Dear praying partners,
This is our weekly public prayer mail
This week's update:
1) Greetings from Belize in Central America. It is the rainy season. Thank you for your prayers, and please continue praying. Public photos of this mission trip can be found on my Facebook page. Look under my name: Shaw Mudge.
2) Bp. Philip has opened up the potential student population for our online courses to include every Anglican in Belize. And as we go from parish to parish talking about it, interest in what we are doing seems to gain momentum. How many will finally settle into it, is unknown, but there is a lot of interest whenever we talk about it.
3) We have had good meetings with Bp. Philip of Belize, the Commission on Ministry for the Diocese of Belize, and the prospective students in the ordination process from the Diocese of Belize.
4) On the IT side, Moodle 2.3 (Learning Management System/Course Management System) has been uploaded, thanks to our friend Bill Schrull who is a Faith Alive board member. And when we get back, we continue moving forward in preparation for September.
5) Julie preached at St. Andrew's in San Ignacio and St. Hilda's in Georgeville. I talked about our program at both parishes. We are visiting the parishes in support of both the online project and the existing work of other SAMS missionaries (as part of an overall complementary effort): Juan and Maria Marentes and David Alenskis. God's hand has been moving in incredible ways.
Prayer requests:
1) For the balance of this mission trip in Belize. For safe and timely travel. That the Holy Spirit would guide all conversations and actions, and that the next step of our online program would fall into place in God's way, in God's timing.
2) Pray for our remaining meetings and work.
3) For our Moodle implementation plans in the US and in Belize.
4) I am scheduled to preach next week at St. Ann's in Belmopan (the capital city). Pray that I would preach and talk about matters as God would lead.
5) For good weather.
6) For the Diocese of Albany team at General Convention.
7) For the Diocese of Albany area members coming to Belize as part of an ecumenical mission trip in the middle of July.
Thank you for praying for us. Your prayers are very important us, and I pray for you every day.
In Christ,
Shaw+, and on behalf of Julie+
SAMS missionaries, as well as missionaries of the Diocese of Albany
Serving in Belize.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Friday, July 6, 2012
Dear praying partners,
This is our weekly public prayer mail.
This week's update:
1) Lydia passed her driver's test, and then, on the same day, drove a 10 hour journey to Maine. She is now adjusting to her two month summer plans in Maine.
2) I am beginning to prepare for Moodle implementation (Moodle would be the Course Management System for our on-line education courses).
3) We had a great time at Zion Church in Morris on Sunday.
4) It looks like a great couples Cursillo weekend is in the works for August.
Prayer requests:
1) For our mission trip to Belize which is almost upon us. For safe and timely travel. That the Holy Spirit would guide all conversations and actions, and that the next step of our program would fall into place in God's way, in God's timing.
2) Pray for our meetings with the Bishop of Belize, the Commission on Ministry in Belize, and the candidates for the program. A few more prospective students in Belize have sent me their information this past week.
3) For our Moodle implementation plans in the US and in Belize.
4) For Julie's preaching at St. Andrew's and St. Hilda's (San Ignacio area in Belize) this coming Sunday.
5) For good weather.
6) For the Diocese of Albany team going to General Convention, as well as for Jesus' guidance and protection of Bishop Bill in the weeks and months ahead.
Thank you for praying for us. Your prayers are very important us, and I pray for you every day.
In response to recent questions:
Our current Online Anglican Theology demo site (we plan to give this site a more Moodle focus over the next few months):
https://sites.google.com/site/onlineanglicancampus/
Facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/shaw.mudge
Prayer and newsletter blogsite: http://MudgeMissionReport.blogspot.com/
Have a great 4th of July, and God bless you,
In Christ,
Shaw+, and on behalf of Julie+
This is our weekly public prayer mail.
This week's update:
1) Lydia passed her driver's test, and then, on the same day, drove a 10 hour journey to Maine. She is now adjusting to her two month summer plans in Maine.
2) I am beginning to prepare for Moodle implementation (Moodle would be the Course Management System for our on-line education courses).
3) We had a great time at Zion Church in Morris on Sunday.
4) It looks like a great couples Cursillo weekend is in the works for August.
Prayer requests:
1) For our mission trip to Belize which is almost upon us. For safe and timely travel. That the Holy Spirit would guide all conversations and actions, and that the next step of our program would fall into place in God's way, in God's timing.
2) Pray for our meetings with the Bishop of Belize, the Commission on Ministry in Belize, and the candidates for the program. A few more prospective students in Belize have sent me their information this past week.
3) For our Moodle implementation plans in the US and in Belize.
4) For Julie's preaching at St. Andrew's and St. Hilda's (San Ignacio area in Belize) this coming Sunday.
5) For good weather.
6) For the Diocese of Albany team going to General Convention, as well as for Jesus' guidance and protection of Bishop Bill in the weeks and months ahead.
Thank you for praying for us. Your prayers are very important us, and I pray for you every day.
In response to recent questions:
Our current Online Anglican Theology demo site (we plan to give this site a more Moodle focus over the next few months):
https://sites.google.com/site/onlineanglicancampus/
Facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/shaw.mudge
Prayer and newsletter blogsite: http://MudgeMissionReport.blogspot.com/
Have a great 4th of July, and God bless you,
In Christ,
Shaw+, and on behalf of Julie+
Friday, June 29, 2012
Scripture Prayer
Psalm 31:34
I trust in You, O Lord; I say “You are my God.”
Father God, we thank You that You are our God and You are so trustworthy. We trust in You to guide Father Shaw and Mother Julie Mudge in all that they do. Be with them at the Cursillo teaming; be with them as they give a missionary talk at Zion Church in Morris; and be with them in their travels to Belize. Make very clear to them, Lord, the work that You want them to do. Fill them to overflowing with the love of Jesus and the power of your Holy Spirit. And Lord, we put Lydia into your loving arms. Be with her as she rests and reflects this summer in Maine. Amen.
I trust in You, O Lord; I say “You are my God.”
Father God, we thank You that You are our God and You are so trustworthy. We trust in You to guide Father Shaw and Mother Julie Mudge in all that they do. Be with them at the Cursillo teaming; be with them as they give a missionary talk at Zion Church in Morris; and be with them in their travels to Belize. Make very clear to them, Lord, the work that You want them to do. Fill them to overflowing with the love of Jesus and the power of your Holy Spirit. And Lord, we put Lydia into your loving arms. Be with her as she rests and reflects this summer in Maine. Amen.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Prayer Mail June 25
Dear praying partners,
This is our weekly public prayer mail.
This week's update:
1) Lydia has her driver's test this week, and after that, we get her launched for the summer.
2) To see what Julie and I have been up to lately, regarding our missions work, visit: https://sites.google.com/site/onlineanglicancampus/
3) We had a great time at St. Michael's in Colonie this morning.
Prayer requests:
1) For our missionary presentation at Zion Church in Morris this coming Sunday.
2) For our part in the upcoming Albany Couples' Cursillo weekend in August. The first teaming is this coming Saturday.
3) Pray for our online learning planning-meeting in Belize in July, not only about the program in Belize but also about the potential plans for the wider program in the Province of the West Indies, Tanzania, and the Diocese of Albany.
4) Pray for safe and timely travel, and a good experience on the ground during our planning visit to Belize.
Thank you for praying for us. Your prayers are very important us, and I pray for you every day.
God bless you,
In Christ,
Shaw+, and on behalf of Julie+
SAMS missionaries, as well as missionaries of the Diocese of Albany
This is our weekly public prayer mail.
This week's update:
1) Lydia has her driver's test this week, and after that, we get her launched for the summer.
2) To see what Julie and I have been up to lately, regarding our missions work, visit: https://sites.google.com/site/onlineanglicancampus/
3) We had a great time at St. Michael's in Colonie this morning.
Prayer requests:
1) For our missionary presentation at Zion Church in Morris this coming Sunday.
2) For our part in the upcoming Albany Couples' Cursillo weekend in August. The first teaming is this coming Saturday.
3) Pray for our online learning planning-meeting in Belize in July, not only about the program in Belize but also about the potential plans for the wider program in the Province of the West Indies, Tanzania, and the Diocese of Albany.
4) Pray for safe and timely travel, and a good experience on the ground during our planning visit to Belize.
Thank you for praying for us. Your prayers are very important us, and I pray for you every day.
God bless you,
In Christ,
Shaw+, and on behalf of Julie+
SAMS missionaries, as well as missionaries of the Diocese of Albany
Scripture Prayer June 23
Psalm 90: 12, 14, 16-17
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!
Lord, we pray for hearts of wisdom for Father Shaw and Mother Julie Mudge. May each of their days be lived for your glory. Continue to guide them to the work that you intend for them to do. May your glorious power be known to their children, Ruth, Hannah and Lydia, and to all their spiritual children to whom they will minister. May your favor be upon them as they dedicate their work to You.
We pray Lord for Lydia as she prepares for her driver’s test. Keep her calm and let her show that she has mastered all the skills needed. Continue to be with Father Shaw and Mother Julie as they get ready for their trip to Belize. Lord, protect them and provide for them. Let them have the prayer support and the financial support that they need.
Amen.
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Let your work be shown to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!
Lord, we pray for hearts of wisdom for Father Shaw and Mother Julie Mudge. May each of their days be lived for your glory. Continue to guide them to the work that you intend for them to do. May your glorious power be known to their children, Ruth, Hannah and Lydia, and to all their spiritual children to whom they will minister. May your favor be upon them as they dedicate their work to You.
We pray Lord for Lydia as she prepares for her driver’s test. Keep her calm and let her show that she has mastered all the skills needed. Continue to be with Father Shaw and Mother Julie as they get ready for their trip to Belize. Lord, protect them and provide for them. Let them have the prayer support and the financial support that they need.
Amen.
Prayer Mail June 19
Dear praying partners,
This is our weekly public prayer mail.
This week in review:
1) Julie and I had a great 31st wedding anniversary on Wednesday, and I enjoyed the Father's day lunch, Sunday.
2) Bp. Philip of Belize has asked me to take part in a wider conversation about online education in the Province of the West Indies, particularly between Belize, Jamaica, and Barbados. As to Belize, we plan to start our first course in September. As to our part the wider discussion across the West Indies, that plan is in the process of unfolding.
3) The diocese in Tanzania is subdividing into two dioceses; our conversation about online theological education continues and plans to resume after safari season airfare prices come down in September. Necessary online equipment modifications are planned for around the turn of the year.
4) The Diocese of Belize is in the process of buying study bibles for the students in our courses.
Prayer requests:
1) For our part in the service at St. Michael's in Colonie this coming Sunday.
2) For our part in the upcoming Albany Couples' Cursillo weekend in August, including the teaming meetings beforehand. I am an Assistant Spiritual Director and Julie is the Music Team Leader. Please pray for the others who are leading the weekend, for the candidates, and that the Holy Spirit would touch the lives of the couples who He wants on the weekend.
3) Pray for our online learning planning-meeting in Belize in July, not only about the program in Belize but also about the plans for the wider program in the Province of the West Indies.
4) Pray for the decisions about course content, appropriate software, the location of appropriate servers for this global online program, integration with existing diocesan programs, and the design of the courses, taking into account the diverse experience, schedules, and Internet capabilities of students, not only in Belize, but also across the wider program in the Caribbean. Pray that the Holy Spirit would guide us to a good balance of student/faculty interaction as well as appropriate course availability.
5) Pray for safe and timely travel, and a good experience on the ground during our planning visit to Belize. It is hurricane season.
6) For the students in the dioceses involved, and our meetings with them and with the leadership of Belize as well as the planned inter-diocesan meeting, particularly that we set up the kind of appropriate curriculum that the Holy Spirit wants students to learn from, that we do all to the glory of God, and that we would all be "disciples making disciples."
7) Pray for Lydia has she prepares to take her driver's license test on Monday the 25th of June. Pray that she would pass the test. (It would be really helpful for her summer plans if she had a driver's license.)
8) Pray for the Tanzanian program, for their diocesan division, and the integration of their online program with the online plans in Belize, Jamaica, and Barbados. Our conversations with interested participants now extend latitudinally over 1,900 miles across just the Caribbean, and over 8,000 miles from San Ignacio, Belize to Kasulu, Tanzania.
9) Pray about the equipment upgrade progress in Tanzania.
10) Pray about the incorporation of potential participants in the Diocese of Albany. People in our diocese have begun to express an interest in taking courses we are planning to offer.
11) Prayer for discernment, provision, and guidance for our life as a whole. We anticipate that the online programs will start taking up to about 50 hours a week to prepare for, beginning in August, and up to 50 hours a week once we would begin teaching in September.
12) For the people from the Diocese of Albany who are venturing on a short-term mission trip which arrives in Belize in July, shortly after we come back to the US from Belize. They will be seeing some of the same people whom we will have seen, and staying in one of the areas in which we will have been staying. Pray for protection for all the missionaries on the trips, and that the Holy Spirit would mightily transform lives in Belize because of them.
Thank you for praying for us. Your prayers are very important us, and I pray for you every day.
God bless you,
In Christ,
Shaw+, and on behalf of Julie+
SAMS missionaries, as well as missionaries of the Diocese of Albany
This is our weekly public prayer mail.
This week in review:
1) Julie and I had a great 31st wedding anniversary on Wednesday, and I enjoyed the Father's day lunch, Sunday.
2) Bp. Philip of Belize has asked me to take part in a wider conversation about online education in the Province of the West Indies, particularly between Belize, Jamaica, and Barbados. As to Belize, we plan to start our first course in September. As to our part the wider discussion across the West Indies, that plan is in the process of unfolding.
3) The diocese in Tanzania is subdividing into two dioceses; our conversation about online theological education continues and plans to resume after safari season airfare prices come down in September. Necessary online equipment modifications are planned for around the turn of the year.
4) The Diocese of Belize is in the process of buying study bibles for the students in our courses.
Prayer requests:
1) For our part in the service at St. Michael's in Colonie this coming Sunday.
2) For our part in the upcoming Albany Couples' Cursillo weekend in August, including the teaming meetings beforehand. I am an Assistant Spiritual Director and Julie is the Music Team Leader. Please pray for the others who are leading the weekend, for the candidates, and that the Holy Spirit would touch the lives of the couples who He wants on the weekend.
3) Pray for our online learning planning-meeting in Belize in July, not only about the program in Belize but also about the plans for the wider program in the Province of the West Indies.
4) Pray for the decisions about course content, appropriate software, the location of appropriate servers for this global online program, integration with existing diocesan programs, and the design of the courses, taking into account the diverse experience, schedules, and Internet capabilities of students, not only in Belize, but also across the wider program in the Caribbean. Pray that the Holy Spirit would guide us to a good balance of student/faculty interaction as well as appropriate course availability.
5) Pray for safe and timely travel, and a good experience on the ground during our planning visit to Belize. It is hurricane season.
6) For the students in the dioceses involved, and our meetings with them and with the leadership of Belize as well as the planned inter-diocesan meeting, particularly that we set up the kind of appropriate curriculum that the Holy Spirit wants students to learn from, that we do all to the glory of God, and that we would all be "disciples making disciples."
7) Pray for Lydia has she prepares to take her driver's license test on Monday the 25th of June. Pray that she would pass the test. (It would be really helpful for her summer plans if she had a driver's license.)
8) Pray for the Tanzanian program, for their diocesan division, and the integration of their online program with the online plans in Belize, Jamaica, and Barbados. Our conversations with interested participants now extend latitudinally over 1,900 miles across just the Caribbean, and over 8,000 miles from San Ignacio, Belize to Kasulu, Tanzania.
9) Pray about the equipment upgrade progress in Tanzania.
10) Pray about the incorporation of potential participants in the Diocese of Albany. People in our diocese have begun to express an interest in taking courses we are planning to offer.
11) Prayer for discernment, provision, and guidance for our life as a whole. We anticipate that the online programs will start taking up to about 50 hours a week to prepare for, beginning in August, and up to 50 hours a week once we would begin teaching in September.
12) For the people from the Diocese of Albany who are venturing on a short-term mission trip which arrives in Belize in July, shortly after we come back to the US from Belize. They will be seeing some of the same people whom we will have seen, and staying in one of the areas in which we will have been staying. Pray for protection for all the missionaries on the trips, and that the Holy Spirit would mightily transform lives in Belize because of them.
Thank you for praying for us. Your prayers are very important us, and I pray for you every day.
God bless you,
In Christ,
Shaw+, and on behalf of Julie+
SAMS missionaries, as well as missionaries of the Diocese of Albany
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Scripture Prayer
Romans 8: 28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
In this season of Pentecost, Lord, we pray for a new infilling of the Holy Spirit for Fr. Shaw and Mother Julie Mudge, their mission team and their intercessors. Thank You for this gift of the Holy Spirit that gives such power to do your work, Lord. We thank You for the guidance and for the assurance that our work is what You would have us do.
And we know that all things work together for good for Fr. Shaw and Mother Julie. You Lord knew all along where You wanted them to work and what You wanted them to do.
We thank You for the surprises that come each day. Thank You for the opportunities in Belize and Tanzania. Thank You for the new opportunity to talk about on-line theological education with people from Jamaica and Barbados.
Lord, we ask your protection for Father Shaw and Mother Julie when they travel to Belize. Keep them safe from typhoons and may Your Holy Spirit guide them so that they may better discern your perfect plan for them.
We pray that Lydia passes her driving test and has a great summer in Maine. Thank You Lord, for answers to our prayers. Amen.
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
In this season of Pentecost, Lord, we pray for a new infilling of the Holy Spirit for Fr. Shaw and Mother Julie Mudge, their mission team and their intercessors. Thank You for this gift of the Holy Spirit that gives such power to do your work, Lord. We thank You for the guidance and for the assurance that our work is what You would have us do.
And we know that all things work together for good for Fr. Shaw and Mother Julie. You Lord knew all along where You wanted them to work and what You wanted them to do.
We thank You for the surprises that come each day. Thank You for the opportunities in Belize and Tanzania. Thank You for the new opportunity to talk about on-line theological education with people from Jamaica and Barbados.
Lord, we ask your protection for Father Shaw and Mother Julie when they travel to Belize. Keep them safe from typhoons and may Your Holy Spirit guide them so that they may better discern your perfect plan for them.
We pray that Lydia passes her driving test and has a great summer in Maine. Thank You Lord, for answers to our prayers. Amen.
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