Prayer Points for the Sorani Kurds

• Pray that "Paul" would receive a visa in order for him to stay in his country of residence one more year. If he is refused, he must return immediately to Iraq.
• Pray that the Lord would bless his work with organizing churches internationally to be praying on behalf of the Kurds.
• Pray also that God would be raising up more "Pauls" within Kurdistan.
• Pray for the establishment of God's powerful Word in the lives of Sorani Kurds.
• Pray that the establishment of God's Word would convict each of them of their need for a savior.

Would you pray for Muslims?

Prior to the war in Iraq, more than half of all Iraqis depended on humanitarian aid for food. Now shops had food and goods, but few Iraqis had money to buy anything. One of the most destitute groups is the Marsh Arabs, a minority group of Shiite Muslims. Prayer requests for a variety of needs among Muslims are updated weekly online.

• Pray daily for peoples of the world at Compassion Net.

Stories from the Field

Iraqi and Kurdish stories

• Sorani Muslim Children learn reading with the Bible
• A Divine Appointment for Iraqi Kurdish refugees     
• Just Love Them 
• Women Deceived
• Shamiram: Satan's Village
• Wolves at the Door

Stories from around the world

• A Heart for Kenya
• A Father Comes to the Father in Japan
• God always Provides in China
• Almost 200 Saved in Zambia
• Photos from the Zambia Biking Teams #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6

Mission Projects

College/Seminary Projects:		Youth projects:
Carnival Plus! (project #67079) Spend a week in Paris doing diverse activities like carnival games, prayerwalking, flyer distribution, pick-up sports or helping Middle school students with English.  Read more.		International World Changers Quito, Ecuador June 26-July 3; July 3-10 More info at www.thetask.org/youth
Survey Team! (project #67140) French speaking college students are needed in Paris to interact with people groups from the North Africa & Middle East region living there.  Read more.		International World Changers Athens, Greece June 19-26 More info at www.thetask.org/youth
Semester Refugee/Immigration Team! (project #62940) Come prayerwalk, distribute Scripture, teach ESL and more in Berlin.  Read more.		International World Changers Penang, Malaysia June 26-July 10, July 3-17 More info at www.thetask.org/youth
Pick-up Sports Team (project #67099) Come spend a week playing soccer or basketball and share your faith with your new found friends.  Read more.		International World Changers Moscow, Russia More info at www.thetask.org/youth

More College/Seminary Projects    More Youth Projects

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Your Stories Needed!

Your story of how God reveals Himself and works in your life can encourage other students in their faith journies.

E-mail Felicity with answers to these questions using stories from your life:

• God has shown me without a doubt that He loves me by/through . . .
• Jesus' resurrection proves God's loves me because . . .
• The church has reflected God's love to me by . . .
• The fact that Jesus will return demonstrates God's love for me because . . .

Persecuted Church

"Adam"* is a young Christian in rural India. In his Hindu village, people were antagonistic to the gospel. One day Adam's older brother and wife became the first believers in the village. Although Adam was not willing to follow, he observed the changed lives of his brother and sister-in-law. They began to share the gospel with other villagers, but no one would listen to them. Then the beatings began. Every time the Hindus beat Adam's brother, someone in the crowd became a believer. Eventually, Adam himself believed in Christ and began suffering the same persecution as his brother. One day the villagers surrounded Adam, his brother and the small group of new Christians. In rage they had prepared a huge pot of boiling water and were preparing to cook the Christians alive. Then one of the Hindus calmed the mob and said, "If we do this even more will become Christians," so they agreed to just beat the believers. As a result, others were added to the family of Christ. They now have a church of more than 35 families in that village.

*Not his real name.

Two factors common to most church-planting movements are 1) a passion and fearlessness and 2) a price to pay to become a Christian. Read about all 10 common factors.

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Bible Study : Pawpaw Knows Best

By Wendy Owens

Pawpaw had always been the one person my family looked to for strength and wisdom, especially in tough times.  Now Pawpaw was the one who needed strength and I wasn't sure I had enough to give him.  Read more about Pawpaw's predicament.