Indoor socially-distanced activities have relaunched:
– Thanking God that we have relaunched indoor activities for Friends (women’s group) and the girls’ Homework Club (ages 11-18).
– Pray for God’s provision of attendees, for open hearts and health.
Christmas story presentation for Muslim women:
– Pray for friends using 6 weeks of English lessons to read portions from the Bible of the Christmas story.
– Pray for our next Zoom sewing session on the 14th Dec. We will share an Arabic/English presentation about the announcement of Jesus’ birth (Luke 1). Pray for open ears and hearts!

We have had to close Pamoja English classes till at least the beginning of January. We are switching back to online classes till things open up. Please pray for God- ordained conversations on our zoom meetings.
Please pray for our Sunday house church. S. from Somalia has not come the last couple of times. She is making excuses each time. Please pray that God will give her a hunger and thirst to come and hear from God’s Word. A. from Algeria has been coming regularly and is growing in his faith.

Praise God for some good conversations over the last week. Please pray that as restrictions in France ease that I can meet with the friends I’ve been having spiritual conversations with.
Pray especially for a new Moroccan friend I met a couple weeks before the recent lockdown. Pray that during this Christmas season I would be able to share the Gospel with her, and that God would give her a soft heart to really hear it.

Please join us in prayer for the Mommy & Toddler class launching on Saturday mornings. We ask God to send his Holy Spirit to guide this time and trust His work in the lives of our student’s children. Luke 18:16+17
We praise Jesus! I have been able to connect with a brother in Christ from DRC during the new evening men English conversation classes. Last Tuesday during class, God provided and I used Genesis 1:2 and Luke 1:35 to explain the deity of Christ and pray with N’s family, Please pray for our friend N’s family. Her brother was recently kidnapped and is being held for ransom in her home country. We pray for his safe release and this family to find their ransom already paid by the blood of Jesus. Gen.50:20 and 1 Peter 1:19

The Ethiopian Youth Bible Club is moving to a natural point of decision, and only the Lord knows which of these dear young people truly understand the Gospel and have personally trusted Jesus. May we have wisdom to work in harmony with God’s Spirit as He invites them to receive His mercy.

Praise for the two zoom international cafe club meetings since lockdown. Though few in number, two stayed for the Bible study afterwards. Pray for the Word to bring fruit and the many North African students to return when we start meeting in person again the 11th and the 18th.
Pray for fruitful phone conversations with islanders in the next 10 days before I leave to the States for Christmas.

On December 5th we are Christmas caroling for about 35 families in 5 groups. These are all people we have relationships with. Please pray for the message of Christ to be made clear.
As families get their food donation this month may they be fed physically and spiritually.
Pray our group would be both bold through the Holy Spirit, proclaiming biblical truth, and be willing to host someone in their home during the month.

Our street evangelism team has three more outings this year. Pray for open hearts.
Pray for a guy named Ch. I met last week while evangelizing. He claims faith but has many struggles. I am trying to start a bible study with him, but he has been hesitant. My wife has been witnessing to two Indian coworkers, one also took a job at the same clinic so will still be working with her. Pray that as she shares Jesus with them, that they will be drawn to Him.

We continue to have good fellowship with 3 Somali young men. Br. is helping one learn to drive and another has asked to do English practice. One young man named “A”, who was previously a bit guarded, has started talking about his story and the trauma he experienced in Somalia. Pray that we would be the listening ears he and others need. We pray regularly with two of them, please pray that Jesus would become real to them and we would have opportunities to share more of the gospel.

Praise God for Somali friends we are making and the relationships that are developing. One of the couples we met in Walmart lives in an apartment and has a business close to our house. Please pray that these relationships grow and bear fruit.
Pray for other Somalis who have shown interest in English help through Refuge International. Pray also for volunteers from churches to meet this need and to be witnesses.
Praise God for a core group of people who have overseas experience in the Horn here in Louisville.
Please pray as we develop a training to help the church confidently engage Somalis with the Gospel.
Praise God for His great faithfulness.

One of my language students who had previously left Islam told me this week that he had attended an Arabic speaking church last week for the first time. Please pray that the Holy Spirit will continue to open his eyes to the new life that Jesus has to offer him.
Praise God for the increased attendance via Zoom for Women’s International Sewing group this past month. Ask God for a spiritual harvest from devotions provided during sewing time.
Praise God for the arrival of a family now getting involved with ministry in the “Somali” area of the city.

We’re in a semi-lockdown mode right now. We’re connected with a lot of families whose kids struggle when things are “normal” at school. With schools here going partly or fully online, and families sharing computers between 5 or 6 kids, parents working two or three jobs to keep afloat, and many parents unequipped to help their kids with even the basics of elementary school but passionately wanting their kids to succeed, and kids thinking maybe it’s all just an extended vacation, and a whole lot of fear of COVid and economic concerns – parents here are really stressing. Please pray for these kids, wisdom for us as we try to help as many of our friends as we can with their kids’ educational needs and pray that we may not grow weary in doing good and be the salt and light of Jesus in the process.

We are praising God for the start of two citizenship programs this past month. This has been a great touch point for many of our friends who have been here 3-5 years. Please pray they can learn both American citizenship and heavenly citizenship as we have both curriculums going.
Please pray for individual interactions during Thanksgiving, and planning for a Christmas caroling event.

Praise for a small kid’s club that happened in mid-October. Pray for the truth they heard to take root in these young lives. Pray for the cases of Covid to be reduced to be able to have more outreach to children after this month of lockdown.
Praise for the city-wide prayer march on Oct 31. Though the lockdown prevented us from going far from home, we were able to cover all of Marseille virtually. Continue praying that God will bless this city, and the Spirit will blow open spiritually dark doors into HIs glorious Light.
Pray for wisdom and sensitivity and truth-filled conversations with the latest lockdown restrictions. Zoom and WhatsApp connections are not possible for many. Pray for creativity and opportunities for connections during the hour per day exercise or shopping we are allowed.

The community garden is officially closed as of October 31st. Praise God for how He has used the garden to build relationships within the diaspora community and to open doors to collaborate and form partnerships with community agencies. Pray for ongoing relationships and gospel seeds to grow!
Pray for open hearts among my patients and hospital staff and opportunities to share Truth.

Praise: “L” (Algerian) and “S” (Tunisian) are studying the Bible!
Prayer: Please pray for our 20 new ESL students. Most of them have been in Canada for less than a year. Please pray that God would convict them of their need for a Saviour. Please pray that despite the COVID restrictions, we can have a Christmas celebration where we can share about Jesus.
Please pray for “S”, that as he goes through the Al Massira Bible study and reads his Bible, the Holy Spirit would convict him of his sin and need of a Saviour.
Please pray for “L” that as he reads the gospels for the first time (mostly because he is convinced that Jesus never claimed to be God) he would be confronted with the Truth, that he would meet Jesus and understand his need for Him.

We can praise God that I had an opportunity to present the gospel to our soccer team, which that day had 9 Somalis participating. Pray for the family of some of these boys, as we continue to develop relationships with them. Pray that they will be able to come to our home for Thanksgiving as they have committed to doing.
Pray that I can find refugee families to connect with some of our volunteers.

We praise Jesus! At a recent English language learning outreach, I was sharing the story of Daniel in the lion’s den. One of the students interrupted and said “the king believed in the God of Daniel.” That same student almost immediately downloaded the Bible app in their language. Pray with us that God reaches this family through His word in their heart language. (Luke 24:32)
We praise Jesus! One of our students sought prayer about bad dreams after a recent lesson about Jacob, Pharaoh, and Joseph. Join us in praying for relief from the disturbing dreams and an invasion of the King of Glory into her dreams. (Psalm 24:7)
Pray that God sends us more and more African UPG’s to the ESL classes and outreaches. Pray that they come with a hungering for the good news of Jesus.

Please pray for A. from Algeria that he would grow in his love and knowledge of the Lord.
Please pray for S. from Somalia that her eyes would be opened to the truth of the Good News.
Please pray for D. from Gambia that he would be able to attend our Sunday fellowship. Please pray that God would open his eyes to the truth.
Please pray for safety and health for all of our students and teachers as we continue to hold English classes each week at PH.
Please pray for fearful hearts among our diaspora friends to turn to the one who can bring healing.

Pray for the relationships that our teams are making with Muslims refugees.
Pray for the Portuguese classes that are starting up again in Passo Fundo and Tabejara.
Pray for the contacts and visits that we are resuming with our partner churches and that are interested in our refugee outreach training.
Keep praying for the health and safety of all our members, even though the situation of Covid-19 is much better, we still have many cases and everyone needs to take care.

This month I will begin making home visits to members of the diaspora community with chronic health issues and both expectant and new moms. Pray for opportunities to both demonstrate and proclaim the love and hope of Christ.

Continue to pray for the Sunday Zoom class of Ethiopian youth who for the last 4 months have followed God’s Story through the OT. Nov 8 we pick up the Story in the NT. May the truths of salvation through faith in Messiah Jesus’ sacrifice now become real to their hearts!
Praise God that little things are sometimes surprisingly caught, just through life on life. Last week our Ethiopian evangelist friend shared how he was “storying” Acts 12 in segments to his family in the evenings, and they were loving it!

Continue to pray for GROW ESL classes and attendance on ZOOM. Pray for wisdom when to have in-person classes. Pray for relationships to grow during COVID.
Pray for plans to invite several Muslim friends to a Thanksgiving meal. Pray for good conversations with each of those who attend.

* Praise we have had regular time of fellowship with a few muslim Somali young men at our home. Pray for open hearts, and that we would boldly proclaim Jesus to these guys.
* Pray that we would have clarity with moving forward in ministry during covid as many meetings have been cancelled or are very cautious.
*B & CL have been asked to speak, pray that the body would see our vision for the diaspora ministry in Winnipeg. Thank you for praying!

Pray for our weekly Ethiopian Youth Bible Clubs on Zoom. Lately the youth are beginning to feel freer to ask us questions—serious questions! And our Ethiopian colleague told us the other night that, around the corners—not visible on our computer screens, some parents are also listening in on these Bible lessons! We certainly need God’s wisdom.

* Praise for about 300 bikes given away over the summer, and significant relationships built in the process.
* Thanks also for solution to our storage problem for the winter – a school that has a large Yazidi population has a settlement worker, who requested our help with getting bikes into the hands of the kids there. I am working on finding a time when I can interact with this community to repair and distribute bikes.
* Pray that conversations around our back yard fire pit, bike rides, and continued Jesus conversations will happen with our many new found friends.
* Pray for safety and wisdom as we continue to engage with our many friends who have requested tutoring and help with educating their newcomer children.

Pray God’s Spirit would open the hearts of two Imams, A and S, with whom Da and Ke are working.
Please also give thanks with us for a very successful outreach picnic: The imam left the picnic smiling. I texted him after I got home: “A, thank you for bringing your people tonight. I really enjoyed it.” The imam replied: “You’re welcome Ke. We felt the same way. You guys are awesome.” So, seeds planted, relationships begun or strengthened. We are grateful to God for what He has done.

* Beyond our group there is momentum for a new Arabic- speaking  Muslim Background Believers’ church in Dearborn. Let’s pray this into reality!
* A lot of classes are starting for us this month including 3 citizenship classes. We want these to be a gateway into relationships that the gospel might be shared.
* Please pray for wisdom to know what to prioritize especially in these days of online schooling.
* Wisdom on if and what to do for Thanksgiving and Christmas events.

* Continue praying for an open door for the kid’s club (Sept 26) that had to be postponed for the third time because of reinforced covid restrictions. Pray for heart preparation of the children and parents for the eventual opportunity.
* Pray for a good restart of a smaller kid’s club on Oct 14 in another center.
* Praise for good weather and new students as our international cafe club was held in the park for 3 Friday’s while the usual center was unavailable. Pray for the Word to take root in those who stay after for the study.
* Pray for the covid cases to lessen and no further restrictions. This city is one of two with the highest cases in France and more clamping down on activities have been put in place. Continue praying for opportunities to proclaim truth and hearing well with the mask challenges.

* Pray with us for English tutoring outreaches on Friday, Saturday, and Monday of each week. We are partnering volunteers with our students, (& their families), by gathering in area parks close to student’s homes to practice English and fellowship. Pray that we and our students are blessed with wisdom and understanding from our LORD God. (Proverbs 3:13)
* Pray for the Bible lessons we’re teaching each week with our students. We trust God’s word to accomplish God’s purposes. (Isaiah 55:11)
* We praise God that His Holy Spirit is working among UPGs in this area and they are thirsting for the good news of Jesus.

* Please pray for our DBS on Sunday mornings, that God will open up S./M.’s heart to understanding the Gospel. She and her son come from the Horn. Please also pray for A. that he would grow in his faith in Jesus. Please pray for his wife to be able to come join him from N. Africa. Please pray as we intentionally invite other diaspora friends to join our study.
* Please pray for opportunities to share stories from God’s Word with our diaspora friends.

* Praise God for a growing relationship with Mr. A who is an immigrant from our hometown in the Horn.
* Praise for a group of people who meet monthly to pray for Somalis and engage them with the Gospel.
* Praise for a growing understanding of the lay of the land in Louisville and potential opportunities for outreach.
* Pray for peace in the city and opportunities to point people to Christ during this time of pain and protests.
* Pray for opportunities for JJ to connect with Somali women. Wisdom in how to order our days.

* Starting from October 1st I am going to try to move some of my English teaching which has been done outside in local parks inside to a local church venue. Please pray for the transition.
*Praise that the international women’s sewing and international university student Bible study groups are expanding through online access. Please pray that those attending would see their need for a Saviour and turn to Jesus.

* Praise for N (Moroccan who recently believed) being baptized two weeks ago at our church. She is now being further discipled. She is already inviting her friends/family to church and sharing the gospel.
* Praise for a space (rented gym) to have our Impactkids.ca program with 10 North African children signed up for our first drop-in last Saturday October 3rd
* Praise for a space (church) to have our English conversation classes- first one Saturday October 10th.
* Pray for our Impact Kids- that we will do well from a COVID-19 perspective, connect well with the families, and that the seeds of the gospel would take root in the kids’ hearts through the story of Noah.
* Pray for a good group of North Africans to sign up to our English conversation classes, that God would call those whom he is already at work in.

Praise God for the opening of the community center/café: Le Quai 67! Business is fairly slow at the moment, but we are starting to meet people in the community. Oct 2 we started French classes and today we start a time for moms and young children!
I recently met a North African woman from the neighborhood. She has two young children and is longing for community. We met for coffee and connected really well.
I’ve met with several friends at the café over the past week- it’s a great connecting place! Praise God for several Gospel conversations with friends.

* Praise God for the good turnout for our Welcoming Week events. We are thankful for the relationships that were formed and nurtured and for the fruitful conversations.
* Our non-profit board will be meeting on October 8th to discuss and plan how to move forward with the community center in Noel. Please pray for wisdom as we consider the next steps.
* We will be having a closing event at the garden on October 25th. This will be a Fall themed event for families. Pray that many will come and that the Lord will guide and direct our time together.

* Praise God for the B. family and for the way the Lord is opening the doors for them to go to Caxias do Sul. Pray for the two day trip, for their adaptation in the region and to start the work among Senegalese refugees.
* Pray for It. and Su. They have had difficulties to develop ministry again, as their area is still a red flag for Covid-19.
* Continue praying for the involvement of new Brazilian churches with the Diaspora Ministry.
* Pray for Brazil, especially for the south where most of our members are. At this time of winter we are going through the peak of the pandemic.

Pray for developing relationship with a Somali leader who is now helping me coach my son’s soccer team.

Pray for creative ways to develop relationships and get to share our beliefs. Pray for soften hearts to be receptive to the Gospel.

* Praise for Initial contacts with Somalis in our neighborhood and in the city.
* Pray for the establishment of good relationships and rapport among Somalis and local churches.
* Pray for J as she seeks opportunities among Somali women

* Pray for our ESL and citizenship classes to fill up with students and teachers! Our goal is to have classes going by October 8th.
* One Sudanese family has begun to do weekly Discovery Bible Studies through the sermon on the Mount. May they recognize Christ as savior and the word as truth.
* Please pray for Zawadi and the Zomaf African team to be able to effectively reach Swahili and French speaking diaspora youth.