YEARLY PRAYER REQUESTS 2008 (Please keep this list for the entire year)
1. Ask God to bless our daughter Beth and her fiancé Dustin Melancen as they prepare to be married on June 28th and begin a new life together.
2. Ask God for his blessing on our son Tim as he plans to return to the US after living in Japan this year. Pray for his personal development, his work responsibilities, and his maturing in relationships throughout this year.
3. Ask God for His guidance in planning our next Home Assignment – “the Mehn US Tour ’09” from January to June 2009.
4. Ask God for his mercy and blessing for the completion of John’s DMin research project on reproducing churches this year, for the interviews of Japanese leaders, and as he prepares his final paper.
5. Ask God to encourage Rengo leaders to develop new church planting networks building on the first model LEAD Team which is just finishing.
6. Ask God to mobilize his people to enable CPI to establish several new regional church planting networks and many regional seminars during this calendar year.
7. Ask God for His rich blessing on the BGC Japan Mission as we seek to recruit 3 new Term missionary units in 4 years along with many short term workers, short term teams, and strategic partnerships with US churches.
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John and Elaine Mehn
Serving in Japan as your missionaries
International Ministries of the Baptist General Conference (BGC) http://www.bgcworld.org/
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