Prayer Calendar for September 2010
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Cambodia
A Hong Kong Alliance Mission missionary, Rev. Lam Wing Fai, was killed in a traffic accident on Aug. 22 in Cambodia. He leaves a wife and two young children. Please pray for God give comfort and ease their pain. |
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Haiti FMC
The father-son team of Richard and Larry Osborne, Midland, MI, are ministering in Haiti through September 7. They are overseeing the construction of several pre-fab parsonages, of their own design, for FM pastors displaced by the Jan. 2010 earthquake. |
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APFMMA
Aug. 12, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Shirish Ahaley was elected the new executive director of the Asia Pacific FM Missions Association. Edna Bacus was elected the associate director, with responsibilities for promotion and recruiting. Polly Ho, after 16 years as the founding director, has stepped down but will continue to oversee work in Cambodia. Shirish will establish his office in Mumbai, India, and Edna will locate in Davao, Philippines. Please pray for Shirish and Edna to have the wisdom needed to lead Asia Pacific area mission activities. |
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Cambodia
Missionary Dr. Paul Wong and his wife Dr. Grace Lau are busy with ministries beginning in September: they will teach in a medical college and work in a free clinic. They are in the process of discussing the details and signing contracts with the School of Medicine and the clinic. Pray for them to have wisdom in negotiating the details. |
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FMC India
Helen Rose Training College of Nursing has accepted a joint venture with the tribal department. They have agreed to perform health assessments at 32 tribal children`s government hostels (each with 200-400 children) within a 200 mile radius. The health status is known to be very low with these extremely poor and needy children. They will travel out every other Saturday to do that work, and the reports back to the government will identify common needs and offer remedies. They have accepted this volunteer work because it is good for society. Pray for keen observation skills for our students and for quick government action on the most pressing needs. |
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FMC India
Helen Rose Training College of Nursing has been asked by the district government officials to be available in the event of floods or other disasters, and they have agreed. Pray for any assignments to be responded to swiftly and effectively. |
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Middle East
Muslims around the world are in the midst of Ramadan, 30 days of fasting from food and drink during sunlight hours. All Muslims during Ramadan read the Koran, which mentions Jesus. Pray for them that they will come to an early understanding of the uniqueness of the salvation available through Jesus. |
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Nicaragua FMC
Pastor Luis Ampie passed away on Aug. 22. Pray for the Lord to comfort his family. He was the director of the FMC in Nicaragua from the late 1990s until early 2010. Under his direction an elementary school was started in Managua, which serves several hundred children in a very impoverished area of the city. |
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Asia FMC
Asia Area Director David Yardy and his wife, Sherrill, are currently in Asia through early October. They will visit FM ministries in seven countries. Pray for wisdom as David deals with many challenges in several different countries and cultures. Pray he will have the right words and wisdom in exploring with national leaders the best course of action and ways of addressing each of their unique challenges. |
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Ukraine FMC
Praise God for the recent camp held with a small group from Kiev. The gospel was preached and displayed powerfully. One young man made a decision for Christ and three others moved closer to Christ. |
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Hungary FMC
Pray for a three-year program that will provide training for pastors and church leaders in Hungary. Directed by the Wesley Alliance, an association of six Wesleyan church groups, including the FM mission, the program will begin in Sept. Pray that this program can go smoothly and build up the spiritual life of each participant. |
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Creative Access Country C
Thank God for leading a dedicated sister in "business as mission" to help develop the ministry. After a few months trial, she will advise about the training for workers and their spiritual care. Pray for God to give her wisdom, love and patience to get along with workers and managers, and have new strategies for developing markets. |
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Taiwan FMC
Pray for the new Missions Center being developed at Holy Light Theological Seminary. Pray for it's role of inspiring students to participate in cross-cultural ministry. |
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Cameroon FMC
FM ministry in Cameroon reopened in 2003. Pray for the 14 organized FM churches in Cameroon and for the national leader of this young church, Rev. Charles Sone. Pray for the successful ministry of a vocational training school. |
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Taiwan FMC
Praise God that Mr. Tsai, a man who had a stroke due to heavy drinking and smoking, recently accepted the Lord. Tim and Lily Kinkead report, "We can see God has done a great miracle in his heart. Continue pray for Mr. Tsai to grow and desire to develop a devotional time." |
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Cambodia
Missionary Ms. Miu-Ling Lee will complete her home assignment in late September in Hong Kong and then return to Cambodia for her third term of service. Please remember her service in your prayers. |
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Cambodia
The Chris Wilkins family will have a vacation in Hong Kong from now to the end of the month. Please pray for them to have a happy and restful vacation. |
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Creative Access Country MM
Please pray for this area to have more local missionary workers. Please pray that God will provide a Christian teacher for one of the Buddhist primary schools. |
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Cambodia
School Principal Stanley Ng's personal support is still insufficient, so he will return to Australia later this month to share with churches and the brothers and sisters about the education ministry in Cambodia. Please pray for him and also for his wife and three sons who are still living and studying in Australia. |
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China
The divorce rate has shot up 20 times in the past 20 years. The most common problem is extra-marital affairs, which account for nearly 80% of the cases. When public officials are involved in affairs, corruption, bribery and illegal deals are universally involved as well. "He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself. " (Pro 6:32) We remember believer families wrecked by affairs. May the Spirit bring repentance in the corrupted hearts; may His mercy come and heal the broken hearts. We pray too for forgiveness out of the great love of God which brings about healing. (Pray for China) |
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Creative Access Country MM
Please pray for more water wells for this area of about 500 people (about 80 families) that have only one well. It takes about U$ 500 to dig a well. Pray for God to supply this need. |
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China
A year after the ethnic violence in Xingjian, the region is gradually returning to normal. This is a tense area where Muslim Uighur live side by side with Han Chinese. Many of the Uighur, however, do not speak Mandarin Chinese and so are unable to find jobs. Economic disparity and job discrimination are some of the issues of contention here. Ministry is hard there and not welcomed by the officials. Converts are ostracized from their families. The one bright spot is the college Bible study groups which target mainly the Han Chinese. We remember them in our prayers. (Pray for China) |
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Creative Access Country MM
Please pray for the local Christians' need of Bibles. One Bible costs about U$5 - the equivalent of 3 days wages in this country. May God touch more people's hearts to respond to this need! |
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Cambodia
Please keep praying for missionary Ms. Christina Leung in her language study and her service in the three childcare hostels. Pray for God to give her strength and wisdom in service. |
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China
Although the Chinese government has repeatedly said that it has no plan to abolish the Cantonese dialect, there have been recent protests to keep the Cantonese dialect strong. China has many dialects but Cantonese is the only one which has its own radio broadcasts and television programming in China. There are likely more than four thousand Cantonese-speaking churches worldwide. Many of them are very missions-minded and send out missionaries worldwide. We thank the Lord for the great work the Cantonese-speaking churches have done and we pray the Lord will call out more workers from these congregations. (Pray for China) |
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Ethiopia FMC
Jervaun Trier writes, "Pray for the Ethiopian Ammanuel Light and Life Church during a sudden and intense time of transition. Pray specifically for godly wisdom and strength for the church leaders." |
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Peru FMC
Pray that seminary studies taking place in four locations throughout Peru will continue to inspire young people. The Latin America Area Team, including Area Director for Latin American Ministries Dr. Delia Nuesch-Olver, has developed a mission to fuel and sustain an apostolic movement to reach Latin America for Christ. Please pray that this ministry can lead more people to follow Jesus. |
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Chile FMC
Tuesday Night Bible Study Fever! Weekly, nine women gather to form one of five new home Bible study groups in Comunidad Vida, Santiago's church plant to the virtually unreached people group of the middle-upper class. Pray that more people have their faith in Jesus through the Bible studies. |
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Mission Family Health
Praise God retired missionary Trygvar Brauteseth has come through recent surgery extremely well, reports his wife, Anne. "We are very grateful. There were no complications and the surgeon is so pleased. We praise the Lord for His goodness and for the support and prayers of our friends." The Brauteseths served FMWM in South Africa for 38 years. |
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Taiwan FMC
The challenge was given some time ago to increase the number of congregations in the Taiwan Free Methodist Church from the present 60 to 100 by the year 2015. This challenge was renewed at a recent pastors conference. Ask God for wisdom in finding clergy to fill the pulpits of 40 church plants or churches and in deciding where churches should be planted and how members can be trained for the task. |
