We thank God for the open doors to the good news of Jesus every day at the Hospital.
We thank God for Saha’ and his wife Ash’ who received Jesus at the Hospital. Saha’ is the man we were helping and sharing the good news with for the past two months. The one we prayed for unity with him.
Pray for the people for whom the truth has been planted in their hearts and minds, that God the Holy Spirit’s work of faith and transformation in their lives would bring them to salvation.

Pray for Ali, Ab’ Bakar, Khal’, Adam and Att’, men from the gym who attend regularly and hear the gospel. Pray the Holy Spirit would grant them new life in Christ!

Pray for God’s work in students’ hearts who just graduated or have just completed Superior 1 and are planning to take Superior 2 in January.
Pray for the Christmas parties the first week of December for the women’s English Clubs (upper and lower levels).
Pray for more women to take classes, come to interviews, and participate in higher level classes.

Pray specifically for the upcoming week which will begin an eye glasses clinic and a level 1 English class at the cultural center. Both platforms are opportunities to serve the community with a practical need while building relationships.

Pray for a new English class which should start up this month taught by two team members. Pray for the right students to come and that God would use teaching English to point people to Jesus.

Pray for God to open hearts and challenge students and grant faith as they discuss spiritual truths. Pray for students who are currently reading or recently have read Scripture on their own. Pray God will speak to them in His Word.

Pray for our patients at the hospital we are sharing the gospel with. Ask God to open their hearts to receive the gospel.

Pray for spiritual fruit in the surrounding Muslim community– we are praying for reproducing, indigenous, Christ-centered churches (small groups of Jesus-followers meeting together) amongst the mixed Muslim unreached people groups in our town and surrounding villages. Pay with us!

Pray for God to open hearts and challenge students and grant faith as they discuss spiritual truths.

Pray for the people who are interested in hearing the gospel and those we have given the audio Bible to – that God would work faith in their hearts.
Pray for the new believers. I have started teaching four people at G’bor Church and this coming Sunday I will be starting with a family.

Pray for our new believers. One, Abub’r had an accident and broke his leg and had an operation at the hospital. He is getting better. Pray for complete healing. And also pray for some of our friends at the hospital with whom we shared the good news of Lord Jesus Christ. Pray for Al’e, Ahm’d, Kal’ Youn’, Abedurah’, Abdul’, Ous’ Mohammed, Youn’ Har’n and others.

Pray for the people we have been sharing with: Hass’, Mam’, Sadd’, Yun’ , Kal’, Us’, Abdy’, Isa, Abir’, Maki’, Leim’, Yun’, Ali, Jib’ and others. Ask the Lord to grant them faith to believe.

We’ve all had opportunities to share spiritual truth with friends and neighbors. Pray these seeds that have been planted would grow. Some receive the word quite receptively… others not so much! Pray for wisdom in knowing how to share and the language ability to be able to do so. Pray specifically for Zain’, Zar’  and Moub’ and Ab’, who are all hearing a lot of spiritual truth in our language lessons. Zar’ and Moub’ are married to each other so we’d love to see them come to faith together!

Pray for our ministry at the hospital, especially for the seeds that have been sown to take root, and for the few people still at the hospital we are caring for and sharing with- Lea’, Yu’uf, Abdul’, Ali, Kadi’ and others.

Pray for students who have completed classes to continue pondering what they have learned and that many would pursue truth.
Pray for God to prepare students for new classes starting in September and for wisdom during the interviews (August 26th) as to who is ready to join the upper-level classes.

Pray that as our students study God’s word, they will see the difference between the words they study and what they know. Pray that they see God longing to have a right relationship with them and that there is nothing they can do but believe in Jesus to receive this grace.
Pray for courage and faith for Mo, who has been seeking for a while. Pray for Abdi, who has asked for a Bible, expressed frustration with his religion, and wants to know how to know God. Pray for God to open the spiritual eyes of Z and K, who are both reading scripture. Pray for Al to believe as he continues to ask deep-heart questions about who Jesus is and seeks to know more.

Pray for DS and H, two women our team has befriended. They are both well-educated (especially in the Quran) and have hardened hearts against Jesus. However, we have had many conversations about Jesus and the Bible with them. Pray that God would soften their hearts and give them dreams and visions about Himself.

Pray for the audio Bibles being distributed. Praise God for the news that a family is still listening to the scriptures after leaving the hospital.
Pray also for two other families we shared the audio Bible with, pray they will listen and the Spirit will open their hearts.

There are 3 students who are genuinely seeking who the Lord is and wrestling with many questions about that. One of them got married last week, which allowed me to pray with him at his wedding and have an open conversation about following Jesus. Pray he won’t hide from the truth anymore, but be bold even as a new husband, and surrender his life to the Lord.
Pray for more opportunities to speak with these 3 students and for them to have visions and dreams about Jesus.

Please pray for the people we broke fast with over Ramadan. We’ve had many spiritual conversations and planted many seeds. Pray that the seeds will grow and that our neighbors will begin to have questions about Jesus.

Pray for the 5 people who heard the gospel. Please pray that the Holy Spirit will lead them to a deep understanding and faith.

Pray for staff at the hospital who are Muslim. They are daily witnessing what it means to be a Christian health worker. Pray that they would be drawn to the love they see in their colleagues’ hearts as they interact with patients. Pray especially for M, a Muslim nurse consultant who seems open and curious.

Pray that the Muslims who thirst today will find living water so that they may never be thirsty again.

Pray against fear for many who have heard truth or have scripture sd cards and even Bibles. May the word not return void. May people recognize the Truth and have courage to follow.

Praise the Lord for some wonderful opportunities to share Truth with people in the community. We have an initiative of going out three times a week in pairs and looking for opportunities to share Truth with people. We’ve had some encouraging conversations and prayed for people in the name of Jesus. We had one particularly exciting incident in which a young woman was healed, and she later was quick to attribute it to the prayer in Jesus’ name. Pray for her and many others to follow Jesus.

Pray for the people we have been sharing with to come to faith and salvation by the work of the Holy Spirit. One family in particular, brothers and a sister, have been listening. Pray for their salvation.
Also, pray for I. and I. We have been talking with them; pray they will accept the word and it will bear fruit.

We finished up Character 1 at the end of January. Pray for these 23 students to come to Character 2, which starts today Feb. 19th, and for other students to join. This is a great opportunity to continue to share different stories from the bible and connect with students more as they continue to learn. A few of these students are seeking and counting the cost. Please pray for them.

Pray for our language helpers. DJ studies the Word a lot in lessons. He is growing in his understanding. We pray he would fully submit to Jesus. The ladies’ language helpers, however, have been rather resistant or uncomfortable with Bible stories and spiritual conversations. Pray that the Lord would open their hearts to desire the Truth, and pray that the blinders which are on their eyes would be removed and that they would see that the way of Jesus really is the Truth!

Pray for Superior 2 English students to have soft hearts as they discuss Jesus and hear the complete gospel in this class. Pray that God would save many of them this term.

Pray for a spiritual breakthrough in our village. Pray specifically for our language helpers… B, F, D, and Z. We spend a lot of time with them! Pray the Lord would remove the veil that covers their eyes from seeing the Saviour.

English Club has finished watching and discussing the film adaption of “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. This produced great discussions about the symbolism in the film. The women were able to identify the problem of evil and its far-reaching oppression, the devastating and irreversible consequences of betrayal, and the astounding sacrifice of a ruler without any treachery to take the place of a traitor to save all. The gospel was clearly and boldly shared. Pray for fruit!

Classes are coming to an end this month. Students have read all the stories from Jesus’ birth to his resurrection and the Spirit’s coming. Pray that these men and women take hold of the truth. Pray for their hearts to be soft, as several students have many questions to follow up with.

There are rumors and false accusations circulating about the local Christian school.
Please pray that the school would remain strong in continuing their Christian Education classes and that Pastor Barnabas would not lose heart.
Pray also for our team that we would not fear but would continue to speak the Truth in love…and that we would have the wisdom to know when to speak and when to remain silent.

English Club is diving into watching and discussing the film adaption of “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.” They are discussing the symbolism of the story, and it has already led to good conversation. Pray as they watch, then read the scriptures at club, God opens their eyes to Truth.

The team shared the Truth with 5 people at the Guni hospital: Ma’ad, Ibra’im, Abu’aker, Sal’mon, and As’ta. They had good communication while sharing. Please pray that the Holy Spirit will lead them into a deep understanding and faith.

During one homestay, we ended up praying for a 5-year-old boy named Aboubacar. He has a sickness that seems very spiritually related. He doesn’t speak and can’t eat on his own, though he used to be able to. We prayed for him in the name of Jesus and told the family we would continue to pray, so please pray that the Lord would heal Aboubacar and that the family would attribute the healing to the power of Jesus.

Pray for Khal’, Had’, and Aish’ to continue to seek the truth. They are students and English club attendees, and they are willing to discuss scripture and read it for themselves. Pray God would reveal himself to them. Pray for Rawda who has stopped discussing and attending the English club. Pray for the truth she has heard to bear fruit.

Please pray for those who have heard the truth. May they come to faith in Christ.
Pray for the guidance of the holy spirit each day to share the gospel with those who have not heard about Jesus.

You’, Se’d, Mah’, and Brah’, going through 1 John, have all stopped coming and replying to messages. Pray they will restart communication. Pray that they see their need for a savior.

Pray for many potential students to come to interviews tomorrow 8/28. Pray that God would bring those who are ready to hear truth. Pray specifically for female students to come. Pray for K, H, A, and R to continue to seek the truth. They are students and English club attendees, and they are willing to discuss scripture and read it for themselves. Pray God would reveal himself to them.