International.
Europe

Life has been full steam ahead since David and Laura’s return to the field in August. It has been easy to jump back into life and relationships here. After almost fifteen years overseas as a family, they still wake up most days excited and honored to get to serve in the ways that they do; it's a joy and a privilege. 

You have prayed for the Tuesday Evangelism Nights for many years. You may recall the story of Pastor O who leads a small church in a pueblo there. He was feeling lonely and discouraged in local ministry. David invited him to come to these nights, and it transformed his ministry outlook. Recently, Pastor O was diagnosed with terminal cancer. When he told David the diagnosis, he said, "The doctor told me that the best thing I could do was spend time doing things I love." He asked David if they could spend extra time together in evangelism, because that is what he wants to do most in the world before he goes to Jesus.

  • Pray for Pastor O and his family, for God’s comfort and provision.
  • Pray for a project for the city that would focus on access and engagement with the Bible called Projecto Piedra that David and Laura are working on. 
  • Pray for their language to continue to develop and deepen. 
North America.
Josh & Julie Kary // Cochrane, AB

Grace Church of Cochrane has spent the last few months devoting a lot more time to praying together as one. They started a weekly prayer meeting this fall and have seen good fruit already! People are growing in knowing what and how to pray and they’ve seen and celebrated answered prayer. These prayer meetings have also helped the church get to know one another better. The church also started a new evangelistic ministry at a local home for seniors this fall. One of their single men previously worked there and had a burden to start this ministry, so he's doing a lot of the work organizing this outreach. It’s so encouraging to see the next generation living for the Lord! 

There’s a few particularly challenging situations in the church right now, so Josh is eager for prayer. Josh is continuing to meet regularly with a couple men whom he plans to put forward to the congregation as deacon candidates before the end of the year.

  • Pray for the Lord to give Josh wisdom to shepherd well, fearing God and not man.
  • Pray with Grace Church that the Lord would send and help Josh to spot elder-qualified men to help shepherd the flock.
  • Pray for God to help Julie as she graciously helps Josh and devotes lots of time and energy to teaching their three kids.
  • Pray for the salvation of their children, Amelia (7), Carson (6), and Margaret (4).
Kentuckiana.
Immanuel Security Team

Psalm 127:1 says “Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.” Each week our congregation is cared for by a security team whose trust is the Lord. They serve faithfully behind the scenes as a support to so much of the ministry and fellowship we are able to do as a church. 

  • Pray that God would draw near to each member of the Security Team. 
  • Pray that our congregation and guests would feel well served by the Security Team.
  • Pray that God would lead more to join the Security Team as they seek to care for our body each week.
  • Pray that God would “deliver us from evil” and keep our church safe from any who would seek to do us harm.
Unreached.
Batak Karo of Indonesia

Location:

Indonesia

Population:

1,250,000

Ev. Christian:

20%

Main Language:

Batak Karo

Spiritual Beliefs:

Mixed

Bible in Heart Language:

Yes

It is common for the Batak to live outside their homeland throughout Sumatra and Java. Many of the Batak are Christians, while others adhere to Islam. 

  • Pray that local believers’ engagement of the Batak would result in churches being planted and revitalized. 
  • Pray that Batak Christians would be fully devoted to God and not given to nominalism. 
  • Pray for the salvation of many among this people group and that God would use them to take the gospel to the many unreached peoples in Indonesia.