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Larsen Year End Mosaics Prayer & Praise

• We praise God for some amazing connections that are beginning to yield ministry opportunities this month. Pray for a developing relationship and potential discipleship with a new contact. Pray that I may be able to articulate the Gospel that meets his questions and needs.
• Pray also for a series of connections with Pakistani immigrants and groups of people around them that may also be future ministry options. Pray for trust to develop and for clarity in communication and for the News of Christ to be Good to our Focus contacts. Pray also that these new connections do not grow cold over the Christmas gap.
• Continue to pray for the language study opportunity I mentioned last month at the cultural center. I will begin that in January. Pray for good learning and ability to build relationships of trust with my teacher and that community.
• Praise God for a wonderful conference in Turkey last month. It exceeded my expectations in terms of networking, personal refreshment and inspiration. I was tired afterward but truly enriched at the same time. I have several opportunities to continue to network and learn from several people I met at that conference and have more tools for sharing the gospel with our focus group. By the way, I can send a 5 page report if you’re interested in seeing what I learned. Just email me w/ the request.
• Continue to pray for Carol’s role in ministry. She is still trying to find the best place to serve with her gifts and capacities as therapist, counselor and friend of the needy. Also pray for her as a mother, wife, study partner for Erick and travel agent for the entire family. It looks like we will be able to attend a conference together in January which will probably help her network with people in the member care and counseling field.
• Still no word on our visas so continue to pray that we get those ASAP. Pray at least that our stay here is not limited by not having our visas. There is still no word from the consulate in San Francisco. We’d like to establish a more permanent status here in Spain. Keep praying and trusting God with us.
• Pray for our time together as a family for Christmas. Continue to pray for Nicki’s health. She has had a setback and is struggling to manage expectations and her constant desire to be healthy!
• I don’t like to overemphasize the spiritual struggle we find ourselves in because of the nature of our work but I must admit it seems that we are in an intense struggle. I can see God’s hand in much of what we are doing but I can also feel the deep undercurrents that seem to want to destroy us and efforts to share God’s love. Pray that we are wise and know how to pray, love each other and go forward with God’s strength.
• Lastly, continue to pray for our support funds. We still have need for additional support and are trusting God to bring that in.

Bless you all for praying!

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