More Nigerian 'Brethren' die in violent attacks, US work campers return home safely

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Monday, February 11, 2013

More Nigerian 'Brethren' die in violent attacks, US work campers return home safely

By Dan Wooding, who was born in Nigeria
Founder of ASSIST Ministries MUBI, NIGERIA (ANS) -- More members of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria, known there as EYN, have died in violent attacks on the churches of Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa in the West African country.

Boko Haram members who have been accused of killing many Nigerian Christians

According to the Church of the Brethren Newsline (www.brethren.org), the Local Church Council (LCC) Samunaka church on the outskirts of the city of Mubi was attacked twice in four days, first on Feb. 1 and again on Feb. 4. At least 15 people were killed in the attacks, including eight members of the congregation, while one member of the church sustained gunshot wounds said an EYN report.
During the attacks, the Samunaka church building and the pastor's office were burned down, along with some houses belonging to Christians.
Two EYN churches in other areas were burned in attacks on the same weekend: LCC Huwim in the Mussa district was burned on Feb. 2, and LCC Bita in the Gavva west district was burned on Feb. 3, the EYN report said.
These most recent attacks on Brethren occur in a month in which northern Nigeria has experienced several well-publicized attacks by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram: the murders of three North Korean doctors and nine nurses who were administering polio vaccine, and an assassination attempt on the Emir of Kano, a prominent Muslim leader.
Two visitors from the US church were in Mubi on the day of the first attack on the Samunaka church, but had returned to the EYN headquarters just a few miles away before the violence occurred. The two were on a "mini workcamp" representing the US church: Jay Wittmeyer, executive director of Global Mission and Service, and Fern Dews of North Canton, Ohio, and East Nimishillen Church of the Brethren. They returned safely to the US on Feb. 7, 2014

Woman at one of the Nigerian churches during happier times

The two delivered cards and letters of support to EYN, expressing prayer and encouragement from American Brethren to Nigerian Brethren in the face of the continuing violence. The Church of the Brethren also has transferred to EYN donations amounting to $30,268.25, for a fund that helps care for churches and members affected by violence. Wittmeyer met with EYN leaders during the work camp trip, and also with Church of the Brethren mission workers who are seconded to EYN: Carol Smith, who teaches at the EYN secondary school, and Carl and Roxane Hill, working at Kulp Bible College. Both institutions are on the EYN headquarters campus.

Poster

In addition to those lost in violent attacks against its churches, EYN has suffered other losses recently. The director of EYN's Peace Program has died from illness, reports Wittmeyer, and a son of former EYN president Filibus Gwama has died in a car accident. A bus carrying EYN women home from that funeral also had a serious accident, causing injuries among the women but no deaths, Wittmeyer said.
Wittmeyer called Brethren in the US to continued prayer for the Nigerian Brethren. Note: Church of the Brethren traces its roots back over 300 years to 1708. Eighteenth-century Europe was a time of strong governmental control of the church and low tolerance for religious diversity. Nevertheless, there were religious dissenters who lived their faith in spite of the threat of persecution. Some of these dissenters found refuge in the town of Schwarzenau, Germany. Among them was Alexander Mack, a miller who had been influenced by both Pietism and Anabaptism.
In August 1708 five men and three women gathered at the Eder River in Schwarzenau for baptism, an illegal act since all had been baptized as infants. They understood this baptism as an outward symbol of their new faith and as a commitment to living that faith in community. An anonymous member of the group first baptized Mack. He, in turn, baptized the other seven. This new group simply called themselves "brethren."
Though the early Brethren shared many beliefs with other Protestants, a number of issues separated them from the state churches. Relying on the New Testament as their guide, these men and women believed that Jesus had intended for his followers a different kind of life-one based on peaceful action, plain and compassionate living, and a shared search for truth. They also shared their faith enthusiastically with others, sending evangelists to other parts of Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
Moving to America
Due to growing persecution and economic hardship, Brethren began emigrating to North America in 1719 under the leadership of Peter Becker. Most Brethren left Europe by 1740, including Mack, who brought a group over in 1729. The first congregation in the New World was organized at Germantown, Pa., in 1723. Soon after its formation, the Germantown congregation sent missionaries to rural areas around Philadelphia. These missionaries preached, baptized, and started new congregations.
Their zeal, honesty, and hard work drew many new members into the Brethren faith community through the 1700s. New congregations were formed in New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia. With the promise of inexpensive land, they moved into Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri after the Revolutionary War. By the mid-1800s Brethren had settled in Kansas and Iowa and eventually the West Coast.
Expansion across the continent and changes due to the Industrial Revolution caused strain and conflict among the Brethren. In the early 1880s a major schism took place resulting in a three-way split. The largest branch after the schism was the German Baptist Brethren, who changed their name to the Church of the Brethren in 1908.
20th century and beyond
During the 20th century, focus areas of Church of the Brethren included educating its young people by developing Sunday schools, camping, and youth programs; strengthening its emphasis on service, missions, and peacemaking; increasing its inter-faith involvement; and developing a new denominational structure.
The Brethren began mission partnerships in India, China, Nigeria, Ecuador, Sudan, South Korea, and-more recently-in Brazil and the Dominican Republic. Mission staff and Brethren Volunteer Service workers are assigned throughout the US and more than a dozen countries around the world.
In the 21st century, the Church of the Brethren has about 125,000 members in more than 1,000 congregations in the United States and Puerto Rico; about 150,000 in the fast-growing Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (Church of the Brethren in Nigeria); and hundreds more in India, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
While times have changed, the Church of the Brethren today maintains the basic beliefs of the first Brethren and seeks to find new ways to continue the work of Jesus in the world.

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Dan Wooding, 72, who was born in Nigeria of British missionary parents, is an award winning British journalist now living in Southern California with his wife Norma, to whom he has been married for 49 years. They have two sons, Andrew and Peter, and six grandchildren who all live in the UK. He is the founder and international director of ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times) and the ASSIST News Service (ANS) and he hosts the weekly "Front Page Radio" show on the KWVE Radio Network in Southern California and which is also carried throughout the United States and around the world. Besides this, Wooding is a host for His Channel Live, which is carried via the Internet to some 192 countries. Dan recently received two top media awards -- the "Passion for the Persecuted" award from Open Doors US, and as one of the top "Newsmakers of 2011" from Plain Truth magazine. He is the author of some 45 books, the latest of which is "Caped Crusader: Rick Wakeman in the 1970s." To order a copy, go to: Caped Crusader - Amazon

PRAY FOR THE UNREACHED

Fulani, Bagirmi of Chad
Fulani, Bagirmi of Chad The Bagirmi Fulani are semi-nomadic, mixing farming with shepherding. Although some Fulani tribes travel seasonally with their flocks, the Bagirmi have a permanent home they live in for half of the year. They only travel during the dry season, when grazing lands and water are scarce. Many of the men have multiple wives. Since cattle are a symbol of wealth among the Fulani, brides are sometimes chosen because of the amount of cattle they own. The Fulani were one of the first people groups in Africa to be converted to Islam. The Bagirmi still hold on to many old Fulani traditions. They believe that family, cattle, strong morals, beauty, poetry, singing, and dancing are the most important things in life. Ministry Obstacles The Fulani continue to be strongly committed to their current religion and worldview. Change is quite difficult and usually occurs slowly. Outreach Ideas Much persistent prayer is needed to prepare the hearts of the Fulani to hunger for truth found only in Jesus Christ. Pray the people will hunger for truth. Pray for the followers of Christ Pray for the handful of Christian believers among the Bagmiri Fulani, that they will rest fully on the finished work of Christ, understanding the requirements for forgiveness of sin have been satisfied. Pray for the entire people group Pray for sufficient rain to support the livestock of the Fulani, and for good yields for their crops. Scripture Focus "And those who lead many to righteousness [will shine] like the stars for ever and ever." Daniel 12:3		People Name: Fulani, Bagirmi Country: Chad 10/40 Window: Yes Population: 27,000 World Population: 228,000 Language: Fulfulde, Bagirmi Primary Religion: Islam Bible: None Online Audio NT: No Jesus Film: No Audio Recordings: No Christ Followers: Few, less than 2% Status: Unreached Progress Level: 1.2

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UNDANGAN BAGI PARA PENDOA SYAFAAT

GLOBAL PRAYER NETWORK INDONESIA

Shalom,

Saya sebagai salah seorang pendoa syafaat dari Global Prayer Network, mengundang rekan-rekan dari tubuh Kristus untuk sama-sama merapatkan barisan berdoa. Global Prayer Network Indonesia merupakan jejaring dari Global Prayer Network Belanda – Johan Maasbach Wereld Zending. Pelayanan ini bukanlah sebuah organisasi tetapi sebuah pergerakan doa lintas organisasi maupun denominasi. Kami pun berdiri mandiri tanpa bantuan dari Belanda, sebab pelayanan ini terlahir dari kesadaran saya sebagai pendoa syafaat dari GPN Belanda untuk mendorong tubuh Kristus di Indonesia berdoa syafaat bagi pribadi-pribadi maupun bangsa-bangsa, bagi gereja Tuhan secara universal maupun lokal.

Global Prayer Network (GPN) Indonesia berupaya memberikan informasi dan pokok doa untuk didoakan oleh tubuh Kristus. Fokus kami mengajak tubuh Kristus untuk saling peduli dengan saudara-saudara seiman yang membutuhkan dukungan doa. Harapan kami ketika manusia rohani kita bersentuhan dengan Roh Tuhan, kita pun bergerak untuk membantu tubuh Kristus yang ada melalui tindakan kita. Sebab iman tanpa tindakan adalah iman yang mati.

GPN Indonesia juga memberikan pelatihan Sekolah Doa bagi prbadi-pribadi, persekutuan doa maupun gereja Tuhan. GPN Indonesia bekerjasama tidak terikat dengan US Prayer Centre untuk mempersiapkan anak-anak Tuhan menjadi pendoa-pendoa syafaat.

Hal-hal yang secara umum GPN doakan adalah:

Pertama-tama untuk pemulihan tubuh Kristus agar gereja Tuhan makin sadar akan kebersamaan dan keragaman di antara kita. Hingga gereja dapat saling menolong, membangun dan bekerja bersama sebagai bagian tubuh Kristus yang berbeda.

Kedua berdoa bagi jiwa-jiwa yang belum mengenal Tuhan Yesus, mereka yang meninggalkan Tuhan Yesus dengan berbagai latarbelakang alasan, pemulihan bagi saudara seiman yang terluka, Kristen KTP, pemulihan kesehatan, pemulihan ekonomi dll.

Ketiga kita berdoa bagi gereja Tuhan yang teraniaya dan mengalami penindasan.

Keempat berdoa bagi bangsa kita dan bangsa-bangsa di dunia.

GPN Indonesia menyediakan pokok-pokok doa dan informasi doa bagi tubuh Kristus yang ada.

GPN Indonesia juga merencanakan untuk membentuk “persekutuan pendoa syafaat” per kota dan akan dimulai di kota Bandung. Bilamana ada rekan-rekan sekota (Bandung) yang tertarik dan berminat bergabung dapat menghubungi saya melalui inbox atau dari kota lain dan bersedia ditunjuk menjadi koordinator maka bisa juga menghubungi saya.

Terimakasih Tuhan Yesus memberkati.

Ps. Dave Broos

GPN 02-12-13

GPN 02-12-13

‘Prayer is profitable whenever it is practiced.’ (James 5:16; Acts 6:6) I wish you a blessed week. Marga Hooglugt Please pray for quick healing and recovery of Mr. F.C. from a prolonged inflammation of his pancreas. He is in the hospital for months. Pray God for strength for his wife, who is in the last months of her pregnancy of their second child. Mr. E.E. Pakistan: Pray for me, that God will heal and bless me, spiritually, physically and financially. Pray that God will use us for His glory to make a change in Pakistan. Pray for healing and God’s provision in the need of my brother P.W. in South Korea, who had an accident and lost his four fingers. Pray for Mr. L.G.K. in Kuwait. He is controlled by an evil spirit and is afraid. Pray for His healing. Pastor S.M. I am exhausted and weary in a very long and difficult battle for my oldest son D. and my granddaughters, Kelsey and Kallie. Please pray God to move their mothers heart, and enable her to let my son see the girls on a regular basis. He is divorced for 2 years. My son just wants that his relationship with his daughters will be restored. We need a miracle! Mrs. H.K. Turkey: Pray for a radio ministry that encourages secret and persecuted believers by providing encouraging stories of persecution. The radio episodes are relevant not only to believers, but also to Muslims who listen to the broadcasts. Since the Malatya murders several years ago, many believers have begun to consider the cost of following Christ. This program provides them with examples of courageous faith. Pray that Mr. v.E. will receive healing and deliverance by the love of Jesus from a traumatic experience in his boarding period. Eritrea: Christian Leaders Arrested in Asmarag – At least 20 church leaders were arrested at their homes in Eritrea’s capital on Thursday, January 17th, in an apparently coordinated move by authorities, and some have reportedly been imprisoned. The church leaders were from a variety of denominations, including the Full Gospel Church and the Mesret Kristos (Mennonite) Church. The situation in Eritrea has deteriorated dramatically in the last few months. Major commodities like electricity, water and grain are in short supply, and the government is to be unstable. In January, a group of dissident soldiers demanding political change tried to seize control of the Ministry of Information, and three army officers were arrested. Eritrea’s relations with Ethiopia have also worsened since the death of Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi last August. Pray for God’s peace in Eritrea. Suriname: Ask God to restore the contact with my son. He lived in the Netherlands for 18 years and I haven’t heard anything of him. Pray that God will help my son, Mr. I., to find a job here in Suriname. Pray for my daughter, that she will find a serious life partner. Please pray for God’s wisdom in dealing with people who constantly lie and gossip. Mrs. S.E. Eastern Africa: Safe House Raided – Authorities in a closed country in Eastern Africa raided a safe house and church at the end of January. ‘They came in a group with the police’, wrote the pastor who runs the safe house. ‘They accused us that we are burning and putting down the book of Quran, and they slapped my face. When they try to find their book they found only the Bible.’ The interrogators also asked the pastor’s wife and another Christian woman present what they believed. The women told them they were Christians. The authorities finally left after several people from the community came to tell them that the Christians were good people, but the authorities closed down the meeting place. Please pray for the pastor and his family and the Christians, who will likely have to find a new home and safe house. The pastor requests prayer for protection and boldness. Mrs. G. has a lot of pain and sorrow. She does not know the Lord yet, but asks for our prayer through the Prayer line of GPN, for God’s strength and comfort. Pray that she may know the Lord personally. Would you like to listen to uplifting Christian music? Tune in at MAASBACHRADIO.COM

Marga Hooglugt
Global Prayer Network

INVITATION

UNDANGAN BAGI PARA PENDOA SYAFAAT

GLOBAL PRAYER NETWORK INDONESIA

Shalom,

Saya sebagai salah seorang pendoa syafaat dari Global Prayer Network, mengundang rekan-rekan dari tubuh Kristus untuk sama-sama merapatkan barisan berdoa. Global Prayer Network Indonesia merupakan jejaring dari Global Prayer Network Belanda – Johan Maasbach Wereld Zending. Pelayanan ini bukanlah sebuah organisasi tetapi sebuah pergerakan doa lintas organisasi maupun denominasi. Kami pun berdiri mandiri tanpa bantuan dari Belanda, sebab pelayanan ini terlahir dari kesadaran saya sebagai pendoa syafaat dari GPN Belanda untuk mendorong tubuh Kristus di Indonesia berdoa syafaat bagi pribadi-pribadi maupun bangsa-bangsa, bagi gereja Tuhan secara universal maupun lokal.

Global Prayer Network (GPN) Indonesia berupaya memberikan informasi dan pokok doa untuk didoakan oleh tubuh Kristus. Fokus kami mengajak tubuh Kristus untuk saling peduli dengan saudara-saudara seiman yang membutuhkan dukungan doa. Harapan kami ketika manusia rohani kita bersentuhan dengan Roh Tuhan, kita pun bergerak untuk membantu tubuh Kristus yang ada melalui tindakan kita. Sebab iman tanpa tindakan adalah iman yang mati.

GPN Indonesia juga memberikan pelatihan Sekolah Doa bagi prbadi-pribadi, persekutuan doa maupun gereja Tuhan. GPN Indonesia bekerjasama tidak terikat dengan US Prayer Centre untuk mempersiapkan anak-anak Tuhan menjadi pendoa-pendoa syafaat.

Hal-hal yang secara umum GPN doakan adalah:

Pertama-tama untuk pemulihan tubuh Kristus agar gereja Tuhan makin sadar akan kebersamaan dan keragaman di antara kita. Hingga gereja dapat saling menolong, membangun dan bekerja bersama sebagai bagian tubuh Kristus yang berbeda.

Kedua berdoa bagi jiwa-jiwa yang belum mengenal Tuhan Yesus, mereka yang meninggalkan Tuhan Yesus dengan berbagai latarbelakang alasan, pemulihan bagi saudara seiman yang terluka, Kristen KTP, pemulihan kesehatan, pemulihan ekonomi dll.

Ketiga kita berdoa bagi gereja Tuhan yang teraniaya dan mengalami penindasan.

Keempat berdoa bagi bangsa kita dan bangsa-bangsa di dunia.

GPN Indonesia menyediakan pokok-pokok doa dan informasi doa bagi tubuh Kristus yang ada.

GPN Indonesia juga merencanakan untuk membentuk “persekutuan pendoa syafaat” per kota dan akan dimulai di kota Bandung. Bilamana ada rekan-rekan sekota (Bandung) yang tertarik dan berminat bergabung dapat menghubungi saya melalui inbox atau dari kota lain dan bersedia ditunjuk menjadi koordinator maka bisa juga menghubungi saya.

Terimakasih Tuhan Yesus memberkati.

Ps. Dave Broos

Kenya: church bombings and al-Shabaab

'a call to pray for the Church in Kenya"

By Elizabeth Kendal
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin (RLPB) 166
Special to ASSIST 

AUSTRALIA (ANS) -- Kenyan-assisted military operations to rout al-Shabaab in Somalia are being blessed with success. Gradually, order and security are being restored to large tracts of Somalia. Facing immense pressure, many al-Shabaab militants are shedding their uniforms, ditching their weapons and fleeing south into eastern Kenya where they disappear into the refugee population, sheltered by sympathetic Islamists who have fled war and famine. Just 80km west of the Somalia border and with as many as 500,000 Somali refugees, Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp has become a major security problem for Kenya. Aid workers have been kidnapped and held hostage in Somalia, mines and grenades have been used to kill Kenyan soldiers, and several refugee leaders have been executed. Many aid organisations no longer let their foreign workers serve in Dadaab because it is simply too dangerous.
Kenya recently experienced its worst terror attack since the 28 November 2002 bombing of the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel in Mombasa when18 died. National police spokesman Eric Kiraithe declared that this most recent attack 'is the worst in terms of the numbers killed, the manner of execution, the anger behind it and the anguish it has aroused as well as the national impact it has had'.
On Sunday 1 July seven militants launched simultaneous attacks on two churches in the eastern town of Garissa (about 90km south-west of Dadaab) at 10:15am. The congregations were at prayer when the militants threw grenades and started shooting. Five militants attacked the Africa Inland Church, killing 17 people and wounding some 60, including many women and children. The church's two security guards were amongst the dead. The other two militants attacked the Catholic Church just 3km away, leaving three believers wounded.
As Al Jazeera notes, Garissa serves as a military base for Kenyan troops fighting al-Shabaab in Somalia. Whilst the pro-Shabaab Twitter site Al-Kataib boasted of a 'successful operation in Garissa', al-Shabaab has not actually claimed responsibility. This leads many to believe that Dadaab-based al-Shabaab-sympathisers might be to blame, inspired by Boko Haram's attacks on churches in northern Nigeria.
On Monday 2 July Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga told an audience in Garissa that al-Shabaab was acting 'in desperation . . . reacting to the progress made by our forces in Somalia'. He made it clear that Kenya would not be surrendering to terrorists and would continue the fight against al-Shabaab. PM Odinga's assessment is accurate, for al-Shabaab is indeed desperate. Their principal state sponsor, Eritrea, has run out of funds since the fall of Mubarak (Egypt) and Gaddafi (Libya), benefactors keen to help fund belligerence against Ethiopia. The al-Shabaab stronghold of Kismayo, the last major city al-Shabaab controls, is presently surrounded by Kenyan forces that aim to have control of the southern port city by August. As al-Shabaab's r emnant transitions from a jihadist force into a terrorist network, war will diminish but terrorism will doubtless escalate and Kenya will be targeted.

PLEASE PRAY SPECIFICALLY THAT GOD WILL --

• bring healing, comfort and peace to the grieving and traumatised survivors of the 1 July terror attacks in Garissa.
  
• be an impassable defence, protecting his threatened people, the churches of Kenya. 'As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.' (Psalm 125:2 ESV)
  
• lead and empower Somali and Kenyan forces to bring al-Shabaab jihad, repression and terror to a decisive end.
  
• redeem this suffering and use it to awaken Muslims to the deficiencies of Islam, so that the hearts of Somali and Kenyan Muslims might be made receptive to the Gospel.
  
• remove all terrorists from the Dadaab refugee camp and turn the hearts of their sympathisers (Pro verbs 21:1), so that humanitarian aid and Gospel ministry can resume for the benefit of hundreds of thousands of desperately needy Somalis; may they soon be able to return to secure homes, with food in their stomachs and the gospel seed planted in their hearts.

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KENYA: CHURCH BOMBINGS AND AL-SHABAAB

On Sunday morning 1 July, seven militants launched simultaneous attacks on two churches in Garissa in Kenya's east. The congregations were at prayer when militants threw grenades and started shooting. Seventeen people died and some 60 were wounded in the main attack at the Africa Inland Church, while three believers were wounded at the nearby Catholic Church. Garissa serves as a military base for Kenyan troops fighting al-Shabaab in Somalia and is just 90km west of the Dadaab refugee camp, home to some 500,000 desperately needy Somali refugees. Infiltrated by Isla mic militants fleeing military operations in Somalia, Dadaab has become a major security problem for Kenya. Please pray for believers in Kenya; also for God's intervention to end al-Shabaab and for the spread of the Gospel amongst Somali and Kenyan Muslims.
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GPN 06-12-2012

"Prayer is profitable whenever it is practiced." Acts 6:6 I wish you God's blessing for the coming week, Roberto Wijnhof Can you pray for me? I was a Christian, but I have made wrong choices. Now I use pills to get rid of my drug addiction. Please pray for deliverance. I would like to serve the Lord again in my church. Mrs. W.V. Please pray for us here in Bali, that people get saved and healed and become disciples through our ministries. Please pray for my health, that I will receive healing from gluten allergies, and my girlfriend from a certain sickness as well. Mr. R.B. Because of my feelings of loneliness, I became involved in a relationship. I now regret this. I asked the Lord for forgiveness. Please pray that God will help me to live a Christian life. I really want to follow and serve the Lord. Mr. R. Can you pray for my daughter E. and son in law F.? Both are Christians, but they have relationship problems. Can you also pray that my daughter will get her driving license? Mrs. D. I ask prayer for my friend Mr. M. He has an intestinal ailment. Pray that he opens his heart to Jesus. Mr. H. I ask prayer for healing and strength. Because of my advanced age I suffer from physical complaints. Walking is a problem. I hope and pray that I can join my children on a holiday. Mrs. v.B. Please agree with me in prayer. I would really like to get a job at a school for disabled children as soon as possible. Ms. M. Mrs. C. asks our prayer. She feels very depressed. She had a Christian upbringing. Pray that she will get to know Jesus as her Lord and Saviour. That He will give her joy and new hope for her future. I ask you to pray that the Lord will help me to make the right choices. By disappointments, my husband no longer attends our church. Pray that the Lord will touch him again, so we will visit the church together. Mrs. R. Please pray for the healing of Mrs. H. She has bruises on her body. Mr. W. lives in Curacao. He has problems at work. He also has problems on an inheritance. Pray that he will be obedient to God's Word, so he will experience God's blessings and will see the results in his situation. Can you pray for me? I am from origin a Hindu. I gave my life to Jesus. I experience a lot of opposition. Pray that I will remain faithful to Him. Miss A. Please pray for Mrs. G. She has financial problems. She has many debts and cannot pay the rent. She asks God for help and wisdom to know how to deal with these problems. Mr. V. asks our prayer that the Lord will free him from his drinking problem. He followed a rehab program, without success. He prayed the sinner's prayer and wants to serve the Lord. Roberto Wijnhof Global Prayer Network E info@gpnetwork.com W http://www.gpnetwork.com