Tuesday, December 15, 2015

December 15 Praises & Prayer Requests

Here are praise reports and prayer requests for this week.  

Praise Reports:
- Praise the Lord: - Our passports have been returned in the post and Cindy has received her biometrics visa card by courier today! Trusting that mine will arrive tomorrow.- Praise the Lord - We will be able to travel to America for Christmas now that we have our visas- Praise the Lord - Val has completely healed from her shoulder surgery 
- Praise the Lord - The trip to the Continental Christmas Market in Belfast was a really pleasant time of fellowship for most of our wee church

Thank you for praying for the following with us- Please pray that our church will remain in close fellowship while we are away in America 
- Pray also for Tim, who will be taking the Sunday mornings that I will be missing, that his message will be well-received and pertinent to their lives. - Pray that the Christmas dinner that we've been invited to join with the folks at Mooreland Close will bring us even closer to them.
- Pray that our time in America will be restful, rejuvenating and encouraging - Pray that the message I will be giving on Christmas eve at Calvary Chapel Norco will communicate the Lord's sacrificial love and missionary heart to those who hear it.- Pray that the Lord will give Tim clear direction of His will concerning him leaving for a position at the Bible College in Edinburgh, Scotland - Keep praying for the salvation of Leanda and Linsey from the women's study. (Linsey is close!)
Thank you for your faithful prayer support
God bless you,
Rick & Cindy Johnston

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

December 8 Praises & Prayer Requests

Here are praise reports and prayer requests for this week.  

Praise Reports:

- Praise the Lord: - The dinner and film night Wednesday was really good fellowship. Good craic watching "Elf" together!
- Jan has healed up well from the bad sickness she had last week
- Praise the Lord - My visit with a prisoner in Maghaberry Prison was a significant time for him
- Praise the Lord - The film night at Mooreland Close was faithfully attended despite atrocious weather as our ministry to the folks there continues

Thank you for praying for the following with us
- Please pray now for Carli Betts who was injured in a car accident shortly after returning to Colorado. Also that the Lord will make His direction for them clear.
-  We are still waiting to receive our biometrics visa card. Praying that we will get them quickly.
- Pray for our friend Debbie in California who just got a diagnosis of malignancy in her esophagus
- Pray that Sandra will receive God's healing touch for her sarcoidosis.
- Please pray that our church trip to the Continental Christmas market in Belfast will be have opportunities to share the gospel and deepen our fellowship one with another.
- Pray that the Lord will give Tim clear direction of His will concerning him leaving for a position at the Bible College in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Still pray for the salvation of Leanda and Lynsey from the women's study. (Lynsey is close!)
- Three week furlough/Missions Conference in California, 21 December through 13 January
- The All-Ireland CC Conference January 22-24 in Athlone, Republic of Ireland

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

Saturday, December 5, 2015

November Newsletter


We're looking forward to our visit to California December 21 - January 13,

Rick will be speaking at Calvary Chapel Norco for their Christmas Eve Service at 6:00 pm.

We plan to be at Refuge (CCHB) Saturday Dec 26 & Jan 2 for the evening services, both morning & evening services on Sundays Dec 27 & Jan 10, and perhaps Wednesday evening Jan 6. (please check www.refugefamily.com for service times)

We'll be at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa for their Missions Day,Sunday Jan 3 and will be attending the Missions Conference in Murrieta, Jan 4 - 8.

If you are able to come to any of these services, we'd love to see you for a wee chin wag! (you'll have to read the newsletter!)


Blessings,
Rick & Cindy Johnston

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

December 1 - Praises & Prayer Requests

Here are praise reports and prayer requests for this week.  

Praise Reports:

- Praise the Lord: - Thanksgiving dessert potluck was well attended and well received
- Praise the Lord: Gary and Carli were able to meet a lot of folks and got a good feel for the area
- Praise the Lord - Gary sensed a genuine love of Christ and true compassion for one another from the members of CBV. That is an answer to my prayers
- Praise the Lord - The puppet show by the youth for Crocus, the special needs youth group, went even better than we had hoped. It was encouraging to hear the audience clap and sing along!
 
Thank you for praying for the following with us

- Please pray now for Gary & Carli Betts from Colorado, that the Lord will make His direction for them clear where in Ireland they are meant to be.
-  We are still waiting to receive our biometrics visa card. Praying that we will get them quickly.
- Pray that our fellowship of dinner and a film "in-reach" Wednesday evening will be a blessing to all of us
- Pray that Jan will respond quickly to the strong antibiotics that she has been prescribed for the bad sickness she has.
- Pray that the Lord will give Tim clear direction of His will concerning him leaving for a position at the Bible College in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Still pray for the salvation of Leanda and Lynsey from the women's study. (Lynsey is close!)

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