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Friday, December 20, 2013 To hear an mp3 recording of the PrayerLine, click here. http://media1.imbresources.org/files/192/19223/19223-106087.mp3 “And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19, HCSB) Hi, this is Eleanor Witcher of IMB’s prayer office, asking you to pray for churches and individuals as they support international missions. The South Africa Tswana Team writes: “We praise God for all of you who so faithfully pray and give. Your prayers give us hope beyond measure. Your giving allows us to be among our people group and to serve the Lord freely. Thank you for giving to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO) and to the Cooperative Program.” Workers among the Coastal Swahili peoples of East Africa, in simple honesty, share, “The truth is . . . life on the field isn’t as glamorous as one might imagine when first stepping off the plane. We aren’t camped under a mango tree every day, bringing the Gospel to masses who’ve never heard it before, or distributing food to starving people on a daily basis. There are plenty of mountaintop experiences like that when we just look at each other in awe because we get to do this for a living, but the truth is . . . life happens, and ministry sometimes takes a backseat when it does. On our way to the capital city to collect a volunteer team one month, the engine of our SUV exploded. Lottie Moon Christmas Offering dollars rebuilt our engine and provided a loaner car in the meantime. Sometimes we find ourselves scooping rainwater off the kitchen floor. Our recently renovated roof cracked in two during a rainstorm one night, flooding our house. LMCO dollars paid for our rent and for the necessary repairs. The truth is . . . we need you and ask you to pray that people will give sacrificially this year so we can stay on the field, doing what we came to do--glamorous or not.” * Please pray that Southern Baptists will be generous in their giving and that we will be faithful in using those funds to bring God glory. * Intercede for the Coastal Swahili and Tswana peoples that they will hear and receive the Gospel. * Give praise for the birth of the Savior, for He is the focus of our work and the reason for our joy.

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