10DOP – Day 1: Matthew & Lisa

For our first day of prayer, we ask that you pray for US!  It sounds selfish, but it is oh-so-necessary.  A life of full time ministry, plus three kiddos, makes for an easy way of asking for prayer.

Today, please pray for our own spiritual renewal each day, with time in prayer and God’s Word.  Please pray that we have time together to keep our marriage strong.  Pray for us as parents – whew, this stage has such mountains and valleys!!!  Finally, pray that the training we’re receiving in this stage of life will cement us as useful tools for the Lord in a foreign land!

For fun, here is a photo history of our TEN years together (we first met February 21, 2004).

Sometime in 2005…before officially “coupling”

Married! April 15, 2006

Pre-children vacation, October 2008

Accepted with MAF – first prayer card photo, by Jennifer Lind

Amelia joined us Sept 2011 (second prayer card photo, by Jennifer Lind)

Amelia’s first birthday, in DRC Sept 2012 (third prayer card photo, by Jocelyn Frey)

Axel joined us in November 2013