Sucessful Fusion, New Brother, and Prayer Requests

Praise God for another successful Fusion, and ask Him to grow the seed that has been planted in their hearts

Praise God for an new brother, Wei, and ask Him to protect and grow Wei in faith

Pray for the thanksgiving meals: enough hosts from the community and boldness for the hosts to share the truth of Christ with the internationals

Pray for community, love, and truth to be fostered in the family groups

Praises and Prayers

Praise God for powerful testimonies from international believers and a record turn out at our monthly Fusion event!

Praise God for a new Chinese believer, Pikachu, and the baptism of Jeffrey last week, a newer Chinese believer!

Pray that the family groups will grow in their community and love for each other, so that the love of Christ would be shown and the truth about Christ would be spoken.

Pray that more Americans would be raised up to share the good news of Christ with internationals here and overseas.

Overdue updates and prayer requests

Here are some overdue updates and prayer requests that Jack has been trying to get me to post! Sorry all...

• Praise God for the 400 - 500 internationals and Americans who participated in the annual Hayride! Please pray that many who came will be drawn to Christ.
• Pray that many who indicated they want to be involved in Family Groups will follow through with their interest.
• Pray for IFC as we follow-up with so many interested internationals.

If you have anything you want posted on this blog, email it to Jake Reischl at rjreischl@gmail.com.

Visa granted for Sunny!

On July 18th, Sunny received a letter from the U.S. government officially
telling her that her application for a visa, to stay and work with IFC,
has been granted!

Praise the Lord that the end result of all the time and money spent on
the visa application is positive. We can now look forward to Sunny
ministering to internationals through IFC for several years to come!

Upcoming Events - Prayer Requests

July 4 - IFC Cookout and Fireworks Event

• Pray that many new students will attend
• Pray that God will use the event as the beginning of many new relationships started between internationals and Americans
• Pray that this event might be the first step toward many being drawn to faith in Christ
• Thank God for all the volunteers who will be working hard to make the event successful

August 31 - IFC Hayride and Farm Visit

• Please began praying now that hundreds of new students will attend the beginning of school IFC Hayride
• Pray that it will be use to bring glory to God
• Pray that God will give us good, clear, and cool weather for the event
• Pray that we will be well organized and that we will be able to follow up on the many who will show interest in being involved in IFC

Prayer request for Jack and Connie Owens

Jack and Connie Owens will be leaving for China on May 11 to spend several days learning from, and seeking to encourage, our TSC and Cornerstone students as well as workers in several cities.
Pray:

• for safety in travel
  
• that they will learn much
  
• that their thoughts and plans for the future will be expanded
  
• that the visits will be beneficial to the TSC students and workers

Prayer for Sunny Ma

Cornerstone Church has applied to the US government to grant Sunny Ma (IFC intern) an R-1 visa. If granted, this would allow her to work full time for Cornerstone on staff with IFC to help serve the international community at ISU. Please pray that God will give Sunny favor in the eyes of the officials who make this decision, and that the application would be granted very soon.