Thursday

“God shall bless us,

and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.”

~Psalm 67:7~

MISSIONARY PERSONAL NEEDS. Praise the Lord for His perfect timing! A missionary suffered a detached retina requiring emergency surgery. When she encountered this problem, she was attending a conference near a large city. A day and a half earlier, she had been in a town far from a good hospital. The surgery was successful, and her retina is much improved. She is seeing pretty well, although she hopes clearer vision will continue to return to the affected eye. The missionary’s husband, while supporting his wife through her ordeal, went for a routine eye exam in the big city and was diagnosed with glaucoma. By divine providence, the condition was caught early, his eyes have suffered no damage, and treatment was begun. We serve a great God!

AMHARA OF ETHIOPIA (ahm-HAR-ah). “Some of our young women colleagues just had a group of young Ethiopian women over on Saturday night for a meal, fellowship, and sharing of their testimonies. None of the women are believers. Our colleagues wish to continue this Saturday-night time, share the gospel next time, and continue with basic Bible study. Please pray that our Father will open the eyes and hearts of these young women to the truth of the gospel. Pray that each one will become born again and will hunger to learn about God and His Word. Pray that they will grow in our Lord.” http://www.experiencename.com/

SONGHAI OF WEST AFRICA (SONG-high). The Songhai Team writes: “We have asked you to pray for the salvation of the Songhai many times. Now we ask you to join us in praising our Father as we report that 14 Songhai came to know Christ as their personal Savior during the last month! We give thanks that a harvest has been made. Continue to ask God to bring about much fruit from the seeds that have been sown among our people.” http://seekingthesonghai.net/

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA (DER-bun). Please pray for H, a Muslim woman who is seeking to become a medium. Her mother was involved in consulting the dead, so it seems to be a generational problem. She has been visiting L, who has shared the gospel with her and warned her of the destructive and demonic nature of what she is delving into. While she was visiting with L, H began to sway uncontrollably when the midday call to prayer began. Pray for H to be delivered from the stronghold that Satan has in her life, and ask that she will turn to Jesus for salvation.

IRINGA, TANZANIA (ee-RING-uh). Missionary Kay Frost writes: “Thank you for your continuing prayers for our friend, G, a blind woman. We have recently discovered that she has excessively high blood pressure, which may very well have caused her blindness. In February, when missionary Pauline Eardensohn took her to have tests regarding seizures she was having, her blood pressure was 140-plus over 130! She is now on medication to help lower her blood pressure, but the damage to her health may be permanent. Thank the Lord that we found it when we did! She is attending church at Ipogoro again, including the women’s meetings on Tuesdays and the extra church services held on Thursdays. She has also received a ‘talking Bible’ thanks to a church in Texas who visited in October. And it ‘talks’ in Swahili! How great is the technology available these days! Continue to pray for her health and her growth in Christ as she listens to His Word. Pray for her family who may also be listening to the Bible, especially a young male cousin who sometimes attends church with her.” http://cesa.imb.org/