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Mission Journey Prayer Needs:
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- Please continue to pray for our upcoming Mission Journey to Ialoveni, Moldova this Fall. The team will build new beds for the 170 children living in an orphanage in Ialoveni, Moldova -- located just outside of the capital city. Children from this special needs orphanage range from preschool to 9th grade. Team members will be building beds, leading worship, teaching in the classroom and possibly hosting workshops for teachers and staff.
- Ialoveni Team Members: Jason Catron (team leader), Amy Helms, Gloria Jones, Marilyn Swing, Dave and Karen Stanley, Karla Mathis, Jen Gash & Stuart McAlister.
- Pray for the upcoming Mission Journey to Ialoveni, Moldova, August 29-September 6. The team will be bed building for 180 special needs children (pre-school to 10th grade)
- Worship time, classroom teaching, teacher workshops that will be lead by team members during the trip.
- We are still looking for additional team members to journey to Ialoveni, Moldova (applications and deposits due by June 9th)
- Pray for Moldovan orphans and workers that team members will encounter during this journey.
- Pray for the Moldovan Baptist church members that will join the Sweet Sleep team once they arrive in Ialoveni, Moldova
1:27 Project Prayer Needs:
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- Sweet Sleep and The Baptist Union of Moldova are currently searching for a Moldovan national who will serve full-time on staff with the Baptist Union to coordinate Sweet Sleep projects and church partnerships with Moldovan Baptist churches. Since only 1 percent of Moldovans are Baptist and very few of those speak English, our candidate pool is small. Please pray that God will lead the Bishop and Vice-Bishop to the person God is calling to work with Sweet Sleep in Moldova.
- Please pray for God to open the hearts of Moldovan pastors and bi-vocational pastors/leaders as they receive information about Sweet Sleep’s 1:27 Project. Also, pray that US churches would come alongside Sweet Sleep and sponsor a Moldovan church through this project – mentoring the young churches of Moldova who will begin to minister to orphans, widows and their communities.
- Please pray for God to open the hearts of Moldovan pastors and bi-vocational pastors/leaders as they receive information about Sweet Sleep’s 1:27 Project.
- Pray that US churches would come alongside Sweet Sleep and sponsor a Moldovan church through this project – mentoring the young churches of Moldova who will begin to minister to orphans, widows and their own communities.
Darfur, Sudan Prayer Needs:
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- Also, please continue to pray for Sweet Sleep as we work to provide beds for 180 orphaned girls living just outside of Darfur, Sudan. We are also praying about the possibility to provide beds for a boy’s orphanage in this community next summer. These children have been sleeping outside in trees to keep from being eaten by hyenas and other wildlife. The children in this village are victims of the genocide, Lost Boys or victims of sex trafficking. Please pray for the leaders and staff of the orphanage and especially for the children who have endured so much atrocity in their young lives. We know God answers prayer and he specifically answers specific prayers! Please pray for $39,340 for phase one, needed as soon as possible for the girls orphanage project to be completed and $39,340 for our next phase, for the boys orphanage in Fall 2008!
- Pray for Sweet Sleep as we work to provide beds for 180 orphaned girls living just outside of Darfur, Sudan.
- Pray about providing beds for a boy’s orphanage in this community next summer. These children have been sleeping outside in trees to keep from being eaten by hyenas and other wildlife. The children in this village are victims of the genocide, Lost Boys or victims of sex trafficking.
- Pray for the leaders and staff of the orphanage and especially for the children who have endured so much atrocity in their young lives.
- Pray for funding for this project as well as for our next phase -- the boys orphanage – opening in Fall 2008!
Future Ministry Opportunity Prayer Needs:
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- Please be praying for God to guide us as we pray for opportunities to minister in Puerto Rico and Costa Rica. We’ve begun scouting opportunities in that country and desire for God to lead us to where we need to be.
- Join us in praying for Sweet Sleep’s founder, Jen Gash, as she heads to Moldova with the Ialoveni team August 29-September 6th. She will be meeting with orphanage directors and Moldovan leaders to determine where God is leading Sweet Sleep to minister next year.
- Jen is also planning a scouting trip to Africa this fall, assuming doors continue to open, to look into ministry opportunities in 4 key African countries. Please pray that God would place Jen in contact with orphanage directors and children that have the greatest needs that Sweet Sleep can help meet.
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