Our major activity this month has been the enrollment of the students in the Berean Bible Institute classes.  Seven teachers are teaching eighty-five students who had a choice of taking twelve different classes.  The new classes this year are church history and pastoral counseling III.  The students are excited to be studying again.  It was a long summer.  Some even felt disconnected during those days.  Lots of changes; lots of prayer requests; lots of praise items to share with you. 

1.      Praise the Lord for the joy that Jaime and Miriam have in their faith and walk with the Lord.  Jaime has a friend who has fallen into sin and is in counseling to restore his spiritual walk again as it should be.  Jaime had a great attitude about this as he prays for his friend.  Lynford was concerned that this would cause discouragement.

2.      Praise the Lord for the teachers and students that are involved this year in the institute classes.  God is working mightily in their lives and our desire is to see them become involved in ministry and missions.

3.      The new mission work in North Quito is in the home Bible study stage.  Evangelism continues, however the teaching is important for the believers’ growth. 

4.      Praise the Lord for the eighty-five students studying the Word of God.  We prayed for one hundred, but God is working.  The institute extension in Quito is not functioning this year due to low attendance and health issues for Pastor Luís. 

5.      Praise the Lord for the opportunity to preach in various churches during the year.  This month Lynford preached in three different churches.  During the invitation thirty men and women made public decisions to live the spiritual life as the Word teaches.  That is the work of God in the hearts of believers.

6.      Praise the Lord for the encouragement of the teaching of the Word of God.  God is building mature believers to continue the work of making disciple makers.

7.      Praise the Lord for the opportunity to prepare men and women for the ministry.  Key men for church leadership; key women for ministries with women and children are organizing their service for the Lord.

8.      Praise the Lord for the financial givers of our ministry team.  These faithful men and women have done their job well.  God has provided; God will continue to supply for every need that arises.

9.      Praise the Lord for good communication with our children (and grandchildren) in the USA.

God is answering your petitions as you go to Him daily with the requests for this month.

1.      Pray for Jaime’s friend who is in the recovering process of his spiritual walk.  It is complicated, but God can make the changes in the lives of His children.

2.      Keep praying for an Ecuadorian missionary/pastor for the North Quito mission ministry.  The Lord has been working in seven families who desire this new church.  The new pastor will have a good group of believers to begin working with as God opens the doors.

3.      Pray for six work/ministry teams in 2012.  These teams make a major impact on the ministry as they come to do what they do best – SERVE. 

4.      Update on the medical needs here in Quito:

-    Irene Mena has her brain surgery on October 14^th.  Pray for the surgeons and God’s direction in her recovery.  The doctor will remove a benign tumor.

-    Luís Simbaña continues his weekly treatment for leukemia.  He is feeling much stronger now, but has to continue for one year.  His defenses are real low.

-    Maricela León had her thyroid taken our due to the fact that it was cancerous.  She is taking hormone medication now and will be given iodine treatments when it arrives in Quito, hopefully in November.

-    Emanuel León is two years  old and has cystic fibrosis.  The medicine he takes has helped him gain weight.  In December a team of doctors are coming to help CF patients and their parents with the disease.

5.      Pray for Pastor Marco Cruz who is making many important decisions in his ministry this year.  God leads His servants each step of the way.

6.      Pray for God’s work of reaching others with the gospel through the Bible institute students.  They are planning two mission trips during this semester.  These outreach ministries will lead to a local church plant.

7.      Pray for the work of evangelism/outreach in Quito.  God desires the salvation of souls.  We want to be faithful.  Ask God to raise up some men and women who will be willing to do this ministry full-time.  

8.      Pray for the annual couple/family retreat the first week of November.  The family needs God and His word.

9.      Pray for preachers/teachers who teach the Word daily.

Rejoicing in God’s eternality,

Lynford and Sharon Regier