Prayer Requests for Fred & Rachel Whitman

Please pray for:

1. Wisdom for the doctors as they decide the next steps in light of the second "pre"-cancerous sore under Jonathan's tongue. They have furlough meetings lined up through mid-December in the States.
2. Patience and strength for Joshua as he awaits knee surgery for a torn ACL (knee). They are in the currently in the process of moving in to a larger apartment. With the church-planting responsibilities as well as family needs, it does not seem a good time to us for this injury but God knows best!
3. Smooth transition as the preaching and leadership responsibilities in our church at San Sisto are passed over to Lucio Stanisci.
4. Strength and wisdom as I substitute two Sundays a month at Ancona (on the east coast) for co-worker Andrew Bishop (currently on furlough) who recently joined Baptist Mid-Missions as a result of EBM's being dissolved.
5. Wisdom as my prison ministry expands, now in three and possibly to five prisons, that I won't try to do too much.
6. Help in finishing up the final touches on the first phase of our church building renovation in preparation for inspection (possibly in the coming weeks), as well as finances and help as we'll soon (as soon as our renter leaves) need to step into phase two, doubling the auditorium and adding more Sunday School rooms to keep up with the growth.
7. Conversions as a result of our soccer ministry. I bring a short devotional (besides playing soccer) at both of the practices each week. Pray especially for Karan, (an Indian Hindu), Mamadù and Macan (Mali muslims) Fabian, Giovanni, Cristian (Ecuadorian Catholics), Michael (Nigerian Anglican) as well as Francesco and Pasquale (Italian Catholics), most of whom have visited the church.
8. Quality time with our seven grandchildren (Rebecca, Cristina, Sammy, Elisa, Noah, Naomi, and Sofia) as we seek to be models for them and point them to Christ.
9. Final plans, strength and safety for our Christian History Tour, Oct. 1-12, 2012.
10. Pray that we might grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord pleasing Him in all our ways. Missionaries struggle daily with this as you do.

You can listen to Radio Luce, the radio station Fred helped start, at www.radioluce.com/it/

If you go to Operation world there is a good 2 minute prayer video - www.operationworld.org/ital