Prayer Update - 3/28/08

Dear Praying Friends:

We're entering into a season where your prayers will REALLY be needed. What a privilege it is for us to be able to email you, knowing you WILL pray for us! Thank you!! Here's what's going on...

On Saturday, March 29, we depart for Phoenix, Arizona where we will join a team from Calvary Church in St. Peters, Missouri. We're excited to work alongside our dear friends and ministry partners from Calvary as we head down to Kino Bay, Sonora, Mexico. Through April 5, we'll have opportunity to conduct a training for children's workers in the region, help in some neat direct children's ministry stuff and visit an orphanage and drug/alcohol rehab center.

After a few days at home, I will head for the airport again, this time journeying to Kiev, Ukraine where we will conduct an orientation for the new Ukrainian board members who have agreed to serve as the new Ukrainian ministry is established. I'll be working alongside our regional resource team director, Igor Fridrikh. It will be FUN to be a part of some of the first steps to seeing an official ministry established in this country where so many children's workers are looking for training, resources and encouragement.

After the Ukraine meetings, I will go for the first time to Minsk, Belarus. During the days I am there I will evaluate the ministry work and seek to be an encouragement to the team there. In order to protect our ministry partners, I'll not go into further detail as to my activities during this week. It is enough to say that there are very real dangers and pressures for believers in Belarus and I'm COUNTING on the covering of your prayers during this portion of my trip.

I will be home for just a couple of days before we leave again for the St. Louis area. We're beginning the process now of setting up meetings with our friends and ministry partners in the area. We'll have about 10 days to see EVERYBODY!! A good portion of our support team resides in this area and it will be great to see them. We can't wait to give everyone an update on the ministry and thank them for their support and prayers over the last almost 2 years in EGM ministry! Our new team member, Alex Bruda, from Romania, will be joining us for part of that time so that we can introduce him to our supporting "family." (NOTE: If you're in the area, we WANT to see you while we're there. Please email us to let us know when we can connect with you!)

Here's the itinerary for the next several weeks. Please post it and follow us with your prayers for physical, emotional and spiritual strength for us as individuals and for us as a family.

March 29 - Joe and Julie Fly to Phoenix, AZ on the way to Mexico
March 30 - Cross the border into Mexico
March 30-April 5 - Kino Bay, Sonora, Mexico
April 5 - Fly back from Phoenix to San Diego
April 9 - Joe flies to Kiev, Ukraine
April 10-12 - Board Orientation in Kiev
April 13-17 - Ministry Activities in Minsk, Belarus
April 19-29 - Connect with St. Louis Support Team

Thank you for standing with us in prayer!

Joe, Julie and Jonathan Cox
YOUR missionaries with Every Generation Ministries