Pray for Pastor Josphat Musanga, currently in South Africa for a continent-wide conference on transformational development. Pray that he would gain much from this time and that he will be a catalyst on his return in showing how the church among the Dorobo can be a leader in transforming their communities through living out the Gospel in practical ways.
New students
Diaspora in California: Pray for the new semester activities with International students. 150 new contacts were made at the International Student Orientation. Whatever we do, may the students come to know God’s grace and salvation. Specifically pray for salvation for Rohit, Thomas, and Chris.
Pray for a student from India, Sam, who was baptized but then went through much persecution. Pray for his faith to grow strong and his witness to be bold.
Lost
Pray for children I meet in their homes as I visit women or several who visit me at my home. Pray for wisdom in how to talk of God with them. They are as lost as their parents and most have little idea of spirituality.
New students
Diaspora in Brazil: Praise God for new students arriving for this semester, pray for new contacts and activities and conversations to speak of Christ!
Keep in step
Pray for protection of all believers from the schemes of the evil one and evil men. Pray for God’s Spirit to be poured out daily in fresh and powerful ways! That we ALL truly ‘keep in step with the Spirit!’ and abide deeply in Jesus – and that we’ll see much lasting fruit!
Searching for God
Pray that God would bring people to us who are searching for Him. That God would show us what’s really in the hearts of men and women here (their true desires, what drives them). For God to do signs and wonders amongst the K.
Discipleship in church- pray that God would grow a hunger for growth in the hearts of believers here.
Summer Bible class
Diaspora in Hong Kong: Praise the Lord for His work in the hearts of the Muslim children during the summer Bible story classes. They learned about the Son and stories of forgiveness, repentance, seeking forgiveness, and healing through prayer. Please pray for these children and their families. Please pray for the church that provides the venue, as they are still discussing whether these classes should continue, given that the church’s homework club is the priority now that the new school term has started.
Marriage
The believing couple that got married a couple weeks ago are planning a celebration service
with the local body today. May the Lord be honored, the believers encouraged, and
the couple properly celebrated. Believers marriage celebrations are still very rare here. May
this service inspire future believing couples in how they approach marriage. Another believing
couple are considering marriage, having only expressed interest in each other
recently. May the Lord grant that they can hear Him through their emotions for one
another. Proverbs 15:22 “Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisors they
succeed.” And also praise that believers are wanting to marry believers!
New openness
Diaspora in Brazil: Praise for new opportunities to walk with Muslim women who are facing labor and delivery in a whole new country and far from family. Praise God for a new openness in these women and spiritual conversations. Pray for the Holy Spirit to draw many to the Lord.
New believer
New believer: A young Fulani man recently turned to Jesus Christ. His brother shared a lot with him and then two other men from the Fellowship followed up. Ask the Father to protect him, strengthen his faith and draw his wife to Jesus.
Optional Bible story time
Diaspora in Michigan: Pray that some of those who come to our Conversation Cafe on Fridays starting the end of September will stick around for the optional Bible story time afterwards.
Fall semester
Diaspora in Alberta: Pray for the New Canadian Friendship Centre starting classes. Please pray for the students who will be coming to the Center for the fall semester and for the two (or possibly three) Bible studies that will be held after English classes.
Soft heart
Pray for our dear friends Iris and Karl and their 4 kids. Iris asks me lots of spiritual questions, recently specifically about Jesus. Ask that her heart would soften to the truth and that their whole family would come to know Jesus Christ.
Training
Pray for the IDLF training that kicked off yesterday for the whole month. Pray for the trainers and the disciples and leaders from Jiye, Nyang’atom and Toposa. Pray that for this month they will be taken deeper with the word of God. Pray for the school which opens soon.
Fatwa
Diaspora in Ontario: A fatwa was recently issued locally and published on TikTok against a Christian family from our favorite people group, mentioning them by name, and also against us, mentioning the bike ministry, tutoring, our location, my name, and declaring us to be enemies of Islam. We’re still going ahead with the bike ministry and local visitation, and it’s being well received, but please pray for all our protection.
Faith to believe
Pray for the people we have been sharing with: Hass’, Mam’, Sadd’, Yun’ , Kal’, Us’, Abdy’, Isa, Abir’, Maki’, Leim’, Yun’, Ali, Jib’ and others. Ask the Lord to grant them faith to believe.
Peace
My family in Christ, please join us in praying for Erigavo City, where there is a civil war, and many civilians have died and many more displaced. Women and children have been killed in clan-related issues. Pray for peace.
Pray for openings
I continue to work with mentally ill and epileptic patients. Patients are few these days because roads are terrible and people are busy with farming. Pray for San’ who has a bad psychosis and then severe heart side effects of medication. His relatives neglect him as do so many. Pray for openings to talk of Christ.
Rangi New Testament!
The Rangi New Testament was dedicated this weekend! Translators from the organization SIL started the work in 2006 and finished the huge project this year. What an accomplishment and reason to praise God! Please pray His Word will plant many seeds among the Rangi.
Growing in passion
Pray for H, a MBB from our community who is growing in his passion to share his faith and disciple others.
Trial Sept 3
Pray for the Lord to go before the believers going to trial tomorrow, Sept 3rd. Pray for courage and peace for them to stand strong. Pray for the Lord to trouble the judge and that he would hear and obey the Lord, “Let My people go!”
Pray the trial would not be postponed and all would be released.
Holy Father, these prisoners are your true children. Please give them patient endurance. Purify their hearts from any doubt or fear that the accuser has spoken. Fill them with patience and kindness. May the presence of your Holy Spirit be so clear to each one who sees them. Let sincere love shine from their countenances, for their brothers and sister, for those trying them, for the lawyers, for their oppressors, for Jesus. Remove any thought of speaking self-protecting lies. Let each one faithfully preach the truth. We know that your resurrection power is working in them.
Bring salvation
Praise for many opportunities to share the gospel with a 9 year old S boy this summer. Please pray that Jesus would meet him in a dream and bring salvation to him and his family.
Community leader
Pray for T., one of the community leaders in the village. Pray for wisdom as he leads the Rangi people, and that he would show “genuine concern for their welfare” (see Phil. 2:20).
Booklets
I am in the middle of arranging the shipping of 6000 booklets of translated scripture to Madagascar.
Already some key persons in the Antanala area voiced their eagerness to receive them. Pray for these booklets to reach them! And as people read them, may the Lord grant them faith to believe.
Famine
This year has been a really tough one. Many people were out of grain for many months and managed, with a lot of difficulties, to feed their families. Many slept hungry and children cried out of hunger. Thankfully this rainy season was good and the new crops is almost ripe. Please ask the Creator to protect the crops until the harvest is finished.
Add daily
Pray for the fellowship that the Lord will add daily those who are being saved.
Thank the Lord for the youth program, we are seeing transformation in many lives. Pray for believers to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord.
Successful training
Praise for a successful meeting and training of the Antakarana believers from Nosy Mitsio with the Churches in Ambilobe. Pray for continuing partnership in disciple making and ministry to the Antakarana people in the surrounding areas.
Power of God
Pray for the relationships we’ve made in K-district, the students, families, etc. that we will be able to witness the transforming power of God in their lives. Pray for the Lord to make a way for us to return full time to this harvest field.
Work continues
In Betroka, the Jesus Film project is ongoing! Our partners are currently taking a break for church conferences and meetings, but some of them continue to work. Pastor Tomoeira reported that in one village in the south, another witch doctor gave his life to Jesus—but was subsequently expelled from his village. Please pray for him. The Be Fitia School is on vacation but will resume soon. The Children’s Ministry continues with the help of our local partners.
Know His presence
Pray that those persecuted for Jesus would know the presence of Jesus as they wait for the trial on September 3 and that the believers who are not imprisoned would remember their brothers in their suffering, and that they would be bold and courageous to speak the gospel.
See lostness
We would appreciate continued prayers for Asha and Mama H to see their lostness and run back to the Father’s arms. Pray against their loyalty to traditional practices/medicines and family pressures, and pray for loyalty to the actual person of Jesus himself.
Delighting in the stories
Berbers prefer to be called Amazigh. We praise Jesus for the delight many have hearing the stories of Jesus in small cities. We pray that through believers or through apps, the Amazigh will listen carefully to the Word of God, believe it’s true and wholly obey and follow Jesus. We pray for Amazigh believers to carry the word back to their families in the mountains and boldly and faithfully tell the true stories of Jesus (esp to those who don’t have internet or written Scripture that they understand.)
Disabled children
There are high levels of stigma facing children with disabilities, most of them remaining locked in a room in the house, not able to be a part of society. The mother often faces the brunt of this stigma and is even blamed for the child’s disability. Pray for open doors for utilizing local resources and establishing support groups for these moms, demonstrating the love of Jesus and allowing the light of truth to shine.
Distribution
Pray for the distribution of audio listening devices with Scripture in the local language
on them. Pray for wisdom in who to give them to. Pray for the Living Word of God to
transform the lives of islanders as they listen and engage.
Justice to reign
Pray for G., a young woman who is studying to become a teacher. A professor at her college is pressuring the female students into sexual favors to receive better grades. Please pray for darkness to be revealed and justice to reign.
Drought
Lift up our country as it’s been in drought for 6 years now and in our area specifically, most of the farmers didn’t even plant last year because there wasn’t enough rain and reservoirs are very low. Bath houses and car washes have been forced to close for 3 days a week. May the lack of rain and the hard times push people so seek the one who has living water that never dries up!
Stand up!
The word I’m getting today for prayer for the Alagwa is that the Alagwa bride of Jesus would STAND UP. She’s held by so much fear and self pity and demonic baggage and inertia and passivity, but if she would just stand up, all the power needed for breaking these bonds is available to her.
Church decisions
Please continue to pray for the church among which our team works. The church has certain important steps and decisions before it which are:
• the acquisition of land,
• joining one of the denominations present in the country
• put in place one or more leaders of the church, preferably from within them.
Please also pray for a Fulani brother who will help the church in some of these discussions and decisions. May God give him wisdom and endurance.
Translating Mark
Thank you for praying for Jiye. We had a successful training in Kapoeta and the team is now working on the oral translation on the book of Mark. Please pray for each team member:
• Simon Ruma (Anglican church)
• Longe Benjamin (Salt and Light)
• Lia Amukro (AIC)
• John Mark (Catholic)
• Simon Namoni (AIC)
• John (Catholic)
• Popowa Robert (Catholic)
• Jacob Samaki (AIC)
• Daniel Baitte (Salt and Light)
Translation work
Translation work continues. Please pray for a new local translator who joined the project this week. Pray for wisdom to translate well. There are multiple open doors for Bible study with locals. Pray for the Lord to reveal Himself in His Word.
