May 2008
Dear 10-19 supporters,

Please join us in prayer as we are in need of our 10-19 partners in a special way:

1. We discovered this morning that our credit card number was stolen. 15 airline tickets to Brazil, New York and Chicago have been fraudulently purchased. We use this card daily while the teams are here to cover all of the expenses. We have officially filed a dispute for the $4600 of charges, however we remain without means to pay for many items for the team (hotel, food, gas, etc.)

2. Ryan arrived with Team TACTICA today to the training site. He was promised the deserted building would be prepped and cleaned for this week’s training as it is an abandoned electrical plant. They had planned to train for responding to Columbine type situations, explosive recognition and hostage rescue.

They arrived to a site with many, many bee hives. Ryan had notified the national police commanders of the need to have all bees and nests removed two weeks ago. This is a problem because Ryan is deathly allergic to bee stings. Please pray for his safety from the bees. Many times the bees that live in these areas are the famous African bees. Apparently even when they are fumigating, hundreds more return. The commander told Ryan that the abandoned building had been their home for 25 years and it will be difficult to remove them from the premises. Please pray for God’s hand to protect the team from this danger.

We will update you soon on how the Lord is working through this amazing team of short-term missionaries… we’ve been blessed with 8 incredible police officers and are so excited to see what God has in store.

Thank you for joining us on our knees.

Trusting in Him,

Ryan and Gretchen and Team TACTICA May 2008