You can join a short-term prayer assignment for a large, international mission organization that we are assisting this year.
From the team leader in Western Kenya:
We thank God for what he have seen in one woman's life. This woman was brought up with a Muslim background. So she only understood her own religion and refused to listen to any Christian.
But because she lived near one of our disciples, she started getting interested in what we were doing and found that we would listen to her share some of the things she was struggling with. She asked us to join her mosque, but we told her that the mosque is not the solution. ‘Let’s just love one another and keep getting to know each other.’ So she kept spending time with us and asking questions about Christianity. She commented that, perhaps, one day we might convince her to get saved.
Angel Alembe, from DR Congo, asked us to pass along the following letter handwritten from her and translated by her husband, Steven:
I work with women who are victims of violence and who are severely marginalized because of their situations. I have been highly motivated to help them because of the same kinds of things when I was separated from my parents when I was 10 years old. In addition to the hard situation, there was no money so I was not able to study at a school. Because of God’s grace, I was targeted by some Christians with an organization in my place. I was able to attend school because of them. Even the ones who supported me with finances, I have never seen, only a picture of them. Because of God working through them, my life was completely changed. I was able to receive my high school diploma because of them. You are the same. For now I cannot see you, but I pray for you that our Lord Jesus Christ will care for you and provide for your daily needs. You are doing the same today for many of the women here who are sinking in poverty, illiteracy and humiliation. I am praying God will bless you. I am very grateful to you.
Mama Anjela Alembe
One of the leaders in Burundi reports:
"This Saturday, July 20, 2013, we had a number of 70 disciples who believed in Jesus Christ, and agreed to be baptized… Beloved, the work of making disciples and house church planting continues. We have tears at times, but hunger, poverty, fatigue does not hamper us in God's work…
As we pray about furthering our efforts in Uganda, we are mindful that the tension runs high there from extremist M_slims. One pastor there, last year, reported having his face burned with acid because of his conversion from Islam to Christianity and his success in reaching M_slims.
"The persecution because of the name of the Lord is real and it is happening to different people around the world... The enemy is very determined," he commented.
