Prayer Points

"Be joyful always; pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances" 1
Thessalonians 5 : 16

PRAYER POINTS
(posted 29th July, updated 13th September 2006)

The classes with the prison children – their behaviour hasn’t been good this
week (and we’ve been learning about obedience as well!)

Please pray that they will learn from their classes and realise that God has a
plan for them.

Sundays at church - the children sing, go to Sunday School and after the
service, everyone stays to have lunch together, and then we take the kids
home. Because there are so many kids at the moment (usually around 50
coming with us each week) we need to do at least 2 trips in the truck and
when one group is going home, the group that is left tends to get up to no
good!

Give God thanks for so many children attending the church and pray for
improved behaviour.

The Viri Justiniano Family - Maira’s husband is in the prison and she was
living there with him with their 3 youngest children, while 2 other daughters,
aged 12 and 14 lived alone in their house. They weren’t going to school and
were out late at night and had no one to look after them properly. The child
protection department is now working with the family.

Please pray that Maira will start being more responsible and stay at home
with her children and look after them and not leave them alone while she
spends all her time with her husband in the jail. Pray also for the children.

Chepi, who is 7 years old, and has a heart murmur - He needs to go to
Santa Cruz for an echo scan of his heart to find out how serious the
problem is. We need to find out how to get him to Santa Cruz, have the
tests done and then take him back to the cardiologist to see what the next
step is.

Pray for Chepi and his family at this time.

Chicho and Rachel - for patience and strength to deal with so many
children and that they would have big smiles like those opposite on
Sunday afternoons after church with 50 kids! Also for wisdom to teach
these children more about the Lord.

Also for Rachel's health - she has been suffering from regular bad
headaches and insomnia and hasn't been feeling too well.

Transport has become a problem in the past couple of month, but in a
good way - we don't have enough room for all the children that want to
come to church with us! We need to do at least 2 trips in the truck and it
becomes very time-consuming and difficult to control one group of
children when we're taking another group home. We're looking into the
possibility of selling the pick-up truck to be able to buy something bigger
so we can fit all the kids in at once. Please pray for this transport issue
and that God would guide us to the right vehicle.

The children's behaviour has been better this month. We
now have a new volunteer, Gabriela, helping us and it
should be easier to work in smaller groups and keep control
in the class with 3 of us. She started on the 12th September.
Please pray that God will help Gabriela as she gets involved,
gets to know the children and serves God in this ministry.

Church attendance continues to be encouraging, and the
behaviour varies - when it's cold, the kids behave better - if
only we lived in Scotland!

We travelled to Santa Cruz with Chepi last week and were
able to see a specialist and have the echo scan done. The
doctor thinks that surgery might be necessary and we need
to talk to the cardiologist here in Trinidad. Please keep
praying for Chepi and his health.

Please keep praying for this family. Child Protection has not
done anything yet and 4 of the children now live in the prison
and Reina (14) was living alone and not going to school for a
few weeks. She now lives with an older sister. Pray for safety
and protection for Reina and for the younger girls travelling
to school from the prison every day. Please pray for changed
attitudes of the parents.

Rachel's health is still not too good. Please continue to pray
for better health - and patience, strength and wisdom for
both Chicho and Rachel is a constant prayer request!

We have found a 21-seater mini bus in Santa Cruz that would
be perfect for transporting the children - it's bigger than the
truck and also a lot safer. Please pray for finance to be able
to buy the bus and improve the transport situation with the
children.