Summer activities

Diaspora in California: Pray for our summer activities with International students. Praise for the Ladies’ Bible study going well. Whatever we do, may the students come to know God’s grace and salvation. Specifically pray for salvation for Thomas and Chris.

Summer Camp

Diaspora in Germany: Pray for the Injil Summer Camp that will take place near Passau, Germany later this month. Pray for open hearts to understand and respond to the gospel. Pray for Jamal and team as they prepare.

Family picnic

Diaspora in Michigan: Please pray for all the details to come together for our family picnic outreach on Friday 8/23, including school supplies to give away and the final funding. Pray that people would come and begin relationships or sign up for a program where they can have regular gospel exposure.

Outreach

Diaspora in England: Pray for the East Midlands Community outreach week Aug 3rd to 11th.
We give thanks for the willingness of several local community leaders to encourage people to attend the week’s events.
Pray for opportunities for team members to share their faith during the week.
Pray for culture nights – that these events which the community organize for the volunteers will be an opportunity to build bridges and strengthen relationships.
Pray for protection for the local volunteers from a Muslim background as they engage in outreach and share their faith.

Camp Rhino

Diaspora in Canada: July 21 – 26 we have Camp Rhino – a kids camp for newcomer children to Canada. Some will likely hear the gospel for the first time. Please pray for the camp logistics, but most importantly, that children will give their lives to Christ.

Bible club

Diaspora in Michigan: Pray for the backyard Bible club I am leading at our Welcome House July 8th-12th. A handful of Muslim families are signed up to come, many who have been asking good spiritual questions. May God use this to draw them into His Kingdom.

Summer classes

Diaspora in Alberta: Pray for the ESL Bible study and summer conversation classes that will be starting on July 8. Pray God will open students’ hearts and many will put their faith in Him.

Sue’s salvation

Diaspora in Georgia: Please pray for the salvation of my neighbor “Sue” and her family. She’s been coming to my house to read English. We also read a little of the gospel of John each time.

Summer activities

Diaspora in Hong Kong: Pray for the upcoming children’s biblical-based summer activities with Muslim children at church. May the children meet Jesus.
Pray for Muslim women to join our Bible study group.

Hunger for God

Diaspora in Washington DC: Praise God for new brothers and sisters! Please pray for roots that grow deep and abundant fruit for Jesus! Please pray with us that God would draw students, who have spent months learning English and have scripture in their hands and heads, to understand more deeply and hunger for God.

Heartbroken

Diaspora in Ontario: Pray for our local Christian friends from the Horn. Particularly for H who has been attending church faithfully with us for a long time. Our church is disbanding due to declining membership, and H is heartbroken at losing that fellowship. Pray that we and he will find another church soon where he can grow and be blessed. Please pray for his siblings who were raised in a Christian home but have left their former love.
Pray also for one family whose daughter married a Muslim and who have refused all contact with her since. Pray that she’ll be restored to Jesus and her family.

Truth

Diaspora in Ontario: I met Omar, a Muslim high schooler originally from Pakistan/India, during street evangelism. Coincidentally we met twice at different street intersections over the last 3 months. Omar questions why we don’t believe Islam is the truth. Pray that Omar will be open to reading the true word of God, the Bible.

Summer study

Diaspora in Georgia: Pray for the Lord to keep bringing a Pakistani neighbor to study English (and Bible!) with me on Fridays this summer. Pray the Lord would grant her faith to believe.

Summer Day Camp

Diaspora in Quebec: Praise- We have a youth team helping us lead a week- long day camp this summer for North African kids ages 5-12, August 19-23. As we will be openly sharing Bible stories with the children throughout the week, Muslim families will, apart from God, be very wary of sending their kids. We are praying for 35 kids, from families that God is already at work in, to join us, majority being from North African families. Please pray along with us!

Bible studies

Diaspora in Hong Kong: We will start weekly women’s Injil classes in two centres. Pray that God will prepare the hearts of the participants and lead them to Him.
Praise that L, an Ugandan Muslim lady, has found a church to attend for bible study regularly on Friday and weekend evenings. Meanwhile, we still meet with her on a weekly basis. Pray for God’s guidance in her life, and pray she has a pure heart to pursue Jesus.

“Bible speaks to me”

Diaspora in Quebec: Praise God for Dani’, an Egyptian (Muslim background) student who has been studying the Bible with me for several months. She has said now multiple times how the Bible seems to speak specifically to her, and to circumstances she is facing daily. Pray for her that she would fully understand the gospel, her sin and need to repent.

Summer ministry

Diaspora in California: Pray for summer activities with International students. We hope to have a bible study with some of the ladies. Pray the students come to know God’s grace and salvation. Specifically pray for salvation for Thomas and Chris.
Pray also for Sam, a student from India, who was baptized but then went through much persecution, including being cut off financially by his family. He has decided to continue to pursue reading his Bible and is being discipled by one of our volunteers. Pray for his faith to grow strong and his witness to be bold.

Parenting class

Diaspora in England: Praise that the latest parenting course went well. We had 6 Som’ women and 2 Sudanese women participate. And we had a chance to share our faith with them. Pray for continued contact with these women and that they would ponder the truth they heard.

Console and share

Diaspora in Brazil: Pray for discernment in the deeper faith conversations that are arising as a result of the death of one of the African students last month. Pray for wisdom in how to console as well as share the truth of our Savior in these moments.

New mosque contact

Diaspora in Minnesota: Praise for a meeting at a new Somali mosque yesterday. It was a first at this mosque and we brought a group of Somalis and Christians together to meet. Pray for good connections and followup.

Imam friend

Diaspora in Florida: At my request, my imam friend recently presented me with his eight strongest evidences for Islam. Pray for wisdom to respond well.
We often meet for coffee and gospel conversations and now our wives are saying they ought to be allowed to come along. Pray this would happen.

Scripture engagement

Diaspora in Georgia: Please pray for the salvation of some of my Muslim friends, specifically through regular Scripture engagement with me: Naya, Humor, Nama, Amy, Ali, Sue, Sara, Mia, and Anna (pseudonyms).

Battling addictions

Diaspora in Quebec: Praise God Adam is following Jesus! He is reading the word. Please pray for him and his wife that the Holy Spirit would guide them as they study his word. We have concerns for their current church that it is preaching some false doctrine. Pray for them as well.
Praise for Ismail, an Algerian believer, reading the Bible and attending church regularly for the first time in his life, as well as participating in a small group Bible study. Please pray for him as he battles addictions with alcohol and smoking and trying to trust God in a marriage with a non-believing wife.

More people studying

Diaspora in Michigan: Please pray for more extended Biblical conversations and a thirst for the Word with people we meet. Pray Mr. I would follow through and have a Bible study with me. Pray for 7 people actively studying the Bible by the end of 2024.

Gospel conversations

Diaspora in Florida: I am tutoring Muslim kids. Please pray this turns into gospel conversations with the kids and their parents.

Witnessing the power

Diaspora in Canada: Through our resettlement ministry, our Mus* friends are witnessing the power of prayer in Jesus’ name and seeking God’s amazing guidance together. We pray that more churches in Canada will take part in this ministry, and pray for our friends to bow their knee to Jesus.

Unstable

Diaspora in Hong Kong: Please pray for L as her emotions have not been stable. Pray for God’s mercy to be upon her and for Him to nurture the seeds He has sown in her heart.

Many opportunities

Diaspora in Brazil: Pedro and Benvinda have had many opportunities to reach out to African immigrants in Toledo through an NGO. Praise God for many contacts that seem so open and ready for relationship. Pray for wisdom and words of life in these conversations.

Receptive hearts

Diaspora in Wales: The women in the Tuesday English conversation class read and discuss chronological Bible stories. Most have never heard these stories before. They would like to meet for additional class time so I will be teaching Thursday classes beginning this week. We thank God for their openness. Pray for receptive hearts to the Truth.

Retreats

Diaspora in Quebec: Praise for the fun weekend and lots of great gospel conversations during the men’s Algerian retreat. Please pray that God’s grace and truth would penetrate their hearts and that this desire to know more would result in a spring weekly Bible discussion. Those who were particularly interested are (names slightly altered): Chari, Hamil and Khalil. Pray for them.
Praise for the four Muslim women planning to come on a retreat this weekend May 10-12. Please pray that God would open up gospel discussions, and for boldness for us Christian women. Please pray for God’s peace and truth to penetrate their hearts. That their fears of the Bible and of the true Jesus would be transformed into a love and desire to know more. Please pray for their salvation.

Vulnerable women

Diaspora in UK: Pray for the vulnerable international women that we have met. I cannot mention any details of these situations even by alias name due to the danger it could bring to these women and those who know who assist them. Pray in their distress they would cry out to God and He would hear them and answer them.

Kunle and Yusuf

Diaspora in Ontario: I met Kunle, a Muslim refugee from Nigeria, during street evangelism. He had personal questions about sin, in regards to disobeying parents and doing business under the table. I used Bible stories and teachings to address him and Kunle sensed wisdom from God’s Word. Please pray for Kunle’s salvation and a desire to read the Bible.
I also met Yusuf, an Afghani Muslim high school student. The conversation attracted 3 of his Muslim friends from Bangladesh and Pakistan, and we all spoke for over an hour. The gospel and the authenticity/trustworthiness of Scripture was shared. Criticisms against Christianity were addressed and a challenge for them to read the Bible for themselves was given. Please pray for Yusuf and his friends’ salvation.

New brothers and sisters

Diaspora in Washington DC: We’re excited to be seeing new brothers and sisters join the family through baptism last month and this month. Please pray as they share their testimonies with their families back home for understanding and open ears and hearts.

Holiday camp

Diaspora in Paris: Please pray for our next Holiday Camp with the international university students and young professionals taking place next week. We are praying that many will come with hearts prepared by the Spirit to hear and understand the Good News! Please pray for good health for all of us and safe travels to and from the event.

Good connections

Diaspora in Brazil: Pray for good connections with African students through short courses, academic guidance, and other activities at the university.

Walls of Jericho

Diaspora in Georgia: Pray for the Lord to break down the tight spiritual and social “Jericho walls” that hold Muslims captive in the two local mosques, allowing them freedom to get to know Christians and regularly read Scripture together. Please pray for the salvation of Humor, Ed and Nama this month who are key mosque leaders.

Keen students

Diaspora in Wales: Praise God for the ones who are keen to hear more in the English Conversation Class. Many are hearing and discussing Biblical stories for the first time including Creation, the Fall, Tower of Babel.
Praise God for this year’s new Sewing class curriculum that has provided a more relaxed setting where helpers and students are able to share their joys and challenges as they sew together.
Pray for spiritual fruit from the conversations about Easter in English and Sewing classes.

Pray in the name of Jesus

Diaspora in Hong Kong: Recently, we have developed close connections with several Rwandan and Yemeni families through our resettlement assistance efforts. Praise the Lord for the privilege of sharing delightful meals and engaging in meaningful conversations with these Muslim families during Ramadan. Praise for them allowing us to pray for them in the name of Jesus. Pray the Lord will open their hearts to the gospel.

Gospel conversations

Diaspora in California: Pray for international students and volunteers who will be traveling to Yosemite National Park April 5-7. Pray for gospel conversations throughout the weekend and safety while travelling and hiking.
Pray for salvation for students Chris and Thomas in particular. They come regularly and have heard the gospel but appear to have no interest in spiritual matters.

One Miracle Night

For those interested in praying more for the Night of Power- the most holy night of Ramadan where many Muslims pray all night seeking God’s forgiveness and blessing, please see the prayer guide:
Dear Friends,
Please join us in earnest prayer for Muslims around the world, this Friday, 5 April.
The IPC has put together excellent material for promoting One Miracle Night – the Global Day of Prayer for the Muslim World.
For more info, prayer guides and 24 hour prayer schedule led by leaders around the world, visit:

One Miracle Night