Passports issued 10 years ago in Turkmenistan are now expiring. Unlike other countries that renew passports in their consulates, the government requires its citizens to return to Turkmenistan to renew their passports. It's never guaranteed that a citizen will receive a new passport, so Turkmen living in Turkey return to their home country in fear that they won't be able to leave again. For one believer, Chelsea, this fear became a reality when she realized that she didn't have all the documents needed to leave her country. Now, her life has completely changed. Plans she had to serve the Lord in other countries have been wiped away. Chelsea is angry to be stuck in a place where she didn't want to live. Other believers just like Chelsea are also resentful in their hearts at the reality of being forced to continue living in Turkmenistan when they wanted to live in other places. Pray for Chelsea to see her circumstances as from the Lord. Pray that she, and the other believers like her, will see that being forced to live in Turkmenistan is an opportunity to bring Light into the darkness. Ask that Chelsea's faith will grow in this situation.

September 17 is the Korean holiday, Chuseok [choo-suhk]. In English, it's often referred to as Korean Thanksgiving. This is considered one of the most important holidays in Korea. Following the Lunar calendar, the holiday can be in September or October. Three days are given for the national holiday, the day before and the day after the celebration in order for Koreans to travel to and from their hometowns. The primary reason for many families gathering is to thank their ancestors through ancestral worship. Specific foods are eaten for the occasion, and gift-giving to family members and others is also practiced. Please pray for Christians who are members of families that are not Christian. It would be considered disrespectful for them to not participate in honoring their ancestors through worship and other activities. Consequently, this is very stressful for a sincere believer in an unbelieving family. Please pray for God's wisdom and guidance for believers in this situation to speak truth gracefully so they can honor God and be His ambassador.

Please pray for the safety of workers and their national partners as demonstrations that began in late June continue in Kenya. Demonstrations are often followed by rioting and looting. Pray that the workers and their national partners will continue faithfully sharing Christ's love in the midst of this challenging time.

The Vettalaikarans are a Muslim unengaged, unreached people group living primarily in Pondicherry, India, but also extending into the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. They number about 12,500, and their name comes from their traditional occupation of growing, selling, and rolling betel (pepper plant) leaves. In addition to this, many of them are involved today in small businesses such as retail shops, grocery shops, bicycle delivery and transportation services, as well as working in government service. Please pray that as the Vettalaikarans interact with people in their shops, they will encounter someone who is burdened for their salvation. May they befriend believers who have a desire to share the truth of Jesus Christ with them. Pray that they will see that if they turn to Jesus, He will heal their blind eyes and soften their hard hearts so they can both see and understand truth (John 12:40).

(pri-TOR-ee-uh) - "We praise You, Lord Jesus, for sending 11 students from Oklahoma Baptist University to Pretoria in July. The OBU team spent one day in a Muslim area of the city, where we prayerwalked and had a traditional meal with Muslim refugees. Lord, please work in the hearts of the people we met that day. Show them that You are Jesus, the true God. The second day found us in a big public park where we looked for God-prepared people. Two of the students met a woman who said that she'd had a dream the night before that two white women were walking through a big open space, coming to tell her something important. Wow! The OBU students shared the way to salvation with the woman, her daughter, and a friend. The daughter gave her life to Jesus, and the two women want to meet again. Please ask the Spirit to water the seed that has been planted. On the last day, the OBU students spent time at the University of Pretoria, speaking to students about life in Jesus. Pray for university students in Pretoria to find life in Christ. For all that You have done and are going to do, we thank You!"

(KAHN-kin) - Pray for open doors of faith to the lost in every district on the Konkan Coast: Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, North Goa, and South Goa. Pray for the provision of more local friends who love Jesus and want to do ministry together. Ask God to guide believers to people whom He has been preparing to hear the good news.

Jabir and Racha are a brother and sister who have grown up between two cultures--that of their traditional North African family and that of the postmodern European city where they live. They and their parents spent the summer in their home country and recently returned to Europe for the school year. Now in elementary school, they are beginning to notice the differences between the beliefs of their classmates and those of their family. However, they also have some believing friends in their lives. Pray that these children will ask questions as they grow and that they will desire to learn why their believing friends are different from both cultures they have experienced. Ask the Father to reveal Himself clearly to them and to their parents, and pray for more opportunities for believers to speak into their lives.

(kahm-PAH-lah) - "The East African country of Uganda is the second-youngest nation in the world, with a median age of 15.7 years. With so many young people, it is of the utmost importance that we reach this generation for Christ," writes the Kampala Urban Team. "The capital city of Kampala is filled with high schools and universities that are lacking on-campus ministries or churches that are strategically engaging this population. Please pray that God will raise up Ugandan churches to meet this need. Pray also for a single or a couple to accept the call to serve as Kampala's student missions strategist."

In areas of large-scale construction and infrastructure projects, camps are built to house the workers as these projects are often not near a town or easy transportation. In three influential countries in the Middle East, the number of these labor camps is increasing along with the number of projects. Chinese workers leave their country to gain employment, or they may be sent by their construction company to supervise various facets of the project. Please pray for open doors for ministry to Chinese workers as well as workers from other countries. Colossians 4:3 (ESV). "At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison."

As new teammates in one location settle in and begin to grow in their language skills, they will be given more responsibility to steward relationships and current works. Please pray for their God-given capacity for faith and boldness to be stretched. Pray for them to experience the grace to rebound when things don't go as planned and the supernatural power to see lives transformed by the simplest obedience to God's Word.