Diaspora in France

Pray for a vacation kid’s club today at the center where I’ve been involved with homework club. Pray for many children (islanders, other M country children) to come with hearts ready to hear truth.

Diaspora in Philadelphia

Please pray for the continuation of a biblical video series with the K. family. Through chaos and sometimes inconsistency, please ask that the Lord’s words would be getting through, and also for more chances to continue to influence mutual friends who have also come!
Please also pray for opportunities to start a bible study with an Algerian seeker. Praise God for his openness. Please continue to lift up our work with ESL, and ask that it would lead to fruitful chances to share the gospel message.

Diaspora in Portland

Pray for the Diaspora relationships in R & E’s apartment compound and for reconnecting with friends at the language center after a long absence. Please pray that these relationships will become deeper with spiritual conversations. That every opportunity to proclaim the Gospel would be taken advantage of and that the Lord would grant faith to these dear ones.

Diaspora in France

Pray for open hearts and wisdom in directing conversations  to share the truth from a different perspective and that islanders and North Africans would clearly understand.
Pray for opportunities to share clearly when going “fishing”, that these interactions would be times of speaking spiritual truths and proclamation of the Gospel.

Diaspora in Florida

Pray for Orlando churches who have received training in Muslim outreach so that they will be intentional about using the training.
Pray for the women’s sewing class and opportunities to visit women’s homes. Pray that the women would be receptive to spiritual conversations.

Diaspora in Detroit

Tomorrow March 23rd we are hosting a tea for Moms. Pray we can clearly share love and proclaim the good news. Pray these Moms would receive our love and the love of the Savior!

Diaspora in Philadelphia

Please pray as we consider a cultural exchange “homestay” involving cousin families in our area and a church in the suburbs, planned loosely for July. Pray for TH as he meets with M, initially for cultural exchange and discussion, but hopefully also for spiritual discussions. Pray also for their family to find good ways to connect with a Moroccan family.

Two team members are starting new jobs in the next several weeks. Praise God for this, and please ask for them to both find chances to share with non-believers through their jobs.

Diaspora in France

Praise for new contact made on the street with K, a Moroccan lady who invited me and my colleague for a meal and further visits. During the visits some written portions of the word have been given and discussed, but the conversation tends to be more with her husband, since she doesn’t read well in Arabic or know French well. Pray for wisdom and clarity of communication in further connections.

Diaspora in Canada

Please pray for a Christian family trying to keep the Muslim father of their grandchildren, several of whom are disabled, from taking the kids back to a Somali region of Kenya. There will be very poor care available for them in Kenya. None of the five kids wish to accompany him. Please pray for wisdom regarding legal proceedings.

Diaspora in Minnesota

Praise for a new family that began tutoring this week and had a good connection with their Somali family. May the Lord do His work in this family! Please continue to pray for the rest of the tutors to be a light among the darkness and to have opportunities to boldly proclaim the gospel with clarity. Ask the Lord to go before them and open many hearts to hear and believe the Gospel.

Diaspora in USA

Let’s pray this week for the unreached Somali communities across the USA and beyond. There have been people working and persevering for years among them. Let’s pray boldly and expectantly for a movement of God’s Spirit among them. Pray that our Diaspora workers and their partners will be strengthened and renewed for the task. Pray for new Diaspora members and partnerships to work among the Somalis.

Diaspora in Wisconsin

Pray that a family picnic, which took place on Sunday March 3, would have lasting effects. Pray for church partners and Somali families that attended. Pray that bridges of trust and relationship would continue to be built.

Islanders in Europe

Pray for the distribution of both French and local language calendars. Ask that islanders would read them and that they would lead to fruitful conversations, discussions, and searching!

Diaspora in Wisconsin

We would appreciate prayers for the February 24th indoor family get-together we are planning with the various WELL volunteers’ families with their Som. contacts’ families. We had one like this as a picnic in the park last September which brought together about 100 people, about half of each groups. We are praying that our contacts come and we can enjoy a pleasant time together, and that deeper friendships and good conversations would come from it. We long to see our friends know Jesus.

Diaspora in Wisconsin

Pray for the Somali community in Barron, WI. Ask the Lord to open the hearts of many and bring seekers of truth to our WELL ministry center. May many find Christ!

Diaspora in USA

It has been such a joy to spend time with precious West African ladies each week in Memphis. Please pray that the Lord will continue to work in the hearts of these ladies and their families, drawing them to Himself.

Diaspora in Portland

We praise God for amazing Christmas get- togethers with friends from Libya, Iraq, Saudi, and Iran. Please pray for God to work in their hearts as we continue to engage these dear people with the Good News. May they be recalling the conversations and asking deeper questions that will draw them to our Lord.

Diaspora in Detroit

We hosted 2 Christmas events, one for Arabic refugees and another for Swahili refugees. Pray for these efforts to foster a sense of family and community between the refugees and our church volunteers to bear much fruit. Pray for interest in other events.

Diaspora in Florida

• Praise for the December Christmas party organized by an Muslim friend. We were able to clearly share the Good News. Pray that the seeds planted would bear fruit.
• Pray for a proposed get together with 10 East African Muslims and others from our community. Pray for unity and clarity for this get together.

Diaspora in Portland

• Praise God for great times of talking about our faith with a Saudi neighbor and his daughter. Our granddaughter got to share the Gospel and her testimony with the 28 year old daughter. Pray for the Saudi family as they moved after Christmas. Pray they will keep searching and reading the Scriptures.

Diaspora in Detroit

We have many opportunities to interact with people as they come to our homes.  We desire to study the Bible with our friends in our homes, at the church, or in their homes. Ask God to work in the hearts of our friends to join us in Bible study.

Diaspora in Canada

We had Abshir* and Fawzia* over for dinner. Abshir started pouring out his story, (*names have been changed). Even before he arrived in Canada from Djibouti Abshir had been plagued by nightmares. Terrifying dreams where he was chased by dark, faceless creatures that wielded frightening weapons.
Then one night a year ago the same dream began to unfold. But this time Jesus appeared to him with a host of soldiers. Jesus said to him, “Your enemies will not hurt you, because they cannot touch Me.” As long as Abshir stayed close to Jesus his foes were kept at bay. And from that day to this he has not had one more nightmare.

Praise God for his mercy towards Abshir. Pray he and his wife will decide to ‘stay close to Jesus’ and receive salvation!

Diaspora in Minnesota

• Pray for the SALT tutors who are assigned to Somali families. May they  understand that they may be the only “salt and light” into these homes and be very bold in sharing.
• Pray for the families who receive SALT tutors; pray that the Gospel and Spirit would penetrate their hearts in conversations and relationships.

Diaspora in Minnesota

• Praise: Before the holidays, we were able to share some of the reasons Christmas is so important and a joyful time for Christians. Keep praying that the seeds sown in different relationships between our Somali friends and our volunteers will grow. We long to see them come to our Savior.

Diaspora in Minnesota

• A Somali Christian couple who came here as young believers need our prayerful support as they face a sense of loneliness and rejection here at times. The woman shared that this past year some of the walls of mistrust from the rest of the Somali community is reducing in regards to them and just Christians in general; so we praise God for this. Lets lift them up to our Lord for continued growth in their relationship with Christ and for peace and wisdom as they go about their daily life.

Diaspora in Portland

Pray for God to open the eyes of a Saudi man and his 28 year-old daughter. A few days ago, Portland team members spent several hours with them, much of the time talking about Islam and the Gospel. Time is short as they may move away early next year. Pray that in their next location, other believers would continue planting & sowing Truth in their lives.

Diaspora in Portland

Today RH has the opportunity to story a portion of Luke for an Iraqi Christmas banquet. Pray for God’s Word to stick in their hearts and for conversational wisdom for all of us followers of Jesus at this event.

Diaspora in Florida

We want to have Kutchi friends come to a Christmas program on December 16th. Pray the Lord will draw them to Himself.
Some of our Muslim friends want to come to church. Pray for them to see through culture to the life giving message.

We have a Christmas program for a mosque planned on December 24th. Pray for sensitive witness and open hearts.

 

Diaspora in Detroit

Christmas parties: December 8: with Arab Refugees, and December 11 with 3 Congolese families. Pray they would feel welcome, hear and accept the truth. Dec. 12: Pray for preparations to welcome refugee families to church for a Christmas meal, activities, and message.

Bible Studies: Please pray for a men’s study, a women’s study, and ESL group study. We have curriculum, but a low desire so far. May God change their hearts.

Pray for deeper connections with Libyan families in their community.

Diaspora in Philadelphia

• Please pray for the upcoming Christmas party for Muslim friends- that the Lord would open many hearts to the Christmas story.
• Pray for opportunity to continue the Al-Massira video series with a Muslim family.
• Pray for ESL Living Nativtiy outreach on Dec 8, pray that non-Christians would attend and be open to the message.

Diaspora in Wisconsin

We need wisdom to know when and how to share spiritual truth with our ESL students. Ask the Lord to open the hearts of our students. Pray they would ask questions about faith.  And pray that the Lord would raise more workers for the ministry here.

Diaspora in Philadelphia

Please pray for our Iraqi friends W and A, as they return home soon and contemplate extremely difficult decisions regarding possibly trying to seek asylum. Please pray that they and their family would cross paths with other Christians and that the Lord would help them to turn to Him.

Diaspora in Europe

Pray for R in Marseille, France, as she begins visiting patients at a new hospital close to her, where there tend to be more Comorians. Ask the Lord to open the hearts of patients and family members to talk about spiritual truth. Please pray that the Lord will guide R to seeking friends and that she finds opportunities to share her faith.

Diaspora in Canada

Please continue to pray for the family I mentioned last month. The Lord is working in the hearts of Omar, his wife and three children. May He open their eyes and hearts to Himself and may they take steps of obedience to Lord.

Diaspora in Canada

We thank the Lord for the opportunity we had to share the gospel with the Imam and about 100 Muslims in the grand hall of one of Toronto’s largest mosques on October 27th. Addresses and phone numbers were shared with many Christians from across the city who joined in this day of dialogue. Pray that true friendships and clear personal gospel witness will follow in coming weeks.

New partnerships

We’re thankful for a new partnership with a Gospel-centered community center in Dallas, Texas. Foreign-born residents make up 42.3 % of this community with 22 different languages being spoken.
Pray also for conversations we are having to explore possibilities for partnership in Columbus, Ohio. There are 60,000 Somali people here!

Diaspora in Portland

Portland ESL Class—So far we have students from Eritrea, Morocco, Iran, Angola, Iraq, and Libya—just in one class! Our lives are richer through their friendships, but… may their’s be richer for eternity. Please pray for ongoing conversations regarding the Good News.

Diaspora in Canada

PLEASE PRAY 10:00-2:00 Saturday, Oct 27th

1. THAT JUST THE RIGHT NUMBER OF BELIEVERS FROM ACROSS THE GTA WOULD JOIN US
2. FOR OUR SPEAKER, AC, AS HE EXPLAINS WHAT BIBLICAL CHRISTIANS BELIEVE ABOUT JESUS

3. PREPARED HEARTS AMONG THE MANY MUSLIMS COMING TO THEIR OWN MOSQUE IN MARKHAM
4. THAT DOZENS OF “GOSPEL FRIENDSHIPS” WILL BE MADE
5. THAT PRECIOUS SOULS WILL BE SAVED

Diaspora in Canada

THIS SATURDAY, Oct 27TH
OUR FIRST CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM FRIENDSHIP DAY
Please be in prayer for us to build bridges & share the Good News.
Only God can do this! We have a wide open door to share the Good News of Jesus in the grand sanctuary of one of Toronto’s largest mosques. But for miracles to happen we NEED your prayers…

Diaspora in Detroit

Pray for the church members who are having training sessions twice a month with AH to become fruitful leaders in reaching out to the Detroit disapora community. Pray for passion to teach others to proclaim the Gospel. Ask the Lord to be preparing hearts to hear and believe.