Praise & Prayer Requests
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International
AUSTRALIA
Ben & Laura Grisez, CC Sydney, Castle Hill – wisdom, strength, & endurance; unity & love to grow in the body of Christ. Praise God for His presence & provision.
Andrew & Niki Russell, CC Melbourne – direction in ministry decisions, wisdom, discernment, & provision; leaders & helpers in the ministry; for our family (Andrew, Niki, Joshua, & Christian).
AUSTRIA
Ivan & Michelle Ibbotson, CC Salzburg – our oldest daughter Nollie as she heads to Bible school; our other 3 daughters as they all are in a transition phase in their schooling; our upcoming conference & outreaches; us to remain steadfast in God’s calling.
Ken & Michi Meyer, Oasis Refugee Ministry & CC Vienna – my family of 5 to walk in the Holy Spirit; our monthly street evangelism outreaches to bear fruit.
BELGIUM
Bart & Anya De Craene – Anya’s knee surgery; our Russian church. Praise God that Anya & the kids had a safe trip to Russia, & Monika to Indonesia.
BRAZIL
Celso & Tatiana Nascimento, São Vicente – the teachers, staff, & students at CBI, as well as the scholarships ($1,000 USD) for each of our 6 Brazilian students to continue next semester.
CAMBODIA
Steven & Annie Sutton, Water of Life, Kampong Thom – wisdom for some important decisions to be made; favor with authorities. Praise God for great ministry with so many kids in the villages.
Holly Dziedzickie, ATP House of Refuge, Phnom Penh – protection for the children & provision, as we have very high-profile cases against rich, powerful pedophiles. Praise God the new children all love to thank & worship Jesus Christ!
CHILE
Edgardo & Ximena Torres, CC Temuco – God to continue to guide our lives & ministry; provision for & expansion of the meeting place; teachers’ & children’s ministries; salvation of lost families. Praise God for adding to the church every day those who are to be saved.
Nestor & Fabiola Evelyn Mancilla, CC Vástago, Puerto Montt – a new larger place for our growing church. Praise God for giving us the opportunity to serve Him.
COLOMBIA
Luis Carlos Taborda Ortiz, CC Cali – new church plants (Cartago, Ciudad del campo, Pereira-Risaralda, & Yumbo); new leaders.
Hernando Vargas, CC Jamundi – resources to purchase property for the church, as we had to leave the property where we used to meet & are now temporarily at a school in the city.
CYPRUS
Jonathan & Katie Doub, New Life Church, Girne – God to continue to raise up local men to lead; unity in the ministry team; wisdom & provision as we begin church refurbishment later this year.
ENGLAND
Michael & Theresa Howard, CC Harrogate-Leeds – people in our 3 subgroups to grow in their walks; opens doors to share Christ & wisdom. Praise God for a fruitful HopeNow summer outreach, people coming to Christ, & baptisms.
FRANCE
Bruno & Lydia Favre, CC Bourges – set up of the home & teenagers’ groups, church, & retreat for the guys & girls. Praise God for His faithfulness & provisions.
Pierre & Nancy Petrignani, CC France – the annual church weekend from 4-6 Oct. with Pastor Bob Pecoraro; annual pastors' retreat in Italy from 13-18 Oct. Praise God for the teaching at CC Nice (5 Sundays) & at a Christian hikers’ camp for adults.
Tonio & Lindsey Petrignani, CC Nice – admin, projects, & help for Tonio. Praise God for baptisms, weddings, and babies; Lindsey’s parents visited!
Mike & Becky Dente, CC Paris – provision, evangelism, revival, & unity. Praise God for new believers; ministry team growing right; the new building we are renting on Sundays.
GEORGIA
Lisa Collins, CCBCE Tbilisi – our upcoming semester to bring lasting fruit & spiritual growth in our students, staff, & all those we ministry to; God’s provision; continued health; Jesus to be glorified!
Vlad & Sveta Oplev, CC Tbilisi North & CBI, Tbilisi – overflowing of the Holy Spirit, maturity, love, & unity for the growing ministry team.
GREECE
Sean & Jacky Coleman, Calvary Crete – us to be fully surrendered; increased prayer life & witnessing; unity; revival & awakening; guidance & provision for church building & residency renewal; family’s salvation & walk. Praise God for a fruitful ministry.
GUATEMALA
Luis Sánchez, CC Antigua – more students for our Bible Institute, CBI Guatemala; new home Bible studies to develop into new church plants; Alejandro Perez, as he starts a Bible study in Mexico City. Praise God for a good recovery from my open-heart surgery in May & courage to keep serving Jesus.
HONDURAS
Chris & Maria Rivera, Calvary Peña Blanca – great grace in opening a new school.
HUNGARY
Ildi Bacsko, CC Budapest – life-changing women’s outdoor outreach (Arise) from 27-29 Sept.; blessed & fruitful new women’s ministry season starting in the fall with rich fellowship, unity, & anointing for the ministry team. Praise God for blessed summer camps & a refreshing summer.
Lindsey Cuen, CC Eger – all the kids touched by the Lord in the camp to grow in Him & us to be able to connect with them.
IRELAND
Rick & Cindy Johnston, Calvary Braid Valley, Ballymena – the Lord to bless the restart of Bible teaching ministries after the summer break. Praise God for growth of the new believers.
Shawn & Deanna Tebbe, Calvary Sligo – fellow-servants in leadership, youth, & worship; the ministries of Heaven’s Sound Street Worship, Door-to-Door, & Young People; the Spirit’s reign! Praise God for His presence!
Tyrone & Anna Power, Coastline Church Tramore, Waterford – our weekly Bible study; the Lord to lead us in our search for a building to meet in on Sundays.
JAPAN
Tommy & Joanna Ruiz, CBI/CC Ginowan, Okinawa – our transition to CBI & the first semester; the missions conf. in Oct.
Chizuo & Mari Sakurai, Jesus Community Kokubunji, Tokyo – healthy sheep to beget healthy sheep. Praise God for blessing so many single moms & kids through our free food ministry all over Japan.
Kiyomasa & Taeko Akashi, CC Logos, Tokyo – weekly outreach through Bible Café (conversational style of evangelism); an upcoming joint retreat with CC West Tokyo (Oct. 12-14); CC Japan leaders’ retreat in early Nov.
KENYA
Randy & Kari Saul, Abide in Truth, Kisii – opportunities to equip/encourage; the new CC Academy Staff to have wisdom, clear direction, & abundant love for the children; the elderly, farming, & school outreaches.
Denis & Kasi Wafula, CC Kebabe, Kisii – open hearts & growth in desire for Jesus in CCK & in our community; growth & discipleship of the ministry leadership. Praise God for community outreaches bearing fruit!
Joses Nyandieka, U-Turn for Christ, West Kenya – someone to join us in ministry with a focus on U-Turn; continued/increased surrender & discipleship; freedom/growth in the men; revelation in Jesus.
Ramsey & Vicky Vule, Charis Ministries Intl., Nairobi – 3,500 blankets for the elderly & widows in South Sudan; favor & wisdom for Ramsey meeting with church leaders to organize a food distribution; Vicky's Sunday school class to draw closer to Jesus; our children to walk boldly with Jesus.
KOREA
Mike & Hye-Young Loudermilk, CC Daejeon – us to be Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, Christ-loving, God- honoring, & Bible-centered; us to be an outreach church that worships in Spirit & truth.
LIBERIA
Moses & Oretha Floe, Jay Henry & Dorris Garsaynee, & Richard & Fatu Moccor, CC Saving Grace – provision for construction of our worship area; our school, students, & teachers; our congregation & families. Praise God for what He is doing through our ministry.
Scott & Christina Hoffman, His Safe Haven – lasting fruit as we provide foster homes to abandoned special needs children in Liberia.
MEXICO
Gary & Keri Goo, CC Safe Harbor, Cabo San Lucas, BCS – God to provide a team & finances to return for a 3-year commitment. Praise God for bathrooms & roof being completed before 1st rain of the hurricane season; 3 adults & a teen baptized; our missionaries Andrea & Carolina served for a month in the deaf community & church at Ensenada.
Garrie & Jackie Price, CC Safe Harbor, Cabo San Lucas, BCS – finances to build church kitchen & classrooms; no hurricanes; protection of children from heatstroke; Gustavo & Bible College. Praise God for cataract eye surgery for Garrie in Indiana; finished church bathrooms & repaired roof.
Nolan & Marie Schockey, Servant Senders Inc., Juarez, Chihuahua – the human trafficking crisis at the border, which has become a preferred business over moving drugs for the cartel; Nolan’s health; protection of our pastors.
Juan & Tania Domingo, CC Horizonte, Ensenada – Praise God our Ensenada church is growing quickly with Pastor Hugo Limon; our Bible institute, CBI Mexico, is attracting students from around the world; God answers prayer!
John & Laurie Barillaro, CC Mexicali – John’s health (complete recuperation); souls. Praise God for opening doors to start 2 new works; TV programs continue to bear fruit.
Bill & Renee' Martin, CC Puerto Vallarta – new believers to leave sin, walk in obedience, & grow spiritually in the Word; continued health for all of us.
Edmundo & Faviola Arroyo Ramirez, CC Querétaro – the hearts of all the attendees at the events this past summer. Praise God for the summer events we had for children, parents, women, & men.
Mike & Sarah Vincent, CC Rosarito – God to provide a job for our college-graduate daughter; God's blessing on our new church-planting students!
Dan & Cecilia Valdez, church planting, CC Rosarito – self-control & weight loss for Dan; healing of Emily’s rheumatoid arthritis; a job in the U.S. for Rachel; Elizabeth at the Bible institute in Ensenada. Praise God mobile home moved to new property; Mexican health/medical insurance for Dan.
Martin & Adriana Solis, CC Reynosa, Tamaulipas – the Lord to raise up God-fearing, kingdom-minded, men & women with a heart for evangelism to reach Reynosa & border towns for Christ.
Robert & Dámaris Aguayo, CC Mérida, Yucatan – the new school year at Lighthouse Christian School; the new families that don’t know Christ yet.
NICARAGUA
Jackelin, Samuel & William Gaudé, CC Emanuel, Los Cocos – the new church members; the church projects; the radio station; protection for our family.
Cal & Jessie Stuebner, CC Managua – our classes in English & music to bear fruit; the upcoming women’s retreat to be anointed by the Spirit.
NIGERIA
Kefas & Tina Momoh, CC Lagos – more laborers; provision for property for a permanent place of worship. Praise God for numerous souls won for Jesus Christ through our outreaches.
PERU
Darwin & Annie Torres, Calvary La Semilla, Cusco – the local missionaries being raised up; funds to purchase a church building; the sponsorship program for our widows’ ministry.
Renzo & Katy Plasencia, CC Pacasmayo – construction of a dining room & classrooms to feed the children both physically & spiritually with the Word of God.
PHILIPPINES
Joseph & Billie Rosemarino, CC Bacalod – teams coming in Nov. as they minister to our kids & to our church congregation. Praise God the repairs of our school classrooms are mostly done.
Rick & Arcelie Casper, CC Bustos, Bulacan – provision to bring the church workers to the CC Philippines Northern Regional (Luzon) Conf. in Baguio in October. Praise God for His faithfulness!
Betchie Ashworth, House of Grace Children Ministry, Davao – strength & protection as we travel; more souls to be saved; provision for Bibles (Cebuano version), school supplies, & slippers; pure hearts & wisdom for our workers & volunteers. Praise God for allowing us to reach out to many kids from different villages.
Jim & Shonda Davis, PTA, Dumaguete – people to come help & serve here; a miraculous healing of Shonda's eyes from macular degeneration; the 11 new believers in Pagadian. Praise God millions of tracts will be printed as the new 4-color offset press is up & running!
Steve Michael, PTA, Dumaguete – regular supporters & funds. Praise God for the positive feedback from the Philippine churches for the effective training we conducted.
Patrick & Shari Bailey, SERV Ministries, Mindanao – lasting fruit reaching out to the untouchable tribe in Southern Mindanao, as well as other unreached Muslim groups. Praise God for a successful Bajao Youth Camp with over 150 kids in attendance & 26 kids baptized.
Rizty & Nenita Sioco, MFH Bible Center, Puerto Princesa – training in discipleship for Palawan churches to grow & bear fruit among workers; faithfulness & endurance for us.
Ron & Tes Brown, CC U-Turn for Christ, Samar – preps, traveling mercies, & an effective missions visit from 3 churches (Revival, Menifee/CC Monrovia/CC Romoland) in Oct.
Fidel & Ruby Pasion, CC Tipo – God’s protection, provision, & good health to be able to keep ministering to the people in Tipo & beyond.
ROMANIA
Paul & Maura Cathey, AJM, Cluj – abundant fruit to come from the next season in Romania! Praise God for a fruitful month of ministry in Mexico!
SCOTLAND
David & Zoë Fraser, Airdrie – discipleship of new believers; unity among teams. Praise God for His work among us bringing new families to the church.
SOUTH AFRICA
De Beer & Ridri, CC Somerset West – revival in our community; victory over sin/self; us to be outwardly focused. Praise God Who gives us the victory through Jesus Christ!
SOUTH SUDAN
Suzy Kuj, In Deed & Truth Ministries, Tonj – the St. Michel family as Nathan steps into his new role as executive director for In Deed & Truth Ministries. Praise God for the graduation of 16 national pastors from our Tonj Bible Institute.
THAILAND
Sharon Porterfield, CC St. George – peace in Bangladesh & Burma; God’s provision for the Rohyinga refugees & all ethnic groups fleeing for safety, & for all to personally know Jesus; unity & lasting spiritual fruit at the Pa La U Discipleship Center.
UGANDA
Vincent & Melissa Aniku, CC Midigo – dual citizenship. Praise God for the teams He has brought during the summer & all He has done through them; Vincent’s U.S. citizenship, so we focus solely on ministry in Uganda.
Gregg & Jo Clarkson, CC Fort Portal – our return to CC Fort Portal, Uganda; carpentry equipment to reach CCFP; a smooth transition back to the mission field; conversion of a shipping container; the set-up for Jo’s mom.
UKRAINE
David & Katya Snead, Lviv – blessing for home Bible study with unbelievers; safety from cruise missiles; victory & peace.
Duane & Lisa Tucker, CC Living Water, Mukachevo – us to be able to learn Ukrainian better; support & volunteers for the youth center that serves our local community; reliable vehicles; salvation of the kids we serve & their families. Praise God for more kids coming to the youth center; mission teams that helped this summer; a week of rest.
Missions in Restricted Countries:
ASIA
Derek & Allison Forbes, BGEA – the churches partnering together for the outreach. Praise God for official permission for another evangelistic outreach this December in Vietnam.
EAST ASIA
Byron – a smooth transition as I return from the mission field to serve at HNPCF in San Diego.
Khanh – good health, diligence, dedication, & perseverance for a long to-do list; our farm & farmers to produce; our sales people to be able to sell our products; fruitful farming workshops. Thank Dad for 2 who were introduced to Him through our workshop in July.
ISRAEL
Stephen & Pat Apple, Shepherd's Light, CC Tel Aviv & CC Haifa – encouragement & strength for the people at CC Tel Aviv, CC Haifa, & Nahariya in the midst of war. Praise God for the salvation of several people at CC Tel Aviv's soup kitchen.
Harringtons, CCCM, Israel/Malta – outreach to Malta from Nov. 7 to Dec. 15; trip to biblical sites in Israel & ministry to Calvary Chapels from Jan. to Feb. 3. Praise God for fruitful outreaches in Houston & souls.
Strangers N Pilgrims – the peace of Jerusalem & all of Israel; God to reveal Himself through the believers as never before; us to be able to show our love & compassion in a way that shines for the glory of Jesus; wisdom & God to continue to make a way for our daughter, who is in the IDF.
Stateside-Based Missions
CALIFORNIA
Bill Holdridge, Poimen Ministries, Manteca – open doors & wisdom as our team of 16 pastoral couples serves pastors & strengthen their churches.
Neal & Yvonne Pirolo, Emmaus Road Intl., San Diego – Neal as he teaches the biblical principles of spiritual warfare at CC Bible College in Georgia (ex-USSR) the first week in October.
Daniel & Janene Massieh, Open the Gates, San Diego – wisdom for the doctors, strength, no bad side effects from the chemo, & a miraculous healing of Janene from colon cancer.
Louis & Janey DeMeo, Missions, Mentoring, & Orphans First, Vista – more open doors for Francesco’s music & for a visit in Italy in October; continued blessings for Rachele, her husband, & our grandsons as they share Christ in France; wisdom for Louis in his work, direction for ministry & finances, & healing of his breathing issues & immune system; seats to open up for our return flight to Italy in October; God to continue to use us to reach the lost & disciple believers; all our teams & children’s programs in India, Mexico, & Ukraine; a healing of the children suffering from PTSD in Mexico & Ukraine; protection of the children in India; increased funds for the Orphans First programs; protection & healing for Christopher, Will, & others; God to continue to bless Louis’s men’s ministry meetings in Italy & the U.S.; healing for Chip, David, Ken, & Scott; godly spouses for Bob, Francesco, Justin, Randall, & Trent. Praise God that we are back in Italy ministering to many.
COLORADO
Bob & Jeanne Claycamp, Poimen Ministries, CC Aurora – strength, discernment, & love to assist pastors & wives in their churches, both in the U.S. & around the world.
OHIO
Michael & Anni Rhoads, Canton – good health; boldness; God to send us into the harvest field.
VIRGINIA
Helen Hong, Newport News – an effective year of teaching with joy & peace to my 5th graders at a Christian school in Williamsburg; sweet relationships to be cultivated while serving here!