some prayer requests...

I just wanted to take a moment to ask for you all to keep a few intentions in your prayers in the next couple days (and to give my sistah Em. a shout out the day before her birthday!)...

While many of you will be seeing the third episode of Star Wars... Ali and I (with some other teachers) will be speaking to some public school students in Belize City about dating, chastity and finding real love. These are standard six students (8th grade), please pray that their hearts will be open to the message that we have to share with them!

Also, an even bigger challenge looms on Friday as we journey out to San Pedro for another retreat, this time a co-ed 4th form (senior) retreat. It's optional for them to attend and we're praying 1) that we get a good attendence, 2) that those who attend hear what they need to hear and 3) that it's an opportunity for conversion for them. Many are not Christian so it will be a challenge!

Finally, the opportunity for a few students from Mount Carmel High School to attend World Youth Day has suddenly presented itself. There's spaces for $1200 u.s. dollars (a deal!) and right now our priest is scrambling to find the resources to take advantage of this possibility (it's a crazy world in the missions, apparently someone who knows someone at American Air got a deal and then someone else knows someone in Germany, etc., etc.) So, keep this in your prayers, as I told the girls who expressed an interest, if they're supposed to go it'll happen... It's all pretty last minute so I'm not holding my breath I've certainly seen God provide in these types of situations!