Diaspora in Michigan: Praise the Lord for two conversation café’s. Ask the Lord to bring the right students to minister to, recognizing that many we serve are transient.
Lord bring fruit, and fruit that will last. Open the eyes of our team and volunteers to whose hearts you are working on!
Diaspora in Georgia: Pray for all my ESL students to continue to come to class, and that each one will have a clear testimony of faith in Jesus by the end of the year.
Pray for the Lord to open up relationships with immigrants in my neighborhood, those whose hearts are hungry for Jesus.
Pray for a coffee time I will host for neighbors and ESL students on October 18, for relationship building and openness to the gospel. Pray also that there might be a way to provide a moms group for young international moms who want to meet American moms and practice English together.
Diaspora in England: Light House has several new videos and posts planned for this month which have an emphasis on explaining the Bible and people sharing their testimonies. Pray many will watch the videos and read the posts and interact with our team.
Diaspora in Florida: Praise for Henry who was saved this last week. Pray for him to get plugged into a home church when he returns to his home country in a few weeks.
Pray for Tony, William, and Jasmine as they are counting the cost to following Jesus. Pray for their salvation.
Pray for the next few weeks as we are welcoming over 30 new Chinese. Pray as we host them and get connected to them for gospel conversations.
Continue to pray for fruitful conversations with the North Africans. The Moroccans are distancing themselves from us- long story- please pray for the couple of connections that we have that they will stay strong.
Diaspora in England: Praise that numbers are improving in the English Conversation class. Pray for our new parenting class starting on October 9. We have a few spare places so please pray that more parents would sign up. Pray for the Lord to be at work in all our students’ lives.
Diaspora in Ontario: Pray for our Christian Somali friends, especially young adults, to find Christian partners. Pray for parents and grandparents to demonstrate God’s love, grace, and forgiveness to those in their families making mistakes. Pray for those suffering from mental illness to find healing, and for all of us to find the peace of God that passes all understanding as God guards our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Diaspora in Minnesota: Pray for Abdi’ and his wife as he seeks the truth of God and is discovering religion again.
Diaspora in Georgia:
Diaspora in Michigan: Pray for the start of our conversation cafés. One is focusing on Arabs and one on Afghans. Many sound interested in attending. Ask the Lord to make the hearts of those who come hungry for the Bible.
Diaspora in Oregon: Soccer season starts soon. Pray for deepening relationships with the boys on my team and opportunities to share outside of soccer.
Diaspora in Washington DC: Praise God for a NEW SISTER in CHRIST! She’s so eager to read and understand God’s word and we praise God for her eager heart. May He continue to feed her hunger for Him and continue to grow her heart. Today we heard a brother from her country share in an Al Massira episode. She was so overjoyed to realize there really are other believers from her country and she isn’t alone.
Diaspora in Germany: We praise the Lord for the camp gathering of 30 people from three different cities with brother Mo. We are thankful that two people were baptized and that two outreach programs took place.
Pray for the planning of our collaboration program, as we are considering having one outreach together with our ministry, All Nations, and Mo’s ministry in September.
Pray for us as we prepare to do an outreach here.
Diaspora in France: Pray for two Hindu students that they continue to come to our house church and to understand and accept the Gospel.
Pray for a large welcome meal for international students that we are organizing on September 27. Pray that God will bring many students, that many volunteers will be able to help, and that God’s presence will be felt by everyone.
Diaspora in California: Pray for Sam (from India) who is a struggling young believer. He moved back home to live with his Hindu family but God has opened ways for him to attend church and to share God’s word with his family. Pray for his family to become followers of Jesus!
Diaspora in Wales: Pray for the restart of Women’s English and Sewing classes the week of Sept 15th and that God will bring us women who are spiritually open.
Diaspora in Georgia: Pray that the Lord will bring many Africans and Muslims to our ESL classes that begin in September, and that they will stay all year and learn about Jesus.
Pray for the salvation of my neighbors and their families from Pakistan, India, South Korea, Bermuda and UK. Pray for many interactions and visits with these families in their homes and mine this Fall.
Diaspora in Ontario: During street evangelism, I gave a new testament to a Bangladeshi Muslim named Af. A month after he received it, he is now showing interest in learning more about the Bible and maybe doing the Christianity Explored class. Pray for the Spirit to lead him to repentance and salvation.
Diaspora in California: Pray for the activities with international students. Pray the students come to know God’s grace and salvation. Pray for salvation for Rohit, Thomas, Chris, Miti and Rashi.
Diaspora in Florida: Pray that Jasmine will be able to connect with me. She has heard the gospel, but I am hoping to see her again in person and give her an invitation to accept God’s gift.
Pray for deeper connections with our Moroccan friends- everyone is hot and tired these days.
Pray for the new group of Chinese who have just arrived, for good connections with this new group.
Diaspora in Scotland: Praise God for good connections with some ladies in English conversation cafe who have asked if we can meet up (outside of the cafe) to keep practicing English. We have had some very interesting conversations…. Pray for open hearts.
Diaspora in Germany: Pray for Brother Mokhtar and his team as they minister to women and families in the refugee camps. Pray that hearts will be open to receive the message of hope and that many will experience God’s love during these gatherings.
Pray for the Summer Camp the end of August that Brother Mokhtar will host with the Yemeni team. Pray for safety, unity, and the presence of the Holy Spirit throughout the event. Pray especially for the women and children who will gather at the end of the month, that they may be strengthened and encouraged.
Diaspora in Quebec: We have 37 kids signed up from our community for our Impact Kids day camp. 13 are from North African homes. Pray for them!
Pray for the camp August 18th-22nd, we are partnering with a team from a local Church. We are asking the Lord for two more North African families. Pray especially for the Muslim families, that God would give the parents peace as their children learn from the Bible, and that he would prepare the children to hear the gospel message through the stories of the patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Diaspora in France: Pray for hearts open to the gospel among our students and refugees. We’ve made new connections with two different students, a young woman from Morocco and a young man from Algeria. Both students expressed interest in possibly joining in our student events starting up again in September!
Pray also for churches in Europe to be more open to mission and that some would partner with us.
Diaspora in Wales: Praise God that a Muslim woman found the Sewing class because she got lost and just happened to walk past our church with the brochure displayed in the window. In one class she told a team member, ’I have never been to a class so welcoming and caring like this one!’ which led to follow-up spiritual conversations. Pray that these sown Seeds would result in her acceptance of Christ and bear a 100-fold harvest.
Thank God for the opportunity to connect women from English classes who are relocating from Wales with Christians in their new locations (2 back to their home country, 1 remains in U.K.). Pray that these women will follow up with these Christian connections and accept Jesus as their Saviour very soon.
Diaspora in Minnesota: One of the ladies I teach, with whom I’ve had many spiritual conversations, is open to reading the Bible and the Quran together. Pray that we can start reading together tomorrow. I’ve never done this before, so pray that God would be leading our reading and conversation.
Another student has expressed a lot of curiosity about Christianity. Pray that I would know how to answer her questions, and that God would open her eyes to the truth and draw her to Himself.
Diaspora in Alberta: Pray for my Monday Bible study and the Hub English classes as they wrap up for the summer. Pray for good connections with students in these last weeks.
Diaspora in England: The fifth Outreach Week will take place Aug 4-8. Please pray that we will see a spiritual breakthrough among the local community most of whom are from UPGs. This year for the first time, there will be a drop-in for men in the afternoons at the church (Monday to Friday). This will be aimed at single men, particularly those living in local asylum seeker accommodation. Please pray that this will lead to good conversations and opportunities for local Christians to build relationships with those who come.
Diaspora in Wales: Join us in asking God to stir the hearts of those who have come to the sewing and English classes and heard the Gospel this past year and for those who will come and hear in this coming year. Pray the Lord will continue to work in their lives and draw them to Himself.
Diaspora in Brazil: Pray for the students who have recently arrived in the city, for their acculturation and good adaptation. Pray for openness to engage in spiritual conversations.
Diaspora in England: Praise God that our last parenting class went well and that we built up good relationships with the 5 women (4 of whom are Smli). Praise God for a great end-of-term class outing with our Smli class. Pray for the gospel seeds that were sown to bear fruit.
Diaspora in Alberta: Pray for the summer program for the New Canadian Hub. Pray for good connections with new and returning students.
God has put several old Muslim friends on our hearts to reach out to, to try again for Gospel conversations and a more direct challenge to seek Truth. Pray for their hearts to be prepared and for our hearts and minds to be prepared to write or call them.
Diaspora in Florida: Pray for the Lord to open my imam friend’s heart to the gospel. And pray for me- I need wisdom in discussing the Quran and the Bible with him.
Diaspora in Scotland: Pray for an English learner group starting in our church for new Scots. We will be in charge of one of the meetings- pray for the planning and preparations that need to be made. Pray for the students’ hearts to be open to spiritual conversations.
Diaspora in France: We are grateful for the thirty students from all over the world we met this year and for the opportunities to witness and sow the Word of God in their lives. Continue to pray for the salvation of these students and that they don’t forget the words and experiences we shared with them. May they seek until they find the Savior!
Diaspora in Washington DC: Pray for seeds that were sown and Bibles that were given this school year and in past school years to bear much fruit in the lives of our students.
Pray for asylum seekers who have been waiting for many years to hear an answer from the US government on their asylum cases. Waiting indefinitely can be just one more stress for our friends already dealing with the trauma of having to flee their home country and be separated from their families.
Diaspora in Ontario: Pray for the summer bike ministry, that lives will continue to be touched by the love of Jesus. Praise for 8 faithful volunteers who help fix bikes and share Jesus’ s love with the many kids and adult refugee and asylum seekers who come to get bikes.
Pray as we try to reconnect this month with some of our Som. Christian families and friends who need a lot of encouragement. Pray for fruitful engagement and fellowship.
Diaspora in Germany: Pray for the July Camp at the end of the month. Pray that it would be a time of joy, deep connection, and lasting impact.
Outreach with All Nations Team – Pray for our collaboration with Salome’s team from Hamburg and the Injil team. Ask God for divine encounters and open hearts during the outreach.
Diaspora in England: The month of July, Lighthouse will be running a social media advert asking people the question: ‘If you could ask God one question, what would it be?’ Pray that it will lead to Gospel filled dialogue with our online responders. Pray too that in time some of those who respond will be happy to meet up with believers in their local area.
Diaspora in Georgia: Praise the Lord for a wonderful time with six ladies and five kids that came to my neighborhood coffee last month. I continue to have contact with them and plan to do it again in a few months. Pray that in time this will lead into a neighborhood Bible study.
Please pray that the Lord will help me to know which of my local Muslim friends need a visit this summer while I am not busy teaching ESL. Pray for opportunities to share more gospel truth with them.
Diaspora in Quebec: Praise for the deep gospel conversations between Christian women from our church and six Muslim women from our small Bible discussion group at a weekend away together.
Pray for these women that the seeds that have been planted would grow, for the Spirit to open their eyes to the truth, that they would be convicted of their sin, their need of a saviour and how this is Good News- despite the great cost to their Muslim identity.
