Fr. Shaw Mudge's Prayer Mail: July 7

Dear Prayer Partners,

Peace be with you.

This is our weekly public prayer message.

We are enjoying the winter weather here. It is a lot like early Fall in New York State.

I keep my Yahoo browser set on local Albany news, so I have been keeping up with a few events in North America.

Hope you are doing well and had a good 4th of July holiday weekend.

How are we doing? Your prayers make a world of difference. And I continue to pray for you, daily, as well.

Praise reports:
1) Every day gets better and better. Yes, we have ups and downs, but in the balance, I like Lima more and more each day.

2) Language learning is getting better. I sense improvement every day. We have about 3 weeks to go at Language School.

In addition, we have a linguist who helps us for an hour and half on Saturday mornings. She recently finished a teacher re-certification exam. I think 11,000 teachers had to take it, throughout Peru. She ended up with the 10th highest score in the test she took, in the country. She did not tell us; we found out from someone else. Very humble person. She attends the church of the Ascension where we generally attend Sunday morning services.


3) Ministry. This week Julie and I are leading the Life in the Spirit Seminar at the seminary while Bp. Godfrey is in Arequipa and at points south. I will again celebrate the Holy Eucharist in Spanish at the Seminary on Thursday evening. Please keep us in prayer, from about 6:30 pm to about 9:30 pm. The three of us seem to making a difference in the lives of the students.

Prayer requests:

1) Language learning, language speaking, language comprehension.

2) The Life in the Spirit Seminar.

3) Our finances and budget

4) Priorities.

5) Preparing for teaching in October.

6) Getting in and about in Lima. I understand there is a transportation strike scheduled from Wednesday to Friday, which would mean that the Life in the Spirit Seminar would need to be cancelled this week.

7) Family time together in Lima, and for our families in the United States.

8) Getting to know Lima. The culturalization and language learning processes are like an onion. We work at them, layer by layer.

9) That Jesus would touch the hearts and minds of the people we meet in language school and as we go about what we do in Lima.

10) Continuing on good terms with our landlady and the staff in our apartment building.

11) Making friends.

God bless you.

In Christ,

Shaw, and on behalf of Julie and Lydia.