1 SPAIN Ken and Carolyn Muckle write, “The Brethren Assemblies of Spain, along with our co-workers, Federico and Lucía and us, are planning an Evangelistic Campaign from Aug 30-Sept 10. Please pray for all of the details to come together, as well as conversions as a result.”

2 CZECH REPUBLIC Mark and Gretchen Potma write, “As the Legoprojekt (an outreach using Legos) comes to Skalka on September 1-4, please be in prayer for this outreach to kids and their families in the Skalka neighborhood.  Pray that the hearts of the children and parents would be open to the gospel messages that will be presented during the break time each day, and pray also for good follow-up opportunities afterwards.” 

3 THAILAND Kennedy and Wendy Paizs write, “This month we had the chance to connect with our neighbors who are not believers. Many are European married to Thai. Some are Thai.  Pray we could invite them to dinner and have a time of prayer and Bible study with them. They all seemed very liberal and Buddhist. But if we pray, they might come and come to know Christ and we could start a small house church right here in our home.”

4 US Ross McCordic, TEAM Sr. Director, went to be with the Lord, suddenly, in July.  Pray for the McCordic family and all of the TEAM family who will miss him greatly but rejoice with him that he is with our Lord.

5 FRANCE Baun and Theresa Anderson write, “Pray that our church would continue to grow in size and depth despite the lack of a pastor, and that we would be united in love for one another.  Pray that God would provide a pastor to shepherd our church.”

6 ITALY Please pray for all the families in Mestre that have been contacted during the basketball camp. Some of the families have sent their children to camp for three or four years now and have really enjoyed it. Please pray for God to speak to their hearts and lead them to come closer to Him and to the church. 

7 MEXICO Art and Vicki Reyes write, “At VBS 2011 this year, we decided to focus on inviting non-churched kids.  We decided to not invite kids from other churches.  

Out of the 80 kids that attended this year, 47 do not attend a church!  Thrilling!  Five kids are now attending our church, and others are attending cell groups.  Pray as we follow-up with the families.”

8 AFRICA Bob and Noreen Vajko, TEAM Chuch Planting consultants,  recevied an email from Togo, West Africa: "We are very happy to inform you that from your last visit and teaching in May to the Glorious Vision Togo ministers/Elders seminar, the church has been able to establish four assemblies while another two assemblies are about to spring forth. Please, we need your prayers for our spiritual and numerical growth."

9 MIDDLE EAST Workers write, “Please pray for a national lady who realized at 6 years of age during Islamics class that there was something very wrong with what was being taught.  Her whole family has basically become secular, and she's expressed interest in spiritual things.”

10 SPAIN Mark and Kay Johnson write, “We will be finishing our part of establishing the church in Camarma and relocating to the other side of Madrid to partner with a Spanish church in our next church plant.  Pray for God's direction as to our apartment and strategy.”

11 AUSTRIA Chris Rogers writes, “Sept. 16-21 Liesing Church in Vienna will be sponsoring the Bible Exhibit on Wheels from Scripture Union. The exhibit is scheduled to be in the open square across the street from our church, in the parking lot of a local shopping center, and at a Catholic school.   Liesing Church will also have other activities for kids and adults during this time.  Please pray for these days – for good attendance, open ears and hearts to the variety of messages shared and for the church people to grow in their faith as they see this as an opportunity for God to do great things.”

12 CHURCH CONNECTIONS TEAM is preparing to sponsor a one-day Ignition Conference October 4 to equip churches to select, prepare, and deploy missionaries from among their own body. Pray for TEAM personnel involved in the planning as well as Steve Beirn, Missions pastor of Calvary Church of Lancaster, PA, who will be presenting.

 

13 PHILIPPINES David and Kathy North write, “Please keep us in your prayers. We can see real spiritual opposition taking place in some of the LifeWorks course attenders.   They want what they are hearing but they are being hindered in various ways. We are meeting every Saturday night here from 7-9 which is Saturday morning eastern time in the US – a great time for you to remember to pray for us, and praise the Lord for how he is at work.”

14 NORTH ASIA Workers request prayer as the husband leads the ministry team toward unity and they look for a place to have their fourth baby.

15 JAPAN Rita Schellenberg writes, “Please pray for Christian Academy in Japan for a continued good beginning of a new year for staff, students and parents.  We especially want to be sensitive to staff and students feeling the effects of two sudden deaths of students during the summer- one from a non-Christian home and the other from a staff missionary home.  Please pray that the staff will be prepared to welcome and inform parents on Back to School Day (a day for parents to experience school life as well as meet the teachers and each other) on Sept.19.” 

16 SPAIN Jay and Carolyn Sensenig write, “Pray that we will have a good time of planning for the fall activities, both at the church in Madrid and in member care.  Tentatively, we have a team building activity planned for the missionaries in a church plant in Tenerife, a visit to missionaries in the Ukraine, an invitation to help with some mediation in Italy, and some training sessions to use new materials for the Living Waters ministry.”

17 AUSTRIA Pray for a Retirement Celebration that is being held today in the honor of Butch and Shirley Hammond. Pray that they would feel encouraged and loved by their Austrian friends through the program and fellowship at today’s celebration organized by TEAM and local churches. 

18 AFRICA Zimbabwe Pray for shipments on their way to Karanda- a container of supplies from Samaritan’s Purse, a new generator for the hospital, an airfreight shipment for the hospital with medical supplies. Pray for Mr. Mbofana dealing with the clearance of these supplies.

19 SOUTH ASIA Missionaries ask for prayer for their pregnancy which was diagnosed as Stage 4 Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome.  This means their two little girls were near death.  They flew to the US for a surgical procedure in the womb and did lose  their second baby.  Please pray for God’s comfort and peace for these parents and their 2 children and that their surviving baby will have a healthy and safe rest of the term.  

20 RECRUITMENT September 19-23 A TEAM missions coach will attend Global Christian Week at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL and September 20-22 A Team mission coach will attend Missions Week at Northwestern College in St Paul, MN. Pray for meaningful interactions between TEAM mission coaches and the students at these gatherings.

21 AFRICA Zimbabwe Please pray for David and Sue Rousseau. For David as he leads the Ministry Area, and for Sue as she works with short-term TEAMServe workers.

22 MIDDLE EAST A worker who had an opportunity to share the Gospel with a local person has had an invitation to speak with him again. Pray for the Lord to be working in both the worker and "Mark" and for the Lord to encounter Mark powerfully.

23 APPOINTEES Pray for Tim and Jenny Martin who are preparing to go to Japan.  Tim has only recently completed a year’s deployment in the Middle East with the U.S. Military.  Pray for renewed vision, extra energy, and refined focus as they finish the task of raising up their financial support.

24 APPOINTEE Pray for Jennifer Hylton, heading to France to be a part of a church planting effort in the Paris area.  She is working full-time and at the same time building her support team, but these two full-time efforts put lots of pressure on her.  Pray for positive responses from those with whom she shares her vision. 

25 SOUTH ASIA Sept 23-24 workers in South Asia will be meeting with business consultants to develop a plan for future endeavors in their country. Pray for wisdom and creativity and good interaction with each other as we put together a workable business plan.

26 JAPAN The Nethercotts write, “Pray for Paul who is now the CRASH Japan Public Information Officer. This is a tremendous opportunity for Paul to be part of a media team which will be telling stories about how God is at work in the great nation of Japan. To find out about the work of CRASH Japan and how God is at work in Japan go to: www.crashjapan.com.”

27 SPAIN Peter and Sharon McMillan write, “Please pray for wisdom in setting up a new leadership team for our church plant - for trust, transparency, unity, respect and vision as we seek the Lord’s direction for the church.”

28 ITALY Gene and Susan Coleman write, “Pray, that we would indeed establish churches here that are viable, Biblically sound, interdependent, and reproducing to the glory of God. Pray also, for God's continued leading as to our next steps in ministry here in Italy.”

29 NORTH ASIA Phil Schwab writes, “On August, a national diplomat, Mr. C, returned from Washington DC with his wife and two daughters for a new assignment.  He has accepted Christ while in the US, but his family has not yet responded.  Pray for courage and wisdom for him as he seeks to lead his family into the faith.  Pray, too, for his daughter who will enter university in September, that she will meet Christian friends there.”

30 US RECRUITMENT  Pray for the starting of the new academic school year for the campus missions coaches!  

Please pray particularly for the campus visits that will be taking off as well our meetings with students individually.  

For the Midwest alone, the month of September holds two or three visits to Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, a visit to Cedarville University in Ohio and preparation for several missions conferences/campus visits further along this Fall.  Missions coaches will also be visiting other areas of the US as well.

Pray for opportunities to meet with students and school groups in the areas we visit, travel and logistic concerns and ultimately that the need for harvest workers around the world would be felt in many hearts.