Praise

The Christmas party at our home, that you prayed for, went very well.  10 people came and
when we asked if we could share the Christmas story, they all exclaimed “Yes, we want to hear
it.  We have never heard it before!”  After we read the story, we had a discussion on the
differences between our story and theirs.  After this, we were able to pray for them and through
this, proclaim the Gospel message.

Prayer

“Sincere”, a local believer, and her believing daughters have had their ups and downs these last
weeks. Often families that function under a lot of abuse tend to go through cycles of it, even
those who are now believers within the family are not fully free from these things themselves.
Continue to pray for this family to know God’s redeeming power and healing in their lives.

Please pray for the Light of the World to shine His light into the hearts of darkness here.  Pray
for dreams and a stirring of dissatisfaction that would direct men and women to the true Light
and to salvation in Christ.

Tentmakers in our country have diversified into the varied ministries of their choices during the
past year.  That, with a noted busyness in secular jobs, has made us feel the present need to
renew and sharpen our focus.  Please pray for our coming together with common convictions as
to strategies, and with strengthening encouragement of one another.

The 6 who were taken hostage in June, are still missing. Ask that any information will be found,
and they will be freed.

“Jimmy” and “Leoni”, prayed for previously, have had a lot of opportunity to visit with their local
friends this past Christmas season.  Through this, they have been able to initiate and engage in
faith discussions.  Please pray that God will continue to grow these relationships and that this
couple will creatively and boldly proclaim truth to their friends.

Testimony

He looked a bit strange to me with a enormous amount of hair around his skull (about 15 cm
curly hair all around). In the West we would recognize him as a teenager with a new trend. He
shared that he is in danger to be caught by the police and be shaved bald because of a new
rule the government issued. I asked him what he thought about the government deciding that
is is illegal to have an outlook like his. He kind of shrugged his shoulders and commented that
you can’t fight them.  75% of the population here is younger than 21 years old, but still they are
controlled by the majority of “old” people with their rules to force each of its population into
conformity.

Pray that the youth will be encouraged to think for themselves and have the courage to break
the ranks - and ultimately choose Christ as their purpose for life and not rules and traditions.