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UPDATE to Emergency Prayer Request for Iris Ministries’ Evangelism Boat, Pemba Mozambique – 15 May 2009

Dear Prayer Partners,

Thank you for your fervent prayers and for your many notes of encouragement.  Here is a fresh update from Don Kantel in Pemba:

Everyone returned safely from their boating adventure…although Heidi and a few others had quite a harrowing journey back (including a ride in a fishing boat, whose engine then quit…then in a tiny dugout canoe…followed by a long walk through a village in the pitch dark…wet and cold!).

The ailing boat has been towed back to Pemba. It seems the salt water which incapacitated the bilge pump has also damaged the electrical connections to the engines and the batteries. Our boat mechanic will begin assessing the situation today.

Heidi is very grateful to all our friends who joined forces around the world in prayer to avert more serious consequences.

With Love and Blessings,
Don Kantel, for Heidi, Rolland and all the Iris family

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Emergency Prayer Request for Iris Ministries’ Evangelism Boat, Pemba Mozambique – 13 May 2009

Dear Prayer Partners,

This emergency prayer request has just be relayed to us by Brian Wood at the Pemba base:

Heidi and Rolland, and a team went out today (Wednesday, May 13, 2009) on an evangelistic outreach to the area of Londo across the bay from our “Village of Joy” Pemba center.  Londo is the unreached area that we have been sharing about over the last couple of months.

Upon arrival off the shore of Londo, the boat experienced mechanical difficulty.  The engines will not start.  The waves are extremely high today so water has been entering the boat with each large wave.  The pumps do not currently work.  If the water continues to enter the boat faster than it can be removed, the boat could sink.  Three team members stayed with the boat, which must be anchored about a half a mile off shore because of the shallow reef.

Most of the team members, including Heidi and Rolland, have been taken to shore on the outreach dinghy.

We need your prayers!  Please pray with us that everyone will be safe and that the Lord will miraculously save our evangelism boat.

Emergency Prayer Request for Iris Ministries’ Evangelism Boat, Pemba Mozambique – 13 May 2009

Dear Prayer Partners,

This emergency prayer request has just be relayed to us by Brian Wood at the Pemba base:

Heidi and Rolland, and a team went out today (Wednesday, May 13, 2009) on an evangelistic outreach to the area of Londo across the bay from our “Village of Joy” Pemba center.  Londo is the unreached area that we have been sharing about over the last couple of months.

Upon arrival off the shore of Londo, the boat experienced mechanical difficulty.  The engines will not start.  The waves are extremely high today so water has been entering the boat with each large wave.  The pumps do not currently work.  If the water continues to enter the boat faster than it can be removed, the boat could sink.  Three team members stayed with the boat, which must be anchored about a half a mile off shore because of the shallow reef.

Most of the team members, including Heidi and Rolland, have been taken to shore on the outreach dinghy.

We need your prayers!  Please pray with us that everyone will be safe and that the Lord will miraculously save our evangelism boat.