February 24 - Praise Reports and Prayer Requests

Here are praise reports and prayer requests for this week.  

Praise Reports:

-Praise the Lord: Staffing was available at Maghaberry Prison this past Friday and Rick was be able to participate in the meeting with residents.

 -Praise the Lord: wee Martin is making great improvement!                

-Praise the Lord: The last two weeks' subject at Celebrate Recovery has been on forgiveness and there has been a good, genuine response to the topic. First Rick, then Cindy taught the lessons.
 

Thank you for praying for the following with us: 

- Please pray for Jo Anne, a believer, who is struggling with MS, she is currently having a relapse.  She is also needs a permanent, part time job.

- Pray for Roy, a resident at Maghaberry Prison, that the Holy Spirit will get through to his heart so that he can believe in the Lord's transforming power that only faith can bring

- Pray that when we submit our visa application that it will be acceptable to the UKVI.

-Baking Day - Women's Outreach this Saturday, 28 Feb -  Jan will be leading a devotion and Ruth will be sharing her many talents of baking.   

- Upcoming Tres Dias weekends: a 3 day retreat which brings Protestant and Catholic believers together to grow in faith and knowledge of the Lord
     Feb 26 - Mar 1: Tres Dias Men's Weekend 

Thank you for your faithful prayer support,
Blessings,
Rick and Cindy Johnston

February 17 Praises & Prayer Requests

Here are praise reports and prayer requests for this week.  

Praise Reports:

-Praise the Lord: worship is working out well. The Lord will raise up musicians when He is ready.

-Praise the Lord:  two new people came to the mid-week Bible study                   

-Praise the Lord:  almost all the cast from the puppet show were able to meet for a cast party. they were all excited to have done it and now want to write their own script for the next one - hopefully for Christmas

 Thank you for praying for the following with us: 

- Please pray for Jo Anne, a believer, who is struggling with MS, she is currently having a relapse.  She is also needs a permanent, part time job.

- Pray for a wee boy, Martin, who had several cancerous tumors on his bowels.  Please pray for his healing and his family during this time.

- Pray that when we submit our visa application that it will be acceptable to the UKVI.

- Keep praying for Leo and Cheryl Rose in Inverness Scotland whose application for permanent residency was turned down by the UK authorities. Their tribunal court appeal has been rescheduled for next Tuesday, February 24. 

Be praying for these upcoming items: 
- 21 February - Day outing to Belfast with the youth 
- 28 February - Ladies Baking Day - we're holding a day for a couple of our ladies who are wonderful bakers to teach others, also to invite friends and neighbors as an outreach opportunity.

Thank you for your faithful prayer support,
Blessings,
Rick and Cindy Johnston

Feb 10 Praise Reports & Prayer Requests

Here are praise reports and prayer requests for this week.  

Praise Reports:

-Praise the Lord: The requirements for the visa process are being met and we have gathered, scanned and sent the necessary documents to our new sponsor.

-Praise the Lord: The application to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland has been submitted                            

-Praise the Lord: for Cindy and I fully recovering from the gastric flu that had us down for the last two weeks

-Praise the Lord:  For Gail being able to get botox treatment in England that will help her neck.

-Praise the Lord:  13 yr. old Martin is improving!  He called his parents at 6 am the other day, asking to go for a walk in the hospital! 

Thank you for praying for the following with us: 

- Please pray for Jo Anne, a believer, who is struggling with MS, she is currently having a relapse.  She is also needs a job as she has a temp job which will last through Feb 12.

- Pray for Katie our niece who is debating about accepting Jesus into her heart.

- Pray that the processes we are doing for the preparation for the submission of our visa will be proper and acceptable to the UKVI when they receive it.

-Please keep praying for healing of Gail's neck. It is a lot more painful than she let's on. She has an dystonia torticollis that has tightened some neck muscles into a permanent knot and is actually caused by a stress-related reaction in the brain.

-Please continue to pray for the Lord to work in our youth group. They enjoy meeting together, but there is not much spiritual hunger. Continue to pray for two of our youth: B. who is struggling with her identity in Christ and K. who is doubting her salvation.      

- Pray that we'll receive charitable status from the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland as the application has been submitted. Their website says that it should take about four months to review and accept the application.

Thank you for your faithful prayer support

God bless you,

Rick & Cindy Johnston