The James Family
James Family June 2017 Prayer Requests
• Pray for the 3 ESI (Equipping Servants Internship pastoral training) Facilitator Training weeks we are doing in Colombia, Bolivia and Chile. We’ll be meeting with 10 ESI leaders in Santa Cruz to launch 10 groups for 150 new participants in Santa Cruz in the next few weeks. We’ll train 40 pastors and church leaders in Temuco, Chile June 28- July 1, to begin 20 ESI groups for 300 new participants the first week of August. And Juan Cardenas held the Facilitator Training in Bogota May 22-26 for 13 new ESI leaders to begin 10 new groups in Bogota with 150 participants in July.
• Pray for the 850 active Equipping Servants Internship (ESI) participants in Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Uruguay. Pray for the 1625 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 and 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 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 these Book Sets in the hands of pastors and church leaders around Latin America – and then to train the trainers to effectively use these materials.
• Pray that ESI participants will grow in their love for Jesus with a growing commitment to live on the basis of Christ’s righteousness in obedience to God’s Word.
• Pray for pastor Tomas Diaz as he works with 5 groups of ESI pastors in Loja, and this year begins to expand ESI into Guayaquil, Ecuador
• Pray for pastor Edwin Callejas as he works with 4 groups of ESI pastors in Huánuco, Peru, and oversees one ESI group in Cajamarca.
• Pray for pastor Pepe Rocha that God will help him in his passion for Christ in his pastoral ministry in the ILC Church in La Paz, Bolivia.
• Pray for Sami and Heather (children Ethan, Shae) developing a ministry of Biblical counseling in churches in La Paz.
• Pray for Katie as she works as a nurse at the Cleveland Clinic and reaches out to students from different countries sharing the good news of Jesus with them.
• Pray for Andrew and Angie (children Nicole, Camille, Zack) as they get established in Uruguay that God would allow them to plant a strong gospel church in Montevideo.