Aug. 30, 2022 — Jody Collinge

Travels: (Dios mediante — Lord willing):

  • September? To Dallas 

  • October 1-2: Special event and board meeting, CHSC, TX

  • October 3-7 Meeting with the Global CHE Network Representative Council in Payson, AZ

  • October 8-31 Visiting churches and friends in Rochester, Schenectady, and Ballston Spa, NY

  • November 1 To Israel with a Bible study tour

Prayers and Praise

  1. Thank God for the Children's CHE trainings in Uganda this week. Simon and his team are working with children's teachers in their churches. "They have said that, they have never had any training before about equipping children." They are meeting under a mango tree (above) so they can sit in a circle, CHE-style. Meanwhile, Sammy and his team are back at the Bidi Bidi refugee camp giving more CHE and Children's CHE training. Pray for fruitful trainings.

  2. Meanwhile, back in Zihuatanejo, we will have a children's ministry at the basketball court this afternoon. I am often teaching some English to the kids and grandparents.

  3. I have also enjoyed teaching online inductive or discover-it-yourself Bible studies with kids. We have just finished Daniel and will begin Elijah in September. Praise God that the girls are inviting their sisters and their friends to join our studies!

  4. We also want to make these inductive Bible studies available to others in other areas and other countries, without cost. So I have been writing new studies that are available as a PDF. I have been working on Women of the New Testament. Let me know if you would like a copy.

  5. Please keep on praying for wisdom about building a cabin in Texas.

  6. September begins a long series of travels--first to Texas for a fund raising event and board meeting with the Christian Health Service Corps; then on to Arizona, where our service team will join in on a Representative Council meeting of the Global CHE Network; and then on to New York to visit family, friends and churches in Rochester, Schenectady, and Ballston Spa; and finally on to Israel (I hope!) with a Bible study tour. Here is a link to a brochure: https://belovedtruth.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Israel-2022Brochure-1.pdf

Please pray that all the pieces for these travels will come together. And pray for fruitful meetings and time to relax with friends and family. I am also looking forward to the long-awaited Bible study tour in Israel. Pray that we can go this time.

Whew! Many thanks for praying me through all this. The travels seem a bit overwhelming, but God has promised to never leave us or forsake us. And thanks for your faithfulness as well.

Much love to you

Jody

Aug. 23, 2022 — CompassCare

CompassCare is a Christ-centered organization, committed to "Erasing the need for abortion by transforming a woman's fear into confidence.” The Buffalo offices of CompassCare are fully open and offering services. You can learn more at this interview on The Christian Post. You can also follow the CompassCare Community on Facebook or ErasingTheNeed.com/RebuildBigger.


This picture tells a profound story.

Please continue to pray for CompassCare and pro-life groups everywhere. 

  • Pray that many women in crisis will find the new CompassCare offices in the Albany area and receive the care that they need.

  • Pray for God's protection on all pro-life centers from attacks.

  • Pray for grace, humility and truth as individuals, groups and a church in our ongoing conversations about abortion in all settings.

  • Keep praying for plans to expand CompassCare into Brooklyn, NY. 

  • Pray that God will raise up Christians in New York, and across America to pray for the unborn every day. 

 

Please contact Dan Tomlinson at daniel.tomlinson@.compasscare.info if you would like a CompassCare tour. Please contact Paul Craig by email pac8612@gmail.com or text (585.305.5557) to learn more about getting involved with the Walk for Life, and the PrayerNet ministry of CompassCare.


Aug. 16, 2022 — The Irvines

“Brethren, do pray for us, that the Word of the Lord may speed on (spread rapidly and run its course) and be glorified (extolled) and triumph, even as it has done with you.” 2 Thessalonians 3:1 AMP 

Thank you for your prayers. 

Please continue to pray for those who heard the gospel in various ways during LEAP (London Evangelism and Prayer) week and through other recent outreach encounters we've had. Pray that the gospel would run rapidly in their lives and ours. Praise God that our oldest two kids had finished exams and were off school, and chose to get involved in LEAP week along with a couple of their high school friends who are believers. 

It was personally renewing for me and our team to reflect on the centrality of prayer in evangelism, our weakness in both, and the Lord's grace in helping us in our weakness.

After doing a teaching on a "basic gospel outline" as part of the training we were giving, I actually had the chance to walk through this more complete gospel summary with several people on the street. Sometimes we get to have brief conversations, but this kind of more complete conversation doesn't happen all of the time. 

Please continue to pray for us, that the Lord would continue to align our hearts/vision with King Jesus' heart/vision, that we would continue to sense our weakness in and need for prayer, boldness in witness, and hearts full of faith, and that the Lord would continue to renew us in prayer, in witness, in faith. We need the Lord to pour his Spirit into our hearts more and more. 

Pray for healing for those who are struggling with health challenges and peace for those struggling with family tension challenges in our midst.

Pray for our team that the Lord would encourage and minister to each of us where we have needs and would renew us and provide for us.

Pray for our youngest, Luke (12). He just finished year 7 (i.e., USA 6th grade). Long story, but the school he is in seems to be struggling to deal with the classroom behaviors of many students. Luke is discouraged as he watches this and we feel like educationally it would be a good thing to move to another school to which we've applied recently. However, he is 11th on the waitlist. If this would be a good thing, pray for the Lord to open the door very soon, even by the beginning of school in September. If this isn't the right thing, please pray for the Lord to provide for him where he is.

Please pray for our family to have some moments of good healthy family bonding and rest and enjoyment as we prepare to send Malachi off to a yet-to-be-decided next step later in September. 

"The whole idea of prayer is that we call on the name of the invisible God. To come in prayer is to abandon everything, to claim God's promises, and to know God, not to know what we have to bring ... when you pray you stand on holy ground, and God alone has a right to set the terms of that meeting." The Pastor-Evangelist (ed. Greenway), p. 39  

So grateful for you.
Matt