Louk Newsletter

Dear Prayer Supporters,

Last month we wrote and asked you to pray that

God would be our strength, joy, the lifter of our

heads, and that we would rest in God’s sovereignty

and grow in Christ-likeness. June was a month filled

with challenges, both physical and spiritual. The

physical challenges ranged from the stomach flu to a

repeatedly flooded basement and reactions to the

consequential mold. The spiritual challenges included

the heartbreak of friends so close to the truth, and

yet so far away because they do not yet see themselves

as sinners in need of a savior. And most of the

challenges were a combination of the physical and

the spiritual. Our physical fatigue often led to what

seemed to be nothing less than a spiritual battle

fought to keep our eyes of faith fixed on Jesus and

our hearts remembering and claiming His truths.

And in the midst of all of this you prayed. And God

heard your prayers. If we had to pick the refrain of

our family this month it would be: Praise our Father.

He hears and answers prayer.

God truly proved himself as our strength, joy, and

the lifter of our heads. Over and over we saw clear

answers to prayer that only He could have done. At

home we have seen a softening of our oldest son’s

hard heart toward God. In the field, we have seen

both Shirley and Justin turn to and follow Jesus in

what seems to be genuine belief. Rejoice with us and

with the angels. In our own hearts we have experienced

dependence on God and a grateful abiding in

Christ that can only be expressed in metaphors He

chooses for Himself: the bread of life, our shepherd,

the living water, our father who nourishes and chastises,

the vine, the light, the word… Truly there is

none like God. He and he alone is worthy of praise.

As we look forward to July, there is currently a pool

of water in our basement, we are sleep deprived, and

we truly aren’t sure how to balance all that God has

entrusted to us. And yet we are filled with joy and

peace. This month as you pray through our prayer

calendar will you also pray specifically for:

• Pray we wisely prioritize all our responsibilities.

Pray our will would submit to His will (Matt.

6:10).

• Pray God will save the many unbelievers we love

and spend time with (Romans 10:1).

• Pray we would be bold in proclaiming the gospel

(Acts 4:29; Eph. 6:18-19).

• Pray God would open the eyes of American believers

to the white fields here and will send out

laborers into those fields (Matt. 9:38).

• Pray for biblical unity in the church to point unbelievers

to Christ. (John 17:20-21).

• Pray God would keep us from the evil one and

that we won’t fall into temptation (Matt 26:41;

Matt 6:13).

Above all, in all aspects of our life we want God to

not only have first priority in our thinking, but to be

the first and last and everything in between priority

as we strive to balance home-life, ministry-life, and

Joshua’s new missional opportunities at OSU

through the classes he is taking there this summer.

May God’s peace and joy rest on you,

the Louk family

missionary church planters

&

He Hears and Answers Prayer

2016, Third Quarter