This summary provides an overview of the document in 3 sentences:
This couple from Spain and Morocco attended a Marriage Intensive training in Spain and want to use the material to help Moroccan couples. They recommend the training to all ministry couples. Haven of Hope will be conducting Marriage Intensives in Istanbul, Turkey, Kiev, Ukraine, and Portoroz, Slovenia over the next month and requests prayer and financial support for their ministry work.
This summary provides an overview of the document in 3 sentences:
This couple from Spain and Morocco attended a Marriage Intensive training in Spain and want to use the material to help Moroccan couples. They recommend the training to all ministry couples. Haven of Hope will be conducting Marriage Intensives in Istanbul, Turkey, Kiev, Ukraine, and Portoroz, Slovenia over the next month and requests prayer and financial support for their ministry work.
This summary provides an overview of the document in 3 sentences:
This couple from Spain and Morocco attended a Marriage Intensive training in Spain and want to use the material to help Moroccan couples. They recommend the training to all ministry couples. Haven of Hope will be conducting Marriage Intensives in Istanbul, Turkey, Kiev, Ukraine, and Portoroz, Slovenia over the next month and requests prayer and financial support for their ministry work.
This wonderful couple live in Spain and work in Mo- rocco. They came to us for training and want use the material with their Moroc- can couples and families.
Greetings from south-
Volume 8, Issue 1 January 30, 2018 ern Spain! We just ar-
Haven of Hope and the Work Goes On!
rived home last night and we are very thankful to be back home. January has been a month of organiz- ing, scheduling, purchasing tickets, We are writing to you and booking hotels for the team. The once again, to say Marriage Intensives are full and the thank you for the won- couples are eagerly awaiting meeting derful time we spent their mentor couples. with you. The Mar- riage Intensive was a The first place on the schedule will be great blessing for us at Hotel Marma in Istanbul, Turkey. It as a couple. We is a lovely hotel tucked in the forest in learned so much about the mountains not far from the city. ourselves and about Marma Hotel, Istanbul The team will be working with 7- each other. Our rela- couples and training a couple from tionship is much rich- Hong Kong who want to take the Mar- er because of what we riage Intensive material into China. learned. We are excit- ed and look forward to seeing how the Lord The next place will be in Kiev, Ukraine. will use this material The teams will be working with a in the life of Moroccan group of native pastors and their wives. Christian couples. We They are associated with Family Life strongly recommend Ministry. Pat is making sure Mark is the Marriage Inten- packing his thermal long johns, as sive to all couples in Mark doesn’t like cold and snow! ministry and we even Kiev, Ukraine think that it should be The final venue will possibly be at the a requirement before Grand Hotel Bernadin in Portoroz, Slo- starting ministry. venia. This hotel in on the Adriatic Coast. It should be a nice romantic We look forward to our place for our couples to work on their Skype call next month. marriages. We will be working with another Family Life group of couples in ministry.
We are so excited to be a part of what
Jesus is doing to bring wholeness to marriages all over the world. It is amazing what He will do with you Portoroz, Slovenia when you say YES, LORD I’LL GO! Page 2
Ministry Prayer Requests
Pray for the teams going to Pray for continued training of Answers to Prayer! Turkey, Slovenia and Ukraine. Mentor Couples and expan- The travel ban to Turkey has been Pray for protection of Turkish sion of Haven of Hope Inter- lifted.! Thank you Lord! churches and pastors because national. Duplication by: of threats and political unrest. Pray for financial support to Mentor Couples in Turkey and Ro- Pray for the economy of Tur- increase as the cost of ex- mania doing intensives with Global panding the ministry has in- Workers and native couples key; the tourism industry has taken a real hit. creased. Fully Trained couples doing Inten- sives Internationally and stateside. Pray for Global Workers to come to us throughout the Turkish and Romanian translated materials are in use. year.
Mark and Pat’s prayer requests.
Please continue to pray for a church home for us. That we begin to meet couples in Sun City. We get back into a rhythm in our daily lives. We now have a Website if you would like to maybe share with others. Contributions can be made to: havenofhopeinternational.org Haven of Hope 13427 Pond Springs Rd. Austin, TX. 78729 Also for your convenience anyone can go online Or Online Donations to make a donation. 1. Go to this link http:// 1. Go to this link http:// www.northwestfellowship.com/ media-center www.northwestfellowship.com/ media- 2. Select Give on Line center 3. Go to drop down box and select 2. Select Give on Line Haven of Hope. 3. Go to drop down box and select Haven of mjuarez45@live.com Hope. patjuarez1@live.com U.S.A. Phone Number! 512/573-8400 Mark
ISTANBUL HERE WE COME! Calling for
Prayer Partners & Financial Supporters! We would like to ask you to consider partner- ing with our work in the following ways… Prayer is the most important thing you can do to help us. Would you please contact us via email to sign up to be- come a prayer partner of Haven of Hope. Financial Support We continue to give Mar- riage Intensives to Global Workers as a gift (housing, food and the intensive) both stateside This picture is of the ancient section of Istanbul. The waterway is known as the as well as International- Golden Horn where many battles were fought some with the Crusaders and the ly. Please prayerfully Ottoman Navy. The large building in the back is Hagai Sophia built around consider supporting Ha- 530 AD by Byzantine emperor Justinian I. This Cathedral was also know as ven of Hope. Any amount the Church of Divine Wisdom. Also next to the Church is the famous Blue helps. Thank you! Mosque which is quite beautiful with the walls completely covered by blue tiles. Here also is the Grand Bazaar known for its tapestries and spices.