Diaspora in England: The Light House internet project continues to be messaged on a regular basis by people from the UK S community. Many of these people are wanting to message in S rather than English. In response to this please pray that God will lead us to more S speakers to join our team of online responders. And pray these seekers would become believers!
Summer camps and outreach
Diaspora in Germany: Pray for a summer camp for 20 Yemeni new believers—pray for fruitful times of learning, encouragement, and deepening faith.
In July, we will be involved in a local outreach, followed by another outreach in August with another team. Pray for good preparation, unity, and open hearts.
Pray for our brother Fars’, who was recently deported back to his Muslim country. He is living in fear, as there is a risk that authorities may discover he is a follower of Jesus.
Pray for a dear Yemeni brother, M, who came to Christ and has grown significantly this year. Sadly, he was recently deported to Strasbourg. Due to complications with his documentation, he spent three days on the street. Pray for his protection, provision, and continued spiritual growth.
Finish well
Diaspora in Wales: Thank God for the times of hospitality we as a team share with our students during the English Class coffee/tea time and the Sewing Class snack time. As we get to know these women, we have wonderful opportunities to share the reason for our faith in Jesus Christ. Pray for them to believe!
Thank God for a successful launch of the after-school Young Women’s English Literacy Class. Praise God for answered prayer as we learnt that one student is someone we had prayed for 3 years ago (her mother used to come to English classes and had asked us to pray for her daughter’s visa application and safe arrival to the U.K.).
Pray for good attendance during the remainder of this term and for the end of term Women’s Sewing and English class celebrations on June 30 & July 1st.
Struggling
Diaspora in Scotland: Pray for the new students that we have started to work with. Many are going through difficult transitions to life in Scotland and struggle with the trauma they have experienced. Pray that we will become trusted adults in their lives and point them to the Healer.
Show him the truth
Diaspora in Ontario: I printed some ‘Free Bible Study’ business cards to give to seekers during street evangelism. Pray that true seekers would be willing to do a Bible study together.
Musab is a Mslim teenager from Afghanistan who I dialoged with for an hour. Despite multiple disagreements, we ended the conversation agreeing to pray together that the God of the Heavens and the Earth would forgive our sins and show us the truth. Please ask our Lord Jesus to show him the truth as he himself prayed!
Gospel conversations
Diaspora in Alberta: Praise God for the students coming to the ESL classes and the Bible studies. We finish the semester on June 12 and restart in July. Pray for Gospel conversations with students and friends.
Parenting class
Diaspora in England: Our latest parenting class started on May 1st, specifically for mums of children with autism. We have 5 mums on the course, 4 of whom are Smli. Praise God for the opportunity to get to know these mums and to share deeply with one another.
Praise God for the opportunity to be involved in a social media evangelism project for Smli enquirers. Pray that I would be put in contact with Smli women in my city who respond to the social media adverts about Jesus and who are genuinely curious about Jesus.
Ascension Camp
Diaspora in France: Our team hosted our Ascension Camp in the Alps this past week with the international students. It was an impactful time of building relationships, sharing testimonies, and witnessing about the Good News. Praise God for the answered prayers of safe travels for all, and especially that hearts were touched and thoughtful questions were asked! Pray the new seeds that were planted will take root and grow, and lives will be transformed!
Meet your neighbor
Diaspora in Georgia: Pray for the Lord to bring many women to a “meet your neighbor” coffee at my house on Saturday, June 7. Pray for wonderful introductions to each other and for the start to many conversations and deepening friendships that lead to great opportunities to share the gospel. Already several have RSVP’d they will come…a Muslim Pakistani, a Hindu Indian, a secular Bahamaian, a Catholic Korean. There are quite a few more I’ve invited. Pray that they will feel very intrigued and that their curiosity and hunger for connection with others will overcome any fears or reluctance.
Killed a water buffalo
Praise God for my fruitful time helping a UPG lady in the Nile Delta with her C section, living with the family in the village, and serving them during her recovery last month. The head of the household named the baby after me and held a celebration in the village where they killed a water buffalo and invited us to be part of the village! Pray that the people in this village will come to know the Lord as we serve them.
Expanding relationships
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.
Talked about prayer
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.
Students coming to faith!
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!
Needing God to heal
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.
Launch of after school class
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!
Open his heart
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.
Touched by the Gospel
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.
Deported
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.
Parenting class
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.
Bible stories
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.
Spiritual conversations
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.
Senegalese friends
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.
Very kind to me
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.
Seeking advice
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.
Sharing about our hope
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.
Easter outreach
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.
Driving lessons
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.
Spread along family lines
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.
Pray for peace in Sudan
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!
Bible studies
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.
Multicultural Gospel-centered community
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.
Opportunities
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.
New believers
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.
Easter Festival
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.
2 new families!
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!
Coffee time
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.
Open their hearts
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.
Tuesday Bible study
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.
Welcoming immigrants
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.
Street evangelism responses
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.
