Jan5
2005
Dear Friends,
Please pray for Team Ufa’s
Larry Moon. Early on Jan 6 (Ufa time, which is 11 hours ahead of Central
Standard Time) he will embark on an evangelistic expedition trip with 7 other
believers from Ufa. They will be driving for two days into the northwestern
part of Siberia where they will visit multiple villages and churches in the
coming 2 weeks. Pray their path to be prepared by the Lord; pray that the
Lord be stirring in the hearts of folks with whom the expedition will come
into contact with; pray for the 8 team members’ health and safety, as this
expedition carries a certain amount of difficulty because of the extreme cold,
road conditions, and other likely obstacles with which they will be
confronted; pray for boldness and witnessing confidence for Larry and the
other team members; pray for them to meet “persons of peace” (Luke 10) in
different villages, who will open the door for the gospel to be spoken.
The team is going to visit
the region known as Khanti (HAWN-tee) Mansisk (Man-SEESK). At times, there
will not be any roads where they will travel; they are going in 4-wheel drive
Russian and American jeep-type vehicles; at times, they will have to blaze
their own trail and even cross frozen creeks and perhaps even a river or two.
We admire the adventurous
spirit and pioneering approach of these brave believers! Stand with us for God
to gain glory from their work!
Thanks for your strategic
prayer support!
Chris
Dec
30 2004
1)
Team
Ufa asks you to pray for the Carr family.
International passport rules stipulate that you must have at least 6 months
left until your passport expiration in order to apply for a visa.
Unfortunately, young Heather Carr does not. And so, Chris and Eileen must fly
to
Moscow tomorrow (January 30th –
the evening of January 29th Stateside) to apply for a new passport
at the American Embassy. Josie Moon will be taking care of the Carr five while
they are away and “Uncle” Larry will drop in mid-day to take the kids
sledding. Pray that the Carr’s trip to
Moscow will be successful and that the
Lord’s protection might be upon both those who are journeying to the Russian
capitol and those who are staying behind.
2) Praise God that he used the New Life Oklahoma Team’s
sojourn with Team Ufa to bring one young woman to Christ! The young lady named
Elena has attended a few of Grace’s Tuesday night Bible studies but has yet to
gather together with believers for worship. Pray that the adversary does not
take away the young and tender shoots of Elena’s rebirth. Grace is currently
teaming with the
Ufa
Bible
Church and Team Ufa in sponsoring
an evangelical English class that centers on the Jesus film. Pray that when
the last classes meet at 7 A.M. and 9:30 A.M. Eastern Standard Time on January
the 8th, a number of the students will not only have improved their English,
but will come to Christ in repentance having accepted the forgiveness of sins
and salvation that can only be found in Him.
3)
Team
Ufa asks you to pray for an excursion that
the Russian Baptist Association of Bashkortostan will be undertaking in
January. The plan is to drive north and east of Bashkortostan past the
Tyumen oil and gas fields to the area around
the Siberian city of
Khanti-Mansisk. The excursion will begin on
January 7th and last for some 24 days. It will be divided into two
parts with two teams each visiting remote village churches for 12 days. There
are very few if any paved roads in the area and most dwellings lack indoor
plumbing and/or electricity. Team
Ufa’s Larry will be among the brothers
going. Pray that God might protect the men from illness, the bitter cold,
physical harm, mechanical breakdown, and the schemes of the evil one. Pray
that God might use them to encourage churches and reach the lost of the Tyumen
Oblast’. This is a dangerous trip, so pray that all who go - survive.
4)
Team
Ufa asks you to pray for Strategy
Coordinator Chris Carr who will be traveling to
Moscow early on January 17th
(late on the 16th in the States) for consultation with staff there,
before continuing on to
Prague in the
Czech
Republic for a meeting with the
International World Changers organization. He will be returning on the 22nd.
Pray that the Lord might protect him in transit and that his meetings in
Moscow and in
Prague will be fruitful. Pray that the Lord
will give his wife Eileen strength as she stays behind to care for their five
children.
5)
Team
Ufa asks you to pray for the Sipailovo
(sea-PIE-lava) district of Ufa. The bedroom district of Sipailovo is home to
some 100,000 souls, and yet has no Christian church or witness. A believer in
the
U.S. agreed to fund the renting of
an apartment which will serve as a beachhead for evangelism in the area, but
we have not yet been able to find a suitable apartment. As soon as we do so,
Chris, Larry, and a number of Russian brothers will be braving the winter cold
to distribute Christian literature and invite Sipailovo’s residents to
evangelical films and Bible studies. Pray that God might lead us to the right
rental arrangement. Pray that God might unify the international team that will
be assembled around a single goal - glorifying Christ by seeing His name
proclaimed in Sipailovo. Ask the Lord to protect us from squabbling, from
illness, the authorities, and more importantly from the evil one and the
spiritual wickedness in high places that he controls. Pray that God might
bring seeking souls to the studies and fashion for Himself a church from
amongst the tens of thousands of lost souls in Sipailovo.
6) Team Ufa asks you to pray for a Sharing Jesus without
Fear Seminar in Ufa that will be led by a visiting Brother from Richmond from
February 7th through the 9th. Like many American
believers, Russian believers tend to leave the task of evangelism to pastors
and missionaries. Pray that this conference might nudge the Russian believers
closer to a new paradigm with respect to the urgency and necessity of living
for what Jesus lived for – to seek and save the lost.
Pray that this seminar will help a number of Russians to realize that every
believer is an evangelizing missionary no matter what his or her profession
may be.
7)
Team Ufa asks you to pray that we might be able to make good use of the
rapport and contacts forged with university students during the visit by The
New Life Baptist Oklahoma Team in December. A number of the students were
asking spiritual questions and seemed to be seeking the Lord. Pray that the
Lord might either spur these students to contact us, or enable us to meet up
with them again. Pray that a number of them might be saved and have their
lives changed forever. One such opportunity will be at a Valentine’s party
that Team Ufa will be hosting for university English students. The party will
be held anywhere from the 11th until the 13th of
February. Pray that we might be able to convey to the students what true love
is and that the love of God might convict them of sin, righteousness, and
judgment, resulting in repentance and salvation.
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