AFRICAN Region
Thu 1. Francois – Burkina Faso
We began the implementation of an evangelization project in partnership with another Christian organization. We trained 140 students in Bobo and Ouagadougou to evangelize their peers and follow up with new converts. Local Bible groups have also organized evangelistic outreach in their schools. The reports show that 3967 students heard the gospel message. Thank God for 182 who received Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
Participants in Evangelism training – Burkina Faso
Fri 2. Jehoshaphat – Benin
One woman who used to be an idol worshipper was summoned by her family and ordered to renounce Christ. She refused and declared, “All the years I worshipped idols, I did not find any help when I and my children were facing challenges. When I accepted Jesus as my Savior, he saved me and delivered me. I cannot abandon my faith in Jesus because He helped me.” Her testimony truly gladdened my heart, and I give God all the glory. Pray that the Lord will sustain her through the challenges that she faces.
Sat 3. Hellen & Wycliffe – Ethiopia
After BRA of Alagwa tribe converted from Islam to follow Jesus, he was subjected to all manner of persecutions. His people did not allow him to marry an Alagwa lady since all Alagwa people are assumed to be Muslims. But God opened the door for him to marry following which his people chased him out of their community. He relocated to Zanzibar where he is now doing missionary work among the Makunduchi Muslim community. Please pray for fruitful ministry and blessing on his chicken breeding business so he can provide for his family and remain on the field.
Sun 4. Nounagnon – Benin
We organized Sunday School Teacher’s training in six centers. Our prayer and hope are that the training that the 191 participants received will help each of them to be more effective in teaching and mentoring children in their churches. We expect many of them will also serve alongside us during the three camps we are organizing over the long holidays.
Sunday School Teachers’ Training – Toucountouna, Benin
Mon 5. Sarifo & Jorgina – Mozambique
Ten full-time missionaries have just joined our team. Pray for funds to sponsor their trip and support their training in Malawi. Thank God for many house churches that are springing up, which is the result of our church planting training. God has opened the door of ministry for us in Guinea Bissau. Nelito traveled there last month to conduct a survey. Thank God for the outcome of the trip. Pray for provision to facilitate his family’s relocation to Guinea Bissau to mobilize the church for missions.
New Church Plant - Mozambique
Tue 6. Sebastien & Pauline – Cote d’Ivoire
Thank God for a fruitful trip to the Kulango in February. We seized the opportunity to expose participants to the reality of being a missionary and to do a prayer walk in this village which is 99% Muslim. We also held a planning session with the missionary who went to Koulango and planned major activities for this area. Pray for successful implementation.
Wed 7. Johnkessly – Plateau, Nigeria
"I was born again in 2001 but backslid in 2017 when my father and two siblings were killed by Fulani militia in my village. I felt that God was powerless and didn’t exist. I went back to my practice of various rituals and my heart was filled with hatred, bitterness, and a desire to avenge my family. During a recent sports outreach in my school, I rededicated my life to Jesus Christ after hearing a message of encouragement that brought healing to my heart. I am currently attending a trauma healing program in my community. I have renounced the practice of religious rituals and need prayers to remain faithful." Samuel Atumbu
Thu 8. Kapampula – Zambia
We usually conduct a youth rally commonly called Gospel Splash, on the closing day of school. In this year’s activity, over 3000 young people in five districts were presented with a clear message of the gospel. We thank the Lord for a total of 421 young people who surrendered their lives to Christ.
Gospel Splash – Zambia
Fri 9. Héléne – Congo DR
I visited and ministered to the prisoners in Makala prison during my trip to Kinshasa. I also instructed the Women of Hope in Elikya Center to engage in Bible meditation and trades to generate income. I continue to counsel Women who are victims of the massacres here in Beni, and we meditate on the Bible together. Thank God for the blessings He continues to pour on our ministry to women and orphans.
Sat 10. Vuyokazi – S. Africa
We conducted holiday Bible clubs around Gqeberha. God was faithful to us and helped us to share the gospel message with many children giving them the opportunity to receive Christ as their Savior. Most of the children to whom we minister are from broken homes. Thank God for giving them hope through the gospel. We thank the Lord for about 600 children and youth who came to faith in Christ during the quarter.
Holiday Bible Club – KwaZakele, S. Africa
Sun 11. Elizabeth – Tanzania
BB, a Muslim, did not want to hear any message about Jesus after his wife confessed to praying for their sick child. After an entire year of praying for the boy, the Lord healed him following which BB accepted the Lord along with his family. His wife and their three children will be baptized this month. Thank God for making the impossible possible.
Mon 12. Stephen – Abuja, Nigeria
We mobilized people to participate in our triennial National conference relayed in 13 centers in the capital. Of the 2,079 participants, we thank the Lord for 503 who made various decisions for the Lord. The message, “Impacted to impact others" particularly impacted sister Favour. She committed to take immediate action and on returning to the campus, she offered herself as a volunteer short-term missionary.
A session at Triennial National Conference – Abuja, Nigeria
Tue 13. Appolinaire – Rwanda
He preached at the crusade in Bweramvura with about 400 people in attendance. Thank God for 70 lives that were saved. One of them is a man who used to attend church but due to some challenges backslid and started living a sinful life. He immediately initiated and formed a choir within a week of his conversion. He also raised funds to rent the room for their Sunday Church worship.
Wed 14. Shaka – The Gambia
Conducted school outreach to start potential new Bible clubs. We also conducted training for students and teachers in Nusrat School and Gambia Methodist Academy using biblical principles of leadership. Thank God for 30 people who came to faith in Christ. One of them, a teacher in Nustrat, a Muslim, made a commitment to follow Christ during the training.
Thu 15. Worldlink USA
In the past year, there have been 123,928 professions of faith in Christ through the ministry of Worldlink partners worldwide. That’s 123,928 lost souls who returned home, experiencing the forgiveness of sin and the embrace of our Heavenly Father. Many of these new believers come from people groups that are considered unreached, groups of people that have little to no contact with Christians and in turn have minimal opportunity to hear and respond to the gift of salvation through Christ Jesus. There are still 3.42 billion unreached people worldwide. Please pray for Worldlink and Worldlink partners as we focus our efforts on lessening this number by sending missionaries who will bring the Gospel to the least reached, the last to be reached, and the lost.
ASIA REGION
Fri 16. FTH – Country in Southeast Asia
Our first ministry is prayer. We hold regular prayer meetings in teams because we face spiritual warfare as we reach out to people with the gospel. Our prayer focus has been for the people in our four target areas. We thank God for answering our prayers and for two people whom we baptized during the quarter.
Sat 17. JCV – India
T.Y of Mishing Tribe was a gambler, an alcoholic, and adulterer. He was deeply hated by his people. But thank God for the transformation the gospel brought to his life. I had the privilege of discipling him and he is now faithfully serving the Lord among the Mishing people. Pray that the Lord may establish him in his service.
Sun 18. D.L – Vietnam
Thank God for Thành who became a Christian through the ministry of his friend who invited him to church. He accepted Christ into his heart during the service. Since then, Thànn has been telling others about Jesus and how he has been good to him. Through his testimony, many of his friends and family members have heard the gospel message. Pray that his friends also will make decision for Christ.
Mon 19. Arjun - Nepal
U.P. once worked with Maoists as a group leader and fought many battles. He had seen the tragedy of people losing their lives on the battlefield. Later when there was a peace agreement with the government, he was sent home. He believed in the Lord when he saw his sister-in-law receive healing through Christian prayers. Now he is actively involved in his church as an elder, active in social work. He testifies to the freedom that Christ gives from oppression and discrimination against education, property, caste system, and religion. He was oppressed in his early Christian life but thank the Lord for helping him overcome all the oppressions and experiencing peace from God.
Worship - Nepal
Tue 20. Dhan – India
A brother had to close his meat shop, but we thank God for opening a new door of furniture business for him. Pray for abundant blessings upon this new business. Thank God also for miraculously healing his father. He was sick unto death, but the Lord heard our prayers and intervened.
Wed 21. D.Q - Vietnam
Pray for our worship concert in October, that many will come, and that the Lord may touch their lives. Pray for provision for the concert. Pray also for the success of the Franklin Graham Crusade in December. The last outreach drew over 50,000 people with over 5,000 converts. Pray for more fruit from this year’s crusade.
D.Q’s Worship Ministry - Vietnam
Thu 22. Subratha – India
Our focus is on the Ho and Santali tribes. These are new unengaged tribes in our area. There are hundreds of villages without any church. Currently, I ride my bike to share the gospel message from door to door and through street preaching. Thank God for bringing 38 people into his fold during the quarter, five of whom were baptized.
Fri 23. S.D – Country in Southeast Asia
Thank God for bringing one soul to faith during the quarter. During our House Church worship in her house, AH, our disciple, and her husband responded to the challenge to reach their family and neighbors. She took the bold step to share the good news about Jesus with her neighbor, Tiana who responded positively and believed in Jesus as the Savior who forgives sins. We praise the Lord for this fruit of obedience.
Sat 24. Phanna - Cambodia:
Thank God for the fruit of our ministry in the past quarter. We baptized 10 people. Our plan in the next three months is to run one leadership class to equip more leaders, raise 10 more leaders in adult and youth groups, run a sports ministry, a youth camp, and two weekend music classes. Pray for the successful implementation of these plans and God’s blessings on each event.
Baptism - Cambodia
Sun 25. Rama Rao, India:
Only 15 families are in the small village in which we conducted an outreach. The Lord blessed the ministry with 12 families coming to faith. Their main work was selling locally made alcohol. The Lord has helped most to abandon that trade and adopt new businesses. Pray for God’s blessing on their new enterprises and wisdom for us as we stand by them and help to strengthen their faith.
Mon 26. Daud – Pakistan
Sahil, an 8th grade student, shared this testimony: He was associating with bad friends but when he joined the school’s Bible club, the word of God touched his heart. He felt guilty, confessed his sins, and accepted Jesus Christ as his savior. Now he is a regular participant in the Bible class and reads his Bible daily. Pray that he may grow to maturity and be a witness for our Lord.
Tue 27. J.D – Country in Southeast Asia
I live and minister among people who mostly have never heard about Jesus and his death on the cross for the atonement of sinners. Of the eighty people who listened to our message, thank God for three who believed. We know that the seed of the Word has been sown in the hearts of all eighty people. Pray that this may yield fruit of repentance and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Wed 28. Tieng, Vietnam:
Thank God for the grace to complete a church planting course and for giving me a better vision of where to open our church. Pray for our spiritual map and strategic plan for prayer, preaching, and discipleship and the inauguration of a 6-member church team who will regularly go out, preach, care for, and disciple people.
AMERICAS REGION
Thu 29. Denis – Caribbean Country
Maria was suffering because her partner betrayed her and infected her with HIV. She immersed herself in idolatry to find a spiritual solution. She started coming to church three months ago and through our ministration, she has come to faith in Christ, completed the baptism course, and rid herself of all her idols. We thank the Lord for intervening in her life.
Disposing of Idols
Fri 30. Venta – Caribbean Country
Yarnis fell prey to drug addiction and was like dead even though alive. I met her on the street one day and she asked me to pour ‘holy water’ on her because she felt she could not take it anymore. I understood that she was possessed, took her to the house of a brother and we ministered deliverance to her. Thank God for setting her free and turning her into a new creature.
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Sat 31. Gabriel – Caribbean Country
We met Iris during our outreach. All her life, she has practiced Santeria religion, an idolatry practice. She fell ill a few months ago with cancer and was about to die. She cried out to her gods, but they could not save her. When we told her about Christ’s power, she accepted him and gave up her idols. To the glory of God, the cancer disappeared from her body. She is currently undergoing discipleship and will be baptized soon. We praise the Lord for her life.
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