Please join us in praying that the Karimojong would be like the believers in Thessalonica and turn from their idols to serve the living and true God, even when it means enduring severe suffering from their fellow tribesmen for doing so. 1 Thes. 1
The Right Women To Join The Group
Please pray for a worker and an Alagwa believer as they seek to set up a women’s discipleship bible study group together. Pray for the Alagwa believer to grow in her faith and be able to take on leadership of the group at the right time. Please pray for the right women to join this group and remain faithfully in it. Please pray for a harvest of disciples who can continue to make disciples.
Blessing on outreach
Pray for the small Church here in Nagishot as it does outreach in the community after church most Sundays. Pray for open hearts to hear the Good News. And pray for desperately needed rain!
Response to Easter Story
Eight of our neighbor ladies had arrived at H’s 40 day ‘coming out’ blessing ceremony. I joined the friendly conversation by asking, “Do you know about Easter – it’s just 2 weeks away?” They had no idea. I explained it as a celebration of God’s love and grace. Amazingly, the woman closest to me, who is the village ‘shamaness’ was listening carefully and asked a few questions which quieted all other chit-chat. Even the children and babies were totally still as I explained about the Messiah, who is the only One who has no sin of His own to pay for, coming from God for the important purpose of rescuing people from their punishment of sin by paying His own life, His own blood! They were riveted as I told of His accomplishing all that God intended, and then raising from the dead on that first Easter Sunday… Much more truth was shared, and in the end the ‘shamaness’ said she would like to hear more another time.
I took the opportunity to add my prayer for blessing on this home and neighborhood through the Messiah’s Redeeming work. Join in praying that God will give understanding of these truths, and these homes will respond by believing and receiving as they listen to more truths in upcoming follow-up visits. (Rom 10:17).
Desparate for rain
Ask God to provide a good rainy season and plentiful harvest. People are hungry and struggling after several poor rainy seasons. And pray God will open the hearts of the Lopit to see Him as their provider in this life and the life to come. Pray they will turn away from rainmaker worship, and worship the one true God.
A Handicapped Daughter Walks
I got to share God’s story a bit with Mama Fatima, a neighbor. I have prayed for healing in Jesus’ name for her precious handicapped daughter to walk months ago. She is doing much better & walking. She is hungry for God too. Pray for their salvation!
Divine Intervention Needed
Please pray for one of the Somali ladies we are teaching English. This is the first time that she is learning to write and speak English. It sounds like she never went to a regular school but only madrassa in Somalia. Therefore, she needs divine intervention so that she can remember the alphabet and the pronounciation of words. We also pray for her salvation. We also pray that God will help us to build strong relationships amongst our students.
Following the Lord!
A young Rangi lady recently became a follower of Jesus! She requested that her name be changed to Elizabeth. She comes from a Muslim background. Please pray that she would be strong in her decision to follow the Lord, that the Lord would renew her mind and help her understand His Word. Please ask for her to be transformed, and for her life to bear the fruit.
Family Dynamics
Praise the Lord for a visit with a S Asian family that led into a long discussion of the dysfunctional family dynamics. Pray that each individual will realise the utter uselessness of Islam to bring health and unity to their family, and will embrace the hope and love Christ offers instead.
Breakthrough prayer for the Datooga
Lord may the Datooga come to know you as their personal Saviour and Good Shepherd in their lives, understanding the love and care you have for them individually.
Pray for fruit
Pray for Mama Prisca and Menza, local believers, to be bold witnesses. Pray the people of Maroamboka and the surrounding villages would have open hearts, eager to hear the Good News.
Breakthrough prayer for O
May their eyes be open to really SEE and truly PERCEIVE. May their ears be sharp to HEAR and RECEIVE Truth. May their HEARTS be soft and responsive to UNDERSTAND – and TURN and BE HEALED.
Another believer found!
A man with two wives lived a bit out of town, but when expat believers visited him, they found that he already had the Word and other literature about Christ. He said that he wanted to believe but wasn’t sure how! A respected traveling brother stopped by to explain to him the way of salvation and he surrendered to Jesus! The leader of the same community also chose to follow Jesus and rejected any suggestions to turn back to Islamic or animistic solutions when there was trouble. There was a gathering of Fulani believers in this community in a Fulani home for the first time this new year. Both of these leaders explained to those who came that they need to be 100 % committed if they want to follow the new way. Then the leader asked each believer by name to pray. Pray for growing faith and courage for these who have believed!
Pray for these evangelists
Pray for Isaac and Loveness being trained and sent out as evangelists. Pray God will open a door for fruitful ministry for them and bless them will all they need.
Breakthrough prayer for the Sandawe
Pray that the believers may be one as the Father and Son are one and be brought to complete unity so that the world may know that You sent Your Son and that You love all peoples.
RAIN!!
Pray that the Spring rains will continue and that the Lord would bring forth an abundant harvest to sustain subsistence farming families throughout the year. As you pray for crops, please lift up introductory training in April for farming techniques that integrate godly principles for more yield in properly caring for creation. Pray for twenty to attend and for attendees to be people of peace and influence in the community; bridge people who would have their hearts open to God’s truths and to communicate those truths to others.
Breakthrough prayer for Ik
Please pray that the Ik would understand and live out the gospel, becoming a light on the mountains, shining the hope of Jesus to the surrounding tribes.
Discerning Truth
She was telling me the story of Cain and Abel, explaining to me that Cain had killed Abel because they both loved the same sister. But, when I gave her my phone and let her read the story for herself, she did not argue at all. She said, “It wasn’t that way at all. God didn’t accept Cain’s sacrifice.” Pray that as she, and others, read “spiritual stories” and watch TV, they will be drawn to the truth and be able to distinguish between truth and lies.
Radio programme
Pray many would listen and respond to the daily radio program which broadcasts the Gospel of Luke, Bible stories, and local believers’ testimonies.
A Struggling Boy
Praise God for a little M boy who has been coming to hear Bible stories. He seems to be fascinated with Jesus but struggles with being a very naughty little boy. Please pray for him to realise that he needs to be washed from his sins and become a new creation by putting his faith in Christ, and that he will influence the other children by becoming Jesus’ follower.
New found boldness!
He has been a believer for years, and has been drawn close to the heart of Jesus, feeding continually on His Word. However, there has been much fear, and he had distanced himself from the lost. This week, someone recognized the words he spoke as coming from the NT and asked him if he could receive a copy. With great new courage, this brother gave a stranger the Word of God. Pray for continued boldness and that this believer and others will disciple others!
Breakthrough prayer for the Dorobo
Lets pray with the Dorobo churches their breakthrough prayer: Set our elders free from their addiction to honey wine and let them be filled with the Holy Spirit.
Three Young Women
Please pray for three young Alagwa women who are all Christians. They are all under pressure from their families in different ways not to come to church, and even for some to abandon their faith altogether. Please pray that each one would know comfort and strength from the Holy Spirit to continue to stand firm in their faith. Please also pray that their families might see their faith and also come to know God for themselves.
Breakthrough prayer for Digo
Please pray that as the Digo have been known as the most zealous of the coastal peoples for Islam, that now they will become the most zealous for Jesus.
Film to faith?
Praise God that in a small town in CAR the Mbororo recently had the opportunity to watch the Jesus Film in their own language: Fulfulde. Pray that God would work in the hearts of those who watched the film. Pray for wisdom for those who will be following up with them—asking them questions and encouraging them to consider faith in Jesus.
Baptism!
A new believer is planning to be dunked this month. Pray for the logistics and for wisdom for those involved in organising. Pray for him to be filled with the spirit, for his fiancée to respond in faith as well, and for many others to be drawn to Him.
Easter songs
It is a joy to hear, during the day and even into the night hours, the sound of children singing enthusiastically, joyfully about JESUS. Singing is a part of the life of the Laarim people, and now there are songs created by Andrew, Angelo, and other Laarim speakers to express the gospel message. Pray with us for the completion of appropriate songs for the Easter week story, and that the message of Easter, relatively unknown here, will impact the lives of individuals and bring transformation to the communities.
Praise for fruit in the lives of some Karimojong
Praise the Lord for the few that are truly understanding the relationship that they have received through accepting Christ’s sacrifice for their sins. They have a true hunger to know Jesus better through the Word of God.
Pray that this hunger spreads as these believers share what they’re learning with their people.
Not Choked by Weeds
Pray for those Datooga new in their faith that they will not be choked by the pressures of life; pray that they can draw strength from the Son of Man; and pray that as they mature in faith they can themselves draw others into fellowship with Jesus.
Plants That Grow Without Rain
In November, a Rangi evangelist taught some Rangi farmers a method called “Farming God’s Way.” They planted simply without plowing, and used a ground cover. People were making fun of them, saying they were lazy and didn’t clear the ground properly before planting. Kijuu visited them again this December and took photos and prayed with the farmers. Because of the lack of rain, they are the only farmers with anything growing. Now everyone is interested how they did it!
A Witchdoctor Leaves
Praise God the Muslim witchdoctor from another town that had moved in to set up practice next door has cleared out without a word. We have been praying he would find his work utterly ineffective & flee! We are beginning to build relationships with the household that remains. Pray for Christ’s witness to pour out to our neighbors!
May Mutual Respect Bring Opportunities to Share
Our hospital sits in a remote, isolated Muslim majority (>99%) region, in a country where Muslims are a minority. Our staff are majority Muslim from a UPG but with a few Christians (defined locally as non-Muslims) from distant parts of the country. Although not a faith based institution, a recent clinical meeting was ended in prayer in Arabic to Allah by our Muslim anaesthetist. The other day another meeting was also closed in prayer, this time by a nursing officer not from our UPG, in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord & Saviour. Both times respect and reverence was shown by all during the prayers.
In a country where tribal and religious differences are exploited for power and governed by fear, may such mutual respect grow and lead to greater sharing of the heart of the good news, person to person.
A Whole Family Has The Scriptures
Please continue to pray for the D family’s salvation. They have several Bible story books, verse cards, several tracts, and a Bible at their house now. Please pray that they read the Word and talk together about it. Pray for the family as a whole to come to a decision to follow Christ. Pray especially for those who are most influential in the family to decide first.
Very Diligent
The three Malagasy missionaries, Melias, Thadee and his wife Haja, who work in and around Ikongo come with exciting news almost monthly.
The new Antanala Christians are very diligent in their activities. They already reach out to other Antanala and some are doing very well. The missionaries organised prayer meetings every evening and the new Christians followed this example in their own village. They do an interchange between them, they are praying for each other, and they are doing bible study together.
In Ambalavolo, new Christians are involved in God’s work and they are very diligent to share the gospel with others.
An Arabic Teacher Learns English
Our team is using a house for English classes where Arabic is also being taught. The Arabic teacher has asked us if he can also learn English. Let’s pray that one of our men and this teacher can organise a class together and that he will see something different in his sessions with the Christian-the love of Christ. Let’s pray for his salvation and that he will eventually become a teacher of the Scriptures and the Gospel.
A Fresh Shipment
We were able just recently to get a fresh shipment of the Msingi (foundation) Bible study books. We’re planning to distribute them to all the churches in Usandawe for them to use for discipleship Bible studies. Pray for these new believers especially as they work through the study, that their faith would be established firmly, and for older believers to be equipped anew! Pray that the Sandawe Christians would share the gospel with unbelievers.
Young man repents
Praise God for working in a young man named Lovemore, convicting him of sin and giving grace to repent. Pray he will walk in newness of life and testify to his friends and family the good things God has done.
First baby born to believing parents!
There was another first in our Fulani community! A baby was born to believing Fulani parents! This is a beautiful new opportunity! Pray for the parents as they make decisions about celebrating the birth of their child, and as they teach their child the way of Jesus from the beginning. Pray for their marriage and for many more to learn from their example as godly parents.
Now Filled With the Holy Spirit
Praise God for Abdullah, an older man who has been a powerful witchdoctor his whole life. He was told the Gospel and he fought with the spirits in him who were telling him to resist the good news. However, he decided to leave the work of being a witchdoctor, the spirits left him and he is now filled with the Holy Spirit. In this last month he has continued to remain firm in his decision, bringing 3 others to Christ as well. Pray that he can remain firm despite the fact he is now without a job or income. Pray that he can continue to be a bold witness in the face of much opposition.
Pray for 3 Rs: Rain, RNs, Response!
RAIN: desperately needed to end the drought and avoid serious consequences in our area.
RNs: Both medical workers in our 2 clinics depart by the end of March – Pray that God will call and equip 2 to minister Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Healing long term in outreach to the O together with our AIC Team.
RESPONSE: That the O’s eyes be PERCEIVING, their ears really HEARING and their hearts UNDERSTANDING God’s Truth so they may TURN and be HEALED!
