National partners Leonardo and Valeria DeChirico pastor and serve Breccia di Roma, a strong evangelical church in the Catholic heart of Rome. Ask the Lord to continue to use Leonardo powerfully, not only as pastor, but as he teaches in IFED theological courses. Ask the Lord to use Leonardo’s new book, “Same Words, Different Worlds”, to bring salvation within traditional Catholicism. Pray that the doctrines of grace will reveal the completed work of Jesus, and many will come to saving faith by grace alone. Ask the Lord to provide the prayers and support needed for their building, and for the various ministries of the church.

God continues to use Daryl and Marlene Bussert and their partners at JAARS to reach remote island peoples who could not be reached otherwise. Praise God for the work on Mfangano Island on Lake Victoria, Kenya. Praise God for the protection that he has provided from Covid and pray for the Lord to use Daryl in the Maritime and Land Transportation department to equip laborers to reach the lost. Pray for the leaders of the JAARS board this month, for God to direct the leaders to the areas where He is working. Praise God for providing this ministry which trains and equips workers to safely reach previously unreached people.

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Craig and Stacy Pohl spent 8 years in Chile. Praise God for Lonquen Valley Presbyterian Church in Santiago, as well as the Chilean Presbyterian denomination. Pray for the Pohls as they commit to a new, young, international team being formed in Japan. Pray for them as they join Kaihin Makuhari Grace Church’s plant of a bilingual congregation and begin outreach to high school and college students. Pray for quick acquisition of the Japanese language, and adjustment to the culture. Pray for their support team and all the logistics needed for them to move to Japan in April 2022.  Pray for daughters Aimee and Karis as they heal from heart arrythmia and Covid, respectively.

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John and Dawn remain stateside, as do so many mission partners, but he continues his leadership responsibilities with his agency. John and Dawn are celebrating God’s rich mercy, allowing their doctor to discover a stage 1 cancer in Dawn. Her prognosis is excellent as she starts a treatment regimen. Dawn reports that this has always been her greatest fear, and God is HERE!  He trapped them in the U.S. through Covid and put them in just the right hands to discover this cancer early on. Please praise God for his gentle mercy.

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Our partner Gabriel Morales with Shalom Church in Merida, Mexico is celebrating God’s work through groups from Athens, Ga, Atlanta, Ga, and North Carolina.  These groups worked diligently on several construction projects and built strong relationships between the churches. Pray that the Lord would enable Shalom to complete each project. Pray for Gabriel’s family, wife Norma, and children Gabriel and Diego and for the Vision team of Leticia, Denny, Pedro, and Guido. Ask the Lord to pour out his Spirit on the Yucatan and continue the work that he has begun in so many of our 2PC youth from past mission trips.

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Jeremiah Davis and his CO Zambia team are excited that God is working among the students there. While Covid restrictions are still in place, they have been able to schedule time individually with their disciples and see good spiritual growth.  Pray for the Lord to build laborers for the campus. Praise God for his faithfulness to Jeremiah through these difficult months of Covid. Ask the Lord to draw students to their Leadership Project this month and to the cross cultural project at the end of the school year.  Pray for the team’s health and safety, and that God would provide his Spirit in great power to encourage them and guide them.

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Paul and Violette Bridgman are back in the U.S and will officially retire at the end of this year. Ask God to fold them into their new community and help them with their adjustment back to U.S. culture. Pray for the Lord to make them faithful in their retirement, as He did in their ministry. The Lord has placed a college ministry right across the street from their new house, complete with international students.  Ask God to provide relationships with these students, particularly the four Japanese students there. One has asked for help with English. Pray that God will use Paul’s time with him to bring him to a saving knowledge of Jesus.

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Faith Blanchard Luganda reports life in Uganda is hard, but God is good. Through many Covid lockdowns, illness, even death, God has proven faithful as Faith and Semme were able to celebrate their first anniversary with friends. Pray that God would use the lockdown to advance His church. Pray for much needed rain – enough to carry them through the dry season. Faith asks prayer for her mother’s back surgery, that God would bring healing and for a friend who is considering the Gospel, that she would repent and believe. Pray for continued language acquisition, a vehicle, and for little Elias to know Jesus.

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Jonathan and Sharon are thrilled that after two years of waiting, their adoption application of two-year old Priya has been approved! They were able to travel to pick her up in October. Pray for them to get dates with the local judge who will make the adoption official. Pray for Alicia and Gia as they welcome their new sister. They ask for prayer for the adoption process in their nation, as the need is great, and the process needs to be reformed. Pray for the Lord’s continue guidance and blessing on their work as Jonathan trains pastors and develops leaders in their region. Pray that the Lord will bless Sharon in her teaching.

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Jackie reports that work in Jakarta has been fruitful and exciting as after 19 months of meeting online, they started live-stream and in-person English services at the end of October. Pray Covid will remain low, and restrictions will not resume.  Praise Jackie has been able to have people in her home, pray that God would use her home to bless others. Pray for the English club with 10 new members and her Mini-Perspectives course with two of the staff, that the Lord will use this time to raise up leaders. Pray for the launch of in-person Indonesian services, planned for December 5. Ask the Lord to provide the needed volunteers.

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