Dear Prayer Partners,
We appreciate each of you and your partnership with us in the Gospel. God is at work in North Africa. His name is being proclaimed, people are coming to know and worship Him, and His church is being planted.
We are praising God in His provision for us as we’ve brought our requests before Him. He continues to be faithful in providing abundantly for us. Thank you for joining us in praising and lifting our prayers before God.
Praises:
- Anissa passed her Occupation Therapy Assistant national exam, accepted a job here in Clermont, and found a place to live all in one week. She worked hard studying for her exam, so it was a relief to get the news that she had passed. We knew God would provide a job and housing for her, but it was amazing to see how it played out. She will be working at a pediatric clinic, where she did one of her clinical’s and hoped to get a position. She will be starting her job on November 15 after taking a trip to see some of her high school friends.
- Bologna: Did you ever wonder where bologna comes from? It comes from a city in Northern Italy and tastes very different there than it does here in the States. Last week, we heard the good news that AIM has decided to place the Northern Region Office in the suburbs of Bologna. We’re thrilled to know where we will be moving to in January. There are many reasons why this area was chosen, some of those reasons are accessibility to an international airport, many immigrants from North Africa living there, and two churches ready to help us get settled and welcome us into their congregations.
Prayer requests:
- Continue to pray for the gospel work that is being done in North Africa. Pray for bold proclamation from our gospel workers, open ears and hearts to those they’re reaching, and for boldness and endurance through suffering for our brothers and sisters in these countries.
- We will be applying for our visa to Italy at the Italian Consulate in Miami on November 8. Pray that we would get all of the papers that we need for our visa by our appointment date. Pray that we would have favor in getting our visa for Italy. We hope to leave for Italy sometime in the first two weeks of January.
- Pray for our team leaders who have just arrived in Italy. They also need to get their visa so that they can stay in Italy. They are preparing the way in many areas for themselves, us, and those to come. Pray especially for them as they look for their own and our housing. There are a lot of hurdles to cross when it comes to finding rental properties.
- Pray for Anissa as she begins her job in mid-November and moves in with her housemate. Pray for strength and wisdom for Autumn as she continues to teach and work with her six students; each day is a challenge. Pray for Alanna as she prepares for an event for Gospel worker children the first part of November whose parents will soon be working with AIM.
As we were reminded at our church on Sunday, let us be people who are not quarrelsome but who speak gently to those who oppose the Gospel. (2 Timothy 2:23-25)
Rod and Lori