(ben-GAH-lee) – Irene, a local harvest worker, has had multiple ongoing trainings with leaders from Muslim backgrounds. Some of the leaders need to travel some distance for the trainings, and costs add up. All these leaders expect a subsidy to serve in the ministry. Irene shared a teaching recently on the importance of offering generously from the heart. Following the teaching, the leaders practiced giving, and some gave. At the next meeting, she again asked them to collect an offering to help with expenses, such as travel expenses for those coming from a distance, but they did not agree to it. Pray that God will change their hearts about expecting/demanding a subsidy for serving. Pray that they will start to look beyond their own financial needs to serve and, instead, work on equipping each member of their fellowships to serve so that workers will multiply and the work will no longer be dependent on them.