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PRAISE AND PRAYER ITEMS

May 2011

  1. Thanks the Lord for safety in travel during April and for good discussions
    with community development students at Covenant College and those in the
    Chalmers Economic Development Center who design materials for micro
    finance training.
  2. I also had some very good discussions at Mission to the World
    headquarters. I will be leading a seminar there the week of Aug. 15 for
    some of the office staff, missionaries, some involved in refugee
    resettlement etc. Pray that those whom the Lord wants to come will be
    able to do so. Some of the challenges involve adapting principles to
    short term missions, medical missions, grass roots theological
    education, etc.
  3. On May 18 I plan to fly to Johannesburg S. Africa and on May 20 continue
    on to Madagascar where I will team teach a seminar with folks who want
    to be involved in transformational development all over Madagascar. Then
    I will do a part 2 seminar for those who have begun simple programs
    after the seminar I led 2 years ago.
  4. June 7 I will fly to Lesotho and do the same thing again. Lord willing I
    will begin my journey home on June 20 and arrive in Chicago June 21.
  5. Continue to pray for those on the ground in both Madagascar and Lesotho as they
    make plans for my visit and sort out who should come to the various
    seminars.
  6. Pray for those in Madagascar who are translating the lessons into Malagasy
    in preparation for my visit – they want to be ready to see this way of
    thinking multiplied throughout the island.
  7. In the next 2 weeks I have many details to arrange before leaving –
    including writing a couple more lessons – one on unraveling dependency
    and a couple more on teaching methods for motivating adults to begin
    sustainable programs.
  8. A few days ago I received a very encouraging report from the IDP
    (Internally displaced people) camp in Kenya. My Kenyan colleagues did
    some teaching on leadership; several M*lims not only finished the course
    but found it very helpful as they were treated with respect. The
    leaders of the camp took ownership of the failures and are now committed
    to serve their people.
  9. The week end of May 14 my colleagues in Kenya will be doing a mini seminar for a group of missionaries.
  10. Please note that, because of busy schedules and sporadic internet connections,
    I will probably not write another praise and prayer list until the end
    of June, shortly after I return from Africa.

Written on December 29th, 2009

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