Prayer Requests

I know that many of you are praying regularly for CARE for AIDS and for me as I live and work in Kenya, and your faithfulness means so much to me. Here are a few new things that I would love for you to join me in praying for...

1. Expansion - CARE for AIDS is planning to open several new centers in the next couple of months, along with a completely new region on the Northern side of Nairobi. This involves a lot of planning and personnel decisions, and I'm praying that God will bless us with discernment and wisdom as we seek to maintain our standards and passion across a wider area of the country.
2. The Administrative Team in Limuru - all of these guys, who I spend the majority of my working time with, have big things going on in their lives. Duncan and Steve are planning weddings, Kevin is preparing to move to a new community, and Robert is dealing with sickness and difficulties in his immediate family.
   
3. Spiritual Change - when it comes to preaching the gospel to our clients, it is sometimes a frustrating realization that there is only so much that we can do. The spiritual counselors in each center faithfully describe the truth of the gospel and teach scriptural lessons to the clients for nine months, but there comes a point when the Holy Spirit must move their hearts to make a decision - we can't do it for them. For an America who wants statistics and numbers, I can get frustrated when people don't choose to believe, but I need faith to be content in the fact that we are planting a seed, just as we are called to do.
   

The first group of clients from the center at Kamirithu Assemblies of God is finishing its 9-month time with CFA at the end of this month, so please pray especially for each of the 76 men and women that make up this group! Pray that God would work within their souls over this final month, that they would joyfully take with them all that they have learned, and that they would help to recruit more people who need the CARE for AIDS services over the following months.

Thanks again for your commitment!

"For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are attentive to their prayer,"
--1 Peter 3:12