Why care?

by | Mar 24, 2023

What is Ramadan and why should we, as Christians, care? During the entire month of Ramadan, friends here fast every day from dawn to sunset. It is meant to be a time of spiritual discipline — of deep contemplation of one’s relationship with God, extra prayer, increased charity and generosity, and intense study of their holy book. As they begin to quiet themselves and fast today, ask that Father would reveal himself to those who diligently seek Him. Ask for dreams and visions of Jesus.

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8

Training team

by | Mar 23, 2023

Pray that the training team would continue to train believers in Darfur and Khartoum. Pray for unity among the team and for leaders to continue serving the Lord faithfully.

Four Gospels

by | Mar 23, 2023

The plan for this year is to record the four Gospels. Both audio and printed copies to be distributed to the communities in both Ethiopia and South Sudan.
Pray the advisor check, the consultant check, and the community review of the four Gospels to be done and then the printing and recording.
Pray for the Jesus video in our language to be done.
Pray for the team’s work ahead and also community to receive the gospel.
Pray for me as team leader for wisdom for leadership.

Man in white

by | Mar 22, 2023

A teammate just had a conversation with a woman who had a dream of a man in white who told her to “Come”! The woman didn’t understand what it meant but she and our teammate plan to start reading the Word. PTL!!! He is doing amazing things! Pray she will come!

Needing a safe house

by | Mar 22, 2023

Please pray for a Som** believer named ‘S’ who is being pursued by her mother because of her faith. Her mum is furious and has been calling her names.
‘S’ is worried, fearful and looking confused. It is a serious threat. Pray for God’s peace, comfort and protection. Pray for a safe-house. She is married and has two young children. Also pray that God may touch the heart of this mother, ‘R’, so that she may get to know Jesus as her Lord and Saviour.

Translation check

by | Mar 21, 2023

There is a translation consultant here for two weeks doing a check of some of the translated Scripture. They are working alongside team and local translators. Pray for wisdom in this process as they make decisions about the text. Pray for good communication and for sessions to be led by the Holy Spirit. Pray too for the local translators who still haven’t trusted Jesus to be drawn to Him through this process. Pray for the translation project to continue to bring His truth and grace into this dark place.

Ramadan starting

by | Mar 21, 2023

The month of fasting for Muslims starts either Wed or Thursday depending on when the moon is sighted. This is an important month for Muslims when they seek to fulfill their obligation to fast from sunrise to sunset. Pray as they seek to please God in this ‘work’, their ears would be opened to hear Jesus saying, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.” John 6:29

English classes

by | Mar 20, 2023

Diaspora in England:
My English teaching with S’mali women is going well. The class is full and the women are very motivated and enthusiastic! Pray for opportunities to start sharing my faith in a natural and low-key way.

Fellowship with One Another

by | Mar 20, 2023

Praise God for eight villages with believers starting new church plants. These outreach points are where new believers may join others in fellowship with the family of God. Pray for whole families to come! “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.” 1 John 1:5

Local clinic

by | Mar 19, 2023

Pray for Love’s involvement at the local clinic in Kimatong. She tries to go there weekly to pray with the staff and patients, and to be an encouragement. Pray that the staff will welcome her involvement, and that this will open doors of opportunities to share hope in Jesus with the patients. Please pray for this clinic – staffing has been cutback recently due to decreased funding from the sponsoring NGO. Pray that those who remain will be faithful and given strength to manage the workload.

Gospel of Mark

by | Mar 19, 2023

An app of the gospel of Mark has been released on the islands. Pray that it would be shared from islander to islander and that many would be drawn to Jesus as they read and listen to the gospel.

Training went well.

by | Mar 18, 2023

Praise God for a successful Kingdom Business and DMM training in Darfur. Participants learned how to develop Kingdom Businesses to support their disciple making and church planting efforts. The training inspired leaders to share the gospel and seek men/women of peace among each community and village in their city and nation. Pray for much fruit!

Parenting course

by | Mar 18, 2023

Diaspora in England:​
I’m running a parenting course at a local church for 6 weeks, which started on 23 February. Ten women have signed up, all S’ mali. Please pray for the course to go well and for a good connection with the women.

Gathering

by | Mar 17, 2023

Please pray for an upcoming gathering that I will host with my Saharawi friends and local believers. Pray that good connections are made and that God will be glorified.

Restoration conference

by | Mar 17, 2023

Please pray for our first congress of local church leadership of Mossurize District. From today through the 19th, leaders of Sunday school up to the pastors will meet in Macumba. The topic will be Restoration, the main speaker Rev. António Combo. Pray we would be restored!

Rain!

by | Mar 16, 2023

We are very grateful to the Lord for the rain that Gabbra land has gotten the last 3 days.
The dry season lasted for a long period and most of the families lost all their herds and struggled without water and food. As we celebrate the rain, we are all celebrating not just a new season, but the fact that life is coming back. Grass will grow back, animals will get stronger and people will be able to have their needs provided.
Thank you for your prayers for Northern Kenya and the Gabbra people. Please continue praying for enough rain that will fill up the cisterns.

Marriages needing help

by | Mar 16, 2023

We are on a week of prayer and fasting. You can join us by praying for some key people in the church whose marriages are being tested.
In addition, the last two weeks the believers shared their vision with us. Pray that God’s will will be fulfilled in those visions.

Explaining Easter

by | Mar 15, 2023

Diaspora in Wales:
Praise for how God is providing good attendance among attendees and volunteers in the English, Sewing, and Homework Club classes.
Praise for the opportunity for teachers to explain Easter in their English and Sewing classes this term. Ask for good discussion time and receptive hearts to the Easter message shared by each teacher in the classes.
Praise for literacy classes that are new to the Women’s English program. We are seeing real progress among women who do not read or write in any language.

Missions internship programme.

by | Mar 15, 2023

Please pray for Solomon, a committed Karimojong believer who is actively sharing the gospel and discipling others. In March he travels to northern Karamoja to take part in a 6-month missions internship.

Sharing his faith

by | Mar 14, 2023

Diaspora in Canada:
Pray for Med*, a new MBB believer as he boldly shares his faith with UBER passengers and people he meets at Iranian protests. He brought Sham* to attend church and they  ‘peeked’ into a few online Discipleship Explored classes.
Please pray for Sham’s salvation and for Med’s safety as he continues to witness boldly for Christ.

Vet training

by | Mar 14, 2023

Please pray for Troy as he heads up to Toposa land next week to do some veterinary work and training with Mark Keter and his disciples. Pray that God would use Troy’s visit to encourage, build-up, and empower the Toposa believers.

Ramadan

by | Mar 13, 2023

As Ramadan begins next week,  pray for the people of Wonderland, that we might have opportunities to bless our neighbours and friends, that God would bless their desire to seek good things from HIM, and that they might know the Truth and Grace of the Triune God.

Developing friendships

by | Mar 13, 2023

Diaspora in England:
I am continuing to befriend and share the Gospel with people in the refugee community. Pray that this year I will see some of these relationships develop beyond a grateful acceptance of friendship and assistance to one of discipleship. Pray many will gratefully accept friendship with God and the salvation He offers!

Turn their eyes

by | Mar 12, 2023

“Father, when your children find bitter water in the wilderness and cry out… turn their eyes to see the tree that heals the water. So many still live in grief. May they look to the cross and know that Jehovah is the God who heals. May each heart receive healing through the wounds of Jesus and increasingly know Him, the resurrection and the life.”

Relationships developing

by | Mar 12, 2023

Diaspora in Florida:
Pray for connections we have made with North Africans- for relationships to continue to develop and opportunities to share truth.

Choose Whom to Serve

by | Mar 11, 2023

Pray for whole families to come to Christ. Often it is one of the spouses, but not the other, or the children coming to church and not the parents. Pray for whole households to choose to follow Christ.

“It made me glad to hear them say, ‘Let’s go to the house of the LORD!'” Psalm 122:1

Desires healing

by | Mar 11, 2023

Diaspora in Canada:
Pray for a family whose matriarch has driven several of the family away from Jesus by her anger and harshness. Pray that the grief of these grandkids and anger at the loss of their mom would be healed, and that they and their grandma would be reconciled. Pray for healing for the one member who comes to church faithfully with me, he has lots of questions, but eagerly desires his family and himself to be healed.

Schools closed

by | Mar 10, 2023

It is disappointing and challenging for everyone in Kimatong that the schools in the village are not functioning. This means the children are either leaving for Kakuma refugee camp in order to go to school, or not receiving any education at all. Some of the children and youth the team have built relationships with have moved to Kakuma. Pray for them.

Special events

by | Mar 10, 2023

Diaspora in Spain:
Pray for the new opportunities for ministry that we have in Salamanca.
Pray for two events: one in the countryside with 150 refugees March 12, and then a special dinner for 40 new couples. Pray for the gospel message to be well received.

Sheila

by | Mar 9, 2023

Sheila, a young Rangi orphan girl, gets to spend her Saturdays after school at the home of a Christian. Pray she sees and hears and comes to know the Love of Christ for her.

New students

by | Mar 9, 2023

Diaspora in Brazil:
Pray for good adaptation for all of the African students that arrived at Redenção/Acarape last month.
Pray that the event on International Women’s Day will have touched many hearts and they will seek lessons and fellowship at our place.
Pray for God’s wisdom to recognize the men and women of Peace among the students.

Calendars

by | Mar 8, 2023

We have been giving out calendars this month, which feature local proverbs alongside proverbs from the Bible. Pray that as we give these out we might have good conversations, and that these proverbs would spark a desire to read more of God’s word.

Praying for unreached communities

by | Mar 8, 2023

Last Saturday there was a gathering of church leaders and pastors. The focus was on praying for unreached communities in Karamoja, and our hope is this burden can be carried back to, and shared with, the wider church congregations. Pray for more pray-ers! Pray that people will be in step with the Holy Spirit in their prayers, and the Karimojong church will be planted and grow in new areas.

Let down the nets

by | Mar 7, 2023

May brothers and sisters not be discouraged by work that seems fruitless…fishing all night with empty nets. But ‘by the word’ of Jesus may they ’let down their nets in the deep.’ And as they follow Jesus and become fishers of men… may they call to other boats/families to come help lift the bursting nets. ” Lord, Let your disciples work side by side for the sake of the gospel even across family lines.” (Luke 5)

Started following Jesus!

by | Mar 7, 2023

*Zipporah (a trainee lawyer) has started following Jesus and we are meeting with her weekly to study Creation to Christ to help her understand God’s meta-narrative. Her family have put pressure on her to return to the city to pursue further training. Pray that she will continue to grow in the fullness of God and will find other believers from a Muslim background in her new context with whom she might have fellowship and continue to study God’s word.

New Life!

by | Mar 6, 2023

We are praising Jesus for a new sister in the 1Peter book study group! She decided to follow between meetings and she told the group about her new life this week. The joy and excitement was precious to witness. She is still battling against the lies of the enemy plaguing her especially at night. Ask that Truth would reign in her heart. She is learning how to fight against these attacks. She decided to tell one of her siblings about her decision. He immediately said she was confused and needed to go to a “Teacher.” Ask that he would be curious about her faith and be willing to hear.

Thanksgiving

by | Mar 6, 2023

Thank God for the faithfulness of disciples, and for peace between neighbors and between denominations. Pray this will continue.
And pray for rain.

Learning to read

by | Mar 5, 2023

Jacob has been working with a young man, Longiri, to teach him to read in Laarim. Despite the fact that Longiri has not been able to attend school, he is doing well at learning the alphabet and Jacob is hopeful that some time in the not-too-distant future, Longiri will be able to read. Pray that Longiri will persevere, and even be an encouragement to his unschooled friends that they too could learn to read. Pray they will be motivated to learn by a desire to read God’s Word for themselves.

Waiting for seeds to germinate

by | Mar 5, 2023

Mahabo Village is one of the most dangerous places in the Bara region. Home to many cattle rustlers and constant attacks on villages, rocky and slippery roads, dangers by night and day. However, it was in this region that the Lord opened an extraordinary door for us to preach the Gospel. Together with Pastor Eric Sy Mana and other dear workers, we visited two villages in the area.
Suspicious with the arrival of a “white man” for the first time in their village, they didn’t pay much attention at first. However, when they discovered that we spoke their language (something unbelievable for them), and that we were there to show a movie, they became friendlier and invited us to stay. The gospel was preached, the Jesus Film broadcast and now, with hope, we wait for the seeds to germinate.

Leading Bible studies

by | Mar 4, 2023

The 5th training meeting for local believers is this month. Ask God to bless it. At the January training, the local believers took turns practicing leading a simple Bible study. They were then challenged to ask the Lord to help them invite people in their neighborhoods to join them in studying the Bible together. Pray for courage and perseverance for the local believers as they step out in faith and invite those around them to join them in studying the Word. Pray for wisdom and discernment as they interact with their small groups. May they grow in confidence as they allow the Lord to use them to expose others to truth.