Thanks to each of you who has been praying for us as we continue our daily work among the refugees and other vulnerable peoples in the RDU area.

We have several updates on our last round of prayer requests:

  1. God has been doing some really great things among our staff and we’re excited about the growing team and sense of unity among all of us.  Please continue to lift this up to Him.
  2. With many refugees urgently needing jobs, as well as our constant efforts to engage new people from the church and local community, we are hosting several events designed both to provide practical help for our refugees while also engaging many community members.  We are praying for a very big turnout of seasoned as well as new volunteers to participate in both of these events.  Here are the links for each event: Job workshop (http://wp.me/p1KluO-35) Picture Day: (http://wp.me/p1KluO-39)
  3. Several of our refugees enrolled in a special employment program have decided to move and abandon the program.  This puts our office in a very precarious position in making up funds spent on these refugees, since they did not complete the program.  Please pray that God will work out a miraculous solution to this situation.
  4. We are expecting to hear back on the results of a grant application we submitted a couple of months ago, and are also submitting a new application next week.  Please pray for us to receive both of these grants.
  5. Finally, I met this week with a key church partner and we are working on many new opportunities for both giving vision to new churches who have not yet been engaged with refugees, as well as identifying new areas of ministry in which they can participate.   Thanks for praying for God to open many new relationships.

Thanks so much for your prayers for all these items.  Finally, please pray for strength and endurance in all of this work.  While many parts are very exciting, it is also very intense, and we appreciate your prayers and encouragement.

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