Missionaries By Ministry Focus
†Missions Associate (prayer support only)
ADMINISTRATION & ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Adams, Paul & Mary Baur, Phil & Ann Beasley, Norm & Cathy Blackburn, Brian & Warrie Cole, Curt & Karen
Deyneka, Anita† Faber, Bob & Becky Hatcher, Jim & Lynette Maust, John & Elsa McAuley, Thad & Joy Miller, Terri Matt Perlman, Susan Smith, Phil & Jessica
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CHURCH PLANTING & LEADERSHIP
Dresselhaus, Steve & Lois Haley, Jon & Kathy
Hershberger, Jeff & Tamara Hurst, Greg & Faith Okoro, Stanley & Marjorie
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Blumhofer, Judy
Klopfenstein, Sara & Emmanuel Stough, Bill & Laurie
Trautwein, Victor & Leslie VanDerMolen, Jeff & Ann
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EDUCATION
Becker, Robbie & Lauren Befus, Matt & Lisa Janet
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EVANGELISM, DISCIPLESHIP & TRAINING
Avery, Tim & Carol Beck, Nathan & Vera Bradley, Kyle & Dariana Cox, Steve & Mirian Davis, Giles & Debbie Dunckel, Joshua & Kara Dusek, Jeff & Margreet
Duttweiler, Rod & Kathy Harris, Jonathan & Amy Hawkins, Scott & Jenny† McKinley, Rick & Janice Nichols, Greg & Debby Pelz, Jeff & Jane Rigby, Stephen & Karis Romero, Marcos & Mariana Sánchez, José Pablo & Jane Stough, Isaac & Jennifer Tahear, Emmanuel & Adugna
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MEMBER CARE
Finn, Jake & Honah Greeson, Joe & Holly Long, Dan & Beth
Lundell, Mihai & Tammy Miller, Kristiana & Cory
Smith, Tim & Deanna† Warner, Charley & Cheryl
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MOBILIZATION
Hansen, Jim & Kathy Wiebe, Chad & Leanna Wilson, Bruce & Becky
TRAINING NATIONAL LEADERS (GLOBAL)
Otten, Jeremy & Christy Owens, Daniel & Heather Pardue, Steve & Teri Simons, Jonatán & Teresa Viands, Jamie & Kim 1 WATCH
TRAINING NATIONAL LEADERS (U.S. BASED)
Albright, Dick & Roslyn Kelly, Todd & Sue Krogh, Steve & Lois Sattler, Tim & Judy
TRANSLATION
Bradley, Karen Pehrson, Ben & Mandy Wickberg, John & Vivi†
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Paul & Mary Adams
serve with WordPartners in the work of developing a team of global partners who encourage and equip pastors to teach God’s Word with God’s heart. Paul coordinates the effort to communicate what God is doing to transform the lives and ministries of pastors all around the world and occasionally gets to be part of workshops where pastors learn to discover the riches of God’s Word. Pray that Paul would continue to strive for a healthy work-life balance. Pray for the WordPartners team as they seek to be faithful to the Lord in a season with a lot of changes.
Dick & Roslyn Albright
serve with Training Leaders International (TLI). Dick is an international trainer, mentoring and leading teams of other theological trainers, pastors and seminary students. These groups bring theological education and training in biblical interpretation and expository preaching to pastors and church leaders around the world, most of whom lack the means to attend Bible school or seminary.
Pray for wise decision-making as the TLI team looks to restart some pastoral training programs that were paused due to COVID. Pray for healing as Roslyn continues to battle a rare and progressive brain disease.
Tim & Carol Avery work with Pioneers International in Nairobi, Kenya. Tim serves as publishing director for Ekklesia Afrika, a local ministry that exists to supply the African church with sound theological resources. As part of that role, Tim helps African pastors write books to distribute in East Africa and beyond. In addition, Tim teaches part-time in a local seminary. Tim and Carol are part of a local church. They have three young daughters. Pray for the Avery family as they all adjust to a new culture and new country to call home. Pray that the Lord would be exalted in the work Tim and Carol are doing.
Phil & Ann Baur
have been actively involved in ministry for over 35 years. Presently they both serve at the headquarters of Pioneers International/USA in Orlando, Florida. Pioneers’ mission is the relentless pursuit of God’s glory among the unreached through
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church planting. Together Phil and Ann work alongside the president of Pioneers, assisting with international collaboration gatherings, board meetings, advancement events, crisis manage ment and providing executive support wherever needed. Ann also serves on the board of directors of CAMP-of-the-WOODS in upstate New York.
Pray for wisdom for the Baurs as they model Christ to their children and grandchildren. Pray for Phil and Ann as they each take on more responsibilities within their roles at Pioneers.
Norm & Cathy Beasley
work with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Waxhaw, North Carolina. Norm is the director of global crisis management services. He trains missionaries to assess and avoid risk, planning for contingencies and ensuring that members are cared for during and after a crisis. He is also an investigator on the team that works to protect missionary children. Norm networks with many missions organizations and interacts with multiple government agencies, building relationships to partner with them in the event of a crisis for global missionaries.
Pray for wisdom as Norm resumes travel and seeks to maintain healthy relationships at home. Pray for Cathy as she supports Norm in his role, as well as their adult children.
Nathan & Vera Beck
serve with Greater Europe Mission in Opava, Czech Republic. They are involved in various teaching, training and preaching ministries. Their passion and focus is making disciples, and Nathan regularly coaches missionaries across the continent in the discipleship multiplication process. Together with local Christians, they use Discovery Bible Studies to reach non-believers in their community and around the country. Nathan and Vera are both passionate about equipping missionaries, pastors and lay believers around Europe to be disciples of Jesus.
Pray for Czech believers to grow in discipleship and gain a vision to reach all people with the gospel.
Pray for joy for Nathan and Vera in this season of parenting as they send their first child to college this year.
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Robbie & Lauren Becker
are beginning their 10th year at El Camino Academy (ECA) in Bogotá, Colombia. ECA is an international Christian school, which is part of the Association of Christian Schools International. Robbie is the high school Bible teacher and chaplain. Lauren takes care of their four children at home, seeks to build relationships with their neighbors, leads a young mom’s Bible study and is vice president of the ECA board. A major focus of their ministry is to disciple and send out Colombians as missionaries to the unreached peoples of Colombia and the world.
Pray for wisdom as Robbie and Lauren lead in a variety of ways and seek to spread a passion for missions to the unreached among Colombians. Pray for strategic ideas and partnerships with solid local churches to help send out missionaries. Pray for softened hearts and open eyes for Robbie’s students as he shares the gospel and needs of the world with them.
Matt & Lisa Befus
serve through Christian education in Costa Rica. For the past 24 years, they have developed La Palabra de Vida (LPDV), a Christian school with approximately 300 preschool through high school Costa Rican national students. Lisa and Matt continue to serve LPDV, but have turned over many of those responsibilities and are helping to establish the first Christian school in the area of Jacó on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
Pray for LPDV administrators and teachers to lead and mentor well. Pray for the planning and government permits needed for building and opening a new school, and for safety in weekly travel between LPDV and Jacó. Pray for daughters Natalia, attending online high school and serving in her youth group, and Lynnea and Katrina, both starting jobs in the U.S.
Brian & Warrie Blackburn
have served with Mercy Ships since 1994, both on-board the ships and at the mission headquarters. Mercy Ships aspires to follow the model of Jesus to bring hope and healing to the world’s forgotten poor, specifically targeting those in need on the continent of Africa. Brian and Warrie, along with their twin 14-year-old daughters Addison and Alyssa, are currently serving at the Mercy Ships headquarters in Texas. Warrie serves in the chaplaincy department, and
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Brian provides administrative oversight for the Academy (educational program for school-aged children of volunteer crew members living onboard the vessels).
Pray that Brian and Warrie would know the leading of the Lord in their work and in this unique season of parenting.
Janet
serves with Services in Asia for Family Education (SAFE) as an education consultant for families living overseas and assisting with transitional care for third-culture kids. Janet assists these families with educational and transition challenges they face as a family, allowing them to remain where God has called them to serve.
Pray for Janet to be a means of God’s grace and love to missionary and third-culture kids. Pray for these families as they face significant challenges in raising children in our culture today.
Judy Blumhofer
works at Loma de Luz, a Christian missionary hospital in Honduras that serves 25,000 patients per year. She serves in medical (pediatrician, attending pediatric patients) and administrative roles within the ministry. She is also a long-term foster parent and works within the broader fostercare community through collaboration with various NGOs to bring medical and trauma-informed care techniques to foster children and families.
Pray for Judy to know how to balance her commitments as well as regularly find times to rest and be rejuvenated. Pray for the families she cares for to come to know Jesus as their one true hope.
Karen Bradley
works on the SIL English team with Wycliffe Bible Translators, serving international colleagues involved in Bible translation by helping them reach the level of English they need for work, studies and global communication.
Pray for the SIL English Team to be a blessing to those they teach. Pray that the Lord would continue to gently lead Karen and her children.
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Kyle & Dariana Bradley
serve with GO Ministries in the Dominican Republic. Their focus is sports outreach where they help develop full-time Dominican and Haitian coaches. GO Sports mission is to empower local leaders to make disciples through sports. They seek to provide positive role models and individual mentorship that creates opportunities for discipleship. Kyle is the lead director of GO Sports, where he helps to guide the culture, vision and mission for the ministry. Dariana is in charge of the girl’s basketball academy. The Bradleys’ mentorship of local leaders serves as the fuel for coaches to have a Christ-centered impact on more than 750 athletes that participate in daily sports academies.
Pray for the kids who are connected with GO to be drawn to the love of Jesus and come to saving faith in him. Pray for Kyle and Dariana as they serve and bring up their children in the love of the Lord.
Curt & Karen Cole are based in Kansas City, Missouri. Curt serves as the international personnel director for Avant Ministries, overseeing the ministry health of 450 global missionaries. His primary task is to build church-planting teams that are deployed to least-reached areas. He does this through actively engaging, mentoring and coaching people who are pursuing missionary service with Avant, including an increasing number of candidates from Latin America. Karen is an encourager and MK educational coach, especially with young missionary mothers.
Pray for them as together they serve Avant missionaries and the needs of their children. Pray for these missionaries to continue to boldly proclaim the gospel throughout the world.
Steve & Mirian Cox are at Word of Life Bible Seminary in Brazil. Steve and Mirian head up the married program and work closely with 30 families through discipleship, teaching, hosting and administrative work. Their goal is to show these couples how they can involve their whole family in their ministry without hurting the family relationship. Together they are involved in a local church, where they serve as spiritual leaders.
Pray that the new married complex for three couples will be finished and ready for the next
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school year in February. Pray that the Lord would strengthen Steve and Mirian daily with joy to interact with the couples in their ministry.
Giles & Debbie Davis serve with SEND International in Spain. Debbie is the national youth coordinator for the federation of national evangelical churches and director of Misión Posible, a national youth conference that is held every two years. Giles has published three books in Spanish and teaches a youth ministry course for a seminary in Barcelona. Together they travel around Spain to help Spanish churches reach youth, disciple them and train their leaders. They also run a discipleship house where up to four youth at a time come for several months for discipleship, ministry and life training. Giles and Debbie serve at their local church on the youth, worship and missions teams as well as with the English club.
Pray for wisdom and strength as they serve in many roles. Pray for times of spiritual rest that would equip them from any attacks from the devil.
Anita Deyneka (Missions Associate) works with Mission Eurasia, serving primarily with A Family for Every Orphan (AFFEO). AFFEO helps to place orphans and vulnerable children in Chris tian families, rather than institutional care, when ever possible, by finding caring homes within their birth countries. AFFEO helps to further alliances between churches and organizations. The church is the center of this ministry; however, for children to receive the best care possible, it is essential to con nect with government, social and judicial workers. She also travels to countries where the movement for a World Without Orphans has spread since it originated in Ukraine.
Pray for wisdom to know how to best support and love the increased number of Ukrainian orphans at this time of war in that nation. Pray that Anita would rejoice in the Lord for the work he has given her to do.
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Steve & Lois Dresselhaus
serve with TEAM in the city of La Paz, Mexico. They desire to see Mexicans come to Christ and be gathered into reproducing communities of faith through Bible studies and a network of neighborhood “walk-to” churches. They direct a Mexican non-profit called Reconciliamar, which “uses adventures at sea to transform lives.” Creation care, kayaking and diving experiences provide them with numerous opportunities to share their faith.
Pray for an increase in the number of patio “walkto” churches in the city. Pray for unity within these fellowships. Pray for more Jesus followers who will make a difference in their culture and in their cities.
Joshua & Kara Dunckel live in Budapest, Hungary. Joshua leads the strategic collaboration team of ReachGlobal’s Europe division. His team works in the “white spaces” of Europe where their organization does not have teams on the ground, but where opportunities exist for them to support and work alongside European ministry leaders. His three main areas of focus are Ukraine refugee response, missions mobilization and building unity between churches and organizations. Their goal is always to see healthy churches multiplying across Europe and beyond. While Joshua serves across Europe, Kara works at home assisting Joshua, teaching and serving their community.
Pray for wisdom and discernment for Joshua as he makes connections between ministry workers. Pray for Kara as she serves their family and community.
Jeff & Margreet Dusek work with Missionary Athletes International (MAI) and its Midwest ministry, the Chicago Eagles. The Eagles strive to communicate the message of Jesus Christ through the vehicle of soccer. Jeff focuses on providing high quality soccer camps in a fun, positive, Christian environment. This includes set-up, communication with partner churches, training coaches and following up with campers. Jeff is also responsible for the Eagles’ spring golf fundraiser. Margreet helps with registration and camp administration, in addition to working at Twice is Nice in Wheaton.
Pray for students and coaches to be encouraged in their faith and draw ever nearer to Jesus. Pray for Jeff
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and Margreet as they support their family members and seek to be an encouragement to them.
Rod & Kathy Duttweiler co-founded the East Mountain Leadership Development (EM) initiative in South Africa but have moved their home base to Tennessee. They come alongside pastors, missionaries and Christian leaders to serve them in areas of consulting, dis cipleship, encouragement and bringing resources to those in need. Rod continues to give oversight to the overall vision and direction of the EM global network. Both Rod and Kathy also disciple and mentor interns.
Pray for guidance as they consider what trips to take internationally this next year as travel opens up. Pray that they would abide in Christ, and that through that they can love others as Jesus calls them to.
Bob & Becky Faber
serve with Salt Ventures in Sofia, Bulgaria. Bob is the president of Salt Ventures NFP, and Becky leads member care for the mission worldwide. The Fabers are involved in teaching, church planting, evangelism, leadership development and commu nity service. This year, the Pink Foundation, their ministry to children at risk, is launching Innovaid, a first-of-its-kind hospital volunteer program for Bulgarian youth. The Fabers are hopeful that this will yield community, medical and spiritual fruit in Bulgarian society.
Praise God for the faithful prayer partners around the world who daily lift up the Fabers and their team. Pray for wisdom as Bob and Becky navigate their commitments and seek to do each thing well.
Jake & Honah Finn serve fellow missionaries and their families throughout Asia at Cornerstone Counseling Foundation, located in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Jake is the director of clinical services. Cornerstone Counseling provides confidential and professional counseling, consultation and training from a Christian perspective for individuals, couples, families, teams and organizations. In 2021, they
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provided over 5,000 hours of mental health services to 500 clients. Jake and Honah both grew up in missionary families and have hearts for serving the international community overseas. Pray for grace as Jake and Honah balance ministry, parenting and other demands of life. Pray for the Lord’s blessing on the continued work at Cornerstone for his glory.
Joe & Holly Greeson work in member care with SEND International in Alaska and Northwest Canada. Based in Anchorage, Joe and Holly travel by road and plane to 21 different villages in the Far North. They encourage, connect, equip and pray for SEND workers and their families who are called by Jesus to live and make disciples in this region. They also have a special heart for missionary kids isolated in remote villages who face many of the same issues as third-culture kids around the world.
Pray for guidance as Joe and Holly navigate member care, leading the Canada team and involvement in diaspora/ESL classes in Anchorage. Pray for them as they begin to consider retirement.
Jon & Kathy Haley have been serving in Spain with WorldVenture since 1996 in the areas of leadership development and mobilization. They are deeply burdened for the authority of the Scriptures and the purity of the gospel message in local congregations. Their pri mary work is to resource Spanish-speaking church leaders to support expository preaching. Currently, they are in the midst of a twelve-year project to translate the twenty-volume Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament into Spanish. Jon teaches New Testament Greek and hermeneu tics at IBSTE seminary, and exegesis and homiletics online with the Escuela Evangélica de Teología. They also serve as field leaders for WorldVenture’s missionaries in Spain.
Pray that the end product of Jon and Kathy’s translation project would further the kingdom and glorify the Lord. Pray for wisdom as they support their family in the U.S. while living overseas.
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Jim & Kathy Hansen
serve with SIM at Ethnos360 Bible Institute (EBI) in Waukesha, Wisconsin, preparing prospective missionaries for service overseas. EBI provides Bible training with an emphasis on application in overseas ministry. Jim also teaches Perspectives courses in the Midwest and travels to Bolivia to teach modular courses. Kathy serves in their local church and is a special needs aide.
Pray that Jim and Kathy would be strong in faith and rejoice in the Lord. Pray that they will be filled with the knowledge of the truth and the fruit of the Spirit.
Jonathan & Amy Harris have worked with Operation Mobilization (OM) for 40 years. They first served with the OM ship ministry, but for the last 28 years, have been based in Wales, UK, focusing on evangelistic outreach alongside local churches. This has involved outreach activities such as widespread school, sports and special needs ministry. Currently a major focus is helping a new church in Grangetown, a multicultural area in the city of Cardiff. Other ongoing aspects of the work include regular street evangelism and mentoring young local evangelists.
Pray for the Lord to continue to bless Grace Church in Grangetown so that the gospel would be furthered. Pray for their weekly street evangelism to cause more to come to know Jesus.
Jim & Lynette Hatcher
have lived and served in Vienna, Austria for 36 years. Jim serves as a regional leader, overseeing Greater Europe Mission (GEM) work in Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Germany. Lynette serves on a member care team, encouraging GEM women Europe-wide and has been co-leading a local women’s Bible study. Both Jim and Lynette disciple believers in their Austrian church and lead Bible studies. Jim also serves on the preaching team. In addition, Jim is involved in leadership with the program he originally went to serve in 1986, which focuses on church-based theological education and training, as well as recently completing his doctoral
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dissertation about the history and impact of this program that will assist them in planning for the next generation.
Pray for three close family members in the US who are dealing with cancer. Pray for those in leadership at their church in Vienna.
Scott & Jenny Hawkins (Missions Associates)
serve with International Students, Inc. (ISI) in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. As one of nine ISI campus staff, Scott invests energy among nearly 4,000 international students and visiting scholars at Duke University. The team’s vision is that each student shall encounter Christ, bringing glory to the living God and the transformation of nations. In addition to personal mentoring, facilitating group activities/events and coaching Discovery Bible study discussions, Scott works to integrate local volunteers in meaningful outreach.
Praise for continued open doors for service and witness in the university. Pray for a tidal wave of curiosity in the gospel, especially among unreached Chinese, Indian and Muslimbackground students.
Jeff & Tamara Hershberger
have been with SEND International in Tokyo, Japan, since 2012. After serving in church planting for the last six years, they are serving in a church established by SEND. Jeff is part of the preaching team, and speaks at other churches as the need arises. Together, they use English clubs as a means to serve and introduce the community to the church and, ultimately, to Jesus. Tamara, in addition to church-planting support, teaches seventh grade part-time at the Christian Academy in Japan. They have two sons.
Pray for the churches in Japan, many still meeting only online, to remain strong in the Lord and to have wisdom in community outreach. Pray for the Hershberger family to continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Pet 3:18) and to serve faithfully in this term.
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Greg & Faith Hurst
work with SIM in Bolivia, focusing on discipleship through family ministry and church planting. In the church they helped to plant, Greg serves as an elder and helps to train the ministry team while Faith shepherds the leaders of the women’s and children’s ministries. The Hursts’ vision is to mobilize their congregation and other Bolivian churches to plant gospel-focused, disciplemaking, missional churches that glorify God in their city, country and world. (Acts 1:8) To this end, Greg is training a group of potential church planters with a goal to send out teams in the coming year. Faith is receiving specialized training to better equip and encourage the wives of these Bolivian church planters.
Pray for the gospel to continue to sink deeper roots into the hearts and minds of those they are ministering to. Pray for clarity and energy to balance their ministry in Bolivia while staying connected with family in the States.
Todd & Sue Kelly work with Training Leaders International (TLI). Todd is the director of strategic advancement and serves Christ globally by nurturing pastors, leaders and the organizations that train them to communicate God’s Word more clearly and compellingly.
Pray for God to reveal himself more and more to Todd and Sue as well as to their adult children. Pray for Todd in the transition to a new ministry and position.
Sara & Emmanuel Klopfenstein minister in Nancy, France, with Youth For Christ, predominantly in the musical realm. Sara directs gospel choirs that are open to anyone wanting to sing that repertoire, including the unchurched, as well as directs inter-church musical projects. Additionally, she helps with an inner-city ministry, which offers a tutoring program. Sara’s husband, Emmanuel, has recently begun managing a government-funded program for underage nonaccompanied refugees.
Pray for Sara to be a joyful encouragement to the youth she teaches through her gospel choirs and in their church. Pray for the Lord to grant Sara and Emmanuel wisdom as they encourage their children through recent life transitions.
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Steve & Lois Krogh
serve with Training Leaders International, with the mission to equip pastors around the world to be skillful and faithful shepherds of God’s people in their culture. Steve is an international trainer, leading teams which provide theological training, focusing on equipping pastors and church leaders to be faithful expositors of God’s Word.
Pray for Steve, who serves as the site director for TLI’s ministry in Liberia at Grace Life Seminary, a new school which began three years ago and celebrated its first graduation in August 2022, and for wisdom regarding a potential new school site in Ethiopia. Pray for him and Lois as they serve at Christ Church, College Church’s new church plant in Atlanta. Pray for Steve and Lois as they seek to care well for Steve’s recently widowed mother.
Dan & Beth Long serve with SIM. Dan is global chaplain, traveling to support missionary teams around the world. Chaplaincy is a ministry of presence and confiden tiality with the purpose of helping keep workers on the field and serving effectively. Beth cares for her parents, retired missionaries Don and Muriel Stilwell, and provides hospitality to missionaries visiting SIM’s home office in Charlotte, NC. Dan and Beth have three adult children, two of which married in the summer of 2022.
Pray for Dan and the SIM teams he visits as he travels around the world. Pray that Beth and Dan would be an encouragement to their families.
Tamara & Mihai Lundell live in Italy and are part of the Europe area leadership team with One Challenge International. Their primary ministry responsibilities are member care, coordinating sports ministry and guiding a new generation of leaders in spiritual formation. Mihai serves on the executive committee of the European Member Care (EMC) board, debriefing mission workers who live throughout Europe and the Middle East. Tamara offers one-on-one and small group spiritual direction to over 20 European leaders and produces biblically centered spiritual exercises that are available online. They are also active in their local church.
Pray for boldness in sharing their faith with others. Pray for strength and energy as visitors come again, and for space to rest as their schedule becomes busier.
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John & Elsa Maust
are based in Wheaton and serve with Media Associates International (MAI), a global ministry that equips and encourages Christian publishing staff and writers to create locally authored content that extends the gospel and nurtures the church in hard places of the world. John is the president of MAI, and Elsa provides part-time Spanish interpretation for both the ministry and a local school district. Since MAI’s founding 37 years ago, some 10,000 men and women from 85 countries have been helped to create lifetransforming Christian content for their readers.
Pray that materials resulting from the LittWorld 2022 Conference will spread the gospel to new places. Pray for God’s protection and strength for Christian communicators serving in hard places of the world.
Thad & Joy McAuley
work across Europe with Greater Europe Mission (GEM). Thad is responsible for GEM’s operations and culture across 25 countries, focused on equipping and enabling 700 workers involved in one-on-one and small group discipleship, church planting, evan gelism, refugee work, connections through the arts, and youth and family camps. Joy enjoys her role a spiritual director, helping missionaries to strengthen their relationships with Jesus so their ministry flows out from an ever-deepening relationship with him. Pray for the Lord to guide Thad and Joy as they seek to serve the missionaries they lead. Pray for GEM to wisely engage and adapt to the rapidly changing world while holding to biblical standards.
Rick & Janice McKinley
began serving with Missionary Athletes International (MAI) in 1987. MAI’s mission is to glorify God and see lives transformed by communicating the message of Jesus Christ through the global environment of soccer. Through the medium of sports ministry, they train athletes, coaches and churches that are sent out to love God and serve others. Along with international training of coaches and working with collegiate coaches here in the U.S., Rick continues to lead three to four trips each year as MAI’s director of international tours.
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Pray for Rick as he trains the next generation of leaders in sports ministry. Pray as they consider new opportunities for gospel witness through mission trips as countries open their borders. Pray for continued support through prayer and finances as Rick and Janice seek to further God’s kingdom through MAI.
Kristiana & Cory Miller
Kristiana serves missionary kids across Europe with Greater Europe Mission (GEM). Kristiana is a missionary kid from Austria, where her parents, College Church missionaries Jim and Lynette Hatcher, have served for over 35 years. Her family (husband Cory and daughters Rylynn and Melody) was most recently based out of Ireland, but after two years of waiting stateside for the Lord’s direction, the Lord guided them back to Austria, strategically located in central Europe. The Lord has placed on them a very clear burden and call for missionary kids and has gifted them to connect with the young people with whom they minister. Kristiana also serves alongside the Bund Evangelikaler Gemeinden (BEG) to develop a member care initiative, particularly for the youth of Austrian pastors and Christian leaders.
Pray for patience as their family learns the language and navigates the current language barrier. Pray for clarity, peace and the favor of the Lord as they antici pate the need to renew their visas.
Terri & Matt Miller
is part of the Europe leadership team of ReachGlobal, with specific oversight of the resource team that provides events, training, communications, business services and new staff support for nearly 150 households serving across Europe in the work of church multiplication. She also serves as the global church representative for the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), representing NAE at events and meetings related to the global church as well as representing the global church to NAE and its members for mutual learning, encouragement and support.
Pray for wisdom and energy for Terri in her diverse roles and responsibilities. Pray for daughters, Amelia and Claire, as they finish their time at Wheaton and pursue God’s next steps.
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Greg & Debby Nichols
serve in Czech Republic with Greater Europe Mission (GEM). Debby has been ministering to refugees in Prague since 2017. As a result of the war in Ukraine, Debby and Greg have pivoted to focus specifically on displaced Ukrainians. They are housing and caring for Ukrainian women and children from eight families and are developing a team to offer programming that will facilitate Jesus’ healing to the bodies, minds and souls of Ukrainians in Prague and the Czech Republic. Greg also trains and coaches leaders, nationals and expats, as a member of GEM’s leader development team. Additionally, he coaches the Prague Lions, a semi-pro American football team, which provides an excellent opportunity to be involved in the lives of his players.
Pray for the Holy Spirit to go before them and prepare people’s hearts to hear the gospel. Pray for Greg and Debby to confidently share the gospel with the Ukrainian refugees in their country.
Stanley & Marjorie Okoro
live in Lille, France, where Stanley has served for more than ten years with Greater Europe Mission (GEM). They serve as leaders of a small churchplanting team with a vision to see a movement of disciples who are continually being transformed by Christ, living out their faith in the church and sharing their faith in their natural environments. Lille is an extremely diverse city with large populations of Muslims as well as North and West Africans. Many have gone through harrowing experiences and often have questions about God. The team spends considerable time cultivating a presence through prayer walking, sharing the gospel with French natives and immigrants alike, giving away coffee and tea, and leading Discovery Bible Studies.
Pray for the Lord to provide many evangelism opportunities during weekly meetings in their ministry. Pray that Stanley and Marjorie would be faithful to share the gospel with those the Lord puts in their path.
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Jeremy & Christy Otten
serve with WorldVenture to provide theological education and counseling in Europe. They are in their fifth year serving in Leuven, Belgium. Jeremy teaches full-time in the New Testament department at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit (ETF). He enjoys the opportunity to work with and mentor students from across Europe and all over the world as they prepare for lives of ministry and discipleship. He is also serving as an elder at their local church. Christy is busy providing counseling support for WorldVenture missionaries as well as ETF students. They have 3 boys—Kai (7), Caleb (6), and Sam (4)—who are busy with school and soccer.
Pray for both energy and rest for Jeremy and Christy and their family as they have a full schedule with their respective ministries and caring for their young children. Pray for their relationship with their church as they navigate some heavy and divisive challenges within the congregation. Pray for wisdom in knowing what further ministry opportunities to pursue.
Daniel & Heather Owens serve in Vietnam, where Daniel teaches at Hanoi Bible College. The school trains young men and women for ministry throughout northern Vietnam. Many of the students come from ethnic minority churches in the mountains, where they are in a unique position to minister to people groups who are least reached by the gospel. Daniel also helps to run Seed Christian Literature, which produces Vietnamese books to serve theological students, pastors and lay people. Heather tutors Bible college students, coordinates children’s ministry for the international church, and oversees online/homeschool classes for their two boys, Caleb and Nathan. Pray for wisdom as Daniel works with the board of the Bible college to oversee administration and to make decisions for the future. Pray for joy and faithfulness in the good work that God has given their family to do.
Steve & Teri Pardue
serve with TeachBeyond in the Philippines. Steve is on the theology faculty at the International Graduate School of Leadership and directs a doctoral program for the Asia Graduate School of Theology. Graduates of these schools serve in more than 20 nations as pastors, church leaders,
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missionaries and seminary faculty, providing crucial leadership to the rapidly growing Asian church. Steve also partners with a regional publisher to create theological textbooks for Asian Christians. Teri directs a preschool for local and missionary families, providing a safe and stimulating environment for young learners. In connection with the preschool, she also partners with a local Bible college to train and equip students preparing for teaching vocations.
Pray for Steve and Teri to prioritize what is really important in their work, and to glorify the Lord through balancing work and rest. Pray for the Lord to provide the right people to come alongside and join them in their ministry.
Ben & Mandy Pehrson
live in Papua New Guinea (PNG), training Papua New Guineans in the joint ministry of Bible transla tion, literacy and Scripture engagement. Their goal is to see Papua New Guineans knowing and living God’s Word, leading to changed lives and trans formed communities. Ben and Mandy are the team leaders for the Aitape West Translation Program, which includes 14 missionaries and about 65 PNG volunteers. Their team serves 11 different language groups from four language families in the most linguistically diverse area of the world. They are also beginning to train local people in the art of oral Bible storytelling. Ben regularly teaches introduc tory linguistics classes for PNG translators, and has begun a PhD in linguistics. Mandy assists with admin for the translation project and will teach cooking at the international school for missionary kids.
Pray for Ben and Mandy as they support their daughter who started college in the fall of 2022. Pray for joy as they serve in their ministry roles.
Jeff & Jane Pelz work with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Jeff is the staff worker of a multinational chapter at College of DuPage (COD), where he reaches out to domestic and international students, refugees and immigrants. His role as Bible study leader, mentor and evangelist includes training up the next generation of students to love Jesus and share him winsomely. Jane is the Link staff coordinator for Asia, which entails assisting, resourcing, mobilizing and supervising U.S. InterVarsity staff continued on next page
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sent to Asia. Jeff and Jane host activities in their home for internationals, partnering with Christian students in outreach.
Pray for Jane in this new role as she seeks to glorify the Lord. Pray for Jeff and his team of students to be salt and light at COD.
Susan Perlman
is a first-generation Jewish believer from Brooklyn, New York, and has served with Jews for Jesus since 1973. Susan is the chief partnership officer, globally engaging with other missions, organizations and theological schools to do kingdom work together. Susan is also a member of the executive leadership team, having helped found Jews for Jesus. She also serves with various other organizations but her greatest passion is sharing the gospel.
Pray for opportunities to invest in younger staff and for the Holy Spirit to guide her ministry, as she navigates the continued balance between in-person and remote communication.
Stephen & Karis Rigby
serve in Nairobi, Kenya, as team leaders with Serge. They help their team navigate cross-cultural living while engaging in meaningful gospel ministry. Karis directs the apprenticeship and internship program, built on the pillars of prayer, curriculum, mentoring and ministry placement. Stephen serves with Ambassadors Football (AF) in Kenya as the coAfrica director. AF uses soccer to connect people to Jesus. The Rigbys are passionate about gospel renewal, discipleship and cross-cultural ministry.
Pray for the Lord to give Stephen and Karis energy and strength during this time of lots of transitions, including a fourth child at the end of 2022. Pray that their leadership would reflect Christ well.
Marcos & Mariana Romero
have served as radio broadcasters since 1981 with Reach Beyond. For 26 years, they have been in charge of KNOG Manantial, an FM radio station in Nogales, Arizona, bordering Mexico. The station’s signal reaches into Mexico and the surrounding region. They seek to use all radio and digital means to share the gospel in a relevant way while ensuring listeners receive biblically based content.
Praise the Lord for the way He provided to solve the technical difficulties at the station this past year.
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Pray for wisdom, so KNOG can continue to share a message that challenges the listener to repent and trust Jesus for forgiveness and a new life.
José Pablo & Jane Sánchez serve the Lord with the goal to see an evangelical church in every unreached town of Spain. José Pablo is the director of Decisión Evangelistic Association, preaching the gospel every Sunday on national public TV and radio. Decisión has one of the best databases about the needs of the unreached towns of Spain and created a web page to promote prayer and missions mobilization for Spain. It is estimated that 92% of towns in Spain have no evangelical churches. Jane, now retired, supports her husband in his work and spends time with their seven grandchildren.
Pray for God to direct the development of the online Decisión Academy. Pray for God to raise up a successor for José Pablo’s position.
Tim & Judy Sattler
serve in the ministry of launching pastoral training movements with a vision to provide strategic direction and oversight for worldwide training. Tim is now in the process of transitioning to a new organization to continue on this work.
Pray for God’s direction in this transition as Tim seeks next steps in ministry.
Jonatan & Teresa Simons
are missionaries with SIM in Colombia. Their goal is to help train and disciple the next generation of theolo gians, pastors and leaders of South America. Jonatán teaches classes at the local accredited evangelical seminary, as well as occasional intensive courses at conferences throughout the year for pastors. Addi tionally, Jonatán and Teresa provide a weekly Bible study for single students. Jonatán has been asked to advise with an indigenous Bible translation, and Te resa has been asked to serve with the anti-trafficking team of SIM. They have three young children, who are adjusting well to Colombian life.
Pray for their children, their studies, their friend ships and their affections. Pray for the Lord to provide the people and finances necessary for the seminary to remain open. Pray for Jonatán and Teresa to balance well their ministry work and family time.
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Phil & Jessica Smith
live locally and serve with Accessible Hope International (AHI). AHI’s goal is to provide gospel-centered transformation to people with disabilities around the world through an equipped global church. Phil serves as the director of global partnerships, coming alongside churches and ministries in Africa and Asia to strengthen their outreach to those affected by disabilities. Phil and Jessica have four children.
Pray for much grace for their family, especially during times when Phil is traveling internationally. Pray for much wisdom and humility for Phil as he interacts with people from many different cultures and back grounds on a daily basis. Pray for AHI as they bring on new staff in these days.
Tim & Deanna Smith (Missions Associates)
serve the Lord with Greater Europe Mission (GEM). Tim works as the vice president of people and culture for GEM, and his mission is to help people create an environment for growth so that they can thrive as they multiply disciples and grow Christ’s church in Europe. In 2007, God called them to Austria to use their skills to counsel and care for missionaries in Eastern Europe. They moved back to Colorado to serve at GEM’s U.S. headquarters in 2010 to continue their counseling ministry with missionaries. They assess missionary candidates, visit missionaries, participate in retreats, respond to crisis situations and help with training.
Praise God for his provision of new missionaries accepting the call to go to Europe. Pray for God’s provision for these families as they raise funds and prepare for transition.
Bill & Laurie Stough
serve with Africa Inland Mission (AIM). They are working to extend Farming God’s Way into six countries of central Africa. Farming God’s Way is a resource which integrates discipleship and sustainable farming to equip the impoverished. Gospel proclamation blends with practical agricultural technology and resource stewardship. As the hearts and minds of these families who depend on what their farms produce turn toward God, they experience the hope of fruitfulness. In turn, these farmers become light in their communities, passing on to others what God is showing them.
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Pray for their relationships and for wisdom as they point communities toward Christ, for spiritual bonds to be broken and that people come into Life according to the intentions and promises of God. Pray for health and safety, as this entails a lot of international travel for Bill.
Isaac & Jennifer Stough work with Youth for Christ (YFC) in Barcelona, Spain. Isaac teaches English and assists in running the English Academy at the YFC center. Jennifer coordinates the English academy and a theater pro gram for young people. They both actively disciple those who attend the weekly YFC outreach events, which include youth groups, retreats and camps.
Pray for joy and strength for each day as they work and care for their young son while balancing ministry work. Pray for the Lord to bless the work of the teams who come from the States, and for Isaac and Jenn as they host and lead those teams.
Emmanuel & Adugna Tahear are missionaries with SIM Culture ConneXions. They are involved in worldwide evangelism, mobilization, church planting and compassion mission opportunities overseas. Adugna is a career missionary dentist and strives to relieve pain, eliminate infections and give people back their smiles. Emmanuel networks with and encourages church leaders from different evangelical associations with a focus on reaching Muslims and Muslim-background believers. He also serves actively with local Burmese and Vietnamese churches and coordinates a multinations fellowship.
Pray for the Lord to grant Emmanuel and Adugna wisdom and strength in their ministry work. Pray for the hearts of those whom they connect with to be open to hearing the gospel.
Victor & Leslie Trautwein have lived in the Dominican Republic (DR) working with Kids Alive since 2002. Vic codirects the operations of the seven Kids Alive schools, three residential programs and an independence program that offers university scholarships. Leslie oversees preventive medical care, emergency care and chronic care as well continued on next page
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as the nutrition and dental health programs. The need in the DR is great, and they work hard to break cycles of spiritual and material poverty that have existed in some families for generations. Kids Alive serves more than 2,000 very vulnerable children and youth, and the staff has grown to over 300 nationals, including 75 former at-risk youth in professional roles such as classroom teachers.
Pray for continued passion and perseverance in the daily battles to help vulnerable children. Pray that the Lord continues to grow the expertise and financial resources available to help.
Jeff & Ann VanDerMolen serve in the Dominican Republic. They minister through Christian education to children who come from vulnerable and impoverished situations. Ann serves with Kids Alive as the director of the ANIJA school in Jarabacoa, with 404 students and 65+ staff. Jeff is involved in consulting with various ministries, in areas of facility and ministry development. Jeff and Ann are also involved in mentoring/fostering a number of young adults who have grown up in the Kids Alive ministry, as these young adults transition towards independence and adulthood.
Pray for the Lord to work through Jeff and Ann as they play the role of “Dad” and “Mom” for these different kids. Pray for wisdom as they support and encourage national staff.
Jamie & Kim Viands live in Nairobi, Kenya and serve with Africa Inland Mission (AIM). Jamie is a lecturer in the Biblical Studies department at Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (a school of Africa International University). He trains African pastors, missionaries and theological educators. Jamie primarily teaches courses in biblical theology, Old Testament and Hebrew, enabling Africans to be more faithful teachers and preachers of Scripture. He also engages in writing, supervising doctoral students, preaching locally and is currently the theological education consultant for AIM. Kim homeschools five of their six young children, participates in homeschool groups in Nairobi and hosts a Bible club for children on campus.
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Pray that the Lord would provide the finances and staffing needed for the school to excel. Pray for Jamie and Kim to be faithful every day in what God has called them to do, both in ministry and in parenting.
Charley & Cheryl Warner serve with Barnabas International in Ukraine. They train and care for new cross-cultural missionaries from Ukraine, where young people are increasingly excited about missions and are breaking new ground on the field. They also teach missions and spiritual life classes at seminaries in Ukraine and Armenia and stay in touch with former students. Charley serves on the missions committee of the Baptist Union of Ukraine and is on the board of Odesa Theological Seminary, where he was a professor from 1991-1999. Cheryl mentors and provides soul care for global workers and leads an evangelistic Bible study for local women. She also edits English translations of publications for church leaders. Together they mentor leaders in missionary care.
Pray for the Warners to be an encouragement and to strengthen Ukrainian missionaries and church leaders. Pray for wisdom to know when they can safely return to their home in Ukraine.
John & Vivi Wickberg (Missions Associates) serve with Wycliffe at the JAARS center near Waxhaw, North Carolina. John is a full-time computer programmer and works mainly on Paratext, a program for Bible translation that is used by many organizations. They estimate there are 6,000 active users. Vivi continues to teach weekly English as a Second Language (ESL) classes by Zoom. Each class includes fifteen minutes of Bible time. Vivi also disciples a couple women whose husbands are not believers and meets with women who recently arrived in the U.S.
Pray for wisdom for John as he develops Bible translation software and for Vivi as she meets with women.
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Chad & Leanna Wiebe minister in Ukraine with SEND. Chad is the director of SEND’s missions mobilization ministry in Ukraine. He coordinates and leads ministry efforts to help Ukrainian churches send missionaries to unreached regions of Eurasia and Central Asia, where there are more than 900 unreached people groups. Leanna coaches young women preparing to leave for service outside of Ukraine and is involved in children’s ministries.
Pray for God’s provision for Chad and Leanna as they wait for the opportunity to be able to return to Ukraine. Pray for the safety of Leanna’s family who has stayed in Ukraine throughout the war.
Bruce & Becky Wilson
live in Orlando, Florida. Bruce serves as the Executive Vice President of the Global Alliance for Church Multiplication (GACX). GACX is a worldwide network of churches and mission organizations committed to accelerating global evangelization through the multiplication of missional and sustainable churches and faith communities. Becky continues to serve on the Pioneers advancement team and supports the president of Pioneers in relational fundraising. She also chairs the Tyndale House Foundation board. Ask the Lord to grant Bruce and Becky discernment to be effective leaders in their areas of ministry.
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WATCH Workers
Some of our missionaries work in places where Christianity is not welcome. Governments, societies and cultures suppress religious freedoms and can sometimes endanger our missionaries and the people with whom they work. We protect these workers by guarding their identities so they can continue their ministry in places that need the light of Christ.
TWO WORKERS serve in the Middle East in an area of over two million people, the majority of which have no access to the gospel. However, there are incredible movements taking place among refugees and displaced persons in the country. During their two years of language learning, it is this group of individuals they hope to serve. They will work closely with local leaders, pastors and volunteers to meet the needs of national and immigrant populations in the country.
Pray for these workers as they sub merge themselves in a new language and culture. Pray for positive team building experiences as they reach out to the lost.
PHILIP is serving in Thailand, a country where approximately 1% of the population knows Jesus as Lord. His vision is to make disciples and to equip communities of faith to join God’s work. Philip is studying the Thai language in Bangkok, Thailand, in preparation for a ministry of teaching and discipleship in Southeast Asia.
Pray for Philip as he desires to serve the church in Thailand. Pray for op portunities for him to serve in Bible teaching and discipleship.
TWO WORKERS are on a team that uses digital tools to distribute God’s Word among a least-reached people group in one of the most inaccessible places in the world. After doing faceto-face ministry overseas for nearly
a decade, they left their host country when the door closed for effective ministry three years ago. Their team formed shortly after they returned to the States. Since that time, the team has been able to share the Scriptures with thousands of individuals who lack access to the Word of God and Christian witness.
Pray that the door to this effective dig ital ministry would remain open. Pray for wisdom as they seek to continue to share the gospel as new restrictions make it riskier.
JOAN (Missions Associate) disciples and shares Christ through the vehicle of English Bible studies and language learning.
Pray that her light will shine brightly to her students and friends who need Jesus.
TWO WORKERS provide regional leadership and support to projects across Asia. This includes support related to staffing as well as placing believing teachers at national schools and coming alongside schools who are supporting ministry families serving in the region. In addition, they resource informal education projects such as language centers and English camps as a way to develop relationships with those who attend.
Praise God for the ways he has grown their ministry. Pray for their family to continue to develop connections in their neighborhood and on their team.
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TWO WORKERS in Asia are primarily focused on serving the church in its strategies to help people engage with Scripture and Bible stories, often through audio players, and also by coordinating funding for translation projects. Both are building God’s kingdom where they are.
Pray for protection and wisdom as these workers press ahead to support the church in getting believers into God’s Word daily, sharing Scripture with their neighbors and supporting development of new Scripture re sources. Pray for their ability to learn to learn the local language so they can communicate well with their neighbors.
TWO WORKERS come alongside middle-class families in South Asia, bearing witness to Christ through community. They are dedicated to introducing families to Christ, teaching them what it means to follow His path and supporting holistic growth in faith, love, hope and truth. Working together in their maternal/child health community-based business, they support the local and national lactation profession by providing education to a growing number of lactation professionals and support families during this crucial time of life. They are a part of a local fellowship where they mutually participate in the body of Christ.
Praise God for the 10 years of ministering that he has given these global partners. Pray for wisdom for these global partners as they seek to faithfully serve the Lord in each season of ministry.
ONE WORKER is based in the States and supports global workers in the Middle East.
Pray for perseverance and joy as this worker supports an increasing number
of workers. Pray for times of rest and recovery amidst the many international trips this worker takes.
ONE WORKER has been a professor at a university. She interacts with Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists and atheists in an unreached people place that is spiritually and politically oppressive. She builds relationships with students, teachers and neighbors, seeking to be a light for Christ in this dark place.
Pray for doors to open for this worker to return to her country of ministry. Pray for her city that remains in turmoil from the effects of COVID.
ONE WORKER serves in a Middle Eastern country. She is on a team that exists to create a system of ministries to bring life to oppressed migrants and refugees, walking alongside them to help them develop sustainable solutions to holistically better their lives in all aspects. The team willingly steps into the dark places of the city to bring God’s light. They hold one-on-one and group discipleship circles where they study the Bible and talk about how to carry out what they read in daily life. The team also grows, trains and disciples multiple refugee churches.
Praise God for her recent marriage. Pray that the Lord would bless her marriage and that it would be a light in the midst of a place with multitudes of unhealthy, abusive marriages.
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courses who are eager to study the Bible carefully while constantly considering its significance for the church. It is his hope and vision that the next generation of Pakistani Bible teachers will teach exegesis and biblical theology with humility, maturity and academic thoroughness. Daniel and his colleagues are seeing more and more gifted Pakistani theologians replace the expats who trained them, and he is excited and grateful to be a part of that story.
Pray for wisdom and productivity as Daniel teaches and writes several textbooks, seeking to optimize his courses. Pray for the students to study well and to use their degrees to go out and make more disciples.
TWO WORKERS are doing church planting with Buddhist peoples in Asia. They live and work among these significant communities while learning the language. They are currently exploring new ministry opportunities with existing churches and engaging with local communities.
Praise God for the doors he opened for these workers to do ministry in this region. Pray that they would be able to connect with neighbors, churches and new friends to share the gospel with.
TWO WORKERS (Missions Associates) work to reach Muslim international students, refugees and immigrants in Canada. They disciple new believers and help them get established in churches and fellowships. They use their skills to open doors to friendship with Muslims. He meets with men for coffee and helps people in practical ways. She practices hospitality and friendliness, does home visits and offers prayer. She also has been blessed with a gift
of writing, which she uses to equip and mentor Christians for Muslim ministry. Together, they praise God for the growing number of Christians who are praying for and befriending Muslims in North America.
Pray for hungry hearts for the Word among the people they are discipling. Pray that the Lord would strengthen them with encouragement as they proclaim the gospel.
ONE WORKER serves in the Middle East, working in language learning consultancy. Her work helps to equip other kingdom workers to share Christ in the local language. She seeks to develop relationships with local women and families in order to introduce them to and deepen their relationships with Jesus
Praise God for the ways this worker has seen the Lord at work through some of her friends this year. Pray for wisdom, grace and love as this worker and her colleagues disciple those in their ministry. Pray that, as a team, they would “put on the whole armor of God, that [they] may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil” (Eph. 6:11).
TWO WORKERS serve in Asia, developing web apps that give opportunities for people to access the gospel in restricted areas. Their mission is to see gospel content customized in apps for further evangelism among the unreached, so that everyone has the chance to hear the good news.
Pray for the Lord to provide ways that these workers can connect with people who have never heard the gospel. Pray that these apps would be used to transform lives.
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TWO WORKERS are university professors in Africa. They seek to develop relationships with students and point them to Christ.
Pray for patience and wisdom for these two workers as they learn the local language and train with their organization. Pray for good relationships to develop between these workers and their students.
ONE WORKER serves as Christar’s regional member care person for the South and Central Asia region. She will be working in collaboration with regional leadership. As this is a new role, she is in the process of learning the ropes while preparing to support those who work internationally.
Pray for her to grow in her ability to serve missionaries serving in South and Central Asia. Pray for the Lord to restore and renew those to whom she will provide care and counsel.
TWO WORKERS serve in Thailand with their two children. One worker has finished his preliminary training for Bible translation work and is now working toward translating the Bible for an unreached, Bible-less language group, starting with study of the target language. This people group is predominantly Buddhist in name, though spiritism is prevalent. They are resistant to the gospel, but a small church is slowly growing despite persecution.
Pray for the people they are working with to come to know the Lord and be released from the pressures of their beliefs. Pray for wisdom as these workers love and support their young children.
TWO WORKERS serve with OMF in campus ministry with international students. They work in partnership with local churches and campus ministry organizations to reach and disciple international students at area campuses. This involves evangelism, discipleship and preparing those returning to their home countries. The U.S. hosts over a million international students each year. They primarily serve students at the Illinois Institute of Technology (near White Sox park), where 37% of all students are international!
Pray for God to open the eyes of international students and to prepare them to return to their countries with the gospel, that students at IIT would not just attend events, but would come to Bible studies. Pray for them to encourage the spiritual, emotional and intellectual growth of their kids (ranging in age from kindergarten to college).
TWO WORKERS recently transitioned to service in Vienna, Austria. They assist with the development of an international student ministry and work alongside a community development ministry in Bratslava, Slovakia, to provide spiritual leadership to the young believers in the ministry.
Pray for their transition to new ministry in a part of the world where they have served in previous years. Pray for their three daughters as they experience a new culture and language and are united with family members living in Slovakia.
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swimming pool and splash pad. Teams come for times away to seek God together and to discover the next steps forward in their ministries. They also provide logistical support for Africa Inland Mission’s local unit. This includes remodeling houses for new workers, setting up solar systems on houses and helping keep vehicles on the road.
Praise God for the completion of the Retreat. Pray for missionaries to find rest and rejuvenation in their time there.
TWO WORKERS serve worldwide with the leadership team of their organization. They help to make crucial decisions as they care for the missionaries and teams of people serving in the areas of member care, human resources, retirees, onboarding and supporting.
Thank the Lord that meetings have resumed in person and that workers are overcoming the challenges presented by COVID, slowly making their way back overseas. Pray for continued wisdom as they build a larger team on the “home side” to support their cross-cultural workers.
TWO WORKERS serve in Asia, where they have been for ten years. Their primary ministry is pastoral care for their organization’s regional missionaries. They are additionally involved in biblical counseling, encouragement and support within their local community.
Pray for wisdom and grace as these workers encourage the kingdom workers around them. Pray that they would be able to love and support their children even as they are apart.
ONE WORKER is a teacher in Central Asia. She seeks to develop relationships with students in order to introduce them to Jesus and deepen their relationships with him.
Pray for God’s provision and protection for this worker. Pray for the Lord to work in the hearts of this worker’s students.
TWO WORKERS live in Southeast Asia and serve at a Christian school. One teaches, spearheads the English curriculum department at the school and coaches the basketball team. The other coaches the swimming and cross-country teams, maintains the home and occasionally substitute teaches at the school. They both have had opportunities to help several families with work and ministry opportunities.
Pray for God to provide new mission aries in his timing to come to their country. Pray for the time that these workers will spend in the States over the next year to be fruitful and rejuvenating.
DANIEL & JULIE support the work of Bible translation through administration, supporting a team of over 200 Bible translation and language development team members. Their organization’s goal is to make the Word available in every person’s heart language. The team currently has 77 active projects. They have two sons.
Pray for wisdom as Daniel and Julie support and love their sons. Pray for the translated Bibles to be taken to places and people who have never heard the gospel.
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TWO WORKERS have been living in a large city in Eurasia where the gospel is not welcome. One of them has been serving as the pastor of an international church.
Praise God for the opportunity he has given them to be part of what he is doing in that city. Pray that the Lord would guide them this year on home assignment and enable them to complete a written project about the transforming power of the gospel in the region where they have served.
Due to the sensitive location in which these missionaries serve, in most cases, names and photos are not disclosed.
