Prayer Mail

Dear Partners in Prayer,

Peace be with you.

Thanksgivings:

1) For the students who graduated on Saturday. It was a great service. The whole day was wonderful. The graduation retreat was very good, as well.

2) For the great services that we had yesterday at the Anglican Cathedral in Lima.

3) For all the visitors here this past week, attending graduation, including Denise Cox from SAMS.

4) For the opportunities to transform people's lives by what we do, and to be able to make a difference.

5) For our one year anniversary in Lima, on April 20th. The year went by so fast. It does not seem possible.

Prayers:

1) For the placement of graduates throughout the Diocese of Peru, and for the ordinations coming up on May 1.

2) For our periodic self-review of how we are doing, to help keep our focus fresh on what God is blessing and get behind it, amid the constantly changing circumstances on the ground, here. Simply put, this task means of the things we have been doing over the past few months: "Prune what is draining life, water where there is life, and plant seeds in other areas for the growth of God´s Kingdom."

3) That we would help transform many lives by what we do, especially in the classes we teach, and the healing and prayer ministries.

4) For the development of a diocesan lay studies curriculum.

5) For the people, relationships, ministries, finances, resources, and priorities associated with the Diocese of Peru, Saints Augustine seminary, and the Missionaries in Peru (including us). This is an on-going prayer, and it is a crucial one.

6) For the Albany short term mission trip plans in late July. Pray for the on-going preparations in the Diocese of Peru and the Diocese of Albany.

7) For our landlady, her husband, and the others in our apartment building.

8) For our plans at the Albany Diocesan Convention.

9) For the people trying to travel across Europe at this time, who are prevented because of ash from the volcano in Iceland. There are some people in Peru trying to return to England.

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