Kep & Debbie September 2024 Prayer Requests

Pray for the 80 Church Planting School leaders we will be training in Egypt September 1,2 in Cairo; followed by the Equipping Servants International (ESI) Facilitator Training we will be leading in Lisbon, Portugal September 4-7. We are expecting 70 key Portuguese pastors for that ESI training.

Also, pray for ESI in Brazil as 15 new groups start in the NorthEast region in September.

Thank you,

Kep

Kep & Debbie August 2024 Update

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Thank you for praying! We NEED your prayers for our time in Cairo the last week of August, and then Lisbon the first week of September. I've included an update from the North African church planters, amazing gospel growth in Rwanda, and Equipping Servants (ESI) progress in Brazil.

It means so much that you are praying for us.

Thank you,

Kep and Debbie James

Kep & Debbie August 2024 Prayer Requests

* We hear good reports from the African students we took through Romans earlier this year. Pray as they now work in small teams in difficult Muslim communities in North and West Africa making Christ known and planting churches. Pray that they will continue to study the Bible every day, to understand it, to live it, and to teach and preach it faithfully.

* Pray for the 290 lead-pastors in Rwanda that Paulo is helping, as they lead Equipping Servants/Disciples Making Disciples groups in their local churches.

* Pray for the Equipping Servants/Disciples Making Disciples groups that started in recent months in Norfolk, Virginia and Los Angeles among Spanish speaking pastors. Pray that each will grow to deeply understand and live the gospel. Pray that they will love Jesus more and experience genuine gospel transformation in their lives.

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Kep & Debbie July 2024 Update

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Thank you for praying for our Equipping Servants (ESI) Training in London last week. Attached is our report and PHOTOS of that Training. Also an update on the ESI work in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. And what the Mali and Senegal students we trained in April with Streams of Living Water Ministry are now doing.

Kep and Debbie James

Kep & Debbie June 14, 2024 Update

1. In a few days Debbie and I leave for London to lead an ESI Facilitator Training for 70 African pastors.

WHY LONDON?

Ever since we started ESI groups in English speaking Africa, church leaders there have requested that if we want to see the best traction for the gospel, we need to get the African pastors living and working in London on board with what we are doing – for influence, leadership and funding.

Please pray for gospel impact in the life of each participant during our time with them June 25-July 2. In almost every place we go in Africa and Latin America, we find that pastors and church leaders have drifted away from the Bible and the gospel core – leaving the church without a Christ-honoring purpose and direction, without gospel transformation, and without 2 Timothy 1:13,14 impact. Pray that the Lord will use our time together to encourage each one to make a commitment to study the Bible (John 8:31,32), to understand the Bible, to live the Bible, so they can preach and teach the Bible in their local churches – so that Christ will be honored.

2. Pray for the 10 ESI groups that have started recently in South Africa and in Brazil, that the Lord will help pastors and church leaders grow in gospel transformation.

3. Pray for the Streams of Living Water students we have trained in Senegal and Mali as they head out in July to start planting churches in small teams in very difficult villages where they face great resistance to the gospel.

Kep James

Kep & Debbie June 2024 Update

Just a short note thanking you for praying for ESI (Equipping Servants International is a 3-year mutual-discipleship process) as it continues to expand and deepen through Latin America and Africa. Please pray for Elias, giving oversight to 20 groups in nearly every major city in Brazil. Many participants in these groups have expressed sincere thanks to God for growth they are seeing in their personal lives as they study Romans together with Biblical friends. Also pray for many groups meeting to study the Bible in Africa (West, East and South).

Pray for our next ESI Facilitator Training June 26-29 – this time in London -- with 70 African. Many church leaders we work with in English speaking Africa have urged us to start ESI in London, which they believe is strategic to reach English speaking Africa. So we agreed to do this. Please pray for each participant as they prepare 6 studies in Romans to get ready for the Training. Pray that each will have a genuine encounter with Jesus as they do this, and that during the Training, God will lead each one to make a commitment to study the Bible as their life-priority (John 8:31,32)!

Your prayer is SO important for us! When you pray, you go with us!

Kep and Debbie

Kep & Debbie June 2024 Prayer Requests

* We thank God for the African students we were able to train in Senegal, West Africa last month. Please pray for these students as they go out in teams with Streams of Living Waters Ministry to plant churches in Muslim areas.

* Pray for Boris and Marco as they lead a group of Spanish speaking pastors in a Facilitator training in Norfolk, Virginia to start ESI (Equipping Servants – Disciples Making Disciples). Pray that they will each grow in their understanding of the gospel and their love for Jesus. Pray that they will live true to the gospel and be committed to study the Bible and teach and preach it in their local churches.

* Pray for the London-based African pastors we will take through the ESI training June 26-29. Pray that God will use this time to help each one commit to study God’s Word to experience the deep change that only Jesus can bring.

* Pray for the 2,850 ESI participants in 250 groups in 30 countries, with 3200 total graduates since beginning in 2002. Pray that these men and women will grow in their love for God as they study His Scriptures to experience gospel transformation in their lives, relationships and local churches.

* Pray for the ILC Church that Kep and Debbie started in Bolivia in 1990, that its leadership will continue honoring Christ by staying true to His Scriptures.

Kep & Debbie Senegal and Ethiopia Ministry Trip

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Thank you for praying for us the last 2 weeks in Senegal and Ethiopia. We saw God work -- this report shares some of that, and photos.

-Kep and Debbie Jamies

Kep & Debbie May 2024 Prayer Requests

* We thank God for the African students we were able to train in Mali and Senegal, West Africa during the months of March and April. Please pray for these students as they go out in teams to plant churches in Muslim areas.

* Praise for the Spanish speaking pastors in Virginia who started ESI (Equipping Servants – Disciples Making Disciples) groups in recent weeks. These servants are meeting together to study the Bible.

* We thank God for the many groups Elias has trained in Brazil, and other groups Paulo has started across Africa in recent months. Pray for these pastors and church leaders as they study Romans together, that they will grow in their understanding of the gospel, their love for Jesus – to live true to the gospel, and be committed to study the Bible and teach and preach it in their local churches.

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Kep & Debbie April 2024 Update

Thank you for your prayers as we leave this Saturday for Senegal and Ethiopia. Details how you can pray in the attached pdf.

We sincerely thank God for your partnership in the gospel with us through your prayers,

Kep and Debbie James