Pray for a S. Asian woman who is worried about the direction her adult children are going. Pray that they will all come to faith in Christ out of secularism. Pray that she will also follow Christ out of Islam and into the family of God. Pray that her loneliness will reveal to her the emptiness of her Muslim “community” and the richness of the Body of Christ.
Come to Jesus
Please pray for Alagwa women who feel that they cannot follow Jesus until their husbands or children do. May God raise up more women who come to Jesus and faithfully pray for the salvation of their husbands and children. Pray for one woman who has privately said “I am with Jesus” recently. May this be a significant step in her journey of faith, and in her family’s journey of faith.
Diaspora in France
Pray for our Vision: To see island women all over the city leading and studying Scripture together in family groups, growing in their relationship with Jesus, beginning with a known sister and her immediate family. Pray for softened hearts to be receptive to God’s truth.
Diaspora in Brazil
Pray for the refugees and immigrants in Passo Fundo enrolled in Portuguese language classes. Ask God to open their hearts to the gospel. Pray for J&A as they interact with the students.
Teaching through Stories
Petera and Francine have been living on Nosy MItsio for 3 months and they have held regular bible storying times for the children in their village. Petera is tutoring 3 older kids at the school and teaching them about the Bible as well. Pray for these children, that they would do well in their studies as well as grow in the knowledge of Jesus. Sometimes adults come and listen to the Bible stories as well. Pray that the Word of God would take root in their hearts.
Gin and avocados
Margaret recently came across an elderly lady called Maria- she seemed to be under the influence of alcohol but was saying the name of Jesus. Margaret was able to share a little with her and was rewarded with three avocados. May Maria come to know the one who will give her the waters of life.
For Our Enjoyment
Pray for a S. Asian friend who seems to want to spend time together but is fearful to read the Scriptures. Pray that she will realize the Scriptures are given to us for our enjoyment, for our learning, and to be a lamp to our feet and a light to our path, to lead us to God. She is afraid to try to interpret them without a religious “teacher.” Pray for her to be surprised at how the Spirit of God helps her understand the meaning.
Diaspora in USA
Continue to pray for Mo from Noel. His English is improving and is willing to keep meeting together. Pray for his heart to soften to the truth and for more opportunities to meet up with him.
Visits
There is a visiting believer from Clove island along with a Kenyan man from an outside
organization who have come to encourage the local Body here. We are excited that believers are
meeting and getting to know each other. Pray that the Holy Spirit will move in this body and use this time for his glory!
Diaspora in Florida
Please pray with us for our Vision for Florida: For a movement of Muslims turning to Jesus in the Orlando area and for believers trained to reach and disciple them.
Language and loving the Lopit
Micheal has recently moved to the village of Loumu, just 30-40 kilometers away from Imatong where he has lived as a missionary for the last 2 years. Pray for this young Lopit man, who speaks three languages fluently, to now learn another entirely different language. Pray for his acceptance in this community that is known to be difficult, and even hostile. Pray they will be open to receiving the Word of God.
Going Out To Meet Them
Please pray for a teammate and I as we go out into a neighborhood in our community this week with the goal of making new connections, building relationships, and getting to know some of the ladies. We’re praying for opportunities to share the Gospel with them. Pray for the Holy Spirit to lead us to the right ladies whose hearts He is already at work softening and that He would open doors for us to share about Jesus. Pray that the Lord would give us boldness in sharing and deep love for these neighbors, and that the Father would draw many to His Son!! We long for them to know the Savior we know!!
Diaspora in Portland
Please pray for open, seeking hearts in our community. Some ladies have said that they are reading the Bible. May God’s Word be implanted in their hearts and minds so they continue on their spiritual journey. Pray for an older Moroccan Muslim woman that CH & JC spent last Friday evening with. For years she has been a part of our lives, listening to God’s good news, valuing our friendship and much prayer, etc. Is she seeking? Only God knows her deep thoughts. And pray for an Iranian Muslim mother who, for many years has heard the Good News in our group, asked 4 of us to come and pray for her. It was a precious time. She seems so open and “hungry.”
Diaspora in Canada
Pray for the Saturday, March 14 Christian-Muslim Friendship Day that N & LD are organizing in one of Mississauga’s main mosques. Ask the Lord to build genuine friendship between the members of two churches and the Islamic centre. And as both the pastor and imam share what they believe about Jesus, may the truth of the Gospel shine into many hearts.
Cattle and Care
Troy is going to Kapoeta today to work with Kenyan missionaries Mark Keter and his team. He is going to do a week-long training on animal care for these missionaries working among the cattle-keeping Toposa people. Pray that this is a valuable and useful tool for this missionary team, and that God will use their concern for the Toposa’s most valued possession as a means of reaching the hearts of this people group. Pray the Toposa will desire Jesus more than they long for their cattle.
Two New Underground Churches
From December 2019 to March 2020, two new churches have begun in Zaramo villages, though they are still underground. They have indigenous believers, including many from the Zaramo tribe, also Maasai and Sukuma. Please keep us in prayer as we have needs in these groups. They lack teaching on spiritual victory and other topics. They lack Bibles. One needs nine corrugated steel roofing sheets so we may have a place to meet during the rainy season, and we need some benches. Please pray for the growth and provision for these churches.
Faith in the Mountains
We praise God for Bible study groups cropping up in the Lopit mountains! Pray for Robert’s Bible study with the chief and his wife – that they would be transformed by the gospel. Pray for Marlene’s DBS with some of the teachers at one of the village schools. The head master is really seeking – pray that he finds Jesus. The team would love to see a Bible study group start at Grace’s house – pray she will commit to it.
Diaspora in Detroit
Praise for new opportunities for in-home ESL classes. Pray that deeper relationships develop and for soften hearts to be receptive to the Gospel news.
Please pray for our upcoming Easter event. Pray for all the logistics, but mainly that those attending will understand what it means to follow Jesus.
gathering
The team in Pemba rejoices for the gathering of Mwani people that happened in Februrary. It included a time of music, a Bible story, and the testimony of a Mwani believer. Pray that our friends would ponder the truths that were shared and for wisdom as we plan more meetings like this.
Relationship building
Dan and Joel have been with the Laarim team for about 6 weeks now. They both stayed in the homes of local chiefs for a week-long homestay and built positive relationships in those households. Pray for the chiefs to be men of peace who not only welcome foreigners into their homes, but more importantly, Jesus into their lives.
Revelation of Christ
Pray for my S. Asian Muslim friend, who prayed with me last week that the Living God would reveal Himself to each of us. May the Lord Jesus be revealed to her as the image of the invisible God, as He revealed Himself to Saul on the road to Damascus. May she not shrink back but have faith to the saving of her soul.
Turn and Live
For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone,
declares the Lord GOD; so turn, and live. Ezekiel 18:32
May many Alagwa turn and live! May God’s Spirit cause many Alagwa to turn towards His truth and love and be saved.
Bible Translation
SIL has been working on the Lopit Bible translation for a few years now. Lopit believers are hungry for the Word in their mother tongue! Pray for those working on this translation work to persevere, that nothing would hinder the work, and that the Word of God will be well received by every Lopit community.
Survey
A group from mainland Africa is coming this first week of March to do a survey of the state
of the island Body. Pray for them as they talk with brothers and sisters that they would have
clarity and discernment and would be able to provide good guidance and advice for the
future.
Diaspora in Portland
An older Iranian student terminally ill with lung cancer, seriously crying at times, continues to reject multiple “hearings” of the Good News. …even busying himself with other things when RH brought a video of God’s Story in his own language to view on his big screen. Tomorrow, he and RH plan to visit a Christian Iranian, whom RH meets with. Pray for God to open his heart.
Pray for a warm-hearted Kurdish family whom RH visited last Tuesday. Last year, they met for several weeks studying Matthew in simple English. They want to spend more time together, but feel that with both their work schedules and a pregnancy, they can’t commit to this study now. PRAY!
Discovering the Bible
Pray for the Kimatong team as they develop and use a new Bible story set to help new believers grow in their faith. Pray that all believers would be discipled and understand more and more how to “live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God…” (Colossians 1:10). Praise God for Laarim believers who are starting their own DBS bible studies. Pray for good, abundant, and lasting fruit among the Laarim.
Diaspora in Europe
Praise God for a new believer from a Muslim background in La Rochelle. Pray for his discipleship journey and wisdom as he shares with his family.
Praise God for new households of peace and discovery groups among a UPG in Southern Morocco which is the fruit of Tharsis Betel, our partner ministry in Spain.
Pray for engaging extended families of our Saharawi friends in Jerez in a refugee camp in Algeria the beginning of March. Pray for open doors for fruitful ministry.
Luka to the Lopit!
Luka and Umjuma are a wonderful Christian couple in Torit who believe God is calling them to be missionaries to the Lopit. Luka himself is a Lopit, and has felt God leading him back to his people over the last few years. This week he is (hopefully) in Iboni, getting a feel for the work that our Lopit team is doing there. He will be shadowing Robert, learning from him, getting a picture of the possibility of him and his family joining the ministry of that team. Pray for the Lord’s clear leading in all this! Pray for the Lopit team and us to know how to move forward to incorporate this couple into the team. Pray for the church in Torit to be ready to send them.
Diaspora in USA
The purpose statement for the Int’l Student ministry we partner with is: “To make Christ known among the international students at the local area colleges and throughout the world.” Pray for many students to respond to the Gospel.
Continue to pray for salvation for A., a Hindu student who has been regularly attending church with us because he wants to know more about the “culture of Christians” (his words). He will be taking his last exam for his Master’s program today and is currently interviewing for jobs which will most likely result in his moving out of our area.
Diaspora in Philadelphia
Pray for the March 6 outreach to Muslim event. We’re also taking people to a Turkish and Arab music event.
Pray for the planning of an Easter picnic in the park, we’re inviting diaspora friends to learn about the meaning of Easter.
Pray for planning a “better understanding” event that will bring local church and mosque members together to talk about their faiths.
Pray for a Saudi Muslim Background Believer student who is discouraged. He will stay with JF’s family and be introduced to an Arab fellowship.
Injury and Difficulty
Please pray for a Rangi evangelist who has injured his foot while riding his motorcycle through sand to visit people and share the gospel. This is the second time in a month he has had such an injury. He feels the heat of spiritual battle. He is begging the Lord for protection and for progress as people are learning about Christ and beginning to put their faith in Him. Please pray with him.
Diaspora in Montreal
Praise for three New Testament Bibles given out to our friends, after months of gospel discussions with them. Pray R, H, and A would read their Bibles and the Holy Spirit would open their eyes to the Truth. One of them, an Algerian man, told us he has been wanting a Bible for the past ten years.
Patience
Please pray that older believers would be patient with new believers. May they be humble and compassionate, willing to speak the truth with understanding and discernment and wisdom. May God strip away all self-righteousness and spiritual pride… and may the new believers and older ones dwell constantly in the Word.
Trainings
Praise God for the good training for Toposa disciples on sustainability as a long-term solution for supporting disciples. Pray for the upcoming 2- month- long full training for disciples in March and April. Pray for shelters for the training and accommodation that still need to be built. Pray for unity, wisdom and strength for both the team and disciple leaders to overcome various challenges.
Similar Languages
The Ndengereko and the M people have languages that are similar. Pray that believers from the M tribe will share the gospel of Christ with the Ndengereko, and that many new churches will be planted through their witness.
Floods and Needs
Recently we asked for prayer for villages in our area that were greatly affected by recent floods. Praise the Lord for how He has provided help in the initial recovery, and especially thank Him for how He raised up the new local church in one village to reach out to their community with Christ’s love and take advantage of the many opportunities the Lord presented for the Gospel to be shared. Please keep praying for all the people of these farming villages, as many lost their seed supplies for this next season of planting. Pray for the Lord’s continued provision for these people. Pray for those who heard the Gospel and experienced Christ’s love through His church to come to faith in Christ. And pray for the local believers to keep persevering in these circumstances, especially pray for the health of the evangelist’s family.
Zealous People
A number of Christian workers have recently had to leave the Digo. Please pray for many more to replace them, for believers in Christ to go live among the Digo and share the gospel and teach Scripture. Pray that as the Digo have been known for their zeal for Islam in the past, soon they will become known for an even greater zeal for Christ.
Outreach
Pray for the outreach planned for next week among the Jiye. Ask God to prepare many hearts to hear and respond to the gospel.
More and More of Them
South Asian Muslims fear the reprisals if they leave Islam to follow Christ. They fear the reactions of their extended families. Nevertheless, more and more of them have a deep hunger to know more about the Bible and Jesus Christ. More and more of them are dissatisfied with their present way of life. Pray for spiritual breakthroughs. Pray for many to be saved and confess Christ openly.
Needing deliverance
Several of the new believers battle panic attacks and depression. Two have said that when they try to call on Jesus’ name, their tongues feel heavy, unable to move. Please ask for deliverance from fear, from unforgiveness and lies. Ask that each be overwhelmed by the Holy Spirit and be freed by calling on the Name of Jesus in the moments that fears and lies try to rise. Pray that believers would ‘set aside any deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.’
