Thank you so much for your continued prayer for the shoebox ministry of Operation Christmas Child, and the mission that our boxes are supporting! This week, I would like to ask you to pray for another missions ministry that our church is involved with.
On December 26th, Katie Cline, Brandy Williams, Amy Cloud, Meaghan Cloud, Jeff Robertson, my niece Amanda Potts and I will fly to Prague, Czech Republic for MKR 2014. If you are unfamiliar with MKR, it stands for “Missionary Kids Retreat.” Each winter, our team of about 25 volunteers from across Texas, New Mexico, and California hosts this event in central Europe for the teenage children of our International Mission Board families. These students travel from all over Europe and northern Asia for this week of camp.
We will be hosting about 100 teenagers for five days of camp in Prague. Since MKR is held in the middle of winter, we have camp in a hotel meeting room! Each day, we will have 3 Bible study times, recreation, meals, and late night activities… all on-site at the hotel. For many of these students, MKR is the only chance each year that they get to spend time with other English-speaking teens and to worship/have Bible study with people outside of their immediate family. It is a wonderful time of encouragement and renewal for all involved!
How can you pray for this ministry? First, please pray for our team as we prepare both spiritually and logistically to go. There are three of us that will be leading the Bible study times: Brett Dutton, pastor from Houston, Jesse Hicks, youth pastor from Spring, and myself. We will also have two worship leaders: Joey Porter, worship pastor from NM, and Lance Dockery, worship pastor from Conroe. Amy Cloud and Jason Cotton will be handling many of the administrative/logistical arrangements, and with 100 teenagers from multiple countries, they will need some prayer, for sure! Every team member has multiple jobs, as well as leading a small group several times a day. Also, please be in prayer for the missionary families that we will be working with. Please pray that not only will their children be encouraged, but that their entire family will receive a boost from our week together. We would LOVE to have your prayer support over the next few weeks as we get ready for MKR 2014!
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