Pray for a family who lives close to the missionaries. The oldest son struggles with addiction and has been a physical threat to his younger siblings on several occasions. Pray for safety for the family, and for the Lord to open the door for the young man to be healed from his physical and spiritual bondage or removed from the situation.
Ponder
Praise that several Saharawi ladies came to a festival where they heard the gospel presentation, Christian music and two testimonies. Pray they will ponder what they heard and believe.
Translation Work
The translation team is doing very well. They have completed several books of the Bible including Jonah, Mark, Luke, and John, as well as nine chapters of Acts. They are now working on portions of Genesis. Please continue praying for the team, and that the completed portions will soon be inserted into audio formats for broader access.
Oppression
Please pray for our team, as we often feel a lot of spiritual oppression and attack and discouragement.
Pray for continued protection over the Bible translation work, and that God would work in the hearts of the translators.
Financial stability for MBB’s
Most of our MBB’s are struggling financially. Please pray that God will open doors for them to support themselves and their families. The majority are not engaged in any form of employment or income generating schemes.
Bride price
Please pray for our churches, the practice of lobolo (Bride price) is severely affecting the lives of our youth, and the meaning of marriage. Please pray for desire to follow God’s plans for marriage and godly families instead of business transactions.
Unrest
Pray for the political situation that is particularly volatile at the moment in Western Sahara and Spain. Western Sahara has some big decisions coming up. There are demonstrations in the camps and in Spain. May the unrest stir hearts to be open to the Lord.
Praise God
Praise God for full classes of men and women excited to study God’s word. Also, praise God for the Radio broadcasts being well received.
Please pray for our Church plants and Church leadership to grow and mature.
Prioritize the Word
Pray that our seekers would grow in their desire to read the Word and prioritize it, even during the busy clove harvesting season.
Remember those in prison
“Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.” Heb13:3.
Remember their families as well. May God have mercy and orchestrate their release soon.
Implement plans
Pray for the graduating leaders of the Darfur Leaders Institute as they return to Sudan and implement their plans for reaching their communities for Christ. Pray for protection and continued reliance on God and his Word. Pray for relief efforts to bear fruit as the need for food, supplies, education, medical care, trauma healing and security intensify.
Military rule
There has been a change of government in Madagascar. The people along with the military, removed the president and the country is now under military rule. Pray that the Antakarana land that was under threat by the old regime will be free. Pray for peace and stability for the country.
Presidential elections
Pray for the upcoming presidential election here in Tanzania on October 29th. Pray that there would be peace throughout the country, unity amongst the many tribes, and leadership that would serve its country and its people well. This year, more than any other, seems to have the potential for some unrest. Please pray for peaceful elections and freedoms for religious work.
Zeal!
Four brothers (two less than a week old in Jesus and the other two less than a year) met together discussing how to love their wives, how to share the gospel, where to meet regularly. Praise Jesus for their zeal and ask for continued humility and unity and obedience.
Making good progress
We continue to make good progress on the discipleship training center. Please continue to pray for the daily Bible studies with the guys working here. Pray for them to see Christ for who He is and to want to follow Him.
Care for the flock
Pray for the Dorobo pastors and evangelists as they minister to those in their care and travel to share the Gospel. Pray for the anointing of the Holy Spirit, for provision, and protection from the evil one.
Add to their number
Pray for the Karimojong believers to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord. Ask the Lord to renew their minds and strengthen their faith and provide for their needs. May He add to their number daily those who are being saved.
Stand firm
Deception is such a deeply ingrained stronghold here in O-land. Pray against all the powers of this dark world whose schemes and flaming arrows keep on attacking the NBs. Pray for deliverance from the evil one! Pray that all of our team and believers will utilise the FULL ARMOR that God has provided for us through Jesus – and stand firm: growing in knowledge, wisdom, intimacy and depth of love and relationship with Jesus.
Have courage
Pray for Na, Nia, and Mwana- 3 girls who have shown a lot of interest in the Bible and have now watched the whole Jesus film. Pray the Lord would work in their young hearts and that they would have courage to pursue truth even against the pressure of parents and community.
Passion spread
Praise the Father for Mtsa and Muki who continue to meet regularly with team member T. Mtsa says he’s sharing with 5 people and they are calling him eager to study more! Pray that Mtsa and Muki would fully embrace who Jesus is and give their lives to him, and that their passion would spread to the others they share with.
Open their hearts
Pray for the people we have contact with in the community and at work. Pray the Lord would reveal Himself to them and open their hearts as we share the gospel.
Church growing
Pray for Rema and the church that is growing in Morarano region. They are planing to have a big church building there. Pray for strength, for growth and real changes in the local society.
Pray for a revival in the local churches. Nominalism and “cultural acceptance” has damaged the church among the Bara. Many of the believers are “church goers” but their life does not reflect the Glory of Christ. We have seen a lukewarm church can be, by faith, revived. Pray for that!
Reading the Bible
Praise that an Saharawi friend is reading the Bible. Please pray for the HS to convict her heart!
Winsome witness
Our island sister ‘Rachel’ is asking for prayer to know what words the Spirit wants her to use to clearly communicate the Good News in such a way that it touches islanders’ hearts. Recently she’s been coming face to face with groups of angry religious men who have caused her some discouragement. Pray for perseverance and encouragement for her heart. She is also asking that her son would find a job to give him purpose and to help support his family.
Building relationships
A few missionaries got a chance to attend the first elementary school graduation on the somewhat closed off island of K K. Pray that those relationships built with the community that invited them would grow into deep relationships with many Gospel conversations.
Opening for the gospel
Continue praying for openings for the gospel in our town. I am having many good opening conversations and young men are coming to see the Jesus film. Pray that people will want to go further and trust in Christ. One man who was helping me with language has now gone to the city and may not return. Pray that he will find Christian contacts while he is there. He was very interested before leaving.
Thanksgiving for praying visitors
The visit by pastors from 9 different African countries plus Brazil and the USA was very successful. Their presence in prayer within our city and their interaction with MBB’s was a blessing and an eye opener to many of them.
Fulfill the rules
Lord Jesus, humble the hearts of those who still feel that it is more devout and honorable to fulfill the rules by human effort. Let them feel the weight of their sin and recognize the grace of Jesus’ death on the cross that offers life. Free the Amazigh from the spirit of self- righteousness in Islam or in humanitarianism. Gal 2:21
Needing rescue
Pray for Mama S, whose hunger for Jesus has dramatically waned this year. Pray for it to be reignited.
Pray for B, an Islamic teacher who Jesus has been drawing for a long time. Pray that the kingdom of Satan in him will finally be broken and he will bow his knee to Jesus.
Church plant
We’ve been engaging a local community through Bible stories and are now planning to launch a church plant there. Recently, we discovered that an Islamic group is also active in the area, teaching children. Please pray that the church plant will be established soon and that discipleship efforts will continue and grow.
Wife is angry
Please pray for Maki, the young new Matumbi believer here we are discipling. His wife still gets very angry at him because he has chosen to follow Jesus. Please pray for her salvation.
Spiritual Battle
The young believer in our town, ‘Monty’, has now recognised that he is in a spiritual battle. Thank the Lord that he is aware of this, and that he has realised that he needs both fellowship and to read and know the Word of God to be able to stand. Ask that he would be diligent in reading every day. Pray for wisdom as we decide how and where to meet.
Churches being born
Pray for our church partners- for local pastors and evangelists. We recieved from FJKM church 5 new pastors for the churches that were born in our region of Betroka. In 2016 the FJKM had 3 churches here in Betroka region, today they have 10 churches, 5 of them were born in the last 3 years: Mahatsinzo, Andakana and Ivahona. Pray for growth and good testimony of the believers. May God make his church keep growing among the Bara.
Shown interest
Mama Su. has agreed to start reading scripture each week and has shown interest as she and a missionary work through Matthew. Please pray that God would continue to open her heart to truth and that she would proclaim Jesus as her King and Savior as a result of the Word taking root in her!
Seeds bear fruit
Pray for the seeds we’ve planted to bear fruit. Salvation belongs to the Lord. May He draw many to Himself and build His church.
Have mercy Lord!
Please pray with us that the Lord would bring peace and prosperity to Madagascar. 80% of the population is living in poverty.There have been protests against the government since Sept 25th and now the president has fled the country and the military has seized power. There are many people from Madagascar living here, and we have many links with the country. Pray for the Lord to intervene!
Women’s conference report
We can praise the Lord, the Women’s conference went well! Please continue to pray that the seeds that were planted would produce much fruit and produce a generation of women that love Jesus and want to serve him.
Burden to pray
Praise God for an initiative to mobilize prayer for the Saharawi people among the Spanish church. May more and more feel the burden to pray for and share the good news with these dear people in our midst.
Thanksgiving
We want to thank God for the successful recording/filming of The Hope film – Creation to Christ in Somali language. Continue to pray for the final editing and uploading of the film on sttn.org website. This will bring it to be part of the +70 languages that have already been completed.
Still fragile
Pray for discipling and gathering of NBs – this remains a huge challenge! The groups are still very fragile and it seems riddled with the fear of persecution and individuals deeply ingrained with deception! Pray for God’s Holy Spirit to be poured out with power to give hunger and thirst for truth, convict and deliver from those roots of sin, and to nourish, grow and bless with the abundant LIFE of Jesus!
