Pray for new students with a conviction that this is where God wants them, with a vision for cross-cultural mission.

Pray for renewal of strength and wisdom for senior staff, and provision of all that is needed.

Praise God for the beginning of Betel in Sao Paolo. Pray for the whole process of getting started, wise decision-making and open doors. They will need to find out what is the best plan for the legal aspects involved.

Visas urgently needed for Pilar Cancino and Patty Pardo, who are hoping to join the candidate orientation course in Mexico, January-March 2010.  

 

Hans Scutze, Regional Director for Pan America will be at a unique conference in the South of Spain from Nov 9th to 13th. About 130 leaders from various agencies will be thinking and praying about one topic: How to mobilize and train Latinos living in Europe so that they can reach out to their immigrant neighbours. There is a lot of potential in this approach, so let us pray for bold steps in this direction.

Pray for the WEC advance into Quebec. Jose and Margarethe Almeida plan to move from Hamilton to Quebec in 2010 and are making initial contacts with pastors. Pray for good relationships with all denominations and language groups in the province.

For the Missions Globales conference in Montreal from November 13 – 16. Almeida will present a workshop on “Being Equipped for Missions”. Pray God will bring many people by the WEC booth who have a desire to do cross cultural service and that some will apply to WEC.  

 

Praise God for answered prayer for WEC representation across Canada. We now have representatives in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC. Henry Bell meets with them on November 14 in Saskatchewan. Pray for united focus, wisdom in strategy for mobilization and encouragement in networking.

 

 

A young volunteer has been building a playground for the childrens' centre, Esperanca.  Recently he decided to open his heart to Jesus and begin attending a bible study group.

Since then the police have been giving him trouble over a offense he committed last year. The young man has served his time for this penalty, but the police are now saying there is no statement from the lawyer proving this… and it seems that the lawyer has lost the paperwork.

China government concerned about the growth of Christianity.

Cities are currently being surveyed to find out how many Christians there really are. House church meetings are being visited, and attendees made to register. At the moment this seems to be just a research activity. But by making every Christian register their faith the government could have a powerful tool available to persecute the church.

Pray that the Holy Spirit will continue to blow throughout China. Pray for boldness for Chinese Christians to share their faith, and wisdom to answer the authorities. Pray that whatever the outcome of these investigations the Church will continue to grow and be a positive influence in society, and that God would be glorified in China today.

Pray for the Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly those people living in the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma. At least 250,000 civilians have been displaced since fighting began in late August 2008. These people are at risk from both rebels and "out of control" DRC soldiers.

Pray for Drs. Philip and Nancy Wood, monitoring the situation from their centre in Bunia, several hundred kms to the north. In recent weeks there has also been rebel activity in this area, causing the evacuation of Nyankunde hospital after an attack there. Although the hospital has now reopened, the nursing school is moving to Beni for this academic year.

Pray for a deep work of the Holy Spirit throughout this land.

The Madurese are among the most fanatical followers of Islam in Indonesia. A recent report shared how Pak M. came to Christ.

Since early childhood M. was fond of reading the Qur’an. One day in his strong desire to seek for truth he isolated himself to meditate for 40 days and nights. During this time of meditation he saw someone wearing a white long robe who said to him ‘Go to a Christian if you want to know about truth.’