Life on this side of heaven is challenging!  I guess that is why the Lord reminds us that we must continue to “build” ourselves up in Him!  When I pray, I often hear the Holy Spirit saying: “Don’t give up, Gina…keep going!”  Oh, believe me, there are lots of days when I am tempted to quit!  Weariness and discouragement can get a grip on us and again, that is why the Lord cheers us on and tells us to “build” ourselves up!

I have a special prayer concern today.  After spending the last 4 days with my two young granddaughters, I am physically exhausted.  I realize that grandparents don’t have the stamina that we did when we were young parents.  As I have been contemplating this, I am thinking of Pastor Ron and Linda who are parents to young children in Belize.  Please join me in praying for them today:

Prayer:  Lord, please bless Pastor Ron and Linda with stamina, patience, provision as they continue to care for these young Belizean children.  Surround them with a strong prayer shield made up of those that love them and these children.  Bless and strengthen their marriage and their home.  In Jesus’ Name, AMEN

HUGE PRAISE:  After 3 years and lots of prayers, Pastor Ron and Linda have received their Belizean nationality papers!

Here is what Pastor Ron said in his recent email:

As I returned to Belize Thursday, Linda was at the immigration department in response to a call from them on Wednesday. She needed to pay the fee for Nationalization on Thursday, come early Friday to process the paperwork, and in the afternoon on Friday the swearing of new Citizens would take place. So, after a month of traveling, I did not get any time on Friday to prepare for the arrival of a team to build a house starting Monday. But we did get our papers. We are officially Belizean Citizens! We applied three years ago…. Finally! What a great moment for us. We do keep our U.S. Citizenship and passport, as well as now being able to obtain a Belizean Passport. This is huge for us. We are so thankful to The Lord for this Blessing.

Praying for Oasis Ministry and for Belize:
revised 10/1/15
Ongoing prayer needs:
*for our missionaries; protection, provision, productivity; especially for extra finances for ministry needs
*for our short-term teams in 2015
*for unity of purpose all serving with Oasis Ministry
*for Pastor Ron and Linda as they direct the ministry
*for Mt. Hope Bible Church; Pastor Allison Garoy and wife, Heather                                    *for Salt and Light Children’s Bible Club
* for Oasis preschool
*for the small business program that is a partnership between Oasis Ministry and Matthews Methodist Church
*for Oasis Ministry Board; for provision and open doors to return to Belize; next Board meeting tentatively set for  January 2016; for wisdom in supporting the ministry from Stateside

*for Pastor Ron and Linda’s son, Jeff, who has been invited to NYC to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House

*for provision of a new pickup truck for the ministry

*for wisdom for Ron and Linda for this next season of ministry;  they have turned over leadership of Mt. Hope Bible Church to Allison and  Heather Garoy

 

“It is a wonderful thing to be on the mountain with God, but a person only gets there so that he may later go down and lift up the demon-possessed people in the valley.”

~Oswald Chambers

Blessings, Gina