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. It went well.  There will be more rehearsal on Sunday.  

• Pray for the student leaders who are planning the ministries, gathering the materials, and making sure everyone knows what they are supposed to do. All needed supplies were purchased or donated.

• Pray that forgotten details will come to someone's mind!!!! Well, they did forget to take their songbooks.

• Pray for unity of the class and that people would form new friendships and strengthen old ones as they unite in a common task  Students are experiencing great unity, and working hard.  As a group, they have been moved by the poverty and need that they have seen.  Students have been very flexible and have been serving one another very selflessly.  

• Pray for our medical work. There will be one doctor (Dr. Katula) and a pharmacist (Karen Mack) from our team.  Pray that God will bless their efforts and bring healing in surprising ways. The two medical days will be long ones. Monday was the first medical trip and 108 patients were seen, many of them Haitians who have come to the village since the earthquake.  One woman prayed to receive Christ.

• Pray for health, safety and enough sleep.

• Pray that all of the students would listen to and respect leaders and other authorities. Students have been doing a great job being where they are supposed to be when they are supposed to be there.  They are flexible and responsive.

• Pray that all students would make good choices in their use of free time. So far so good.  In the past the poorest choices have been made on the last night!  So pray for wisdom!

• Pray the all participants will hear God's voice and be responsive to the leading of the Holy Spirit  Many seem to be responding to God's voice and are stepping out in their ministry to people.

• 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. 

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

God did many amazing things on the trip.  He worked in the lives of the students as they ministered and served the people they met in the DR.  After Spring Break we will have more "eyewitness" answers to your prayers, so check back then.