Click to view the Paraguay Prayer Calendar for September & October 2010.

Some news and prayer letters recently received into the SAMS office:

• Julio & Norma Montoya in Peru
• Josias & Danielle in Brazil
• Charles & Lynn Barr Johnston in Northern Argentina
• Beryl Baker Update

Some news and prayer letters recently received into the SAMS office:

• Linn in Paraguay
  
• Brice Family in Paraguay
  
• Gwen & Mags in Paraguay
  
• Gonzalo in Uruguay

Lift to God Bishop Peter and Sally Bartlett, praying for daily grace and refreshing in their varied and demanding ministry. May they help others to find spiritual freedom and to mature in Christ through the ‘Growing in Maturity’ course. Pray for leadership development throughout the diocese.

Pray for Assistant Bishop Andrés and Estela Rodriguez, for time for rest and reflection enabling them to maintain God’s perspective in the oversight of churches and children’s clubs in the Concepción area. Pray for new members to be added to the church leadership team and for safety in all their travels.

Ed and Marie Brice ask prayer for Chaco pastors Elvio, Teodoro, Juan and Romualdo studying the Matthew SEAN course. Their time is much in demand by the people and they need our prayers to prioritise their time and complete the study between classes. Pray for Remigio translating SEAN Bible studies into Enxet, and for pastors and leaders to use these in preparing sermons.

Pray about the problem of alcoholism in the Chaco communities, and for those campaigning against the indiscriminate sale of alcohol. A motorbike accident in Rio Verde, which killed a 13 yr old girl, and the murder of a 15 yr old boy in Makxawaya were probably related to alcohol abuse. Pray for the families involved, and for Christians to be salt and light in the darkness.

Some news and prayer letters recently received into the SAMS office:

• Paraguay Prayer Calendar for July and August (from Peter & Sally Bartlett)
  
• Linn Tedman, in Asunción, Paraguay
• Paul & Sarah Tester, based in Lima, Peru but currently in the UK
  
• Daniel & Ellelein Kirk, in Viña del Mar, Chile
  
• Beryl Baker, in the Chaco, Paraguay

Thank God that once again this year he has called people with generous hearts to give of their time and resources and to use their gifts to serve the Church in Paraguay.

Pray for safe and smooth, uneventful journeys for the volunteers travelling from England and Ireland on 12th, 13th, 15th July and 7th, 10th, August.  Pray especially for a smooth passage through immigration and the additional check-in this year at Sao Paulo Airport in Brazil.  Pray for the safe arrival of luggage and donated goods.

Pray that through the mutual dependence upon each other, the volunteers and the Paraguayan Christians should grow in faith as they work together.

Thank God for our brothers and sisters in Christ who live in a different culture, often suffer from severe hardship but have warm, welcoming and generous hearts.

Praise the Lord for his generosity through donations from supporters towards the work of Mission Paraguay this summer and for the great encouragement from SAMS Ireland.

Ask for the Lord’s direction and guiding hand over the planning meeting in Asunción on 14th July when decisions will be made upon the allocation of donated funds between the different projects in Concepción, the Chaco and the Asunción areas.  Pray that the funds should be used wisely to extend the work of the Church, to relieve suffering and to promote self sufficiency amongst marginalised people.

Thank God for Bishop Peter Bartlett and all pastors and lay workers in the Anglican Church in Paraguay.  Pray for their ongoing work amongst the poorer communities in outer districts of Asunción and Concepción and with the indigenous people in the Chaco.

Pray for the missionaries in Paraguay who will be working with the volunteer groups:

• Caroline Gilmour-White is the Paraguayan based link person for the volunteer visits and will be working with the July group.  She coordinates the sewing workshops began by Mission Paraguay in 7 venues;
• Chris Hawksbee who will be working with the Chaco group in August on water storage projects, new homes and toilet facilities for Indian people;
• Ed Brice our link missionary who leads the Rio Verde church and supports the Indian pastors in the Chaco churches;
• Tim Curtis who leads the project to translate the Bible into the Enxet language.

Ask God to oversee the day to day arrangements for travel, accommodation and meals.   Thank Him for the work of Silvia and Paula, our translators and Elias our driver.

Pray that through the work of the Mission Paraguay volunteers this year the churches visited may be strengthened and encouraged with more people entering into a living relationship with Jesus as their Lord and Saviour.

Some news and prayer letters recently received into the SAMS office:

• The Vilella’s in Brazil
• The Meldrum’s in Brazil

Some news prayer letters recently received into the SAMS office:

• The Meldrum’s in Brazil
• The Jabca’s in Chile
• Andrew in Northern Argentina
• Gonzalo Soria & Family in Uruguay
• Charles & Lynn in Northern Argentina

Some news prayer letters recently received into the SAMS office:

• News & Prayer items from Caroline Gilmour-White in Paraguay
• Beryl Baker in Paraguay
• Chris & Alison Hawksbee in Paraguay
• Jill Ball in Ecuador
• Linn Tedman in Paraguay

Some news and prayer letters received into the SAMS office:

• Dany & Flavia in Argentina
• David & Jean Hucker in Chile
• Ed & Marie Brice in Paraguay
• Lara-Clare Bourdeaux in Paraguay