Prayer Mail

Dear Partners in Prayer,

Peace be with you.

This is our weekly public prayer mail.

If all goes according to plan, the short-term mission trip to Lima will be arriving on Monday (19th of July) and departing on Saturday, July 31.

Thanksgivings:

1) For the amount of work accomplished in the past week, particularly for:
the Commission on Ministry meetings that Julie coordinated,
seminary coursework preparations, and
mission trip preparations (the Albany area trip and the trip from Worcester Diocese in England).

Julie really cranked out a lot of things, and continues to do so, in the midst of our daily living. Phenomenal effort. Proverbs 31 comes to mind.

2) For my family: Julie, Ruth, Hannah, and Lydia. I used the Facebook picture (taken by Jim Beavers of all five of us) as my computer workspace background this week. All of these ladies are an awesome group of God´s servants.

3) For the safe and timely arrival of Bp. Suffragan-elect Mike Chapman and his beloved Linda.

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

5) For what God is doing through us, here in Peru. It is really amazing at times.

6) For a good start with class registration, so far.

7) For you.

Prayers:

1) For our relationships, ministries, finances, resources, and priorities.

2) For the Albany/Peru short term mission trip, and that everything would go according to God´s plan, including safe and timely travel through Colombia.

There are people from diverse backgrounds on the trip, not just from the Diocese of Albany, and we pray that everyone involved (including those of us on the ground) would take with them from the impact of the trip: seeds of the Kingdom of God for the future.

Please pray for the team participants:
Fr. Gus Calvo (team leader)
Geoff Miller (Assistant)
Bp. Bill Love
Karen Love
Catie Love
Carol Lukas
Meredith Lukas
Michael Greene
Brandon Turner
Amelia Brown
Debbie Gerlach
Barbara Jenke
Raul Calvo
Olivia Calvo
Zach Miller
Nate Miller
Chris Klapper
Joshua Klapper
Ground support in Lima:
Susan Park
Fr. Shaw Mudge
Mtr. Julie Mudge
Lydia Mudge
The Convent of the Sisters of Dorothy in Miraflores (where the team will be staying)
Lima diocesan administration and parishes
The bus and other transportation that we use

For the plans for the visits and work at the following locations this week, including:
a) Epifania,
b) Sagrada Familia,
c) Diocesan Center/Ascención/el seminario de los Santos Agustín (same building)

and plans for next week:
d) Ascención (special healing service),
e) Jesus el Salvador (area youth gathering),
f) Shalom,
g) San Patricio,
h) Pachacamác (cultural background visit),
i) Los Mudges

There are other things that may take place as well, perhaps some meetings with notable personalities in the life of the Church and the Diocese, the national holidays, and resting.

As there is a tendency for plans to change on mission trips, please pray that our Lord´s plans be the ultimate ones that take precedence, and that the Holy Spirit would touch the lives of all of us as well as the people we visit.

As would be desirable in all missionary ventures anywhere in the world, we pray that all missionaries would be noted for: fruitfulness, a continued sense of humor, flexibility, and a sufficient amount of organization in all that transpires.

3) For seminary class registrations.

4) For the Diocese of Worcester short-term-mission-trip visitors from England to the seminary, on August 16 and 19, led by Archdeacon Fred Trethewey.

5) For course preparation work, and the classes and mentor groups which begin the week of August 1.

6) For Julie´s CEMO (ordination process) meetings in Arequipa, planned between the end of the short-term mission trip and the beginning of classes.

7) For Lydia´s college application process.


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