Testimonies to Come

The team is home and ready to share all that they experienced on the field in Salle. Stay tuned to hear the stories!

Rejoicing!!!

Greetings from the Pana and your team serving among them!
We have just arrived in Bamako and we will leave tomorrow night (Thursday)
for the USA. Our hearts and minds and spirits are full! We are still
praising and processing all that God did.
We had an incredible time in the village! We expected much of God and he
went above and beyond every expectation! His Word is true...you cannot
even imagine all God will do for those who love Him and are called
according to His purpose. We expected to spend a day with the one believer
in the village. God arranged for us to spend everyday, all day with him.
We expected to talk with the women we shared stories with the last visit,
God opened the doors for us to speak to a large group of women. In
addition to that, God opened the way for us to spend some great one on one
time with some of the women. We expected to tell more stories with the
people and God allowed us to share stories with the young men, the women,
and even with a crowd that gathered unexpectantly. We expected to visit
with the chief in his courtyard, yet God allowed us to have a special one
on one time with him in our courtyard and even prayed with him in his
fields for his crops. Then there were the things that we didnt expect...to
spend a day with all the followers in the Baye region praising and
learning about being a disciple, going into Burkina Faso and encourgagin
the followers there, discovering and spending time with a potter in the
village, watching God do the amazing as He took away the pain of a
scorpion bite and then the greatest power of God displayed...a young woman
from another village choosing to follow the Way, the Truth, and the
Life!!!
There are stories to go with each of the praises above! Stories that
continue to declare God's glory just as the stories we tell from His Word.
I will continue to write and share with you the amazing details that
demonstrate our God. Please continue to pray for the Pana, for Ma the new
follower, and for the one believer Iz in the village of S.
Thank you for your faithfulness to pray...i am curious to know how God
spoke to you as you prayed for us at 10pm each night. If you have stories
to tell us please let us know. We want to fully declare His glory!
thanking God for you and praising Him for the work He has done!!
lori

On Their Way Back

Greetings! The Pana team is on their way back to Bamako. The trip to Salle was a great success. There will be many stories to tell, the most important about a young girl, Ma, who became a believer! Praise God!

Safely to B@m@ko

The P@n@ team has arrived safely in B@m@ko! Father held off the rainstorm so that the plane was able to land safely and the team was able to get their luggage and make it to their housing without getting wet. All the luggage made it too! Father is sooooo good! Thank you too, for pr@ying the team safely to B@m@ko. As you bend your knees on their behalf tonight, please pr@y for their time in the morning. They will meet together for about an hour to discuss future work among the P@n@. Pr@y for wisdom and direction during this time of discussion. Then the team will leave around 9am with the goal of making it to M0pt1. Again, pr@y Father's protection around them and for opportunities to witness along the way.

Your pr@yers are being answered. Father is working. Let's keep lifting up this team! Thank you!

Pr@yer

Please join us in pr@ying for the HSI team that is currently serving in Mali, West Africa. Many people, along with the Harvest Pr@yer Network are praying each night at 10pm Central Time. Use the link below to access the P@n@ Team's Pr@yer Guide.



Thank you for joining in Father's work!

The time has come to send out the next Pana team, to armor up for the battle and to bend our knees in prayer for the Pana and the team God has chosen. Attached you will find a prayer guide to follow along with us as we walk, live, and story among the Pana.

We would like to UNITE our prayer network in an even greater way this trip by inviting all of you to join together in prayer every night at 10:00 pm...just before you tuck yourself into bed...remember the Pana and the team serving among them. We would like for you to make that commitment along with the churches who are represented by members on the team. We believe God has great things for the Pana and we know without doubt that God's Word is true..."Where two or three come together in my name, there I Am with them." We cannot wait to see how God reveals Himself as we all come together at 10:00 pm in His name on behalf of the Pana.

You may ask, "Why 10:00 pm?" With the time difference, as you go to bed we will be getting up to begin our day. As you pray at 10:00 pm, you will be the power that energizes, prepares, and infuses us with God's Presence, wisdom, and Word.

Thank you for being a part of the greatest Prayer Network ever....smile...
We love you and thank God for you and your partnership! Thank you for joining in the Harvest of people brought to eternal life!

lori and the Pana team

Thank you for praying for my time with FBC Midland, TX and Humble Area's FBC.
Our training time with the 5 mission teams in Midland was great. Our main focus was learning about becoming an effective cross cultural witness. We spent 6 hours learning, discussing, and seeking to apply our new understanding to the different peoples the teams will be visiting. We discussed worldviews and culture, along with a fast overview of some basic mission team keys to being prepared. We focused on the importance of seeking to understand the influences that worldview and culture have on how we share the gospel with people from different worldviews and cultures. It was fun to grow together as we all seek to become the witnesses and servants God wants us to be.....so that we can make Jesus known to the ends of the earth.

I flew back into Humble Sunday morning to speak to the Life Groups. I spent time with a ladies group that has adopted me and HSI. It was great to be with them again and to catch up. It was awesome to hear how God is working among them and using them to minister to one another. It was great to share with them all that God is doing in Mali as well as how God is calling out volunteers to go. Of course there is always the challenge to join God...smile!

I spoke to another Life Group at 10:50. It was great to be with them and make them aware of the mission of Harvest Seekers International and how God has partnered our mission with their church to evangelize and plant churches among the Dafin people in Mali. Again...a challenge to join the laborers in the harvest.

Please pray for the teams from Midland who are in the planning and preparation phase before they embark on their different adventures. The first team will leave for Belize in about 1 week. The other teams will leave at varying times through the summer, traveling to: Mali, Central Mexico, Vietnam, and Costa Rica.

Pray for the Life Groups of Humble FBC to pursue their place among the nations and to take seriously the great commission for their own lives.