The past few days I have been finding myself committed more and more to prayer.

We receive a lot of emails from workers all over the world asking for prayer. The past few days I have been on my knees before the Lord asking him to hear their cries for helps and lead them to answers.

I would love to share some of these prayer requests with you all.
However, I have to be very careful not to over-share their information, names, locations, and more for possible security reasons. I would never want to compromise another workers – work.

This means I have to unfortunately be vague in inviting others to pray a long side these request. Right now – I have a friend serving overseas asking the Lord to grant their request for the rights to build a home on the land. They have been patiently dealing with the government and should be getting permits cleared soon. If the Lord will grant favor in seeing this happen.

Please pray that God will grant them favor. They have worked very hard to get themselves established in this country.

Recently I have shared with you about my friend from England. I don’t game or talk with him as often as I used to. His work schedule has gone crazy and his wife has been pretty sick.

The other day we had the opportunity to talk and he shared , ” I don’t think I would have taken time to pause and consider God if it wasn’t for you.”

When people give towards our ministry it frees us up to be able to share with people all over the world. Every dollar and gift helps encourage and empower us to engage the lost. Please consider giving a gift that will last for an eternity. The gospel.

We pray that God would be faithful with the seeds that are sown and bless them to grow abundantly. Pray that folks will respond with a genuine faith towards Christ.

In our video newsletter on 11/11, I shared that Ro was back in the hospital and things weren’t looking good.

Since then, she has come home, gone back due to low levels of oxygen and an inability to swallow, and by God’s grace has come home again.

Prior to her most recent hospitalization, I asked Ro if there was anything I could do or get for her. She said, “Chocolate cake” without hesitation… so I planned to make chocolate cake 3 days later. She was back in the hospital before I could make it.

I spoke with her cousin about sending some cake with her the next time she went to stay with Ro. The cousin asked if I wanted to take it myself and I quickly said yes!

I got to sit with Ro and her cousin, talking about life, about faith, about our differences and similarities, and about medical stuff (she has a tumor on her spine, which is contributing to her being wheelchair bound).

Before I left, despite being nervous, I asked if I could pray for Ro. She looked to her cousin for advice (they are Muslim and know I would pray to Jesus). By God’s grace, the cousin said yes.

So I prayed.

I prayed for Ro to be brave and to be able to drink liquids so she could come home. I prayed for miraculous healing. I prayed. I won’t stop.

God is faithful, hears our petitions, and still performs miracles like what Ro needs.

Two days later, Ro was home.

A week later (this past Saturday), Raven and I were on the playground and I heard some of the littles call my name from near Ro’s house. The youngest sister excitedly announced she was home from shopping. When I turned and saw Ro WALKING while holding her dad’s hand up the small hill to her door from the shopping trip, my face lit up and so did hers when we locked eyes.

Y’all, please don’t stop praying! This 16 year old girl couldn’t walk 2 weeks ago. She couldn’t do much by herself. And she walked!

We say this A LOT on the playground. I (Patti) remind the kids that they have to share with others just like they want the other kids to share with them.

In the photo above, one of the kids brought juices out to share with friends!

Another thing I find myself saying more regularly and to older kids than I would like is “Hands are for helping, not hitting/hurting.” There is tension as the older boys pressure the younger ones to be more tough and to stop hanging out with the girls.

Pray that they would not just hear my corrective words and the why behind them, but that they would take them to heart and put them to action. The boy on the right of the photo is 3 and is already learning cuss words and to use only one finger when someone upsets you.

Pray for their parents to learn as well, so they can be good role models for their children.

One evening as I was preparing dinner, Jay offered to take over knocking the spices so I could move on to the next part. Since he was watching Raven play outside, he took the mortar and pestle to the back porch and got to work.

I don’t think he knew how much attention and interest he would get from the younger kids. They all wanted to know what he was doing, why, and could they help. So, he let them each have a turn.

It was really fun hearing them talk about the smells (cumin, fennel, yellow mustard, and black sesame seeds) as they helped grind the spices.

Thanksgiving Dinner

As you guys know I have the privalage of running tech for a variety of events at our Church. This past week we hosted around 100 people for a Burmese Thanksgiving Dinner.

Everyone gathered together for a night of singing praise and worship songs, praying for Burma (Myanmar) , sharing food, and even some cultural dances.

What a blessing to help run this events audio needs!
I have even connected with the Pastor of the event to see about improving there audio at their church.

Once a Quarter our Church has a worship service that combines all the Services that meet in our building. We have folks represented from US, Nepal, Sudan, Swahili speaking, and Pakistan are the joint service. This is just including the services not the people groups that gather at the different services.

I had the privilege to facilitate leading the service through managing the audio/tech needs for the outdoor event.

What a blessing it has been indeed!

Many of you remember Ro, a young Burmese girl who was hospitalized in July 2023 when a brain rumor was found and removed.

I learned that she was taken to the hospital by ambulance this morning around 10:40.

I haven’t heard an update on her condition, but her parents were with her this evening. Her two younger siblings have been distraught.

Please pray for Ro, her care team, and her family. 2 ambulance trips in 15 months is too much. We were ectatic to celebrate her 16th birthday with her last winter. Please pray that she has many more birthday celebrations ahead of her!