Update from Youth Camp in France!!

" Thanks so much, everyone, for all your prayers for winter camp last week! We had an incredible week. I almost feel like there aren't quite words to describe how amazing the week was, but I can say that God definitely moved in big ways! We were very blessed with safe travels, not a single injury on the slopes, great weather, and an awesome staff at Camp Champfleuri. But the thing that made this week so exciting was watching our jr. highers, most of whom were not Christians, encounter God in a very real way! Two of the girls made the decision to begin a relationship with Jesus Christ!!! The Truth of the Gospel was presented in some way each night, and the students were so excited about what they were learning about Jesus and were bombarding us with really good questions, hungry for all they could get. It was so exciting to watch these students, who I have been building relationships with for the past year, begin to understand how much God loves them and be awestruck by what He has done for them. Thank you so much for praying, and for getting involved in this way in what God is doing in the youth of France. It's so exciting!

Much love,
Kerri"

Samaritan's Purse: Zimbabwe

SP Zimbabwe staff: Shadrack and Brighton in Mutare

A good friend, Phil Ewert, recently moved from Sudan to Zimbabwe to continue serving the poor with Samaritan's Purse. Before Phil's arrival, Samaritan's Purse did not have a presence in Zimbabwe. Therefore, he is starting all of SP's programs from scratch - an enormous task - in a country in desperate need. Below is a brief background on Zimbabwe and prayer requests from Phil...

"The situation in Zimbabwe has become progressively challenging since the year 2000 with the country suffering from hyper-inflation,culminating in astronomical prices for almost everything and shortages of everything from fuel to foodstuffs. This coupled with anextremely high unemployment rate and the effects of HIV/AIDS (which effects 15% of the population) hasmeant that life has been extremely difficult for Zimbabweans on the past 7 years. The people and Christians of Zimbabwe need our prayers."

Ways you can pray (from Phil):

• Registration Process, that all goes smoothly and quickly
• Wisdom as we start new projects and look for the best place to be working
• Wisdom to hire the right staff
• Pray for the church in Zimbabwe, that the Lord my strengthen it and that His love would be manifest here and now

Here's a photo of Phil, so that you have a face to remember as you pray...

Phil and Simon in South Sudan

"May God be gracious to you and bless you and make his face shine upon you!" Psalm 67:1

ICCP Youth Camp!

Yes, I'm taking you back to France to pray for YOUTH CAMP!!! I received an email from a friend spending her life ministering to youth and college students in Aix en Provence, France and below are her prayer requests for their Christian Youth Camp excursion in Champfleuri, Grenoble, France.

"I'd like to ask if you, my dear friends, would cover this trip in prayer:

-pray for our safety as we're be skiing and snowboarding every day

-pray that God will prepare the hearts of each of the students on the trip to hear the Truth. We're going to a Christian camp, but most of the students going are not Christians. Please pray that each one would encounter Him in a very real way this week.

-pray for me and my fellow leaders, Adam and Tasha, that we would be daily abiding in Jesus, that He may fill us with a supernatural abundance of love and strength, so that we can love these students.

Thanks friends! I'm glad we're in this together, we couldn't do it without your prayers!

Love, Kerri"

In prayer with you...

World Vision Chad

Please keep our brothers and sisters from Chad in prayers. Violence in the form of rebel attacks targeting the presidential palace have risen in the capital city of N'diamena. Civilians' are being killed amidst the chaos.

Please pray in particular for the World Vision staff in Chad. Their office was attacked, but praise God their staff members are all currently safe. However, due to road blocks they are unable to leave the city. Therefore, these World Vision staff members remain in danger.

Please pray...

• For an end to this violence
• For protection for the WV staff and the many innocent civilians
• For the hearts of the insurgents to be softened and changed
• For our Lord to comfort those who are in fear right now
• And for our Lord to provide for their many needs ... he knows them all
• That God's light of love will shine brightly amidst this darkness

Thank you so much for your many prayers. I will try to post more details in the near future.

Blessings to you...