IRISH CELTIC LANGUAGE TEAM members (BRITISH IRISH CLETS CLUSTER) ask that we continue to remember them, as they wait for permission to remain status. Their situation is now completely out of their hands and they hope to be granted permission to remain in Ireland for 2010 and many years to come.

The WESTERN UKRAINE TEAM (BLACK SEA ORTHODOX CLUSTER) requests intercession for the churches in the Lviv Oblast (region). Ask that they will see the urgency of starting new churches. Intercede also for the Hungarian Baptists in the Zacarpathian region, as they prepare to start a Bible College for their people.

Happy Thanksgiving! “Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name. For the Lord is good, and His love is eternal; His faithfulness endures through all generations.” Ps. 100:4-5 (HCSB) Lift up our personnel, who will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday away from their families for the first time. Ask the Father to draw their focus to Himself and to fill them with joy and thanksgiving for all that He has done.

More Prayer Requests

A member of the BLACK SEA ORTHODOX CLUSTER shares, “A key individual in our ministry to adult orphans has accepted Christ and has experienced a remarkable transformation.  Her life had been filled with abandonment, sex slavery, prostitution, drugs, violence… But now she is active in bringing others to church and to their Heavenly Father.  Her goal is to become a Bethlehem star that points others to the Son.  Please intercede that E.’s faith will be strengthened as she endures tremendous pressure and persecution.  Pray also for our efforts to find work and means of income for her and other adult orphans.”

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Members of the NATIONAL TRAINING TEAM (GERMANIC CLUSTER) give praise for the 7405 proclamations of the gospel that were given during the three weeks of the live nativity.  Petition the Father to use the seeds planted to bring a great harvest.

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A new FIELD PERSONNEL ORIENTATION (FPO) group arrived a few days ago in Virginia to begin their time of orientation before coming to the field.  They have recently packed up all their belongings, sold homes, resigned jobs and said good-byes to family and friends.  They are experiencing all kinds of emotions – joy, expectation, anxiety, nervousness, uncertainty, sadness, excitement…Please lift them up as they settle into their home for the next several weeks.  Intercede that their sense of calling and faith will be strengthened during their time at the Learning Center.  Petition that they will leave excited about and well-equipped for the new phase of life that they will be starting.

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Romany people love to party.  Dancing and drinking is a highlight as families celebrate.  Unfortunately, few Romany know the true reason to celebrate – that God sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.  Intercede with members of the DIASPORA CLUSTER in BRAZIL that Romany will come to understand who Jesus is and why He came.

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