Missionary Prayer Letter- August 2008

OUR FAMILY

We are doing well and enjoying the abundant grace of our Lord Jesus. Praise to the Lord for that! Please forgive my tardiness with this prayer letter. We had a very busy ministry over the summer.

OUR MINISTRY

• We hosted a short term mission team from our church in the USA for 10 days earlier this month. We had Vacation Bible School, evangelistic messages, Bible studies, special music, personal testimonies, personal evangelism, and discipleship. It was a great experience because we were able to begin a new Baptist church in an indigenous community near of our home.
• We went to Puerto Lopez (at the beach 440 miles from Quito in Manabí province) on a family mission trip for few days. We led the group of a total of 50 people from Candelaria Baptist Church. The purpose was to fellowship with the Baptist church in Puero Lopez, to support their ministry, and to enjoy the sea and other tourist places. We were able to observe the whales at sea. It was a wonderful experience for us.

MISCELLANEOUS

• The Baptist Seminary in Quito will reopen in October 2008. We are very excited for the opening and expecting the Lord Jesus to bless the efforts.
• Joselito resigned his position as president of Palm Ministries in Ecuador due to time obligations. He is very busy with his ministry and family. This situation has been difficult, but it was necessary to make the change. He served in this capacity for one year and now He needs to focus on his family and ministry.

OUR PRAYER REQUESTS & NEEDS

• Pray for our budget, we need to increase our economic support quickly. We need to buy the materials for our four daughters to the new academic year.
• Pray for Joselito’s new books. Is not easy to print those books because it’s very expensive in Ecuador.
• Pray for more donors and partners for us, please.

With love in Christ, Joselito & Anita Orellana (Galatians 2:20)

Missionary Prayer Letter- July 2008

OUR FAMILY
We are fine in the grace of our Lord Jesus. Our daughters are on vacation this month. They need to rest and enjoy this time. It is a busy time of ministry for us because we are expecting several missions trips.

OUR MINISTRY

• We continue with our ministry in the indigenous church, Candelaria Baptist Church. We lead Bible studies every Wednesday, hold conferences and Joselito regularly preaches. We are also going to work on a new Baptist church plant in our neighborhood. Pray for that please.
• We had another intensive course for our School of Ministry. This time the meeting was in Pedro Vicente Maldonado (85 miles from Quito). Joselito was teaching Bibliographic Research eight hours per day). Also, he was preaching in evangelistic services each night.
• Joselito went to Guayaquil for the Ecuadorian Baptist Theological Seminary board meetings. He also taught an intensive course on theology at Vision International University.

MISCELLANEOUS

We are helping reopen the Baptist Seminary in Quito. We have been updating the curriculum and addressing other issues. The seminary in Guayaquil is doing ok.

OUR PRAYER REQUESTS & NEEDS

• For Joselito’s health, he has some upcoming medical tests.
• Pray for Joselito and his new Doctor of Ministry program.
• Pray for our monthly budget. We need to get more donors and partners.
• Pray for our next mission team from USA. They are coming at the end of August.

With love in Christ, Joselito & Anita Orellana (Galatians 2:20)