Prayer Partners 

            Literally, this is the most important aspect to our partnership development.  With the appropriate prayer covering the impossible can happen.  Though prayer, the finances we need will be realized.  Through prayer, the ministry will be most effective.  Prayer is the core of our ministry because prayer makes a difference.

            We are looking for individuals or groups who would be willing to faithfully pray for this ministry.  We seek a prayer covering for our family, that we will stay strong and united.  We need prayer to help us discern the appropriate vision and direction for the ministry.  And especially prayer support for the special concerns of the missionary kids to whom we are called to minister.

            Does prayer really make that much of a difference?  You bet.  Read Bret’s story below to get a sample of how prayer can make a difference.

            If, however, you would like to commit to pray for the ministry (daily, weekly, or even once a month) please send us an email so we can keep you updated with our needs.  Email us at: 

bret_taylor@sil.org

You may also sign up to be a prayer partner by signing in just to the right.

Modern Day Lion's Den 

            One night when I (Bret) was living in the Kenyan bush with my partner, Steve, we got a knock on our door.  Apparently, there had been a car crash just up the road and some people were seriously injured.  We grabbed the clinic nurse and hastily drove to the site.

            Sure enough, a car had lost control in the light rain and had rolled over on the side of the road.  Of the three occupants in the car, the one with the seat belt walked away fine, the second was bleeding from a serious back laceration, and the driver we feared had broken her spine.

            As darkness fully set in and we were attempting to administer first aid, I noticed that the cluster of Kenyans who had been standing around watching had climbed back into their vehicles and closed the doors.  I thought it was strange but shrugged it off, initially believing that they didn’t like the slight rain that was falling.  Still unfamiliar with the Swahili language, I didn’t pay much notice to what they were saying either.  Fortunately our clinic nurse did pay attention and told us that they were saying a lion was nearby.

            Steve and I quickly put the driver on a makeshift stretcher and got everyone else into cars and onto the hospitals.  It wasn’t until the next morning that it was reported back to us what nearby meant.  Apparently, the lion was in a bush about 20 yards from where I had been working on the guy with the back lacerations!

            Immediately, I was awed how God had protected us when we were totally unaware of the danger.  I felt a peace that I had been covered in prayer by prayer warriors thousands of miles away.  No distance is too far for our God to answer prayer.