Archive for February, 2009

Calling all cows!

We just got word that one of our churches will make milk cows their VBS project for this summer.  We have 499 orphans in Sudan who are in dire need of this.  Please give this some thought as we will be taking steps to provide more for these kids, many who have eye infections, skin fungus and potentially cholera, pneumonia and malaria.  Also, Moses, our manager over the orphans just recovered from malaria. So the season of malaria is starting sooner than expected.

The cows cost about $500 each.

Dean on the road

Dean just finished preaching at Faith Community Church in Maryland and will be headed to Virginia on Tuesday. He hopes to see his daughter and family Tuesday, and then on Wednesday speak at a Men’s Prayer Breakfast in Reston, VA.

Please pray for Dean, as his travel schedule is heavy.

March 2009 Prayer Calendar

March 2009 Prayer Calendar for CrossWay International
www.gocrossway.org

March 1  - Pray for the orphans in Sudan (499 of them) as there was another
cholera outbreak in their village involving 15 cases, but thankfully none of
the orphans.

March 2 – Pray for Dean and Bob as they consider God’s leading for the next
water well to use as a platform for evangelism and training. We are
wrestling with where the Lord is leading us next: Mombasa, Southern Sudan,
Tanzania etc. Lots of needs out there.

March 3 – Pray for the transition of our donation accounting office from
Arlington, Texas to Boerne, Texas, and a special prayer and thanks to Sue
Rushing (and Jim) who have labored for the past 12 years free of charge to
handle this work.  Pray that we can smoothly take it over with other good
workers.

March 4 – Pray for Anna Ochoa as she is leaving CrossWay International to
pursue God’s will for her life.  She has played a vital role the past 2
years and will be sorely missed. :(  Pray that God might help us find
someone to take over the Project Manager position as Joan, Ashley and I try
to fill the gap.

March 5 – Pray for Dr. Katie Buck and Susan Buchanan (RN) as they make plans
to go to Sudan to take care of the medical needs of the orphans.  Dean may
not be able to go on this trip due to other conflicts in his travel
schedule. (See further)

March 6 – Pray for Dean as he heads out again to visit a supporting church
and other friends in the West Palm Beach, Florida area.

March 7 – - Pray for a possible young lady who is candidating to become a
missionary with CrossWay International and go and care for the orphans in
Sudan.  It will be a challenging but tremendous ministry opportunity.  Pray
for wisdom for her.

March 8 – Continue to pray for Trevor Smothers as support and prayer come in
for his upcoming trip to Ethiopia this summer to work as Melaku’s assistant.

March 9 – Pray for Dean as he heads back to Texas to undertake the
reorganization of office staff and implementing of various projects.

March 10 – Pray for the continued work on the Medical Clinic in Meki,
Ethiopia, and that the water distribution system will be finished in a
timely fashion.  The well was finished on February 19, but there is still
much to do to get this clinic ready.

March 11 – Pray for the start of the CrossWay Christian School in Sudan
which will serve the 499 orphans.  School starts on March 1, and we have 12
teachers lined up to teach.  Pray that we will have the chalkboards, books,
and school supplies needed for this.

March 12 – Pray for our faith as we move forward on various projects full
steam ahead!

March 13 – Pray for the CrossWay Coffee Ministry as it begins to take hold
and people respond with their orders and donations. All is looking well.

March 14 – Pray for Dean as he interviews individuals to fill certain gaps
on our staff.

March 15 – Pray for greater boldness as we each share our faith in God and
attempt to allow God to work through us.

March 16- Pray for more workers in God’s harvest and that we stay focused on
God and his leading.

March 17- Pray for the drilling of more wells in Africa and for Bob Nicol,
our Engineering Consultant. He has fully recovered from his last illness
from his last multiple country visit to Africa.

March 18 – Pray for more opportunities to share the gospel with those who
are hurting.

March 19 – Pray for Joan, Ashley, and Rita as they undertake the role of
handling more financial matters now that Sue Rushing is no longer able to
take care of accounts receivable due to the increase in our ministry.

March 20 – Pray for Melaku Abebe in Ethiopia as he takes on more work over
the Medical Clinic in Meki and hopefully goes with our medical team to Sudan
to care for the medical needs of the 499 orphans in April.

March 21 – Pray for Dean as he lines up his trip to Uganda with Ken Galyean
and team to teach at a Pastor’s Conference and evangelize.

March 22 Pray for Frontier School of the Bible in Wyoming and all their
students as they are trained in God’s Word and prepare for a life of service
to Him.

March 23- Pray for Malcolm Harris who is attending Bible College in Ghana
and returns to Liberia for service in the ministry and to assist Dean in the
outreach for CrossWay International.

March 24- Pray we may all use clear terminology that is most easily
understood when explaining the gospel: that it is only through trusting in
Jesus Christ alone, that He died for our sins and rose again, and not
through our works at all.

March 25- Pray for our friends in Guyana as we all work through some
difficult issues at hand. The government of Guyana is making it impossible
for the internet Cafes to function and we had to shut it down.

March 26- Pray for the spreading of the gospel, that it might spread swiftly
and be honored even as it is among us.

March 27- Pray for Lawson Sampson in Nigeria and the church we helped to
plant there.  Lawwson continues to serve and develop the soccer evangelism
teams.

March 28 – Pray for the safety of all who are sharing the gospel in the more
difficult regions of the world and all believers in our military.

March 29 – Pray for the Bibles and medicine needed in various countries
where they are not plentiful.

March 30 – Pray for the development of closer ties with the believers in
Meki, Ethiopia and the medical personnel for that clinic. It’s a town of
60,000 without one trained medical person.

March 31 – Pray for the lost in your own circle of friends. Don’t forget the
obvious.

If you would like to subscribe to our prayer calendar via e-mail, contact us!

Dean Chollar
c/o CrossWay International
14 Fabra Oaks Road
Boerne, TX 78006
Office: 830 249 2322 or 866 788 2322
Cell:  210 326 3190
Fax: 830 249 2068
Email: dean@gocrossway.org
Webpage: www.gocrossway.org
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Cholera is Back

Please pray for the orphans in our Adoor village, as the cholera is back.

15 cases were reported yesterday but so far the orphans are well.