Praise God for several activities with International Students in December. The gospel was presented during each one. Pray for the message to be stirring in the hearts of the students.
Pray for a skiing trip planned for Jan 6-8—for fun, safety and clear presentation of the gospel.

Pray that the Christmas cards, gift baskets, and other gifts and invitations would be well received and good conversations would ensue. As we celebrate the Light of the World, may many see the Light and be drawn to Him.

· Pray for good connections with North Africans in the Florida area. That hearts would be receptive and that we would connect with “a man or woman of peace” that will enable us to meet those with soft hearts.

· We praise God for a successful Thanksgiving feast at all three English sites where we shared Psalm 100 and praised God together!
· Many students are experiencing sickness; but many are turning to us and asking for prayer. May God provide healing and may they understand that complete healing comes only through Jesus’ life, death and resurrection.

Please pray that our relationships with Muslim friends would deepen and that Christ would be glorified as conversations turn towards spiritual things. Pray the Lord would open many hearts to the gospel. Especially as we near Christmas, please pray for creativity and wisdom in connecting with new and old friends, and for opportunities to share the glorious news of Jesus!

We have used Al-Massira series at church as a discipleship tool for those who are already believers, as well as inviting others. We are finishing first 12-episode series, with many people involved in discussions.  A Georgian man accepted Christ. We also had 3 Kurdish Muslims…one of them is very interested and has attended many of the episodes and is really seeking answers. Pray that he will come to accept the Lord.

· Last night, we started the 2nd Al-Massira group immediately after a food give away at church. Of the 12-14 people who stayed, many were refugees from Ukraine, one man from Ghana, and even a few Finns. Pray that those who came last night, will continue coming and that this will be a tool for relationship building. And pray the Lord uses these videos to impact people.

One popular Christmas song says that Christmas is “the most wonderful time of the year.” It certainly is extra-special, and that goes for telling others about the Birth of our Saviour. Even resistant people arriving from non-Christian lands are more receptive at Christmas.

· As we the tell Christmas Story – in a downtown Montreal gym full of North African kids and their parents, out on Toronto’s streets while street preaching, while befriending African students in Nova Scotia, doing driving lessons in urban Winnipeg, teaching kids to dance in Lethbridge, and invite people to our homes for Christmas parties and other special events – may immigrants, refugees and international students “come and behold Him, born the King of angels”.

Christmas Outreaches – Pray for the many different Christmas outreaches across the region. May they be effective at communicating the good news of great hope that is found in the newborn Messiah King! Pray for the 45 gift bags we plan to take to 45 homes. May Christ be shown and proclaimed in all these visits. Pray for outreaches every Saturday in December. May God speak and draw many to Himself.

Please pray for our ongoing relationships with our imam friends: H, S, and A. 5. May the Lord open their eyes to the Truth.

Pray for opportunities to share the gospel with Muslim friends during the Christmas season.

Praise God for a regular group of Somali women coming to my weekly English class. Pray for them.

· Praise that a local school with 98% Muslim children has agreed to let a group of us into the school to explain the Christmas story. Pray for the Lord to speak through us.

· Pray for opportunities to share the Christmas story in the Friday conversation club. May the Lord grant faith to many.

Pray for good connections throughout the Christmas season.

· Pray for a Somali family of 8 that is arrived in town last Saturday, Dec 3rd. We have a team set up to welcome them. Pray for friendship to develop and that the Lord would open their hearts to the gospel.

· Pray for relationships in Afghan community to continue to grow.

Praise for our International Thanksgiving dinner where we had people from over 12 countries. For half a dozen or so, it was their very first Thanksgiving in America. Pray that the friendships started will blossom and grow into fruit.

Father, please open the hearts of our African friends, help them say yes to our invitations to  activities and church during December, and may they understand the Christmas story. Lord, we are calling to you, remembering that you promised to answer us and show us great and mighty things we don’t know.

We praise God for the opportunities to serve among the nations through English and Sewing classes and Homework club. Please pray that the Christmas presentations (Dec 6, 12, 15) will be well attended and produce great spiritual harvest.

Pray for wisdom, patience, and grace as I reach out to M, an Egyptian friend who has suffered domestic abuse and needs a lot of care. Pray that M will discover how deeply loved she is by the Father.

Pray for the willingness of two Muslim converts to receive discipleship.
Thanks to God who gave me the chance to teach Chinese class for the Middle Eastern and South Asian Muslim moms and kids in a church. May God open the door to preach the gospel.

Praise for the opportunities that we have had to meet Moroccans in Florida. We’ve had good conversations and met extended family. Pray that these Moroccan contacts will lead us to a “man of peace” and to those who have soft and receptive hearts to the Gospel News in Florida.

Pray for the official opening of the community learning center this month, where we plan to provide a space for African university students to study, connect, and be tutored. Pray this center will truly be a place of peace and light for the many African students living in Acarape far from home.

Pray for the women in the Abrigo Refugee outreach, that their hearts would be open and sensitive to the message of Jesus.
Pray for H, a Tunsian woman, who is open and curious about the truth of the gospel. Pray for good conversations that lead to life.

Pray for opportunities to connect with a Sudanese family and a woman from Kenya in our town. They each have young children and seem to connect with L very easily as they tentatively seek out friendships.
Pray for the planning of a Thanksgiving event for ESL students. Pray students will be blessed with food, fellowship, and fun, and will be curious about the gospel.

Pray for our Afghan Thanksgiving outreach Nov. 19th.
Please continue to pray for our first ever city- wide prayer event for workers that took place on the 4th. May it continue to promote unity.
Pray our English teachers would be bold for Christ as they teach and meet with students. Ask God to open students’ hearts to the gospel.

Please pray that the Lord will use the connections made at the African Friends Party Oct 30 to provide deeper gospel conversations, deepened friendships, and open doors of ministry to Africans in our area. Pray that the Lord will prepare local churches to receive and nurture African believers.

* Please pray for the faith of a Christian family from among our friends here to be restored, and for my efforts at contacting them to bear fruit. One of the family members is highly engaged with Christ and the Church and us- the rest are angry with God and are struggling.

* Please pray for the winter season of coffee shop, restaurant, and barber shop visits, as well as campfires, to be fruitful.

* Pray for the next African Friends Party, scheduled for October 30. Pray that many Africans will attend and that there will be strong friendships forged with members of the Africa prayer outreach fellowship.
* Pray for these Africans and Muslims to come to know Christ: Al., Am., Mi. and Hu. Pray also for E.’s salvation, he’s a leader  and on the board of the local mosque.
* Pray that Na. will grow in her faith and that the Lord will open doors for meeting with her on a regular basis for discipleship.

Praise God we have found a great inroad into the Somali community with our driving lesson outreach, but we need wisdom as we move forward. Pray those wanting driving lessons will have soften hearts and will be receptive to the Gospel News.

During our last chapel many kids prayed to accept God’s offer of forgiveness through Jesus Christ and committed to following him.
Praise for last summer’s camps in Manitoba, Ottowa, Nova Scotia and Ontario. Pray for all the kids who heard the Gospel and those who made decisions for Christ. Pray for the Word to bear fruit in their hearts for a life of discipleship in Christ.

As we gather for fall get-togethers, pray we and our volunteers will be bold in proclamation! Please pray for contacts with receptive hearts to hear the Gospel Truths.

* Pray for our connection with West African Muslims in our Chinese classes. May they know Yahweh more and put their trust in Him only.
* Pray for my two Muslim converts to have the desire to follow His words and be transformed.

* We praise God for English classes running successfully for the first month at all three sites! Please pray for consistent attendance and deepening relationships between students and teachers. Pray students will ask good questions about truth and faith.
* Please pray with us for the first Trauma Healing Group among our staff and volunteers that will begin this month. May God grow and stretch us closer to Him and provide healing for our heart wounds through Jesus and be equipped to help others.

Pray for the new university study room A and W are opening in their home. Pray that God would bring in just the right students to participate. Pray that they would have wisdom and courage in knowing how best to reflect Christ to these African Students.
Pray for the African immigrants J and A are teaching Portuguese to. Pray for their salvation and  that God would bring in other longer-lasting, stable students. Pray for courage and wisdom in sharing God’s love.

* Please pray for our Impact Kids Fall program – that as families hear the gospel, God would grant them repentance and faith.
* Please pray for our men’ soccer night: Tuesdays at 9pm, we’ve rented a big gym and will have a bunch of people from church playing with a bunch of Muslim men to foster friendships and gospel sharing.
* We are launching a “homework club” in October one day a week to further develop our relationships with the Muslim families who go to Impact Kids- please pray as we invite families and determine how best to use this as a bridge to the gospel.
* Please pray that as many from our church connect with their Muslim friends/colleagues and even family members through our Bridges course- that seeds would be planted and that we would even see some come to faith.

* Pray for Jerez team in South NA1 to conduct a medical mission among two Berber UPGs. Pray for the follow up we will do from October 10-16th.
* Pray for D.S. as she begins a new work in Toulouse reaching international students.
* Pray of all the new international students that came to first events in Nantes, Strasbourg and La Rochelle during the first week of school. Pray for ongoing good Gospel connections.

Ask God to open hearts and provide opportunities to demonstrate and speak of His love to the international ladies, children and young adults we work with, many of whom have experienced trauma as they seek asylum in the U.K.

Pray for the group of Somali grandmothers as they learn English and we teach them how to drive. Praise for all the opportunities to share the Gospel news to those that I am teaching to drive. Pray for my Afghan friend, that he will continue to seek the truth found in Jesus.

We ran Camp Rhino Manitoba from August 21-26. We had 18 kids from 6 different nations. Praise God that it ran smoothly, no major hiccups, or incidents. 5 of these kids made decisions to follow Jesus and make him Lord. We had several others respond to
putting Jesus first in their lives. Please pray for us as we plan follow up with our campers. Pray that they would remember their commitment and that the Holy Spirit would go with them and protect them as they go back to school in a week.

Last month, we asked for prayer for a new Iranian couple (M & M), friends of a student attending the Christianity Explored class that we teach and they accepted the Lord and are planning to get baptized! Praise God for His work in their hearts!
This month, another Iranian couple (A & M), family members of another student joined the class. Please pray for the discipleship & commitment of the new believers, as well as the salvation of the new couple attending.

We are thankful for the 60+ families from 15+ language groups who have participated in Sewing class, English class or Homework Club this past academic year.
In June, English and Sewing classes ended with parties that provided an excellent opportunity to speak of God’s love with these international ladies. Pray that the gospel seeds that were sown would bear much fruit.

Recently we had a new classmate who didn’t know English since his father arranged for them to study in the madrasa (Koranic school). Now he hopes to learn English and Chinese more. May he find the truth through God’s words.
Please pray for our Chinese Class members who are mainly from W. Africa and we hope they will get to know Jesus more through our class and relationships with our teachers and God’s words.

Praise that my friend H is faithfully attending church with him and is continuing to grow in his faith. Please pray that his siblings will be led to Jesus as well.
ESL classes on line and in person are beginning soon, as well as in home tutoring with our friends here. Please pray for many opportunities for gospel engagement here.
Please pray that as the weather cools, people will be drawn to faith around the fire – backyard meetings at our house. Please pray particularly that our high-rise neighbors will come.

Praise the Lord for a successful first African Friends Party, and that one woman put her faith in Christ that evening.
Praise the Lord for new introductions to African women at the local hair braiding salons.
Pray that many Africans come to the ESL classes and meet Jesus there.
Pray that our local churches will be prepared to welcome and incorporate Africans into our fellowship.