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(continued) May 9 | UZBEKISTAN The import of Bibles is
becoming increasingly difficult due to further legal
requirements. Please pray that the official import of
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Scriptures will remain possible in Uzbekistan.
used to go… to the house of God, with shouts of joy and
thanksgiving among the festive throng. (Ps. 42:4) May 10 | TAJIKISTAN Please pray for the Christian
May 5 | KENYA Open organizations in the country as the Ministry of Culture has
Doors is preparing to host issued an order to investigate non-Islamic organizations
in the country. Ask for wisdom for all concerned. Wisdom is
Prayer request bulletin for
a leadership consultation persecuted Christians worldwide
in a Muslim-dominant supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have,
region of Kenya during get understanding. (Prov. 4:7)
May. Please pray that the
Christians who attend the May 11 | MEXICO Pray for the believers in the
consultation will realize community of Tuxpan de Bolaños in Jalisco
the importance of being state. Our brothers are still in bondage because of the
pro-active in reaching out gospel. They are still excluded from community activities
to their Muslim neighbors. and are not allowed to leave their community for
Also, pray for unity among more than three days. If they do, they will lose all rights
Please pray for unity among the local to their lands and properties. Turn, O LORD, and deliver
the local Christians as Christians in Muslim-dominated Keny
a as
the church.
they work together to they work together to strengthen me; save me because of your unfailing love. (Ps. 6:4)
strengthen the church.
May 12 | QATAR Join us in prayer for a secret Qatari
May 6 | ETHIOPIA Some Christians in certain parts believer who dearly loves the Lord and hungers for
of southern Ethiopia feel they can no longer live in Qatari Christian friends with a Muslim background like
these areas as a result of continued threats against their he has. Pray for this brother; that the Lord will protect
lives. Let us pray for God’s comfort upon the remaining and strengthen him, and that he will be one of the first
believers in this region and that they will put their trust of many indigenous believers in Qatar. I long for your
in God. Even though I walk through the valley of the salvation, O LORD, and your law is my delight. (Ps. 119:174)
shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;
your rod and your staff, they comfort me. (Ps. 23:4)
May
(Deut. 31:6) connect these new believers to mature Christians who are
willing to mentor them in the faith. Bind up the testimony and
April 19 | BANGLADESH Believers who are former seal up the law among my disciples. (Is. 8:16)
Muslims struggle to make a living in their communities.
They are seldom hired because of their Christian faith. So April 26 | MALDIVES It is virtually impossible for Christians
Open Doors implemented a program that extends livelihood in Maldives to gather as a church for worship and fellowship.
assistance to enterprising believers. Please pray for the Lord Greeting one another in public places poses risks for them.
to prosper our beneficiaries in 2011. Although discouraging, the Lord is able to sustain His children
in such tough circumstances. Let us pray for this to be true
April 20 | BHUTAN In remote areas that are for our brothers and sisters in Maldives. Therefore, brothers, in May 2 | VIETNAM Children’s camps will be held across
predominantly Hindu or Buddhist, the believers experience all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you Vietnam this summer. Thousands of children flock to these
criticism, humiliation and alienation from their neighbors. because of your faith. (1 Thes. 3:7) events with much anticipation. Many of them walk long
Please uphold them in prayer, so that they stand firm in the distances to reach the campsites, while some sneak out of their
faith when they go through these difficulties. “But as for you, April 27 | MALDIVES Maldives boasts of having a 100% homes just to attend. Let us pray for God’s hand of protection
be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.” (2 Muslim population. Practice of religions other than Islam is over these children.
Chron. 15:7) prohibited, even though its leaders committed
to uphold the UN Universal Declaration May 3 | VIETNAM Despite language
April 21 | BRUNEI Many of the believers who are Brunei of Human Rights. This year, let us pray for barriers and travel difficulties, “Philip” started
Malays are isolated from the rest of the body of Christ. They breakthroughs with religious freedom in a small tribal church in an isolated village in
are susceptible to discouragement, eventually causing Maldives. For the creation was subjected to Central Vietnam. Nine new believers were
some of them to return to their old faith. Today, please ask frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will added to his church last year. We praise God
God to preserve their pure faith and to give them strength of the one who subjected it, in hope that the for this testimony! Please continue praying
to persevere. Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial creation itself will be liberated from its bondage for God’s protection upon Philip and his
because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of to decay and brought into the freedom and glory growing congregation.
life that God has promised to those who love him. (James 1:12) of the children of God. (Rom. 8:20-21)
May 4 | ERITREA Please join us in prayer
April 22 | INDONESIA Young believers among the April 28 | MYANMAR Because of severe for the Christians who continue to meet
Sundanese people in West Java are isolated from each other. poverty, some believers in Myanmar get in Myanmar. in secret. Pray for their protection and
Pictured here is a local church in severe
They seldom have ways to be mentored in the biblical involved in church work for financial reasons. Be Please pray for believers living continued spiritual growth. These things
poverty in this coun try.
I remember as I pour out my soul: how I