There and Back Again
 It all started with one church member, Libba. On a vision team to Ecuador she saw her fellow Anglicans living and worshiping God in spite of their humble surroundings. This ignited a passion in her that has spurred a whole congregation to be involved. St. Alban's Church in Lexington, South Carolina, has helped a church in Ecuador through a very difficult period. They provided moral, emotional, and spiritual support to a community that felt isolated. And they helped put a roof on their medical clinic and kitchen so the Ecuadorian church could continue to serve their local community.
St. Alban's has been greatly impacted as well. As a result of their short term mission teams, one team member, Mark, has become heavily involved with a local prison ministry in South Carolina. Another team member, Diana, decided to...read more.
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Urbana 12 Update
Thank you for your prayers for the Urbana 12 Student Missions Conference and the SAMS Team. The team was blessed with the open door to encourage and pray with several hundred of the 16,000 participants as they consider God's next steps in their lives in Him.
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Prayer Requests:
Please lift up the family of SAMS Board member John Macdonald as they mourn the passing of John's father, Somerled Macdonald, on December 21, 2012.
 Please pray for water for the region of Gambella, Ethiopia, where SAMS missionaries, Grant and Wendy LeMarquand are serving. They have not had any water in over four days and disease risks are high.
Praise Report:
Join us in praising the Lord for the work He did at Urbana. SAMS built 75 new relationships and renewed relationships with Senders. We are grateful for the 12 inquirers who are seriously considering missionary service with SAMS. We are so very thankful for our SAMS team of 10 members, two of which came all the way from South East Asia. For photos and a more detailed report, visit our blog post and facebook album.
Join us in thanksgiving for the wedding of Summer Twyman to Guy Benton, both SAMS missionaries. Summer and Guy will be serving together in Cambodia where Summer has served for the last 3 years.
Thank you for praying for SAMS and your missionaries!
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