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Prayer Card

When it is the holidays, and your in-law comes into your kitchen to see if "you need help" but wants to divert their eyes from the pile of dirty dishes... their eyes will fall on your collection of prayer cards hanging on your refrigerator. Dozens of families are sitting together in front of a beach, a mountain, or a jungle... but wait--what's that? Oh, that's the Lustañas.

If you know us, you know that we love creativity. We love trying new things. We love experimenting. One of the ways we express ourselves is through creative work. If we do something exactly like everyone else, how does that display our identity?

Last home assignment, Ingrid drew a simple drawing as our prayer card. Our goal was that when someone has our prayer card and adds it to their collection on their refrigerator, that our card would stand out. 

Well, we wanted to stand out again. We wanted a prayer card that was truly a call to pray for us. Each element was hand-drawn with a purpose to let you know how to pray for us.
Empty water bottle: Pray that we continue to seek spiritual renewal. One of the main reasons ministers leave the ministry or even commit suicide is burnout. It is hard to give what we cannot have. May the Lord sustain us with His living water.
Sea puzzle pieces: Pray for the SEA Field. Our number one prayer request for the Field has been unity. It is difficult to work together with multiple nations, languages, cultures, and expectations--especially when every puzzle piece thinks they are more important than the rest. 
Backpack: Pray for our travels. With our job, we need to travel a whole bunch... at least we will travel once the borders open back up. Pray for our safety as we go and pray for us to know how to join what God is doing when we get there.
Postcard: Pray for our partners and communication back home. It isn't easy for us to keep healthy communication with our friends and family back home. It can get too busy to talk and can get too lonely to reach out.
Calendar: Pray for our time management. We need to learn when to say "no." We are wearing a lot of hats, and we need the Lord's help to have the wisdom to know which hat to wear at what time.  
Badminton racquet: Pray for our badminton outreach. The people whom we are ministering are not like the people most people minister. They are not poor, not hungry, not in any physical need. It is a difficult people group to reach that include the educated, the rich, the homosexual, the depressed. Please pray for these people who need Christ just as badly as you and us.
Wedding photo: Pray for our marriage. We are not just ministry partners; We are husband and wife. Our marriage comes first before ministry. Before we serve others, we must first serve each other. 
Camera: Pray for Terence's video work. Scriptwriting. Storyboarding. Set up. Lights. Camera. Timing. Editing. Effects. Music. Exporting. It is not just a "point-and-shoot" job. It is a job that requires a team... and there's only Terence. Pray for his strength and perseverance. 
Thai Language Book: Pray for our language study. It is not easy to learn a new language, a new writing style, a new culture! We need to confidently preach in Thai, and we are nowhere near confident. Please pray that we can study and pass the proficiency exam soon. 
Sketchbook: Pray for Ingrid's graphic design work. Creative work doesn't come easy. In fact, it takes a lot of brainpower. Ingrid has been challenged with making Powerpoints, brochures, logos, and more for the Field and its leaders. 
Building Blocks (N-Y-I): Pray for our work with the SEA Field's NYI. We have said previously that the NYI here barely has a foundation. It is extremely small and undermanned. Pray that more young leaders will rise up. Pray that the Lord give us wisdom to know how to guide these young leaders according to His will.
Baby bottle: Pray for our children's health. They are just babies and getting their vaccines on schedule. Something as simple as a cough for an adult can become deadly for babies. 
Baby flash cards: Pray for our children's development as Missionary Kids/Third Culture Kids. We know our kids are going to grow up different than the kids around them and their family back in their homelands. It is our responsibility to teach them what comes naturally to others living in their passport nation. We cannot expect Thailand to teach them American and Filipino cultural values and languages. It creates more work for us and for our kids.
Pandemic: Pray for the Thai response of the coronavirus. Pray that the world can be healed from the pandemic. Never has a world been so socially distant, but also social media-ly connected. Pray that our family continues to test COVID negative.
 
Thai Immigration: Pray for our Thai visas and work permits. Living overseas looks glorious... until you have to do the mandatory paperwork. Every other month, we must provide documents to the Thai Immigration Office so they can let us stay. Rules are always changing and it can be exhausting.
 
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