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Summer Service Team Prayer Calendar
Please Pray…
Aaron Cummings, Ben Leone, Dehan Courtney, Elizabeth Rasnick, Laura Jackson, LeAnn Humes, Sarah King, Renee Losey, Michael Ludwig, Rachel Ludwig
Everyday throughout the trip, please pray for health for the team! This will be our biggest enemy.
June 8: For the team & their families as we gather at Westminster College for a dinner commissioning
June 9: For the day of orientation to be a fruitful time of bonding & learning; For God to protect us from fear & doubt
June 10: For travel mercies as we travel from New Wilmington, to Pittsburgh, to Charlotte (NC), to Guatemala; For the small details of traveling
June 11: For discussions with Dennis Smith & Hermana Esperanza; the team to be gracious guests & have clear communication with our hosts; For clean food at the restaurants
June 12: For more safe travels as we travel towards Quetzaltenango (Xela); for the team bonding as we spend time learning Guatemalan history & culture
June 13: For safe arrival in Xela; For the team to be open to Guatemalan culture & begin to understand Guatemalan life
June 14: For orientation, to quickly pick up what we need to learn; For discussions with David Wiseman & Karla Koll; For clean food
June 15: For continued orientation & reflection; For adjustments to Guatemalan lifestyle; For discussions with Jeannene Wiseman & spiritual direction
June 16: BIG Prayer day: For meaningful opportunities to talk with our 10 different Guatemalan families that we have joined for a week; For our Spanish language skills to be improving; For all team members in this transition
June 17: For a blessed time of worship with Guatemalan believers at the Bethel church in Xela; For team members Aaron & Elizabeth
June 18: For our first day of school; For continued relationships with Guatemalan families & new relationships with teachers; For clean food; For team members Ben & Sarah
June 19: For the Guatemalan believers’ faith in the wake of civil war, injustice, starvation, & corruption; For team members Renee, LeAnn & Laura
June 20: For God to soften the language barrier; For God to add greater depth to our hearts for the Guatemalans & Mam people; For Dehan & Michael
June 21: For our frustrations with language learning for 6 hours a day; For our display of God’s love to all involved in the language school; For team members Rachel & Laura
June 22: For the lives of our Guatemalan language families & teachers; For our transition to our second project; For team members Sarah & Ben
June 23: For transition to San Juan Ostencalco; For the preparation of building chicken coops; For leaders Hermano Salome and Hermano David Clipson; For team members Renee & Dehan
June 24: For blessed worship with Mam believers; For our Spanish language skills to be noticeably improving; For Rachel’s reunion with her village; For team members Elizabeth & LeAnn
June 25: For our team devotionals each day – that our group would knit together as a team as we share & worship God; For translation; For team members Michael & Aaron
June 26: For the adults in the Mam villages where we are staying – that our lives would be a witness of the Gospel; For Nueva Diaconia as their organization develops; For team members Sarah & Renee
June 27: For protection against Spiritual darkness, from discouragement, fatigue & sickness; For our cooks to cook safe food; For team members LeAnn & Elizabeth
June 28: For us as cooking by fire & washing clothes by hand get old; For patience with each other & also with the Guatemalan culture we are embracing; For team members Aaron & Dehan
June 29: For consistency in personal devotions, that we would be fed by the Word of God, & filled with the Holy Spirit; For our friend Edin; For team members Ben, Laura & Michael
June 30: For the Mam people we are working with on a daily basis; For team members Elizabeth & Ben
July 1: For our relationships with the Mam community to deepen; For the Holy Spirit to work in us & in those we meet For team members Rachel & Aaron
July 2: For a blessed time of worship & a day of rest; For God to open doors for this last week in the Mam community; For team members Dehan & Renee
July 3: For the team’s unity that we might avoid any sort of complaining or gossiping; For team members Sarah & Laura
July 4: For God to give us opportunities to exchange our testimonies with the Mam young people; For team members LeAnn & Michael
July 5: For the Mam people to teach us how to serve God more fully; For team members Renee & Ben
July 6: For materials to be prepared for our next project; For saying goodbye to the Mam community; For safe travels to the coast; For Hermano Salome and Hermano David
July 7: For health, protection from sickness and injuries; For doors to open in our new community; For team members Dehan & Aaron
July 8: For translation and worship with a new community today; For team members Elizabeth & Sarah
July 9: For the team to hear God’s voice concerning how we fit into what he is doing in Guatemala; For team members Rachel & Laura
July 10: For the families working together with us to build chicken coups; For the success of the coups in enabling the families to pull from poverty; For team members Michael & LeAnn
July 11: For God to give us discernment as to how to minister to each other & our Guatemalan friends; For team members Dehan & LeAnn
July 12: For safety from the heat, animals, food, and diseases; For team members Sarah & Rachel
July 13: For the missionaries working in Guatemala & for more workers to join them; For team members Michael & Ben
July 14: For learning about fair wages from the finca visit; For God to change our lives; For translation; For team members Aaron & Elizabeth
July 15: For worship with the Guatemalan believers; For saying goodbye to friends from the coastal community; For team members Laura & Renee
July 16: For safety returning to Guatemala City and the beginning stages of de-briefing; For learning from Hermano Martin
July 17: For the de-briefing process; For safety in Guatemala City; For safe travels back to the US
July 18: For energy for the team; For clarity in thought & expression of experiences
July 19: For God to call several from the team to act on the urgency that all may know & pass on their vision to friends
July 20: For a fruitful time of reflection & learning as we de-brief our experience
July 21-28: For God to bless our sharing and relationships at the New Wilmington Mission Conference, particularly at Sound & Light, our presentation on Friday evening and our Guatemalan friends
July 30: For God to grant safe return to our homes & families
July 28- August 6th: Details have not been set yet, but pray that the Holy Spirit would prepare the way for presentations in our churches from our Guatemalan friends.