Prayer Mail

Dear Partners in Prayer,
Peace be with you.
This is our weekly public prayer mail for 1 March 2011.

Thanksgivings:

1) For the retreats that Lydia has been on, the last two weekends, which:
a) were great for Lydia, and
b) gave Julie and myself time together.

2) Julie got a great haircut.

3) We had a major breakthrough in consolidating bits and pieces of computer links for our seminary course. This made searching for the Internet resources a lot easier for the students.

4) Service at La Ascension went very well on Sunday. Used my new liturgy book. A good move.

5) Thank you to everyone who has been in touch with us this week. We enjoyed hearing from you, and I liked the Chapman sightings.

Prayers:

1) For our visa and residency card situation upgrade. We went to Migraciones, and we had two surprises this week, brought on by what could have been a simple pressing of both the "e" and the "r" keys at the same time on a keyboard at Interpol. But for us, it means we need to check back in 2 and half weeks to see what the next step is.

Number of days left on our tourist visas: about 127.

2) For upcoming meetings and appointments.

3) I ended up with an infection in my eye, something like conjunctivitis, on Monday, and after getting some stuff to combat it, am in great shape. Only one more day of eye drops! Had my eyes checked as well, and they are in great shape. But I don´t think it was conjunctivitis, because it behaved initially more like grains of sand in my eye from cement dust next door, and I don´t know anyone who has conjunctivitis at the moment. The treatment is the same as for conjunctivitis though, and the Lord really used the circumstances. Julie and Lydia get heroines of the week award for helping me with eye drops.

5) For Julie´s CEMO interviews. After several people in the ordination process met with Bp. Godfrey this week, their next step is to go back to Julie for their next step. And so she is not only moving forward with new people in the process, but unexpectedly, she is helping a group again currently in the process at the same time.

6) We are moving forward with arrangements for Lydia´s going to college trip in July/August. Please keep this in prayer, particularly for Lydia´s pre-license 5 hour classroom segment.

7) We are in the process of hopefully sending out our monthly newsletter, instead of Mudge Updates to parishes, beginning in March, perhaps a video format as well.

8) For the relationships and spiritual protection of missionaries and other diocesan team members in Peru, and for our ministries, finances, resources, and priorities.

9) That we would be able to keep on top of all the things that God would like us to do.

Thank you for praying for us. Your praying makes a difference for us, and I pray for you every day.
God bless you.
In Christ,
Shaw, and on behalf of Julie and Lydia