October 2014 Prayer Calendar !!

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1) Praise God for the 300 ladies that attended the  women’s conference and were encouraged in their relationships with Christ	2) Thank the Lord for the time of rest, worship and teaching that our staff received last week at our annual retreat	3) Continue to pray for our basketball coach Eddy, who is recovering from surgery and doing very well	4) Praise the Lord for the 6 baptisms that we have recently celebrated and pray for them as they continue to grow in their walk with God
5) Thank the Lord for the much needed rain over the last week and pray that He will continue to provide relief from this summer’s drought	6) Pray for the teens from Northside, as they are connecting with our youth group this week through worship, games and fellowship	7) Pray for connections to be built between our youth group and sports ministry at the upcoming bonfire at our Leadership Development Complex	8) Pray for our basketball and baseball academies, as they receive a message from peers from the states	9) Pray for continued faith for the staff, churches and local leaders, that they would trust in God to provide the needed resources	10) Pray for the team from Great Expectations, as they are traveling to Haiti today to give shoes to the community in Phaeton	11) Pray for the ministry of education, that they would allow our team to perform an eye clinic in their public school in La Mosca later this month
12) Pray for the preacher, Jose Luis, who serves in Brisas and the strengthening of his  relationships in the community	13) Thank God for the continued progress on our construction projects at the medical center and Central Church	14) Pray for the Eastview Construction group, to have safe travels to the Dominican today	15) Pray for the Caribbean president, Eduard, as he balances leading his church and the ministry over all	16) Pray for the children at our nutrition center in the Hole and for Felix, as he ministers in this impoverished area	17) Pray for the leadership of GO Ministries, as they seek to follow God’s will in taking the bold moves that He lays on their hearts	18) Pray for Luis Vargas and his community, as their partnering church comes to minister with and to them
19) Pray for Nico, the preacher in Los Perez, and his family, for their continued work with the church there	20) Pray for the local leaders and their spouses, as they receive teaching on building a healthy marriage	21) Pray for the team from Crestwood, as they are doing an eye clinic in La Mosca this week	22) Pray for wisdom for our staff and their children, as they are parenting in a culture different than their own	23) Praise God for the local leaders who have worked in their communities for many years to raise up other leaders to go and serve elsewhere	24) Pray for the spiritual growth of our staff, as we worship together in our native language this evening	25) Thank the Lord for the medicine provided from teams this year to stock our local clinic in Santiago
26) Pray for our church planter, Romano and his soccer ministry in the community of Canca La Reyna	27) Pray for Brook Brotzman, our president, as he travels to spread the mission and vision of GO Ministries	28) Pray for the staff as they prepare to head back for a time of support raising and celebrating the holidays with family and friends	29) Continue to pray that God would provide workers on the field in His perfect timing	30) Pray for the ministry of Cristo Urbano to continue to outreach to the teens in the Dominican Republic	31) Praise God for the technology which allows professors in the United States to teach Dominican and Haitian students in our seminary

Sharing the Gospel !!

Most of us in the church have been trained well beyond our obedience so when it comes to telling others about Jesus, what are we so afraid of? When I share the Message, most likely all I'm doing is watering a seed someone else planted and God does the saving. (1 Corinthians 3:7) I cannot look at a witnessing opportunity and consider myself the person who is going to make or break the moment. All I can do is share the Word and God does the rest. But sometimes I fear I will say or do something that won't be good enough or strong enough or convincing enough. I believe I'm going to do something wrong or prompt too many difficult questions. I think I'm not ready. Sometimes, I hold back and don't share. To fear sharing my faith isn't from God because God is love and love casts out fear. I would really appreciate your prayers in this area because sharing my faith is hard enough for me as it is and now I am trying to do it in a different language. 

Love Them Like Jesus !!

We're the main way that Jesus is going to love others. We're His chosen vessels. He chooses to love them through us. We are their picture of Jesus and how we respond is how they're going to see God. This reminds me of a lot of the children that we get to work with, many times we may be the only love that they get to see, so we need to smile, show them how special they are in God's eyes and love them like Jesus!

September 2014 Prayer Calendar !!

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1) Thank God for all of the doors that He is opening with Cristo Urbano	2) Pray for the staff kids, who have gone back to school that they will adjust to the new school year	3) Continue to pray for Eddy, one of our basketball coaches, who had surgery last week to repair his intestines	4) Praise God for all of our local leaders, who helped out with teams this summer sharing the vision of partnership	5) Praise the Lord for the basketball teams last month and the way they shared the Gospel through sports	6) Pray for the youth group game night tonight that it will be a fun night of fellowship
7) Pray for Gregorio Gracesqui, as he preaches the Word of God today to his congregation in Pallo Alto	8) Thank God for His provision of all of the media interns, who captured the work that He did this summer	9) Pray for our seminary students, as the third year has just begun and for all of the professors, both American and Dominican	10) Praise the Lord for our new medical director, Dr. Arturo, please pray for him and his wife as they continue raising support	11) Pray for all of the individuals interested in an internship next summer that God would guide them in their decisions	12) Pray for the Northpoint team as they minister to the children at Brisas today	13) Thank God for our two baseball fields at the Leadership Development Complex, for our baseball academy to use
14) Pray for our church in Padre de las Casas, as they meet today to worship our Creator	15) Pray for the individuals, who are seeking to join staff full-time, that God will provide for all of their needs	16) Pray for Jackie, Kathy, Audrey and Lenae as we begin planning for the next year	17) Pray for the group of women traveling today to help prepare things for the women’s conference this upcoming weekend	18) Pray for our staff as they make their plans to travel back to the states this fall to visit supporters	19) Pray that the women of the island are encouraged and come to know Christ more at the women’s conference this weekend	20) Pray that the government will give approval to clear the trees of our Leadership Development Complex
21) Pray for strength for Felix Medina, as he continues to minister at his new church in the community of La Hoya Del Cambranan	22) Pray for all of the potential teams who have yet to schedule their dates for next year	23) Pray for our staff as we spend some time connecting with each other and with God this week at our staff retreat	24) Thank the Lord for our 11 nutritional centers and the generous people who support them so that the children get one hot meal a day	25)  Pray for the construction crew, as they work on the foundation of the extension to the Central Church	26) Pray for our sports coaches as they are out in the hot sun all day and are looked up to as a father figure by a lot of the players	27) Pray for the youth in our sports’ discipleship and English classes, that they will continue to grow in their walk with the Lord
28) Pray for the church in Batey 9 and for William Decena, as they meet in their new church that was just completed this year	29) Pray for protection on the marriages of all of our staff and local leaders, that they would keep Christ at the center	30) Pray for the community of Los Guandules and for Rafolito, as they start a sewing ministry for the women