SGWM MAY 2024 PRAYER UPDATE

Monthly Prayer Requests
AFRICA

Aniku Family – Uganda

– Pray for the 5 new Muslim converts. For their safety and boldness.  
– Pray for the container clearance. The container is finally in Africa working its way to Uganda but there is a hold-up on one paperwork. Please pray for the details.  
– We are now beginning the roofing on the Koinonia community center and library.  
– Pray for all the church fellowships and ministries, that God will continue to strengthen us as we grow deeper in Him. Pray for our Bible college students as they do their finals and break for summer.  Continued prayers for our nursery and primary school.  

Thank you!

In Him,  
The Aniku’s – Email Blog

Ends of the Earth Ministries

Children: Hannah, Lila and Judah  We are thanking God for the ministries’ steady growth and pray for the 65 national missionaries serving in our Christian school, medical clinic, church plants and evangelism ministries.

The recent church plant among the Koma tribe has grown to 300 people who are maturing in their new faith. The school there is also continuing to flourish. Pray for the migrant Muslim camel herders who are hearing the Gospel from our missionaries as they travel through the Koma area. Pray also for the new Calvary Chapel that has been planted in the capital city of Juba and for the evangelism teams who go out weekly into the city to share and pray with the community.

Please keep Rob’s health in prayer as he suffers from chronic back pain and it makes speaking and traveling challenging. Please pray for strength and wisdom as he oversees and disciples our key African leaders.   

Yours for the unreached, 
Rob Douglass – Email Blog
USA

Tim and Jenn Pappas – Yorba Linda, California

– Please pray for the 2024 Calvary School of Missions and for us as we get to lead this wonderful work of God’s. 
– Please pray for us, as we are implementing some personal disciplines that will enable us to serve the Lord in this capacity for many more years. 
– Please pray for our son Andy as he is still wandering in his wilderness and desperately needs Jesus. Praise Jesus we are able to minister to him and see him frequently. We pray for our Father to renew his mind.  
– Please pray that as a couple serving together in the office and the field that we continue to be steadfast with the Lord.  Please pray for Tim as he has been having major back pain.  

All for His Glory,
Tim and Jenn – Email Blog

Bond and Heather Gaona – USA, Asia, and Africa

– Pray for student outreach trip in May in S. Asia as the Gospel is taken to remote regions and new villages.    
– Pray for the completion of the semester, teachers to finish strong and for the Word to sink into the hearts of the CBI students in Nepal and S. Asia   
– Pray for our summer missions trips we have planned to be fruitful, to raise up the next generation of missionaries, to share the Gospel with the lost and to encourage the churches in the areas we work.   

Thank you for your prayers,   
Bond, Heather and Breanna Gaona – Email Blog

Jana Sandbulte – Indiana, USA

– Please continue to pray for my parents’ health. Especially pray for healing for my dad, or an accurate diagnosis and treatment.
– Please pray also for my mom’s health.My 6-month old daughter is having kidney problems. Please pray for accurate diagnosis and treatment.
– I have a kidney stone; please pray that I will not have to have surgery.
– Please pray for the safety of all the workers in South Asia, and that God will strengthen their hearts and faith.
– Please pray for my whole family, that God will use us for His glory.

Thank you so much for your prayers! 

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

Joni Houser – Indiana, USA

– Please pray for the Christians in South Asia who are going through persecution.
– Please pray for my father’s health and recovery.
– Please pray for my mom to have accurate diagnosis and treatment in her illness.
– Please pray for the nursing home ministry and children’s after school ministry. 

God bless you!
Joni – Email Blog
Mexico

Mike and Sarah Vincent – Rosarito, Mexico  

Thanks for praying!    

Prayer Requests?  
#1- That God would bless our upcoming church planting conference on August 2-3!  
#2- That God would provide a job for our daughter Grace!   

Praise Reports?  
#1- God provided a good job for our son Daniel!  
#2- A blessed church planting trip to Guadalajara to visit our 2nd generation church plant!   

Thanks for your prayers,  
Mike and Sarah Vincent – Email Blog

Deanna Jevas – Tijuana, Mexico

PRAISE— my mom is doing much better emotionally and physically and spiritually thanks to all of your prayers! She is in her Word daily, and God is getting her through it all! Thank you for your continued prayers for her health!  Also, the Easter, drama of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus that the man performed for our church was phenomenal! Hearts were touched, and seeds were planted! (you can see it on my Facebook page) 😁  

1. Provisions for a nursery and youth room makeover.  
2. Wisdom, wisdom, wisdom!!! I need so much of God’s wisdom in everything that I do!  
3. Salvation for the moms and dads of the kids in the afterschool program.  

Thanks to all who take the time to read our prayer requests and pray for us! 

– Deanna Jevas – Email Blog

Hassan & Stacy Villegas – Acapulco, Mexico

In June we are having our first ever Mexico international pastors conference and CC Acapulco will be hosting. Pray that we can get everything organized, pray for the pastors speaking, and for the pastors who will be coming.

Thank you!!!   

Hassan & Stacy Villegas – Email Blog
South America

Andrew Weakland – Peru

1. Workers. The church is growing in numbers and my team finished their 6-month commitment. There is a lot of work to do and I need help.  
2. Leadership. For me to be organized, communicate well, and make wise decisions.

– Andrew Weakland – Email Blog
10/40 Window

The 10/40 Window

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.)

Worker 6 – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:

– Pray for a man who used to disturb our Sunday Bible Study, who has asked us to come pray for him since he is ill. Please pray for him and for his salvation.
– Please pray as we minister in a village of stone cutters. Nobody knows Jesus in the village.
– Please pray that the believers in another anti-Christian village would grow in faith and stand as bold witnesses in their difficult circumstances. 

Thank you! 

God bless you,
Worker 6

Worker 7 – 10/40 Window

The Lord has been opening doors to new ministry opportunities in different villages, and I am starting to see the new believers desiring to grow in God’s Word.

Please pray:

– I have continued to visit some of the villages where we did Christmas outreaches. Please pray that the souls there would have the conviction of the Holy Spirit and turn their lives from their idols to the Living God. Please join me in praying for their salvation.
– Please pray for the Lord to raise up many disciples among my people; men and women who will have a great desire for God and to reach our nation.
– Please pray for Michelle and I as we begin preparations for our marriage and life together. There are many things involved and we are trusting God for everything in every step. 

Thank you,  
Worker 7

Worker 11 – 10/40 Window

Praises:

– Thank God that He has kept us safe.
– Thank God that He is fulfilling our needs.

Prayer Requests:

– Please pray that God keeps me and my family safe.
– Please pray that our church remains firm in this crisis with faith and becomes knowledgeable in God’s Word.
– Please pray, as there are many festivals in the coming days in which Hindu people make processions; pray that they will not attack any Muslims or Christians.
– Please pray that our church can buy land for a Christian graveyard so that the people who are leaving their homes, village, society, relatives and accepting the Lord, can be given a respectable funeral after doing so.
– Please pray for my wife, that God will keep her safe from every kind of disease.
– Please pray for my mother; her bone density is very low, so she has to have daily injections. May God heal her and fulfill her needs.
– Please pray for my sister, who is getting married on May 16. Pray that God will fulfill all needs and that there would be no hindrance in the marriage.

Thank you for your prayers, support, and Christian love and partnership for the Gospel. 

God bless you all! 
Worker 11 

Anand and Usha – Nepal

Here are the prayer requests for this month:

– Please pray for the Himalayan people, that they will know God.
– Please pray for the capital city, where 6 million people live and only about 200,000 are believers; may God bring revival in this city and country.   

Thank you for your prayers and support,
Anand, Usha, Asher and Amos – Email Blog

Prakash and Muna – Nepal

– Please pray for those who heard the Gospel at the medical camps.
– Please pray for the women’s fellowship and prayer and fasting.
– Please pray for the youth meetings.
– Please pray for the families in the house fellowships. 

Blessings!
Prakash, Muna and Eutychus  – Email Blog

Rabi and Mahima – Nepal

Prayer Requests:

– Pray that God will allow all of the children in our area to come to our church.
– Pray that God will provide our choir team with things to help us with worship.
– Pray for my dear friend, S, to accept Jesus as his personal Savior. 

Thank you so much for helping us and lifting us up through prayer and partnership.

Grace and Peace,
Rabi and Mahima – Email Blog

Raju – 10/40 Window

Prayer Requests:

– We are trusting God to change the hearts of people where the Gospel has been preached, and turn to Jesus.
– The local pastor in the area needs God’s guidance, wisdom, and filling of the Spirit in the coming days.
– We thank all of the team, and pray that God will bless them in the days ahead.
– Pray for us for God’s guidance, strength and wisdom. 

Blessings!
Raju – Blog
Abhishek and Lacey – 10/40 Window

Here are our prayer requests!  

– Please pray our loved ones’ salvation. Please pray our family would “train ourselves unto godliness.” 
– Please pray for our local church, and the Bible College we are a part of and vision for future ministry.

God bless you, 
Abhishek and Lacey

Darryl and Kayo Record – Cambodia

– Please pray for strength and health during this season.  We are in the hottest time of the year with temperatures averaging around 100 degrees Fahrenheit with high humidity.  The whole country is sluggish and less productive than normal. We are thankful that so far, the electricity has been stable. 

– Please pray for wisdom, strength, and guidance as we prepare for our trip to Japan this summer to visit senders and Kayo’s family there.  I need wisdom in preparing to speak at churches there. 

– Please pray for provision, favor, and wisdom, especially related to Benjamin’s Christian international school’s upcoming tuition and guidance for him as he continues high school and prepares for the future. 

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