Diaspora in Oregon: Praise for some wonderful gatherings around Christmas both in homes and larger groups met together. We were incredibly blessed by the relationships and the growth in them that we’ve seen over the past year. What a joy!
Pray for more opportunities to share scripture and discuss things of Jesus with our friends. Pray for times of connection that surprise us and go far beyond anything we could ever ask, think or imagine!
Diaspora in France: On Christmas Day an international student from Lebanon came for dinner and spent the evening with us. She is a newish believer and knows very few Christians in Paris. She has been here only two months and it’s her first time away from home. Pray the Holy Spirit will strengthen and encourage this new young sister, growing her faith despite loneliness and being mocked in her workplace (an internship) because of her faith in Jesus.
Diaspora in France: Pray that *Asha, a student from Morocco with whom we have become good friends, will start studying the Bible with me. We can see God working in both her and her family.
Diaspora in France: Our winter Christmas Camp went really well, praise God! The Lord worked out all of the details and provided the way for all of our students, team members, and volunteers to come, some even in spite of challenges. Pray that the Gospel seeds that were planted will take root and grow!
Diaspora in Finland: Praise for a good turnout and really good Christmas services. Pray that God will continue to use these special times together to touch the hearts of the people who don’t know Jesus yet.
Diaspora in Florida: Praise God that I have re-established relationships with the two local imams and have been able to resume mosque visits. Pray for the Lord to open the imans’ hearts to the gospel.
Diaspora in Wales: We have noticed an increasing presence of fear among the immigrant and asylum-seeking communities due primarily to the highly publicised political forums against asylum-seekers and immigrants in the U.K. Pray that the Christmas salvation message shared in the English and Sewing classes will stir hearts as we continue discussions this month.
Diaspora in Alberta: Pray as the new semester starts tomorrow Jan 12 at the New Canadian Hub. Pray for wisdom as we meet new ESL students, so that we would know who to invest our time with. Ask the Lord to open hearts for gospel conversations.
Diaspora in Minnesota: Pray for some Muslim friends to join ‘The Journey to the Mountain’ and learn from the words of Jesus. Ask the Spirit to speak to many and draw them to Jesus.
Diaspora in Michigan: PTL for a good Christmas gathering with our Afghan friends. Pray for a regular Bible study among Afghans that would be the beginning of a church.
Diaspora in Georgia: Pray for a hike with a Senegalese friend on Saturday (January 10th) — that we would deepen in friendship and that she would start to realize there’s a difference between Islam and Christianity.
Diaspora in Wales: Praise God for the recent baptism of S who is from a closed country and attends our English classes. In September, several of us went to the funeral of her daughter-in-law who succumbed to a rare cancer. Pray for S, the first believer in her family, and for her family as they continue to grapple with life in the midst of loss.
Diaspora in Michigan: Pray on Jan 7 as I take a refugee woman to her appointment at homeland security. We are not quite sure the purpose of the meeting and she and her family (husband and 2 children) fear the worst.
Diaspora in England: Praise God for a good spiritual discussion at the end of term in the English conversation class, and for the opportunity to dispel some common myths about what Christians believe.
Pray for the 30+ Smli women who received goody bags with Scripture calendars in Smli, that they would read the Scripture verses and want to read more of the Bible.
Pray for the start of the new term, that we’d have a good number of women at both classes and that we’d deepen our relationships with these women.
Diaspora in Ontario: Pray for believers Hafi*, Kevin*, Stuart* and Bob* living in Afghan!stan being discipled over the internet, now studying the book of Acts. Praise the Lord 3 of them were able to gather for a mini underground Christmas celebration. Praise the Lord they got coal to keep their families warm through sometimes subzero winter weather there. Pray for their safety going through every Tal!ban checkpoint in their cities. Pray for God to open a door for them to leave the country if He wills.
Diaspora in Ontario: Pray for a Som Christian matriarch who is struggling with health both physically and cognitively. Please pray for healing for her and her family which has struggled with sibling rivalry, grandchildren who’ve left the faith, and others with serious illness and handicaps. Pray for us to be a blessing to them. Praise for one grandson who is seriously following Jesus, and another who has grown closer to Him over the last couple of months.
Diaspora in Brazil: Praise God for the year, for the students we had. Praise Him for the opportunity to share Jesus with them. Praise the Lord for the lives He has touched here in Acarape through us and we pray that they remain in the Spirit.
Diaspora in England: Up to now the majority of people who have responded to LightHouse video and social media posts have been male. Pray this will start to change and that we will receive more enquiries from S women. In particular pray for a good reception for our first testimonial by an S lady which LightHouse plans to have ready for posting online by the end of this month.
Diaspora in Ontario: Pray for Navid, a zealous Muslim leader from Afghanistan who every Friday afternoon, performs da’wah (Muslim evangelism) with 4-8 other leaders at a location where I sometimes do street evangelism. Our debates led nowhere, but Navid was willing to pray to the God who created the Heavens and the Earth to show us all the truth. Pray God will answer and Navid sees the truth!
Pray for a teenage girl named Neema, originally from Rwanda who met me during street evangelism. She said one of her parents is Muslim and the other Christian. She heard the gospel intently and accepted Christ as her Saviour – Praise the Lord! Pray for her to follow on this commitment to the Lord.
Diaspora in Ontario: Pray for the ministry involving a few Somali people. While there aren’t many yet willing to fully open their hearts, they are open to conversation. We are patiently waiting for the Lord to open doors, especially within our neighbourhood.
Over the past months, we have connected deeply with two Muslim families, engaging in profound religious conversations. There is now the possibility of starting a Bible study with them. Pray earnestly for wisdom and discernment as we move forward.
Diaspora in Oregon: Pray for opportunities to go deeper with our Muslim friends over the upcoming weeks as we celebrate the holidays together.
Diaspora in Washington DC: Praise God for fun and abundant Thanksgiving celebrations! May He provide additional abundant opportunities for fun and fellowship in His name throughout December.
Praise God for a new sister in Christ! May God grant her steady full-time work so that she can develop financial stability and independence. May she continue to grow in her faith, and have friends who will continue to build her up in the body of believers!
Diaspora in Michigan: Pray for our Conversation Café Christmas party on Dec.19 to be effective in being hospitable as well as clearly sharing the Biblical version of Christmas.
Pray for the 78 Christmas bags that are going out to homes this month. May those delivering them be emboldened to proclaim the gospel. May the truth of the Christmas story that we leave them with make an impact in their lives.
Diaspora in France: Pray for the 5-day Christmas camp that will take place from December 21 to 26. Pray that the atmosphere will be family-friendly, that the Gospel will be preached powerfully, that God will protect us on the roads, that God will provide for all the expenses for this camp and good weather, and that during the camp friendships will develop between students of different nationalities. More than twenty non-believer students from different religious backgrounds are registered for camp.
Diaspora in California: Pray for the Christmas activities with international students. One student from N. Africa has been very involved and interested in spiritual conversations. She has attended church with one of our volunteers but she will be finishing her semester in the US mid-December. Pray the seeds that have been planted will bear fruit Whatever we do, may all the students come to know God’s grace and salvation.
Diaspora in France: After many months of hard work, our team’s first podcast has been launched! This podcast interviews Christian, current and former international university students from around the world who share their joys, struggles, and lessons-learned while being outsiders in foreign countries. This project is a multilingual with various episodes recorded in English, French, and Spanish. The first interviewee is a Congolese international student who moved to Kenya to attend Moffat Seminary, and now has moved to the Netherlands for further studies. Pray God will use these testimonies to reach some of the 7 million worldwide international students who are surely experiencing similar hardships but enduring them without the love, guidance, and comfort of the One who made them!
Diaspora in Georgia: Pray for our ESL Christmas Party on December 13. We want to give students a clear hearing of what Jesus has done for them.
Pray for a showing of the Gospel of John film on December 17 that students will respond with faith in Jesus.
Diaspora in Scotland: Pray for H & S as I continue to meet with them weekly. Pray for spiritual conversations to open.
Pray for the English conversation cafe as we talk about the meaning of Christmas this week.
Diaspora in Oregon: Our team plans to share the hope and truth of Christmas at each of these gatherings. Pray for conversations with those who don’t yet know Jesus.
Diaspora in Florida: Pray for us this week as we help pack 400 boxes for Internationals and deliver them in the next few weeks. We are praying for good conversations with our Moroccan, Japanese, Chinese, and Indian friends through the giving of these boxes.
Pray for 3 upcoming Christmas parties- for people to come with open hearts to the Christmas story.
Praise for 3 Chinese young men who have committed their lives to Christ in the course of a month and a half. Pray for them as they are all back home now.
Diaspora in Wales: Pray that the Christmas message to be shared on Dec 8th & 9th in the English and Sewing classes will stir the hearts of those who attend. Pray for good follow up discussions.
Diaspora in Finland: Pray for our Christmas Party/celebration on December 7th.
Pray for all the preparations and plans come together and that many of the non-Christians we are around would come, and that the Holy Spirit would open their hearts.
We plan to share how many of the prophecies were fulfilled in Jesus.
Diaspora in Scotland: Pray for the school English conversation club – last week the students asked me what my religion was. I’m hoping to build on that conversation in the next few weeks especially as we talk about Christmas.
Diaspora in Calgary: There are many people, from the New Canadian Hub, from our church and from the community, that we have been connecting with recently. We are having our final small group of the year Dec 6. Please pray that God would bring those He wants to come, that the Gospel would be clearly shared as we discuss Christmas.
Diaspora in Germany: Pray for our Christmas Outreach Gathering Dec 6 from 3 to 6p, where we expect around 55–60 migrants from the city and church people. Pray that the atmosphere will be filled with peace, joy, and the presence of Christ. Pray for spirit-led conversations throughout the event, and that God will lead us to men and women of peace who are open to the Gospel and whom He is preparing to hear Good News.
Diaspora in Finland: On Tuesdays at food giveaway program, I’ve started doing a short Bible lesson and Finnish lesson for those who come to help. Pray for the many Hindus, Buddhists, and a couple of Mslims participating with couple of Christians in the mix also.
Diaspora in England: Pray that many of our English students will stay after class for Bible study and that the Lord would speak to them in His word.
Diaspora in Georgia: Pray for Maria, Yesenia, Jennifer, Iryna, Lieu, Niafo, Uzma, Zohra and Barathi to put their faith in Jesus Christ. Pray also for two Muslim women and three Buddhist monks who come to our ESL classes to be saved.
A friend from church and I hope to connect Christian moms who want gospel outreach, with immigrants who want American friends. Pray that these friendships will draw immigrants and new believers into our church.
Diaspora in Wales: Pray for the spiritual discussions during the Tea/Coffee times of the English and Sewing classes as we will explore different components of the Christmas story this month. Pray that those who come will be spiritually hungry and see their need for a Saviour.
Diaspora in Calgary: We’ve made some great connections through the New Canadian Hub already this semester. Pray for ongoing Gospel conversations and friendships.
