Ye Rim* stayed in the chapel the entire day—sometimes kneeling, sometimes seated, but constantly in prayer.
Like you, Ye Rim followed the Lord’s leading, even when His instructions were difficult.
God called her to pray for the people groups associated with the ancient Silk Road, just like He called you to give to the Strategic International Prayer Center ministry. Perhaps God’s call required significant sacrifice from you as well.
She came back the next day to the Center, praying, reading Scripture, and quietly singing hymns throughout the Deuteronomy 8:8 Garden.
Returning day after day to intercede before the Lord at the Prayer Center, Ye Rim sensed a clear charge from God to pray for one specific Asian nation.
She questioned herself, her hearing, and even the Lord. Did she misunderstand? Was she focusing on herself? But the answer from God was unambiguous.
That evening, as she walked through the local market, she came across an art piece of the nation God called her to pray for. She purchased it and brought it back to the Prayer Center. It now serves as an invitation to other guests to join Ye Rim in prayer.
Recently, we received an email from Ye Rim. She wrote about her deepening involvement with those sharing Christ in Asia and how God had answered many prayers.
“It was in the Prayer Center that I experienced what it means for the Holy Spirit to put words in my mouth to pray again and again. The Prayer Center will always have a special place in my heart and in my journey of intercession for Asia and for the nations.”
Thank you for faithfully following God’s leading as Ye Rim did. Your generosity met her obedience, and God used you to answer her prayers.
Please continue partnering with us in prayer:
At the prayer center, we always tell people to pray with expectancy. It is a place where all are welcome to come and pray in a quiet room filled with different verses and prayer prompts designed to lead people to the feet of Jesus. Here is the testimony of a person whose life was transformed because of your generosity:
A young man about 21 years old came to the prayer center with his aunt, uncle, and grandmother. After nearly an hour in the room, the young man began to leave, but his aunt called him back inside. She took him around the corner where a basket of stones sits on the floor below a banner that reads, “ . . . and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules” (Ez. 36:26-27).
She told him, “Three years ago, I came to this prayer center and wrote your name on a stone. I held it high and pleaded with God to soften your heart and bring you to salvation.” The young man was stunned because he had been in a dark place three years prior, involved in a rough, ungodly lifestyle. But, all the while, his aunt continued praying for God to change his life. This prayer written on stone was a tangible answer from God.
He came running downstairs and took my hands. He looked at me and earnestly said, “You have to tell people those things upstairs you do as you pray. . . God hears those prayers.” He rejoiced, eyes bright, “I am a new creation like you’ve never seen a new creation before.”
The young man radically encountered God and shared how God changed him. He went on to tell of his decision to move to another Middle Eastern country to work as a Christian intern in a refugee camp.
Before coming to the prayer center, the young man’s aunt had never told him the story of the stone, but she brought him to the center before he left so she could pray for his upcoming, sharing the gospel in the same place she had prayed for his salvation. God hears and responds; He can melt a heart of stone.
Thank you so much for your kindness, generosity, and partnership! Your prayer and gifts are truly making a difference through this ministry! 
North Africa and the Middle East is consistently thrust into the international news as it develops into one of the world’s most enigmatic-but-influential global regions. Vast economic development typifies its urban centers, offering creative business opportunities for entrepreneurs.
Religious life permeates every society here, whether its residents are Muslim, Christian, or Jewish. Though Christianity began in this cradle of civilization, it is sometimes difficult to know if the church exists. Cities that birthed the gospel now house ornate mosques, temples, and skyscrapers. Thankfully, the church is experiencing a captivating resurgence among this region's 520 unengaged and unreached people groups.
Millions of refugees live here, displaced by war, famine, oppression, or poverty. Many are open to the gospel, seeking an anchor amid the upheaval of their lives. Pray for Christian workers as they share the hope of the gospel during this unprecedented spiritual openness.