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We hope you'll visit this page frequently to receive live updates on what God's doing around the world through CEI and our partners!!

MIDDLE EAST

Our partner, "Sandy," reports that the softball season has started. Even though the borders are closed, they are able to operate more freely in country. There are four club teams participating in the league and two of them have "Jesus" influence on their teams. "Sandy" is coaching one team and another team has invited two of our alumni to play for them later in the summer. These two teams will be preparing for international club tournaments in August. "Sandy" is able to spend time with girls from all four teams sharing Life again! [posted 3.23.2021]

PRAYER FOCUS: Middle East

Pray for "Sandy" to have Life-giving and Life-changing conversations with the players and coaches.

Pray for "Sandy" and her colleagues to get their visas renewed. After the pandemic closures and travel, they are still waiting to get their official visas again.

Pray for our CEI alumni to continue to have great virtual conversations.

Pray for the borders to open by the summer so that we can send players or coaches.

SOUTHEAST ASIA

We have several friends and partners in Southeast Asia. As most of us have heard, there is a brutal military coup taking place in Myanmar. This week we heard from one of our partners:

“Please pray for our safety. Here (Myanmar) we are not safe anymore because the military and police are arresting and shooting the people whether inside the house or outside. Everything is very limited here including buying food and transportation etc. Many people are struggling of daily food, and we want to help to those who are in need. Please pray for that too.

The internet is being cut for 8 hours daily. And using social media is not safe …. Please pray for wisdom and keep praying for us even you don't hear anything from us.”

posted 3.9.2021

Our partners in Egypt have been creative with hosting online camps and trainings this summer. The following are two stories about how effective virtual teams can be in our Covid-19 world:

Leadership Development Zoom Calls - Reshape is in the third year of sponsoring professional soccer teams that compete in the national leagues. The following is a story about one of the women's teams. "On a recent Zoom call with our women's team, two of our players asked to stay on to talk with our coaches. They said, "We want you to know that the Reshape values are more than just words for us; they have gone into our hearts. And even if something happened and we didn't have you as coaches any more, we would pass on the Reshape DNA to others and keep the environment."

Virtual Camps - One of the things that made the camps so effective was an idea that the Lord inspired in me to put together home activity bags. Bags were full of art supplies, games, activities and teaching tools to promote participation. Our team purchased the supplies, packed the bags and arranged transportation to everyone's homes, and the effort was so worth it Immediately, participants were excited to open their bags and began wondering what all the items were for. In some ways, they were more engaged than during in-person camps. --"Robbie"

posted 10.1.2020

PRAYER FOCUS: Egypt

Pray for virtual camps and leadership trainings that are going on this fall. Pray that God opens up opportunities to share His Life.

Pray for "Robbie" as he is battling some major health issues. Pray for the right doctors, treatments and healing.

Pray for "Robbie" and his family to stay strong in the midst of a busy ministry season and his health issues.

"...NOW TEACH THESE TRUTHS TO OTHER TRUSTWORTHY PEOPLE WHO WILL BE ABLE TO PASS THEM ON TO OTHERS." 2 Timothy 2:2 (NLT)

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