Hi Wai-Lam,

Thank you for participating with us throughout this week, sharing in the stories and requests of global workers. Today, we lift up our global partners in prayer and share a few links for continued connection.

Our campaign has centred around stories of how global workers and partners demonstrate generosity in their care and concern for others. We hope these stories will encourage you, both in your participation as part of the wider church, and as you consider extending hospitality and care to those God places in your path. May their stories give you confidence as we all seek to adaptively participate in Jesus' mission in the world.

Thank you for your engagement,

Director of World Partners

Prayers for our Global Partners

Cuba

We send greetings to you and all members of World Partners Canada. It's real privilege to be part of the great family of Missionary Church.

Some prayer items include:

1. For our pastors, to keep focused on the mission of Jesus Christ to make disciples and to lead the churches.

2. For our country. We are living now a very difficult time; the economic problems are so many and serious. All products have prices 20 or 30 times over the normal prices. So, it's very difficult for the population to get food and pay for it.

3. For the social situation in our country; thousands of people abandone the country every week, crossing borders in Central America to US, looking best condition of life. So, many churches are loosing members, and many pastors from different denominations decide to move too. It has not control.

4. For me, as leader at the front of our National Church. I need the guide of the Holy Spirit to provide a correct direction to our pastors and congregations.

Once againg, thank you for your prayers in favor of us.

India

Greetings to you all from Salvation ministries Kolkata. Praise God for our continual partnership in the Kingdom of God as we serve Him making disciples of all nations.

Salvation ministries is presently conducting discipleship vision casting workshops in different parts of India. 

Pray for:

1. The 35 disciple leaders we met with last week in Ranchi Jharkhand

2. Over 40 leaders from Odhisa and Abdhra Pradesh, who we are presently meeting in Vizak

3. Travels this next week, where we will be visiting north eastern states to conduct vision casting discipleship workshops.

4. The 'Little Angels' project, a way to serve children of the slum area where Salvation Ministries is located

5. Our 7 house church fellowship in Kolkata area

6. The Women of Worship ministries conducted by my wife.

Blessings, Shane D'Souza

Mexico

From Dan Chapple, passing on prayer requests from our Mexican denominational partners.

1. Praise God our Semillas pastoral and lay leadership classes are going well in Mexico. Praise God for two new classes that I was able to start on my last trip to Mexico. Pray for two churches that wish to start studying in the Semillas program.

2. Pray for the upcoming trip to Mexico (Nov. 24 to Dec. 9) with John Cressman, Nicole Jones-Qandah, and Keith and Ruth Ann Elliott. Pray that we will have a great time connecting and building relationships with the leadership of the two Missionary Church denominations that we work with in Mexico.

3. Pray for provision toward the Pastoral Training Fund. Here is a small story of its impact.

"The real goal of this material is to provide us with a way to mentor and equip the pastor, and any lay leaders who are helping with the ministry. In Rayon, where Pastor Venael, his wife, and ten others are now studying, I received a text from Venael with a couple of ministry/theological questions, and a brief note that they are finding the classes to be very helpful and said that their weekly group meeting, which is supposed to be about 1.5 hours in length, usually takes them over 3 hours because they are learning so much, which results in lots of discussion and questions. Other pastors feel that the Semillas program is so beneficial that they wants to use the two introductory or basic books for the discipleship of everyone in the church."

South Africa

From Dan and Kerry Wiens, leaders of Inundo Development, a WP Global Partner.

1.We have been facing some spiritual attacks on leaders in our network. We would appreciate prayer for God to protect all the Farming God’s Way leaders. One of our interns was mugged in Pinetown yesterday at gunpoint. It was traumatizing for him. We are struggling to see progress in Malawi through our leader there. We are hearing of other discouragement and obstacles. A leader has still not located his cattle that were stolen. It is one attack after another. May God prevail.

2. Please pray for Clint one of our up-and-coming trainers. He works full-time and also volunteers as a trainer. Recently the situation at his company has created a lot of stress. There has been a lot of corruption and competitors have been stealing materials. Pray that God would bring justice in the situation and return the company to its full functioning capacity. Pray for protection over this theft.

3. We are well into our spring planting and continue to have lots of visitors. Pray for Dan and his longevity in ministry, for renewal of strength, and for opportunities for downtime and rest.

4. It’s now our fourth season for planting maize. This is a staple crop in Africa and teaching people to grow this properly is essential. With Farming God’s Way methods we can expect 10 to 20 times the yield. This field is a huge showcase for us and we’ve struggled with damage from a local troop of monkeys. Pray with us as we brainstorm creative solutions to address this discouragement. On planting day we had 10 learners which is so exciting. It is incredible to be able to cultivate and teach at the same time. Pray that the learnings will go deep and be transformational in each persons life. Pray that Inundo will continue to be a beacon of light.

5. Inundo has started another six week gardens of faithfulness training in the community of Embo in West Durban. Embo is another neighbouring community with lots of huge potential for growth and development. This training came about through networking with local churches and organizations and it is an exciting collaboration for the benefit of the surrounding communities. Pray with us that God would establish a significant move of his kingdom in this area and for continued collaboration with our partners for the benefit of God's good news to bear.

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