We are in the first week of the new semester. Here are some additional prayer items for the next month or two:

• Manila! More to come on this but Christine and I are planning on going to Manila together for about 10 days in the May 25 – June 4 range. We’ll share more, but Christine is going to be leading a leaders retreat for the 15 or so faculty women on her team and I’ll be conducting a 3 day workshop for pastors and ministry leaders in Manila.  And I’m graduating! So excited to both serve and celebrate!! Pray for logistics and plane tickets and planning.
• Pray for Christine as she’s focused right now on helping her team to map out the next 8 months with an eye on 2023-2024 and beyond. 
• Pray for Brian – In addition to the child safety investigation and teaching, my free time hobby this year has been working on certification with the Institute of Christian Conciliation (if you’re familiar with Peacemakers Int’l, it’s one of the orgs doing a lot of that ministry now). I’m involved with a couple of different conflict cases where Christian parties are hoping to get mediation help from a Christian and biblical perspective. I’ve wanted to do more practical peacemaking since finishing my Ph.D. to help migrate a lot of the head knowledge into experience and wisdom and strengthen my skill in coming alongside people in these hard moments. Pray for heart transformation in these cases and relational reconciliation! It’s hard and messy at this level!
• Pray for Morgan as she approaches graduation and college. And she turns 18 Monday! 
• Morgan and Ecuador:  She also has decided to go to Ecuador on a summer mission trip with our church this summer which is exciting. She’s almost finished with the support raising process which has been great for her to experience. We’re excited for her!
• IGSL Online Program:  There is big progress being made towards an online MA program.  This would be a 2-3 year MA for ministry leaders designed differently than a lot of our online offerings in the pandemic. This is an opportunity to develop something that will really expand our offerings to students who cannot come to Manila.

                  Thank you for praying with us and partnering with us!

                                   In Christ,

                                                Brian & Christine