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30. Japan
Football projects are helping teens build selfconfidence, self-worth, a sense of belonging
and connecting them with godly role models in
certain areas of Southeast Asia. Pray for one
football project that is coming alongside heavily
drug-affected communities. Pray for
opportunities for Christian workers to share the
Good News with coaches and families involved.
(OMF)
28. Mongolia
A spring training school run by our Mongolian
Missions partners is currently in full swing with
13 students. The term ends in mid-May. They
have plans in place to reach out to Buriad
Mongols living outside Mongolia. Scouting trips
have already taken place for this new work to
communities in both China and Russia. The
Buriads (Buryats) are a Mongolian sub-group
that has emigrated and resettled elsewhere
over time. They are the primary people group
now in Siberia. Please pray this month for the
Buriad people, scattered in some of the worlds
least-hospitable environments. (AsiaLink)
29. China
Please pray for courage and protection for
human rights lawyers who still operate in China
despite government harassment. Pray for a
change in the governments attitude to human
rights, particularly freedom of religion or belief.
Pray too for safety for Chinas religious
minorities, especially in light of the crackdown
on human rights lawyers. (Christian Solidarity
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17. Ecuador
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake which hit the
coastal area of Ecuador in April cost many lives
and left thousands of people homeless. As the
relief and re-construction efforts continue one
Christian radio station in Guayaquil has been a
lifeline for many. HCJB-2 has been serving the
people of western Ecuador for decades and
was therefore in a strategic position to send out
messages of help and advice throughout the
recent crisis. Pray for the rebuilding efforts and
for those who have lost loved ones. Also
remember HCJB-2 as they try to be the voice of
Jesus to people in great need. (Reach Beyond)
18. Nicaragua
Bethel Hope Centre in Rivas, Nicaragua,
provides a safe place for children to be fed
spiritually and physically. Part of Strider Iona
Tattersalls job at Bethel involves trips to the
local rubbish dump. After four months, I still
find it shocking, seeing children of all ages
working on the dump, many wading through the
rubbish without any shoes and playing in it
nonchalantly. They are with their families,
trying to eke out a living by searching for
materials such as plastic, cardboard or metal
which they can sell on for very little. They work
in sweltering conditions among the festering
and combusting waste without good shoes,
gloves or masks. A weekly outreach takes
sandwiches to the dump as a way of getting to
know the people there. Pray for good
conversations and for Gods compassion to
change hearts. (Latin Link)
19. Guatemala
A group of North American students and three
Guatemalan doctors set off bright and early
every morning in a bus to one of the villages (up
to one-and-a-half hours away) and set up their
mobile clinic. The doctors will do their best to
diagnose and counsel without the luxury of
1. Lebanon/Syria
3. Iran
2. Sudan
Like so many other Sudanese people groups,
the Gaaliin follow the Islamic faith, and are
generally very committed Sunni Muslims. Only
a small percentage of the Gaaliin have been
exposed to the gospel in a positive way. This
has mainly been accomplished through
penetrations by Sudanese believers into the
Gaaliin areas. Churches comprised of Southern
Sudanese members and evangelistic
outreaches led by national Christian groups
have helped reach the Gaaliin. They are a
people who are critical in reaching the whole of
Sudan, for they are the pulse of the cities and a
key stone in breaking through the Islamic grip
that holds the nation of Sudan. Ask God to
strengthen, encourage and protect the small
number of Sudanese Arab believers. Pray that
fear of persecution from Islamic relatives will not
hinder Sudanese Arabs as they consider the
Gospel. (Frontiers)
4. Lebanon
Please pray for Lebanon as local communities
are feeling overwhelmed by the number of
refugees from Syria (at least 1.9 million in a
country whose population is normally 4 million).
Many churches and organisations are trying to
do what they can to provide emergency support
but now, 5 years on, there is a growing feeling
among some Lebanese that Syrians are taking
over, primarily because many of them will work
for a lower wage than Lebanese people and
putting the poorer Lebanese out of work. Pray
that churches would continue to respond and
show God's unconditional love, and that
relations between the host and refugee
community would be peaceful and integrated
and not cause unrest and conflict. (Embrace the
Middle East)
5. Middle East
Its not everyday that you hear a strong
declaration of faith in Christ from someone
raised in a Muslim majority country. But Hosni
contacted the media team via WhatsApp with
this urgent request for spiritual support: I
believe that Jesus is God I need to know
more about Jesus and the Bible. Pray that
social media will continue to be a safe outlet for
Muslims to seek Jesus. (AWM Pioneers)
6. Spain
9. Belgium
11. Kenya
14. Niger
12. Malawi
13. Ghana
Five million people in southern Ghana depend
on water from three great rivers which rise in
Atewa Range Forest Reserve. Mining and illegal
logging threaten the quality of the water needed
for domestic, agricultural and industrial
purposes. These activities also impact the
wildlife in this unique tropical forest. Pray for
forest-fringe communities as they seek to find
new ways of using their natural resources
without over-exploitation. (A Rocha
International)
15. Madagascar
Transformation development taught in
Madagascar is based on the biblical foundation
of Romans 12:2, Do not conform to the pattern
of this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind. Praise God that many
participants have understood that development
starts with themselves, and that the principles
are empowering them and their families. Pray
that the 170 local leaders who have received
the training would begin to apply Biblical
principles day to day. (AIM)
16. Tanzania
Emmanuel International is helping the church in
Pawaga, Tanzania, to assist victims of the
floods which occurred in February. Families
food supplies were destroyed when flood
waters washed away the crops. Thanks to
donations already given to this appeal, food
was delivered to the church and distributed.
One of the victims who received supplies was
the mother of Amina, a baby girl who was
miraculously born on a termite mound while her
family awaited rescue from the flood. We thank
God that baby Amina is doing well, but her
family is currently homeless. Please pray for
families affected by the flooding as they are
rebuilding their lives and for the local church
supporting them. (Emmanuel International)