We Need Your Prayers!

Our team desperately needs your prayers for our upcoming student leadership camp.  We've invited 32 students to come to Ushindi Secondary School on Saturday, August 14.  The 6-day camp will run until Thursday, August 19, and is intended to prepare students to lead small groups at their schools by themselves, since Kelli and I leave in October.  We have a team of 7 volunteers coming from Iowa to lead small groups and to lead evening worship sessions through the book of Philippians.  Students will be challenged to learn and lead discussions of Bible stories.  They will be having daily quiet times, some for the first time ever!  Many of these students are seekers, but not believers, so first and foremost pray for their salvation!  Pray that God will change them and give them the desire to be agents of change on their campus.  Please pray also for health and safety, for both students, volunteers, and those of us who live in Arua.  We'll all be staying in the school dorms and eating local food all week, which might be a little out of some people's comfort zone!  We'll also be playing lots of games and what I expect to be pretty intense volleyball and soccer matches- pray that no one gets hurt!!!  Our team is already experiencing spiritual warfare in several different areas, which we think is all directly related to the upcoming camp... which is encouraging, that the Enemy is so threatened by what God's going to do!  Pray for us to continually keep our focus on Him and His glory, and that Satan and his forces would be bound from the Ushindi campus and from the hearts of these students during this time.  Thanks for your prayers-- I'll keep you updated!

students from Vurra Secondary

Arnold (a strong leader, but needs Jesus)

Herbert

Thom

Kenneth (has been seeking for a while-- pray that it's time!)

Nester

Evelyn

Peter

Samuel

Oprah

students from Mandela Secondary

Mercy

Diana

Edith

Sylvia

Christine

Dinah

Linda

students from Ushindi Secondary (the school hosting us)

Comfort (a STRONG believer)

Joann

Kenneth

Rose (leading music)

Macklyn (just accepted Christ this week)

Rachel (leading music)

students from Crane Secondary

Carol (accepted Christ in June)

Prisca

Derek

Peter

Godfrey (Catholic background, has lots of questions)

students from other schools

Thomas Titus (a STRONG believer)

Joe

Charlotte

Grace

Lawrence