Welcome to our prayer update! Please pray!!

You're connected to the prayer update of a team being formed to share God's love! Yesss! It is an awesome task! We are in Western Europe sharing with the Americas/Caribbean Diaspora (people from South and Central America and the Caribbean scattered throughout the world).

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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Welcome Buddy and Lois Woodson!


The Woodsons join our Cluster with a background of missions in Chile and pastoring in Virginia. They will be serving in the Netherlands. Please pray for them as they prepare and seek the specific direction that their work should take. Buddy and Lois have two adult children, Dale and April, and a son-law, Tim. We look forward to having them with us in Europe early in 2010!

An update from Brook

Thank ya'll so much! Sorry this is the first i can reply. i was discharged sunday night after 8 hours of getting fixed up in the ER at a different hospital than Taryn. I have a fractured ulna on my left arm and 17 stitches, and scrapes and bruises to my right hand and face with 2 shiners. Taryn has broken fibulas in both legs but had surgery that night to reset them with pins, and some broken bones in her jaw with a swollen face and black eye. today (tuesday) taryn had facial surgery to fix her jaw; she has no memory of the accident. they said she won't have any scarring, and i haven't heard the results back yet. she'll be in a wheelchair for a few months as she is rehabilitated. she's in high spirits and making jokes as she always does :) while i was in the ER i got to share the gospel with several folks, and first thing i heard about taryn she was doing the same! thousands have been in prayer and its evident! the Lord is using this for his glory. my bible flew out of my purse during the accident and was left behind. the man who owned the car went to see it and shared the word with my little bible with a man working the lot. tayrn's nurses won't stop telling about the sweet girl in 214. The Lord has been good. It has kept me going to know that he knew all this was going to happen while we were here at this time, and that he saved our lives. the report from the car by the men who have seen it say Taryn shouldn't have legs, and I shouldn't have a head.

Our greatest prayer needs are for 1) thanks to the Father 2) Taryn's quick recovery with no more apparent physical trauma 3) the Lord will restore my mind from the memory of it all 4) that we will be able to be there in Spain as soon as possible and lastly for our families and friends dealing with this hard time.

I can't thank you enough for all your prayers, they have certainly been heard!!!! They mean more to us than anything else :)

In Love and thanks,

Brook

Monday, November 23, 2009

Please pray for Brook and Taryn!

Please pray for Taryn and Brook! They were in a bad accident Sunday afternoon in Virginia. The girls swerved to miss an oncoming car and hit trees. Brook has been released, after having lacerations treated. Taryn has had surgery and has had pins inserted for 2 broken legs. Tomorrow, Tuesday, she will have surgery for broken facial bones. We are thankful they survived and have a good prognosis for recovery! Please pray for them in these difficult days ahead. I will post frequently so that you can keep up with their progress.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Pridemores in new apartment!

Our new apartment is on the Manzanares River in Madrid. This location is at the North end of the La Latina district which has Madrid's greatest concentration of persons from South and Central America and the Caribbean. Our location as well as Gary and Julie's location in Puente de Vallecas will be strategic for ministry.

Pachalians headed to Madrid! Woodsons to be appointed! Updates!

Please pray for Pablo and Carmen Pachalian who are flying to Madrid today! We are excited to have them join us after a wait of many weeks! Also join us in praising God for the appointment next Tuesday of Buddy and Lois Woodson who will be working with us and located in the Netherlands.

We praise the Lord for Taryn Blocker's visa progress and also ask you to pray that our Journeyman, Brook Johnson, will have her visa process expedited! At present Brook's documents have had serious delays.

One more praise for today is for Gary Clifton who is finally feeling better after being ill for more than a week. Please pray for him to continue to regain strength. Pray for little Matthew Clifton, not yet 2, to adjust to all the moving and unfamiliar activity of his new city. Pray for Julie to have wisdom as she balances being missionary, wife and mom.

I'm sending a picture of our new apartment building located at the Segovia bridge in Madrid. We're finally beginning to settle in! Please pray for us, the Cliftons and now the Pachalians as we settle in and begin to reach out in His name!