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.

Please pray for wisdom, discernment and open doors as I look for bridges to love, serve, and build friendships with Saharawi people in Jerez.
Praise God for my visit with a Saharawi friend, S. She told me that she is interested in learning English and will talk to her friends to see if there are others who would like to learn.
Pray for a disciple making movement among the Saharawi that spreads farther and faster than anyone could ask or imagine (Eph 3:20).

A Syrian young man and I have been meeting and texting back and forth for a while. This week, he told me his refugee mom in Lebanon had just asked about me. He’s told me that his deceased Orthodox father had a love for Bible study with Syrian evangelicals. Pray this Portland son would carry on his dad’s love for God’s Word!

Pray for more students to join the Noel ESL classes. Pray for good interaction with students and opportunities to talk about spiritual things. We are asking for receptive and soft hearts to listen and not just hear the Gospel news.

Our Congolese refugees are getting settled here in the Charleston, SC area.  We are able to take the Congolese refugees to church so pray their hearts will be open. God is giving opportunities to share our faith.

Pray for deepened friendships and communication with our 3 imams with whom we interact.
Pray for renewed relationships with the ladies’ side of the ministry, Sarah’s Daughters. The imam’s wife has withdrawn a bit. Ask the Lord to bring women to us with open hearts.

Refugees in the Croydon area, a mixture of UPG’s including people from Sudan, the Horn,
Afghanistan, Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq.
This month, the Croydon Refugee Day Centre is starting a new ‘Wednesday Welcome’ drop in session which will focus on relationships and social needs. Please pray for the Lord to draw many refugees to the center with open hearts to hear the gospel.

Please pray for fruitful conversations as we take a group of internationals to the farm in Trout Lake, WA on Saturday. Also pray that God will be preparing the hearts of our students to hear the Good News this new term.

Please pray for our family Picnic on 8/28. We usually have around 200 at this event. Please pray for clear gospel conversations and for details to come together.
Please pray for boldness to proclaim the Word in all our summer get togethers!

* Please pray for a gathering for African clients of the Pregnancy resource Center and the local prayer team on August 26 at my house. Pray that many Africans come and enjoy the time together. Pray that the first gathering opens doors for further gatherings like it. Pray for friendships to begin that afternoon.
* Please pray for each member of the prayer team to meet Africans as we go about our days in the south Atlanta area, that the Lord would bring them across our paths and into our lives. Pray for us to cultivate friendships with them, and that our lives will be woven together.
* Please pray that many Africans will sign up to attend ESL classes this fall.
* Please pray for the Holy Spirit to open doors and give us conversations with people about the Bible, about Jesus and the gospel. Pray that through these friendships people will begin to meet to read the Word of God together on a regular basis.

Pray for many new students to enroll in Noel for the Fall semester ESL classes. Pray for the ESL staff working together in Noel. All of us have a Kingdom focus for the community.
Our Truck Driver friend from Noel has moved to Louisville, KY. We are trying to connect him to friends in Louisville. Pray that his transition to Louisville will present more opportunities for him to hear the Gospel.

Praise for occasional WhatsApp connections with island friends in Marseille. Pray for B, currently in the islands until September to meet bold sisters/brothers who will proclaim truth to her and other islanders on vacation. Pray for a receptive and soft heart.

* Praise God for the international ladies and families (60+) who have participated in activities  we have organized this past year. Pray the Holy Spirit will testify to their hearts to the truth of the gospel message they have heard.
* Join us in asking God to provide His direction for English classes, Sewing, and Homework club activities in the new academic year starting in September. Currently we have no volunteers to help with pre-schoolers who know no English and have experienced trauma.
* We also need more volunteers before we can restart Homework club for international students (ages 11-18) in the Som neighborhood. Pray for students to be able to hear the gospel!

* Please pray for R., A., and K. who have shown great interest in Jesus through our Bible studies, but who are still holding on to Islam. Please pray that all they have learned through the gospels would penetrate their hearts and that the HS would convict them and bring them to repentance.
* Please pray for L. and M. (an Algerian mother and daughter), and their whole family. The kids come to our Impact Kids program, and recently the two of them took home French New Testaments. Please pray that they would begin to read, and that we would be able to follow up soon.
* Please pray for the North African believers at our church that they would continue to grow in their love of Jesus and their love of his church- particularly that they would become more involved!

Our main prayer request is for the fruitful success of our outreach week on the estate in the East Midlands. We have an AIM short term team of 9 combined with over 20 volunteers from the church and the surrounding area. We are running a holiday club in the afternoons, followed by outreach in the late afternoon/evenings. Please pray for good conversations and gospel opportunities.