SGWM JULY PRAYER UPDATE

EUROPE

Mitch and Christine Sorensen – Nice, France

hank you so much for fighting for us in prayer.
Prayer Requests:
1physical strength, spiritual protection and lots of divine appointments as we continue to share the Gospel via tracts in the streets of Nice and other cities around.

2. For people also to be very encouraged during our time with them.

3. For the Spirit to open bigger doors with our neighbors.

4. To know if we should come for a visit to California this summer.

5. For 2 ladies we are starting to disciple (they are not in our area) (Sylvia, my niece and Eve who has been into occultism for a long time.)

6. For Christine = Healing of my kidneys; and my shoulders which are VERY damaged and start to hinder me. (Ruptured tendons: They do not do surgery for this, at my age, here).

7. For my Dad (Christine’s) who is getting older, weaker and weaker and does not want to hear about the Lord

8. For churches to be able to do services without the masks on faces. It has been a big obstacle to regular fellowship.
With all our gratitude for your kind support and love!

God bless you as you serve Him.
Mitch and Christine – Email Blog


Brenna Kulla – Pécs, Hungary

Thank you for your prayers!

Praise Report:
-Praise God for his kindness and patient, continued pursuit of hearts!
Prayer Requests:1. Prayer for our Lighthouse college outreach ministry, wisdom and vision in the planning of weekly events, relationships to be built and the gospel to be shared, hearts to be drawn to Jesus! 

2. Pray for the young women I meet with that they would grow deeper rooted in Christ and in love for Him, and grow in understanding of God’s calling and purpose on their lives.

3. Continued prayer for healing from gut infections & mold toxins.

4. Pray for further understanding and comprehension of the Hungarian language, and pray that I would be more bold to speak.

Thank you for your prayers! 

Love in Christ,
Brenna –  Email  Blog


AFRICA

Vincent and Melissa Aniku – Uganda

Thank you prayer warrior for standing with us!

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for the covid in our area. Many of us are sick but with extremely limited to no tests in our area, it is hard to know and contain.

2. Please pray for rain! Our area is having a bad drought and we are loosing crops at an alarming state.

3. Pray as our construction continues for the library and community center. We have broken ground and are working on the foundation! Praise the Lord!

4. Our Calvary Football/Soccer team finished their first season in the big league. We are preparing a temporary field for next season in the Big League. Vincent has been asked to be the delegate for the Northern region of Uganda for FUFA. Pray as God uses him to share the gospel through FUFA.

5. Continued prayer for health, safety and provisions for the church.avirus is growing rampant over there. Also for the unrest of elections.

Thank you all so much for your prayers and love!

In Him,
Vincent and Melissa –  Email Blog


Ends of the Earth Ministries

In South Sudan:
Please continue to pray for the nation of South Sudan. Decades of Civil War have collapsed the economy, resulting in mass starvation and desperation. Hopelessness and violence run rampant throughout communities.

Pray for our 500 students that are being daily discipled in the love of God and His Word, so they may lead their nation Into a new season of hope.

Pray for the 75 children and young adults in our children’s home and for the Missionary parents that are laying down their lives to provide peace and unconditional love to these precious ones.

Please pray for the new churches in the Tauso & Taposa villages. Pray that the pastors and medical staff will have the spiritual and physical tenacity to handle the countless challenges while living amongst Stone-Age tribes.

In Kenya:
Pray for the refugee students in our missionary training college in the Kakuma Refugee Camp. They are fasting and praying as they prepare to return to South Sudan to begin reaching cities across the border in North Sudan, with hopes to plant churches amongst Muslim peoples in 2020-21.

In USA:
Pray for the Missions Equip Training Programs. We are in the throws of launching two new schools this year.

The first – International School, will be used in Bible Colleges as a complete missions training course.

The second – Transformation, is a cross-cultural immersion training program, equipping missionaries to assimilate into their new culture while learning the language and world view.

Pray that God would continue to empower, envision and sustain us as we seek to establish nationally led, culturally relevant, biblical-based churches among unreached peoples.

Thank you for your prayers!

Yours for the unreached,
Rob Douglass – Email Blog


NORTH AMERICA

Leo and Pilar Gray – Ensenada, Mexico

Thank you For Your Support and Prayer for Us.

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for our Church to be growing day to day.

2. Pray our church believers to be grow in God word.

3. Pray for our Church member as well as our Family.

4. Pray For our Ministry to be fruitful.

5. Pray our health to be physically fit so we can serve God.

6. Pray God will allow to open Lockdown soon and we gather and Praise our God together.

7. Pray safety to all students who were studying in bible school as well as safety of all staff.

Thank you for your prayers.

God bless you,
Leo and Pilar – Email Blog


Joel and Amy Garcia – California, USA

Thank you all for praying for our family, it means the world to us!

1. Pray for Joel through the busy summer months of caring for missionaries on furlough and holding the fort at the church while some of our main staff are away at the Calvary School of Missions

2. Pray for Amy as she faithfully homeschools the kids and is discipling a handful of young girls eagerly seeking the Lord

3. Pray for the Lord to direct Joel on the right traveling opportunities as things open up more and more for that.

Thank you again for lifting us up in prayer!

In Christ,
Joel, Amy, Maggie, Harrison, Jude, & Clara – Email Blog


Mike and Erin Thiemann – California, USA

Prayer Requests:
1 Please pray for the SGWM office as we gear up for a packed summer with our third 6-week Calvary School of Missions program taking place in Mexico. 

2. Pray for our accounting department. They need some full-time and part-time qualified volunteers. Also pray for wisdom and direction as we navigate and administrate a massive amount of accounts. 

3. Please pray for our new Administrative Assistant, Maribel, who is directly assisting me and has replaced Hope Douglass (who is on maternity leave). 

4. Pray that God would continue to provide and guide my family through life and ministry. 

5. Pray for me as I work towards earning my master’s degree. Pray that the Lord would bring about supporters and scholarships. Pray that the Lord would bless my study time and make it fruitful. 

6. Pray for the youth ministry I lead. Pray that the Lord would pour out his Spirit and awaken the affections of our teens towards Him. We have completed two Mexico trips so far this year and have plans for two more. Please pray as I need administrative help in organizing all these trips as well as the plethora of other administrative needs of youth ministry. We are also planning for a Belize trip for next Summer. 

7. Pray for our continued financial support as Erin and I have been Stateside missionaries for over 15 years. 

Thank you for all your love, prayer and encouragement through this.

We are blessed by you. 
God bless you,
Mike, Erin, Malachi, Kyla and Alaina – Erin –  Email  Mike – Email Blog


Jana Sandbulte – Indiana, USA

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for our health.

2. Please pray that God will open doors for me to share about the work He is doing in South Asia.

3. Please pray that I will know and do God’s will in every area of my life, and that I will draw closer to Him.

Thank you for your prayers!

God bless you,
Paul, Jana and Sari, Kaylee, and Rose – Email Blog


Joni Houser – Indiana, USA

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for our family’s health, especially my mom.

2. Please continue to pray for my financial support.

3. Praise the Lord, He has opened up nursing home ministry for us again! Please pray that many lives will be touched and many will be saved.
Thank you so much for your prayers!

God bless you!
Joni – Email Blog


Mike and Sarah Vincent – Rosarito, Mexico 

Prayer Requests:
1. Provision and protection for our family and church! 

2. For God’s blessing on our next church plant to Hermosillo! (Capital city of Hermosillo) 

3. That God would strengthen and add to our churches as they come out of this season of Covid! 

Thank you for faithfully praying for us! 

Con mucho amor de Mexico, (with much love from Mexico)
Mike, Sarah, Grace, and Daniel – Email Blog


Deanna Jevas – Tijuana, Mexico

Hi thank you for praying for me!

Praise Report:
My car broke down and the parts were nearly impossible to find. My pastor here found them in a junkyard and so my car was fixed within a week, praise God he answered that prayer in a flash!

Please Pray:
1. We will be at full capacity with our afterschool program starting July 6. Praise the Lord! That means 40 kids will be here three days a week. Please pray for a smooth transition and that we all remain healthy. We also need more staff.

2. For my knee. I had total knee replacement in my right knee on April 21. I am still not able to work. It is a long painful recovery process. Please pray that I Will be able to work starting July 6 as we are limited with staff in the after school program.

3. Funds for construction on our property. We need to support an existing retaining wall with a new building, we hope to make a new multipurpose room but have no funds. God knows and he will provide.

4. For an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on all of us here, and for the Saints to come back to church!

Thank you so much God bless you my brothers and sisters. Jeremiah 33:3

God bless!
Deanna – Email Blog


Bond, Heather and Breanna Gaona  – S. Asia and Africa

  1. Pray for the safety of all the students as they travel home to their villages in S. Asia. Pray for effectual ministry opportunities to share the Gospel and teach the Word in their home places.

  2. Pray for our time of teaching at the Calvary School of Missions the last week of July. We will be traveling as a family to Mexico to teach and invest in the students.

  3. Pray for leading for the fall semesters as we meet with the national pastors / leaders to discuss needs, classes, teachers and dates. Pray that all would come together according to God’s purpose and will.

  4. Pray for the next church planters that are being raised up. Pray for God’s timing to send them out through the 10/40 window.

  5. Pray for Uganda and all of our missionary friends and national pastors / leaders as the country is in a strict lockdown now.

    Thank you for praying,
    Bond and Heather – Email Blog

The 10/40 Window is a rectangular geographic area stretching from North Africa through the Middle East to Asia, covering 68 countries. Two-thirds of the world’s population live within the 10/40 Window.
Three out of every five people in the 10/40 Window have no access to the gospel. According to the Joshua Project, 68.6% of the 10/40 Window’s ethnic groups (5,984) are considered unreached, with a total population of 3.09 billion.

(Some names and faces have been changed or omitted for security reasons.)


Darryl and Kayo Record – Cambodia

Prayer Requests:1. Please pray that the COVID related travel restrictions will be lifted so that we can visit our home countries (USA and Japan) next summer. 

2. Please pray that Darryl’s online apologetics/evangelistic video ministry will continue to equip the saints in Cambodia and beyond.

3. Please pray that Darryl will be able to resume his partnership to make apologetics/evangelistic videos in Chinese (Mandarin) soon.

4. Please pray for our son’s online school year to finish well and for wisdom about the summer since we cannot travel this year as we had hoped.

5. Please pray for the Cambodians who are struggling in many ways due to COVID.

Thank you for your prayers.

In Christ’s Hands,
Darryl, Kayo, and Benjamin – Email Blog


Anand and Usha – Nepal

Praise Report:
-Thank you all the prayer warriors who had been praying for us because of that we are able to move forward for the ministry.

-Thank you God as we are able to run Bible College since 2 month though we have lockdown.

-Thank you God for good health for all the students and staff of our Bible College.

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for our good health.

2. Please pray that Students may serve God faithfully in coming seasons.

3. Please pray that God may bring new students in coming semester.

4. Please pray that God may allow us to reach more people in coming seasons.

5. Please pray that some of the students had already started Bible study and some are planning to start, keep them in prayer.

6. Please pray some of the students are struggling with old habits, let God minister them.

Thank you for your prayers and support,

God bless you,
Choudhary Family. Email Blog


Prakash and Muna – Nepal

Praises Reports:
-Praise God for He’s been so good and faithful so far.

Prayer Request1. Please pray for Nepal and its political situation, it’s so bad and corrupted.

2. Please pray for all CCBC students and faculty as we have been continuing our Bible College.

3. Please pray that Nepal gets rid of Covid soon, and the Lockdown would stop so that people can go for normal life.

4. Please pray for all Charis family for the safety, good health and daily needs.

5. Please pray for all our online Services.

We appreciate your continued prayers that’s a great blessing for us as we Serve Him.

Thanks for your prayer support for us!

Blessings!
 Prakash and Muna – Email  Blog


Rabi and Mahima – Nepal

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for our Church to be keep growing day to day.

2. Pray our church believers to be grow in God’s word.

3. Pray for our Church members as well as our Family.

4. Pray for our Ministry to be fruitful.

5. Pray our health that we would be physically fit so we can serve God.

6. Pray God will open the lockdown soon, and we can gather and Praise our God together.

7. Pray safety for all students who were studying in the Bible School as well as safety of all staff.

Thank you for your prayers for us!

In Him,
Rabi and Mahima – Email Blog


Worker 11 – 10/40 Window

Praise Report:
-Praise God to take us safe from covid 19 and anti Christian groups.

-.Praise god to loosening lockdown so now we are openly doing home fellowships and bible studies.

Prayer Requests:
1. Please continue pray for my safety from covid 19 and some anti Christian groups who wants to stop church.

2. Please pray for an old church member her name is Pinki. She is only one believer from her village her husband is mantle, now her villager wants remove her from village because one house church was happening in her house. Last month village court gave her judgement to leave Jesus or village but she went to police and police helped her. Her village people wants kill us because she knows Jesus by me.

3. Please pray for a land for Christian graveyard, last month 4 people dead by covid 19, their last wishes was to be funeral like as Christian but we don’t have graveyard so we could not fulfil last wish.

4. Please pray for my church member to go more deeply in the word of God. To be safe from flood.

5. Please pray for 100 audio bibles because 90% believers are illiterate.

6. Please continue pray for me, and my sisters’s marriage that God would provide who can be partner in the ministry.

Thanks for your prayer, love and partnership for the Gospel.

God bless you!
Worker 11


Worker 3 – 10/40 Window

Hello, Dear Prayer Partner

Greetings to you in the matchless name of our Lord Jesus Christ!By God’s grace we have been doing wonderful. Thank you so much for your valuable prayers.

Prayer Requests:1.
1. Please pray for me and my family, so that God may protect us safe and sound health. Also we may able to grow in understanding of His word.

2. Please pray for me as I am suffering from chest pain.

3. Do continue to pray for the growth of our local Church.
4. Please pray for the house map approval from municipal office and for the construction of a house.

Thank you very much for your prayers and support!

In Him,
P and R


Worker 15 and Family – 10/40 Window

Thank you for your prayers. We thank God for you, our prayer partners, who uphold us in prayers.

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for the pandemic situation in our country.

2. Please pray for God’s protection over His people.

3. Please pray for the family that is being pressured by the villagers to reconvert to Hinduism.

4. Please pray for our health.

5. Please pray for our daughter, A. She is a trained nurse and has been working with the Covid patients.

Thank you again for your prayers and support!

Co-workers in Christ,
Pastor 15 and Family


Worker 1 – 10/40 Window

Thank you for your continued prayers and financial support which allows us to focus on the work the Lord has set before us!

Prayer Requests:
1. Please continue to pray for our country as we are suffering from severe new strains of Covid.

2. Pray for our family to stay healthy.

3. Pray for our students and staff as they are also waiting for school to reopen.

Thank you for your prayers for us

God bless you,
Worker 1


Majhiya and Sarita – Nepal

Prayer Requests:
1. We have found the opportunity to share with other about Jesus, praise the Lord! Please pray for more open doors.

2. We conduct small house fellowship services. Please pray for unbelieving neighbors who have joined us sometimes, as they are curious and confused during this time of lockdown. Pray that their hearts will soon be changed.

3. Praise God for safety and protection during this time!

4. Remember us in your prayers for His guidance in upcoming days, and pray that God will open the hearts of our neighbors for salvation.

Thank you for faithfully praying for us

Blessings,
Majhiya and Sarita


Worker 2 – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray that if it is God’s will, I will be able to go to a certain village and teach the Word to the Christian families there, as well as share the Gospel with the unbelievers.

2. Please pray that I will be able to build relationships and share the Gospel with the village

3. Please pray for my health and safety

Thank you so much once again for your prayers.
Worker 2


Milan Pariyar – Nepal 

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for my family to mature in their relationship with Christ and to have good health.

2. Please pray for the believers here to grow in their faith.

3. Pray for my community to know the difference between the Truth and false teachings.

4. Pray for me for safety and for good health

Thank you,
Milan


Worker 4 – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for me, as I have been busy with many things. I need strength, wisdom, peace and direction about where to buy things for construction.

2. Please pray for more male students to come to our Bible School.

3. Please pray that the Lord will give me wisdom and Godspeed with translation.

4. Please pray that in the midst of all of this, that I will depend upon God alone, and not on my past experiences.

Thanking you.

Yours in Christ,
Worker 4


Raju – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests
1. Please pray for my daily spiritual growth in the Lord.

2. Please pray that I may be able to teach God’s word properly so that the Church will grow continually.

3. Please pray that my parents and the rest of my family members will know the Lord.

4. Please pray for the need of a church building.

5. Please pray for our church members, for protection from the pandemic that is all around.

Thank you for your prayers.

God bless you,
Raju


Worker 6 and Family – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Please be praying for the work that’s happening here in our city.

2. Pray for our new church plant to keep growing.

3. Pray for the new place that we want to start a Bible study.

4. Pray for our slum ministry.

5. Pray for our youth ministry.

6. Pray for our worship leading ministry and park ministry.

7. Pray for another new church plant we are doing (It began 3 months ago.

8. There are more places that we need to reach; please be praying for God’s timing and resources.

9. We are praying for food distribution in the areas where people are suffering and needy and hungry. Many of the daily wages workers don’t get to eat properly even when things are normal, but now everything is shut down and they have no chance to go out to find work. Now people are not only dying from corona, they are also dying of starvation.

10. Please be praying for our Bible college.

11. Please be praying for our financial needs for Bible and food distribution

Thank you for praying.

With love in Christ,
Worker and Mrs. 6


Worker 16 – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1.  Please pray for the ministry in this lockdown God my open the doors for Gods words.

2. Please pray for my children that they my grow in Lord’s Fear and knowledge.

3.  Pray for God’s wisdom and strength to take care of my children and learn His Word.

4. Please pray that the lord would intervene for the problem the world is facing.

Thank you for your faithful prayers!

God bless you,
Worker 16 and Family


Worker 8 and Family – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for my personal Bible study.

2. Pray for my preaching on the Gospel of Mark.

3. Pray for my book study, “Praying Effectively for the Lost.”

4. Pray for my ministry, family, and spiritual life.

5. Pray for my parents and my brothers; they are still unbelievers.

6. Pray for all of the believers in my church, that their knowledge will increase in the Word of God.

7. Please pray for a piece of land for a church.

May God bless you 

Thank you,
Worker 8 and Family


Worker 9 – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for me, that I will continue to grow in the knowledge of the Word of God. 

2. Please pray that God will teach me to be a good leader for His people. 

3. Please pray that God will protect all students and staff of the Pastors School from all illnesses and diseases; pray that they will remain healthy.
 
Thank you so much for your prayers.

God bless you!
Worker 9


Worker 13 – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for me and my ministry.

2. Please pray for all of our believers, that they will grow in their knowledge of Bible verses.

3. Please pray, we have some new men who want to know about Jesus. I shared the Gospel with them, so pray that they will come to Christ.

4. Please pray for my family.

5. Please pray for my village, that God will make open doors for me to share with them His Word.

6. Please pray for a new mobile phone, because mine is not working well. Today, I was using it for Sunday service and it turned off on me. I have tried to have it repaired 5 or 6 times already.

Thank you for your prayers!

God bless you,
Worker 13


Worker 10 – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for me and my ministry.

2. Please pray for all of our believers, that they will grow in their knowledge of Bible verses.

3. Please pray, we have some new men who want to know about Jesus. I shared the Gospel with them, so pray that they will come to Christ.

4. Please pray for my family.

5. Please pray for my village, that God will make open doors for me to share with them His Word.

6. Please pray for a new mobile phone, because mine is not working well. Today, I was using it for Sunday service and it turned off on me. I have tried to have it repaired 5 or 6 times already.

May God bless you,  

Thank you for your prayers!

God bless you,
Worker 13


Worker 12 – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for the people, those who don’t have jobs. And also those who have lost their friends and family members in this pandemic.  

2. Pray for our church people, for their faith, that they may be good students of God’s Word and pray for our online meetings, that we can find more opportunities with new people.  

3. Pray for the villagers, that people would be strong in their faith. Pray for food because there is no good transportation and their grocery markets are so far from the village. It is very difficult to survive especially during this pandemic.  

4. Pray for a piece of land for a church building, that we can have fellowship without any objections and have our own church building.  

5. Pray for me, that I would lead our believers well, and for my health also.  

6. Pray for a computer to continue to send my updates with, and to do our online fellowship with. It is very difficult to use my phone to write newsletters; a computer would be very helpful to keep in touch.  

7. Pray for the new people who have come to Christ recently; pray that they will grow with the Lord and with his kindness.  

Thank you for your kindness!! 

God bless you
Worker 12


Worker 7 – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for the online teachings I am preparing.

2. Pray for our country, as a new wave of disease has come, not only corona but other diseases. People are living in fear and trouble and loneliness.

3. Praise God that He has kept us safe and kept my YouTube ministry open!

Thank you,
Worker 7


Worker 5 – 10/40 Window

1. Pray that God will protect us from the present situation. 

2. Pray for our neighbors, that they will come to know the Lord. 

3. Pray for my daughter who is studying nursing.   

Thank you so much for the encouragement and partnership! 
Worker 5


Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those
who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.” – Hebrews 13:3 

Thank you for praying! Your prayers are impacting lives and helping  
“Reach the Nations…One Soul at a Time”. 

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