International.
Central America

Phil and Laura are prayerfully considering changing ministry locations to an area with more need. In April, they visited some of their friends in one region, and in May, they visited another. After praying about these possibilities, Phil and Laura have decided that they are moving to one of the regions with their friends to work among a people who are among the largest unreached people groups in Latin America. They will be joining a wonderful team of like-minded workers. The team has recently planted a church with 50 baptized believers, and now they are launching out into a new area. They will be joining a couple to begin a new work about 2.5 hours away from the new church plant. 

Phil and Laura have continued to visit their previous location several times per week. Local believers, Brian and Beth, continue to study God's Word. Before they left for a stateside assignment in June 2024, Phil and Laura left Brian and Beth an audio Bible. They have listened to the entire Bible and are now working through it a second time. They also pray together every night.

  • Pray for the village of Brian and Beth to turn to Christ.
  • Pray for the work in the new region to grow well and be filled with unity.
  • Pray for Phil and Laura’s marriage to be strengthened.
North America.
Dan and Rebecca Maketansky // Holland, MA

Dan has been the Lead Preaching Pastor at Holland Church for seven years. The church continues to experience unity, fellowship, and love for the Lord throughout the body. People are eager to serve, and Sunday morning gatherings are full of joy-filled worship. Praise God! 

Multiple parents in the church are still grieving over children who have strayed deeply into sin. There are also many significant health concerns among members of the church, especially among elderly people. 

Praise the Lord that many new people are coming to the church. Two ways the new people could be involved are through a weekly women’s Bible study, which is a great time of fellowship and study. And for men, in the coming months, is the annual men’s retreat designed to build fellowship through outdoor activities and be a time of good teaching and discipleship. 

  • Pray for continued unity, love, and worship among the body of Christ.
  • Pray for the grieving parents and that their children would repent and return to the Lord.
  • Pray that these events would be a great time of fellowship and growing in love for God, and that more would attend.
Kentuckiana.
Refuge International

Refuge believes that God has given His Great Commission to local churches. Recognizing that refugees often flee tragic and dangerous circumstances in their home countries, Refuge International exists to help local churches love these dear people who now live among us and to point them to the only One who can bring true and eternal healing: Jesus Christ. Visit refugeintl.org to learn more.

  • Pray for the ongoing English classes, reading clubs, Bible clubs, and fellowship times to bear fruit and that God would save people from among the refugee population in Louisville.
  • There is no shortage of opportunities for church members in Louisville to serve refugee families as they adjust to living in a new land and culture. Pray that God would raise up many Christians to help them and point them to Christ. 
  • Praise God for numerous partnering churches in Louisville who have begun new ESL ministries to meet one of the greatest needs for immigrants: learning English.
Unreached.
Gayo of Indonesia

Location:

Aceh

Population:

3,731,000

Ev. Christian:

<1%

Main Language:

Gayo

Spiritual Beliefs:

94% Islam

Bible in Heart Language:

No

The Gayo live in the isolated central mountains of the Aceh province on the island of Sumatra. Their homeland lies in the Bukit Barisan Range, which has elevations of over 12,000 feet and extends more than one thousand miles.

  • Pray that God would use believers within the greater region to share the gospel with their neighbors. 
  • Praise God that a few Gayo have believed in Christ in recent years.
  • Pray that God would establish healthy local churches among the Gayo people.