Prayer Update - 5 July 2011

As we see what God is doing as He opens doors for the advance of His Kingdom, we have a lot for which to be thankful, including:

• The launch of the intro video! - The last remaining pieces were completed for the video "The future of the global church is Open", which introduces the need of the global church for discipleship resources, the opportunity presented by mobile phone and Internet technology, the obstacle to the global church that is copyright restrictions, and the vision of the Door43 project to bridge the gap and meet the need. Watch the video here.
• Progress in the mobile aspect of Door43 - The recent meetings in London were a tremendous success and encouragement. It is always amazing to see how God works, in other people in other parts of the world, in ways that are complimentary and supportive to the vision on which we are building. We are designing (and in some cases have working prototypes of) a "mobile portal" for Door43 resources that can be accessed from any webserver as well as a mobile app creation engine for developing stand-alone applications of the resources on Door43. More updates will be made on the blog shortly.

Please pray for:

• The FLY 2011 Youth Conference is underway and Distant Shores Media is honored to have a table there. Please pray for good contacts with the youth and that God would stir up in many a desire to make their lives count in the mandate of making disciples of all nations.
• Open Bible Stories continues to move forward, for which we are grateful. Please pray that God would raise up people who "get" the vision of 30 Bible stories in every language, in text and mobile-ready media and will help create and translate the stories. We have been amazed at the opposition we've experienced already as we have gotten underway with the project, so please join us in praying that God would open this door for the advance of the Word.
• Financial needs - Please join us in praying that God would raise up additional churches and individuals who financially support this ministry and "open doors" for the global church. For those of you who are part of our financial support team, thank you! You are a tremendous encouragement and a huge part of the way God is making this impossible vision possible. We appreciate you.

Thank you for praying with us!