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Praise God for
His bountiful care through the Cooperative Program & the Lottie Moon
Christmas Offering for Int’l.
Missions, helping carry the good news of Jesus to Ufa. |
The Carr’s are
very grateful for ministry support for the work in Ufa and the
Bashkortostan Republic. |
Prayer Promise:
“Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan
to his servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7, NIV). |
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Timothy is on
the road of faith with Jesus. Ask God to guide Chris & Eileen to
help him grow in faith & understanding of what it means to follow
and live for Jesus. |
2
Pray for the
Lakeview Baptist (Selmer, TN) ESL Team, preparing for a school in
Ufa, March 24-29. Pray for them as they have weekly prep meetings.
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3
Pray for the Ufa
team making preparations for an effective ESL school,
leading to new believers and the formation of new evangelistic bible
study groups. |
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4
Pray for 1st
Baptist Church in Ufa, al-ready seeking to plant another new church
in the northern district of Ufa. Ask for clarity & unity for the
leaders. |
5
Lift up Eileen,
home schooling Nathan, Timothy, & Heather. Pray for clarity as she
prepares/reviews lessons plans for each of the three children. |
6
Ask God to show
the Ufa Bible Ch. how to implement a broad plan to plant at least
one new church in each county of Bashkortostan. |
7
Pray for Grace
Church in Ufa, seeking a location with constant access for training,
fellowship, ESL classes, & an evangel-istic café ministry. |
8
Pray for the
Lord to raise up a leader for an evangelistic bible study in the
Sipailovo district of Ufa. The work is currently on hold. |
9
Ask the Lord to
plant an evangelistic church in Sipailovo, a district with over
200,000 residents.
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10
Pray for Victor
and Susan Bauer, for encouragement and refreshment, as they struggle
with new language skills before moving to Ufa. |
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11
Pray for Zhenya
Vasileev, seeking God’s timing for starting church-based businesses
for evan-gelism & financial stability for smaller Ufa churches. |
12
Pray for the
Lord to call out and send some folk to accept the following
strategic personnel needs for the Ufa team:
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An ESL ministry
coordinator for new evangelistic, English-based bible studies &
church planting; |
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A student
evangelism team leader to target
Ufa’s 90,000
students for evangelistic bible studies, new church plants, &
leadership training for student leadership; |
15
A church
planting apprentice/media strategy development coordinator to
develop and implement media strategy to commun-icate the gospel in
Ufa; |
16
A sports
evangelism coordinator with playing/coaching experience to develop
and implement an evangelism strategy & team through sports
activities; |
17
A Strategy
Coordin-ator intern for southern Bashkort-ostan, to help Chris
implement church planting strategies for the southern half
of the republic. |
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18
Pray for Korun,
along with a handful of believers tied to the Ufa Bible Church,
planting a new church in Sterlitamak, 1 ½ hrs south of Ufa. |
19
Thank God for
the Christmas concert in Sterlitamak. 40 attended; many requested
further Bible study information. |
20
Ask God to guide
Chris’ doctoral study without neglecting family/ministry
res-ponsibilities - much reading, research & paper writing ahead. |
21 Eileen’s
Birthday
Pray for Eileen
as she celebrates her birthday, that she feel the presence of the
Lord in an unusual way, and the power of the prayers for her.
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22
Pray for
follow-up to the IWC project Dec. 28 – Jan. 5th, for
communication with those who heard the gospel, esp. students &
orphanage workers. |
23
Ask God to
raise up a director for the Ufa children’s ministry, “Hello Friend,”
to reach older children & their parents with the gospel. |
24
Pray for the new
church started in Ufa in early Nov. 35 are attending, & hoping to
start activities for a new church plant in northern Ufa. |
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25
Pray
for Peter Zhuk and Chris Carr, that they would work in concert for
the cause of Christ in Bashkortostan. |
27
Pray for a
South-western OK State U. student team (3/18-24), for prayerwalking,
Bible distribution,
cultural
exchange evangelism, & street demographic research. |
27
Pray for God to
lead Grace Church to the most strategic place in the Telecenter
district for a stable base for worship and ministry. |
28
Pray that God
lead the Ufa team to persons of peace and gatekeepers to help open
doors for gospel sharing through an IWC team in July.
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