The James Family

The James Family

Event
04/14/20

James Family May 2020 Prayer Requests

• Pray for the ESI-DisciplesMakingDisciples groups that started meeting by ZOOM in Cordoba and Buenos Aires, Argentina (4 groups) and in Guatemala (3 groups). Pray that the Lord will transform lives as these pastors and church leaders study Romans- to become gospel-centered in their thinking, passionate about Jesus in their living, and committed that no one should live or die without having the opportunity to hear the good news of Jesus.

• In mid-March the Bolivian government issued a shelter-in-place order to avoid the spread of COVID-19. We are allowed to leave our apartment on only Monday mornings, and only to purchase food. Forced to not meet as a church, we meet online. In addition, we were forced to delay the launch of the ESI Facilitator training in Spanish in Virginia; and in Portuguese in Mozambique.

• Pray for the 200 ESI groups in 14 countries (Paraguay, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, Sweden, Spain and Guatemala). Please pray for the 2100 ESI participants- despite quarantine restrictions in many countries, that God will use their study of Romans to develop a commitment to honor Christ by being true to the Scriptures- thinking, living and serving Biblically. Pray that pastors and church leaders will grow in their commitment to be Biblical friends- to stop walking alone and start walking together with other believers to experience gospel unity under the banner of the gospel, in order to disciple believers and reach the least reached with the gospel of Christ.

• Debbie and I continue our ministry from the confines of our home. Amidst the fear of sickness and death of many in La Paz, pray that the Lord will use His church to be the Salt and Light of Jesus in a world that desperately needs Jesus! There is a great openness to talking about the Lord- please pray as we share Christ with people in La Paz, that many will come to faith. And as we disciple believers, that the Lord will continue helping many center their thinking and lives in the gospel.

• Pray that God will continue to develop in Pastor Pepe Rocha a deep passion for Christ in his pastoral ministry in the ILC Church in La Paz, Bolivia.

• Pray for Debbie as she builds up the ILC women’s ministry in La Paz that many will come to faith in Christ this month and that God will grow up mature disciples who make disciples.

• Pray for our daughter Katie who is nursing COVID-19 patients in Cleveland.