Giving Thanks…..from Carol Spears in Kenya

So Thankful!

As I celebrated Thanksgiving this year, I thanked God for His many blessings—you are a huge part of those blessings! Thank you for enabling this ministry. I am grateful to be in Kenya at Tenwek Hospital serving alongside other missionaries who have become my ex­tended family! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving feast in the atrium of the new surgery building followed by a praise service and then a movie on the big screen of the auditorium! As you have the colors of fall, we have beautiful lavendars, pinks, and oranges to remind us that the year is ending. The lavender “snow” from the Jacaranda tree is beautiful!

December Update – Potters Field Ranch

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14

“And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. ” Luke 1:31

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 7:14

What a joy it is to celebrate Christmas! Every year, we have not only a special day, but a special season in which the incarnation of Christ is focused on and celebrated. Gifts are exchanged in remembrance of God’s gift to us, His Son Jesus.

Cambridge Chronicles – The Rozeks Serving the LORD in the UK

One Soul At A Time…

It is important for you to know that every prayer you pray is always heard and answered in heaven based on what will bring God the most glory and His people the most good. There is a connection between prayer and faith because prayer is a reflection that you live by faith. We walk by faith and not by sight, but our walk requires us to see His light. After 10 months of being here in England, God has deepened our faith and enriched our lives in ways that may never have happened had we not come here.

Prayer Letter from Beit Al-Liqa’

Dear friends,

Yet another month is over! These past few weeks have been filled with various big and small jobs at the office, throughout our centre and grounds. Presently, most of our time is being taken up by preparing for our upcoming Christmas festivities. But despite all the work, we are very much looking forward to one of the best times of the year. Thank you for all your prayers for us during this busy time.

Franklin Graham at Calvary Chapel Kendall – December 12

Calvary Kendall is excited to announce that Franklin Graham will be with us at Calvary Chapel Kendall on Wednesday night! Franklin just finished holding his largest evangelistic meetings in Hong Kong, China. There were more than 400,000 people in attendance and over 30,000 made commitments to follow Christ! We are looking forward to a wonderful time with Franklin. He is an amazing preacher and a gifted evangelist. This is a great opportunity to invite family, friends, and co-workers who don’t know the Lord. Also, Dennis Agajanian will be joining us to perform a special Christmas Concert.

Please be in prayer for this extraordinary night. May God do abundantly more than we could ask or imagine as we wait on Him and trust in Him. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Urgent Prayer Request from Far Reaching Ministries

We have just received word from one of our missionaries that an Ebola outbreak has been confirmed just outside their city in Bundibugyo. Following is the email that we have just received in our office today:

Doug and I after much prayer write to you about the situation we are faced with here. Over the mountains from us, in a town called Bundibugyo, an Ebola outbreak has been confirmed- as of Friday, November 30th. The town is not many miles from our home town of Fort Portal. But the road condition is bad, and takes 3+ hours to drive one way. However the only road leading in or out of this town goes through Fort Portal.

The World Health Organization, CDC (Center for disease control), Red Cross and various other organizations have already landed in the town and are helping to contain the situation. There are also several American missionary doctors that live there that are helping treat the victims of this virus.

As of yesterday, the count for the infected was at 93, and the count of deaths was at 22. At this point the percentage of the death rate is at 43%. This is a new strain, and has much milder symptoms then the previous 3 strains that hit Africa. The most common symptoms are head ache, diarrhea, fever and rash.

We do NOT write to you to in-sue panic or worry, we write that you may join together with us in taking this to the throne room of God. At this point, there are rumors that the Ebola virus has spread to Fort Portal, but there have been NO confirmed cases. All those that live in Fort Portal are at minor risk at this point in time. We are taking precautions and seeking God in this matter- we know He will lead us and guide us every step of the way and through every situation we are faced with.

A great source of information can also be read on Jennifer Myrhe’s blog- Jennifer and her husband Scott are two of the American missionary doctors that live and work in Bundibugyoand are still there treating patients. Jennifer has been updating this blog daily with very helpful, factual information on what is going on there at ground Zero.

Here is her link @: http://paradoxuganda.blogspot.com/