James Update December 2021

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Greetings from La Paz!
Attached is our December Update where we announce news about a re-focus in our ministry. Thank you for your prayers -- we need them!!!
When you pray, you go with us in ministry!
Love,
Kep and Debbie

Kep & Debbie December 2021 Prayer Requests

1. Pray for us as we begin to refocus our attention to spend more of our time helping the church planting ministry in North Africa (50% in Africa; 50% with ESI Latin America).

2. Pray for the many opportunities Christmas gives us to make Christ known here in Bolivia. Pray for much fruit that remains.

3. A praise for the invitation we received recently to start ESI in 2022 in Tanzania. Please pray that the Lord will bring the right people together!

Out of Africa Update

I just finished up 4 weeks of ministry in North and West Africa. It was a huge privilege to be there! I was with an Egyptian based ministry. The first week at a missions mobilization conference in the Nile Delta with some 600 Egyptians who are interested in missions. The second week I trained leaders of the 15 church planting training schools who serve in locations that extend from the Middle East, across the 5 North African countries, and into Francophone West Africa. I trained them in our ESI way of studying the Bible to learn it, to live it and to teach it with Jesus in the center. It was encouraging seeing these church leaders so excited about studying Romans and discussing its message!! After that I visited two of the church planting training centers in Morocco and Senegal -- taking students through the same Bible study material. The Center in Senegal trains believers from one of the North African countries where it is against the law to be a Christian.

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Kep & Debbie November 2021 Prayer Requests

* Praise for the fruitful month Kep spent training Streams Ministry Trainers in Egypt, Morocco and Senegal. Pray that the students in these 15 training centers preparing to plant churches in North Africa and the Middle East will practice what they learned, and continue to study God’s Word every day to learn it, to live it, and to teach it faithfully (2 Timothy 4:1-5).

* Pray for the 1,740 ESI (Equipping Servants –Disciples Making Disciples) participants in 162 groups meeting in 14 countries. Pray that these men and women will grow in their love for God and commitment to honor Christ by being true to His Scriptures with Jesus and His Gospel at the center.

* Pray for our ILC church in La Paz, Bolivia that members will be faithful sharing Christ with people around us, and that the Lord will bring much fruit that remains.
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Thank you for Praying! Africa Trip Update

Just a quick update. God has given me the huge privilege of being able to spend time with and train team leaders of church planting training schools across N Africa, ME and Francophone Africa. The 4 days we spent together in Egypt were wonderful.

From there I flew to Morocco, where I have spent the entire week with students preparing to plant churches. Tomorrow, I fly to Senegal for more of the same. I have been impressed with every person I have met in these training centers--their deep hunger to know God and His Word and their willingness to face the high cost of following Christ and making Him known.

Thank you for praying,

Kep

Africa Trip Update

Greetings from La Paz!

I leave Bolivia tomorrow morning at 4am for Cairo (through Bogota and Miami and Istanbul.) During the three and a half weeks I’ll be in Africa, I’ll attend a mobilization conference organized by a Cairo-based ministry. They have over 500 registered–these are Egyptian believers interested in missions!

After this conference, I will train leaders of the 15 church-planting training centers in North Africa and the Middle East. Would you please pray that these participants will gain a renewed passion and love for Jesus as we study through Romans and spend time together interacting on the nature of the gospel and the grace of Jesus? Also pray that my teaching will not be lost in translation!! Everything will be translated into Arabic. Following this four day training retreat, I’ll travel to visit two of the training centers. It means a lot knowing you are praying–and the wonderful thing is that when you pray you go!

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Kep & Debbie October 2021 Prayer Requests

* Pray for Kep as he spends the first week and a half of October in Morocco and Senegal visiting ministry training centers. Pray for these students who are preparing to plant churches in North Africa that God will use the time Kep spends with them to encourage them to make a commitment to study God’s Word every day to learn it, to live it, and to teach it faithfully (2 Timothy 4:1-5).

* Pray for the 1,740 ESI (Equipping Servants –Disciples Making Disciples) participants in 162 groups meeting in 14 countries. Pray that these men and women will grow in their love for God and commitment to honor Christ by being true to His Scriptures with Jesus and His Gospel at the center.

* Pray for our ILC church in La Paz, Bolivia that members will be faithful sharing Christ with people around us, and that the Lord will bring much fruit that remains.

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Kep & Debbie September 2021 Update

Hello from Bolivia!

A short note to thank you for praying for us, and to mention a few specific prayer requests this month:

* For Kep’s trip to Cairo, Marrakech, and Dakar on September 17 for three weeks -- first to attend a conference (with 400-500 Egyptian young people who are interested in missions); then to lead a four-day training retreat. This retreat will be for 15 leaders of church planting training centers across North Africa. Please pray that our time together will deepen their commitment to Jesus and to be Biblical friends–they work in areas that are difficult for the gospel! Also that the time together will encourage each one to make a life-long commitment to study God’s Word, to know it, and to teach it–so they will live the transformation of the gospel by growing in Jesus. After the training retreat, I will visit training centers in various countries.

* For Debbie as she continues to build the women’s ministry in our church in La Paz. Several of her key leaders have left La Paz or Bolivia due to family concerns in other places. Pray as they plan their important annual women’s retreat in the month of October.

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Kep & Debbie September 2021 Prayer Requests

* Pray for Kep as he spends September 18-26 in Cairo with the ministry training center leaders, and part of that time leading a Facilitators Training Retreat. After this, he will spend 2 weeks visiting students in Morocco and Senegal who are preparing to plant churches in North Africa. Pray that God will use the time Kep spends there to encourage students and leaders to make a commitment to study God’s Word every day to learn it, to live it, and to teach it faithfully (2 Timothy 4:1-5).

* Pray for the 1,740 ESI (Equipping Servants –Disciples Making Disciples) participants in 162 groups meeting in 14 countries. Pray that these men and women will grow in their love for God and commitment to honor Christ by being true to His Scriptures with Jesus and His Gospel at the center.

* Pray for our church in Bolivia that we will be faithful sharing Christ with people around us, and that the Lord will bring much fruit that remains.

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Kep & Debbie August 2021 Update

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Greetings from Bolivia!

Attached is our August Update, where you will find a description of my upcoming trip to Africa, as well as other prayer requests. Please pray for Debbie as she continues to train up her women's ministry team working in evangelism, discipleship, and caring for the needy in La Paz.

Thank you for your partnership in the gospel with us through your prayers.

Kep