• The Barbieris
• The Cases

• The Greens
• The Harrises
• The Hutchissons
• The Joneleits
• The Lopers
• The Milbys
• Jean Nolan
• The Paschalls
• The Paytons
• The Riders
• The Wallaces
• The Wilners
• The Youngs

Thanks so very much for praying for us.  We are grateful, for we know how difficult prayer can be.  When did our Lord do His hardest work?  It was when He prayed in Gethsemane that He sweated drops of blood.  Prayer can be very tough, hard business at times.  That is why our Lord encourages us through Paul’s words in Colossians 4:2: “Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving.”  So let’s do that.
 
Here is the next set of prayer requests for us during MARCH 2010:
 

1. As we think back, it was a year ago that Ruth had a rough time with her chemo treatments.  How we praise the Lord for meeting her during those trials and completely restoring her health.  PTL, Ruth carries on a regular routine now home schooling our boys, taking care of our home, and being an AWANA leader at church.  Ruth and Ralph shared about GRN to 80 AWANA kids last evening.  Pray that they will continue to think about what they heard and that some of them will grow up to be missionaries.


2. Please pray for the follow-up of the many who accepted the Lord at the large annual outreach of GRN to thousands of migrant workers in Culiacan, Mexico during February.  Pray that each one will be grounded in the basics of the faith.


3. We thank the Lord for the smooth transition that Ralph and the GRN accounting team have had during the changeover from our 20+ year-old software to QuickBooks.  It is proving to be a huge improvement for us.  Continue to pray as our team learns the routine steps to properly handle the daily transactions.

Praises
Our English outreach classes started up on the
8th. Thank you for your prayers. things are going smoothly!
so far, we have been spared some bad bugs that have gone around.

The day of the Mochi Pounding Party, it rained. Never the less, we had a good turn out. Two of my kindergarten kids came with their families, so I was glad that we had the opportunity to give the gospel message to those who don't usually hear. Because of an unexpected happening, Jim and I ended up bringing 11 elementary kids from our neighborhood back home with us on the train. What fun! (On the way, there had been four adults for 12 kids. )

Prayer Requests
Please pray for the church's Resurrection Sunday celebrations. Every year, we need permission from the city to use a near-by park, and to parade down the main street to the train station. We can't take this permission for granted. As Kasukabe gets bigger, things get more difficult. Our pastors have invested a lot of time and effort into building relationships with key people in the city government. Please pray that they would continue to find favor in the community and be granted the necessary permission for a public celebration that honors the Lord.

Pray for the salvation of our students. Sometimes they seems so close, then other times they don't seem to be getting it at all. Pray for faithfulness and effective witness on our part.

Please continue to pray for Rich and Bonnie Dennes who are preparing to go back to the States. Pray that they will be able to finish strongly, that the Lord will allow them to see fruit from their labors here, and that the preparations to leave will go smoothly. There have been some big answers to your prayers in that department, too.

We are in need of teachers to replace Rich and Bonnie. Please pray that the Lord will send the people of His choice in His time to continue building this ministry. And pray for wisdom for Pastor Yamada who is the administrator of this ministry as He seeks the Lord's will for the new school year approaching (school years begin in April here.).