I would like to request prayer for my Pastor, Bro. Curtis Ward who will be departing for his missionary trip to the Middle East. He will be preaching in Jerusalem, Jordan, and finally Iraq. He is (gasp) growing a beard so as not to stick out like a sore thumb over there. Also, a lot of Middle Easterners consider clean shaven men "effeminate", and Bro. Ward says he doesn't want any of those repressed men "getting a crush" on him.
Seriously, though. Please pray that this mighty man of God will have a safe and prosperous trip, will spread the Gospel to the lost, and will make it back home in one piece. He is my Pastor, my father in the Faith, my mentor, but most of all my friend.

Thanks and God bless you all.