(yan-GONG) - This month, local young adult believers will focus on sharing the gospel in part of the city. Through outreaches, they will build relationships with people who are interested in learning more about the gospel. Pray that God will lead them to people who are looking for hope and peace, and that they will clearly communicate the hope and peace found only in Jesus. Ask that these believers will see much fruit from their labor.

Please pray for the extended family of a Syrian father, Abed, and his family of six. Recently, a believing family shared a meal with them. Abed then invited them to come out to a refugee camp and be introduced to his extended family. Perhaps this is a door to some people who would be open to the gospel. Perhaps Abed is a "man of peace" (Luke 10:6) who is opening up his circle of friends to these believers. Please pray for openness in this extended family. Pray for the many conversations to come in the next several months, and pray that a number of soft hearts will repent and believe in Jesus. Ask God for a harvest in this family. "Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, then comes the harvest'? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest" (John 4:35 ESV).

There are numerous challenges facing the Persian church of the Western diaspora. Praise the Lord, for He is bringing many Persians to faith these days! However, this means that Persian ministries in the Western diaspora are composed primarily of new believers, with the few mature leaders having to carry a great burden alone. Jonathan is the leader of one such ministry. In the past two years, this ministry has grown from an average attendance of four to now 20 people, with four people being baptized in recent months. Jonathan and his wife have recently had twins, and their main partner will soon be away for six months. Please pray for Jonathan as he carries the weight of this growing ministry alone during a particularly challenging season of life. Ask the Lord to raise up at least one or two biblically solid men to help him lead this growing ministry.

After many years living in different refugee camps in one European country, Elif, a single mother, finally received documents that both guarantee her continued stay as well as allow her to move into a home of her own. After searching for several months, she finally found an available apartment that she could afford to move into with her elementary school-age son. Recently, Elif's son was hospitalized for almost a week, with tests revealing a number of concerns, including a new medical diagnosis. While the new apartment will provide a better living situation for the two of them, the moving process has added more stress onto Elif as she navigates the unexpected adjustments to their lives. For months, she has been reading and watching stories of Christ with a believing friend. Pray that she will come to know the Father and the comfort and hope that a relationship with Him offers. Pray for Elif and her son in this season of uncertainty and concern.

(mon-GOHL-yun) - For over 20 years, God has used an annual project by a Great Commission Christian (GCC) organization to open doors to share the gospel. This project has provided an entry opportunity to an area with no previous gospel witness or church. In a country of 3.3 million people with only about 35,000 followers of Jesus, there are still many who need to have a personal relationship with God through Jesus. This year, in the eastern provinces of Mongolia, believers began engaging the area in April by training local church leaders and praying. Several of the locations they prayed for this year are the schools for training boys to become Buddhist priests as well as the many training grounds for racehorses where boys live and care for the horses. In addition to hearing the gospel during the project, a children's gospel booklet in Mongolian is presented. Ask God to prepare the hearts of children and adults to hear and receive the good news, and for Him to use these gospel booklets to reach many others.

(mah-POO-too) - In May, Southern Mozambique Team members will host a volunteer from the United States whose ministry is open-air preaching and apologetics. He will teach and train Mozambicans in how to do this and then accompany them out to the streets of the city and university campuses to practice what they have learned. Pray for those who will be participating to be humble and to prepare their own hearts before God. Pray that they will be open to learning and that they will be bold and courageous to proclaim the gospel to all those passing by. Ask God to prepare the hearts of all those far from Him who will hear the gospel. May they be spurred to listen more, and may He stir discontentment in their hearts at being far from God or however else He needs to work in their lives to bring them to the cross of forgiveness and redemption.

(cah-TEE-oh; ooh-rah-BAH) - The North Coast Colombia Team writes: "We thank God for sending a journeyman couple to our team who are working in ethnomusicology! They have 19 worship songs recorded in the language of the Katio and are working on making a hymnal of worship songs for them. Pray for both the journeyman and the Katio as they work together to gather more songs, write the music for them, and analyze each lyric with Scripture."

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God" (Colossians 3:16 ESV). On May 4 and 11, missionary Aaron Kuglin and several Congolese partners will be leading a worship workshop in a church led by South Korean missionaries in Kinshasa, DRC. Music is an important part of Congolese culture both in and out of the church. Please pray that the participants will see the music of the church as an act of worship and recognize the need for it to be theologically sound. They will be evaluating current songs that they sing and learning how to write new songs that are biblically based.

The head of the Baptist Hospital Health College along with the International Office Director and two students submitted abstracts to the Nursing Christian Fellowship International World Congress. The goal is to connect with nurses from other countries and motivate the other Congress participants through the presentations to carry out the Great Commission. They want to continue growing professionally along with mobilizing nurses all over the world. The abstracts are about sending nurses overseas to share the love of Jesus cross-culturally as they work. A second presentation will be about the Eternal Peace Clinic reaching people through healthcare. Please pray that these leadership development abstracts, created by our team, will have a multiplying impact in God's kingdom. We trust God to provide the funding for their air travel to get to the conference in Spain. Hudson Taylor once stated, "God's work done God's way will never lack God's supply." The fundraising continues until they depart in June.

(chit-TAH-gong) - Because there were so many special events in Bangladesh associated with the Islamic month of Ramadan this spring, the month of May is rather subdued in comparison. However, the lack of official holidays does not mean that ministry stops. Every Saturday, Bangladeshi believers teach believers in different locations. In addition, a team of Bangladeshi believers meet together two times per month to study the Book of James. Please pray for the spread of the gospel throughout the Chittagong division (similar to a state).

(buh-LOHCH) - Watson came to faith many years ago. He has since been discipled and has joined the church. A few years ago, he married an unbeliever who lives in a different country. She is also Baloch, and this was an arranged marriage. His believing friends in the Gulf region have been praying that he can be united with his wife and that he will be bold to share about his faith with her. After a very long process, he finally received his visa a few weeks ago, and he will be leaving soon. He plans to visit his family in his homeland first and then go to live with his wife in the other country. While his friends are rejoicing in this answer to prayer, everyone is very sad to see him leave. Pray that Watson will be bold to share the gospel with his wife quickly and that she will believe. Pray that they will be able to find a healthy church and a healthy biblical community. Pray that Watson will be a bright light of the gospel to those around him and that he will boldly share with other Baloch people in his new country.