September Update

 

What's been happening:

Just last night we welcomed a precious couple to our team here in Surabaya. Nathan and Amber (pictured above) finished language school and have officially moved to our city to join our team. We are so excited! We have been “alone” here for too long (about 2 years) and we are sooo ready to have teammates in our city to fellowship, worship, and work with. Also, we just got word that Thomas and Gwen arrived safely on our island as well. They will be in language school for the next 10 months or so. Please pray for these two couples who are going through great transitions in their lives. Pray for quick adjustments and for God’s work in their lives to make them into effective workers.

What's coming up:

In our last newsletter, I asked you to pray for "Noah" because he was dealing with some difficult things in his life, and he told me that he wanted to take a year-long break from meeting and studying the Scriptures. Great news, we have begun meeting again. Thanks again for your prayers! In fact, later tonight, Jon is meeting with Noah, and another young man, “Samson”. Both of these two have professed faith in JC, but have not yet been willing to identify with Him in baptism. We are excited that we have the beginnings of a group with these two men; however, they are very young in their faith and have many obstacles ahead. Please pray that their faith would grow, that their hunger to study the Word would intensify, and that they would see the importance of sharing this new faith with others.
Raegan is planning to meet with two college girls on Saturday to discuss how they can partner together to reach the lost. Please pray that their meeting would be fruitful in encouraging these girls and forging a partnership with our team as well.

Pr. Requests:

• Pray for Thomas and Gwen to adjust quickly to their new home and are able to excel at learning Bahasa Indonesia.
• Pray for Nathan and Amber as they adjust to hot and humid life in Surabaya. Pray that they would find new friends quickly and that God would give them a clear vision of how they are to do ministry here.
• Pray for "Noah" and "Samson" to grow in their faith and that they would be willing to completely surrender to the Lordship of Christ.
• Pray for Josephine and Domis as they meet with with Raegan this Saturday.