Paul & Violette

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 & Seme

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 & Sharon

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

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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Mike & Stephanie

Mike and Stephanie are using their unique gifting, training, and life experience to pursue opportunities to partner with national Christians in Muslim majority nations. Recently, Mike’s EPC work took him on his first overseas trip since March of 2020 to visit Presbyterian churches in these nations. Pray for the Lord to use Mike’s visit to equip these national Christians to change hearts for the Gospel. Ask the Lord Jesus Christ to pour out His Spirit on these Arabic nations.

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Mozambique

Pray for our national partners in Mozambique, Pieter and Michaque. They ask for prayer as they work on new curriculum for their Community Discipleship Groups (CDG) in the four districts. They give praise that despite Covid restrictions, facilitators were able to do home visits and Bible study groups. Pray the work of the CDGs to impact many lives and expose many disciples to the truth of the word of God.

Jeff & Lynne

Jeff and Lynne ask prayer not only for their family, but for all of Malaysia.  The persistence of the Covid lockdown continues to wear on everyone.  Ask the Lord to allow the kids to return to in person classes and for the nation to open for travel and commerce. Pray that the Lord will use the pandemic to bring many Malays to himself.  Ask the Lord to release power of the Gospel unto salvation, that Malay groups would be formed, and that churches would multiply. Pray for many to fast and pray for 40 days, and that God would hear and act for his glory.

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Steve & Marion

Due to Covid, Steve and Marian are still in the U.S. working to establish Genesis University in Johannesburg. After 30 years of service to African Bible College in Malawi, they are responding to God’s call to fill the need for a Christian liberal arts college in South Africa. They relocated to Florida so they could get into new churches, meet new donors, and spread the exciting Genesis story to a new audience. They have raised over half the needed funds to purchase the school campus and ask prayer for administrators, teachers, and future students. Ask the Lord to begin this large work, bringing the Gospel of peace throughout S. Africa.

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Lebanon

Pray for Greg & Elizabeth and Nick & Amanda as they are in the U.S. waiting for conditions to improve in Beirut.  Pray for the church in Beirut as they deal with deteriorating conditions.  Ask the Lord to provide a government, and the necessities of life.  Pray for the many Syrian refugees who are returning home from Lebanon.

Aileen

Aileen Coleman continues to labor at the Annoor Sanitorium and visit the Bedouin people. In her 5th decade of faithful service to the Lord, God is still at work healing those with drug resistant TB and bringing them to salvation. Pray for the Bedouin farmers as the spring rains failed and some had to sell their flocks because they could not feed them. Praise God that the well dug forty years ago at Annoor continues to provide the water needed for the 8 buildings on their grounds. Aileen asks prayer for rain, and for spiritual floods of blessing for the Jordanian people. Pray for continued favor with government agencies, for the strength the staff needs each day, and to pour out His Spirit on the region.

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