(AWK-land) - Please pray for Kristy, a Chinese Ph.D. student who will be returning home in January. Pray that the gospel seeds that have been planted will bear fruit that will last.

Pray for those who are training leaders as they seek to develop and utilize teaching methods that are effective and suitable to the culture, academic level, and learning styles of their students.

Rajkumar first learned about the gospel as something that would only ever give him worldly wealth, health, and happiness. Since receiving a "True Gospel" training, Rajkumar and his church have recognized the false gospels they were following. Pray for Rajkumar and others like him to take what he's learned and pass it on to others, and pray that more churches in megacities will be open to these "True Gospel" trainings.

(SHE-uh) - "By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers" (1 John 3:16 ESV). A church has a vision to make Jesus known to the lost around them! The elders are studying the Book of Ephesians and seeking to obey what it says. They want to better love one another and serve those in the lost community so that others will see the impact Christ makes in a changed life. There are two who have an interest in learning more about the hope Jesus can bring. Pray that the elders of this church will "cast a vision" for reaching more people like these two who are questioning what they believe in. Ask that the lost around this church will see the deep love that the body of Christ has for one another. Pray that these seekers will believe in Jesus as the true way of salvation and will be people whom God uses to impact the darkness around them.

(mon-GOHL-yun) - Because of the decorations, anyone visiting Mongolia during December might think that Christmas is celebrated as a national holiday in this traditionally shamanist, Tibetan Buddhist, and atheistic country. "Merry Christmas" banners abound, but very few Mongolian people know the meaning of these words, and Christmas is not a national holiday. Some traditions that usually surround the Christmas holidays were brought from Russia during the 70-year Soviet reign, which ended in 1989. So as not to put an emphasis on religion, Christmas was celebrated as a New Year's tradition. There are trees, gifts, Old Man Winter, and even a star on the top of their New Year's trees. In the last 34 years, since the gospel has been openly proclaimed, approximately 40,000 Mongolian believers (out of the 3.3 million population) look forward to using this opportunity of celebration to share the real meaning of Christmas. Ask God to direct seekers to gatherings where believers are celebrating Jesus' birth, and ask that the gospel shared through the Christmas story will be boldly proclaimed. Ask that many will experience new birth through a relationship with Jesus this Christmas season.