Thankfulness and petitions

Dear faithful pray partners,

    Happy Thanksgiving. Well it's getting there right. We have much to be thankful for this year. We are beginning to see mor national partners beginning to focus strategically on the PB peoples. We are seeing our national partners taking on Gods heart for the nations. They are longing for all things to be done for God's glory. It is a beautiful thing that God is working in the hearts of children.
      We are also beginning to see some people coming to faith in Jesus Christ. And praise the Lord we are beginning to see more of the new believers follow in baptism. Still we are struggling to see them be grouped together for discipleship. Please pray for this as we long to see our new followers in Christ being discipled. 
   Some of our harder to reach people groups, with no Gospel bearer living among them, still are quite resistant to the Gospel. Please pray for a follower of Christ to move into our hard to reach people groups over this next year. Please pray that The Lord will open these UPGs hearts toward Him. We are still praying for new believers among all our unreached people groups.
    Still yet,we are very thankful for the work The Lord has done in PB land over this past year. Please join us as we praise and thank Him for the work He is doing. And praise and thank Him for the work He will do in the year ahead.
    Please do not grow weary in praying and asking The Lord for our PB peoples salvation!

Thank you prayer partners. Happy Thanksgiving... We indeed have much to be thankful for to our Great  God.

-the PB team

recent training among students and a new believer

On Saturday, a evangelism training was held for college-aged students.  Around 10 students came. On the following day,  around 8 of the 10 gathered to go out and one of the students that was trained then believed in Jesus as their Lord and Savior and was baptized that night. Praise the Lord for clearly making Himself known to this student, and bringing this student into His kingdom!

Please pray for this new believer.

As a result of this training, these 10 students are being gathered into two Bible study groups. Please be in prayer for these groups as they study God's Word and learn about His heart for the nations.

Praise the Lord that for many of those trained, this is the first time that they have shared the Gospel with someone they had JUST met.

Please join us in prayer for what the Lord can and will do as a result of this training.

Hallelujah!

A great word about reaching out to UUPG's and UPG's

Your first questions may be, "what language are you speaking? What is UUPG? UPG?" Let me give a quick answer and then refer you to read the blog linked below.

An UUPG is an Unengaged, Unreached People Group
An UPG is an Unreached People Group

UUPG means that there is no real focus, person on the ground, church from afar, nor strategy to reach that certain people group. (Unengaged) The majority, if not most or even of all the people, still have not heard nor believed in the Gospel. (Unreached)

UPG means that there may be a person on the field or a strategy in place from a church in the States that is targeting that certain people group. The majority, if not most or even of all the people, still have not heard nor believed in the Gospel. (Unreached)

I am sure this is still confusing. Please take a few minutes to read the article below.

http://www.sbclife.org/Articles/2012/10/SLA10.asp

After reading this article, I hope that you will pray about being on mission with God by reaching out to some of the UPG's and UUPGs around the PB area.

May God's kindgom come to PB land and may HE receive ALL glory and honor.

From the Ben people....

Please be in prayer for a mother and her mute son.  This past week some people went out and met a woman and her 16 year old son, who is mute.  The followers of Christ shared Bible stories and Bible truths with the the mother and son.  In the end, the mother desired to hear more Bible stories, and regarding the story of Jesus, she replied that this was the "best good news" she had ever heard.  However, neither the woman nor her son expressed desire to believe in Jesus Christ.  Please pray for this family that God will draw them into His kingdom, and this won't be merely an interesting story but a life altering faith in Jesus Christ.

From the Trans people....

Please pray for Mah.  Mah has been regularly meeting with two followers of Christ over the past few months. In the past Mah seemed resistant to the Gospel. However, recently she has begun to interact in discussions about the Gospel. Please pray for Mah. Pray that the Holy Spirit would open her heart and that she would become a follower of Jesus Christ.

From a large people group north of PB land....

Please pray for Leah. A young woman that claims Islam as her religion yet she is following and desires the ways of the world in her pursuits of materialism, men, and alcohol. Please pray for those that meet with Leah and are sharing the Gospel with her. Please join us in praying for her salvation.

Would you take time to stop right now, this very minute, and pray for the four souls mentioned above?

Thank you fellow prayer partners.
To God be the glory! May He bring His kingdom here to PB land and those surrounding us.

Update

From Surway area...

Please pray for Mr. and Mrs. S, from Surway area. Last week they both heard the full gospel. Mrs. S believed right away, and is being followed up with Bible Study about Baptism and what following Christ looks like.  Mr. S thought the gospel story was interesting but was not ready to become a Christ follower. The people who shared with this family said that Mr. S had hearing problems and had difficulty hearing what was being said to him. Please pray for this family that Mrs. S would be baptized and continue to study the Bible with those discipling her. Please pray for Mr. S. Join us in asking God to clearly make known the gospel to Mr. S by opening his ears and soul to the gospel.

From Rujohn area... 

Please pray for Mr. Sur, a Rujohn man, who recently heard the gospel. He stated that he wanted to believe in Jesus. Mr. Sur went home and told his wife the gospel story and his desire to become a Christ follower. His wife became angry and does not like her husband’s new desire to follow Christ.  Please pray for Mr. Sur that he would follow the truth that God has shown him. Please pray for his wife, that the Holy Spirit will work in her own heart as the Spirit is working in her husband's heart. 

From the evangelical training of 70+ Christians... 

After the training of 70+ Christians, a few weeks ago, around 50 people expressed an openness and desire to follow Jesus. A number of those were already taught about following with baptism. Two or three of the 50 immediately were baptized and are being discipled.  Please pray for the 50 that they would be followed up well over the next few weeks. 

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”