PRAISE
Praise the Lord always and often!
• Praise the Lord for the many prayers He answers every day!
• Praise the Lord for His healing of those who are in pain and ill health.
• Praise the Lord for our weekly Bible Study, "Spiritual Warfare (Armor of the Believer)" by David Jeremiah starting September 25, 2024 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Praise the Lord for 20 attendees!
• Praise the Lord for another successful Children's Movie Night on Thursday! We had 45 children for a movie and popcorn! The children enjoyed the movie by singing along and helping to clean up afterwards!
• Praise the Lord for our Children's Church program!
• Praise the Lord for the safe return of Michael Chapman!
• Praise the Lord for the successful outcome of Johnny Waller's Dental issues!
• Kay McGirr thanks OVECC for their love and support during the recent loss of her husband, Tim.
Praise the Lord for our missions and community outreach:
The Ugandan children: We received 2 letters each and hand-drawn pictures from our 2 Ugandan children. Look for them in the foyer.
Rachael Namalero:
"Thank you so much for your efforts in sponsoring me. During the holidays I spent time with the family, helped to clean our compound and washed utensils. Our Christmas time was very good. We went for prayers at Wakayambar. We enjoyed the Christmas meal of rice, matoke, Irish and meat and chicken This year I am in primary four Uncle Noah Mbaziira is my class teacher together with Nicholas Kasacha our now math teacher. please pray for me to get more wisdom and knowledge. May God bless you so much."
"I greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. How are you nowadays? On my side I am fine! Thank you for the letter you sent to me. I saw the pictures you sent, and they were so wow! Thank you very much! The Easter verse was so encouraging and life giving to me. I have enjoyed it so much. I, also enjoyed the Easter time and I hope you enjoyed it as well. I spent the time with my family and with my friends in the evening time. So much is happening at school now like athletics, doing of end of term examinations and I am praying to God that He helps me to perform well in my exams. Bible verse: 1 Corinthians 1:18, 'For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.' May God bless you abundantly. I Love you so much. From your loving daughter, Racheal."
Daniel Nuwahereza:
“I greet you in Jesus' name. I appreciate you for sponsoring me. I did performed well in my end of year exams. I am now in primary five. Now we have a new teacher, Uncle Kasakya Nicholas. He teaches us mathematics. During Christmas we ate matooke, rice, meat and chicken and we celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ. I spent my Christmas with my father and mother. Our father is not well. He is at the hospital. He is sick. In the holiday I planted plants like casava, sweet potato, and coffee. I would like to share this verse with you in the Book of John 15:4-5: “Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine. You are branches I am the vine you are branches whoever abides in me and I in him be it is that bears much fruit for apart from me you can do nothing.’"
"I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and appreciate you for sponsoring me. I am so much grateful to be in school studying. I am doing very well and I spent my Easter holy day in a good state by God’s grace. We had good Easter meals. We went to church and had good moments of prayer, worship and praising of the Lord. Indeed, I had a good time to remember and celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ during the Easter period. Thank you for the Easter verse you sent to me. It has greatly encouraged me. Thanks for the Easter pictures you sent to me. They look so cool! Greet Zoe and Jonathan for me! I hope one day they will come to Uganda and we can have a moment of interaction together. Bible verses: Psalm 27:1, ‘The Lord is my light and my salvation-- whom shall I fear?’ and Galatians 6:9-10, ‘Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.’ From your lovely son, Daniel"
LIV. (Kona Pregnancy Center): LIV provides excellent free pregnancy services, women's health appointments and support for women and families in our community. We serve many women who are considered to be in vulnerable or at-risk life situations or are facing unplanned pregnancies.
Island-wide we've had over 583 client visits, 374 ultrasounds and 268 pregnancy tests. Last year We saw many women who were initially seeking abortion but decided to keep their babies after their appointment with us. Out of 228 positive pregnancy appointments last year, over 216 expressed their intention to keep their babies by the end of their appointment!
The resources you send go to our general operating needs such as overhead, rent, and supplies for our 3 office locations.
This has been an amazing year for LIV as an organization. We are seeing incredible results in the community and are continuing to grow and expand services and availability. In 2023, we were able to extend our women's general health appointments to all three locations partnering with different providers across the Island. We've seen many women give their lives to Jesus across the island. We believe we will see even greater levels of fruit and transformation in 2024. Mahalo for you generous support and prayers!
*****SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST FOR SEVERAL YOUNG WOMEN IN OCEAN VIEW DEALING WITH MANY PROBLEMS AND ARE CONSIDERING CHOOSING ABORTION.*****
*****PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE ON MAUI WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES, HOMES AND BUSINESSES DURING THE RECENT DEVASTATING FIRES.*****
*****PRAYERS FOR THE NATION OF ISRAEL, GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE, DURING THE CURRENT WAR WITH HAMAS. ALSO PRAYERS FOR THE RELEASE OF THE HOSTAGES.*****
PRAYERS
• NEW: Prayers for Pastor Alan's friend, John, for healing and for John's daughter for family problems.
• NEW: Prayers for Brook White's nephew, James, 10, who fell on a stick and punctured his lung.
• NEW: Prayers for Gloria Serna's Grandson, Brodie, 16, who has a tumor at the base of his skull.
• Prayers for Samantha Ewan who has multiple health issues.
• Prayers for Hannah Uribes' daughter, Joy, who had a stroke and is now in rehab.
• Prayers for Hannah Uribes' sister, Hilda, who is receiving Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer.
• Prayers for Joy Ballad for protection and strength.
• Prayers for the Danks' friend, Amy, for serious family issues.
• Prayers for unspoken request by Linda Schade.
• Prayers for Mary Replogle for God's guidance.
• Prayers for Johnny Waller's brother who has cancer.
• Prayers for Jim Glover's mother who has Alzheimer's and her health is failing.
• Prayers for Renee Morris who has an infection.
• Prayers for Renee Morris's niece for lifestyle issues.
• Prayers for Renee Morris' step-mom, Gail, who has dementia and had a seizure and is in the hospital. Also, prayers for Renee's dad, Tom, as he takes care of his wife.
• Prayers for Mary Wheeler for healing and a speedy recovery from a broken hand and wrist from a recent fall.
• Prayers for Pat and Mary Wheeler's son whose cancer may have returned.
• Prayers for Barbara Wells who is having serious breathing problems.
• Prayers for Michael Moffett for breathing problems and skin cancer. Prayers for Sherry for healing.
• Prayers for Mike Barsell for strength and healing from a serious injury.
• Prayers for Cabot and Travis Sanders for God's guidance.
• Prayers for Kayte Rach, Todd's daughter, who is having a difficult time since his death. She is unsaved.
• Prayers for Cindy Chapman's mother who has been having frequent falls.
• Prayers for Mike Chapman’s cousin, Tina, whose chemotherapy treatments are inadequate for her advancing cancer.
• Prayers for Duane and Georgia Smith for relief from old surgery scar pain.
• Prayers for Tim McGirr's Brother, David McGirr, who is struggling with Parkinson's and has severe back pain. Prayers, also, for his wife for strength.
• Prayers for Bonnie Hendricks' son-in-law, Mike, 45, who is recovering from a stroke. Prayers for full recovery, as he is unable to talk, and redemption.
• Prayers for Mila Luthy, who is 9 years old, she was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.
• Prayers for Pastor Alan's sister, Beverly Vinson, who is dealing with pain.
• Prayers for Pastor Alan's cousin, Lulu, who has brain cancer.
• Prayers for Steve Serna for Spiritual Uplifting.
• Prayers for Beverly Brown for healing from a stroke.
• Prayers for Monique Wilson's friends and family with various issues.
CONDOLENCES:
Prayers for Michael & Cindy Chapman for the passing of Mike’s cousin, Tina’s son, Joey who succumbed to his cancer and went home to be with the Lord. Prayers, also, for his wife and 2 children.
• Prayers for our pregnancy outreach through LIV. Living Well Women.
• Prayers for our outreach to children of New Hope Uganda.
• Prayers for our outreach in the Ocean View Community.
• Prayers for Steve Grew in the Philippines.
• Prayers for the persecuted Christians around the world represented by The Voice of the Martyrs.