Pray for the Keep Believing Philippines Project

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Pray for Keep Believing Ministry’s Philippines Project

March 22-March 25 – Pray as Ray and Marlene Pritchard and Derek Taylor make final preparations for the trip.
          Ray – preparing Lenten devotionals to be downloaded while we’re gone and preparing materials for speaking 13 times in the Philippines
          Marlene – packing details and making sure we have all the documents necessary for our flights and hotels.
          Derek – KBM’s website is transferring servers this weekend and Derek will be working out the glitches before the trip. Pray for Deneen, Elijah and Joelle while Derek is away.
March 26-27 – Pray for safe flights to the Philippines. Ray and Marlene will start in Tupelo, fly to Memphis, meet Derek in Detroit and continue from Detroit to Tokyo and on to Manila. We will arrive in Manila at 11:10 PM Friday evening (10:10 AM Friday CST)
March 28 – Pray for a safe flight from Manila to Davao City on the island of Mindanao.
March 29 – Pray for Ray as he speaks:

          9:00 AM – Worship hour at Heritage Baptist Church, Davao City
          3:30 PM – Joint meeting of the city churches
          7:00 PM – Commencement for the Harvest Bible Institute

March 30 – Pray for Ray, Marlene, Derek and Pastor and Mrs. Zamar as we travel by bus to Bukidnon.

          3:30 PM Ray speaks at the Commencement Ceremony for the Bukidnon Seminary.

March 31-April 2 – Mindanao Ministers’ Conference

    * Pray for Ray. He will speak 8 times in 3 days and will need physical and spiritual strength.
    *The theme of the conference is “Leadership Lessons of Jesus.”
    * Pray for Derek and Marlene to have open eyes and hearts to minister to the missionaries, pastors   and their wives in one-on-one and small group conversations.
    * Pray for Deneen, Elijah and Joelle. Deneen is more than half way through a difficult pregnancy and needs extra physical and emotional strength while Derek is away.

April 2 – Pray for safety as we take the bus back to Davao City.
April 3 – Pray for a day of rest and relaxation for Ray, Marlene and Derek.
April 4 – Pray for Ray, Marlene and Derek as they fly back to Manila.
April 5 – Pray for Ray as he speaks at the worship hour for the Manila Baptist Church.
April 6 – Pray for Ray, Marlene and Derek as they tour Manila and meet with several pastors Ray is mentoring through the internet who were unable to attend the conference.
April 7 – Pray for safe flights as Ray, Marlene and Derek fly back to the US.

General Requests:

    * Physical health – The foods we’ll be eating are much different than what we’re used to and we’ll all experience fatigue because of the schedule and jet lag. We will be 13 time zones away from Tupelo.
    * Pray for our flights – We have many connections to make and there are many places where bags can be mishandled. It’s about 27 hours both ways-coming and going. We pray that our bags will arrive when we do.
    * Tolerance of the climate – the temperatures during the day will be in the 90s with relative humidity readings of 90-95%.
    * Spiritual health – Please pray that we will be in tune with what God wants to do in and through us while we are gone.
    * Anointing – Pray that God will anoint the preaching and teaching of the Word so that there is much fruit in the lives of all who hear.
    * Daily Guidance – Pray that God will open our eyes to minister and be ministered to by those we meet every day. Ask the Lord to guide us in even the smallest conversations we may have.
    * Holy Spirit – We are asking the Lord to fill us with the Holy Spirit and lead us every step of the way.

Be sure to check the Keep Believing weblog every day for the latest news from the Philippines. We love you all and we thank God for your friendship and your support. We would not take this trip without your prayers.

“One more thing, friends: Pray for us. Pray that the Master’s Word will simply take off and race through the country to a ground-swell of response, just as it did among you” (2 Thessalonians 3:1 MSG).