Warner Prayer Update--24 September 2007

Dear friends and family,

Greetings from Vienna.

Several friends have asked for recent or new prayer requests which we have listed below.

Thanks for praying!

Charley and Cheryl Warner
Barnabas International
Based in Vienna, Austria
Missionaries to the former Soviet Union since 1987
--------------------------------------------------------------
Prayer Requests for the Warner Family

1. Our daughter, Emily, has this week moved up to 3rd grade from 2nd grade at Vienna Christian School (VCS). This is the grade she should be in but because of a late August birthday was put back a grade while we were on furlough in the States last year. School has been going on for three weeks already. Please pray that she makes a smooth adjustment.

2. Charley has helped organize and and will be one of the speakers at a conference on caring for missionaries this week (September 28-30) in Budapest. Please pray that the conference would run smoothly, that both missionaries and nationals from Central Europe will be encouraged in their ministry of encouragement, and that Charley's talk on Caring for Missionaries on Furlough would go well. Thanks.

3. We praise the Lord for two anniversaries that took place last Saturday. The one was Cheryl's birthday. The other was the 20th anniversary of our arrival on the mission field. We praise the Lord for his faithfulness. (BTW, October 22nd will mark Charley's 30th spiritual anniversary when he became a Christian.)

4. Please pray for the US Dollar to strengthen against the Euro, the European currency. As of today it stands at $ 1.41 to buy 1 Euro. This is an impending financial disaster for all missionaries living in the Euro-zone. For us personally, if the US Dollar continues to weakened we might have to seriously consider leaving the mission field for lack of adequate financial support.

Cheryl has already taken on a two-days-a-week job at Vienna Christian School (VCS) for which we receive a 40% tuition break. She is also continuing to do freelance editing work. If you know of anyone that could use freelance editing work done over the Internet please contact Cheryl (cheryl@barnabas.org).

5. October 22-25. 2007, will mark the 10th anniversary conference of the Euro-Asian Accrediting Association (EAAA). Charley is the International Assistant for the EAAA, which accredits evangelical theological schools in the countries of the former Soviet Union, translates and publishes theological textbooks from German and English into Russian, conducts faculty development seminars, promotes online theological education, amongst other important projects. This year's conference will be held in Irpin, Ukraine, just outside of Kiev. Pray for Charley as he organizes

6. Pray for our oldest daughter, Melissa, as she finishes her senior year at VCS and applies to colleges in the US. Pray for the Lord to direct her to the right place to study and for the finances she'll need to stay in college.Thanks for praying.

Charley and Cheryl Warner
Barnabas International
Based in Vienna, Austria
Missionaries to the former Soviet Union since 1987
------------------------------------------------------------