ASIA REGION
Fri 1. Khalid – Pakistan
I also serve as a street evangelist during special periods, but my main ministry is literature evangelism through Christian bookselling and distribution of devotional materials. Thank God for over 3,000 people who heard the gospel message in the past twelve months and about 300 of them who received Christ as their Savior.
Sat 2. Rakshananandam – India
Has been sharing the gospel message in six villages. Thank God for two people who received Christ as their Savior during the quarter and were baptized, and for a new prayer cell inaugurated. Pray for the growth of the new believers and the prayer cell group. Thank God for five other people who are coming to church. Pray for their total commitment to the Lord.
Sun 3. Naveed – Pakistan
Thank God for the opportunity to minister to some college boys. One of them was confused, discouraged, and disillusioned with life and was on the verge of deserting home. He felt his family was not interested in him. I befriended him and encouraged him to join our youth fellowship meetings. After a month of ministry, he started to join our prayer team and read the Bible regularly. There was a noticeable change in his attitude. Pray that his heart may be drawn fully to the Lord.
Mon 4. Sebastine – India
Conducted open air services in ten places. Thank God for touching many hearts and drawing them to himself. Thank God also for a radical family which was much opposed to our ministry and was totally against our visit to their home to share the gospel. The Lord ministered to the family and on our last visit, they warmly welcomed us and listened to our message. Pray that the Holy Spirit may fully convict them and draw them to Himself.
Tue 5. Anonymous – East Asia
Even though the pandemic is still ongoing, the Gospel continues to progress among the Baduy people. This is possible because of the medicine we are distributing in the outer Baduy tribes as well as the staple food we hand out to believers in the area. We share the Gospel by showing Bible picture stories on a laptop. Praise the Lord that many have thus heard the Good News. Pray for effective follow up. We also have been reaching out on Facebook. Because this form of ministry is new to us, we had some initial difficulties, but we now have a better grasp of it. Pray that lives may continue to be touched.
Wed 6. Assam – India
Has focused ministry in and around Sonitpur District. Most of the 71 people who heard the gospel message during the quarter are young people and children. Follow-up of the youth continues as he looks up to the Lord for their positive responses. Please support him in prayer.
Thu 7. Yohan – India
Despite the difficulties created by the Covid-19 pandemic, he was able to conduct gospel meetings in a few villages, organize a women’s conference, and a program for teens. Thank God for grace to strengthen the believers as they meet for prayer and fellowship.
Fri 8. Jeevakumaran – Sri Lanka
Thank God for the opportunity to commence post-Covid-19 devotions in 12 schools. God also opened the door of ministry in one of the rural schools with 43 children participating in the program.
School Devotion – Sri Lanka
Sat 9. D. Paul – India
Gospel meetings were organized in five villages. About 150 people heard the gospel message. Thank God for two people who came to faith in Christ Jesus.
Sun 10. BT - Bible College, East Asia
Thank God for breaking down the class wall, prevalent in the society, among the students. They now see themselves not as belonging to upper or lower class but as each other’s keeper. This change of attitude is essential for their future ministries as pastors and teachers.
Mon 11. Fernandus – India
I thank God for continuing to use me despite my ill health. In addition, with Covid-19 in the air and the state of my health, I cannot move about for ministry. Despite that, the Lord brought a woman into our assembly. She heard the gospel message and accepted the Lord Jesus as her Savior. Thank God because our weakness can never limit Him.
Tue 12. Moses – Bhutan
I was sick for two months, but God healed me and opened the door of ministry as we shared the gospel message from house to house. Thank God for some Buddhists who invited Jesus Christ into their lives and were baptized. Pray for their steady and consistent growth to God’s glory.
Baptism of a New Believer – Bhutan
Wed 13. Johnson - India
Adi Laxmi was possessed by evil spirits. She once came to our church and gave us so much trouble during the service. We responded by gathering around her and prayed for her healing and deliverance. She was totally delivered and expressed her faith in Jesus Christ. Please pray that she may be wholly devoted to our Lord.
Thu 14. Rejoy – India
He engages in house visiting and door to door evangelism and prayers. Has continued to organize prayer and fasting in cell groups. Pray for fruit to accompany this ministry.
Fri 15. Worldlink
Praise God for his generous provision in response to our 2020 Year-End campaign. We were able to meet our initial goals and look forward to using these funds to empower more indigenous missionaries to reach more unreached people.
AFRICA REGION
Sat 16. Emmanuel – Borno, Nigeria
Invited to co-facilitate a life skills session on “Choices Have Consequences” at the youth conference. Thank the Lord for 11 of the 178 people in attendance who made decisions for Christ.
Sun 17. Bereket – Ethiopia
In the first week of September, we started some programs in a small room with just a few people. However, the number has since increased considerably. Pray for effective ministry.
Mon 18. Johnkessly – Kaduna, Nigeria
One of our students was abducted by an Islamic fundamentalist during the lockdown when schools were closed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. She was forcefully Islamized and married off to one of them without her parent’s consent. When all advocacy with the government and even attempts to seek court intervention failed, we called on God for His intervention. We thank God for answering our prayers and opening a way of escape for the girl.
Tue 19. Jean-Baptiste – Rwanda
During this quarter, I had time to carefully read the Gospel of Matthew, where I was truly touched by the methodology of evangelism of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus did not focus his evangelism in the synagogues. Wherever the crowds gathered, he healed the sick, cast out evil spirits, and preached to them the Word of God. During these times when the whole world is facing fear due to the Covid-19 pandemic, most churches have been closed, and Christians no longer gather. I was touched by Jesus' art of teaching. For him whether the synagogues are closed or not, there are always ways to preach the word of God in public or in private. I felt very encouraged to send Bible messages to several people on Whatsapp groups and to use text messages, but also to tell people we meet in small meetings about Jesus.
Wed 20. Irmiya – Nasarawa, Nigeria
“I was under immense pressure from my parents to be involved in examination malpractices [NOTE: CHEATING AND BRIBERY ARE COMMON PRACTICES USED TO GET AHEAD IN COMPETITIVE SCHOOLS AND CHRISTIANS STAND OUT WHEN THEY REFUSE SUCH THINGS]. I thank God for your timely visit and encouragement. I was able to see things differently from the perspective of the Word of God and act accordingly.” CJ, Student at State Polytechnic, Lafia.
Ministry in Songs During Rally – Nasarawa, Nigeria
Thu 21. Simeon – Sierra Leone
An effective online Bible study has been going on since the beginning of July. We meet every Sunday evening for one hour. We started with members of the executive of the Freetown Central Area. It was later opened to other members. We have been studying the book of 1 John. Thank God for lives that are being touched as we meditate on God’s Word together.
Fri 22. Abolaji – Plateau, Nigeria
Preached a series of messages both during the regular worship services of a church in Mugyel and their couples’ fellowship meeting. Also led a seminar on revitalizing couple’s relationships. Thank God for about 260 people who participated in the programs and seven people who came to faith in our Lord.
Sat 23. Neo – South Africa
We managed to organize our first online holiday club with great success. About 30 kids participated in the program and it was so much fun to be able to share the word of God with them again. Two kids from the UK were in attendance. Thank God for its success, a new experience for us.
Online Holiday Club – South Africa
Sun 24. Berhanu – Ethiopia
Organized children's programs in families. Parents took the responsibility to run this program with their children. Suggestions to make the program more effective were brought by many families. Thank God for the way the program has helped parents to improve their relationship with their children.
Mon 25. James – Plateau, Nigeria
Thank God for the opportunity to participate in the Trauma Healing Training program which ended recently. The training was organized to increase effectiveness in counselling the traumatized in our volunteers and among the students, a useful tool for this pandemic period. Pray for effective use of this tool in the coming months.
Trauma Healing Training - Plateau, Nigeria
Tue 26. Sola – S. Kaduna, Nigeria
Most activities including a post-secondary school seminar and prayer meeting, talk on discipleship, and two-day seminar for single ladies were held online. However, with the opening of schools and Bible clubs, visits were made to a few clubs. Pray for God’s intervention in the pandemic so normal programs can resume fully.
Wed. 27. Lucas – Tanzania
At the beginning of the year, we conducted training in value education for 25 teachers. They all committed themselves to teach these values in their schools and churches. Each teacher went back home with a copy of the first book on “Forgiveness.” Thank God for three teachers who have completed teaching the lessons in the first book. Pray that others will follow suit.
Thu 28. Cyprian – Sokoto, Nigeria
Ministered to 50 Christian youth corpers during their orientation month. (Youth Corpers are young graduates participating in the one-year compulsory national service.) Pray that the Lord may lead some of them to assist Cyprian in his ministry over the next few months.
Fri 29. Albino – Yobe, Nigeria
I had the opportunity to preach in a local church on Tilli mountain. I saw the beauty of God in creation and how people gather to worship God on the mountain. We trekked for two hours before reaching the place. There is no vehicle that can transport one there. Thank God for over 500 people who gathered and listened to my message.
Sat 30. Dennis – Uganda
In June, we launched online values education classes. These classes continued in the last quarter with over 350 children and teens attending each week. We successfully completed the value of self-control and went on to cover moral purity in the last quarter. All these classes have gone on well and we thank God for the impact in the lives of children, teens, and their families.
Online Class - Uganda
Sun 31. Steven – Yobe, Nigeria
He was the main speaker at the Yobe State Widows’ conference in September. Thank God for the opportunity to minister to 183 widows and for 20 of them who either received Christ as their Savior or rededicated their lives to Him.