CHURCH partners

Colombia continues to deal with constantly changing restrictions depending on the number of COVID cases in the country, but the church is healthy and doing well. They're currently doing two services on Sundays, with 40 people coming to the first service and about 30 coming to the second. Things are going well overall, but the daily grind of ministry and helping brothers and sisters in the congregation with their needs weighs upon Pastor Edison.

Please pray for Calvary's upcoming leadership retreat on March 25-26. Several church leaders and their families will be taking some time away so that they can pray together, enjoy a time of fellowship together, and get some well-deserved rest. Please pray that this time would be refreshing and energizing for them, so that they can continue giving themselves fully to the work of the Lord in Santa Marta without growing weary.

1. I ask you all to pray for my family's health. My son Evans has had a fever for 4 days, and my wife Meredith and I have flu-like symptoms.
2. I ask for prayer for spiritual wisdom to shepherd the church together with the other elders.
3. I ask for prayer for financial provision for the families of the church.

Blessings.

Things to pray for:

To find a new place where we can gather, also for one of the pastors whom is praying about coming aboard in fulltime ministry. Also for finances to support the work we are doing here.

Ministry Story:

Due to the generosity of our church partners, even as 2020 was by far the most difficult year financially speaking, our local church felt compelled to support another small church serving in a poor area of the city. So as pastors, we just were able to witness the beautiful picture shown in the New Testament, giving to others, not according to what we lack but to what we have!

Please pray for spiritual growing up and for wisdom to navigate this season! we have seen a huge increase of online students at the seminary, before covid we had nearly 200 virtual students, now we have nearly 650!! and our desire of planting a church in a town called Saint Thomas, is intact.

Over here things are still hard but we believe are going better little by little. We have been able to gather again for the last 8 weeks, people are coming back to church full of hope in the everlasting life, also, new people have come to join us.

This month of April has brought some challenges, we are at a difficult point of the pandemic, there is a high occupancy of hospitals and clinics, relatives of our members who have passed away. And there is a strong sense of anguish and fear, we are again with many restrictions, for example we had curfew for the whole weekend.

We appreciate your prayers for our city and our church, and for those who have experienced the absence of their loved ones, may the Lord help us as pastors to accompany and comfort the brethren, and may we soon be able to return to face-to-face meetings again.

As a church it is difficult to keep up with the normal rhythm of our activities in the face of changing restrictions. Help us to pray then for healing, for protection and that we can soon overcome this point of the pandemic.

After a difficult year, the church is doing well. One of the most challenging decisions we made after a hard year was for the church to support one of the pastors full time. So my fellow pastor, Andres, starting this month will be providing to his family only through the church. He quit his job as a teacher as it was time-consuming and we weren't able to care for the church properly, so our prayer is for us as a church to be able to cover his salary. Please join us in praying for that, and may the Lord add more of his people to the church.

Here the work is progressing. Babies do well in the orphanage. The orphanage is a holistic ministry that we do to manifest the love of God and to draw souls to the Lord. We have 13 babies and 10 girls who are learning trades. We have built some buildings which are necessary for this ministry. Please pray with us and be with us in this ministry for the glory of our Lord.

The mission is moving forward with the construction of a church in the town of Banfora Korona neighborhood. Pray that we have a missionary for this church. Thank you for the partnership in the work. May God bless your work for the King of glory!

We have several prayer topics: Maintain the vision and mission that God has entrusted to the church. The numerical and spiritual growth of the Church.

Church projects: The construction of churches and the construction of a school in the courtyard of the church. Pray for our student at Bible school. Motorcycles for the servants of God.

Our student is a Turka (people group in Burkina Faso) from Bodadjougou named Adama Siri. He is in second year. I personally contributed for the first year but it remains the second year and the third year. He will be an instrument for reaching the Turka people.

Pray for the construction of the missionary center and the realization of the vision of formation of evangelists and missionaries. Pray for the orphanage. We have 12 babies. pray for their health, their future, their support. Pray for workers to work with love.

Pray that God bless all donors. Those who support the orphanage. Pray for the other buildings that remain to be built: administration, health center, nursery, guest house.

Finally pray for my family: Schalom our son because he can't walk. Praying for our health as a family, my wife and I. Pray for the future of my children Maximine and Kevin. Pray that God will continue to equip us spiritually for his work. Pray that we have a good pastor to work at the church in Banfora. Because we have a lot of work. Finally pray for the completion of our family home.