Sent this yesterday to our “prayer core”, 135 devoted and committed prayer warriors for our ministry:
Greetings!
I can’t help but saying how grateful Marti and I are for each of you willing to pray for us and encourage us as we go to the Nations!  Much is happening as we begin working on our four team preps for 2013.  Marti and I will be traveling in between these four critical team deployments to two Nations, Brazil and Cabo Verde, West Africa but we believe the Lord has given us specific dates to send teams to work in these two fields.  Each team will have 8-10 people prepared to train in evangelism and discipleship multiplication with the goal of planting small groups in unreached villages and cities where they are working.  Marti and I (or myself and one other) will be returning in 90 day intervals to check on progress and help keep the focus, working through issues with lay leaders and pastors as they come up.
Prayers for us:
  • Our teams going to West Africa will be working within Muslim and Mormon influences in the culture.  The Muslim pressure is fairly new to this Nation and the Mormon’s have set this nation up as their staging area and resource hub to reach Africa ever since the mid 90’s.  Pray for persons of peace from the Lord to greet us as we enter villages and smaller townships to begin Gospel work.
  • Pray for God to give us called and passionate workers for each team, the dates and praying for the nations by name.
  • Pray for Marti and I to be able to identify (from the Lord) and train 2-3 team leaders for future work in both Nations, able to take small teams for short term trips as needs arise during critical formation work and follow up intervals.
  • My heart is deeply burdened for the work we believe God has given us to reach these two Nations.  the logistics of running 4 aggressive yet submissive teams, training leaders here to become trainers there, funding these trips, funding our budget here at home…it’s overwhelming as I write this but MY GOD is so good and trustworthy!
  • We have asked many to fund our field needs of $25,000 for 2013, we have received $2,750 so far in just one week…praise God!  Pray for the abundance of God to reach into those whom he wants to give to our ministry before the end of the year.
  • Continue to pray for Marti and I as we seek monthly and annual giving support for our personal needs.  We fully entrust ourselves to the Lord in this.
I trust the Lord will deliver the sincere passion in these words to each of you!  GMS is now fully engaged, past our formation year, counting on the Lord and those He has called to fund us and send us.
With a grateful and full heart,
Rex and Marti