Dear Friends,

The CWF just returned from another incredible mission trip to Egypt. We were gone from November 15-23.

We spent the first 2 days in Cairo, sightseeing. We saw King Tut, the pyramids, and rode camels. We then left for the city of Wadi and helped put the ring together. The actual festival was incredible. The 3 day event had over 18,000 people attend. The CWF performed 6 events in 3 days, with over 1000 people in attendance for each performance. During the festival over 3000 people made decisions for Christ and over 500 of those decisions were made at the CWF events! After each event, we got to personally pray with hundreds of hurting, seeking, would be followers of Christ. It was an incredible time of ministry. After this trip, we have a new motto,

“We are Ambassadors of Christ, it’s our job to stand at the gates of hell and redirect traffic.”

This trip has capped off another incredible and blessed year! So many of you have supported us on these trips over the years.

We could not have done this without you! We are entering our 10th year for CWF. This year we performed our 400th event and have seen over 16,000 people come to know Christ. The CWF has performed in 29 states and now 3 countries!

The last couple of years we have performed a monthly event at our Rockwall warehouse, and have seen between 600-700 people come to know Christ as Savior!

Through the generous gifts and donations of time and talent of volunteers, we have made several improvements at the CWF warehouse over the last 5 years. We added a weight room, a concession stand, a second restroom, a second story for our video and sound equipment to go, air conditioning and heat. We have doubled our seating capacity, and can now store our travel van and trailer when they are not in use. Even with the financial crunch everyone has suffered this year, God has provided.

The CWF has been so blessed to have one man from Rockwall pay the rent on our building for the last several years. This year his business has suffered in this economy too. He informed us in September, that starting in January, he would no longer be able to support the CWF ministry in the same way he has the last several years. We have been praying about it and feel that continued on back this warehouse is worth fighting for. It is in a great location, the people who attend our monthly events love it and continue to spread the word and bring their lost friends. We have added so much to it over the years, that it feels like home. Between 600-700 people have made decisions for Christ in this building. I have had the privilege of baptizing several kids who got saved at this warehouse. We feel strongly that this facility is where God wants us!

We have sought the Lord’s direction for financial provision and feel led to this plan of action! It is called 200 x 20. We have 19 guys in the CWF and between all of us, we are seeking 200 individuals who would be willing to donate $20 per month to the CWF. This would not only pay our rent, but raise our mission trip money too! We will make it as easy as possible to donate each month.

Your donation can be made by direct debit or Paypal or by mailing us a check each month. Whichever way you choose, it is always tax deductible!

Please pray about partnering with the CWF to help keep our ministry going strong. It has and always will be our calling to see people come to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. If you decide to partner with us, you will receive either a text message or email reminder each month from us.

Thank you for your support of the Christian Wrestling Federation.

God Bless,
Rob Vaughn

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Updates from Egypt:

1. The ring is together, although it took all day to do. It is structurally sound; their only concerns are the wood planks, since they were unable to use ones long enough to stretch the entire length of the ring as they normally would. Instead they had to use smaller ones and piece them together to cross the ring. Additionally, where the turnbuckles are attached to the ring posts were not fully welded. Supposedly someone is coming to do that (they hope). Please continue to pray for the ring’s performance and use.

2. It is possible that the guys may now be given 1 hour and 15 minutes to rest between wresting shows, but that is not certain. It might still be only 30 minutes. Prayer would be appreciated for this as well.

3. Prayer is requested for those who are preaching at their shows:

Day 1 — Friday in Egypt — Show #1 Rob is preaching; Show #2 Cory is preaching (first time to preach)
Day 2 — Saturday in Egypt — Show #1 Ron is preaching (first time); Show #2 Randy is preaching (first time)
Day 3 — Sunday in Egypt — Show #1 Seth is preaching (first time); Show #2 Albert is preaching

4. Most of the guys will also be giving short testimonies at some time. Please pray for what they will share during those times.

5. They are using translators, so prayers for the translators would be appreciated as well.

6. Please pray for the CWF guys’ health – that they would stay well regardless of the food, heat, or taxing situations, as well that they would be safe from injury.

7. And pray for the people coming to the shows. The CWF wrestling events are being set up as the main draw, amidst a number of different ‘events’ happening. Pray that their unique style of evangelism would be used to reach people that might not otherwise hear the message.

This is Jenn Taylor, Jeremy’s sister, writing this on his behalf. He called from Egypt and left a message for us, informing us that they do not (at least at this time) have internet access and so can not send their updates and prayer requests except by phone.

Here is what he mentioned.

Prayer Requests
1. The Ring – it is too big and they are having to make adjustments as we speak.
2. Supernatural Endurance – they have only thirty minutes between each one-hour show in which to rest. Please pray that the guys can keep up this pace, and without illness or injuries.
3. Booking shows – this is mostly finished, but he still mentioned it before his message was cut off.

Your prayers are appreciated. God will do great things with the guys from CWF while in Egypt, and we eagerly await to see Him move and work there.

Regards,
Jenn Taylor

To those of you who have contributed in some way or are a part of the Christian Wrestling Federation:

Thank you so much for your support of me and this ministry on this trip!!

Below is a prayer guide for while we are gone. Please use it to remind you of what we will need most while serving God in a foreign land. I intend to send out e-mail updates as well (email me to get the updates). However, this will be a short trip and the first half is mostly touring/sight-seeing, so I may not be able to send any out. Be aware that the days of the festival will be Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We will be performing our full shows twice EACH of those days and each night ends with a grand worship service. I cannot wait to see how God will use us and grow us…individually and as a group! Thank you again!!

In His love,
JT aka Ryan Heart

CWF EGYPT 2009 prayer guide:

Depart D/FW Nov. 15 @ 4:25pm, arrive Cairo Nov. 16 @ 6:25pm

Depart Cairo Nov. 23 @ 4:30am, arrive D/FW Nov. 23 @ 2:35pm

- safe travel (air to Egypt & ground while there)

- spiritual, mental, & physical preparedness

- wrestling ring (being built over there; sturdy)

- safety in the ring & endurance (2x shows per day for 3 days)

- safety in Cairo & other situations

- testimonies shared & preaching during shows

- other opportunities outside of our shows to share the Gospel

- hearts of those at the festival, to be responsive to the Holy Spirit

- the men themselves and their families here at home:

Rob Vaughn (wife & child)

Philip Barron (wife & 3 children)

Michael Watt (wife & 2 children)

Albert Luna (fiancé)

Jeremy Taylor aka JT (mom & sister in Amarillo)

Ron Hauser (mom)

Randy Carpenter (wife & 4 children)

Corey Alsobrook (wife & children)

Seth Delay of Georgia (serious girlfriend)

- Randy’s knee (injured previously, added protection)

- God’s financial provision while the men are not working

+ other members of the mission trip team (7) from LakePointe church

+ logistics for entire festival (several events all day long for 3 days by several different ministries & churches practically worldwide)

+ anything else YOU can think of, that I’ve missed…