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Missions Prayer Requests

Missions & Outreach Contacts

Celeste McDonough
Minister & Team Leader,
Mercy & Missions

cmcdonough@calvarygr.org

Larry Milks
Minister & Director of Missions
lmilks@calvarygr.org

Vida Wilson
Associate Director, Mercy & Outreach
vwilson@calvarygr.org

Jennifer Engels
Ministry Assistant, Mercy & Missions 
jengels@calvarygr.org

Requests Received in January 2025

Africa

Dave & Laura

Pray as Dave keeps the planes in shape to fly where there are no roads.

Laura helps at the school

Jeremy & Joy-Secure

Asking God for the provision of a house in a good neighborhood with reasonable proximity to the locals that can serve as their family home for years to come

A smooth school transition for the kids mid-school year

Form more relationships and get into 2 new nomad camps in addition to the 2 camps where they are already building relationships

Begin sharing chronological Bible stories with ten people

Mobilize one or more local believers to partner with their work among the locals

Mobilize one or more long-term cross-cultural workers to join their ministry team

Asia

Tom & Jan- SECURE
Pray for the new believer being baptized, and a few others who are asking about salvation

Having recently gained some new workers for outreach, they are now doing 3-4 outreach tours a month

The more outreaches, the more needed funds. Pray the Lord provides

Many health challenges in their family need prayer

 

Sal & Rawan- SECURE

Pray as they continue with wheelchair ministry, micro-businesses, humanitarian aid, and preaching the gospel

The needs are huge, but the people need to see Jesus in God’s people

Europe

Jamie & Annika- Europe

Asking God to prepare the way for them to minister in Spain to the Basque people

Pray for Annika’s language learning

Pray for them as new parents

Peter & Raquel- Europe

Peter is in charge of IT for a large region with their organization

Pray for them as new parents doing ministry and starting a family

Sean & Liz- Greece

For their residency process to continue to move forward as we still haven’t heard from the government about our status

For a couple really great relationships to see Jesus’ love through them

For the start of this next ministry season. Many plans.

For more Greeks to come to their church plant and to know the LOVE of God

For growing ministry aspirations for Sean – in the praying and very initial planning stages for a possible new project

The Americas

Marv & Dawn- Refugees

Arrived safely Sunday evening around 9pm. All luggage arrived too!

Monday was a settle in day as the local population celebrated Epiphany and everything was closed

They welcomed two short term volunteers, from Australia and the UK

Back to work with Jesus in the lives of the refugees and the locals around us Your prayers for daily strength and safety are so much appreciated

Jon & Kris- SECURE

Pray that God will bless their efforts in language learning

Pray for the NB church as they distribute blankets. May the people receive the fragrance of Christ

Pray for those which they encounter in MI to come to a full faith

Global

Bruce & Debbie- Crossover Global

His knee is healing well. He’s able to ride a stationary bike 5-7 miles a day.

They are moving their operations to Florida for January and February.

Meetings will be on Zoom .

January 18-24, he returns for a week of in-person meetings and a ordination council

Car issues

Wisdom in his mentoring.

Debbie’s foot is hurting as is her knee, and he still not 100% since from the flu.

Dave & Sonja- SECURE

A new daughter-in-law, and second grandchild, a dental school graduation, and the passing of Dave’s mom were some of their highlights for 2024

Sonja continues to homeschool their youngest, which she asks prayer for.

Dave continues to travel all over the world helping with start-ups to lift people out of poverty, among many other things

Community

Anna- CEF

Pray for new CEF! clubs starting for the New Year

Pray for the children that accept Christ at these clubs in the schools to grow in their faith