Paul and Violette Bridgman ask prayer for complete healing of Violette’s chronic lower back pain and for a vision of how God wants the Sakuragaoka Church to expand this year and beyond. Pray for development of lay leadership so the church can grow even more.
Bob and Janie Till pray for an outpouring of God’s Spirit on the people of Europe. It is estimated that 180 different nationalities are living in and around Frankfurt. GEM’s focus called “50 in 5” seeks to multiply church planting and discipleship ministries in 50 European cities in 5 years. Pray for implementation of this goal.
Pray that Katie and Patience will be good stewards of their time and resources as they settle into a new apartment and take responsibility for the local ESL ministry, in addition to spending four days a week in language study. Katie asks prayer for her Bulgarian friends, and for Teah to mature in her faith. Pray for the times Katie & Patience get lonely in a city and culture that is still overwhelming. 
Pray for Brandon as he travels the country helping new EPC churches become engaged in World Outreach. As he and Liz train new workers preparing to serve in the Muslim world, pray they will be able to balance ministry, travel and home schooling with their four young children.
Josh and Elizabeth Johnson have been in Peru for 6 months and are getting established in their ministry. Elizabeth spends time with Rosa, her conversation partner, and Josh is developing a deeper relationship with Esdras, an apprentice in the seminary program. Pray these friendships will grow and spread. 
Serving far away from family and friends, sometimes in hostile areas, can be difficult for the strongest of believers. Pray our missionaries will not only make Christ central to their ministry and lives, but spend significant time in the Word to restore their spirits. Pray for strong, faith based marriages, and for those adjusting to sending children away to school or college elsewhere.
Pray for Chris and Kirsten Furr as they reconnect with French friends following home leave, and gear up for a new season of service at their church. Pray for Chris as he resumes his duties as Area Director and travels to visit teams in Belgium and Italy. Pray for his mother’s continued healing and a good report from her scans following cancer treatment.
Thomas asks for wisdom as he decides whether to lead a seminary-level Church planting session in Taiwanese, and for his meetings with the boyfriend of a new believer. Pray for Jennifer’s mothers group; for Snow’s heart to be more open, for her husband to come to the house church, and more spiritually open moms. Pray for Judy, whom Jennifer is discipling, to find a better job situation so she can get to church regularly.
Rob and Tunde Futo are grateful the doctors have finally diagnosed her mother’s illness as an incurable, but very livable disease involving her spleen. They ask we pray for her spiritual as well as physical health. 
Fifty individuals serving on ten different summer teams shared experiences from their service around the world with Norm and Ruth Ann Leduc, both products of summer teams over 30 years ago. Pray for Norm and others with Pioneers, that God would lead them in making wise decisions and give good counsel to the 53 individuals seeking to serve long term. 