Prayer Mail

Dear Partners in Prayer,
Peace be with you.
This is our weekly public prayer mail for 27 March 2011. I can not believe it is almost April. The weather continues to change.

Thanksgivings:

1) Julie and I received our residency visas this week. That was as exciting as it was a surprise. Wow.

2) Lydia and I worked our way through some computer programs, together, this week. That was fun.

Prayers:

1) For my teaching an Anglicanism class on the Lectio Divina, Monday 28 March (covering for another faculty member).

2) For students as they prepare to decide what courses they will take next cycle. We are getting to the point where they starting thinking about signing up. The current cycle ends the week of April 10, and the next cycle begins after Easter Week.

3) For our course preparation for the next cycle. We will be teaching two courses: a course on Acts, and the second part of studying and interpreting the Bible.

4) For the annual diocesan synod on April 2, beginning at 2 pm, New York time. For the people being considered for the various positions, and the topics that will be presented and discussed (and perhaps voted on).

5) For Lydia´s preparing-for-college trip in July/August.

6) For which churches and groups to visit in the Diocese of Albany, during July and August, to talk about our work in Peru. If you would like us to visit, please let us know.

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

6) 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