Yingling prayer & praise update for April 2010
Dear family, friends and partners,
** Praise the Lord with us! – We have finished our first online course– a basic discipleship course for new believers. It will be offered starting this month to thousands of Spanish speakers who have asked for spiritual help and follow-up.
** Praise the Lord with us! – We had a wonderful combined Easter celebration with other churches in the region at the Koinonia camp. The special service was followed by a big picnic and fellowship time.
The Yinglings’ Top 4 Prayer Requests for April 2010
1. Pray for wisdom in planning, as we prepare to take a one year home assignment. We have taken short trips to visit churches and partners over the years, but have never taken a full home assignment. In addition to visiting with you, we hope to help Josiah and Brianna get drivers licenses, jobs, and get ready for college in the U.S.
2. Pray for Scott’s work this month to enhance our email subscription service for Spanish-speaking leaders. We currently send out 100,000 emails a month. With the launch of the new enhanced services on May 1 we hope to double our subscriptions.
3. Pray for Scott’s trip to Guatemala to promote our “online missionary program” at a large missions conference from April 25 to May 1. Pray that we can recruit and train 500 volunteers to work part time as online missionaries.
4. Pray for Francisco, a new believer that Scott is discipling and for another man Scott met on the street who wants to read English books. Scott gave him a copy of Purpose Driven Life and hopes to discuss that with him in the near future.
We thank God for wonderful ministry partners like YOU! Scott & Ruth
Photo #1: The ObreroFiel team in San Juan at a recent meeting– 4 missionaries and 4 Mexican nationals. We praise God for the super team He has provided! There are many additional co-workers that work with us from other cities in the U.S., Mexico and Guatemala via internet and email.
Photo #2: ObreroFiel staff located in San Juan: Standing: Beth is administrative assistant for the editorial department. Scott provides vision and leadership. Ivonne (far back) does data entry and resource uploading, Yadhira is the administrative assistant for the subscription department. Chucho is administrative assistant for the new online education department. Zaira is the administrative assistant for our affiliate bookstore program. Seated: Paul prints resources, and burns discs, and ships literature to affiliate bookstores. Grace does data entry, resource uploading and prepares materials for distribution at special conferences.
Some recent comments from our ObreroFiel friends around the world….
• Dear brother Scott,
By way of this note I wish to express my deepest gratitude for the messages that you send me via email. Living among greedy wolves that have negative and unhealthy messages, it is always helpful and comforting to read each good word that you give. Each devotional is an oasis in the desert for me. Paola Bäuerle C. (from Chile)
•My dear Director Scott: The message of Biblical leadership greatly impacted me. Thank you for shedding light on this interesting theme. Luís Flores (from Guatemala)
•Thank you for each and every email that you send me. They have been a huge blessing to me. Because of my health, I rarely get to church, so I receive my spiritual food and companionship by way of the internet. Victoria Hernandez (from Columbia)
•It is so good to be able to count on you and have the opportunity to read your articles, which help us keep our convictions strong. I was surprised at the quick reply you gave me! I trust the Lord will continue blessing you, Basilio Amilcar Monzón Carreto
