| Dear All, Wednesday’s Bottom Line: Scott’s had three days with our family in Hong Kong, and he’s about to fly to the Philippines, where he will start his first Raising Disciple-Makers seminar on Friday. Wednesday’s Prayer Requests: 1. Healing for Scott and good health throughout this mission trip. 2. Clear communication with Wilson, Angelica, and Myrna; grace and peace as ministry plans are being made. 3. God to bring to the first Raising Disciple-Makers (RDM) seminar the specific people who are ready to be taught and who will do the most with what they learn. |
| Wednesday’s Details: Scott’s time with our family in Hong Kong didn’t go exactly as planned, but it was a wonderful opportunity for our grandkids to reconnect — and in the case of young Nate, meet for the first time — their Missouri grandpa. Despite most of their family being sick, and in spite of rainy weather, Scott took the oldest two (5 and 3) to Disneyland, and they all lived to tell about it. = ) Unfortunately, Scott caught whatever their family had and has been feeling rather cruddy. Hence prayer request #1 above. He flies Thursday morning (Wednesday evening MO time) to Manila, the capital of the Philippines, arriving midday. Then he’ll have a couple hours’ drive to the home where he’ll be staying. Thursday evening he will get settled, and Friday morning will involve final planning for the two-day Raising Disciple-Makers seminar that will start that evening. One of the main goals for this mission trip is to establish a disciple-makers “outpost” in the Philippines. An outpost is the seed of a discipleship network. It’s usually a group of at least three pastors who have been trained to raise disciple-makers and who are ready to lead new disciple-makers (DM) groups. When Scott goes to a place and presents an RDM seminar to a group of pastors, many of them will want to join a DM group where they can personally experience the process for several months and then raise up disciples in their own churches and communities. So, we need experienced disciple-makers in that place who can lead those groups. Wilson and Angelica are two of those people. We believe the time is now for this process to start among groups of Filipino pastors, and we are excited to see what God does through Take the Challenge in the very next few days. Thanks for taking a moment to PRAY for Scott now! Blessings, Patty |