1. Pray for wisdom, faith, and growth for the new Pastor Edgars Suraks, his wife Iveta, and two sons.
2. Ask God for the harvest as they reach high school and university students through small groups and music outreach.
3. Intercede for continual increase in provision and open doors for the church and the leadership team.
4. Pray for clarity, refreshing, and retooling of Pastor Rommel and Ira and their three daughters during this season of transition in Manila, which includes preparation for missions in the U.K. (London) as part of the Every Nation team.

1. Intercede for wisdom as we strategize and plan to effectively reach out the Cambodians with the gospel of Christ.
2. Pray for unity of mind, heart, and spirit as well as for the good health and safety of members of the whole team.
3. Pray for grace for our long-term workers in learning Khmer language.
4. Pray for favor as we look for a place for our youth center.
5. Pray for more long-term workers especially men.

Pastor Gio Saynes and his family have moved there recently, after having served as missionaries in several gospel restricted countries in Southeast Asia. He currently leads Every Nation Macau, which is growing steadily in numbers and oversees other Every Nation churches in that region, including Every Nation Hong Kong.

Our leadership team in the area is now ready to expand the work there. Pastor Gio, together with Pastor Sam Ng of Hong Kong, are at the forefront of sharing the gospel to more Macanese. Recently, they did an outreach activity at Tung Chung, which is now starting to gather people. A weekly outreach at Lingnan University is also flourishing. Members of Every Nation Hong Kong who are also professional musicians perform in campuses while other church members would share the gospel to the students. They also completed a “One Life to Live” campaign to bring more people to the services.

Every Nation Macau is now holding two services as more locals come to church. Pastor Gio, who leads our church there, continues to speak faith to the members as Macau has been seriously affected by the worldwide recession.

Thank you for being a faithful partner as we reach Every Nation in our Generation.

Prayer Points

• Intercede for long-term visas to be granted to the Saynes family.
• Pray that more locals will be added to the church and established in the faith.
• Pray that our outreaches in Tung Chung and Lingnan University will gather more young people.
• Ask God for grace for our EN Macau members who were affected by the recession. Pray that their faith would remain strong.

Pastor Gio prays for the leaders in Every Nation Macau

Local students with the Ten Days team from Malate that visited last May 12 to 14

Praying for Pastor Gio as he and his family take on a new role in Macau

Some of our leaders there were members of extremist groups while others were Muslim scholars. Our church is making serious inroads into reaching that community. One of them is now a missionary to the very campus where he used to conduct insurgent activities. Our missionaries have also started a school that is one of the most reputable in the whole city.

Please continue to remember them in your prayers as our missionaries are under constant threat. We will always be thankful for your faithful partnership throughout the years that has made our work in this difficult nation a reality.

Prayer Points

• Pray for God’s continued protection and provision over our missionary family.
• Pray for the two leaders they plan to send to Manila this year to the EN School of World Missions. Pray for abundant provision for airfare, enrollment, and living allowance for them.
• Stand with them in faith for God to raise a local pastoral team as well as more campus missionaries.

Our local church somewhere in South Asia holds weekly meetings

Despite the restrictions, more and more locals are being established in the faith

With much prayers and support, hope is strong in this nation despite the challenges our work there faces

1. Intercede for long term visas to be granted to Pastor Gio Saynes and family.
2. Pray for lasting fruit through EN HK’s “One Life to Live” campaign.  Pray that those who attended the services would be added to the church and discipled.
3. Pray for the growth of our outreaches in the Tung Chung area and Lingnan University.
4. Ask God for grace for our EN Macau members who were affected by the recession.  That their faith would remain strong and that more be added to the church.

1. Pray for good health, protection, and provision for Pastor Jonas Bernales and his family. Pray for favor as their children start attending regular school this year.
2. Intercede for the leaders in Every Nation Bangkok, for strength, comfort, and greater passion to share the gospel to the Thais.
3. Pray for growth and multiplication of leaders in our campus ministry in Ramkhamhaeng University.

]]> http://worldpartners.org.ph/april-2.html/feed/ 0 http://worldpartners.org.ph/first-quarter-newsletter-2010.html/ http://worldpartners.org.ph/first-quarter-newsletter-2010.html/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:50:17 +0000 admin http://worldpartners.org.ph/?p=389 Each new year promises a new hope and a new beginning, and each new year is also a step closer towards helping fulfill the Great Commission. With your partnership, we were able to make giant strides towards making disciples of all nations. I would like to share with you the highlights of 2009:

• Missions leaders, teams, and pastors were sent to eighteen nations of church planting, strategic planning, scouting, ministry, and outreach.
• Two church plants were established: San Francisco, USA and Kathmandu, Nepal
• We had forty-seven long-term Victory missionaries are in the process of being sent out to Brunei, Cambodia, Macau/Hong Kong, Taiwan, Kyrgyzstan, and Nepal.
• We sent out our first missionary to Africa to plant a church in Liberia.
• Through Ten Days, 276 people were sent as part of thirty-six teams. Fourteen of our Victory churches sent shot-term missionaries to twelve different nations.
• From our School of world Missions, eighteen graduates are now serving
  in Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East.

Nepal
One of the highlights this year is the arrival of Richard and Rita de Vera in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepal has long been in our sights for a church plant ever since a number of Nepali international students got saved and discipled at our church in Victory Los Baños. They have since returned and have sent out a call to us for a church to be planted in their homeland.

In the years part, we have sent short-term teams. But with the arrival of the de Veras, this marks the beginning of a church to be birthed that will reach young Nepalis. Richard has had it in his heart to move to Nepal for nearly a decade. They will also be joined later this year by Sam and Aimee Adalia from Victory Quezon City.

Pray that a dynamic and strong church will stand in the heart of turbulent Kathmandu, and that it would serve as a source of hope and life to a people desperate for change.

1. Ask God for grace and favor for our two disciples as they start a small group this week.
2. Pray for Janeth, Dan, and Rodel to find favor with the Department of Foreign Affairs and be granted long term visas.
3. Intercede for wisdom and favor as our staff facilitates the visas of our incoming workers.

1. Pray for all the leaders to have wisdom as they lead the center for 2010. Pray also for the four bridge events they have planned for this year.
2. Pray that the students will have the opportunity to share about God’s love to their families and friends as they go on Vietnamese New Year vacation for two to three weeks.
3. Intercede for provision for the the fifteen to twenty Vietnamese delegates they are believing to send to EN2010.
4. Ask for abundant provision for their student center project.
5. Pray for more young professionals to be added to the family as they are planning to double their services for them this April.
6. Pray for more musicians to volunteer and be added to the family.
7. Continue to pray for protection and good health for the leaders and their families.

1. For the successful holding of their big meeting and fellowship in the 2nd week of March. (The idea is to bring all the saints from all their small groups in order to encourage them).
2. Pray for missions team in one of the big cities there so that they can start a business very soon.
3. Pray for the safety of “Manny” (a Bangladeshi, not his real name) and his new small group. He is looking after the work of a new small group in another city.
4. Pray for “Nadine” (a Bangladeshi, not her real name) and her early recovery as she prepares for Gall Bladder surgery.
5. Pray for a peaceful and new place where “Rodney” (a Bangladeshi, not his real name) can hold their small group meetings. There’s no longer favor in the old place they used to hold it.
6. Pray for the successful holding of their Leadership Groups that it may prosper and develop more leaders.
7. Pray for Rodney’s family as well. They fasted and prayed that God intervene in every area of work they are into. Please also remember “Minor” (a Bangladeshi, not his real name), he’s part of Rodney’s small group who is now hiding for some reason. He was involved in the bad business before he came to know Christ. Pray for his safety as well.