2023 11 Nexus Mission Prayer Letter

2023 11 Nexus Mission Prayer Letter

Special Prayer Request:

  • The supplies in the 40-foot container have been delivered to Tree City, but there are still problems with local customs clearance. Please pray that the Lord will open a way for us to solve this problem.
  • There is a war going on in the southern part of Tree City and its neighboring country. Pray for the safety of Tree City and for the war to end soon.
  • Pray for Olivia, a Hong Kong co-worker of Nexus Mission: She has been a volunteer at Nexus for many years. In 2019, she joined Nexus and became a full-time co-worker in response to Heavenly Father’s unfailing love. In October this year, the doctor informed her that she had stage 4 lung cancer. Pray that the cancer cells in her body will completely disappear.

Southeast Asia – Coconut City

Grace Center Child

Thai Sister Chaw Chaw and Hong Kong Sister Winnie

Personal & Family

  • My (Winnie’s) wrist is still weak, pray it returns quickly to normal.
  • Pray for Chaw Chaw’s feet, that she will soon be able to walk normally.

Ministry: Grace Center

  • Grace Center’s children have started a new semester. Pray God gives them wisdom in their studies and good health.
  • May the Lord protect our kids and open the way for the refugee kids among them to obtain local ID’s.
  • Pray for the ministry of the foundation: may God prepare the way ahead, give wisdom to every co-worker to work in unity and be used by the Lord.

Southeast Asia – Banana City, Lychee City

Lychee City Children

Brother Tai & Sister Ling

Personal & Family

  • I (Brother Tai) have been in Banana City for a while living with brothers and sisters in the mountains. May God keep us safe.
  • My wife and three children are in my hometown. May God keep them safe and healthy.

Ministry

  • Lychee City: The war has intensified and government war planes have been bombing every day. They have killed 19 of the orphanage’s children and more than 430 brothers and sisters in the refugee camp. May God comfort the families, heal the injured and surviving brothers and sisters, and bring the war to an end!
  • Lychee City: The war has caused commodity prices to skyrocket. Refugee camps and orphanages are in urgent need of food. May God provide those who have survived with all they need and give them hope and confidence.
  • Banana City: Together with 105 brothers and sisters in the mountains, I built nine wooden houses. Their lives are extremely difficult. They survive by hunting and by collecting honey and selling it. May God provide land for them to grow grains and vegetables, as well as warm clothes and quilts for winter. May He strengthen everyone’s faith.

Southeast Asia – Chili City

You Fu Center Child

Zane & Nancy

Personal & Family

  • I (Zane) have pain from water on the knee, Nancy has strained her left hamstring, and we both have colds. May God heal us and give us faith and strength.

Ministry: YouFu Center

  • Many children in YouFu Center have fever, cough, and pinkeye. May God have mercy on them and heal them.
  • Pray that new believers can know and experience God and have a real relationship with Him.
  • May God prepare the places and provisions for Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations, and may He lead the people He wants there to come.

South Asia – Friendship Country/Middle East – Ruby City

Village visitation

Giles & Joan Family

Personal & Family

  • Pray that my wife and I can keep serving fervently in Ruby City through our hospitality ministry.
  • Pray God will give our younger son a wife, a suitable companion to walk this Heavenly Road.

Ministry: Ruby City

  • Pray for the families and college students we serve locally to obey God’s will. Pray the Lord blesses us to be good fishers of men in the local area.
  • Pray the Lord gives us wisdom about whether we should start a second local ministry, and if so that He will provide everything we need.

Ministry: Friendship Country

  • Pray for our monthly training of Q city college students to go smoothly.
  • Pray for people in the villages we have visited, that their hearts will be drawn by God’s Word to receive the Gospel.

South Asia – Water City

Water City Women

Lewis & Lucy

Personal & Family

  • Pray for my (Lewis’s) health, emotional stability, and strength to face stress.
  • Pray for the safety of our whole family. (Because in our local elections, the two main parties and many other parties conduct demonstrations which often become violent).
  • May God prepare a suitable home for us. We can find a house near our daughters’ school in November.
  • Pray that our daughters will receive the Lord’s favor in school.

Ministry

  • Pray for our local co-workers serving in the countryside, that they can win more people to God.
  • Pray for the weekly women’s fellowship and family visits in the slums, that God’s love will be revealed.
  • Pray we have more revelation from God’s Word that we can share with our three local co-workers.

Alex & Ruth

Personal & Family

  • I (Alex) contracted dengue fever again and I am very weak (I already had dengue fever two or three times in the past year). Please pray for my and my family’s health.

Ministry

  • Water City is facing the worst dengue fever epidemic in history. Please pray for this place.
  • Water City is holding general elections in November. Now there are lockdowns and demonstrations in different cities every day and many violent conflicts. The struggles between the different parties have made people’s lives in Water City difficult, increasing prices. Pray for peace for the people here.

Jeremy & Iris

Personal & Family

  • Pray for my (Jeremy’s) studies..
  • Possibly due to the weather, recently our children have constantly been sick with fever; pray for their speedy recovery.

Ministry

  • May God guide me as I prepare to return to serve in Water City.

Norman & Linda

Personal & Family

  • Pray that I (Norman) can find suitable work.
  • Pray for our children’s studies: may God give them wisdom, intelligence, and ability to learn.

Ministry

  • Pray that all the documents we are applying for will be granted smoothly.

Africa – Mineral City

Mineral City Child

Duke & Sandy

Personal & Family

  • Pray for our safety.
  • Pray for the safety and health of our family and parents in China.

Ministry

  • Pray that preparations for Christmas will go smoothly and that more people will hear the Good News.

Levant – Olive City

House of Hope Students

Samson & Ava

Personal & Family

  • Pray that we can find out why our eldest child has become reluctant to go to school. May God help her return to a normal life.
  • May God protect our family from disease and the attacks of the evil one.
  • Pray that we will keep hearing God’s voice and obeying Him.

Ministry: House of Hope

  • Education Ministry: Pray that students’ lives will be changed as they learn, and that teachers will unite so that our education ministry continues to improve.
  • Women’s Ministry: Pray that the women experience God’s love every day and that they will be able to share the Good News with their families.
  • Home Visitation Teams: Pray for wisdom and the Holy Spirit’s guidance during our home visits.
  • Pray that the Hope House team will have wisdom in distributing relief supplies from the container to those in need, and that those receiving the supplies will also receive God’s love.

Levant – Tree City/Olive City

Nexus Center Students

Ministry: Tree City – Nexus Center

  • Youth Ministry: Pray for students to experience God and have their lives changed.
  • Church: Pray for more people to come to church.
  • Pray God leads and empowers our team.

Ministry: Olive City – Nexus Olive City Center

Nexus Olive City Center Students
  • Youth Ministry: Pray for students to understand God’s Word and do His will.
  • Women’s Ministry: Pray that the women experience God’s love every day and are a light to their families and communities.
  • Pray for more mission-hearted Christians to visit Nexus Olive City Center to encourage the local team.

Joe & Ginna

Introduction: After about four years of training and exploring the field of missions, we arrived in Tree City in October of this year to serve with our two daughters, one 5 years old and one 3 months. Although there is now the sound of war in the South with the neighboring country, we believe we are more needed to serve in the darkest of times. So we have come to Tree City firm in our faith, willing to walk in His will.

Personal & Family

  • Pray for our two children’s health, and that they adapt and adjust well to the local environment.
  • Pray for us to have a stable family worship time and that my wife and I (Joe) maintain good communication and have His wisdom to grow along with our children, according to His will.
  • Pray for us to find suitable living quarters.

Ministry

  • As we are new to this field and culture, pray that we can be humble learners and observers.
  • Pray that God prepares suitable language teachers for us and that we can establish good relationships with them.
  • Pray we can learn humbly and well from experienced, wise local people and establish good communication and relationships with them.

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