Praise & Prayer Requests
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International
AUSTRALIA
Ben & Laura Grisez, CC Sydney, Castle Hill—strength, wisdom, & unity of God's people to seek & glorify Him together. Praise God for His grace and mercy.
Andrew & Niki Russell, CC Melbourne—more worship & youth leaders; our family (Andrew, Niki, Joshua, & Christian); continued direction & wisdom for the ministry; discernment; protection; provision.
AUSTRIA
Ivan & Michelle Ibbotson, CC Salzburg—spiritual growth of 4 young people recently saved in church; our daughter Nollie & her upcoming exams to finish school; provision for church & our family; upcoming outreaches. Praise God for His mighty work here.
Ken & Michi Meyer, Oasis Refugee Ministry & CC Vienna—wisdom & inspiration from Jesus as I pastor; the seeds that we are planting to bear much lasting fruit; a harvest of souls.
BELGIUM
Bart & Anya De Craene—safety of the pastors & churches in Russia. Praise God our Ukrainian fellowship in Antwerp is gradually growing; our daughter Monika passed her Dutch exams.
BRAZIL
Celso & Tatiana Nascimento, São Vicente—provision; scholarships; more churches to be planted. Praise God for the 9 students, staff, & teaching pastors of this very first semester of CBI Brazil.
CAMBODIA
Steven & Annie Sutton, Water of Life, Kampong Thom—provision & the details to be worked out for setting up a new Khmer Children’s Outreach Center. Praise God for another family to work alongside us.
Rith & Eva Sang, CC Phnom Penh—clear direction on whether to renew the church rental contract or move; youth to be uncompromising in faith; deeper fellowship among church members.
CYPRUS
Jonathan & Katie Doub, New Life Church, Girne—funds for refurbishment of church property; fruitful spring outreach teams; more men to be raised up to lead; unity with new full-time church staff joining us in the summer.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Dawn Frawley, Hands & Feet Global, DRC & Rwanda—Praise God for thousands attending a crusade in rebel-controlled village of Bushinga in DRC, most rebels gave their lives to Christ, & now regularly attend church & Bible studies; reports of sexual assaults & violence have gone way down.
ENGLAND
Jeff & Mary Hicks, Calvary South Lakes, Kendal—wisdom for Mary in leading ministry to vulnerable/ new moms; vision/discernment for our church’s next season; plans for Easter outreach.
Dave & Nancy Sylvester, CC York & BC—a hunger for God's Word & willingness to step out in faith in His service; salvation for kids coming to children's ministry events & their families.
FRANCE
Bruno & Lydia Favre, CC Bourges—God to raise up elders; great grace to be upon us; us to sow abundantly. Praise God for the servants group.
Pierre & Nancy Petrignani, CC France—new leaders in key areas & unity among the pastors here; ability to serve where the Lord leads. Praise God for approval of CC Nice audit accounts; the visit by Pat Lazovich, CC Sierra Vista.
Steve & Laura Cyr, CC La Rochelle—fruitful Easter outreach; believers to be strengthened; children’s ministry. Praise God for the privilege of sharing the Gospel message; God's faithfulness & protection.
Tonio & Lindsey Petrignani, CC Nice—a church treasurer; wisdom/help for Tonio. Praise God for completion of 2022 accounts; growing church; new monitor & translation system.
Mike & Becky Dente, CC Paris—new administration & accounting laws in France; the Olympics; provision. Praise God for His leading on the facility; a growing ministry team.
GEORGIA
Lisa Collins, CCBCE Tbilisi—God's Spirit to minister & impact those around me with His Word & love; anointing in making disciples; wisdom mobilizing teams to help Ukrainian refugees.
Kurt & Kendall Kula, CC/CCBCE Tbilisi—God's provision to make all the necessary repairs & renovations. Praise God for the facility He provided for our church to meet in.
David & Deborah Markey, CC Tbilisi & CCBCE—a 10-day outreach trip to Kyrgyzstan that David will be co-leading in April; continued unity in the body; wisdom leading our children; the many young adults in the church to stand. Praise God for a building the church can meet in long term!
Vlad & Sveta Oplev, CC Tbilisi North & CBI, Tbilisi—CBI Georgia as we move to a new campus; great grace for the students on the campus.
GERMANY
Robert & Barbara Thomason, CC Darmstadt—continued fruit. Praise God for Sunday worship restarting back in June & an inquirers' group since last March; the monthly public outreach also continues, including commitments & healings.
Rolf & Regina Crede, CC Lippstadt—fruitful evangelistic events in the city; open-air services; more missional activity; health for our assistant pastor & family.
GREECE
Sean & Jacky Coleman, Calvary Crete—transformed hearts & minds, surrendered & humbled in Christ Jesus; His love, joy, & peace; awakening & revival; unsaved family members; health; summer outreaches; understanding Greek.
HAITI
Brian & Sophia McDaniel, Cross to Light, Port-au-Prince—a double portion of God’s Holy Spirit to get poured out on us as we start 3 new churches this year.
HUNGARY
Ildi Bacsko, CC Budapest—continued blessing on the women’s ministry; the national women’s conf. May 10-12; preparations for the Arise My Fair One (women’s outdoor outreach) May 31-June 2. Praise God for fruitful women’s meetings.
Lindsey Cuen, CC Eger—new missionary Curt to learn Hungarian quickly & for me to be able to translate for him.
Laci & Lilla Gyűgyi, CC Esztergom—our church as we focus on building stronger relationships within; boldness to share the Gospel to family & friends through relationships; my friend Erich to open his heart to the Lord.
INDIA
Rudy & Sharon Torres, PTA, Guwahati, Assam—God's continued provision as we increase our printing from 10,000 to 50,000 tracts a month & our seminars from 3 to 4 a month.
INDONESIA
Randy & Deb Denham, Brandon & Yunita Ingram, Jakarta—continued open doors with the foundation & head office; our international school ministry; receptivity to the Gospel; us to faithfully shepherd the flock. Praise God for provision & protection.
IRELAND
Rick & Cindy Johnston, Calvary Braid Valley, Ballymena—fruitful evangelism training & an outreach concert we are hosting with other churches in Ballymena. Praise God for the spiritual growth we are seeing & for His faithfulness.
Shawn & Deanna Tebbe, Calvary Sligo—more love, power, & the Spirit’s reign in us & over Sligo; Young Alive & Heaven’s Sound outreach ministries; summer outreach preps. Praise God for growing servants.
Tyrone & Anna Power, CC Waterford—our church plant; the people of our hometown; fresh vision for the new year; the Lord to continue to bless our weekly Bible study.
ITALY
Dave & Denae Downs, Church Planting/Più Forti Project, Turin—wisdom/guidance regarding purchasing a building (church); the Lord's hand to be mighty upon Più Forti 2, being released April 13; God willing, a healthy child.
JAPAN
Rich & Emi Giddens, CC Ishinomaki Fellowship—provision for new facilities & for missionaries who love God & children & will bless our ministry. Praise God for blessing our preschool.
Rob & Rika Wunderlich, CC Kagoshima—growth for new believers Maki, Mariko, & Max; good health for Rika, our kids, & Tomoko; help in finding a new church building to purchase; spiritual protection for all translators.
Tommy & Joanna Ruiz, CC Ginowan/CCBC/ CCPC, Okinawa—lasting fruit from the many mission teams visiting; effective Summer of Service (SOS) programs in Japan & Montana for this year; discipleship of Japanese Christians.
Tim & Ayu Newell, CC Nago, Okinawa—people in the church to serve in toddlers’ & children’s ministry; people willing to be discipled; church financial provision.
Chizuo & Mari Sakurai, Jesus Community Kokubunji, Tokyo—God to send us more workers for the harvest. Praise God for provision to continue the Japan Nationwide Free Food Aid for 3 years; 3 people baptized into Christ thru the program.
Kiyomasa & Taeko Akashi, CC Logos, Tokyo—our outreach efforts during the Easter season.
KENYA
Randy & Kari Saul, Abide in Truth, Kisii—opportunities to equip/encourage thru Shepherd School; the new CC Academy staff to have wisdom, clear direction, & abundant love for the children; the elderly, farming, & school outreaches.
Denis & Kasi Wafula, CC Kebabe, Kisii—open hearts to grow in desire for Jesus in CCK & in our community; opportunities for evangelism & discipleship. Praise God for His grace in the recent transition!
Joses Nyandieka, U-Turn for Christ, West Kenya—continued surrender, growth, & desire to love, follow, serve, & obey Jesus. Praise God for the freedom & growth in the men; raising up leaders!
Ruth Deam, Consider Jesus Ministries, Nairobi—provision for the ministry. Praise God for success in upgrading my Kenyan ID card & renewing my driver’s license; safe travels to & from Uganda; an excellent Pastor's conf.
KOREA
Mike & Hye-Young Loudermilk, CC Daejeon—Praise God for a wonderful mission trip where we were able to minister to over 1,000 school children & many others in Jintotolo Island, Philippines.
Victor & Mai Marquis, CC Jeju—a continued outpouring of His Holy Spirit to evangelize & disciple students & foreigners on this island. Praise God for blessing our Café/Diner outreach to minister to many non-believers.
LIBERIA
Moses & Oretha Floe, CC Saving Grace—scholarships for our Liberian children; funding for our Village Savings & Loan Association for the empowerment of our church women. Praise God for land to start Bible Training & Vocational Institutes, & to plant CC Worhn.
Jay Henry & Dorris Garsaynee, CC Saving Grace—10 desktop computers for training purposes; a feeding program for the students; the plastering of our school building.
Richard & Fatu Moccor, CC Saving Grace—partnerships; motorbikes or a bus for outreach purposes; feeding program for our children’s ministry; completion of our church building. Praise God for provision for the church foundation slab work.
MEXICO
Gary & Keri Goo, CC Safe Harbor, Cabo San Lucas, BCS—God's will & provision for our missionaries to the deaf community; wisdom & God's will for Moms in Prayer groups to begin in 2024. Praise God for progress on the church build!
Garrie & Jackie Price, CC Safe Harbor, Cabo San Lucas, BCS—a church kitchen; physical therapy for Jean's knee; repairs of the vehicles; healing from persistent Cabo cough; marriage of Leo & Nora. Praise God for a donated a/c unit; mid-week growth; church bathrooms near completion.
Juan & Tania Domingo, CC Horizonte, Ensenada—our new pastor, Hugo Limon, as he serves here! Praise God for our 47 students at CBI Mexico; the Spirit is moving!
John & Laurie Barillaro, CC Mexicali—John's health; the recording of the testimonies we are currently airing on TV. Praise God our TV programs which preach the Gospel are being aired throughout the week, & as a fill-in at no cost for the additional air time!
Edmundo & Faviola Arroyo Ramirez, CC Querétaro—the School of Ministry 2024; resources to be able to rent another place to congregate. Praise God for His work in Querétaro.
Dan & Cecilia Valdez, church planting, CC Rosarito—relief & healing of Emily from rheumatoid arthritis; employment for Rachel; a smooth move to our new home. Praise God that everyone is serving in ministry; vehicle repairs are almost all complete.
Jenna Pepin & family, Culiacan, Sinaloa—the health & safety of my family & our ministry within the 10 Calvary Culiacan churches & among the Kuare, an unreached tribe in neighboring Nayarit.
Candido & Griselda Reyes, CC Emanuel, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora—God’s will for a couple in our church.
Martin & Adriana Solis, CC Reynosa, Tamaulipas—open doors for evangelistic events here; the Lord to raise up God-fearing men & women with a passion for Jesus & hearts for evangelism.
Robert & Dámaris Aguayo, CC Mérida, Yucatan—the expansion of Lighthouse Christian School as we strive to reach new families with the Gospel thru Christian education.
NETHERLANDS
Celeste Yohai, Musicianary, Amsterdam—a smooth transition to my new house. Praise God for providing a new house.
Stan & Marnie Marinussen, CC Haarlemmermeer, Nieuw Vennep—the work on a church plant in the nearby village of Badhoevedorp; God to call & appoint a pastor to shepherd the flock once things get started.
NICARAGUA
Dave & Ninoska Budgen, CC Emanuel, Los Cocos—God’s blessings on the Gospel tracts shared; lasting fruit sharing God’s Word with the youth at our fellowship. Praise God for His blessings.
Jackelin, Samuel & William Gaudé, CC Emanuel, Los Cocos—Bible study for young people in the church & at home; support, wisdom, & protection for the church & leaders.
Cal & Jessie Stuebner, CC Managua—our new school year; our new local pastor, Josue Moraga, & his family as they adjust to life in the city.
NIGERIA
Prince & Florence Lawrence, CC Abuja—God’s leading with more church plants & establishing 10 existing ones; God to prosper & provide for our phase 3 project/construction of CC Bible Training/ Skills Acquisition Center & Calvary Medical Clinic; spiritual growth & maturity; unity among the pastors; humility in service. Praise God for the property for these projects; blessing His work in our hands!
Kefas & Tina Momoh, CC Lagos—effective outreaches; a permanent church property for our place of worship; revival. Praise God for His faithfulness these past years & this new year, 2024.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Rob & Betsy Bradshaw, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Ukarumpa—distribution of Doromu-Koki dictionaries to those who will use & appreciate them; continued spiritual growth.
PERU
Renzo & Katy Plasencia, Calvary Bereshit Pacasmayo—the teaching of God's Word; servants; resources.
John & Pilar Bonner, CCBC, Cajamarca—the 15 Latin American students we have on campus this semester; the dozens of students taking our online courses. Praise God for doing a wonderful work at CCBC Peru!
Darwin & Annie Torres, Calvary La Semilla, Cusco—God to continue to use our church to teach His Word & be a place of growth, healing, & refuge; provision for a church building in Cusco, as well as the church plant, children’s & women’s ministries in Chinchero; Jharold, Josh, & Ruth as they reach out for Christ; students to be fully equipped as Darwin directs & teaches at the seminary.
PHILIPPINES
Joseph & Billie Rosemarino, CC Bacalod—God to anoint all our outreaches for the Resurrection celebration. Praise God for blessing & providing for our needs; He is good & faithful.
Rick & Arcelie Casper, CC Bustos, Bulacan—favor & provision to travel to Dumaguete for pastors & wives with our children in June. Praise God for provision for January worship conf. in Baguio.
Betchie Ashworth, House of Grace Children Ministry, Davao—unity of the workers; pure hearts to serve Jesus; protection, provision; traveling mercies; fruitful outreaches to more children. Praise God for a ministry car coming soon.
Jim & Shonda Davis, PTA, Dumaguete—more children's workers, medical workers, pastor/teachers, & missionaries in the Philippines; a miraculous healing from macular degeneration for Shonda’s eyes. Praise God for wide open doors & hearts.
David Matthews, Generation Christian Fellowship, Legazpi—successful outreach to isolated community of Caramoan in cooperation with Calvary Treasure Valley, ID; wisdom in balancing many ministries.
Patrick & Shari Bailey, S.E.R.V. Ministries, Mindanao—provision to feed all 435 Bajao kids daily, so we can teach them about Jesus. Praise God we will soon be a "Certified Teaching Farm" & that the remodeling of our farm dorms will be completed soon.
Rizty & Nenita Sioco, MFH Bible Center, Palawan—evangelism, discipleship, & church planting lessons at Missions & Nations churches to grow & bear fruit among the tribes in Palawan; faithfulness & endurance for 2024-2025.
Ron & Tes Brown, CC U-Turn for Christ, Samar—a great finish to the winter missions season; favor to attend some of the CCOF activities this summer; missionaries to come this season; guidance from the Holy Spirit for the 8 churches & CBI school in Samar.
Fidel & Ruby Pasion, CC Tipo—provision for our son's college expenses, our health, & the ministry. Praise God for the awesome worship conference we just had!
PORTUGAL
David & Kati Dawson, YWAM, Lisbon—good relations with Catholic church leaders; upcoming event with Messianic Jewish leaders in Dallas, TX; funds to complete guest unit remodel. Praise God for healing family; fruitful family devotions; using me to save a girl from drowning.
Brandon & Diana Harding, CC Grande Porto—church building expansion at CC Grande Porto & the next church plant this spring in Guimarães (the "birthplace" of Portugal); our daughters Isabella & Victoria.
ROMANIA
George & Megan Scanlan, Inceputuri Noi, Bistrita—the Roma children attending Inceputuri Noi English club to receive new life in Christ along with their families. Praise God for moving us to Romania.
Jamie & Andreea Hogan, Lost & Found Fellowship Church, Bucharest—the Word to be preached with power; hearts to be convicted; minds to be transformed; lives to be dead to sin & the world; church body to live for Christ.
Paul & Maura Cathey, AJM, Cluj—God to use a church planting resident program that we are launching in April to equip men for the work of ministry & to be sent out.
SCOTLAND
David & Zoë Fraser, Airdrie—laborers to help with young adults & youth ministry. Praise God for His growing church at ABC!
SERBIA
Tibor & Mercedes Varga, Csantaver—the ministry to gypsy people; soup kitchen for the poor; youth ministry.
SOUTH AFRICA
De Beer & Ridri, CC Somerset West—God to move us to earnest prayer; a hunger & a thirst for the things of God; revival in Helderberg & Stellenbosch.
SOUTH SUDAN
Suzy Kuj, In Deed & Truth Ministries, Tonj—the graduation ceremony of our first class of 18 pastors attending our new Tonj Bible Institute. Praise God for the provision & completion of the Bible school building.
TANZANIA
Gabriel & Candace Gwahenye, CC Kigoma—Protection over our health, kids, marriage, & ministry; vibrant/fruitful walks with God; wisdom; provision; ministry building funds; breakthrough in ongoing health challenges for Candace.
THAILAND
Arron & Vicky Moon, Refuge Fellowship CC, Chiang Mai—more full-time workers; the CC Asia Conference, which our church hosts.
Sharon Porterfield, CC St. George—God’s provision for the many survival needs & all million+ in the Burma & Bangladesh refugee camp to personally know Jesus; the daily bombing, raping, torturing, & killing to stop; unity & spiritual fruit at the Pa La U Discipleship Center.
UGANDA
David Kiiza, Julius Mukisa, & Paul Ntume, Bible Mission Call, Kampala—God to provide us with church land. Praise God for this new year.
Vincent & Melissa Aniku, CC Midigo—our school of 900 students, most from either Muslim families or South Sudan, & 500 living at our preschool-Jr high.
Gregg & Jo Clarkson, CC Fort Portal—a refreshing & fruitful sabbatical; expedited naturalization for Jo, waiving the residency requirements due to Gregg working abroad; equipment to be safely shipped by FRM to CCFP.
UKRAINE
David & Katya Snead, CC SoM + Seminary, Lviv—safety from cruise missiles; victory & peace; friends to come home alive from the front; wisdom for preaching, teaching, & translating.
Joel & Katya Brown, Calvary Living Water, Mukachevo—our continued work of housing, feeding, & caring for refugees in Ukraine; comfort for our family after a miscarriage; continued discipleship among our people.
Dima & Anya Matvievski, CC Living Water, Mukachevo—continued wisdom & strength running our humanitarian aid program; wisdom for women's ministry; strength & wisdom for our marriage & family in the midst of war.
Karina Shovikova, CC Living Water, Mukachevo—lasting fruit thru our evangelistic outreaches; evangelism to lead to repentance, discipleship, baptism, & growth; further vision in ministry; me to be in God's will.
Missions in Restricted Countries:
ASIA
Derek & Allison Forbes, BGEA—preparations underway in Vietnam for a public outreach in the Mekong Delta; the work in some other sensitive Asian countries for similar outreaches.
EAST ASIA
Byron—every child to know Dad personally; us as a family as we plan to move back to San Diego, CA, & get involved is His work there.
Daniel & Liz—wisdom & direction for this new season serving here; family health for all of us; effective homeschooling; us to grow in our marriage & draw closer to Dad; protection of our meetings; Dad’s timing for a furlough in the States.
Khanh—provision, direction, & wisdom for our succession plan; viability of the business for transformation business; all our staff to come to know Dad. Thank Dad for health & His work in each of our team members to draw us closer to Him.
T&T—our move to another facility. Thank Dad for this new venture; many being introduced to Him in these last days.
ISRAEL
Stephen & Pat Apple, Shepherd's Light, CC Tel Aviv & CC Haifa—effective & fruitful Shepherd’s Light church plants; “Small Blessings Israel” as they bring IDF medical aid & surgery supplies to Ashkelon's Barzilai Hospital.
Harringtons, CCCM, Israel/Kosovo—healing; vision for future ministry. Praise God we were able to speak face-to-face to 1,000+ people from 50 countries & many different beliefs while in Malta with about 30+ professions of faith; a fruitful time in Israel, even though sick.
Stateside-Based Missions
CALIFORNIA
Helen Hong, Eastside Christian, Fullerton—me in my transition of letting go of everything (my home, my job, my comforts), getting into a van & sharing the Gospel, & trying to spend more time with Jesus this season; safety; a stronger prayer life.
Brian Sumner, Urban Missionary, Huntington Beach—me to be clear in hearing the Lord as I preach, teach, & reach, & for my family as we live out this life on mission.
Daniel & Janette Carter, CC Living Word, Irvine—the deaf to come to know Jesus throughout Eurasia; opportunities to share with deaf locally; more effective deaf Bible translations.
Bill Holdridge, Poimen Ministries, Manteca—more called & gifted men to join our ministry (www.poimenministries.com); open doors; wisdom; Divine provision.
Dan & Debbie Finfrock, Intensive Care Ministries, Redlands—the 7 Bible schools going into Tanzania to train pastors to teach expositionally; 3 more Bible schools opening in Malawi, Liberia, & Rwanda this year.
Louis & Janey DeMeo, Missions, Mentoring, & Orphans First, Vista—direction, a car, health, open doors, & no hindrances for our son Francesco in launching his music career; a good church for our daughter Rachele, her boys to find good friends, & she & her husband to lead more souls to Christ; God to strengthen Louis’ immune system, heal his breathing & heart area, & grant him wisdom & direction;
God to continue the work in the hearts of those we shared with at the recent National Prayer Breakfast; continued fruit in Italy; protection & direction for President Giorgia Melone; justice, healing, & restoration for Pastor Jean-Luc in France, as well as a healing of Cathy, Claude, J-L, Laeti, & Dominique (& his upcoming marriage); physical safety, spiritual protection, peace, & grace for Olfa, presidential candidate for Tunisia; protection & funds for our children’s home in Guntur, the Little Lights school in the slums, & Grace Home in India; additional workers, especially for the older children who are vulnerable to trafficking, & a healing of Nena (pastor’s wife) from cancer in Mexico; our large children’s program in Ukraine & those suffering from PTSD; protection & healing for Bianca, Chip, Christopher, David, Ken, Scott, & Will; God to meet the many needs of the men that Louis is mentoring & that they are raised up to make a huge impact; health & an unspoken need for Janey.
COLORADO
Bob & Jeanne Claycamp, Poimen Ministries, CC Aurora —sensitivity & faith to follow thru with the promptings of the Spirit to assist & encourage other pastors & wives.
HAWAII
Lisa Collins, Simply Jesus Global, Waimanalo - health; provision; God's favor & grace; God to be glorified; God's wisdom daily to minister & impact those around me with His Word & the love of God!
OHIO
Michael & Anni Rhoads, Canton - gainful employment; favor to teach in Christian schools; healing from depression, mental illness, anxiety, & OCD for those struggling in the church; financial wisdom & justice for David & Stefanie Herzog, as well as other abused preachers.
WASHINGTON
Mark & Gabi Beckwith, Prosser - provision; wisdom; grace; a complete healing; protection from spiritual attacks; open doors for ministry here. Praise God for moving & protecting us.