Prayers for Micah--April 13

1. Continue to pray for Wilmer and Marvin as they make daily decisions to walk away from their addiction to the streets and to yellow glue. Wilmer was on the streets the entire week before last…we had gone to the airport to drop off one of our volunteers, when we gave us the slip while going to use the bathroom in the terminal. Dan and the boys found him on their way to church last Sunday, and he immediately reentered the Micah House as if nothing had happened. I admit that we’ve been scratching our head regarding how to get him to realize that life at Micah is so much better for him than life on the streets. His decision-making ability is almost zero…he grew up living a life of impulses. Please pray that God would free his mind and body from the destructive power of yellow glue!

2. Pray for the boy pictured with me above, Jose Daniel. Our street team, headed by Dan Paul, has been spending time with this street boy several days a week in the market district of Tegucigalpa. Many people have begun to pray that Jose Daniel would one day give up life on the streets and join the Micah Project. He is a smart kid and seems to be a good fit for the project. One thing, though, keeps Jose Daniel on the streets: yellow glue. Pray that God would change this kid’s heart and give him the desire to begin a new life! (Dan featured Jose Daniel in a video about our street ministry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXzN90tWjG8 ).

3. Continue to pray for Erick. Many people have been praying for Erick, especially on Tuesdays which we have dedicated as a special prayer time for him. He continues to live in Villa Linda Miller, consuming drugs or alcohol on a daily basis. I talked with him on the phone for a while yesterday. It’s almost like talking to two Ericks: one that desperately wants help and wants his life to go back to the way it was before his downward spiral into drugs last year; and the other, who can only see his way forward to his next hit. We still pray for him with confidence, while we are saddened by what the daily abuse is doing to him.

4. Pray for Juan Carlos, Miguel and Jarvin, who are on a missions’ trip to the northern region of Honduras called Yoro. They will be translating for a medical mission’s brigade all week. Pray that God’s light would shine out of them in all that they do this week! (Juan Carlos is pictured above).

5. Pray for Tino, Oscar and Marvin in St. Louis and Olvin in Houston as they finish up their spring semesters at their respective universities. Pray that God would continue to be real to them in all that they do…on a daily basis.