Pray for global mission

Claudia Middendorf serves the local church in Beira, Mozambique, in leadership training. The students she is studying the gospel of John with have expressed how much they appreciate being able to read the Word and talk about it as a group. Please pray for them, that they would also get excited and be disciplined in reading the Bible for themselves and meeting with God individually.

In partnership with the local church, Sandrine shares the love of Jesus with North African immigrants in Montréal, Canada, though people of other nationalities are often impacted too. In the Summer of 2023 Rose, an immigrant, arrived from Chile, not knowing anyone. She went to the foodbank at a partner church and heard about the French classes Sandrine was just starting. She came to the classes, then to church, and met the Lord. She was baptised in April. This miracle caused great joy. Pray that her entire family, who have since joined her, will also meet Christ. Despite this, Sandrine is sometimes discouraged by the time it takes to see fruit. The spiritual struggle is tangible with some, but it teaches her to trust in the Lord, who acts in the invisible and who simply asks us to trust and obey.

Ruth* works on an Indian Ocean Island, seeking to share the gospel with people who have never had it explained to them. It’s taken Ruth a while to get to know one of the physiotherapists she works with who’s a very quiet and timid lady, but she is now opening up and Ruth has been able to share a couple of stories from the Bible with her. She is intrigued by how different they are from what she had thought. Please pray she would start to see through the lies she has been told about God’s Word. Ruth has also been using some Bible stories in her language lessons with Holly*, her language helper, and that has reengaged her as their faith chat had gone a bit quiet. Ask that as Holly explains the words and grammar to Ruth that Holly’s heart would be ignited.

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