Child Evangelism Fellowship of North San Diego County
Praise & Prayer Bulletin 10.26.09

PRAISE REPORTS



PRAISE the Lord for an especially blessed day at the Escondido Street Faire on Sunday the 18th. The weather was beautiful, the crowds were big, and the children really wanted to hear about the Lord! Above, kids get help making their own bracelets with beads of five different colors. Stringing them on in the right order is important because each color has its meaning and together they tell God's message.



Above, volunteer John Nash of Oceanside explains that the red bead stands for the blood of Jesus which He shed on the cross to take away our sins. One hundred thirty-eight heard the Gospel and seventy-five responded to the message. All the kids got a tract and a Bible on CD to take with them, and sixty-two signed up to receive free Bible lessons in the mail. Lots of passersby received Gospel tracts handed out by several of our volunteers who came by during the day to help out.



PRAISE the Lord for the invitation to be a part of Missions Sunday at First Baptist Church of Oceanside on Oct. 25th. Above, at morning service CEF Director Robert Burkley updates the church, a longtime supporter of the ministry, on all that the Lord has recently been doing in North County.



Above, at Sunday school hour it's time for the kids to participate while they learn about the paralyzed man lowered through the roof, whose sins Jesus forgave and whose body He healed -- they were really listening!



Pastor Hal Schulz (above) addresses the missions luncheon that followed the service. Several in the congregation signed up to receive our Praise & Prayer Bulletin and one (answered prayer!) voluteered to help at the Palmquist School Good News Club where we are hoping to complete a team very soon.



PRAISE God for the Carlsbad session of our Teachers Forum on Monday. Above, three volunteers who all attend church together serve on two different GNC teams: Tiffany Lien and Jukay Lu (left and right) are part of the Sage Canyon club in the Del Mar district, which started on Oct 12. In the middle is Misty Thompson who will be leading the club at Solana Santa Fe School in Rancho Santa Fe, scheduled to start Nov 5 (please pray for helpers and the Lord's direction for this brand new club!).



Above at left are Meng-Ping Ku and Anda Yeung, also friends from church, who use CEF materials in their children's ministry. Anda has just volunteered to help on the GNC team for McAuliffe School in Oceanside near where she lives (please pray that the Lord will bring others for this team!). To the right are Linda Gonzalez, leader of the new club at Casita Center School in Vista and Margot Holman, team leader at the Live Oak club in Fallbrook, now in its second season.



PRAISE God for Jerry Donohue, Carol Guttman, and Rose Cannon (above) who came to the Teachers Forum for the first time on Monday. They are praying and planning for a Good News Club to reach the hundreds of kids who live at the Valleyview Mobile Home Park in Fallbrook. Please pray with them as they seek God's guidance in organizing the club, which they hope to see underway very soon.



PRAISE the Lord for this report from team leader Holly Williams about the first meeting on Tuesday of the GNC at Farr Ave. School in Escondido (above): "Thank you one and all for your fervent faithful prayers! We were so grateful for how God answered! I had to ask God to forgive me for being so 'O ye of little faith'. We had at least 40 children and I think about 10 at least prayed salvation prayers. Also, at the beginning when the Gospel was explained (using the wordless book) several indicated they had prayed at their seats to have their sins forgiven. The classroom teacher is a Christian and she told me that she would be leaving to join 3 to 5 other Christian teachers for prayer -- and that they would pray for us too!  Praise the LORD! Not only that, we had 6 ladies from our church praying for us and my sister also. We are so thankful for each worker who so willingly did their part to make it -- with God's power -- happen! Please start praying for next Tues -- we are hoping to have one of our visiting missionaries from our missions conference speak at GNC. We were happy to see many 'returnees' from last year at our 1st club today! The girls I dealt with were so eager and genuine to pray to receive the LORD and crowded up to me to see the verse I showed them from the Bible: 'I will never leave thee nor forsake thee'. One little girl hugged me and thanked me afterwards. There is no other reward here on earth so sweet! Your prayers mean everything! Philippians 4:4, 6"



PRAISE God for a Christian teacher from Mission Middle School in Escondido (above) who called this week to say that she and another teacher at the school would like to start a "Teen Good News Club" as soon as possible. Many have been in prayer for a club at this school for a long time! She had already received a positive response from the principal, and so the application was submitted and approved within days, and the club is scheduled to start Nov 4!

PRAYER NEEDS



PRAY for a teacher from Twin Oaks School in San Marcos who stopped by our booth on Sunday at the Escondido Street Faire. She wants a Good News Club at her school and already knows of several parents she believes will want to help on the team! Please pray that the Lord will bring it all together so a club can start there very soon!

PRAY for clubs that urgently need helpers. Team leaders Judy Erickson from the Glen View club in Escondido and Tamara Reed from the Mission Estancia club in the Encinitas district both request prayer for the Lord to send laborers!

PRAY for a meeting of parents from Capri School in Encinitas on Oct 29 to plan for a new Good News Club there! We'll be there answering questions and helping to get a team organized for a school that has never before had a club. Please pray for the Lord's wisdom and guidance.

PRAY for the Festival of Light outreach on Oct 31 at Carlsbad Community Church where we'll be presenting the Gospel to neigborhood kids. Each year many boys and girls come to have fun at this event and also to find out about Jesus! Please pray that the Lord would use this opportunity to draw kids and their families to Himself.

PRAY for these THREE Good News Clubs starting at schools this week:



La Costa Meadows School (San Marcos district), starts Monday, Oct 26, 3:15-4:15pm

LR Green School (Escondido) starts Thursday, Oct 29, 1:45-2:45pm

Beaumont School (Vista) starts Thursday, Oct 29, 2:35-3:35pm

Please pray that the Lord would bless and strengthen and reward the teams as they give of their time to reach the children. Pray that the kids would return from last season and that lots of new faces would be there, too. Pray that the Lord would bring kids who haven't heard of the Savior and that they would meet Him there! Pray that the Word of God would have an effect in the life of every child who comes.

In the fellowship of our Lord,
Robert Burkley

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..."Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it." And He took them up in His arms, put His hands on them, and blessed them.   --Mark 10:14-16