Prayer Update

"O'Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever." –Psalm 31:12b

It has been some time since our last prayer update, so we've got a lot to give praises for and lots to pray for! But first we want to emphasize our thanks to the Lord for what He has done and for who He is. The Psalm above describes our feelings of how He has been meeting our needs and teaching us something new every day. We will give thanks forever for His mercy, forgiveness, provision, and never ending love! So first, the praise:

Praise for a great garage sale! Through it, the Lord brought in $2,500 over Memorial Day weekend to go toward getting us to Honduras!

Praise for a Spirit-filled Mission's Dessert Banquet on June 2nd! God did a mighty work that night and provided over $18,000 over a two year period.

Praise God that He has continued to be our Provider and has gotten us to 65% monthly and 42% one time in support.

Praise for what we are learning through this whole process of support raising. It has not been easy, but we rest in God's peace and presence and thank Him for it.

Pray for continued training and perseverance. This time of raising support has been a great time of learning and training, more than we could have ever anticipated. We feel that we are being more and more prepared to minister in Honduras. Pray we would press on and run our race to win it!

With "training" comes testing, so with the above praise please pray for unity through the Holy Spirit within our family. We have realized that is where the enemy will strike first in order to divide us.

Pray for opportunities to share what God is doing (churches, church groups, and with individuals). We don't have a "built-in" church network within our mission organization, so we ask that you pray that doors would open to speak to other churches and groups about our ministry. We are excited about getting to Honduras to begin our ministry there, but need to have more people involved prayerfully and financially. We know that sharing with others in what we are experiencing stretches their faith as well and are honored and humbled by the fact that God is using us in this way.

Pray specifically that God would raise up the rest of our support team. We need 15 more people at $30/month to get to our 75% goal by mid-August and get us to pre-field training in North Carolina which begins Sept. 5th (52 people at $30/month to get us to Honduras!). If we miss this window of training, we will need to wait until February for the next training. This 3-month training is required by CAM and will help prepare us even more for being on the field. Also, Corey's current full-time employment with Corban University will end Aug. 31 (or sooner if the Lord provides 75% of our support). Being at 75% of our support is required in order to attend training and begin full-time ministry with CAM. If you know of anyone who might be interested in being a "sender" and may be led to join us financially, they can donate online by clicking here or by visiting our website: www.ckwells.com (please forward this email to them). We trust God to provide in great ways!

Pray for wisdom and discernment for our next steps. We want to follow the Lord and do His will, not lead and do our will (Psalm 127:1; Psalm 115:1). Pray we would be sensitive to the Spirit's leading.

Last but not least, please pray for the hearts of those we will cross paths with here and in Honduras. This is the focus of our entire ministry, calling and commissioning (Mt. 28:19-20). Pray for those we will minister to here in our daily walk, in churches we speak in, Sunday Schools at Salem Evangelical, and for Hondurans and Garifuna who we will meet in the future. Pray they would be receptive to the Spirit's leading and prompting and that they would step out in faith to receive Jesus and/or to renew their relationship with Him.

We ask all these things according to His will. We thank you for your prayers and support!

"My God will meet all our needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus." –Phil. 4:19

Corey & Kirsten

P.S.- This prayer update was sent out to all of our prayer supporters. If you would like to be part of our regular prayer team, please email us and let us know! cwells@caminternational.org  Or fill out the form at the bottom of our Newsletter page.