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*ITALY’S VERSION OF THE NPPN

*CANADA: URGENT CALL TO PRAYER FOR SUDAN

*KUI OF THAILAND

*EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA: YC2K

*KENYA, GHANA, UGANDA: REACH OUT, CLEAN UP

*MOZAMBIQUE AND ANGOLA

*GERMAN & ENGLISH PRAYER NETWORK

*NORTH AMERICA: ONLY NOT-GROWING CONTINENT

*PASTOR’S CALL TO A DAY OF PRAYER FOR ZIMBABWE

*SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: PRAYER, THEN A PARADE

*CAMBODIA: “THE GOD WHO HUNG ON A CROSS”

*NORWAY, WAY PAST THE ARCTIC CIRCLE

*NEW ZEALAND GOES 24/7

*KORAT, THAILAND: PPG

*SOUTH AFRICA: “GIDEONS” FOR THE WILLOWVALE

*AFGHANISTAN - SIERRA LEONE

*HANOVER, GERMANY: PAVILION OF HOPE

*ISAAN OF THAILAND: PRAY FOR DOCTORS

*SIERRA LEONE: PRAYER SUMMIT FOR RECONCILIATION

*2001PRAY - PRAY ‘ROUND AFRICA

*PARAGUAY: PRAY FOR ASUNCION

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Our NPPN PPG Directory is growing...slowly.

An international directory of PPGs will, in itself, encourage many other pastors to take the simple step of praying with other pastors in their community.

Will we see a correlation between nations with the highest number of PPGs and a national spiritual awakening?

Who should sing-in? PPG Leaders, as well as those who network PPGs throughout a city or a region. If you have a ministry that resources pastors with prayer materials...so...

If you are in, or know of, a Pastors’ Prayer Group, please register at:

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*ITALY’S VERSION OF THE NPPN

>From: “Bonasera, Anthony Leonardo (Tony)”

>From: Ross Piazza[SMTP:rosspiazza@libero.it]

A prayer request is for our ministry of reconciliation and unity (Gerico 2000) in the body of Christ in Italy. Dawn and I are going to start a weekly (Thursdays) meeting of prayer/intercession and worship in our home. We will be inviting all the pastors, lay leaders and believers from all of the churches around here to join us. Please, please, please pray for this issue and also invite others that you know to pray as well. This will be an ongoing request, as we will be a weekly meeting. Some people have shared interest in doing this, but no commitments have been made. We know that the enemy is a like a lion, seeking to devour and that he will do his best to discourage and stop this prayer initiative. We also know that our God is greater than our enemy.... and that we can overcome because HE - Christ alone - is able!!

We would like to remind you that there are ongoing needs for the ministry expenses of Gerico 2000, which is growing in the number of mailing list subscribers. For those of you who do not know, it is the first and only Italian language, e-mail bulletin offering news reports on prayer and church growth from all over the world. It’s aim is to reach Italian leaders, pastors, intercessor> and other Christians (such as missionaries) with a heart for prayer and vision for revival in Italy. The reports are meant to encourage, challenge, and inform the Italian speaking body of Christ. Also, the purpose of Gerico 2000 (http://www.digilander.iol.it/gerico2000/index.htm) is to help initiate or to identify and encourage any existing pastors’ prayer groups in cities and communities across Italy so that pastors can lead their people into praying for and sharing Christ with everyone in the nation of Italy. This is the visible work of Gerico 2000. But besides the long distance phone calls, much of the work and expenses is actually making contact and networking with pastors and individuals, leaders throughout Italy. This takes time and travel, and simply put, building relationships. Furthermore, many, many more pastors do NOT have e-mail here. So, please be in prayer for the finances needed to do what is needed. Pray that we would continue to hear and obey the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Love ya’ll, Ross & Dawn and children

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*CANADA: URGENT CALL TO PRAYER FOR SUDAN

>From: “Ramon A Williams”

>From: Carol Lowes

The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) is calling on the Canadian Church to set aside Sunday, April 30, 2000 as a special day of prayer for Sudan.

A 17-year civil war is pitting the National Islamic Front government against a southern Sudanese population of Christians and animists. In its conduct, the Sudanese government flagrantly violates international and humanitarian law. It forbids food and humanitarian aid; it reportedly uses internationally prohibited weapons, including chemical weapons and cluster bombs; it intentionally bombs civilian targets like hospitals and schools. Now, in what appears to be a “final solution” plan, the government is stepping up its attacks on the southeastern region of the Nuba mountains.

A report from Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy’s special envoy John Harker has confirmed that the presence of a Canadian company, Talisman Energy Inc., is exacerbating the conflict. Harker found that Talisman’s air strip is being used by Sudanese government forces for military purposes and thousands of southern Sudanese are being taken into slavery or forcibly removed from the oil-rich regions. Yet the Canadian government has done nothing to hold Talisman accountable or to bring the matter to the United Nations Security Council while Canada held the Council’s presidency in April. In the meantime, another Canadian company, Fosters Resources Ltd., has announced it has reached an agreement to develop an oil concession in Sudan.

Please pray for:

· our brothers and sisters in the Lord who are suffering in Southern Sudan or in refugee camps in surrounding countries.

· Canada’s complicity in this genocide. By investing in Talisman or Fosters, shareholders are participating in these horrific events. Talisman is holding its annual shareholders’ meeting on May 3 in Calgary. Please pray that the company’s executives, including President Jim Buckee, would acknowledge the harm being done by their company and decide to cease their operations in Sudan until a just and equitable peace settlement can be achieved.

· Pray that Minister Axworthy would act courageously to show that Canadians do not tolerate their companies seeking profit from tragedies around the world.

Despite lobbying, rallies, meetings, letter-writing campaigns and other measures, the people of Southern Sudan continue to suffer. And Canadian corporations and the Canadian government carry on with business as usual.

Please join us in prayer on April 30, and share this call to prayer with your congregation, other churches, and friends.

For more information please email: rlc@efc-canada.com

or call (613) 233-9868.

To receive updates about religious persecution around the globe email:

rlc@efc-canada.com. Further information about the conflict in Sudan may be viewed at the EFC’s web address .

The EFC Religious Liberty Commission (RLC) is comprised of Christians representative of the broad spectrum of the evangelical Christian community in Canada who share a commitment to promoting freedom of religion. The RLC monitors and responds to violations of religious freedom around the world.

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*KUI OF THAILAND

>From: “Kui”

This is a Prayer Update for the Kui of Thailand.

1. The Kui or is considered one of the unreached people groups of Thailand.

Pray they would be reached through a church planting movement!

2. Pray for Pastor Supasorn, the only full time Kui pastor in Samrongthap.

3. Pray for growth in the three Kui churches; Samrongthap, Baan Nonghaan, and Baan Bing.

4. Pray for Christ to send forth laborers into the harvest field of the Kui of Thailand.

5. In Jesus name, pray that the Holy Spirit would be lifted up and for victory in the spiritual battle where the Kui are engulfed with animistic beliefs and the entrapment of Buddhism.

6. Please pray for the production of a Jesus Film in the Kui language.

7. Pray for 7 villages that will see the Jesus Film in Thai, for the first time. Pray for decisions to be made for Jesus Christ.

8. Pray the Kui Christians would fervently share their faith, despite criticism.

9. Pray for the Christians that are working or that are considering to work with the Kui.

10. Pray for a church planting movement among the Kui of Thailand and that Jesus would be lifted up as the Kui share their faith and start new churches.

Who are the Kui?

The Kui Thailand population is Estimated at 500,000. The Kui live in southern part Northeast Thailand, also known as Isaan. Surin and Sisaket Provinces boast the largest population of Kui.

The Kui speak Kuy, which is a language with some roots in Cambodian Khmer languages. Though the Kui have their own language it is not a written language. Tradition is that five Kui men from a village were writing the language down on pigskin, when they were finished however a dog came and ate the pigskin. Kuy is only spoken in the home and the market place but not taught in schools.

The Kui are known first and foremost in Thailand as elephant hunters. Most Kui are rice farmers and many women raise silk worms and weave silk. Some will have cattle and water buffalo to herd as well. The Kui live in small villages in mostly rural areas, though some have made their way to the city. The village homes rage from mere shacks to nice 2 story homes. The majority of the homes are built on wooden stilts. The ground level is a storage place with a dirt floor, a gathering area for visitors, with the silk workspace and restrooms if they even have one. The one room upstairs is where the Kui family sleeps in humble accommodations by many standards. Most villages do not have running water and therefore the main water source is rainwater.

What do they believe?

Each village varies in degree of animistic and Buddhist. Sometimes the two are combined. One elephant village even worships an elephant spirit and have erected a temple. The Kui believe in reincarnation and that there are spirits everywhere. The spirits need to be kept happy in order to prevent the spirits from causing accidents in the village. So the spirits are offered food, drinks, and other items to appease them. Less than 1% of Thailand’s Kui are Christians. The New Testament and 75% of the Old Testament has been translated into Kui along with the Four Spiritual Laws and some discipleship materials.

If you have questions or comments please send them to kuiadvocate@asia.com

or visit the Kui web site at www.peopleteams.org/kuiadvocate

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*EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA: YC2K

>From: “Crosswalk.com”

Fourteen thousand teen-agers attended a massive Christian festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, last weekend. The interdenominational event, called YC2K HistoryMakers (Young Christians, 2000), featured Christian pop groups such as Delirious? and the Newsboys, fireworks, and evangelistic preaching by Miles McPherson, a former San Diego Chargers football player, The Edmonton Journal said. McPherson spoke about the evils of out-of-wedlock sex. About 2,000 teen-agers responded to his call and became Christians on one night alone, news reports said.

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*KENYA, GHANA, UGANDA: REACH OUT, CLEAN UP

>From: “Crosswalk.com”

...African churches are cleaning up their cities and bringing people to Christ. More than 5,000 people in three cities professed faith in Christ last fall because of outreaches held by churches in cooperation with Monrovia, Calif.-based African Enterprise (http://www.africanenterprise.org), the ministry said.

...Churches held hundreds of evangelistic meetings in Akosombo, Ghana;

Nyahururu, Kenya; and Kamwenge, Uganda. They were combined with weeklong outreaches to students, prisoners, and the poor. More than 200 prisoners and guards professed faith in Christ at an event at a local prison in Akosombo, African Enterprise said.

...Churches in Nyahururu began their outreach with a citywide clean-up day. More than 1,500 people picked up trash in public parks and cleaned sidewalks. Cleaning up a city shows government officials and residents that Christians are willing to help them, the ministry said.

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*MOZAMBIQUE AND ANGOLA

>From: “FMSC-Metro Chicago”

We request prayer for the working we are doing with starving children in Mozambique and Angola. This week a container of meals arrived in Angola, praise the Lord. But we need assistance for our children in Mozambique in the midst of the flood.

Our project here in Chicago is Feed My Starving Children Metro Chicago and we need the help of the Lord to see more doors open to help in providing meals and packing those meals for starving children around the world. The prayers of pastors and their churches would be a great blessing to us. As our volunteer program is to assist youth groups and believers of all ages here have a hands on experience in providing meals for needy children around the world. We provide life changing meals and the gospel. Blessings, Eldon Tracy.

--->NPPNote: When you pray for these requests, please ask the Lord to involve local pastors, with a result that they will continue to serve and pray together...

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*GERMAN & ENGLISH PRAYER NETWORK

>From: “Achim Blackstein”

Hello, may I introduce a new prayer network to you?

Netprayers - the christian prayer network at

http://www.netprayers.org (english) and

http://www.netprayers.de (german)

Netprayers wants to encourage christians to pray more and pray with more joy. It is our goal to strengthen the body of believers to the glory of God! You will find news, tips and hints, and articles on prayer on our website. We also support different prayer sites on the web, such as the lighthouse movement, NPPN, etc. and help spread the news about them. Thank you for visiting our site!

God bless, A. Blackstein, Netprayers

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*NORTH AMERICA: ONLY NOT-GROWING CONTINENT

>From: “Crosswalk.com”

>By Rodney E. Penn

“North America is the only continent in the world where Christianity is not growing,” said David Putman, leadership training associate with the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board. “How are we to respond to the massive spiritual needs of North America?” asked Putman April 11 at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Mo. One extreme would be to ignore it by doing business as usual, Putnam said, borrowing from Albert Einstein: “Insanity is doing the same old thing the same old way and expecting different results.” A second response, Putnam told a chapel audience, is found in Psalm 20:7, “Some boast in chariots and some in horses, but we will boast in the name of the Lord our God.” Explaining that Christians often trust in large membership rolls, leadership, agencies and institutions, he said, “If we’re ever going to experience the renewal and awakening that we need in North America it is going to be a God thing.” Christians must recognize anew the power in the gospel, Putnam said. “I sense that it’s easy as a believer to forget that the power is in nothing else but the gospel of Jesus Christ. Perhaps we need to remember that the power is not in the messenger.” Preachers nevertheless should communicate “a hearable gospel,” Putnam continued, noting, “There are two kinds of fields out there, sowing fields and harvesting fields,” as reflected in Romans 10. The challenge, he said, is that “we often assume by attitude and method that we are in harvesting fields.” But, he said, “We must first plow, seed and water the fields before we can reasonably expect to gather a harvest. “Unfortunately, most churches just sit back and wait for people to come play on our court,” Putnam said. Underscoring the need to preach the gospel “in season and out of season,” Putman said, “Most of us have been trained and understand how to preach it in season; bring the flock together, bring the crowd together.” By focusing on ministry “out of season,” however, those who are hungry for the bread of life can be helped, he said. “Are we willing to invest ourselves and pay the price, no matter what the cost, to love lost people unconditionally?”

Putman asked.

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*PASTOR’S CALL TO A DAY OF PRAYER FOR ZIMBABWE

>From: “Ramon A Williams”

>The Religious Media Agency

>From: Chris Catlin

-----Original Message-----

>From: Downs

A situation of crisis exists in Zimbabwe and people who should be nation building together in unity, are involved in contention.

The spirit of excellence in African statesmanship, so well defined by Mandela and Tutu, needs to be upheld. The concept of an African Revival needs to be reinforced and we must stand united and pray for reconciliation amoungst black and white and black and black in Zimbabwe. The battle is not black against white or vice versa, not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers and spiritual wickedness in high places.

Reports of just, fair people in the nation who have always stood for righteousness and what is Godly, and how they are escaping the hand of wrath are reaching our ears. We want to see free and fair democratic rule in the nation. A chance for wrongs to be corrected and change to come about in a fair manner, and with the human rights of all being considered.

Rev. Kenneth Meshoe has joined the call to all pastors and religious leaders

across the world to issue their own call to prayer on Sunday the 30^th April

2000. To stand united in their services and hold the nation of Zimbabwe up

before God for his peace and divine intervention. We are asking you to fast

and Pray much

Pastor won’t you call your flock to pray and intercede for all of the people of Zimbabwe who have known such hardship and are hovering on the brink of further serious problems. Do not pray for one group, but pray for them all.

We would like you to add your Pastor’s endorsement to the day of prayer. You can do this by sending your endorsement either directly to your local Newspaper, asking them to feature all of the pastors in your City who are endorsing the call to Prayer, or you can send it to the e-mail address Pray4Zimbabwe@africamail.com and we will send it on with a list of endorsing pastors and clergymen.

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*SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: PRAYER, THEN A PARADE

>From: “Crosswalk.com”

...Thousands of Australian Christians took part in “Resurrection Marches” on Easter. Parades across the country were part of Reclaim Easter, an annual event to publicly celebrate the resurrection of Christ.

...A parade in Sydney featured huge puppets representing Jesus and the disciples. Hundreds of pigeons, symbolizing the resurrection, were released before the march, said Awakening 2000, an evangelistic group. Ethnic dancers performed for the crowds and people carried balloons and sang. Parades were led by donkeys to commemorate Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a donkey and were broadcast via satellite to all regions of the country. Anglican Archbishop Harry Goodhew delivered a message from Sydney.

...Thousands of Australians prayed all night on Good Friday during scores of outdoor vigils. Christians of many denominations recited prayers written by children across the country, Awakening 2000 said. Hundreds of thousands of Christians have participated in the event in the past 11 years, the group said.

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*CAMBODIA: “THE GOD WHO HUNG ON A CROSS”

>From: “Crosswalk.com”

...Miracles are turning people to Christ in Cambodia, where only about 1% of the population is Christian, said Advance, a publication of the Foursquare Gospel Church.

...Residents of two villages professed faith in Christ after a display of God’s power, Advance said. In one village residents asked a missionary pastor to pray for rain for their newly planted crops, while in a nearby village residents asked him to pray that God would stop the rain until their crops were planted. For the next week, rain fell on the village that had planted its crops, but not on the other village, the publication said. People in both villages declared themselves Christians and were baptized.

...People in another village have worshiped “the God who hung on the cross” for more than 20 years not knowing the name Jesus Christ, a Cambodian pastor said. The village in Khampong Thom province had been under Khmer Rouge control until this year, pastor Daniel Em said. But the Gospel was warmly received in the area, “almost like the people were primed, expecting the truth,” he said.

...God spared the villagers from being massacred by Khmer Rouge soldiers in the 1970s, when the Marxist regime killed 1.7 million people, an elderly woman told Em. Town residents, including the women, were forced to dig their own graves and the soldiers were prepared to shoot them, she said, but they began crying “to any god who could help them.” Some cried to Buddha and some to other gods, but she cried out to “the God who hung on a cross,” she said.

...Huddled together, waiting for the gunshots, they all saw a vision of a cross, she said. They heard a voice telling them that they had been spared and that “no one else can save you but Me,” she said. When they opened their eyes the soldiers were gone. >From then on they worshiped the God who saved them but did not know about Christ until Em preached to them, he said. “Now they know Jesus by name and they are starting a church. The old woman is very happy, as she has waited for this day for 20 years.”

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*NORWAY, WAY PAST THE ARCTIC CIRCLE

From: Fern Noble

We { myself & an intercessor friend} went to Norway to pray for the land and its people, from the Northern town of Alta, all the way to the southern town of Thomsa. Spoke our greeting in 7 churches and in some places shared a little of our story.

In the north { way past the arctic circle} we visited the town of Kautokeino with the Samii people. What a joy to attend a wedding upon our arrival and see the whole churh dressed in their colorful traditional dress and out of the midst of this crowd appears the face of a friend I met at the World Christian Gathering in Australia, just a few months before, Wow God. As we stayed with the Pastor & his family how exciting it was to sit with Anna-Christina our interpeter & visit with a couple of the elders. We heard the stories of the reindeer herders as they chased the wolves away from their herd on skies and the time they & their reindeer ran to the coast in order to escape the invading army. The hospitality of the people— their open hearts and open houses just so blessed us and the songs of grace before meals just seem to keep playing in my head.

I thank God for the prayer walk in Oslo and proclamations of Psalm 24 at all of power points. Glory to God for the walk up the high tower to pray for the good news to go out to all the land as God’s heartbeat seemed to be throbbing through all the communications cables as the stairs wrapped around & around them.

We are so grateful for all the places of prayer around the world and let us continue to pray for salvation to visit the hearts of the nations. I leave on April 28^th for three assignments on the east coast, at the Korean discipleship school, then on to give a workshop at the Many-Nations celebration and finishing with the 11 day Cherokee Prayer journey in eastern Tennessee. I will return home on May 21^st.

Psalm 115: 1 - All for the Glory of God.

Fern Noble, International Reconciliation Coalition

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*NEW ZEALAND GOES 24/7

>From: michael.knott@attglobal.net

We have been working hard since our conference in February and now look forward to launching 24hr prayer throughout most of the nation, this coming Monday, 1^st May. Regional coordinators are orchestrating constant prayer throughout each week for revival and transformation in the nation. Those participating cross denominational lines. In some areas days have been adopted by churches, or groups of churches for ongoing responsibility for coverage.

We would really appreciate any help we can get from those who are further down the road, as well as some prayer backing for those who have a heart for the uttermost parts of the earth!

Blessings, Mike Knott

--->NPPNote: Please share insights and ideas with Mike direct (see his email above) or through NPPN (we will publish responses that can assist others also)...

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*KORAT, THAILAND: PPG

>From: “Ross Mackin”

Dear Phil,

A couple weeks ago I attended a pastors meeting here in Korat. There were 10-20 ministers there. Each person shared and then we prayed. This is, I think, a monthly meeting. Pastors here seem to be really struggling. Thailand is not an easy place to do Christian work. Thanks for your interest, Ross Mackin --->NPPNote: Let’pray for that PPG...that the Lord will grant them unity and victory.

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*SOUTH AFRICA: “GIDEONS” FOR THE WILLOWVALE

>From: Kentashi@aol.com

>From: IMPACTJD@aol.com

Delinda Higgins, a Missions Team Specialist who serves in Willowvale, South Africa, sends the following article:

“Why,” I asked the aging Xhosa pastor, “do you think the spiritual struggles here are so intense?” --- Divisions amongst missionaries who had once worked well together ... Rebellious, discontented attitudes in Bible school students ... Young school children responding in anger and rebellion ... The work was difficult and tiresome ... Continued poverty ... Drunkenness and hopelessness ... Men fear taking any sort of leadership role in the church ... Rampant jealousy, anger, violence, and the need for revenge ... Some of these chains have been binding so long that they begin to seem normal and “just the way the culture is.”

I had served in some very overtly spiritually oppressed places where false gods proliferated, but I had never labored under such heaviness as was here. Could these long-standing chains be broken? Can this cloud of heaviness be lifted?

“What must be done?” I asked Pastor Mancingwane.

“The believers must come together and pray,” was his firm reply. I wondered within myself if that could happen. The division and distrust are strong and generational. I believe these strongholds of ancestor worship and witchcraft must be broken down by the Xhosa people themselves. It was Gideon himself who was called upon to tear down the altar his father had built to false gods (Judges 6:25-32). Until that altar came down, stone by stone, the army of God couldn’t advance. What is the role of those of us who are foreigners in this land? What is the role of praying friends worldwide? Our role is to strengthen and encourage the Xhosa Gideons!

I believe the students in our little school, the students in our Bible Training Institute, believers in all the little rural mission churches are the Gideons. But they have lived all their lives under this oppression and often don’t believe they are strong enough to do anything. Like Gideon, they think that “I am the least in my family” (Judges 6:15). Please join us in prayer. Pray for the strength of the Holy Spirit in the believers. Pray for freedom from fear, repression, and unbelief. This generation of Xhosa people is living in the shadow of the altar of false worship that their forefathers have built. Pray that Gideons will arise with the wisdom and courage to tear down those altars, allowing the light of the Lord to shine and defeat the darkness that has ruled for far too long.

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Friends, far too long our own country is full of the same consequences of sin. We may be educated and sophisticated, yet, sin still is sin. Let us pray that the Lord Jesus Christ would have mercy on us all.

JD and Toni Smith, East Gate Community Fellowship, Charleston, WV

304-346-9929

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*AFGHANISTAN - SIERRA LEONE

>From: “John Robb” <"john_robb"@wvi.org>

Just received a thrilling report from Afghanistan that since the prayer initiative in October and our team’s prayer for God’s forgiveness of bloodguilt in the stadium where every week executions and amputations were carried out, there have been no more killings or severing of limbs! As Moses sang to the Lord, “Who is like you - majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?” Praise God for his wonders!

We need to see His wonders once again for another situation. Tomorrow I journey to the world’s poorest country of Sierra Leone for a special national prayer initiative. Approximately 1000 church leaders from throughout the nation as well as major political leaders like the president, vice-president and a converted rebel chieftain are expected to take part. It will be called “ A Prayer Summit for the Reconciliation of a Nation.” This is an appropriate theme for a nation which has suffered the ravages of civil war over the last nine years. During that war between rebel groups and the government an estimated 100,000 were killed, half of the population of 4.5 million displaced within and outside of the nation. Rebel groups targeted civilians and children with the most heinous kinds of atrocities: rapes, brutal killings, and amputation of limbs of even small children and babies. Some continue to commit such crimes even though a peace agreement was signed last year.

May I again ask you to join us in intercession to the Lord for some key issues which need His wonder-working power:

1. Travel mercies, protection and proper accommodations for the hundreds of pastors traveling from and back to other parts of the nation, some still potentially dangerous areas, to its capital of Freetown. Good, on time travel connections, favor with authorities and physical protection during our stay for our team of nine coming from several countries to facilitate the event.

2. Strong anointing of the Holy Spirit upon the initiative and all who take part May 1-4, bringing unity and discernment as to what issues need to be covered in united prayer. Clarity, wisdom and God’s power for all of us who speak and that participants will be moved to respond with conviction and action.

3. That the political leaders who should be there will come and be especially blessed and challenged by the Lord.

4. National reconciliation, restoration of peace and security and the rapid disarmament of all combatants, especially the rebel forces of the RUF. Repentance or justice for those who have and continue to commit war crimes, especially for Foday Sankoh and his RUF rebels.

5. Binding and overthrow of occult spiritual powers connected to Freemasonry and especially those tied to the pervasive secret societies, such as Ogun, god of war and Shango, god of thunder.

6. Resettling of refugees, rebuilding of the nation’s cities and cutting off of diamond smuggling operations along with proper regulation of this industry

DeBeers and other Western companies.

7. For Burundi where there has been a fresh outbreak of fighting and for former South African president Mandela’s visit there starting Friday to mediate the peace process aimed at bringing an end to the civil war. Please pray for the breakthrough to come now.

Please stand with us that we may see the Lord bring His transforming touch

these desperate and wounded lands, John Robb

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*HANOVER, GERMANY: PAVILION OF HOPE

>From: ifc-help@lists.gospelcom.net

PAVILION OF HOPE: BRINGING HOPE TO THE WORLD THROUGH EXPO 2000

Pavilion of Hope (POH) will present the Gospel message at EXPO 2000 to be held from June 1 to October 31, 2000, in Hannover, Germany. Forty million visitors are expected, half under 25 years of age. The German YMCA, the German Evangelical Alliance and World Vision Germany will sponsor the pavilion, built in the form of a whale. POH and the German YMCA will also sponsor a youth camp for young EXPO visitors, and seek 2500 volunteers worldwide to participate in pavilion and youth camp activities. Youth will find training opportunity in many areas-international leadership, missions, cultural diversity, program development and vision for the new millennium. For more info, contact the Pavilion of Hope office by email at (mt@poh.de) or (mtikalsky@hotmail.com).

Pavilion of Hope: http://www.poh.de

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*ISAAN OF THAILAND: PRAY FOR DOCTORS

>From: “Boyd/andrea Herrington”

Our TEAM is in need of doctors. We are working with the Isaan of Thailand. We need two of them for a work in late October-early November.

Here are the specifics. They would fill a gap for a missionary doctor so he

could travel up country and work through this mobile medical clinic. Our

team has previously worked in these and God has done some amazing things. We

would love to have more than two. They would be working at the Baptist

Hospital here in Thailand. Also, the possibility exists of doctors

traveling up country with this missionary doctor. Our prayer is that God

will move and many will come to know Jesus. Thanks, Boyd Herrington Isaan

UPG, Khon Kaen, Northeast Thailand

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*SIERRA LEONE: PRAYER SUMMIT FOR RECONCILIATION

>From: “John Robb” <"john_robb"@wvi.org>

Dear Friends, here is an update on what is happening here. Well more than a thousand church leaders, pastors and prayer leaders from throughout the nation, spilling over even into the outside halls as even more than expected arrived, have gathered to pray for the healing of the nation. An estimated 80% of the Christian leadership of the nation is assembled. What an opportunity for the Lord to bring about a major transformation of the church and society!

The first day was marked by deep repentance for personal and national sins such as corruption, witchcraft, immorality, secret societies, murder, greed, theft,and even human sacrifice. Much of the day was also spent sharing principles of healing and reconciliation led by one of our Rwandan team members who shared the trauma of his nation and how God is bringing healing as people are willing to forgive and even bless their enemies, those who have killed family and friends. The Lord is here and we feel is digging deeper and deeper into the wounds of the past and as one pastor put it “uncovering the mask of the church.”

Please join us in praying for:

1. A complete breakthrough through full repentance and united prayer, that

God will reveal secrets of hearts and bring His deliverance to those present and to the nation as a whole.

2. That the hold of the secret societies and Freemasonry will be broken through identificational repentance and renunciation of covenants made with demonic spirits. Possibly 90% of the population and many nominal Christians have been involved in syncretism (combining their Christian or Muslim faith with spirit worship).

3. The display of God’s power so that the nation’s church and people will trust and serve Him alone.

4. Miracles of healing and the comfort of the Holy Spirit for so many who have been traumatized deeply through the atrocities, losing arms and legs which were amputated by the rebels or having members of their families and friends killed before their eyes.

5. Most importantly, pray for the raising up of a united prayer movement with strong, ongoing leadership in all parts of the country, that God will inspire those here to go back home with a clear strategy for bringing the Body of Christ together.

There is significant competion and denominationalism which has hindered this unity up till now.

6. Finally, please pray for our team that we may be sensitive as to how we should serve and minister most effectively.

Thanks so much for standing with us. Warm greetings, John

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*2001PRAY - PRAY ‘ROUND AFRICA

>From: Doug Lucas

Some believers have felt led to organize a multi-denominational prayer commitment called 2001 PRAY. It is the desire of those to whom God has given this vision to sensitize the world to the great spiritual and physical needs on the continent of Africa, enabling them to become effective intercessors. All denominations and agencies are asked to seek God’s leadership in developing their individual plans for involvement in the joy and privilege of praying for Africa. Some suggestions which have been made are: One day of prayer for the continent of Africa on the 3^rd of August, 2001; an emphasis upon prayerwalking in Africa, June - August of 2001 - a time when both young and old may be able to participate. God will surely bless the prayers of His people as they intercede on behalf of the unreached peoples of Africa. For more information see the website: http://www.2001Pray.org .

“For a free subscription to Brigada’s weekly missions publication, write or visit Brigada on the web at www.brigada.org”

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*PARAGUAY: PRAY FOR ASUNCION

>From: ktaylor@nobts.edu

I want to express my great thankfulness to God for your prayers during my trip to Paraguay. The prayer cover God gave me through you was needed from the beginning of the trip. When I arrived at the N.O. airport I was told my AirTran flight was delayed by 2 hrs. This would have made catching my South American flight almost impossible. God made a Delta flight possible at a minimum cost.

The week spent visiting pastors and neighborhoods of the city were very profitable. Pastors began to discuss their need to change the way they had been doing things. I was surprised to discover how much the older churches were to most churches in the United States. I would say the great majority of the older works were plateaued or declining. The city of Asuncion has changed so much-just like the cities of the United States. Another highlight of the week was a meeting with pastors and leaders of the Paraguay Baptist Convention on Wednesday morning. I did some evangelism training and showed the Transformations video produced by the Sentinel Group. This video shows the power of prayer in efforts to see cities spiritually transformed. The segment of the video we saw was on what happened within the last few years in Cali, Colombia. Christian leaders were divided and at odds with one another in Cali. God used the murder of a pastor to bring the pastors, and the Christians of Cali, to a spiritual unity that God used to bring about some major changes in the city. The Asuncion pastors and Baptist leaders were in tears after the video, indicating how much there city was like Cali, and how much disunity there was among Christians. The morning was closed with a prayer for healing and reconciliation in the body of Christ.

Please pray for the city of Asuncion and for the work going on there. Pray for a missionary force being rapidly depleted by retirement and for leaders, lay and staff, of the churches there. Some pastors are discouraged and frustrated by the lack of growth. Pray that some will catch a vision for what God can do in the church in the city. There are some churches on the fringes of Asuncion that are growing rapidly. One very encouraging sign was the level of involvement of many young people in several of the churches.

Thanks again for praying! IT DID MAKE A DIFFERENCE

In Christ, Ken Taylor, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

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*SEND PRAYERS AND LETTERS TO PRISON

>From: “Finkler, Karin”

Congressman Joseph R. Pitts founded the Religious Prisoners Congressional Task Force to encourage Senators and Representatives to advocate for international religious prisoners suffering persecution by appealing directly to foreign government leaders to secure the release of key religious prisoners and to help change hostile policies. Private citizens also can play a vital role by adopting a religious prisoner. By appealing directly to foreign governments on behalf of those specific prisoners, your letters will help raise awareness among other governments that the American people are deeply concerned about protecting religious liberty as a fundamental human right for all people, and will aid prisoners who may be suffering at the hands of a hostile government. One of the most effective advocacy measures is writing letters both to government officials and specific prisoners. Amnesty International recorded the experience of one prisoner of conscience from the Dominican Republic who stated, “When the first two hundred letters came, the guards gave me back my clothes. Then the next two hundred letters came, and the prison director came to see me. When the next pile of letters arrived, the director got in touch with his superior. The letters kept coming and coming: three thousand of them. The President was informed. The letters still kept arriving, and the President called the prison and told them to let me go.” Your prayers and your individual letters, can and do make a difference.

As the writer of Hebrews states, “Remember those in prison as if you

were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you

yourselves were suffering.” I encourage you to contact your Representative

and Senators to request that they become Members of the Religious Prisoners

Congressional Task Force. In addition, I urge you to share this information

with your churches, synagogues, and other appropriate groups in your

community. To request a Prisoner Packet or to inquire about further

information, please contact Karin Finkler in my office at (202)225-2411 or

e-mail my office at pitts.pa16@mail.house.gov

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*PAPUA NEW GUINEA: CHIEF’S PRAYER ANSWERED

From: “Crosswalk.com”

...A tribal chief’s prayers were answered in an unexpected way. The chief asked God to send someone to his remote Papua New Guinea village to show his people who God is, Nazarene Communications Network News said.

...The answer came when a team of missionaries hiked for seven hours to Bundi in Simbu Province, carrying a projector and the 16mm version of the Jesus film, a movie about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Twenty-four people professed faith in Christ after watching the film and a new church has been established in the village, NCNN said.

...More than 500 people in Simbu have become Christians through the work of 12 film teams, and 203 have enrolled in discipleship classes, the church said.

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*WILL YOU GO TO BED 1 HOUR LATER?

>From: “Todd ‘Enrique’ Beel”

BARRIO BULLETIN Friday, May 05, 2000

La Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, México

Pastor Manuel Aguilar and his wife, Martha, have issued a challenge to many of us working here in Mexico City to start new churches. At a recent planning meeting, he curiously asked us all what time we went to bed. He then challenged us to join him, staying up one hour later every night (or into the morning hours for the late-nighters) for the purpose of praying for the lost and the church starting efforts underway to reach them. Pray along with us that the hermanos here will take this challenge seriously and that God will be pleased with their sacrifice and expression of love for the people of this mammoth city.

A new church has started in San Luis Tlaxialtemalco! It shows continued excitement to reach the barrios surrounding them especially as they look forward to using the evangelistic video, Destino Final (Final Destination). This video is made available via our partnership with the Christian Broadcasting Network. Two weeks ago, pastor Sergio called on his membership to, one-by-one and week-by-week, climb each of 7 mountains of Ixtapalapa. Atop these mountains, with 8,500 foot peaks, the church’s fittest will gather for 7 all-night prayer and fasting meetings. They will intercede on behalf of the millions of lost people within Ixtapalapa. Pray for their safety and thank God for their commitment to reach the lost! Thank you for your continued prayer!

Todd ‘Enrique’ Beel for the Mexico City SE Team To sign-on to pray with us, go to this web site:

MexicoCityMissions@ByHisGrace.com

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