Dec 08 Prayer-Points

Christmas Blessings Dear Family and Friends,

Even though your schedule is probably very busy this time of year, we would greatly appreciate your prayers regarding our upcoming Christmas events and a few opportunities/requests that have come my way recently. Please know how grateful we are for your prayers and support and how we miss all your loving faces or look forward to meeting you one day.

• Sundays, December 14^th and 21^th – Christ-based evangelical sermons, taking a short break from the Sermon on the Mount series
• Thursday, December 18^th – I have been invited to be the Guest Speaker/Preacher for a Christian Medical Students Organization at the University of Tirana. This is a small group of students who meet every Thursday afternoon. They will invite their non-believing classmates and have asked me to preach an evangelistic sermon. Please pray that many will come. Please pray for my preparation as this is in short notice. Please pray that the Holy Spirit will bless the preaching of the Word with many conversions that day.
• Saturday, December 20^th (weekend) – The Christian Medical Students Org. will host a retreat in which I am the seminar speaker. This is also in short notice. Please pray for my preparation. I still do not know my topics. We hope to also prepare gifts for the students including sermons on CD and a book. This same day please remember to pray for my wife, Jenny as she will host the few little children for a Christmas party in our home as well as package gifts with some other women in our church for the 25 or so women in a nearby nursing home. They plan to cook a few goodies and buy fresh fruit for both the men and women (50+) closer to the time of their visit.
• Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols Service to take place in the evening followed by a dinner.
• Christmas Day Service to be determined. We desire to incorporate this tradition as is held by many other European nations.
• New Year’s celebration is probably an even bigger event here in Albania due to it’s non-religious nature. This is also focused on families being together. Pray for the overall safety and encouragement for believers in Albania.