Prayer Mail

Dear Partners in Prayer,

Peace be with you.

This is our weekly public prayer mail.

At the end of this prayer mail, I have some answers to Frequently Asked Questions, that have been asked of us in the past week. It is optional reading. (Actually you will find it in a separate posting. (JMG))

Thanksgivings:

1) For Hannah´s ordination at All Saints Cathedral on Saturday and for our reception later on Saturday afternoon at Christ the King Spiritual Life Center. Thank you to everyone who attended or helped with either of the occasions.

2) Thank you for everyone who has expressed an interest to us about what we are doing in Peru. I am impressed by the great number of people who read our newsletters and/or weekly prayer mails, and for the people who help us get the word out.

3) Thank you that we have had safe and timely travel during our stay in the US, and that Lydia has logged nearly 10 hours with her driving permit, so far. Lydia is getting better and better at driving, every day.

4) For the good time we have had in the US on our vacation. It is always a struggle to balance vacation and work in a venture like this, and we have had a reasonable success rate. Overall, the break has given us an opportunity to prayerfully keep the main thing, the main thing.

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

6) For the praise reports of healings in the US since we have been back. We are honored to have had a part in this ministry.

Prayers:

1) For safe and timely travel this week, for the preparations for Diocesan Convention this coming weekend, for our team meeting on the 14th, and for our return to Peru on the 15th.

2) For Lydia as she ponders her future, where she would like to go to college, driving, etc.

3) For guidance for all of our families, friends, and colleagues, in all the decisions before them.

4) For fruitfulness and discernment, 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).

5) For the Albany short term mission trip plans July 19 to 30. There are some deadlines and administrative matters looming when we get back.

6)For our ministry at the Cathedral in Lima when we return, from June 16 to July 15; and for course preparation, and program development during the next few months.

Thank you for praying for us. Your praying really makes a difference, and I pray for you every day.

God bless you.
In Christ,
Shaw, and on behalf of Julie and Lydia
Serving in Lima, Peru, but for the next week or so in the Diocese of Albany