Open Her Eyes

Keep praying for the Saharawi woman who received a Bible from a worker. May she read it and have her eyes opened to the Truth.

Pray for efforts to mobilize the Spanish church so they can join in reaching out to Saharawi and other Muslims in their area.

Ponder

Praise that several Saharawi ladies came to a festival where they heard the gospel presentation, Christian music and two testimonies. Pray they will ponder what they heard and believe.

Unrest

Pray for the political situation that is particularly volatile at the moment in Western Sahara and Spain. Western Sahara has some big decisions coming up. There are demonstrations in the camps and in Spain. May the unrest stir hearts to be open to the Lord.

Reading the Bible

Praise that an Saharawi friend is reading the Bible. Please pray for the HS to convict her heart!

Burden to pray

Praise God for an initiative to mobilize prayer for the Saharawi people among the Spanish church. May more and more feel the burden to pray for and share the good news with these dear people in our midst.

Boy’s uncle

Pray for the uncle of the boy who a worker has hosted over 3 summers. The uncle is now working in Spain. May he meet a believer and come to faith in Jesus. Pray the Lord would draw many in this family to Himself.

Watched the film

Praise for the Saharawi boy who has watched the Jesus film in his heart language and watched many animated episodes of Biblical stories from Genesis to Revelation. He has been challenged to ask Jesus directly who He really is. Pray that he does this, has an encounter with Jesus, and becomes a follower!

Watching the Jesus film

Pray for the young boy who will soon watch the Jesus film in his heart language. May the truth of the gospel penetrate and transform his heart.

Spiritual battle

A young Saharawi boy has been regularly watching episodes of an animated Bible story show before bed. Please pray these seeds bear much fruit. He has heard the gospel clearly during Sunday school as we have studied Jesus as our Good Shepherd and as the Bread of Life. He asked to borrow a Quran in Arabic from a Muslim friend and sometimes reads it in the worker’s home. Please pray for the spiritual battle for his heart and mind.

3rd summer

Pray for a Saharawi boy who will spend his third summer in a row with me in Spain. May Jesus reveal Himself to this boy and bring salvation to him and his family.

Your kingdom come!

Praise that workers for the Saharawi were able to gather for a time of vision casting, prayer, collaboration, and mutual encouragement. May God’s Kingdom come and His will be done among the Saharawi!

Processing

Praise that a Saharawi man got to process his response to his sister becoming a believer with a worker. Pray that his heart would also be open to Jesus like his sister.

10 year old

Pray for a 10 year old Saharawi boy from the refugee camps living with me for the summer. Pray that he and his family meet Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

Want to hear more

Praise that a Saharawi young adult got to hear the testimony of a worker. May she want to hear more and one day find her identity in Jesus.

Outreach

Pray for a fellowship in a Spanish city that is seeking to reach out to the Saharawi people in their community. Their desire is to see an Arabic-speaking church worshipping the One True God! Pray for that!

Gospel conversations

Praise that S mom and daughter are back in Spain after an extended time in North Africa. Pray for fruitful gospel conversations with them.

A way in the desert

Isaiah 43:18-19 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.”
Lord, please do a new thing and make streams in the desert where the Amazigh and Saharawi of North Africa can taste from the fount of Living Water, find that only you satisfy, and have peace for their souls. Bless our work in the diaspora, use us to be gracious hosts for these people, bring them to understand the Truth, and allow them to carry this life changing Truth back to their home communities.

Ramadan has ended

Pray for greater spiritual hunger now that Ramadan has ended that would lead to genuine questions about Jesus and spiritual conversations.

“Some things aren’t positive.”

You prayed for my visit to the refugee camps with a Saharawi friend who has been in Spain for 20 years. You prayed for sweet reunions and the Spirit to move in hearts. Praise God that during the trip, my friend was able to identify some things in her culture that are not positive. Pray that her heart is softened toward Christ.

visiting friends

Praise for an opportunity to visit the refugee camps with a Saharawi friend who has been in Spain for 20 years. Pray for sweet reunions and the Spirit to move in hearts.

Retreat follow-up

Praise God that my Saharawi friend and her daughters came to the retreat as they planned. The Holy Spirit was clearly working and we have had some fruitful conversations since. Please pray Jesus appears to them in dreams and visions and calls them to Himself.

Evangelistic retreat

Please pray for an evangelistic retreat that we are having this weekend. We have 40 people confirmed and 20 are nonbelievers (culturally Catholic, Muslims, Buddhist/undefined). We know the Lord wants to work in a mighty way and the enemy does not want that. Please pray specifically for a Saharawi friend and her two daughters who will be joining us. Please pray the Holy Spirit works in their hearts and they can receive Jesus as Lord and Savior.
If you’d like to sign up to pray for a prayer slot during the retreat, please follow link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E2rEyzmKNXoud2_VeAH9bh9WjV-TnMAL2C3qNfR1HDo/edit?tab=t.0

Spanish lessons

Praise for a successful session of Spanish classes! When given their participation certificates, one lady said it was the first certificate she had ever received. Pray it is a testimony of a God who values and sees her.

Feel His presence

Thank the Lord for the 4 Saharawi ladies who are coming consistently to Spanish classes. May they feel the presence of Jesus and come to know Him as Savior.

Spanish classes

Pray for Spanish classes with Saharawi ladies in the community. May the Lord bring the ladies who should be there. May it be a fruitful time of learning and relationship development.

Thanksgiving

Pray for an event to celebrate Thanksgiving with local Saharawi friends in October. May relationships be established and deepened so that gospel truths can flow.

Bring salvation

Praise for many opportunities to share the gospel with a 9 year old S boy this summer. Please pray that Jesus would meet him in a dream and bring salvation to him and his family.

Hearing scripture

Praise that the 9 yr old S boy staying with me this summer is having opportunities to hear Scripture in Arabic and in Spanish! Please pray for him to have an open heart and open mind.

Gospel seeds

Please pray for a 9 yr old Saharawi boy who is staying in my home for 2 months this summer. Pray that gospel seeds would bear much fruit for him and his family.

Community needs

Praise that 15 Saharawi ladies came to the gathering last week to share about the needs of the community! They were able to share things that weigh on their hearts and minds. By God’s grace, they seemed to feel loved and valued. Please pray we have wisdom in discerning how the Lord wants to use us to meet some of the needs they expressed.

Loved and Valued

Pray for an upcoming gathering to hear about needs of the Saharawi community so we can consider if/how we can meet them. Please pray for clear communication, appropriate expectations and that the Saharawii people in the city would feel loved and valued.

Getting help

Praise the Lord for moving on behalf of the single mom with a child with special needs. She will soon begin receiving much needed government support. May this be a testimony to her, and another step towards knowing the One True God.

See Lord’s provision

Pray for a new Saharawi friend who is a single mom with a child with special needs. May she see the Lord’s provision and love on their behalf and come to have a relationship with Him.

Bread of Life

Please pray for the Saharawi who are fasting for Ramadan. May they come to know Jesus as the bread of life!

God is love

Praise for a successful Valentines event with rich conversations. Pray they would feel and believe that God is love!

Know Jesus as their Rock

Pray for Saharawi teens who are living in Spain and navigating the influences of peers. May they come to know Jesus as their rock, their identity and their only hope.

God who loves them

Pray for a Valentine’s event tomorrow Feb 17. Pray that Saharawi friends would see that they are loved by God and would have a desire to learn more about the God who loves them.

Cookies and stories

Praise God that S came to decorate cookies with her daughters and I could share stories about the birth of our Savior. Please pray they have open hearts to receive Jesus as Savior.

Cookies

Pray that many ladies would come to an evening of cookie decorating and be able to hear the Christmas story.

Heard the Gospel

Pray for S who heard a presentation of the gospel this week. Pray that she goes beyond thinking that it’s a “pretty story” and experiences that it is a transformational truth.