March 28, 2023
AFRICA
Please continue to pray for the needs in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe following Cyclone Freddy. Pray for the ongoing relief efforts and essential supplies such as food, tents and medicines.

Pray for an upcoming pastor's training in five districts of the Pioneer Conference in Nigeria.
ASIA
Asia missionary Roger has been hospitalized in Creative Access-VN since last Friday with gastroenteritis caused by a bacterial virus. He has been receiving excellent care and is slowly improving. Please pray for Roger's continued recovery.

Thank you for your prayers for missionary Seth Van Tifflin. He is home and grateful to be feeling healthy now.
EUROPE
Leaders in Greece and the U.K. have an ongoing and growing ministry to Iranian refugees in Europe. Most of their meetings are virtual. On April 1, Iranian refugees who became Christians in Greece will gather with other Iranians in Liverpool, England. Pray they will be encouraged to keep their faith and serve Jesus.

Pray for the Balkan Provisional Annual Conference meeting on April 1.
LATIN AMERICA
Please continue in fervent prayer for our Free Methodist brothers and sisters in Haiti. People have been driven out of their homes due to widespread gang violence, forcing them to live in public areas and putting them at risk of being kidnapped. Ask the Father to bring order out of the utter chaos in this nation.

Praise the Lord for the wonderful retreat for pastors' families in Colombia last weekend. Pray for these families who left the retreat with personalized family action plans for bringing a healthy balance to their homes and ministries.
MIDDLE EAST
Ramadan began last week. It is a month of fasting, prayer, reflection and community for the "majority" religion in the Middle East. This week pray particularly for the "majority" background believers. Pray they will be prepared to give gentle and respectful answers for their hope in Jesus (I Peter 3:15).

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INTERNATIONAL CHILD CARE MINISTRIES
About 50 ICCM-sponsored children and around 200 other children participate in cell groups in Campo Grande, Brazil. Pray for deliverance from forces of darkness leaders have witnessed attacking the children. Ask the Father to protect and defend these young ones.

SET FREE MOVEMENT
The Freedom Forum is a gathering to engage communities in Southeast Michigan in reducing vulnerabilities, addressing human trafficking, and creating new futures. Pray for the preparations and the speakers for the Freedom Forum in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 22. To register, click here.

VISA MINISTRIES
Pray for these teams:
  • A team from the Free Methodist Church in Wilmore, Kentucky, serving in Kenya from March 30 to April 11
  • A team from the Genesis Conference, going with Superintendent Pam Braman to Senegal from March 28 to April 7

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