Reports are coming in about an outbreak of Cholera in the Nuba Mountains as well as other parts of Sudan. The war in Sudan is worsening the humanitarian crisis and contributing to the spread of cholera. Pray for people suffering medically, emotionally, and spiritually. Lord have mercy on the people of Sudan!
Wind of the Spirit blow!
There is continued warfare in the North, where Mwani and other UPGs (Makua Nahara, Makwe, Koti) live. It just keeps going on. Pray for Islamist militias to repent and throw down their guns before the Prince of Peace. Refugees fleeing south to escape violence: pray for practical ministry and revelation of the Prince of Peace! Ask that the wind of the Spirit may blow.
Believers grow strong
Pray for the Datooga believers to grow strong in their faith and ‘walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.’ (Col1:10)
Reading
Praise God for the growing number of people reading the word in our country. Pray the seeds planted would yield much fruit.
Bold believers
Praise Jesus for strong bold Arab believers who witness online. A young Amazighi brother was in the countryside and said he found 17 who seemed open and 6 that he talked to directly about Christ. He has been watching TikTok videos about Jesus by Arab believers from a nearby country and is sharing them with his friends who don’t read. His not-yet-believing wife also watched several. Pray that Christians would carefully speak the full gospel as revealed in Scripture and that those listening would believe.
Listen to the message
Pray for the evangelists who are reaching out to the Digo. Pray the Lord will open many hearts among the Digo to listen to the message the evangelists bring and be saved.
A Silent Revolution in the Bara Mountains
The Bara are embracing new things. Even in remote mountain villages, you can now find young Bara men and women with smartphones, scrolling through Facebook. In Betroka, for example, about 90% of the youth are on Facebook, and there are even Facebook pages dedicated to Betroka and the Bara people. So, we have launched a new media ministry aimed at reaching the youth through videos that speak directly to them—videos about Jesus Christ, salvation, repentance, and powerful testimonies. Because if the Bara youth are on social media, then we will be there too—proclaiming that Jesus Christ is the one and only Savior. These videos also accompany our projector-based outreach efforts in villages, amplifying our in-person evangelism with a growing digital presence.
Radio work
This week a building team will arrive from Northern Ireland to continue construction on the new site of the Good News Radio Station. Construction on the tower up on the hill is also underway. Praise God for the partnership with Helimission and LIFT (Labour in Faith and Trust) to make all this possible. Please pray for our radio team who are trying to reach far off Tsimihety villages with the good news through radio. One of them is facing an extremely difficult situation, please pray for this man to continue to look the Lord for joy, peace and deliverance.
Brink of catastrophe
Pray for Yemen- UNICEF says that years of conflict and economic crisis has left the country in a dire condition. Health and educational systems have collapsed. Pray for an end to the conflict, for suffering people to get the help they need, and for the many refugees who have fled around the world to hear the gospel and be saved.
Engage
Pray for the Kingdom workers engaged along the Coast- for the Lord to bless them with much fruit!
And pray for more workers to engage the remaining unreached/unengaged Islands.
Cholera and hunger
We are in the middle of a cholera outbreak and the community has experienced a lot of loss. The small clinic here is under staffed, lacking supplies and over worked, but they continue to curb the impact of this epidemic. Pray for the Lord’s mercy!
Despite this cholera outbreak and this being the hunger season, The Lord has brought rain for the gardens, and He is strengthening the faithful few Believers here as they are learning to look to Christ for their help. Pray for them.
Being discipled
Pray for the Makuwa Nahara fellowship as they are discipled about communion, baptism and other doctrines. Pray for the ongoing messages on the radio to be anointed and penetrate the hearts of the many listeners.
Still no church
After years of faithful witness and conversions, there is still no known church in the old city. Believers are afraid to gather together. Pray for a breakthrough.
Maid of Honor now a Bride of Christ!
PRAISE for HARVEST!! There continue to be stories of more and more people coming to Jesus and people getting baptized. One M lady we have been praying for, Asha, just became a believer on June 3rd! She had been attending pre-martial wedding counseling sessions as the maid of honor with her Christian friend who’s getting married this weekend. As the pastor was teaching about marriage to the engaged couple, this led to questions she had about Jesus, and an opportunity for her to hear the Good News about the church being the bride of Christ. Now she is not only walking alongside her friend as maid of honor at the wedding, but she is also her sister in Christ, blessed to be invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb! (Rev. 19:9) Amen and Alleluia!
Lord of the Harvest
Ask the Lord of the Harvest to send laborers into the Tuareg field. Pray believers living nearby would be burdened to reach out to their neighbors in love and share the gospel.
Only He can change hearts!
We resonate strongly with Paul’s words in Romans 15 and his desire to “bring the Gentiles to obedience of faith — by word and deed, by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God.” Pray for God to reveal Himself to the Rangi people through words and deeds and signs and wonders and the power of the Holy Sprit. Only He can change hearts.
Outreach 21 June
Pray for the CPC Mission Hub as they go on an outreach and Art Evangelism tomorrow (Saturday, 21June) to Gatesville – a local Karana/Muslim community suburb in South Africa. Pray that many will encounter the truth of the Gospel through conversations and questions. Pray for the blood of Jesus to cover the team, especially the young people. Pray for Persons of Peace to be found in the area as the team goes out.
Pray for peace
Pray for peace and stability in the areas where the Fulani live. The Sahel region has more terrorism-related deaths than the rest of the world combined! Militant jihadist groups are wreaking havoc. Pray for the Lord to intervene so the Light can shine on people living in darkness.
Training Center
Please pray for the work on the training center to continue and for us to be able to finish it by September. Pray the Lord would use this center to raise up more Matumbi disciple-makers to reach their own people and beyond.
Openness
Praise: One Muslim girl, H, gave her life to the LORD a few weeks ago. Pray for her growth in the faith.
Pray for a particular family, Mama M and her son. Their journey has been long, and we continue to encourage them. Pray for openness to the gospel.
Facing threats
Pray for Holy Spirit empowered interactions, and discipling for all of our AICMD team in O-land. One NB, K, in our teammate’s village is studying regularly but facing threats from his wife that she will leave him because of his faith. Pray he will stand firm, and that she would also come to Jesus!
Gift of faith
Pray for A, who is studying the Bible with a teammate. Pray for the gift of faith as he reads the book of John.
Pray for O, who has been watching the Jesus film with a teammate. Pray for him to be convicted of his sin, to see the difference between the gospel and the message of Islam.
Share with others
Pray for the family and the young lady from Karana background that came to Christ. Pray that they will continue to thirst for God’s Word and to know Jesus more and share the good things God has done for them.
Draw him to Christ
Today our language teacher, a Som** Muslim, came for our prayer meeting. He is very open to learn about and discuss the Bible. We are also working together in some community projects. Pray that the Holy Spirit would use these opportunities to draw him to Christ.
2 months
Please continue to pray for the believers in prison. Today marks 2 months since the verdict was announced for our brothers & sister in Libya. Pray that the Lord will accomplish His purposes in His timing. Pray that the lawyers & outside parties would be able to do something for our friends inside. We know it will be a mighty miracle so we continue to pray. May the Lord prevail upon the authorities to “Let My people go!”
Your kingdom come!
Praise that workers for the Saharawi were able to gather for a time of vision casting, prayer, collaboration, and mutual encouragement. May God’s Kingdom come and His will be done among the Saharawi!
Radio Ministry
We have another tower going up in the next month or so. We would appreciate prayer for the many details involved in constructing a radio tower, both in the community and technically. And pray for the blessing of ears to hear the gospel we broadcast for everyone who listens!
Revelation and salvation
Pray for Mama S. She is a single mother of 4 and is expecting another baby any time now, with no father figure around. The physical needs of the family are seemingly endless and the spiritual needs even greater. Pray for God’s miraculous revelation and salvation upon this family.
In need of a Lamb
On June 6, 45 million Algerians slaughtered a sheep and sought forgiveness for their sins on the biggest holiday of the Islamic calendar, Eid al Adha, or The Feast of the Sheep. As the story goes according to Islam, Abraham climbed the mountain with his son Ishmael and laid him upon the altar to demonstrate his commitment to God. Just as he raised the knife over his trembling son’s body, God provided a lamb.
The 46 million people and 34 unreached people groups of Algeria deserve to know that God did provide a Lamb, and His name is Jesus. There is no need to continue the spilling of blood, for through the blood of Jesus, atonement has been made for every Algerian.
Baptism
We are planning to have a baptism sometime in the next few weeks for about 7-8 new Matumbi believers. Please pray for protection for these new believers as they follow Christ and get baptized.
Heard the gospel
Many people have heard the gospel in the hospital. Pray that God will guide them to Christ as they go home.
God‘s strategy
We are thankful that Timothy reports faithful gatherings and meetings with various of the small groups of NBs that are out of our reach. We also long to be a part of them gathering, but it seems we draw too much attention right now. Pray for Timothy to keep understanding and growing in depth of relationship and new truths – and faithfully, wisely and boldly sharing these with the small groups.
Gospel being shared
This week, our dear pastors visited four more villages with the Jesus Film. The children’s program is still running in the hands of our faithful partners and collaborators. We also produced two more videos for the Noma de Madagascar project, which focuses on media and evangelism. Pray for our partners to be filled with the Spirit and serve empowered by Him and provided for by Him. Pray for many who hear the gospel to believe it and be saved!
Genesis 1-16!
Our translator has finished 16 chapters of Genesis, which I will check and digitalize. Pray for wisdom in translating well. May this book be a great blessing to the Tanala people!
New generation
Please be in prayer for the new generation! For the new generation of Sunday school teachers and for the development of a ministry strictly reaching out to the adolescents of our districts! That these young ones will come to know Christ as their Lord and Savior, and know just how loved and important they are!
Seekers become believers
Diaspora in England: The Light House internet project continues to be messaged on a regular basis by people from the UK S community. Many of these people are wanting to message in S rather than English. In response to this please pray that God will lead us to more S speakers to join our team of online responders. And pray these seekers would become believers!
Greater journey
Islanders who can find the money will try to complete the Hajj pilgrimage at least once in their lives. This year’s Hajj is just finishing and islanders who have gone are returning. They may bring gifts of clothing or holy water for family and friends, and maybe a framed photograph of their time on the Hajj, which will have pride of place in their house. Family and friends will visit them to congratulate and be blessed by them. Please pray with us that many would come to know the God who made the greater journey, who came all the way from Heaven to save us.
Summer camps and outreach
Diaspora in Germany: Pray for a summer camp for 20 Yemeni new believers—pray for fruitful times of learning, encouragement, and deepening faith.
In July, we will be involved in a local outreach, followed by another outreach in August with another team. Pray for good preparation, unity, and open hearts.
Pray for our brother Fars’, who was recently deported back to his Muslim country. He is living in fear, as there is a risk that authorities may discover he is a follower of Jesus.
Pray for a dear Yemeni brother, M, who came to Christ and has grown significantly this year. Sadly, he was recently deported to Strasbourg. Due to complications with his documentation, he spent three days on the street. Pray for his protection, provision, and continued spiritual growth.
New Agricultural Project Begins
We thank God for a new initiative beginning at our farm, led by Agronomist Emmanuel and his wife, who have come from Uganda to serve alongside us. Please keep them in your prayers as they begin this important work that we trust will bless the community both spiritually and physically. Pray for blessing on the farm and the new practices Emmanuel will introduce. Pray for God’s mercy for the many hungry people suffering right now.
Finish well
Diaspora in Wales: Thank God for the times of hospitality we as a team share with our students during the English Class coffee/tea time and the Sewing Class snack time. As we get to know these women, we have wonderful opportunities to share the reason for our faith in Jesus Christ. Pray for them to believe!
Thank God for a successful launch of the after-school Young Women’s English Literacy Class. Praise God for answered prayer as we learnt that one student is someone we had prayed for 3 years ago (her mother used to come to English classes and had asked us to pray for her daughter’s visa application and safe arrival to the U.K.).
Pray for good attendance during the remainder of this term and for the end of term Women’s Sewing and English class celebrations on June 30 & July 1st.
