(pri-TOR-ee-uh) – “Although our family is currently in the United States on stateside assignment,” writes missionary Sky Scott, “and the yellow leaves here at the missionary house are falling as quickly as the temperatures, my mind and heart are preoccupied with thoughts of South Africa, where summer in the Southern Hemisphere is in full bloom and the rains have begun! In my mind’s eye, I can see my neighbors and friends planting their seeds. The ground is soft and welcoming of seeds that will bring food and seeds that will bring beauty. And I think of people’s hearts. There are many in Pretoria with hard, unwelcoming hearts. Please join me in praying Ephesians 4:17-18 (ESV): ‘Holy Spirit, may You insist in the lives of Pretorian believers that they no longer live as the lost do, in the futility of their thinking. Jesus, we ask for more light for those who do believe and for “first light” for those who “are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.” Be the Softener of Heart Soil, Lord Jesus. Be the Bringer of Knowledge that leads to salvation and life in God!'”