Prayer Mail

Dear Partners in Prayer,

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

Happy 4th of July weekend, next weekend, and especially to my brother on his birthday!

Thanksgivings:

1) For the amount of work accomplished in the past week. Seminary classwork development is coming along on the classes we are planning to teach.

2) For the sermon I preached at the Cathedral on Sunday. It received a very good reception. Food for thought. May God use it to his glory.

3) For short-term mission trip plans coming along (with the people from the Diocese of Albany, and this week, now plans for the Diocese of Worcester trip in the second week in August). Julie, especially, put in a lot of work on the Diocese of Albany trip this week.

4) For the steps being taken for the next phases of Lydia´s education. She is planning to attend two courses at a nearby Christian school that would meet her needs and schedule, as part of preparation for classroom settings when she goes to college.

5) For the opportunities before us to transform lives by what we do.

6) For our friends and family and other supporters. We appreciate you all.

Prayers:

1) For the parishes in which we work, that they would grow in the power of the Holy Spirit to the glory of God.

2) 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).

3) For the Albany/Peru short term mission trip plans for July 19 to 30.

4) Continued prayers for our ministry at the Cathedral in Lima to July 15, for course preparations (effectively planning four courses: New Testament 1 and 2, and Church History 1 and 2), for Commission on Ministry plans, and for Lydia's educational plans.

5) For matters that need repairing or routine maintenance at our apartment, and a way forward on getting all that taken care of.

6) We could always use more books for our classes (we have a list of books that we would like to assign for reading, but we do not have sufficient copies). We are thinking about writing our own books, and so your prayers would be appreciated as to the way forward for that.

7) The seminary is in the midst of plans to serve multiple sites around Peru, and we are evaluating next steps. Our question: what is the best way forward, considering the resources and internet infrastructure here? And how to do we do that?

8) For the Diocese of Worcester (England) trip coming down in August, and the seminary´s part in that (meaning Julie and my part).

9) For the CEMO Commission on Ministry plans. Julie needs to pull together a string of interviews, but the divergent availability of the commissioners is a bit of a challenge at the moment.

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
Missionaries of the Diocese of Albany, serving in Lima, Peru.