Pray for ‘Ma Rhoda’ (aka ‘Sarah’), a mature local believer on the plateau. A friend of hers found healing in her marriage after Ma Rhoda prayed for them, and now she and 4 friends will start studying with Ma Rhoda! Pray for a regular time to meet and wisdom in organisation.
Please continue to pray for Mama S and Baba H that they would come to the place of seeing clearly and being willing to renounce the inherited demonic powers in them. May the Lord deliver them and bring them into the kingdom of His dear Son.
Security is always a concern in our area, we praise the Lord for a safe and blessed week with our oldest son’s family, visiting and reconnecting, and having wonderful opportunities to share of God’s love and light with old friends and new! It’s been an especially wonderful week with the three grandchildren introduced to the community for the first time – the oldest boy is Raço’s namesake, and the girl is mine- Godantu! With a sweet middle boy too! May God use every interaction we’ve had to draw O into his kingdom!
Diaspora in Ontario: Pray for our Christian Somali friends, especially young adults, to find Christian partners. Pray for parents and grandparents to demonstrate God’s love, grace, and forgiveness to those in their families making mistakes. Pray for those suffering from mental illness to find healing, and for all of us to find the peace of God that passes all understanding as God guards our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
We are hitting the road again to 2 more villages with the Outreach team and Jesus film. The villages are called Duka Moja, and Kingombe. We will be out there from this Monday (15th) until Sunday afternoon. Pray for power over darkness, the presence of the Holy Spirit, and unity among the team as we seek to share Christ. Ask the Lord to open many hearts this week and build His church in these villages.
A student from Mali is studying in Nairobi and gave her life to Jesus. Her family back home have disowned her after hearing about her transformed life. Pray that a friend she was referred to will be able to build lasting friendship and disciple her to be rooted in Christ and His Word. Pray for provision for all she needs especially resources to continue studying/working. Pray for her family at home to know Jesus and to be reunited with her.
Diaspora in Minnesota: Pray for Abdi’ and his wife as he seeks the truth of God and is discovering religion again.
Diaspora in Georgia:
Diaspora in Michigan: Pray for the start of our conversation cafés. One is focusing on Arabs and one on Afghans. Many sound interested in attending. Ask the Lord to make the hearts of those who come hungry for the Bible.
Most Figuig Amazigh are Sunni Muslims but maintain pre-Islamic cultural and ritual traditions. They have a limited understanding of orthodox Islamic practices, often incorporating Koranic verses into protective amulets. The concept of baraka (holiness) is significant, with marabouts (Muslim holy men) and shurifa (descendants of the Prophet Muhammad) holding respected roles in the community.
Please pray for all our partners in the Coworkers Project. They are local pastors that have been trained and equipped and some are financially supported. Pray for boldness, a passionate heart for missions and for the local people they reach, and for God to provide for their needs.They are: Pr. Erick, Pr. Tomoeira, Pr. Joro, Pr. Fabrice, Pr. Tafita, Pr. Soja, Pr. Mandimby, Pr. Rakoto, Pr. Menja and Pr. Haza.
Diaspora in Oregon: Soccer season starts soon. Pray for deepening relationships with the boys on my team and opportunities to share outside of soccer.
Diaspora in Washington DC: Praise God for a NEW SISTER in CHRIST! She’s so eager to read and understand God’s word and we praise God for her eager heart. May He continue to feed her hunger for Him and continue to grow her heart. Today we heard a brother from her country share in an Al Massira episode. She was so overjoyed to realize there really are other believers from her country and she isn’t alone.
Pray for follow-up from the medical outreach that happened at the end of June. At the beginning of July, the local body divided up the villages where the medical team was and said they would follow-up with islanders who were interested in hearing more. It sounds like no follow-up has been done yet. Pray for wisdom in how to help this happen. Pray for those who were interested to keep seeking Truth and may the Holy Spirit continue to draw them to Jesus.
Diaspora in Germany: We praise the Lord for the camp gathering of 30 people from three different cities with brother Mo. We are thankful that two people were baptized and that two outreach programs took place.
Pray for the planning of our collaboration program, as we are considering having one outreach together with our ministry, All Nations, and Mo’s ministry in September.
Pray for us as we prepare to do an outreach here.
Pray for the body of believers – for spiritual growth and a heart to share the gospel.
Pray for families that are struggling economically – that the Lord will open doors for them for good jobs.
Diaspora in France: Pray for two Hindu students that they continue to come to our house church and to understand and accept the Gospel.
Pray for a large welcome meal for international students that we are organizing on September 27. Pray that God will bring many students, that many volunteers will be able to help, and that God’s presence will be felt by everyone.
Pray that our students’ hearts and minds will be open as they engage with God’s Word.
We are thankful that a new men’s gathering has started in the capital. Pray that these new gatherings would be the beginning of real fellowship, trust, and unity among the island brothers. Pray for this study of repentance to bring about true and deep repentance in our hearts and that Spirit- led repentance would break forth among us. Pray that this might also inspire men to be more bold in their sharing and equipped for sharing with others the things they are learning. Pray for those who didn’t come this past month to come this month, and for the others to return. Pray for the opportunity to invite others into this men’s fellowship.
Pray for Sharon, a local sister, who is under threats of going to prison because of her faith. Pray for courage and wisdom and mercy.
Pray for Cush, a local brother who has strayed away from the faith. He is currently threatening to expose the workers and our local brethren to the authorities. Pray that God will silence his voice, the he will repent from this evil and turn back to God, and that God uses all this for His glory.
Diaspora in California: Pray for Sam (from India) who is a struggling young believer. He moved back home to live with his Hindu family but God has opened ways for him to attend church and to share God’s word with his family. Pray for his family to become followers of Jesus!
A former Sheikh has become a believer! He is well known. Pray for protection over his life, for a new home with good and loving friends, for discipleship and for God to guard his heart. We pray that this victory will draw more of his former friends and associates to God’s Kingdom.
Pray for divine wisdom and guidance as we prepare for December youth camps. Pray that there will be no barriers to hinder young people from M community to attend the camp. Pray that campers will encounter Christ.
Diaspora in Wales: Pray for the restart of Women’s English and Sewing classes the week of Sept 15th and that God will bring us women who are spiritually open.
Pray for the local body. There is a small group that has been meeting every Sunday at Rachel’s, our island sister, for the last several weeks. There are 3 regulars and a few that come every now and then. Pray the Lord would meet with them and encourage them. Pray for wisdom from the Spirit about how we can best encourage and exhort them.
Diaspora in England: Pray for a Smli woman from our English class who says that she cries at night because she’s scared of going to hell and she has no way of knowing where she’s going after she dies. She’s heard how different this is for Christians and how we have assurance of salvation. May she reflect more on this difference and be curious to find out more, and decide to put her trust in Jesus.
Pray for those hungry during the final weeks of dry season before the rains begin again in October. The Nyamwezi are adept at surviving through this period, harvesting honey, termites, and relying on reserves of dried mushrooms and smoked cow pea leaves they’ll rehydrate for sauces with stiff corn porridge. But some families run out of their precious reserves. The men will leave in search of day labor so they may purchase what is needed. Church attendance wanes as physical needs rise. Pray for God to bring abundant harvests and protection from pests as they turn their hearts to God, placing their faith daily in Him alone to provide abundantly. May churches even at this time of scarcity be filled with those who worship the One who will provide and carry them through.
Please continue to pray for Hemi. He ended up marrying the other woman and divorced his first wife in order to please his family. He is still coming to the Bible studies. Please pray that the Father would draw him to Himself and he would fully surrender his life to Christ.
Would you please pray for N, a new disciple who has expressed a lot of interest in studying together and really understanding who Jesus is.
And please pray that God would lead us to a new skilled translator to replace the one we lost.
Keep praying for hunger and thirst for righteousness and truth for the young believers in our area – sometimes the soils seem very rocky! Keep praying for good soil and lasting fruit!
One of our local partner churches, under the leadership of Pr. Tomoeira, works with us in the Mandehana Program (means: GO) and Evangelism Program and the fruit is great. Three churches were born the last few months and more than 200 Bara gave their lives to JESUS! Pray that the Holy Spirit will “keep them firm, established, and strengthened in the faith,” and the One who calls will complete the work in them. Pray for a revival among the BARA.
Praise for the Saharawi boy who has watched the Jesus film in his heart language and watched many animated episodes of Biblical stories from Genesis to Revelation. He has been challenged to ask Jesus directly who He really is. Pray that he does this, has an encounter with Jesus, and becomes a follower!
A growing number of Sudanese believing families have moved into North African countries that have very little light. Pray that God would strengthen them to be a mighty witness.
We are preparing for our Annual Youth camp in December. Pray for the final preparations of the content, pray for provision towards the budget, pray that the Lord will prepare the hearts of the youth we are focusing on.
Pray for transformation of the hearts of our youth as we continue with our other programs.
One of our friends, a S* MBB lady, is overwhelmed by the number of new believers who are being referred to her. This is great news, and we thank God! Pray that we will be able to get our contacts together to help in discipleship and building good friendships with the new believers. Pray for these new believers to walk in the Light together and encourage one another.
Pray for Malumba Clinic sitting right on the crossroads of new highways and byways connecting several villages without local healthcare. Pray for a Tanzanian women’s ministry team which has taken on developing the clinic as an outreach ministry. Pray for momentum, participation, planning, and for financing. Pray for the clinicians as they serve and share Christ through word and deed and for the patients to receive healing in body and soul.
Several churches are trusting God for drums and other musical instruments to enhance their worship times. Pray for provision.
They also asked for prayers for an improvement in healthcare as most times people have to go up to Ethiopia for treatment due to lack of facilities in their region.
The cry for water is still a general request in the region and so they also trust that they can get a water supply to their region.
Pray that the spirit of God may hover over Digo land to break the strongholds and release the Digo from bondage of sin and falsehoods to find freedom in Christ!
Pray for one of the teenage boys who is a daily visitor at the missionaries’ home. No father, absent mother, from a poor family, and pretty much left to fend for himself. He’s been skipping school and hanging out with some other teens who are going down the wrong road. Pray that the love of Christ would penetrate his heart and mind.
