Thank you to all who have agreed to pray for us while we are on our trip.  Remember, this trip is about ministry with some fun thrown in for good measure.   Some of the young people will be very excited about the fun, and lukewarm about the ministry.  Some will be very excited about the ministry and lukewarm about the fun! 

"ANSWERS" are in red

Prayer items added during the trip are in green.

• Pray for good rehearsals and ministry practice on the final days before the trip. These went quite well.  Students were well prepared and worked hard.  This my be the best prepared team ever.

• Pray for the student leaders who are planning the ministries, gathering the materials, and making sure everyone knows what they are supposed to do. They did an awesome job with this.  Over $6,000 was raised for "Feed the Village" and our goal was only $4,000.  

• Pray that forgotten details will come to someone's mind!!!! Not only that but lost luggage was found, and even more details were cared for.

• Pray for unity of the class and that people would form new friendships and strengthen old ones as they unite in a common task  Looking good so far.  Keep praying.  Relationships are great.

• Pray for our medical work. There will be two doctors and two nurses.  Pray that God will bless their efforts and bring healing in surprising ways. The two medical days will be long ones. There will be a BIG clinic Monday with our docs, some nurse parishioners and a lot of our students.  The clinics were all amazing!

• Pray for health, safety and enough sleep. They are catching up after being exhausted from the trip down.

• Pray that all of the students would listen to and respect leaders and other authorities. They are doing great in this area.  They are easy to lead.

• Pray that all students would make good choices in their use of free time. They did.

• Pray the all participants will hear God's voice and be responsive to the leading of the Holy Spirit They were! Interestingly, three students expressed interest in SCORE's GAP Program for next year.

• Pray that God would open doors so that warm and genuine relationships can form during ministry, not only with the people on the team, but with the people to whom we minister. There was great class unity this year, and relationships were strengthened. 

• Pray that God would pour out his love on the students so that they can pass it on to the people they serve.

• Renae Vagnier's grandmother (Jim's mother) passed away Friday night after a long illness.  Pray for her comfort.  The young people are coming around her.  The funeral will be after she returns home.

• During the Tuesday night devotion time, a number of students expressed the desire to follow the Lord more closely as a result of things that he has shown them during this trip.

• Many parents would be proud to see how kind, loving and nurturing their teens are.  God has given them great spirits, and they have been showing an amazing servant's heart.  This is a very giving group.  Thank you for your prayers.

Well, it's all over now.  Please pray for the continued impact of the trip, both on the people we served and on the students who served.  Begin to pray for next year's trip.  Pray that hearts would be prepared, and pray that God would raise up a group of donors to help with scholarships, medications, craft supplies and "Feed the Village."  This year's giving was extravagant as people acted on the promptings of the Holy Spirit.