August 2007
August 2007
Dear Friend,
Thankful! Encouraged! Challenged!
THANKFUL! I am thankful for the past 27 years working with Christian lawyers. I have written about 300 monthly letters since my first in August 1980 when I wrote to a small group of friends in Southern California sharing our plans to move from
ENCOURAGED! I am encouraged! It’s been an incredible adventure! From time to time I reread newsletters written for Advocates International since 1991. I am reminded of the mighty deeds that our Lord performs when lawyers make him their Client.
CHALLENGED! I am also challenged daily! I’ve enclosed this week’s Global Prayer Calendar. The PC serves as the glue that keeps our network together. Advocates’ PC is prayerfully correct. Each continent has its own PC, and the global edition passes on some items. As you read about the prayer needs this week from
ANSWERED PRAYER! I have some good news on the lead item about Latcho Popov, the Chairman of the Rule of Law Institute in
HEALTH UPDATE: Finally, I have a personal prayer item. Last Friday I discovered new bladder cancer growth that requires surgery on October 8. My cancer His-Story enters its 9th year this month. God has been gracious. Although I had hoped to attend many of the regional conferences listed on the back, other Board members will cover for me in Advocates Middle East, Advocates Africa, Advocates Asia and Advocates Latin America. I appreciate your prayers to the Great Physician, while…
Living in His-Story,
Sam Ericsson
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An Invitation to Attend a 2007 Advocates Conference
While also Being a Good Samaritan
It’s time to redefine “short-term missions.” You are invited to attend any of the inspirational 2007 conferences in Advocates International’s network. The cost for hotel plus program for the 3-day conferences outside
Advocates
Regional leadership meeting; May 19-20,
Advocates
1st Advocates Caribbean Conference; July 27-29,
“Father, make them one as we are one... that the world may believe..." John 17:21
Contact: Alice Soohon (ladyash45@hotmail.com)
Advocates
August 23-25,
Contact: Botrus Mansour (botrus@zahav.net.il)
Advocates
7th Regional Conference; September 3-7,
Contact: Bayo Akinlade (bayo@advocatesinternational.org)
Annual Christian Lawyers Fellowship National Conference; September 27-30,
Theme: Above All, To Stand
Contact: Ruth Ross (ross.clf@primus.ca)
Advocates
7th Regional Conference; October 18-20,
Contact: Roshini Wickremesinhe (efa@sltnet.lk)
Advocates
7th Regional Conference; October 25-28,
Theme: The Challenge of Social Justice in
Contact: Vilma Balmaceda (vbalmaceda@advocatesinternational.org)
CLS/USA
Annual CLS National Conference; November 1-4,
Contact: clshq@clsnet.org
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ADVOCATES INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL EMAIL PRAYER CALENDAR
August 5-11, 2007
Dear Friends,
Greetings in the Name of Jesus!
“May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you.
May the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you rule the peoples justly
and guide the nations of the earth.”
Psalm 67:3-4
Be fervent in your prayer and stay blessed,
Diana
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Advocates Europe Prayer Calendar -
Dani Bohotska, Advocates Europe Prayer Calendar coordinator:
“Please pray for the surgery of Latchezar Popov (
Advocates Europe Prayer Calendar -
Gesina Blaaw from God loves Albania Ministries asks for our prayers for their Ministries. She writes:
“Urgent at this moment is that together with our national board and senior management team of God Loves Albania Ministries, we are making some drastic changes in our infrastructure. This means that some people will loose their jobs or will receive a different position, and it won’t be pleasant for me to give out those communications, neither will it be nice for them to receive the news. Please pray for grace in these communications and that all persons concerned will receive the news without rebellion or a spirit of revenge, which characterizes
Prayer Request from
Mr. Joseph Francis, National Director of the Centre for Legal Aid Assistance & Settlement (CLAAS), sends us an initial report on the brutal murder of Sadiq Masih, a Christian man and a father of six children. At the end of the report Aneeqa writes:
“May God be with the miserable and poor people. Today we at CLAAS are praying for the deceased and his family; we also request all of you to pray for them and give them courage to face the hardships of life, which they are already facing as part of their fate. We also request you to pray for CLAAS and its team members, who are always willing to face any sort of threats in order to help the downtrodden. We always need your prayers for us to continue our difficult task in such a country where there are no rights for Christians, neither towards happiness, nor towards peace and freedom.”
Advocates Asia Prayer Calendar -
Gregory Vijayendran, coordinator of the Advocates Asia Prayer Calendar, writes:
“Worthy News reports that two members of God's Love Pentecostal Church spent ten days in prison in June after being found guilty of violating laws on religion and ‘illegal’ religious teaching... In a separate case, 28-year-old Baptist Sharofat Allamova was detained for four days in mid-June after Christian books and films were found in her bag on a late-night bus from the central city of
Prayer Request from
The newsletter of Jubilee
“Several weeks ago, a case against a pastor in
Advocates Africa – Report on
Pray for
“Since 2004, we have had 2 major contacts in Burkina. Paul Dipama and Dieudonne have been instrumental in speaking to lawyers, judges and law students about organising a fellowship. However, the major challenge as expressed by some lawyers here is the division between churches, which impacts negatively on having a non-denominational Christian lawyers’ fellowship. We met with 4 lawyers, 2 law students and one magistrate/ judge during our four-day visit. They were all very encouraged by our visit.”
Elections in
Last week the following prayer request came from Ibrahim S. Koroma (
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