Nosy Mitsio has had strong east winds for over 2 weeks now that are causing trouble for transport and everyone’s livelihood. The people believe it’s the result of a broken ancestral taboo (hanging an octopus wrongly while drying it) and they will meet next Tuesday to discuss the perpetrator and try to appease the ancestors. Please pray for the winds to let up and people’s lives to resume. Pray for God to reveal himself to the Antakarana people, freeing them from fear of ancestral taboos and the social discord of placing blame. Pray that they would know the Creator who revealed himself to our eyes: Jesus.

The Antakarana people believe their ancestors will be “opening the door” again in August. They will have a big ceremony and sacrifice at an important site on mainland Madagascar Aug 14-16. Please pray that God would reveal himself to the Antakarana, that they would know the one who has made himself a sacrifice for them and who never “closes the door” on them, but always draws near.

Ramadan Day 23: More Muslims are coming to Christ than ever before. Praise God that ‘the Son of Man has come to seek and save that which is lost.’ (Luke 19:10) Keep praying! God is answering your prayers.

Ramadan Day 12: In Matthew 11:27-28 Jesus says, “All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him. Come to Me…” Jesus wants Muslims to know Him! Pray Jesus would reveal the Father to Muslims, and they would come to Jesus.

Those following the Ramadan fast on Nosy Mitsio believe it will make them “clean” before God and grant them his favor. Pray that they would know the God who made us clean in Jesus and who gave us his favor before we even asked for it.

Ramadan Day 1: As Muslims begin their month of fasting, pray that they would find it spiritually empty and ask God, “Why have we fasted and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?” (Isaiah 58:3)

June and July are the months of “closing the door” for the Antakarana people; a time when they’re unable to have any significant communication with their ancestors, whether it’s for receiving requests, healing sicknesses, or mediating spirit possessions – all of their normal interactions with their ancestors. Please pray that during this time of silence from their ancestors, that the Antakarana people would be able to hear the voice of the Holy Spirit leading them to Jesus.