Opening the Way in Prayer

Praise God for the opportunity to address around 200 attendees at a women’s conference last weekend despite very difficult circumstances. Please pray that God, through His Spirit, will continue to encourage these women to play their part in church planting, evangelism and making disciples who will make disciples!

Dear praying family – through your faithful intercession you are playing a huge part in expanding God’s kingdom in Angola and beyond. By God’s grace, the Angola team could add new churches to their network recently. One pastor said: “The church is sleeping and I have been awakened personally to get up and lead the local church in church planting”. Pray for this pastor and others like him to follow God’s calling faithfully and with boldness.

A new home for Harvesters! We had the privilege to celebrate the official opening of our new South African head office in the Western Cape earlier this month. Thank God with us for this special gift! Please pray with us that God will use this building and its grounds for His glory. May His will be done.

Would you please pray for our friends and partners who launched Harvesters’ Opening the Way podcast last week. It aims to bring authentic voices from the frontline of global mission and will share stories and practical insight from pastors, field workers, and experts serving where the church grows under pressure. Pray that the podcast will bring glory to God and that it will help to expand His Kingdom.

Praise God with us for several Kickoff sessions that could be completed in South Asia last month. On one occasion our Regional Director wrote: “The fear of persecution was tangible as was the fear of stepping out and sharing the Gospel openly, but God gave them courage” … and their excitement afterward was tangible too! Please continue to pray for the precious people in South Asia.

Praise God with us for the wonderful partnership with Biblica through which Harvesters is able to deliver even more Bibles to the churches that were planted in Ethiopia and beyond. During a recent visit to Ethiopia Harvesters’ Regional Director for East Africa emphasised: “As I often say: we are part of the process, but Jesus is building His Church. We plant churches to change lives and transform communities — and that is exactly what we are seeing in Ethiopia. Let’s keep praying, keep moving, and keep sharing Jesus with the world.”

Please continue to pray that each Bible placed will be used by the Holy Spirit to train, transform and bring hope to many communities world wide.

Would you please continue to pray for our dear brothers and sisters in Southeast Asia? Pray for courage, understanding and protection and that God would meet all their needs so that the Gospel may continue to spread in the region.

Praise God with us for a successful Bible placement in our churches that were planted in Bungoma stream, Kenya. Our Country Leader writes”: “What a wonderful thing to see dedicated men and women of God planting churches, even at the foot of Mt. Elgon!” Thank you for your continued prayers. May God’s Word continue to transform communities in Kenya.

Please pray for the people in Madagascar. Harvesters’ country leader writes: “Morning my friend. Please pray for us in Madagascar. We had a very strong cyclone yesterday and it damaged a lots of things. Many of our pastor friends lost their homes in Tamatave”

This was the second cyclone to hit Madagascar in the last two weeks. Thank you for praying.

The team completed Phase G training last week in Guatemala City. Harvesters’ Regional Director says: “The Holy Spirit manifested in a wonderful way, strengthening and challenging the pastors to continue expanding God’s Kingdom in Guatemala. Thank you, dear Harvesters family, for your continued prayers for each pastor, that they may remain focused on the Great Commission entrusted to us by Christ.”