Weekly Prayer Mail

Dear Partners in Prayer,

Peace be with you.
This is our weekly public prayer mail.

As I look around us, I am struck more and more poignantly about the need to have people praying for us.

Thanksgivings:

1) Lydia had a great time at the retreat this past week, and came back renewed, and with a strong sense of her personal goals.

2) That the Sunday service went well at Jesús el Salvador on Sunday morning.

3) Praise God that the Holy Spirit touched the lives of people at the healing service at the Church of the Ascencion on Sunday evening.

4) We took a moment to familiarize ourselves with Peru a bit on Saturday, by going to Parque de las Leyendas, one of the large zoos in Lima, in another District in the city. I like zoos. This zoo gave me a feeling for other parts of the country, and also it gave me an appreciation for God's creation, that I might not have had otherwise.

5) That preparations are well underway for orientation week (begins February 15) and the next cycle of courses at the seminary (begins February 22).

6) That the ordination process (which Julie is coordinating) is moving along nicely.

Prayers:

1) For the relationships, ministries, finances, planning, and priorities associated with the Diocese of Peru, Saints Augustine seminary, and the Missionaries in Peru (including us).

2) For the seminary student review meetings on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings of this week in which the seminary Registrar (Julie) will be participating.

3) For the course and orientation preparations currently underway at the seminary, as well as for the preparations and plans for the graduation service in April, and the ramping up of the Commission on Ministry process that is underway.

4) For the Albany short term mission trip plans in late July, and the mission trip preparation discussions that are currently taking place.

5) For our landlady, her husband, and the others in our apartment building. Also, for the new system for paying the monthly maintenance fee. It is on its "shake-down" cruise.

6) For Julie at New Wineskins and the SAMS worldwide conference in April in North Carolina, and for Julie, Lydia, and I in Pennsylvania and New York State/Connecticut in May/June, including our Diocesan Convention.

7) For the students and faculty of the seminary. From time to time students and faculty seem to be under some kind of spiritual attack. Just one example: a student was recently hurt, but not killed, in a rather gruesome microbus accident in the past week or so. The driver and some others were killed. One of the things that prevented the student´s injuries from being more severe was the large Bible that he had by his side, that protected his intestines from injury. And this example represents just one of several significant matters which are playing out at the moment. Please keep all the students and faculty in your prayers.

8) For the people in the Bishop Suffragan process, for those who will be elected and those who will not be elected: that the Holy Spirit would guide them all to what he has called each to do, every step of the way, for the rest of their lives. They are marked as Christ´s own for ever.

I am reminded daily, that our legacy is what Jesus wants us to accomplish in the lives of the people around us. And I am reminded daily that praying for others helps accomplish this.

Thank you for praying for us. It makes a difference. I pray for you every day.

God bless you.

In Christ,
Shaw, and on behalf of Julie and Lydia
Lima, Peru