Hunter updates

Praise The Lord with us as we celebrate all three hunters coming to faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and all three men desiring to be baptized and be discipled. This has been an amazing thing to watch unfold. Just on Friday, the 17th, Mr. Mat was challenged to believe and he said that he did not desire to believe. A few days later he had a motorcycle accident that seemed to shake him up and cause a crisis of faith in his life.  The next day, Mr. Mat told a friend of ours that he desires to be a follower of Jesus Christ. Finally today Mr. Mat was followed up with again and he confirmed that he definitely wants to be a follower of  Jesus.

Praise God.

Please continue to pray for these three men and for their wives and children who are not yet ready to become followers of Jesus.

the three hunters

Please pray for three wild boar hunters. Two of the three men confess that they desire to follow Christ, and even desire to be baptized.  One of the men, Mr. Ko, says he is ready to be baptized.  Another man, Mr. Wag desires to follow Christ but says he wants his wife to follow Christ with him, that it would be a family decision. Mr. Wag is ready but his wife is not yet. The third man, Mr. Mat, openly says that no he is not ready to believe.  Just yesterday Mr. Mat had a motorcycle accident, and it yet again provided opportunity to tell Mr. Mat that God has a plan and purpose for Mr. Mat.

Please pray for these three men.

* Pray that Mr. Ko's confession would be earnest and that he truly will follow into the waters of baptism.

* Pray for Mr. Wag's wife - her greatest fear is rejection from her extended family.  Please pray that Mrs. Wag will see that all is worthy leaving behind and following hard after Christ.

* Join us in praying that God will redeem this family.

* Pray for Mr. Mat - please pray that God will soften his heart.

* Please pray that God will redeem these men and their families and do amazing things within their families for His glory.

at least 50+ Unreached People Groups

Please continue to pray for participants of a training this week who target at least 50 different people groups.  Today began the training. So far they have studied God's vision and the authority of the Scripture and just now began studying the book of Acts.

Please pray for these participants as God continues to challenge hearts and encourage the brethren.

Pray that God will be magnified in our lives and in glorified in the participants this week.
Pray that the Lord will use this training as a source of direction, encouragement for weary souls, and a further call to godliness.

Please spend time now praying for this training as we have expectations, hopes, and prayers that God will use this to further His Kingdom here in PB land and in surrounding Unreached People Groups.

To God be the Glory.

Please pray for Mr. Wu

Please pray for a 70+ year old recent believer.  Mr. Wu counts all as loss except for knowing Christ. Mr. Wu was a leader in a strict Islamic group. Then he met Jesus Christ and his life changed.  Over the past months, J- has been discipling Mr. Wu, sharing with him how to study the Bible, memorize scripture, share the Gospel, and etc. Mr. Wu has been actively sharing the Gospel with those around him.

Just this morning, Mr. Wu was called into a local government office and told he needed to recant and return to Islam. He has been given three months to do this.

Please pray for Mr. Wu.  Pray that he will remain strong in his confession and belief that Jesus Christ is the ONLY way to the Father.  Pray that Mr. Wu will not back down but will continue studying God's Word, walking with the Father, and sharing the Gospel with those around him.

Please pray for J- as he seeks wisdom in his continued discipleship of Mr. Wu. Pray for J- that he will continue to be bold in his mentorship and walking the Christ follower life with Mr. Wu.

Ultimately, join us in praying that this will ultimately lead to many coming to faith in Jesus Christ and for God to be glorified throughout PB land.

To God be the glory!

A call to pray...

Please Pray!!!

The vast majority of the unreached peoples of this land (not just limited to the PB peoples but the greater area) reside in the southern part.  On the 17-22 September, believers from the southern part of the area will be meeting to learn a discipleship process that will empower them to join God in His work of establishing church planting movements among the unreached people groups of Southern area. Will you pray with us:

1.       That the Father will move in the hearts of those who attend so that they will respond to God’s word in obedience

2.       That the participants will resist the enemies attacks on this time and that the time will be fruitful

3.       That, during this training, many will come to faith as participants go out to share the Gospel

4.       That this will result in reproducing churches among every unreached people group in the southern area”

Gospel moments

Please stop and pray for Christ followers over the next few days as they have open opportunities to go into Muslims homes.  Today (and the next few days here in PB land) is Idul Fitri. This is the Islamic celebration at the end of the fasting month. In PB land, it is tradition for neighbors to go around greeting  and giving glad tidings to their neighbors. This includes Christians going into Muslim neighbors homes. This time of year gives GREAT opportunity to be salt and light to a lost world.

Join us in praying for those opportunities and encounters. Pray that God will give love and boldness to His Christ followers.  Pray that many Muslims would come to faith in Jesus Christ. Pray that as Muslims have spent a month trying to rid themselves of their sins, that they would see the law brings only death but that Jesus Christ brings life.  Plead with us for the PB peoples to come before the Father and admit their need of Jesus, and as Acts 16:31 so clearly states to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved.

May YOUR Kingdom come to PB lands, Lord God! To You be the glory.

PR - August 16, 2012

Mr. Nick and the Bible student with the Paycall

Please pray for Mr. Nick and a Bible student that live in the Paycall area.  Mr. Nick has lived in the Paycall area for a few years now, and has a heart to see the Paycall people believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior. Recently a Bible student has gone to live with Mr Nick and serve the Lord there in the Paycall area sowing seeds.  Please pray for these two men as they go through Paycall land sharing the Gospel.

Through Mr. Nick's ministry, two Paycall people have come to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. Mr. Nick is now following them up with discipleship.  Please pray for these new believers that they will be discipled well by Mr. Nick. Please pray that God will give them a desire and boldness to share about their new desire to follow Christ.

Students

Please take some time right now to pray for a number of our English club students who have heard Gospel presentations over the last month.  There have been a handful (or two!) who have heard Gospel truths and a number have been challenged to believe upon Jesus. Join with us in praying for:

* Auggie - young man - been challenged in the last week with Gospel truths and called on to believe in Jesus. His response - not interested. Plead with us asking  God to break down his walls towards Jesus.

* Feetree - again in the last month, she has heard many stories of Jesus, His salvation, the hope He gives, the way He heals, and on and on. Pray with us that God will vividly reveal Jesus Christ as THE WAY, THE TRUTH, and THE LIFE and that is ONLY found in Jesus Christ.

* Dess - a young woman whose parents are devout in Islam. They have taught Dess well in following the teachings of Islam.  So much so that she has difficulty realizing that her religion is false and seeing Jesus as THE TRUTH.  Please pray that God will open her eyes to him and the validity of Jesus Christ the Savior.

* Echo - a young man - who is also devout in his following in Islam.  Yet he has been challenged as he has continued/continues to meet followers of Jesus who love on Echo and continue trying to share Gospel truth with him. Join us in praying for God to break through Echo's pride and show him that Jesus Christ is the only way.

* N.fran - a young man who is more open to listening to and talking about Jesus. He has even sat through a few Bible studies over the last few weeks.  Please pray that God will make him thirsty for the living water that Jesus gives.

Our team, national partners, and short term students have shared and continue to pour time and energy into these five students. Pray that our time with them is not in vain. Plead with us as God's Word has been repeatedly shared with these five, that it will NOT return void, but that these seeds will take root in these students hearts. Seeds that will become healthy plants bearing fruit.  Join with us in pleading for the salvation of our students in the PB land.

**NOTE - I hope to post again next week about some of our national partners and their ministries.  Stay tuned!!!

Under construction

I am trying to update the blog some. I have added page tabs along the top. These pages will take you to information about our PB peoples. So if I were to ask you to pray for someone in the Paycall area and you were interested in knowing more about them, you could click on the Paycall tab and it would give you information regarding that particular people group that combined with others in our diverse area makes up the PB peoples.

I am sorry that not all tabs yet are completed. But I am working on that. Ideally as well, I would love to be able to post some pictures of what each of PB peoples looks like. That is a goal for a later day, but maybe it will happen one day. :) May God bless you. Thank you for taking the time to pray for our PB peoples. Pray in faith. And remember Matthew 7:7-11 to Ask, Seek and Knock. Let us continue praying to the Lord of the harvest, until all peoples have heard.

To God be the glory. It is HE who saves and He IS mighty to save!

PR - June 4, 2012

PRAYER REQUESTS from the PB team

Update from the Seem            

Pray that God will open doors into a Seem village through Mr. H (the village leader).  Also pray that the gospel will take root in the heart of Mr. F, Mr. R, and some others that have very recently heard the gospel, but they were not ready to receive it.  They were very proud of their heritage and their pure religion in Islam.  Pray they might have visions or dreams about the Truth they heard.  Please pray as we plan to visit the village again the beginning of July.

Update from the Tong

Pray for the few believers living among the Tong people.  Pray that they will have a desire to reach out to the people around them.  Pray for opportunities for our team to partner with them in reaching the Tong people.

           

National believers

* Pray for national believers to partner with and live amongst the several Unreached People Group's (UPG) mentioned above.  Pray for national believers that are being discipled all around PB land. Pray that God will give them great understanding of the Scriptures, wisdom, guidance, and passion for the Lord and his heart for the nations.

* Much like this please pray that God will empower the students at a local Bible school to reach out to UPG's. There are several men and women being discipled. Several young and several old.  Please pray with us that God will greatly use these followers of Christ. 

* And similarly please pray for a college group that has been challenged with John 14:12. Please pray that God has impacted them to have a heart/God’s heart for reaching out to the nations around them and grouping/teaching new believers.

           

Update from the Surway

Pray for E, as he is a new believer in the Surway, but has yet to be obedient to be baptized.

Pray for Eacha

Eacha has one more test left for her undergraduate degree.  She was given the New Testament around Christmas time.  A PB member (N) asked if she could meet with Eacha and study through 6 sacrifice stories.  Please pray for the Holy Spirit to move in Eacha’s heart that she would desire to study the New Testament  and that God would convince her of His Truth. Please pray for PB member (N) to take opportunities to speak about these matters with Eacha.

Pray for Rez

Please continue to pray for Rez as he is being met with and more Truth is being shared with him.