The James Family
James Family January 2018 Prayer & Praise
• Praise for the 15 ESI (Equipping Servants Internship) groups in Temuco, Chile. Kep visited them last month. There is great enthusiasm about studying the Bible -- so much so that churches in Santiago and Concepcion (Chile’s 2 largest cities) have asked to start ESI in those cities as well! Kep and Debbie plan to train ESI Facilitators April 12-14 in Concepcion, Chile – pray that the Lord will help us identify the right people to lead new groups in these new cities.
• Pray for Jeff Mills and Kep’s visit to Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina in January to see if there is interest in starting ESI in the cities of Asuncion, Sao Paolo and Salta in 2018 or 2019.
• Pray for the 1000+ ESI participants in Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay and Chile. Pray for the 2000 total graduates since 2002. Pray that each pastor and church/ministry leader will grow in their desire to honor Christ by being true to His Scriptures, thinking, living and serving Biblically, to strengthen and mobilize the church around Latin America to disciple believers and reach the least reached with the gospel of Christ so that no one will live or die without hearing the Good News of Jesus.
• Pray for Debbie’s work of evangelism and discipleship with the women in the ILC Church – for much fruit that remains.
• Pray that pastors will build a strong commitment of Biblical friendship so they will stop walking alone but rather walk together with other pastors. Pray that church leaders will experience gospel unity in Jesus as they walk together under the banner of the gospel.
• Pray for God’s supply for the 2000 ESI Pastor-Book-Sets needed between now and 2022 to start ESI in 5 new Latin American countries in the next 5 years in our effort to place Pastor Book Sets in the hands of pastors and church leaders around Latin America – and then to train these trainers to effectively use the materials.
• Pray for Pastor Tomas Diaz as he works with 6 groups of ESI pastors in Loja, and expands ESI into Guayaquil, Quito and Cuenca, Ecuador
• Pray for Pastor Edwin Callejas as he works with 4 groups of ESI pastors in Huánuco, Peru, and oversees 2 ESI groups in Cajamarca.
• Pray for Pastor Pepe Rocha that God will give him passion for Christ in his pastoral ministry in the ILC Church in La Paz, Bolivia.