Praying for Missionaries

Please be remembering Ethiopia in your prayers this week. Over the last three weeks, conflict between government forces and separatists has been growing in the country’s northern Tigray region. This has led to hundreds of deaths, combatant and civilian, and has caused thousands to flee across the border to neighboring Sudan. Please be in prayer…

It is with sadness that we pray this week for the Hatches and their extended family after the passing of Josephine’s father, John Gitonga, in Nairobi, Kenya. Mr Gitonga caught pneumonia and passed shortly after in hospital on November 11. Adding to the sadness and difficulty of this situation has been Josephine’s inability to travel…

On November 10, members of Redeemer had a Zoom call with the Mission to the World (MTW) team in Japan. We heard from missionaries and church members in Japan about the blessing that the Odates have been to the church as they seek to church plant. The church in Japan has been especially thankful for…

Back in September Redeemer was visited by Joshua Tsavatewa, the Assistant Pastor of Hope Fellowship Church, a PCA mission church located on the Yakama Reservation in Washington state. Joshua shared with us about both the need and the fruit of the church as it seeks to minister and witness to the Yakama community. Of particular…

This week we are praying for Emily, who is in her second year of the RUF internship program at Kansas State University. Though the challenges of the current pandemic have brought various changes to how RUF is seeking to minister to students, the Lord has allowed for RUF to continue meeting in person in various…

Please continue to remember Fee and Kelly in your prayers as they minister to the international students of SMU. It has been a busy month of running RUFI’s Global Café, a time for international students to come together to eat and listen to the gospel. Though the Café has been happening over Zoom, this has…

As Ellie continues to support the work of church planting in Tokyo, she has been using her skills in music and translation to experiment with an online music ministry during quarantine. Please be in prayer for this ministry, that it would reach and encourage many as Ellie uses these songs to point people towards Christ.…

Since May we have been praying for Meg’s father Takashi-san following news of his declining health as a result of Microscopic Polyangiitis. Sadly, following a continued decline in his condition, Takashi-san passed away this past week. Please join with us in praying for Meg and the family at this difficult time. In particular, remember Meg…

This week we are praying for the Odates as they continue to minister in Japan and prepare to church plant. Though COVID-19 has caused various disruptions to ministry, O-Chan has been able to continue discipling several young men remotely – Please pray that this ministry of discipleship would continue to bear fruit. Despite the disruptions…