Tuesday, June 23, 2015

June 23 - Praise Reports and Prayer Requests

Here are praise reports and prayer requests for this week. 

Praise Reports:
 
- Praise the Lord: Rex got called back to his job from 7 years ago!

 - Praise the Lord - Chuck is doing great ..His therapy is done & He can start golfing again on July  6th.

- Praise the Lord: JoAnne's temp job ends July 2 and she already has a new temporary job that starts July 6!

- Praise the Lord: The "It's Your Move" lessons at Broughshane Primary School over the last 3 Mondays were eagerly received by the students and appreciated by the staff.

Thank you for praying for the following with us:

- Pray for N and R, believers who are in the midst of marital hardships and personal trials.

- Inverness Bible Fellowship (IBF), the actual sponsor of our visas, will continue to sponsor visas until March 2016. Pray that they will remain faithful to the task and that we will find another sponsor
- we require a visa through May of 2017. (We can apply for permanent residence in April 2016)

- Pray for direction for Pastor Leo and Cheryl Rose of Inverness Bible Fellowship as they return to the U.S. very soon.
    
- Men's meeting - last Monday night of the month - we too are going through Philippians.


- For the Lord to increase attendance at CBV as He sees fit (and to provide more men).

Thank you for your faithful prayer support
God bless you,
Rick & Cindy Johnston

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

June 17 Praise Reports & Prayer Requests


Here are praise reports and prayer requests for this week.  

Praise Reports:

- Praise the Lord: The York Pastors/Leaders Conference was a total blessing.  Tim and Jan from church both joined us; we were all encouraged in the Lord.
 
- Praise the Lord: We're beginning to see a change in a couple of our youths - the Lord is Faithful! They had a good interest in this past week's devotion with them.
 
- Praise the Lord: We also had a pleasant time visiting with Pearl, Maggie's mum

- Praise the Lord: Those who wanted to continue a recovery ministry in Ballymena met yesterday to seek the Lord in unified prayer to gain understanding of the Lord's direction. There was a good spirit about the group

Thank you for praying for the following with us:

- Inverness Bible Fellowship (IBF), the actual sponsor of the visas, will continue to sponsor visas until March 2016. Pray that they will remain faithful to the task.
 
- This means we will have to find another sponsor as we require a visa through May of 2017. (We can apply for permanent residence in April 2016)

- Pray for Pastor Leo and Cheryl Rose of Inverness Bible Fellowship who are now returning to the U.S. in a couple of weeks
 
- We are still praying for the Lord to show His will and direct us to His plan for the future direction of a recovery ministry in Ballymena

- For the Lord to increase attendance at CBV as He sees fit (and to provide more men).

Thank you for your faithful prayer support
God bless you,
Rick & Cindy Johnston