May 16 — Max & Samantha Herbert

"for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost"
Luke 19:10

Hello Grace Family!

I love this picture from our Fall weekend trip to Saranac. One of our volunteer leaders, Justin, is at the forefront of the pic leading our ragtag bunch through the wilderness, haha. We have had a great semester full of Monday night clubs, games, and musicals (Mary Poppins!). It has been such a blessing to be able to walk alongside our friends and point them towards Christ who is the Way! Thank you for all of the encouragement and support, we are so grateful for your partnership in this mission.

Here is what is happening in the next few months that we would ask that you would join us in prayer:

1. We are losing our college leaders this week as their semester is coming to a close. Please pray for those leaders as they head back home as well as the remaining leaders who will continue our ministry through the summer.

2. Graduation for Luke is June 24, please pray for us as we celebrate this season for him! Thank you for lifting our children up in prayer, we are so grateful.

3. Our High School camp trip is July 20 - 25 to Lake Champion. We have just about filled our available spots, we have a few remaining. Please pray that the trip would be a life-changing experience for those attending as they hear the Gospel.

4. Our Golf Tournament is July 24 at Ridgemont Country Club. Please pray that this tournament would be a blessing to those who attend, that God would be glorified, and that the funds raised from this event would be used by God to further His Kingdom.

5. Our Jr High Camp trip is August 6 - 10 to Saranac Village. Please pray for the kids to have a life-changing experience as they hear the Gospel message.

For Christ and kids,

Max and Samantha Herbert

April 25 — Jody Collinge

Travels: (Dios mediante--Lord willing)

• March 19 to 23: To Orlando, Florida for Child Safety training.

• April 2023: To the Christian Health Service Corps base in Texas for a board meeting.

• May 2023: To Reynosa, Mexico for Children's CHE training.

• June 2023: To Guatemala for a CHE Internship (or Residencia)

Prayers and Praise

1. The training with the CHE Internship in Ghana was challenging but it went well. One day I arose before 2 am (due to the time zone difference) to teach for six hours. And most of the participants spoke French, so I was working online, to Africa, in the very early morning, with a small screen, working through translators! Thank God for the technology and for carrying us through it.

2. This Sunday I leave for training with the Child Safety & Protection Network. Their purpose is "Empowering organizations around the world to have an effective, wholistic child safety programme". Even missionary kids are at risk. I am being trained to respond to reports of child safety problems.

3. The board meeting with the Christian Health Service Corps was postponed until late April. CHSC is a great ministry, training and sending out medical missionaries to mission hospitals and communities around the world. Many also do community health evangelism, bringing Christ's transformation to villages. As CHSC explains, "CHSC doctors and health professionals are often the only access to care for families in poor communities." While I am in Texas, I hope to also check on the progress on the cabin.

4. You may remember that I started working as a medical missionary in Reynosa, México, across the border from McAllen, TX, more than twenty years ago. Now they have invited me back again to work with a group of pastors and church leaders who would like to be trained in Children's CHE, or community health evangelism with children. Pray that this training will be effective in mobilizing them to begin CHE in their own communities. Pray also for safety in travel.

5. Side note: I think there has been an increase in drug activity in Zihuatanejo, but I live in a quiet neighborhood and feel safe here. Thanks for your prayers.

6. In June, I have again been invited to Guatemala to give Children's CHE training at their Residencia, or CHE Internship, A CHE Internship serves to give more training to leaders who have already received basic training in community health evangelism.

7. Praise note. We are in the process of publishing an updated CHE USB, containing all our training materials--more than 15,000 files. Thanks to all the people who worked on this. If you have taken CHE training and would like a copy, please contact me.

8. Our Zihuatanejo ministries are going well. Continue to pray for new leadership for Talita Cumi, our small orphanage, and for a new pastor to come alongside Ron.

9. Continue to pray for relief from the drought in Africa. Pray for the families without enough food, who are waiting for the next harvest.

Thank God for his protection! And thanks for your prayers and encouragement. Let me know how I can be praying for you.

With love in Christ,
Jody

Feb. 28 — CompassCare

CompassCare is dedicated to giving women the courage to have their babies, especially when they are facing pressure from those close to them. During a visit, a woman will talk with a nurse and has the opportunity to have an ultrasound and STD testing. During that visit, the nurse always asks for the opportunity to pray and share the Gospel with the patient. These are high stakes conversations and here are this year’s results as of October 27, 2022.

If you would like a tour of CompassCare, please talk with Paul Craig.

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

• Pray that many women in crisis will find the CompassCare offices in Rochester, Buffalo and Albany and through Telecare 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.

CompassCare is a Christ-centered organization, committed to "Erasing the need for abortion by transforming a woman's fear into confidence.” You can also follow them at CompassCare Community on Facebook or ErasingTheNeed.com/RebuildBigger. Please contact Paul Craig by email pac8612@gmail.comor text (585.305.5557) to learn more about getting involved with the Walk for Life, and the PrayerNet ministry of CompassCare.

Feb. 21 — Souls Winning Ministries

We received a newsletter update from Reformation Hope regarding Souls Winning Ministries (SWM) in Haiti. The danger in Haiti is especially high right now.

Please join us for Kingdom Prayer this Sunday evening at 6:30 PM. Our primary focus will be praying for Pastor Osseille and Souls Winning Ministries.

• In particular, pray for protection for Pastor Osseille and his family as there have been threats made against him.

• Pray that the Lord would open up the way for him and his family to come to the US on the new Humanitarian Parole program.

• Pray that they are able to procure passports for his children, Sarah and Samuel.

• Pray that the obstacles be overcome to allow for the container for the orphanage to be finally released and safely transported.

• Pray for the Bible College in Jacmel, where Pastors Maxito and Bruno are teaching 25 students who are hungry for a deeper knowledge of the Bible for their various ministries in the south of Haiti.

Feb. 7 — Souls Winning Ministries

Haiti Souls Winning Ministries Update 

Pastor Osseille was finally released from prison after 8 months and 9 days.
His home was taken over by a gang. Pray for God to show His direction for his next steps. It is possible he can be of more use to the ministry from the US. 

The children of the orphanage have remained safe and have been able to return to school. Ancelotti is starting sewing classes. Jacky has started a Saturday morning Bible Teaching, and English teaching. 

The Jacmel Seminary is still continuing despite the turmoil in Haïti.  They have been meeting for a week of studies every 4-6 weeks. Our special offering helped them add another session in January, with a focus on “Christology”, the person, nature, and work of Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, Redeemer, etc. 

Continue to pray for leading for Pastor Osseille's future; the safety and thriving of the kids of the orphanage; the work of the school; the work of the Seminary in Jacmel, and that order can be restored in Haiti. 

Jan. 31 — Max & Samantha Herbert

Dear Grace Church Family,

We had a great discussion recently with our Gen Co and Roc West campaigners around the washing of the disciples’ feet. Since this was our first official gathering since Christmas we started with small group sharing answering the question, "is there something you are either looking forward to or is looming in the near future?".  We focused on our emotional state as we approach a big game, a test, a presentation or performance, etc.  In general, our focus is on ourselves and getting through what lies ahead hoping for the best outcome.  

We then looked into John 13 and the attitude of Christ as He enters the last supper knowing that His "hour had come." Christ looks to His disciples with love, a genuine love that compels Him to take action. He demonstrates His love for the disciples by taking on the role of a servant and washing their feet. Not just His favorite disciples and not the disciples who had "earned" it or who "got it." No, compelled by love, Christ washes the feet of all of the disciples including Judas who would betray Him.  What a picture of love and grace, as Christ approaches the cross, compelled by love, He is thinking of us. 

Our goal this semester as a campaigner group is to take steps toward the example we see in Christ.  That we would look at those we encounter with love, and that we would take action to point others toward Christ. 

Thanks for all that you do to partner with us, we are so grateful for your support!

We are starting up our second semester YL club meeting on Feb 6, we will continue to meet every Monday night from 7:30 - 9:00.  We would appreciate your prayers!

For Christ and kids,
Max and Sam Herbert

Jan. 16 — Jody Collinge

Thank God for all He has done this past year!
Match the descriptions with the photos below.

• Children's ministries in Zihuatanejo and online Bible studies with youth

• Working with the Global CHE Network with community health evangelism ministries. Pray for change in a million villages.

• A visit to Guatemala to help with their CHE training in residence

• Visits to the Christian Health Service Corps in Texas and a CHE planning retreat in Arizona

• Visiting friends, family, and several churches in upstate NewYork at a beautiful time of year.

• Our time in Israel: time on the Sea of Galilee, being baptized in the Jordan River, riding a camel near Jericho, and enjoying our time in Jerusalme.

Thank God for his protection and his presence in all of this.

A special note of thanks for our church family…

I always enjoy my visits with you! And thanks to Rich and Mary for great hospitality and the tour of fall foliage.

Many thanks for your prayers, support, and ongoing friendship during this year. I thank God for all He is doing. Our CHE ministries around the world are growing--pray that the network of CHE ministries can reach a million villages in unreached areas. Thank God for our children's ministries in Zihuatanejo, in the U.S., and in Africa. (Pray for the famine in Kenya.) And thank God for my trip to Israel in November, where I rode on a camel, and was baptized in the Jordan River.

May you have a joyful New Year. ¡Próspero Año Nuevo!

With much love, 

Jody

Jan. 10 — International Friendships, Inc.

International Friendships, Inc. (IFI) reaches out to international students on college campuses by providing them with hospitality – transportation to and from the airport, trips to the grocery store, or an introduction to local stores to help them find the items they need. IFI also provides opportunities for Bible study as a means to introduce them to Jesus. IFI students who become Christians can then return to their countries (many of which are closed to the Gospel) to share the Good News there.

Each month Christine Maali Amiri (c.maaliamiri@ifiusa.org) provides updates on campus ministry with wonderful stories about her interactions with individual students. You can also contact Christine if you would like to receive her monthly newsletters or join her support team. You can learn more about participating in Bible discussions or becoming an English Conversation Partner with an international student on the RIT IFI website (https://rit.ifiusa.org/).

Last month, I had lunch with a new member of the RIT IFI team. Mason Pell grew up on a farm near Cornell and studied media production at SUNY Brockport. Following his conversion at a local church near the university, he went to seminary in Philadelphia with a focus on international missions. Following a short-term missions position in Russia, he returned to the Rochester area to serve with IFI on the RIT campus. You can reach Mason by email at m.pell@ifiusa.org if you would like to learn more about him.

Please pray for…

the IFI team to meet more international students

IFI English Conversation Clubs and Bible Discussion groups

For salvation for Claudia (not her real name)

Official recognition of IFI on the RIT campus

Please talk with Dave Beinitti (dbeinetti@gmail.com) or Paul Craig (paul.craig@rit.edu) to learn more about IFI at RIT. You can also learn more from the RIT IFI website (https://rit.ifiusa.org/) and their main website (https://www.ifiusa.org/). 

Jan. 5 — CompassCare

CompassCare now has three fully functioning offices in Rochester, Buffalo and Albany. During a typical week, around 30 women visit one of the three offices, to talk with the nurses. During a visit they will have a pregnancy test and may also have and ultrasound. CompassCare also offers STD testing.

One of the main efforts at CompassCare this year is the ongoing development of an online, nationwide platform called TeleCare . If you would like to learn more about the plan to reach every woman in America with a pro-life telemedicine platform called TeleCare, go to CompassCareCommunity.com.

If you are interested in experiencing firsthand how women are served at CompassCare, sign up for a Vision Tour by emailing rochesterevents@compasscare.info.

Here is a summary of CompassCare results for 2022.

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

• Pray that many women in crisis will find the CompassCare offices in Rochester, Buffalo and Albany and through Telecare 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.

CompassCare is a Christ-centered organization, committed to "Erasing the need for abortion by transforming a woman's fear into confidence.” You can also follow them at CompassCare Community on Facebook or ErasingTheNeed.com/RebuildBigger. Please contact Paul Craig by email pac8612@gmail.comor text (585.305.5557) to learn more about getting involved with the Walk for Life, and the PrayerNet ministry of CompassCare.

Nov. 29, 2022 — Jody Collinge

Thank God for the wonderful trip to Israel! I went with a Bible study tour group (Hope and Help, and Beloved Truth) and we spent 4 day traveling around northern Israel, mostly near the Sea of Galilee, one day traveling down the Jordan River to Jerusalem and four days wandering around Jerusalem. Here are some of the highlights:

• Safe travels to and from Israel (Thanks for your prayers!

• Wonderful friendships! I had met several of these friends in online Bible studies, but now we were together in person.

• Great hotels with abundant food. (We hiked and climbed several hours a day, so we burned some of it off.)

• A boat ride on the Sea of Galilee, complete with Israeli dancing and a demonstration of first-century fishing

• A visit to Capernaum including the probable sites of the synagogue and Peter's home.

• A visit to Jericho, with a ride on a donkey!

• Visiting Qumran, the site of the Dead Sea Scrolls

• Riding the cable car to see Masada

• Getting baptized in the Jordan River--that was a highlight!

• A night by the Dead Sea (we floated but didn't really swim)

• Listening to a triumphant song while entering Jerusalem

• Praying at the Western Wall

• Seeing the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock

• Wandering around the Old City and seeing the amazing architecture

• Mourning at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum

• Wandering from Mount of Olives down the Palm Sunday Road to the Garden of Gethsemane to the Via Dolorosa and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

• But what I liked best was the peaceful Garden Tomb, where we had a Communion service.

• Praise God for this wonderful trip--great friends, great sites, tracing the footsteps of Christ.

• En route back, I slept in one of the tiny cubicles at the Mexico City airport. When I woke up, I thought I was in the Garden Tomb!

Now, try to match the descriptions with the photos below.

Thank God for an excellent, unforgettable trip to Israel, walking in the footsteps of Christ. And thank God for a safe trip home again--after more than six weeks of travel, it is great to sleep in my own bed. Thanks for your prayers and encouragement and support. Let me know how I can be praying for you.

Let me close with the shortest Psalm, Psalm 117:

1 Praise the LORD, all nations;
Laud Him, all peoples!
2 For His lovingkindness is great toward us,
And the truth of the LORD is everlasting.
Praise the LORD!

Happy Thanksgiving! We have a lot to be thankful for.
With love in Christ,
Jody

Nov. 21, 2022 — International Friendships, Inc. (IFI)

The team from International Friendships, Inc. (IFI) shares the love of Christ with international students who come to US college campuses by offering them hospitality, in the hopes of introducing them to Jesus.  If you would like to help IFI to offer rides and other practical services to these students, please contact Christine Maali Amiri at c.maaliamiri@ifiusa.org. You can also contact Christine if you would like to receive her monthly newsletters or join her support team.

Please pray for…

• the IFI team to meet more international students

• IFI English Conversation Clubs and Bible Discussion groups

• For salvation for Claudia (not her real name)

• Official recognition of IFI on the RIT campus

Please talk with Dave Beinitti (dbeinetti@gmail.com) or Paul Craig (paul.craig@rit.edu) to learn more about IFI at RIT. You can also learn more from their website (https://www.ifiusa.org/). 

Nov. 15, 2022 — CompassCare

CompassCare is dedicated to giving women the courage to have their babies, especially when they are facing pressure from those close to them. During a visit, a woman will talk with a nurse and has the opportunity to have an ultrasound and STD testing. During that visit, the nurse always asks for the opportunity to pray and share the Gospel with the patient. These are high stakes conversations and here are this year’s results as of October 27, 2022.

If you would like a tour of CompassCare, please talk with Paul Craig.

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

• Pray that many women in crisis will find the CompassCare offices in Rochester, Buffalo and Albany and through Telecare 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.

CompassCare is a Christ-centered organization, committed to "Erasing the need for abortion by transforming a woman's fear into confidence.” You can also follow them at CompassCare Community on Facebook or ErasingTheNeed.com/RebuildBigger. Please contact Paul Craig by email pac8612@gmail.comor text (585.305.5557) to learn more about getting involved with the Walk for Life, and the PrayerNet ministry of CompassCare.

Nov. 1, 2022 — Souls Winning Ministries

The Good News- is that the church and Bible School in Jacmel are well. Twenty-five students are eager for biblical teaching in this country where much of the population is Catholic with a lot of synchronism with Voodoo thrown in. They could have even more teaching weeks with some more funding. 

Please continue to be in prayer for Osseille and his family. Osseille remains in the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince after seven and a half months. The gangs have been increasing in power, and normal societal functioning has mostly stopped. The legal processes needed for Osseille’s release have stopped. What little fuel there is, is unaffordable, children are not in school, many businesses are not open,  kidnappings are common, and transportation around the country is nearly impossible. 

Osseille has two types of abdominal pain, presumably an ulcer and definitely a kidney stone, but unable to access medical care or fill prescriptions for medications we have sent from here. There have been deaths from cholera in the prison, and the water being provided is suspect. Be in prayer for comfort for Osseille and his wife Lalandina, daughter Sarah, and newborn son Samuel. Pray for God’s protection of Osseille, that an angel of the Lord be there for his protection, and that God will work all these things together for good and His Glory. 

Oct. 25, 2022 — Herberts

A New Season

I stole this picture from one of our YL kids from a meeting a couple of weeks ago. We are so grateful to be able to open our home to kids and share time, life, and the Word. The picture is taken prior to our bible study where we looked at Acts 9:36-43. One of the points that we focused on was the life of Dorcas (tough name). Peter is summoned in this passage shortly after Dorcas dies and we learn that her life was marked as one that was full of good works and charity. We see that what was evident on the outside was a result of what God was doing on the inside. Dorcas was not full of good deeds and charity because that was the right thing to do, she was full of good deeds and charity out of the work that was being done in her life. We focused on her legacy of caring for the most vulnerable, we see this as the widows of the community testify on her behalf.

As we talked about the application to our lives today we wrestled with the questions, "what would people say about my life?", and "do our lives on the outside match what God is doing on the inside?" As we talked about our hopes for this new club season our prayer is that our lives would preach the Gospel as much as the talks from the front. Our prayer is that our community would see our lives marked by good deeds and charity, and most importantly as one that has crossed from death to life.

October 4 was Young Life's national day of prayer. As an organization, we spent time collectively and individually lifting up our areas to our Father. I am grateful to be a part of this ministry that places an emphasis on prayer. Would you take a few minutes today and lift up Roc West YL? Jim Rayburn the founder of YL shared a prayer in the 1950's that is just as relevant today:

“Dear Lord, give us the teenagers that we may lead them to Thee. Our hearts ache for the millions of young people who remain untouched by the Gospel and for the tragically large proportion of those who have dropped by the wayside and find themselves without spiritual guidance. Help us to give them a chance, oh Father, a chance to become aware of thy Son’s beauty and healing power in the might of the Holy Spirit. Oh, Lord Jesus, give us the teenagers, each one at least long enough for a meaningful confrontation with Thee. We are at best unprofitable servants, but thy grace is sufficient. Oh, thou Holy Spirit, give us the teenagers. For we love them and know them to be awfully lonely. Dear Lord, give us the teenagers.”

– Jim Rayburn

Thank you for all that you do to help us connect teens with the love of Christ. We are so grateful to be in this with you!

For Christ and kids,

Max and Samantha

Oct. 18, 2022 — Pursleys

There is much to pray for the Pursely’s Ararat Gateway ministry, both in thanksgiving but also in intense intercession. Here are some recent highlights from this summer:

1. Successful meeting of Love Camp, a bi-annual gathering of children with disabilities. Both Lisa and Jacob are involved in planning, teaching, and ministering at the camp. 

2. Monthly meeting of the Ararat Missions School, not only for encouragement and ministry, but to send teams out to nearby areas for Bible distribution, sharing of testimonies, meeting with local missionaries, and establishing new relationships.

3. Successful meeting of the Agarak Camp hosted by the Hope Language Center. The staff of Hope Language Center along with 23 volunteers hosted 100 children to teach English, build connections to local government, and bring hope through new relationships.

4. Assisting a local family to establish a small chicken business for a self-sustaining source of income.

5. Continued steps toward establishing a University in Yerevan called the “Armenian Theological Academy.” The goal is to offer four-year courses of study in Pastoral Studies, Biblical Counseling, and Missions to the Muslim World.

6. Exploration of a new church plant in Yerevan.

In addition, here are two areas for fervent prayer:

1. Jacob has been involved with the start of a church plant in area that has not had a church for over 100 years. The vision to plant this church has seemed almost miraculous in the way it developed, but the first couple to begin the work there met with extreme resistance from local authorities that included physical torture. Pray for God’s power and protection to be at work for this couple and for the ministry.

2. The attack of Azerbaijan on Armenia on Sept 13-15 has wrought destruction as well as killing and unspeakable atrocities on Armenians, some of them connected to the Ararat Gateways ministry. Jacob reports on the horrors of the most intense spiritual and physical warfare and his trust that God’s work will be accomplished. 

There is opportunity to support their ministry financially:

https://pushpay.com/pay/visitgracewaymissionsasia/9JdQmltFxwjFGim-gy-gJg - Giving type: Asia/Jacob

Oct. 4, 2022 — CompassCare

CompassCare is pioneering a TeleCare platform to enable the Church, through 650 pregnancy centers nationwide, to reach and serve every woman in America seriously considering abortion with the ethical medical care and community support she so desperately needs. CompassCare is now equipping a national team of nurses in twelve regions to reach and serve even more women considering abortion through TeleCare, cutting the time to talk to a nurse from 24 hours to 24 seconds! Reaching a woman considering abortion in her moment of crisis is critical to saving preborn boys and girls and sparing women from life-long emotional and physical scars. Follow this link (https://www.compasscarecommunity.com/2022/09/first-life-saved-through-telehealth/) to read the story of the first life saved through Telecare.

There will be CompassCare tours at their facilities on the following dates:

• Thursday, October 20 @ 7PM

• Saturday, November 5 @ 9:30AM

You should talk with Paul Craig if you would like to attend a tour.

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

• Pray that many women in crisis will find the CompassCare offices in Rochester, Buffalo and Albany and through Telecare 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.

CompassCare is a Christ-centered organization, committed to "Erasing the need for abortion by transforming a woman's fear into confidence.” You can also follow them at CompassCare Community on Facebook or ErasingTheNeed.com/RebuildBigger. Please contact Dan Tomlinson at daniel.tomlinson@.compasscare.infoif you would like a CompassCare tour. Please contact Paul Craig by email pac8612@gmail.comor text (585.305.5557) to learn more about getting involved with the Walk for Life, and the PrayerNet ministry of CompassCare.

Sept. 20, 2022 — Souls Winning Ministries

In Children’s Worship for 4–7-year-olds, we have been focusing on Mission for the month of September. October 2, we hope to be virtually zooming the kids to Haiti to talk with the directors and kids of the New Joy House orphanage. 

Continue to pray for Osseille and his family as his condition remains unchanged.
Pray for the country of Haiti, that is plagued with gangs, and an ineffectual government.
Pray for the ongoing success of the seminary in the southern city of Jacmel. Their hunger for teaching is great. They are having to decrease the frequency they meet due to lack of funding. 

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.