MISSIONS FOCUS

The Somali People

POPULATION: 15 million

GEOGRAPHY: Spread out through the entire Horn of Africa: Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya. Also a significant Diaspora population.

RELIGION: 100% Muslim, less than a thousand Christians worldwide.

PRAYER POINTERS

• Somalis have historically remained closed to the gospel, even in Western countries, they are hard to reach. Pray for a miraculous opening of their hearts.
• Pray for Somali believers, there are very few, making it hard to have decent fellowship. In some areas they do get killed quite often.
• War-For the last two decades, the southern half of Somalia has had no functioning government, and at the moment there is a full scale civil war going on. Just pray.
• Drought-To add to the already horrible situation, the Horn is experiencing one of the worst droughts the world has seen. Famine is spreading. Pray for relief to reach the people soon, pray that Christians would use this opportunity to minister.
• Diaspora-Pray for the thousands of Somalis living abroad. These have a better opportunity of hearing the gospel than most. Pray that Christians close to them would realize the opportunity and use it wisely. Rom 4:18: In hope he believed against hope? The situation for the Somali people is nearly hopeless. The chances of reaching them with the gospel are very small. But that is how it should be, that is when God works, man cannot do this.

MISSIONS FOCUS

Mission Witout Borders International

Mission Without Borders has been working in Eastern Europe since 1960, reaching out to the needs of those living in poverty and/or suffering persecution.

COUNTRIES: Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina.

PRAYER POINTERS

• Moldova: is in an economic & political crisis. The most vulnerable are the elderly & children in children’s homes. The government does not have the means to provide for their basic needs. Pray for MWB workers supporting these needy people spiritually, emotionally and materially.
• Albania: Human trafficking and prostitution are huge in Albania. Growing numbers of children are smuggled. Pray for the MWB workers who operate in these sensitive situations, where they need much wisdom, discernment, courage and protection.
• The MWB field workers daily in touch with overwhelming needs among the poor and homeless. Pray for the workers for emotional and spiritual strength, and wisdom for handling each situation.
• The political situation in Albania, Moldova and Ukraine.

CURRENT PROJECTS

• Children to be reached for Jesus at the summer camps taking place now, in 6 countries.
• Operation Winter Rescue: support to the needy, socially-vulnerable & large families, helping them face the harsh Northern winter.
• Jubilee Bible Project– distribution of 1 million Bibles.

MISSIONS FOCUS

Republic of Yemen - Middle East

POPULATION: 24 million

CAPITAL: Sana’a, 2,3 million

PEOPLES: Arab 97%

RELIGION: Muslim 99,92%, Christian 0,08%

PRAYER POINTERS

•  An end to the violence and bloodshed. Yemen is a poor, deeply divided country that has been in turmoil since January 2011.
• The country is on the brink of civil war. Pray that this will not happen.
• Yemen is one of the world’s least evangelized countries, with a young, fast growing population. Pray that many frustrated Yemeni’s will find peace through faith in Jesus.
• The children: Education system is limited and focussed on Islamics.
• The Yemeni believers: Yemen is #7 on the list of most closed countries. Persecution is severe. Pray for discernment and boldness for them in sharing their faith. Pray Eph. 3:14-21 for the believers.