Prayer: Willingness

Pray with us tonight. Pray that God will give us the willingness to touch the untouchable and suffer with those that are suffering. Like Jesus was moved with compassion for the leper, pray that we will be moved by the marginalized and outcast in Uganda and in whatever context we find ourselves . We have been given this opportunity, so pray we do not neglect in doing good and doing God's will.

2 months exactly until Africa. We are so grateful for your faithfulness in prayer. Please continue to lift us and this trip up, not only on Wednesday nights but daily. Thank you, thank you. And we pray God blesses you in return.

Prayer: Family

Join us Wednesday night at 9pm in the Prayer Chapel to prayer for Africa and our families!

We will focus on the impact of our trip on our parents, siblings, and those closest to us:

-spiritually

-financially

-emotionally

-physically

-and more...

In so many ways our parents and families are preparing for this trip just as much as we are and tonight our goal will be to shower them with prayers of strength, wisdom, blessings and thankfulness!

¹⁴For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, ¹⁵from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, ¹⁶that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being" -Ephesians 3:14-16

Prayer: Growth

Please join us in praying for spiritual growth. We pray the next two and half months will be a sweet time seeking the Lord in prayer, worship, thankfulness, and are committed to reading His word. Pray that we establish God as our firm foundation and become so deeply rooted in Jesus Christ, so that we may be a glimpse of Him to those we meet.

Prayer: Reliance

Pray that we will put full reliance in God. That we will have an unwavering faith that the Lord will provide as much and as little as He desires.

"But the Lord watches over those who fear him, those who rely on His unfailing love." -Psalm 33:18

Prayer: Praise and Thankfulness

We are humbly grateful for the opportunity we have been given to go to Africa. We pray we do it all in the name of the Lord. We praise Him in the midst of fundraising when it seems overwhelming, we praise Him for His presence among our team, and we praise Jesus for using us to be His hands and feet. We are so thankful and want to return all glory and praise back to Jesus.

Prayer: S.O.I. Men

For our trip we are partnering with Sport Outreach Institute, a ministry using sports as the vehicle to fulfill Christ's command to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations. They currently have trained and committed leaders living in Uganda who will accompany us while we are there. Please pray for the protection, guidance, strength, and boldness for them now, while we are there, and after we leave. These are faithful men serving the Lord. Let's ask a blessing upon them.

Prayer

"The cultural captivity of the church has meant that the church is more likely to reflect the individualism of Western Philosophy than the value of community found in Scripture." -Soong-Chan Rah.

Tonight we will first and foremost, thank God, for the gracious action he has already taken in and through these prayer meetings. Then we will dive into the importance of ministering to Africa (and America, our team, our family, our friendships, etc) as a community that needs to be restored to God.

This will lead us into our next topic which will be pride. We will be praying that our pride can be fostered into desire and motivation, which God will use. How? Through humility and service. That again, must require us to look past the individual and into the community of believers/nonbelievers.

Tie-Dye T-Shirts

Another great idea coming out of the $10 microfinance fundraiser: TIE-DYE T-SHIRTS! These shirts have been carefully and creatively hand dyed by Nicole Yankey and Talia Sheets. Each shirt is unique and made with love. They are $8 and 100% directly supports Westmont Africa 2010. Place your orders at

muckandmuck@

yahoo.com.

Prayer: Those we come into contact with

Please pray for those men, women, children, refugees, prisoners, and many others with whom we will come into contact with during our time in Uganda. Pray God will begin working in us by softening our hearts for the broken.

"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God to comfort all who mourn." -Isaiah 61:1

Prayer: New Semester

Please pray for this new semester that is upon us. As we strive to be academically successful, pray that we will be diligent with our time. That over the course of these next 5 months, we will remain fervent in prayer, faithful to God's word, active in financial ventures, and steadfast women of God. We lay this semester and our trip at the foot of the cross, confident it is in the Lord's hands.