Prayer Requests

Ministry Prayer Requests

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Please follow this link to see the Prayer Requests for our Ministry

Fleming Family Prayer Requests

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Please follow this link to see the personal Prayer Requests for the Fleming Family

Financial Prayer Requests

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Please follow this link to see our Financial Prayer Requests

NEW PRAYER BLOGS

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We have new blogs for our prayer requests and they are divided into three group.s

Prayers for the Fleming Family
http://flemingfamilyprayerrequests.blogspot.com/

Prayers for the Ministry of the Fleming Family
http://ministryprayerrequests.blogspot.com/

Prayers for the financial needs of the Fleming Family and their ministry.
http://financialprayerrequests.blogspot.com/

August 22 Prayer Update

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1)Pray for the Borana Muslims as they observe the month of Ramadan. Pray that as they are fasting and praying that they will meet the One True God.

2)Pray for the drought in Kenya. Many are suffering. Pray that they will turn to God and that He will heal their land.

3)Continue to pray for the work we are doing on the Sunday School Curriculum for EV Church.

4)Pray for our adoption of Ross. We go to court September 18, pray it will be finalized that day.

5)Pray for Abbey as she makes preparations for going to the US for college at the end of September.

6)Pray for people to join our Financial Support Team.

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1) Please pray or Borana Muslims as they observe the month of Ramadan. They will be fasting and praying from Dawn until Sunset every day for 30 days. Pray that as they pray that they will come face to face with the one true God and accept Jesus as their Savior.

2) Please continue to pray for the work we are doing on the Sunday School Curriculum at EV Church.

3) Please pray for rain for Kenya. There is a terrible drought and the people of Kenya are really suffering. Pray that they will turn to God and that He will heal their land.

4) Please pray for Ross' adoption court date on September 18, that it will finally be approved.

5) Please pray for Abbey as she makes preparations to go to the US for college at the end of September.

6) Please pray for more people to join our financial support team so that we will be able to increase the amount of ministry that we can do in Huruma.

August 22 Prayer Update

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1) Please pray for the Borana Muslims as they observe a month of fasting and praying during the month of Ramadan. Pray that as they seek God in prayer, that they will meet the one true God and come to know Jesus as their Savior.

2) Please continue to pray for the work we are doing on the Sunday School Curriculum for EV Church.

3) Please pray that we will get all of the paperwork organized that we need before we go to court for our adoption on September 18th.

4) Please pray for Abbey as she makes preparations to go to the US for college at the end of September.

5) Please pray for people to join our financial support team.

July 31st Prayer Requests

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1) We are writing a 10-year reusable curriculum for Sunday School for Evangelical Victory Church using the Chronological Bible Storying Method. Please pray as we select stories and write the stories for each tract. And pray for the Sunday School teachers that we are discipling and training to use the curriculum.

2) Pray for the 50 parents who attended the parenting seminar in July. Pray that they will be able to train their children to be followers of Christ and that they will bring others to know Him.

3) Pray for new people to join the Financial Support Team. We are looking for 50 people to commit to sending $25 a month. We would be able to do much more here in Kenya if we had the funds we need for travel and other ministry expenses. We also ended July $600 short of meeting our monthly personal expenses for food, utilities and transportation.

4) Pray for Abbey, she is working to start online college courses in August. Pray that we will be able to get in the funds we need to pay for her courses and books.

5) Pray that we will be able to put together the necessary papers that the judge has asked for before our next adoption hearing which is set for Sept 18th. Pray that we will get in the rest of the funds needed to finish paying for the adoption ($750).

Prayer Requests May 13 2009

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Prayer Requests:
1) Please pray for the salvation of the two men who robbed Abbey and Connor on Monday.
2) Pray for Abbey and Connor as they deal with this incident. Pray that it will increase their faith and that they will be able to glorify God through its happening.
3) Please continue to pray for us as we try to stay "ahead" of the Sunday School in writing the curriculum that they are using each week.
4) Please continue to pray for the teachers that they learn to use the curriculum and that all of their students will come to know Jesus as their Savior through these stories. So far it is going very well.
5) Pray for a trip to Western Province that Alan will be making in June. He is going with a Kenyan pastor friend for the purpose of evangelism and church planting.
6) Please continue to pray for our financial support base to grow. We are very thankful to those of you who have begun to give to our ministry on a monthly basis and for those of you who have chosen to give a one time gift. It is a tremendous help to us.

May 08 Prayer Requests

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Prayer Requests:
1) Please continue to pray for us as we try to stay "ahead" of the Sunday School in writing the curriculum that they are using each week.
2) Please continue to pray for the teachers that they learn to use the curriculum and that all of their students will come to know Jesus as their Savior through these stories. So far it is going very well.
3) Pray for a trip to Western Province that Alan will be making in June. He is going with a Kenyan pastor friend for the purpose of evangelism and church planting.
4) Prayer for the adoption. Out homestudy, which was done by the Kenya Govt. Children's Dept. is sitting on the director's desk awaiting her signature. Pray she will sign it soon. We cannot schedule a court date until she signs and they file the report with the court.
5) Please continue to pray for our financial support base to grow. We are very thankful to those of you who have begun to give to our ministry on a monthly basis and for those of you who have chosen to give a one time gift. It is a tremendous help to us.

We are still struggling with meeting our monthly expenses. This also causes us not to be able to engage in as many ministry opportunities as we would like to because we frequently don't have the funds to take the public transport to the church in Huruma. Please pray about donating to our ministry so that we can do the things that God has called us here to do. See a list of our needs/expenses and information on how to donate at www.byhisgrace.cc/flemingfamily/needs.html

Prayer Requests for February 17, 2009

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Prayer Requests for Abbey
1) For the Bible Study that she is leading. That she will have wisdom when she is choosing topics. That she will be able to deal with the material in such a way that it can be understood by the girls coming from 2 very different cultures.
2) That she will be able to finish her studies by the scheduled time and that she will be able to focus on studying for the SAT.
3) That God will provide the finances needed for her to be able to attend University including SAT fees, application fees etc.

Other Prayer Requests
1) Pray for our work on the Sunday School Curriculum for Evangelical Victory Church.
2) Pray for Alan as he has been getting opportunities to preach every week.
3) Continue to pray for the salvation of the children who attended the Christmas VBS.
4) Pray that we will be able to find a house we can afford to rent.
5) Pray that God will provide us with a vehicle.
6) We are still trying to reach our goal of 1000 Prayer Partners.

URGENT Prayer Request

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We have a friends who are in a life threatening situation and
REALLY NEED your prayers.
Sorry we cannot share more details, PLEASE pray for them.

Blessings,
The Fleming Family

January 22, 2009 Prayer Requests

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1) Borana Prayer Team-We are still trying to increase our prayer support. We have set a goal
of 1000 prayer partners. We are now at 341. Please ask for God to increase our prayer support and ask your friends if they would like to pray for our ministry. We faced many difficult challenges when we lived up north. Satan does not want us to be able to live there and work among the Borana. Our prayer support base is a VITAL part of our ministry.

2) Chronological Bible Storying Conference-We are in the process of planning a Chronological Bible Storying Conference for Evangelical Victory Church. Pray for the conference and the planning of it to go well.

3) Salvation-Please continue to pray for the salvation of the children who attended the VBS in December. 200+ children responded positively to the invitation and we need to follow up with these kids to determine which ones are really ready to make this important decision.

4) Adoption-Please continue to pray for our adoption. We anticipate the Embassy approving our I-600 before the end of February. Pray that it will be approved. If it is approved, we should be able to schedule a court date for our case to be heard by the Kenya Government.
5) Housing-We have been house sitting for a friend who is in the USA on furlough. He will return in the middle of March. We need to find a new place to live and be able to pay the rent. We also need to buy some furniture.

6) Vehicle-We have just returned the car we have been borrowing. So we now need to acquire a vehicle. We are excited about our work with Evangelical Victory Church in Huruma, but it is a 45 minute drive for us to get there. If we take public transportation we will easily spend 2 hours getting there, in other words, 4 hours round trip. It will be a much more efficient use of our time if we have our own vehicle and can travel there directly.

January Prayer Requests

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Praise the Lord for the fantastic VBS we had at Evangelical Victory Church in Huruma.

PRAYER REQUESTS
1) Pray for the salvation of the children who attended.
2) Pray for the teachers who work with them every Sunday morning. (Peter, Mariam, Liban, Barakat, Jaltu, Mariam#2, Branu, Solomon, Samuel, Dima, Anne, Sarah, Salad, Safia, Martha, Dichi, Ganu. )
3) Pray as we and the teachers follow up with these children over the next few months that we will be able to lead EVERYONE of them to salvation.

URGENT PRAYER REQUEST

2008-12-02T11:42:00.000-06:00

Dear Prayer Partner,

We have an Urgent Prayer Request. We received a letter from the American Embassy today informing us that we have 27 days to get our US homestudy completed. This homestudy is something that we have been trying to get done for 1 1/2 years and have met with many "drag my feet" people who continue to delay it.

We were previously led to believe that if we did not get the homestudy done by January 2, 2009 that we would be allowed to file an extension. This letter says that they are no longer allowing people to file extensions. This is very SERIOUS, this means that we could lose Ross. That Ross could lose us.

We don't want to try to recount the 18 month long story. We simply want to ask that you would pray for God to intervene and that either the appropriate agency will complete the homestudy in time or that the US Embassy will give us a grace period.

We appreciate your prayers and ask that you pass the request on to anyone whom you think would pray for this issue.

Thank you for your prayers.

2008-11-26T07:06:00.002-06:00

Prayer Requests

1) Please pray for us as we plan "Christmas Vacatoin Bible School" to be held at Evangelical Victory Church in Huruma on December 29-31st. We are expecting 500 children.

2) Please pray for the Carolina Adoption Services as they receive our new financial information. Please pray that they will approve our application and that our adoption of Ross can move forward.

3) Please pray for us as we are involved in several Christmas programs during December. Pray that we Christ will be glorified and that people will come to know Jesus as a result of these programs.

4)Please continue to pray for our financial needs. We are still in need of funds to proceed with our work among the Borana People. Please pray about joining our Financial Support Team by committing to donating $25, $50 or $75 per month.

Prayer Requests-October 27 2008

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Praise the Lord
1) Praise the Lord for the prayer partners who responded with donations that allowed us be able to pay the fee for our work permit.
2) We have completed the paper work for North Carolina Adoption Services and our application for adoption will be resubmitted this week.

Prayer Requests
1) Pray that we will actually be able to get our work permit stamp this week. It has been approved, so it is just a matter of processing the payment.
2) Pray for the people at North Carolina Adoption Services. They will be receiving our updated employment and financial information this week. Pray that they will process our papers quickly so we can proceed with the adoption process here in Kenya.
3) Pray for us as we are now meeting with Evangelical Victory Church and discussing the work that we will be doing with them. Pray for God's guidance that we will develop a common vision for how we will win the Borana People to Christ. Coming soon a web site for some of the ministries at E.V. Church.
4) In two months the car we are borrowing has to be returned and in 2 to 4 months the house we are borrowing has to be returned. Please pray for us that God will provide these 2 very big needs for our family.
5) We have set a goal of having 1000 prayer partners by the end of this year. Previously, when we worked up north, we faced many physical, emotional and spiritual challenges. We feel like we need this prayer support to be able to Reach the Borana People for Christ.
6) We also have financial goals in order to support of our family and the ministry among the Borana People. Join our financial support team with a committment of $15, $25 or $50 a month. Thank you to all of those who have already joined the financial support team. If you wish to donate please follow the link at the bottom of the page.

Answers to Prayer-Aug/Sept/Oct

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We have these prayer requests answered in the month of Aug/Sept

5) We have made some progress with the requirements for the adoption and should be able to refile our application with Carolina Adoption Agency in October
4) Our work permit has been APPROVED
3) We have seen 4 new people come to know Jesus.
2) God has healed us from the virus we battled for 5 straight weeks.
1) We have joined together with a church here in Kenya that sponsored us to apply for a work permit.

Work Permit-ANSWERED-APPROVED

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We have joined together with a church here in Kenya called Evangelical Victory Church. They have given us a letter of introduction for a work permit from the Kenya Government. We turned in our application for this work permit on August 1, 2008. We were given a 3 month pass in our passports in order for us to be able to stay in the country while the application is being processed. Those passes will expire October 31, 2008. Please pray that our work permit will be approved before that date.

New Believers-Aug/Sept

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Please pray for the following people who have come to know Christ.
Sara, Steven, Joseph and Nancy

Language Study

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We need to resume our Borana Language Study. We have been wanting to do this since the first of August and have met with several challenges to keep us from being able to do so. Please pray that all obstacles will be removed and that we will be able to resume study soon. Also pray that we will be able to reach fluency in Borana quickly and that we will be able to learn the stories from the Bible in Borana so that we can go out with the nomadic Borana and plant churches.

Support

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We need to have a support base in order to meet the basic needs of our family and also to finance the work we will be doing among the Borana. We are unable at this time to return to the USA to raise our support. We are therefore, dependent on raising money through computer technology. Pray that God will help us to make wise decisions in how to raise our support and that He will provide for our family and our ministry through that support. Please pray about whether or not God is calling you to be a part of our support base. Follow the link to this Blog to find out what some of our needs are.

Adoption

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We are currently in the process of trying to adopt a Kenyan boy named Ross. Ross has been living with us for 2 years and in our hearts he has been our son for a long time. Please pray that the obstacles that we are facing with completing the adoption will be moved and that Ross will soon be legally our son.