Prayer Needs
Last update: January 16, 2009

• PRISON MINISTRY
• Inmates at Easterling Prison in Clio, AL are about 1/3 complete with Old Testament Survey!  They are making great progress, but really need some study helps for future classes.  The ministry needs special money designated for books!
• Bill has already been to Adams Prison in Natchez, MS 3 times, and has recenly had over 100 in attendance at preaching services.  Additionally, he has taken on new students there, studying the Gospel of John.  They also need study helps and resources like commentaries and lexicons. Bill will be able to teach these men monthly in person.  What a blessing for us!
• FRIENDLY FELLOWSHIP
• God has blessed us with some new friends who are also involved in cross-cultural ministry here in the U.S., as we are.  Mike and Trudy minister to Asian Indians through personal friendships here in northeast Georgia.  We meet every two weeks for a time of fellowship and prayer for each others families and ministries. Took a break over Christmas but will resume our prayer meetings Jan 4th.
• FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM
• The relationship with our immigrant friends Pablo and Rosa is deeper and warmer.  They are both university trained and religious. Bill has been able to have come spiritual conversations with “Pablo” but he is rather set in his ways, and would qualify as a “progressive creationist”.  He believes in God but also in evolution. This is increasingly common today even among evangelicals, and  especially among those trained by secular universities. Pablo and Rosa know much about God, but we are concerned for them to know him personally. Pray also for their immigration status.  They came here legally several years back, but have overstayed the time allowed. Now they want to set things right, but they are facing a nearly impossible situation--one of their own making.  Our concern for them is primarily spiritual, of course. 
• Pablo and Rosa had friends visit recently from the home country and Bill was able to have some good conversations and even some mildly spiritual discussions with the husband of that family. (This was just last night!) 
• FINANCIAL SITUATION
• We praise God for a great month--December saw increased income!! We are supplied and we give thanks to our donors and praise to God for his great faithfulness.  Pray that God will continue to provide needed funding to support the ministry and the Walkers as the multicultural outreach develops.
• We face uncertainty as we approach the 2010 General Conference.  Pray that God will guide this ministry though the complex implications of the proposed changes.
• PRAISE GOD FOR TWO VERY LARGE GIFTS DURING JANUARY 2010!  THIS WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE DURING THIS YEAR!!
• NEW AVENUES OF MINISTRY
• Recently, Jackson Kariuki Edwards contacted us about starting an outreach to his own Kenyan people here in the U.S. We will be developing that relationship and talking more over the next few months. He is in the final stages of a doctoral program, so is quite busy right now.  Pray that God will give us insight and enable us to strategically network with Brother Jackson.
• Bill has been asked to serve on the board of CEF Heartland.  This is a newly chartered chapter of Child Evangelism Fellowship, here in northeast GA.  The staff/missionaries are EMC Elder Tim Peek and his wife Cathy. We are thrilled to be able to help them in their ministry. Within the boundaries of their chapter lie the cities of Athens and Gainesville.  Both of these cities have very high immigrant populations.  God has recently put urban cross-cultural child evangelism on our hearts. This may well be the channel He has us work through!  Pray with us, that God will order our steps aright and set before us an open door for ministry that “no man can shut!”
• ETHNIC AMERICA NETWORK
• Starting January 1, 2010, Bill will be the official representative of the EMC to the Ethnic America Network. This should be a great learning opportunity and will provide more contacts for networking in multicultural ministry.  He went to Denver, CO January 6-9 for the annual EAN leadership retreat, and helped with ministry strategies on a national level. What an honor it is to be part of such a forward-thinking, Biblically sound ministry network!
• Throughout this year, we will continue working with EAN in development of the 2012 EAN Ministry Summit to be held in Spartanburg, SC.