Staff Prayer Items（January / 2013） Henry and Ling Lu (General Director, Headquarter Office; Milton Keynes UK) Thanksgiving 1. Praise the Lord for good teamwork and mutual encouragement from our staff, volunteer workers and STM members during the two back-‐ to-‐back Year End Mandarin camps. We thank the Lord especially for the group of young leaders in charge of the children’s program at the Christmas Family camp. Kids young and old all had a great Ime at the camp. Prayer requests 2. Please pray for Henry’s preaching and overseas travel this month: 6/1 South-‐end-‐on-‐sea CCC; 11-‐12/1Guildford CCC Vision sharing; 13/1 MK CCC; 24-‐31/1 to Davis, California to speak at Davis CCC’s mission conference as well as visiIng supporters in the area. 3. Ling is thankful for everything she has learned as the editor of Living Water Magazine over the past year. God is faithful and always sends people to help her in Ime of need. Pray that we will conInue to trust the Lord to provide and sustain our literature ministry. 4. Our daughter Annabel will have two AS exams on the 9th and 10th of January. Please pray for her to have good health, discipline and persistence to face the exam pressure. She is also looking for opportuniIes to gain good work experience and get to find out more about her future direcIon. Please conInue to pray that God will show her the way to go and we will know how to encourage and support her.
Rebecca Mao (Director of Member Care; Milton Keynes UK) Thanksgiving 1. For God's provision in all areas. 2. For God's enable in all ministry. 3. For good fellowship with co-‐workers and friends. Prayer Request 4. For the planning of ministry in Finland. 5. For preaching and ministries at local churches. 6. For the planning of ministries in the centre.
Gordon and Maggie Lam (Student Ministry; Milton Keynes UK) Thanksgiving 1. Have good Ime with family and friends in Hong Kong. 2. Christmas events and BapIsm courses were completed, some non-‐believers accepted Christ as their Saviours and 2 people were bapIsed. 5 people have completed discipleship-‐training courses. Prayer Request 3. 9-‐14 /1 Gordon serving in Southern France – lead bible study and preach on Sunday service 4. 18-‐20/1 We will lead two workshops in Lancaster University Fellowship (Worship & ChrisIans BGR) 5. 24-‐27/1 Serving in Northern England – lead bible study and preach on Sunday service. 6. May God lead us in planning the theme, program format and content of 2013 Gospel Team events. 7. Pray for our health and our family members’ health, and that they can come to know Christ.
Connie Yu (Student Ministry; Milton Keynes UK) Thanksgiving 1. Give thanks for good Ime with students in Leicester -‐ geing to know more of them and give thanks for developing a good rapport with students. Prayer Request 2. Please pray for me to have a quiet and akenIve heart towards God, to be sensiIve towards His heart, know the needs of the people and know how to help them. 3. Please pray for the following up work with students from year-‐end camp, may they have willing hearts to know more about God. 4. Please conInue to pray for my parents in China, that they would have a hunger for God.
Josh Shek (Second GeneraHon Ministry; Milton Keynes & Bristol UK) Thanksgiving 1. All 3 Children's programmes for this year's Family Camp went very well. I thank God for the many leaders and assistants who all sacrificially contributed to bless the children over the conference. 2. During the conference I led the Teen's group of the Children's programme. It was a great to meet and talk to the 15 teens that joined the camp. The result of the programme and the new friendships the group has now formed is more than I had hoped for. Praise God. 3. All technical projects to upgrade the Mission Centre's faciliIes were completed on Ime and successfully. Thank God for his provision and for the opportunity to minster even in the small things. Prayer Request 4. Please pray for the follow up work with the Teen's group from the Christmas Family Camp. Many of the teens present do not have youth groups or accessible pastoral care but the camp has provided a planorm for more pastoral relaIonships to form. Please pray for wisdom to know how to engage this properly. 5. In January I will return to Bristol to conInue supporIng the Youth Group there. The workload will be growing as one of the leaders is moving back to his home country. Please pray for strength to manage the work and guidance to know how best to serve the youths there.