November Prayer Items

Thank you for your prayers!

Answered prayers:

• Paul has finally recovered from his bout with pneumonia which kept him in bed for nearly ten days.
• A young Japanese woman named Yukie Ida who has attended the Lighthouse for several months finally gave her life to Christ two weeks ago. Last night she celebrated her very first communion with us at the Chapel of Hope.
• Hope and Jenna are doing very well in school this year and they love their new teacher, Rebekah Hager.
• Rebekah has adjusted well to life here in Japan and she has plugged into the Lighthouse community remarkably well. We thank God for providing such wonderful school teachers like Mary and Rebekah during our time in Japan.
• Paul has been asked to help with leadership at the Sunday evening service on base each week. He has a solid relationship with the new chaplain, Robert Bradshaw, who seems to have a genuine love for the Lord and His people.

Prayer requests:

• Pray that our Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday activities here at the Lighthouse would be focused on the person and work of Jesus Christ as we welcome many new visitors from the Yokosuka Navy base.
• Pray for Paul's ongoing ministry to several prisoners serving time at the Yokosuka prison in Kurihama. One inmate named Jose trusted Christ as his Savior a couple of months ago and he is growing strong in his faith. Pray that more of these young men would respond to the Gospel in the months ahead.
• Pray that Paul and Stacy would be able to spend more personal time together as they have not been able to enjoy very much 'alone time' with each other in recent months.
• Pray for an ongoing situation with one of our young women in the ministry who has been going through some extremely difficult circumstances with her parents in recent weeks. Pray that Paul and Stacy would be given divine wisdom as they help mediate in the situation.
• Pray for our brothers and sisiters who are underway at the moment (deployed) as they must often deal with high levels of stress, discouragement, and long periods of lonliness. Pray that the Lord would encourage them through His Word and through the power of the Holy Spirit.