Prayer Requests and Praise Reports for August 1, 2011

Praises to God:
• Praises for Miriam Gomez’ recovery from a recent bout with Bell’s palsy. She is about 85% recovered.
• Praises for the recent successful work of the Short-term teams from First Baptist Church from Pine, AZ, and Focused Living Ministries from Camden, SC. They conducted medical and dental clinics, and worked on construction projects in the mountain village of El Sui, and the coastal village of Tecera Calle. Please pray that the villages will continue to see fruit from the ministry there, and that planted seeds of faith will continue to grow and mature.
• Praises for the recent visits from Pastor Mark Connelly and Pastor Karl Mueller to several CHE villages and to the CHE Training Center. Praises for the growing partnerships that CHE is blessed with.

Prayer Requests:
• Please pray for Miriam Gomez’ continued recovery from Bell’s palsy.
• Please pray for the Short-term team from Community United Methodist Church from Maryland as they minister in the village of La Granadilla. They are conducting teacher/school training, as well as a medical clinic.
• Sydney Deltenere of Mission Community Church in Gilbert, AZ is wrapping up a 3 week internship with CHE in Action. Pray that Sydney will return home safely, and that she will return encouraged by her time working with the CHE projects and by the CHE workers she partnered with.
• Pray for the Short-term teams coming in late July and early August who will be conducting medical clinics, construction projects, and Hospice training in the villages of San Marcos Niza and Paul. Please pray for a full harvest!!
• Pray for the upcoming “scouting trip” of Pastor Brad Pellish from Bethany Bible Church in Phoenix, AZ. Pray that this trip will result in a growing and fruitful partnership between BBC and CHE. Pastor Pellish will be on the ground with CHE workers from August 16-19.
• Pray for the upcoming CHE Training seminars to be conducted in Rocky Point, Mexico by One Mission (Phoenix, AZ church partnership) on August 3-16. Pray that these training seminars will result in the implementation of CHE in this area of Mexico.
• Pray for the Gomez’ daughter Christa she returns home on August 12th from her summer volunteering at the Kibbutz at Schreiner University in Israel.