Thursday, May 24, 2012

Prayer letter for Sharon May 24th

Dear Fellow Prayer Warriors,
I am thrilled to update you on the last river trip and to let you know that as a result of our combined intercession the Lord has brought six people into the Kingdom!  They are from the small, 10-family village of Yarina who were Seventh Day Adventists but now are "Seven Day/24 hour Kingdom dwellers"!  This is a village that is about a 25-minute walk from Santa Rosa.  Over a year ago they asked me to come and preach the Word of God which I gladly did and then continued with follow-up visits afterward until there was no longer any response from those that had originally asked.  Now, this year they´ve asked again but this time six people came to know the Lord and so, needless to say, we will be going back to them again to do discipleship classes and pray with them to help them grow in their faith.
On this trip, which will be from Friday, May 25 to Sunday, June 3 we will be ministering in Santa Clara, Santa Rosa and now, briefly in Yarina.  We will be doing a water filter project in Yarina in June with a team from the States which will give us the opportunity to spend more time with the people and minister the Word of God to them each night but this visit will be shorter.  Would you stand with me in prayer for the following prayer requests?
1)    Safety on the river every time we have to travel.
2)    Enough rain (but only at night) to fill the river so we can travel and not have to push the boat.
3)    Every heart be open to all that the Lord wants to do in each person.
4)    Passion for the things of God so that the villagers will pursue God with all their hearts.
5)    Clear understanding of how to study the Bible as per our instruction and a desire to try it on their own.
6)    Anything else that the Lord puts on your hearts to pray.
We are making huge inroads into what was once enemy territory and it is because of faithful, consistent and combined prayer.  I want to encourage you to not stop interceding for this work.  People are literally being snatched out of hell´s fire and are coming into the Kingdom to experience all that the Lord has for them and they want it!  Let´s keep moving forward to establish the Kingdom of God in every place that will receive it.  Thank you so much for joining with me in this endeavor and rejoicing in seeing the fruit of what the Lord is doing.  God bless you mightily.
Together in Bringing in the Harvest,
Sharon Malcolm