March/April 2011 Prayer Letter

Dear Pastors and Praying Friends,

VISION UPDATE: The month of April we have had a special emphasis on evangelism at Vision. Sunday evenings, during our regular service, we showed short evangelistic videos and encouraged folks to bring their lost friends and family to the services. God blessed with a full house these Sunday nights, and we have seen several choose to accept the Lord or to get assurance of their salvation. Praise the Lord! Several of our people gave specials for the first time, including one of my wife’s piano students playing her first special and also a new children’s choir singing and reciting Scripture they learned in their class. We are excited to see Johnny with a desire to help with the music. He has begun to lead congregational singing on Wednesday evenings. Please pray for him!

ELECTIONS: On Sunday, April 10, Perú held presidential elections. The top 2 candidates will have a run-off on June 5th. There are some concerns about one candidate and what it could mean for the future of Perú as a whole and for missionaries here, if he is elected. We know that all of this is in the Lord’s hands because, “the king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord...” (Pr. 21:1). Please remember Perú and it’s leaders in your prayers!

NEW BUILDING PROJECT: We just celebrated our 1-year anniversary working in the Vision Baptist Church on April 11th. In our time here, we have seen the Lord do many wonderful things, and we give Him all the praise for that. This July, Vision will celebrate it’s 3rd anniversary. As the church continues to grow, we are really seeing the need for a larger meeting place. We currently rent a small building that has an auditorium, a nursery, and a small make-shift children’s area on the roof. It would be such a blessing to have more classroom space! In the area where we work, an adequate-sized piece of property and building would cost around $35,000. Although this seems a colossal amount to a church full of people who make around $300/month, we know God is able to meet the need. Please pray for our people to give. Please help us pray that the Lord would supply the funds and the exact location. If you would like to give toward this need, please send all donations to MWBM, P.O. Box 519, Braselton, GA 30517, attn. Robeert Stover (building project). Anything you could give would be a great blessing to the work here.

FAMILY CONFERENCE: May 11-15, we look forward to holding our annual Family Conference. Bro. Joe Kotvas, missionary in Lima, Perú, and his wife will be with us for the conference. Please pray for the Lord to work during this time. We’re so excited to see how He has worked in so many church families in this past year. Many have accepted Christ and made the decision to serve Him. We see God continuing to work, as just last week, Rómulo, Meri’s husband, accepted Christ. She has hosted our Thursday night Bible study in Juan XXIII for several months now. Praise the Lord for her husband’s salvation!

Thank you so much for your prayers and support. We could not be here without you!

Your Servants for the Savior,
Robert, Sara, Josiah, Caleb & Joshua Stover