Thursday, June 25, 2009

Kvale’s Prayer Letter

 “The name of the LORD is a strong tower.  The righteous runs into it and is safe”  (Proverbs 18:10, NASB).

2009 Family Photo Compressed Dear Intercessors,

Thank you for all your love and encouragement in the Lord.  We covet your specific prayers in the following areas.

Please Pray for: 

1.  Our stress level to be placed in the hand of God with our responsibilities and concerns at hand.

2. A steady pace in the current computer project Steve is on with the Wycliffe IT missionaries he works with in FL, NC, and TX.  They are focusing on the IT needs for the Bibleless Peoples Prayer Project.  This links the bibleless people groups of the world to devoted intercessors in the world.

3. Glenda’s dad (Warren) as he has had some recent trail-some days in his walk with bone cancer.  And Glenda’s mom (Eleanor) as she continues to recover from her recent eye surgery.

4. Glenda’s family as they come together in care and concern for their parents and to celebrate a wedding.

5. Safety, blessing and anointing on Jason’s mission trip from June 20-27th(and the whole team he is with) under a YWAM ministry outreach to the devastation caused by hurricane Ike in Galveston, TX and any other opportunities to share the message of Jesus along the way.

6. Personal safety, health and stamina for our family and the team of volunteers helping with a big fireworks tent fundraiser at the Walmart parking lot in Marshall, MN from June 19-23 set-up, and June 24 through July 5th  for the fundraiser sale.  As we work, may we also be sparkling for Jesus! Pray for receptive hearts for any that visit our fresh water table with gospel tracks available in English, Spanish & Somali.

7. Wisdom in whether to receive this fireworks tent as an annual fundraiser opportunity or to pass it on to someone else next year.

Give God Praise for:

1.  The safe travels recently during harsh weather, health, and enough strength each day to serve Him who makes our joy complete.

2.  The fundraiser project (above) that was presented to us by someone that sees our commitment with Wycliffe as a vital need to the bibleless.

3.  The servant hearts and volunteers that God has raised up and are surrounding us during this fundraiser project.

4.  Praising God that Glenda’s mom and dad know the Lord and take each day as it unfolds.  He holds the future.

5.  Jason raised funds for his mission trip and is excited to go!  God calls and provides.

6.  George Cowan, former translator in Mexico and former director of the Bibleless Peoples Prayer Project, began praying for the Sinte Romani speakers of Europe in June, 1983. There are 30,000 Sinte speakers in Serbia alone, with more than 250,000 living in a dozen other European nations. George has been praying for the Sinte speakers for 26 years, but they have waited even longer to receive God’s Word in the language that speaks to their hearts.  Praise God! On the very day marking the 26th anniversary of George’s commitment to pray, Wycliffe USA received word that the Sinte Romani New Testament will be published this year!   

“But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God” (Acts 20:24, NLT).

In His great love,

Steve & Glenda Kvale

AFLC Missionaries on loan to Wycliffe Bible Translators

Personal Website:  www.TranslateTheWord.org

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