Joey Update Vol. 19

I was walking in the wilderness, or so it seemed today. It was actually the
riverbed but it was dry as a bone. This is how the Batha usually lies most
of the year. The first time I saw it though it was a happy muddy river. That
was at the end of last rainy season and the new rains have not fully come
yet. There been sporadic showers but the hit and miss quality of them has
been such that the other night, a man on a loudspeaker has called for a
three day fast so that the rains will come.

It is now "a dry and thirsty land where there is no water" (Ps. 63:1) at
least not in sufficient quantity to water all the fields and cows and sheep
that need it. While you all lift up this request to our Father, please
remember that the souls here are thirstier than the land. As you petition
the Father for rain, remember to ask likewise that He would send that Living
Water (Jn.7:38) to quench the deepest thirst.

Last year, I remember I heard reports that the rains were heavy and while
they provided water for the fields and animals, they were so heavy that they
also brought down several of the mud brick (and there are considerable
numbers of these) houses and injured people. As you p'ay, trust that He who
you ask knows just how much to send and the exact places to send it. Lastly,
as you p'ay, please remember that He has said, "My glory I will not give to
another" (Is. 42:8) so ask that He send this rain in such a way that He
alone gets all the glory that is due Him.
He knows.

Hamdus:
-Story work is still going ahead
-Continued positive responses

Du'as:
-Opportunity to meet the sultan of Yao soon
-Opportunity to go to Yao soon- again see Rom. 1:13
-Lift up a friend of mine named Ahy. He has been a great help (and seeming P
o'P- Lk.10:6) to the work. The other day I had the happy vision of him
becoming a leader in the Body. Lift him up to this end.

Thanks for p'aying for these things. I will soon share the good news of how
our Father answers!

-Youssef