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

Kep & Debbie August 2021 Prayer Requests

* Bolivia is experiencing a third wave of COVID, and many around us are sick and dying. Please pray for people in our ILC church in La Paz who are suffering. Pray that our church will continue to help and encourage in practical ways, and that we will be faithful and effective pointing people to Jesus. As you might imagine, there is an unusual openness to talking  about Jesus.

* Pray for our ministry of teaching the Bible, that the Lord will give people a clear understanding of His Truth, and move the gospel forward in many lives. Debbie continues to see good fruit in her ministry with the ILC Church women.

* Kep continues developing training material for the missionary training centers in Egypt and other North African countries. Pray for his time with the training center leaders September 19-26 in Egypt training the trainers.

* Pray for the 1740 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 the Gospel at the center.

* Pray for Pastor Pepe and the elders of the ILC Church in La Paz, that they will be passionate about Jesus, and will lead the flock by example and with a gospel-focus in their preaching and teaching.

Kep & Debbie July 2021 Update

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Hello from Bolivia!

This update tells you about last Saturday's ESI (Equipping Servants) graduation, COVID-19 update for Bolivia, and progress report on what we will be doing in North Africa.

God is working,

Kep and Debbie James

Kep & Debbie July 2021 Prayer Requests

* We are thankful to be back in Bolivia. Many people in our ILC church in La Paz are sick with Covid, and several have died. Pray that we would be a help and encouragement, and that the Lord will open many people to see their need for Jesus in the midst of great suffering and heartache.

* Pray for our ministry of teaching the Bible, that the Lord will give people a clear understanding of His Word and move the Gospel forward in many lives. Debbie continues to see good fruit in her ministry with the ILC Church women.

* Kep is making good progress helping Brother Philip in his ministry in Egypt and other North African countries. Kep is preparing the 2022 training curriculum for the church planting training schools there. They have begun translating books and manuals into Arabic and French they will use for the 2022 curriculum in the training centers. Kep plans to be in Cairo in September to train the trainers.

* Pray for the 2200 ESI (Equipping Servants –Disciples Making Disciples) participants in 175 groups meeting in 15 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 the Gospel at the center.

* Pray for Pastor Pepe and the elders of the ILC Church in La Paz, that they will be passionate about Jesus, and will lead the flock by example and with a gospel-focus in their preaching and teaching.

We are back in Bolivia!

Greetings from La Paz!

We arrived back in Bolivia a few days ago. We would value your prayers as we seek to encourage people in our church who are sick with COVID-19. Many others have lost family members in recent weeks as COVID again is peaking here in Bolivia. Our ILC Church is still shut down due to COVID concerns -- our meetings continue via Zoom.

Debbie is encouraged at the number of women the ILC Church women's ministry continues to reach. Tomorrow they have an important Bolivian Mother's Day evangelistic meeting via Zoom. Please pray for Gospel impact as Pepe's wife Karina gives the Bible lesson.

Our ESI (Equipping Servants International) groups continue to meet in the 15 countries -- many now in person and some via Zoom.

Thank you for your partnership in the Gospel with us! When you pray, you are here with us! What a privilege to be together in the Gospel!

Kep and Debbie

Kep & Debbie June 2021 Prayer Requests

* Pray for Kep and Debbie – as of May 22 they are now back in Bolivia. Pray as they teach, evangelize and disciple that the Lord will give people a clear understanding of His Word and move the Gospel forward in many lives. Covid continues its rampage through Bolivia -- so far the ILC Church in La Paz has been unable to meet physically. Debbie continues to see good fruit in her work with the ILC Church women’s ministry.

* Pray for the widow (Carla) and 2 daughters (Andrea and Dani) of our close friend David Pena who died of Covid in May. David was one of our longest standing friends in Bolivia, and has been heavily involved in ministry with us.

* Pray for Kep as he continues helping Brother Philip in his ministry in Egypt and other North African countries. Kep is preparing the training curriculum for the church planting training schools there, and is working with translators to translate key books and training materials into Arabic, French and Amharic. Pray that Kep will be able to get all the translation work completed by November, when he plans to return to Egypt, South Sudan, Chad, Senegal and Ethiopia to train the trainers.

May 2021 James Update

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Greetings from Cleveland.

This update tells what we will be doing when we return to Bolivia in 2 weeks, as well as the attention we will be giving to an Egyptian church planting ministry in North Africa. Again, we value your prayers! When you pray, you are there with us. Let us know how we can be praying for you, too!

Kep and Debbie James