Prayer Requests

This week has been a good week. Thankfully, the kids went back to school with no problem. The homework load hasn't been too bad this week either. Our language lessons have gone well also. Thank you all for your continued prayers!

We would like to share a few prayer needs for this week:

• As you may know, Falyn has begun some orthodontic work. Last month she had an expander put in which we had to turn every night for a month and caused her some pain. Our next step is this week. She will be going Thursday to have her 6 wisdom teeth (yes, 6!) cut out. She will also at the same time have a procedure done where they cut the skin above the two front top teeth. They will only use local anesthetic for these procedures. Please pray for the procedure and for her recovery. She will be going in next month for the top braces and head gear after this heals.
• As we've mentioned before, we have two new journeymen, Dan and Payton, who will be joining our team in April. They are preparing now to leave for their seven week orientation in Virginia as we did. Please pray for these two men as they make preparations to leave home and begin their journeys of obedience in Moscow with us.
• We are beginning to look at areas in the northern district for our move. We are praying now for the Lord's guidance in moving to an area where there is no church plant and possibly beginning something new there or moving into an area near a current church plant and working with that group for now. Please help us pray for the Lord to lead us where He wants us to be and begin the work He wants us to do.
• I completed my language exam this week. Doyle and I will both have one next month. Then I will drop to part time language while Doyle will continue full time until May. We are working hard to memorize Scripture in Russian. Doyle led a small part of the Thursday night Bible study in English (with translation) with some Russian thrown in. He feels very frustrated that he cannot share the Bible and his heart because of the language barrier. He desperately wants to learn so that he can share without any hindrances. Please pray that we can understand new language concepts, remember our grammar, remember new words, and speak with correct pronunciation as we continue this part of our journey.
• Doyle needs prayer for his elbow. It is really getting bad. He truly needs some physical therapy after the shot for the correct healing to begin. It is so hard to sacrifice that much time with full time language, ministry, and family needs. Please pray that God will make a way for Doyle to properly care for his elbow so that it can heal. Also, the cortisone shot that he gets is very painful, and he experiences a great deal of pain for several days afterwards. ***Update: This morning (Sunday) he could not attend church due to the pain and we now have moved up the doctor visit for tomorrow (Monday) per Doyle's request. If you know Doyle and doctors, this should tell you how severe the pain is.
• Daegan is having some problems with some relationships at school. Please pray that he will develop good relationships with some of the boys there.
• Continue to pray for the work of the co-laborers team.
• Continue to pray for a meeting place for the Timi group.
• Continue to pray for those who recently watched the Jesus film with the Golovinsky group.

Thank you all for the emails and comments that help to know that you are there faithfully praying for us and the work here. Every word we receive is encouraging and makes the journey easier. And, thank you for all of you who send us your requests as well. We are praying for you all as well. We pray God's blessings for all of you!