Diaspora in Minnesota: Pray for the women we teach English to. Yesterday, we got to meet a part of the family we did not know before and we are thankful for expanding relationships.

Diaspora in Scotland: Praise God for an incredible conversation I had with a young woman last week as we had coffee together. For a whole hour we talked about prayer. Pray for continued spiritual conversations.

Diaspora in Alberta: We praise God 6 ESL students came to faith over Easter weekend!
Many students continue to attend both my Monday Bible study and our colleague’s Tuesday Bible study! I was able to explain the Gospel to my Bible study and briefly to my English class. Pray for students to ask questions and seek the Truth!

Diaspora in Ontario: Pray for God to reunite fractured Christian families from a UPG where there are kids wandering from the faith, sibling hatred, disowning of family members, and a lot of mental health issues. Pray for us to be good agents of Christ’s healing to our friends.

Diaspora in Wales: Thank God for the questions that were asked during the English Class coffee/tea time and the Sewing Class snack time about the Easter presentation. Pray for receptive hearts and follow-up conversations in this final term.
Pray for a successful launch of the after-school Young Women’s English Literacy Class (beginning the week of May 12th). Pray it would be a blessing!

Diaspora in England: Pray for a new S contact, A, who we met online and is now willing to meet in person. Pray the Lord will open his heart and bless our relationship.

Diaspora in France: Praise God for the Easter camp in the Alps. God was present. Praise for the 4 non-Christian students and 1 Indian family with their 2 children who opened their hearts to the Gospel. Praise for their desire to continue relationships with team members. Praise for S, a Muslim student from an island in the Indian Ocean and S, an Indian (Hindu) who were particularly touched by the Gospel and plan to go to the ‘camp of the Ascension’ to learn more.
Praise for M, a North African student from last year who has shown a real desire to understand the Gospel and wants to attend the ‘camp of the Ascension’ in Switzerland, 25 May – 1 June.
Pray for the salvation of the other 3 students, especially at the Ascension camp.

Diaspora in Germany: Pray for Farshad, who has been deported back to Iran after 6 years with us in the Injil ministry serving together. Pray for protection, encouragement, and God’s presence with him.
Pray also for our outreach program which is happening 14-16 May. Ask for open hearts and divine encounters.

Diaspora in England: Our new parenting class started on May 1st. We have 6 mums signed up but have space for 2 more. Pray that all 8 spots would be filled and that we’d be able to build relationships with these women over the next 7 weeks of the course.
Praise God for a particularly open group of M women in the English conversation class. They’re very interested in Bible stories and ask lots of questions. Pray for more opportunities to visit women in their homes.

Diaspora in England: Give thanks for a lady who now helps me share Bible stories at a local English school on Mondays. Pray for wisdom for us as we choose stories for the summer term. Pray for open ears and hearts to listen well and believe the stories.

Diaspora in Scotland: Praise God for good connections and conversations with many refugees in my Parish Nursing role and as I volunteer at the English Conversation Cafe. Please pray for E, S and for A as I spend time with them. Please pray for spiritual conversations and open hearts.

Diaspora in Brazil: Praise God for the Senegalese people I have contact with playing soccer. Ask that God will continue to grow these relationships and open up spiritual conversations.
My wife requests prayer for Marie, a Senegalese woman she has recently become friends with. Pray for opportunities to be a blessing.

Diaspora in Texas: When I was visiting folks at an immigrant/refugee apartment complex, I met a Som man named H. and his family of 10. They invited me and some world relief volunteers in and were very kind. The adults in the family need jobs. Pray for wisdom on how to develop an authentic relationship with this family. And pray they can get jobs.

Diaspora in Brazil: We thank God for the students we have contact with, who seek us for advice and mentoring, please pray for their growth and for God’s provision for their needs.
Pray for new Muslim students to come and be open to talk with us.

Diaspora in Wales: Pray for opportunities to share about our Hope in Jesus and for receptive hearts (especially during Coffee/Tea time, Conversation Class, Sewing Class Devotional followed by Snack Time). Pray for curious and open hearts to respond well.

Diaspora in Michigan: Pray for the Easter outreach the 19th in partnership with a local church. May the good news be heard and accepted by many!
Ask the Lord for discernment and provision to help 13 newly arrived families in partnership with Samaritas. May they feel welcomed and loved.

Diaspora in Minnesota: Pray for some new S relationships to develop well. Lib’, Han’ and Jih’ are all related and I am teaching them to drive. Pray that I find good ways to connect with them through driving and beyond.

Diaspora in Georgia: Pray that those friends our team is meeting with will introduce us to all the members of their families, so that our friendships will multiply and spread along family lines. Praise the Lord for Lila and Aya’s clear profession of faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior. Pray they will grow and their families will come to Christ as well.

Diaspora in Washington DC: Pray for God to help us build stronger relationships with our friends from Sudan. Lord give them strength as they work tirelessly to support family and relatives who are fleeing the terrible war in Sudan. Pray for peace!

Diaspora in France: Pray for deeper relationships and opportunities to share and read the Bible with students who we’ve met.
Pray for those students who will be leaving soon to remember what they’ve seen and heard. Pray for connections with other Christians in the cities where they will be moving to.
Pray for the camp in the Alps 15-20 April. Pray about the challenge to find younger generation Christians willing and available to be part of this outreach.

Diaspora in Finland: We are forming a multicultural-Gospel centered community. In our community, we have a regular group attending including Muslim, Buddhists, Hindu, and Catholic.
Our leadership team decided that as we are scheduled to have a service on Easter Sunday, we should share the true meaning of Easter! Pray for this and for people to come, even though it is a long weekend and many people go skiing.
We have had several of the families attending our community to our home for dinner, and a few other leaders have as well. It is great for deeper connections and good relationships. Pray for these deepening relationships.
It is also great some come to us asking about practical help, for example help with Finnish or trying to understand Finnish traffic laws and signs, and sometimes deeper issues than that.

Diaspora in Hong Kong: We are grateful for the opportunity to invite a Somali man for Bible study in April and for the conversation with his wife. May God guide us in selecting the right materials and timing for the study. Pray the wife will come too.
Please pray for the five Muslim families we are working with closely in April. May they come to know Jesus.

Diaspora in Florida: Praise for 2 new Chinese believers in the last few weeks and for one who was baptized on March 29th.
Praise for those who continue to study God’s Word. Continue to pray as many will have the opportunity to decide if they want to follow Jesus in the next few weeks.
Pray as we have at least 16 new Chinese Cultural Representatives coming in the next two weeks to our city to start their yearlong program.
Praise for the many opportunities we have had to connect with Muslims during Ramadan. Pray specifically for a Tunisian family we have connected with. Pray they accept an invitation to come to church with us on Easter.

Diaspora in France: We’re launching registrations for the Easter Festival- for 5 days we’ll be going to the Alps with students and families to stay together and celebrate Easter, proclaiming the message of the resurrection. Pray that the students God wants at this festival will come and be touched by the Gospel.
Pray that God will provide the financial support for the 4000 euros needed for this festival.

Diaspora in Michigan: Praise the Lord for new Afghan believers. God is so faithful. 2 families expressed faith this month and are being discipled by us and another church. May the Lord bring to completion the good work He started!

Diaspora in Wales: In January, we started a coffee/tea time following the Monday Women’s English classes which has been well attended and appreciated by both the students and team of teachers. Pray that relationships will be strengthened and for opportunities to share about our Hope in Jesus.

Diaspora in Michigan: Praise that Conversation Cafe has been going well, with sustained interest in the Bible stories at the end and slowly getting more comments and engagement with the questions. Pray for the students to continue to come and open their hearts to the Truth.

Diaspora in Washington DC :Continue to pray for 5 English students to join us in a weekly study of God’s word on Tuesdays. We praise Jesus for 4 that have initially participated. Pray for regular weekly attendance and deepening gospel discussions.

Diaspora in Brazil: Pray for the NGO our team works with to receive, serve, and walk alongside many immigrants. Ask that God will continue to bless the projects through this NGO and that God will give the team many opportunities to meet not merely physical needs but spiritual ones as well.

Diaspora in Ontario: ‘Bas is a Muslim that I spoke with for an hour during street evangelism. In the end, he agreed to pray to God, creator of the Heavens and the Earth, to show us both the path of truth. I told ‘Bas I would also pray that Jesus would show Himself in a dream to ‘Bas as he fasts over Ramadan and particularly on the Islamic night of power. Please pray for ‘Bas’ salvation.
Sour’ is a Muslim that I spoke with during a cold afternoon while doing street evangelism. He has been seeking the truth reading the Bible and the Qur’an a bit. He took a Gospel of John to read. Please pray for Sour’s salvation.

Diaspora in Alberta: Praise God, three of the men I have had on my heart to reach out to have said they want to come to our small group, and two have come already. We don’t know how often they will come but pray that the Spirit will work in their hearts as they encounter Scripture. Pray for my one-on-one meetings with these men and that the two Muslim men would read the Bibles we gave them.

Diaspora in Georgia: Praise the Lord for His great opportunities to share the gospel through ESL and home visits. Pray for several friendships in our neighborhood to deepen, flourish and grow, and that our dear neighbors from various nations may also come to know and worship Jesus.

Diaspora in Brazil: This first weekend in March is the Brazilian holiday ‘Carnival’ which traditionally includes a lot of traditions that are not God-honoring. During this long weekend, many churches host youth retreats. Ask that God will protect our team during this long weekend and draw many to himself during these retreats.
Pray for many Muslims scattered throughout Brazil. May God use the month of Ramadan to provide our team with opportunities to testify to those around us and that He would draw many to Himself.

Diaspora in Ontario: Praise for referrals to a couple of Som believers in our area we have not previously met. Pray that we’ll be able to connect with them, and then to connect them with other believers in our area.

Diaspora in Georgia: Pray that many of my Muslim friends would initiate spiritual conversations that come from a curious and hungry heart.

Diaspora in England: The refugee centre where I volunteer recently shared that they assisted 1,633 refugees last year. Give thanks for this much needed service and pray that I and other Christians who serve there will continue to be salt and light to the many people from UPGs who use the Centre’s services.

Diaspora in England: Praise for the amazing conversation a few weeks ago in one of our English classes where the M women shared very openly about their fear of hell and their lack of assurance of going to heaven. We were able to share how different this is for Christians. The women asked us questions about our faith and were very interested. Pray for these seeds of truth to germinate in good soil.

Diaspora in Florida: I am in discussions with Imam A about God’s Word. Pray for an open heart.

Diaspora in Washington DC: Pray for 5 English students to join us in a weekly study of God’s word on Tuesdays. We praise Jesus for 3 that have initially participated.

Diaspora in Wales: In January, we started a coffee/tea time following the Monday Women’s English Classes. Pray that this informal time of fellowship will deepen a sense of community enabling ladies to meet other teachers and students while using English.