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Day 13 - Monday, January 13
Philip Nichols
Foreign Missions

Philip Nichols

Father, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the one and only God, I come to You today, giving thanks for Your role in my life and the Spirit you have put in me. You are overwhelmingly good and always looking out for our needs and future. Thank You for listening to me today. 

 

Father, especially today, I want to ask You to bless some very amazing people who are Your special servants in places around this world. Our Garden Ridge missionaries have a special calling to take Your gospel to places that would likely be hard to live in for the rest of us. I thank You that Your Spirit put into these incredible people the desire to serve You in these places. 

 

First, I thank You for Seth and Rui Bouchelle, who live in New York City. Especially bless them in their first year of marriage, that their relationship will be characterized by lots of love, patience, forgiveness, and unselfishness. Bless Rui as she works as a doctor to help people with their physical problems. Bless Seth as he works to help people with their spiritual problems. This is an important city in the world, so bless their efforts to make a difference, where so many cultures have come together. 

 

Thank you for David and Lucy Valdes, and kids Lucia, Betsabe, and Esdras, in Rio Bravo, Mexico, who are having to evangelize their community even with bullets flying around on a regular basis due to cartel violence. Keep their family safe. Bless them as the church continues to work on getting a building finished so they have a permanent place to worship. Help the building to increase their efforts to bring people to know Jesus. 

 

Thank you for John and Susan Cooper and sons, Nash and Van, in Budapest, Hungary. Their ministry to reach those who are seeking you through the internet is a new but effective way to go into all the world. Bless their family life and the boys’ involvement at school. Bless John as he has become a leader in the church there. Help their efforts to encourage them and bring many into Your Kingdom. 

 

Thank you for Lucrecio and Jeanette Mercado, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Bless their marriage as they both are so involved with the many churches they help lead. Thank you for the good work that is going on in all 13 churches in and around Puerto Plata that have been started because of their influence. You are bringing many to Yourself in this great country. Thank You! 

 

I also want to thank You for Donna Palmer, our Garden Ridge “Paul,” who has been on so many missionary journeys. Be with her this year as she plans to go to the Philippines, Togo, Latvia, and Tanzania. 

 

Also bless these other short-term missions planned for this year: Kalap and Erin Gonzales to Italy, Sandy Walters to Tanzania, and Kathy Smith to Kenya. We pray there will be others who will take on this task to go into all the world. 

 

Thank You for giving us the only really good news to tell of Your love for everyone around the world! 

 

Through Jesus who died for us all. Amen.



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