Jan 2023 Prayer Requests from Cory and Kristiana Miller

Here are some prayer requests and praises for January. 

- Praise God with us that we were able to receive our visa extensions to remain in Austria for another year! Remembering our visa troubles in the past, this smooth extension is a huge answer to our prayers and a source of great relief. 

- Praise God for his protection and provision during GEM-K Winter Camp, despite our lead staff member being unable to attend at the last minute. Except for that one huge curveball, this was one of the smoothest ministry events we've ever had, and we are grateful. 

- Please pray that God would continue working in the hearts of missionary kid teens over the coming year to draw them toward him, to experience his goodness and turn to him with repentance and genuine growth. 

Thank you! 

Also, as we kick off this new year, I want to get the conversation started with ABC regarding our GEM-K Summer Event and staff needs for that. In past years, ABC has helped support this ministry by sending/supporting Julie and Richard Ash, Podge Cross, and others who have been a huge help to this ministry. I am in touch with Podge again regarding this summer, and even though he is no longer employed at ABC and is in the process of church planting himself, I know that it would be a major help to him (and to us! and to the teenagers we serve!) if ABC would be willing to support him again for this trip. 

Conference is over six months away at this point, so I know I'm reaching out very early, but I just want to get the conversation started. We've been so grateful for ABC's support with this ministry event year by year, because it truly does free us up enormously to invest on a deep relational level with these teenagers. That would be a lot harder to do without the help of Podge and others.