EUROPE
Zully Ruano
Prayer Requests:
1.We just shared the Easter story at the school, many children had not heard it before so please pray for the seeds planted in the little hearts of our students.
2. We need the Lord’s continual provision for our school so please pray for more students, teachers, and volunteers.
3. We would like to finish our playground project, please pray for funds to finish that project.
4. Continual prayers for wisdom and strength as I lead this school. Truly need the Lord’s guidance every day!!
5. For my family back home as my parents are at high risk and other family members are experiencing some setbacks during this pandemic.
Thank you so much for your prayers!!!
God bless you!
Zully – Email Blog
Mitch and Christine Sorensen – Nice, France
Thank you so much for fighting for us in prayer.
Prayer Requests:1. Please pray for more opportunities to share the Gospel. That people will be open for those divine appointments.
2 Pray for unity within the church as there are opposing opinions on the pandemic, covid, and vaccinations.
3. Pray for our health to be able to stay strong and be good servants.
4. Pray that we can continue to encourage those lacking in hope.
5. Pray that we can speak the truth in love and be obedient to our calling.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
God bless you as you serve Him.
Mitch and Christine – Email Blog
Brenna Kulla – Pécs, Hungary
Thank you for your prayers!
Praise Report:
1. Praise God for His continual pursuit of hearts and for all the great things He has done!
Prayer Requests:
1. Prayer for wisdom navigating the things in front of me, that I would be open to whatever the Lord has for me and that He would prepare and guide my way.
2. Prayer for the young women that I meet with, that they would grow deeply rooted in Christ and captivated by him.
3. That the Lord would completely heal me from mold toxins and gut infections. 4. Pray that the Lord would help me grasp the language and use it with more fluency, that I would be more bold to speak.
Thank you for your continued prayer in these times!
Love in Christ,
Brenna – Email Blog
AFRICA
Vincent and Melissa Aniku – Uganda
Praise Reports:
-The church is growing at a crazy rate.
-Our Calvary Football/soccer team Is being used by God tremendously. They have formed a prayer team, one of the players has converted and standing strong. People all over Uganda are talking about the testimony of our team giving glory to God.
-The women’s ministry is growing and healthy.
Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray fir our land titles. That God would give us a faithful person to sign the papers.
2. Please pray for our only remaining paperwork for the container. Also for the partial tax exemption we are trying to get approved.
3. Pray for the teens and children’s ministry. We have more then 700 children with only about 9 servants. Pray God gives us more faithful servants.
4. Pray for our vehicle that keeps breaking.
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
Mike and Sarah Vincent – Rosarito, Mexico
Prayer Requests:
1. That God would bless our new church bilingual church plant in Meneffee, California!
2. That God would keep our family, church family, and community safe in these difficult times!
Thank you for faithfully praying for us!
Con mucho amor de Mexico, (with much love from Mexico)
Mike, Sarah, Grace, and Daniel – Email Blog
Tim and Jenn Pappas – California, USA
Praise Reports:
-Praise God Jenn’s neck continues to heal nicely from her surgery.
-Praise God for his protection in our travels
-Praise God for his provision to meet our needs
Prayer Reports:
1. Please pray for wisdom as Tim directs the Calvary School of Missions
2. Please pray for a way for us to serve together at the school this year as six weeks apart from each other is very difficult.
3. Please pray for our family as our uncle passed away this week
4. Please pray for Jenn as she is facing persecution due to standing her ground at work and not being willing to allow false religions in to her groups.
Thank you for your faithful prayers!
All for His Glory,
Tim and Jenn – Email Blog
Hope Douglass – SGWM – California
Thank you for your precious prayers.
Prayer Requests:
1.The final few weeks of my pregnancy and a smooth delivery.
2. That Fletcher would be healthy and strong.
3.That Isaac and I would be good parents and be able to adjust quickly to life with a baby.
4.The staff in the home office while I am on maternity leave, especially Maribel who I trained to take over my responsibilities.
Thank you so much! Your prayers are so appreciated!
God bless each of you and keep you as you abide in Him.
Blessings,
Hope – Email Blog
Deanna Jevas – Tijuana, Mexico
Hi! I am so honored to be a part of saving grace, and I know I haven’t sent in my prayer request in a timely fashion but I am trying to get better about that!
- Prayer Requests:
I am currently at my moms house in Chula Vista recuperating from total knee replacement surgery on April 21. It is brutal the hourly stretches and bending that I have to do, I’m in a lot of pain and extremely bored so I could certainly use prayers.
2. For our after school program and the kids who are attending one day per week. They are in such need of help with their schoolwork, that the Lord would guide and direct the staff and helping them to the best that they can.
3. That all would run smooth in my absence as I recuperate.
Thanks again for your prayers!
God bless,
Deanna – Email Blog
Joel and Amy Garcia – California, USA
Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for the Lord to guide Joel in the area of traveling to visit our missionaries and their ministries on the field
2. Please pray for continued energy and vision in raising and training our kids in the ways of the Lord
3. Please pray for the Lord to provide for greater faith and holiness to permeate our family, our church, and our ministry
Love,
Joel, Amy, Maggie, Harrison, Jude, & Clara – Email Blog
Leo and Pilar Gray – Ensenada, Mexico
Prayer Requests:
1. We just had an Open House last weekend. 90+ People came to visit and see what Calvary Chapel Bible College was about. Pray for those who came that God would lead them about where to attend Bible College.
2. Graduation is May 21 – just a few short weeks away. Please pray for the students to finish well and for the graduates as they leave and look for ministry opportunities.
3. The lack of teams willing to come serve with us has affected the Bible College financially. God has always provided in miraculous ways to meet our needs. Please pray for His provision for the Bible College.
4. We are working on moving back to the US. We sense God moving us to a new chapter/ season in our lives. Please pray for wisdom for us, that we would be able to sell our house here in Mexico, and that the transition will go according to His plan for us.
Thank you for your prayers.
God bless you,
Leo and Pilar – 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 of missions and ministry. Also, pray for our accounting department. They need some full-time and part-time qualified volunteers.
2. Please pray for our new Administrative Assistant, Maribel, who will be directly assisting me and replacing Hope Douglass after having her baby. Please pray for her training and that the Lord would bless her with the ability to fully grasp everything we do.
3. Pray that God would continue to provide and guide my family through life and ministry.
4. 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.
5. 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. Pray for our upcoming Israel tour this summer. We also 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 will as the plethora of other administrative needs of youth ministry.
6. 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
Praise the Lord, our health has still been good this month!
Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for God to give us strength as we move this month.
2. Please continue to pray for my youngest daughter, Rose’s, recurring struggle with reflux.
3. Please pray for my financial support
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.
2. Please continue to pray for my financial support
Thank you so much for your prayers!
God bless you!
Joni – Email Blog
SOUTH AMERICA
Brad and Melissa – Amazon Jungle Brazil
Praise the Lord, For He is Good, He is above all things!
Prayer Requests:
1. For the Apurina people group in the Amazon Jungle.
2. Of the Apurina, specifically pray for our leadership, Oscar and Analucia, Domiginho, Patricio, Valdeci, Pedro, Raimunda, Guirlermi and Alcimara.
3. Pray for wisdom and discernment for us.
4. Pray for the people in the new villages we have reached recently. People in Aldeia Nova, Makauao, Sao Sebastiao, Bacuri and Joari.
5. Pray for our children and homeschool in the mists of a jungle ministry.
6. Pray for our next trips into the jungle. 1st trip April 29-May21, next trip June 22 -July 16th.
God bless you and thank you in Christ!
Brad and Melissa and family – Email Blog
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.)
Anand and Usha – Nepal
We pray that God will help us go further than what we are doing today to:
Prayer Requests:
1. Reach every person in this city.
2. Train more young people in this country.
3. Send the young people out to the whole nation to start churches.
4. Hold a conference in every district of the country.
Thank you for your prayers and support,
God bless you,
Choudhary Family – Email Blog
Prakash and Muna – Nepal
Praises Reports
-Praise God for the visits we had last month! It was great blessing to visit, share, and encourage our brother Mojhiya and his family at the church. The fellowship is growing and neighbors are coming to the church.
-Praise God! All of the students arrived safe at Calvary Chapel Pastors Training Center/Bible College for the new session, and the Lord brought so many students to be equipped for His ministry.
Prayer Requests
1. Please pray for the good health and sound mind of all students.
2. Please pray for all the teachers that are teaching throughout this semester, for good health and continued empowerment of the Holy Spirit as they teach from the Word of God.
3. Please pray for the students as they go for Gospel outreach and home fellowships throughout the semester.
4. Please pray for the spiritual and numerical growth of our church and believers.
5. Please pray continually for the new facility/property of our church, since we only have a couple of months left.
Thanks for your prayer support for us!
Blessings!
Prakash and Muna – Email Blog
Worker 3 – 10/40 Window
Greetings to you in Jesus name!
Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for me and my family, that we will have an effective ministry, and also pray for our good health.
2. Continue to pray for our Pastor’s School and for the new students.
Thank you very much for your prayers and support!
In Him,
P and R
Worker 15 and Family – 10/40 Window
Prayer Requests:
1.Please pray for the funds to purchase land for a church.
2. Our daughter just completed her nursing internship. Please pray that the Lord will help her to find a job as a missionary nurse.
Thank you for your prayers and support!
Co-workers in Christ,
Pastor 15 and Family
Rabi and Mahima – Nepal
Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for our church to be strong in word of God.
2. For our health to be physical fit we can serve God pray us.
3. Corona virus is increasing day to day; pray for God’s protection for us and our all believers.
4. Pray our Bible School students soon met at school and pray for their health to be good and participant in classes.
5. Pray our Online ministry to be fruitful.
6. Pray for No lockdown here.
Thank you for your prayers for us!
In Him,
Rabi and Mahima – Email Blog
Worker 1 – 10/40 Window
Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for the students’ health; it is cold here, and some of the students have never experienced cold weather. Some of them are ill. Please pray for that.
2. Pray for the staff who are teaching, for wisdom and knowledge to understand the Word when they prepare the lessons.
3. Pray for me as God leads my life, that I will continue to grow in Him, and pray for my future ministry.
4. Pray for my family in the south and pray for the campus there to run smoothly next semester and that the school will get the license.
Thank you for your prayers for us
God bless you,
Worker 1
Majhiya and Sarita – Nepal
Prayer Requests:
1. Please pray for the church that Pastor Majhiya began in his village.
2. Please pray for the health and safety of the Besra family.
3. Please pray that God will bless the family’s ministry.
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
Thank you so much once again for your prayers.
God bless you,
Worker 2
Milan Pariyar – Nepal
Prayer Requests:
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 the youth in our church, that they will grow in the Lord.
2. Please pray for me, that the Lord will guide and help me to take good care of His church.
3. Please pray for those who are getting ready for water baptism. May they truly know The Lord Jesus.
Thank you for your prayers.
God bless you,
Raju – Blog
Worker 6 and Family – 10/40 Window
Prayer Requests:
1. Please be praying for some of the new people coming to church. It is really a joy to see them coming to Christ and spending time in the Word.
2. Next week, we are starting a youth group Bible study. Please pray about it; it is the first time we have done this and we are excited to see what God has for us! Pray as we learn together and equip the youth to be disciples of Christ.
3. Please pray for a new church building.
Thank you,
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 ministry, family, and spiritual life.
2. Pray for my parents and my brothers; they are still unbelievers.
3. Pray for R.Y., who has mouth cancer; please pray for complete healing.
4. Pray for all of the believers in my church, that their knowledge will increase in the Word of God.
5. Pray for sister H–her husband and children are persecuting her.
6. Please pray for our biggest need, a piece of land for a church.May God bless you all,
Thank you.
God Bless 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.
Thank you so much for your prayers.
God bless you!
Worker 9
Worker 13 – 10/40 Window
Prayer Requests:
1.Please pray for our ministry here. God is giving us the opportunity to share His Word to new people, even some government people. Please pray that they will come to know God.
2. Please pray for me, that I will be able to help people both spiritually and physically.
3. Pray that the church building work will go well.
Thank you for your prayers!
God bless,
Worker 13
Worker 10 – 10/40 Window
Praise Report:
-Praise the Lord! Thank you for remembering me in your prayers.
Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for me, that God will use me mightily in my village, and for those who know about Jesus but still do not believe, that God will change their hearts.
2. Pray for my father’s complete healing from his fall.
3. Pray for my parents, that they will wholeheartedly believe in Jesus Christ.
4. Pray for me, because I am making a church building. Pray that God will give me wisdom and understanding to do it correctly.
5. Pray for the village believers, that God will strengthen them in the Word.
6. Pray for me, that God will open new doors for me to share the Gospel.
7. Pray for one brother who I have been sharing the Gospel to; pray that he will come to Christ.
Thank you for your prayers!
God bless you,
Worker 10
Worker 12 – 10/40 Window
Prayer Requests:
1. Pray for me, as I am traveling to a nearby country to visit my friend. Pray that I will have safe travels and a blessed time there.
2. Pray for all of the new people who have heard the Gospel, that they will accept Jesus.
3. Pray for the couple from my church who are getting married. Please pray that their marriage will be blessed and that their families will agree with their Christian wedding. Also pray for all of the government approvals–they will have to get many documents approved by the government to have a Christian wedding.
4. Pray for the brother who got baptized recently, that he will continue to grow in the Lord.
Thank you for your continual prayer and support!!
God bless you,
Worker 12
Worker 11 – 10/40 Window
Prayer Requests:
-Praise God who takes care of us even in the midst of persecution.
-Praise God who has been bringing people to faith weekly!
-Praise God for my neighbor who suffers from mental issues (she had been shouting from morning to midnight) but now she is better.
Prayer Requests:
1. Please continue to pray for our safety and my mother’s health.
2. Please pray for financial need for Rahul’s school dress and books. I know our God is a provider and He will provide his needs.
3. Please continue pray for a new motorcycle or a four-wheeler for me. I have had my motorcycle for 5 years, and every month it has new problems, and I need to spend lot of money to repair it. This bike was so helpful for me in reaching unreached villages, transporting a paralyzed believer to and from church, transporting the children I care for to school, running errands, and so many other things.
4. Please continue to pray for 3 of the villagers in my church. Their villages are persecuting them and trying to make them leave the villages because of their faith in Christ.
Thank you so much for your prayers and partnership for the Gospel!
God bless!
God bless you,
Worker 11
Worker 7 – 10/40 Window
Prayer Requests:
Please continue to pray for the students who have received training and are now serving in different areas of this nation. Pray that as they are ministering, God would speak to them and soften their hearts to make them realize their need of salvation and a relationship with the one true God.
Thank you,
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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