Bookstore ministry

Pray for Lois, ReachGlobal personnel serving in Russia, and Gennady, the Christian bookstore manager in Kursk. Ask God to bless his travels and appointments with a number of Christian bookstore managers in the U.S. Pray for Lois and Gennady as they share about this bookstore ministry on August 8 at the Evangelical Free Church in Grand Island, NE, and at the Hershey Evangelical Free Church in Pennsylvania on August 15.

Urgent Prayer Need

Pray for Laurie, ReachGlobal staff member in Pacific Asia, who is pregnant and was taken to the hospital this morning because her water broke and there was concern that she was having a miscarriage. Her husband, Tony, reports that, “The baby is still alive, there’s still a heartbeat, and enough amniotic fluid left for the baby to move around. Laurie will be in the hospital for the next five days with catheter, an IV, and medicine to help strengthen the wall of the uterus.” Pray for God’s strength and peace as they have a long road ahead of them. Pray that the baby will stay healthy and strong to the end of term.

Supplies headed for CAR

Continue to pray that the 40-foot container with 38,000 pounds of supplies will soon leave Douala for Gamboula in the Central African Republic. Pray the custom officials will be friendly and won’t need to inspect all 411 pieces in detail. Pray for our colleagues at the destination site who will be manually unloading all the supplies that have been wedged into the container.

Seeds of the gospel planted

Pray that God will continue the good work He began through the ministry of the short-term team from United EFC in Seattle. Bob, ReachGlobal staff in Japan, says, “Good seeds of the gospel were spread and planted.” Praise God that 12 people from the neighborhood accompanied the team on a bus tour and the Buddhist priest who was their bus driver. This opened the opportunity for Bob and Joan to further establish relationships with neighbors. Pray that these friendships will continue to grow and that neighbors will give their hearts to Jesus.

Break-ins at ETF

Within the last month there have been break-ins at the ETF (Evangelical Theological Seminary) in Belgium, resulting in five projectors and some laptops being stolen. The latest thievery was with a Sport Quest group meeting at the ETF for their training time before spreading out all over Belgium to lead different sport outreach events. Six young men came in and stole the bed mattresses, wallets, cell phones, and other items from the Americans, Moldavians and Belgians staying in the building. Pray with Phil and Cindy, ReachGlobal personnel in Belgium, for God’s protection over the school as it has become a “high target” for break-ins.

Visa renewal

Pray for one of our ReachGlobal staff in a creative access country in Europe who is going to the local police station tomorrow to apply for a residence permit renewal. Within the past 16 days there have been some higher officials trying to change the policy to not grant such residence permits. Appeals have been made by various embassies, but it is presently unclear whether the policy has been changed or not. Pray that he would be granted a renewal for his residence permit so he doesn’t have to leave the country.

Building offer falls through

The more the school board of the Christian International School of Prague (CISP) negotiated with the city officials, the more it became apparent they would not be able to afford the building they wanted for the school. The city officials were adding too much to CISP’s original offer for them to be able to manage the expense. Thank the Lord for His goodness in protecting CISP from over-committing the school financially; pray for wisdom for the school board and provision for space for this coming year; pray that whether CISP builds, buys or rents, that the Lord would show them what direction to move in.