Tuesday, February 22, 2011
2/22/2011, #54, 1st Quarter 2011
[I was off-line for two days while the computer was being repaired.]
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians 1:1-2)
LORD, please help us receive your grace and peace. Move through this diocese and turn our heats to the faith that once for all time was given to the saints. (See Jude 3)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, (2 Corinthians 1:3)
Father, please come and comfort us; hold us in your arms and fill us anew with your Holy Spirit.
who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. (2 Corinthians 1:4)
Jesus, please help us minister to one another in all our tribulations. Don’t let us fragment in the hard times – use those times to draw us together in your body the Church.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. (2 Corinthians 1:5)
Jerusalem. Move through this diocese and help us minister your consolation to one another.
Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. (2 Corinthians 1:6)
Jesus, thank you for your servant Paul and all that he went through so that we might receive the light of the gospel. Bless the apostolic ministry of Bishop Bill, Bishop Dan, Bishop David, and Bishop Dave.
And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation. (2 Corinthians 1:7)
Father please help us remain steadfast in our hope. Thank you.
But Ruth said: "Entreat me not to leave you, or to turn back from following after you; for wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried. the LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me." (Ruth 1:16-17)
Lord Jesus Christ, bind us into your body with same fierceness of purpose that Ruth had.
Holy Spirit, please help us all to be Naomis that attract people to Jesus by the love and affection we display daily.
Father, thank you for the life and witness of your daughters, Naomi and Ruth. Bless the Daughters of the King, the Sisters of St. Mary, the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, the Franciscans of the Holy Cross, and the Cursillo Community. Help all of these to be faithful and effective witnesses to your love. Thank you.
A word received: Pray for my people. Pray they will have a heart to return to me and find rest in my arms.
Wednesday: 119:145-176 * 128, 129, 130; Ruth 2:1-13; 2 Cor. 1:23-2:17; Matthew 5:21-26
Thursday: 131, 132, [133] * 134, 135; Ruth 2:14-23; 2 Cor. 3:1-18; Matthew 5:27-37
Notes from the Front Line
***** Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011
From: Shaw Mudge
Subject: Mudge Prayer Mail, 21 Febrero 2011
Dear Partners in Prayer,
Peace be with you.
This is our weekly public prayer mail for 21 Febrero 2011. Happy Presidents´ Day, and a Happy Birthday to our daughter Ruth.
Thanksgivings:
1) In all the courses, combined, there are quite a few students, including about 32 students taking an on-line course, from four countries. It is the seminary´s first on-line course.
2) Lydia came back from a really good diocesan retreat for Peruvian young adults on Sunday. She had fun and had a really good encounter with the Holy Spirit. (and Julie and I had a great date weekend while she was away!)
3) My large print altar book has been bound. I am pleased with the results.
4) Julie had a really good meeting with Bishop Godfrey on Friday to go over plans for ordinations and to begin planning for the next wave of students entering the ordination process in the Diocese of Peru.
Prayers:
1) For our visa and residency card situation upgrade. We head to Migraciones on Wednesday to find out our next step.
Number of days left on our tourist visas: about 133.
2) For upcoming meetings and appointments.
3) I celebrate the Holy Eucharist at La Ascension on Sunday.
5) For Julie´s CEMO interviews with people in the ordination process over the next week or so (Commission on Ministry).
6) We are getting approvals to make a trip to the US in July/August. There are many facets to this trip to be praying for, but the main purpose would be to get Lydia to college. Here are some things to be praying for on that trip, especially the logistics:
a) there is a program suggested by our missionary society to help her adjust back to the US, one of which is in Colorado, not far from where our niece will be getting married (two days after the end of Lydia´s program).
b) getting her driver´s license, including taking her five hour course, putting in the remaining driving hours (including night driving), and arranging for her driver´s exam.
c) setting up visits to churches around the Diocese of Albany, to visit while we are in the Diocese of Albany
d) Lydia has a college requirement to attend a wilderness experience which would be in the Adirondacks
e) packing and getting Lydia to college in time, and letting go.
7) We send out a short weekly prayer and praise to parishes for the Sunday bulletins, and we are in the process of hopefully sending out our monthly newsletter, instead, beginning in March.
This way, churches can post the newsletters on bulletin boards about what we are doing, and they can help raise parish awareness about missions activities of the Diocese of Albany. Please pray that our parish email database is current and comprehensive.
8 ) We are also thinking about making available short monthly video newsletters, accessible on the Internet. Your prayers about this would be appreciated.
9) For the relationships and spiritual protection of missionaries and other diocesan team members in Peru, and for our ministries, finances, resources, and priorities.
10) That we would be able to keep on top of all the things that God would like us to do.
Thank you for praying for us. Your praying makes a difference for us, and I pray for you every day.
God bless you.
In Christ,
Shaw, and on behalf of Julie and Lydia
Missionaries of the Diocese of Albany, serving in Lima, Peru.
Albany Intercessor
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians 1:1-2)
LORD, please help us receive your grace and peace. Move through this diocese and turn our heats to the faith that once for all time was given to the saints. (See Jude 3)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, (2 Corinthians 1:3)
Father, please come and comfort us; hold us in your arms and fill us anew with your Holy Spirit.
who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. (2 Corinthians 1:4)
Jesus, please help us minister to one another in all our tribulations. Don’t let us fragment in the hard times – use those times to draw us together in your body the Church.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ. (2 Corinthians 1:5)
Jerusalem. Move through this diocese and help us minister your consolation to one another.
Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. (2 Corinthians 1:6)
Jesus, thank you for your servant Paul and all that he went through so that we might receive the light of the gospel. Bless the apostolic ministry of Bishop Bill, Bishop Dan, Bishop David, and Bishop Dave.
And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the consolation. (2 Corinthians 1:7)
Father please help us remain steadfast in our hope. Thank you.
But Ruth said: "Entreat me not to leave you, or to turn back from following after you; for wherever you go, I will go; and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. where you die, I will die, and there will I be buried. the LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me." (Ruth 1:16-17)
Lord Jesus Christ, bind us into your body with same fierceness of purpose that Ruth had.
Holy Spirit, please help us all to be Naomis that attract people to Jesus by the love and affection we display daily.
Father, thank you for the life and witness of your daughters, Naomi and Ruth. Bless the Daughters of the King, the Sisters of St. Mary, the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, the Franciscans of the Holy Cross, and the Cursillo Community. Help all of these to be faithful and effective witnesses to your love. Thank you.
A word received: Pray for my people. Pray they will have a heart to return to me and find rest in my arms.
Wednesday: 119:145-176 * 128, 129, 130; Ruth 2:1-13; 2 Cor. 1:23-2:17; Matthew 5:21-26
Thursday: 131, 132, [133] * 134, 135; Ruth 2:14-23; 2 Cor. 3:1-18; Matthew 5:27-37
Notes from the Front Line
***** Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011
From: Shaw Mudge
Subject: Mudge Prayer Mail, 21 Febrero 2011
Dear Partners in Prayer,
Peace be with you.
This is our weekly public prayer mail for 21 Febrero 2011. Happy Presidents´ Day, and a Happy Birthday to our daughter Ruth.
Thanksgivings:
1) In all the courses, combined, there are quite a few students, including about 32 students taking an on-line course, from four countries. It is the seminary´s first on-line course.
2) Lydia came back from a really good diocesan retreat for Peruvian young adults on Sunday. She had fun and had a really good encounter with the Holy Spirit. (and Julie and I had a great date weekend while she was away!)
3) My large print altar book has been bound. I am pleased with the results.
4) Julie had a really good meeting with Bishop Godfrey on Friday to go over plans for ordinations and to begin planning for the next wave of students entering the ordination process in the Diocese of Peru.
Prayers:
1) For our visa and residency card situation upgrade. We head to Migraciones on Wednesday to find out our next step.
Number of days left on our tourist visas: about 133.
2) For upcoming meetings and appointments.
3) I celebrate the Holy Eucharist at La Ascension on Sunday.
5) For Julie´s CEMO interviews with people in the ordination process over the next week or so (Commission on Ministry).
6) We are getting approvals to make a trip to the US in July/August. There are many facets to this trip to be praying for, but the main purpose would be to get Lydia to college. Here are some things to be praying for on that trip, especially the logistics:
a) there is a program suggested by our missionary society to help her adjust back to the US, one of which is in Colorado, not far from where our niece will be getting married (two days after the end of Lydia´s program).
b) getting her driver´s license, including taking her five hour course, putting in the remaining driving hours (including night driving), and arranging for her driver´s exam.
c) setting up visits to churches around the Diocese of Albany, to visit while we are in the Diocese of Albany
d) Lydia has a college requirement to attend a wilderness experience which would be in the Adirondacks
e) packing and getting Lydia to college in time, and letting go.
7) We send out a short weekly prayer and praise to parishes for the Sunday bulletins, and we are in the process of hopefully sending out our monthly newsletter, instead, beginning in March.
This way, churches can post the newsletters on bulletin boards about what we are doing, and they can help raise parish awareness about missions activities of the Diocese of Albany. Please pray that our parish email database is current and comprehensive.
8 ) We are also thinking about making available short monthly video newsletters, accessible on the Internet. Your prayers about this would be appreciated.
9) For the relationships and spiritual protection of missionaries and other diocesan team members in Peru, and for our ministries, finances, resources, and priorities.
10) That we would be able to keep on top of all the things that God would like us to do.
Thank you for praying for us. Your praying makes a difference for us, and I pray for you every day.
God bless you.
In Christ,
Shaw, and on behalf of Julie and Lydia
Missionaries of the Diocese of Albany, serving in Lima, Peru.
Albany Intercessor
