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Daily Prayer Guide
May 2019
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become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are
being built together to become a dwelling in which God Our daily prayer requests can also be found on our website: multiply.net
lives by his Spirit.
Ephesians 2:21-22 To ensure their safety, we are using the initials of long–term workers serving in
restricted areas. Also, the names of their contacts in country are routinely changed.
Please pray for their protection. Ask the Lord of the harvest to continue to show
them favor as he works through them to transform communities among the least
reached.
formerly MB Mission
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May 1 - 4 May 5 - 11
WEDNESDAY (1): JEN SCHMIDT MEXICO SUNDAY (5): MAXYM & ANYA OLIFEROVSKI UKRAINE
“May is a full month. Our HADIME students will spend three weeks “Praise God for continued freedom in Ukraine to share about Jesus. People
experiencing new cultures in different indigenous communities here in Mexico. are open to listen, especially during the Easter season. Please pray for the
Pray that God will continue to raise up workers for the nations through this New Hope Center ministry to youth at risk and families in crisis. Pray for us as
experience. We will also be hosting ICOMB meetings at the Matthew Training we help parents and children to restore relationships with one another and to
Center at the end of the month. Pray that this would be a special time together know God’s love for them.”
with the local conference churches!” From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting
They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest… ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
- Psalm 107:37 – Ephesians 4:16
THURSDAY (2): TYLER & CHERYL SCHULZ BURUNDI MONDAY (6): G & G RESTRICTED
Praise God for these workers who have now finished their time of service with This couple is now ending their full-time service with Multiply, where for many
Multiply in Burundi. Continue to pray for them during this time of transition, years they have been champions of a peaceable witness among Muslims in
and for the vision and work of Harvest Initiatives to see Burundi transformed South Asia and around the world. Pray for them, and for the students that they
through training, teaching, discipleship and church planting. have greatly influenced, during this time of transition.
May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the
– Psalm 33:22 faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Guard the good treasure entrusted to
you with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. - 2 Timothy 1:13-14
FRIDAY (3): CECIL & TRACY RAMOS THAILAND
“In May we will continue to focus on evangelism and discipleship in our TUESDAY (7): ALAN & COLLEEN FOSTER PANAMA
community. We seek to love and serve our community and to equip our “We thank God for safety and provision throughout a busy dry season. We
brothers and sisters, and so we will be offering a seminar to equip them in praise him for continuing to grow our team and relationships with brothers
understanding and interpreting God’s Word more effectively.” and sisters who seek and submit to his will and calling. Please pray for
clarity and integrity for our team, for discernment that leads to physical
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged
and emotional health, and for transparency and vulnerability that will build
sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it
deeper relationships.”
judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. - Hebrews 4:12
And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus,
SATURDAY (4): PK RESTRICTED giving thanks through him to God the Father. - Colossians 3:17
“Please pray for me. I was in a car accident and my wife C was killed.” PK
and other leaders who were in the accident in March were released from the WEDNESDAY (8): JON & BONNIE ESAU THAILAND
hospital with minor injuries. Praise God for the loving and godly example that “We have had the most incredible TREK team serving alongside us since
C set, and for the hope that we have in the resurrection. Pray for this season of November and we will say a very hard goodbye to them at the end of this
loss in the life of PK and the team. month. Praise God for the many ways he worked in and through Florian, Tanja,
Lea and Alanna. Please pray for God’s guidance, wisdom and peace over
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor
them as they re-enter into their lives in Canada and Germany, and that he will
demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height
continue to use them in big ways to advance the gospel in their spheres of
nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from
influence.”
the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. – Romans 8:38-39
2 3
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Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as For judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.
faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. - 1 Peter 4:10 – Psalm 94:15
THURSDAY (9): K & K AUSTRIA MONDAY (13): JUNJI & HITOMI NUKAGA THAILAND
“Praise God for the two men baptized in December, and pray that their Please pray for this couple, serving among the Thai and Khmu peoples
wives would encounter Jesus and be freed from their fear of leaving Islam. of Southeast Asia in the areas of church planting, leadership training and
Pray for a family member of one of our friends here – a widow and her young community development. Junji and his wife are based at the Changed Life
child, fearing for their lives in the Middle East. She has begged us to pray to Center in Thailand, where future leaders are being trained and equipped to
Jesus on her behalf. Praise God that our friend Z was able to move into an reach out to tribal groups.
apartment with her children and their father. Pray they would grow together in The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns,
a healthy relationship, with Jesus as the center.” where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy. – Psalm 65:8
When I called, you answered me; you greatly emboldened me. – Psalm 138:3
TUESDAY (14): WALTER & INA REIMER GERMANY
FRIDAY (10): EINER & GIRLESA ZULUAGA PANAMA Pray for this couple, living on mission in one of the most densely-populated
“We are finishing the first stage of discipleship training with fifteen indigenous and multi-cultural areas in Germany. Pray for their community outreach and
participants, and it has been a challenge. They are from different language ongoing work with refugees in their region.
groups, all with a background in animism and witchcraft. Praise God for Ruth, He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all
who was set free from demonic oppression. Pray for Brairon and Ashley, who wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. To this end
are struggling to embrace the gospel in light of their ancestral beliefs. Pray for I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.
health and strength and wisdom for our team.” – Colossians 1:28-29
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can
they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear WEDNESDAY (15): A & R RESTRICTED
without someone preaching to them? – Romans 10:14
“We are thankful for new believers who were baptized recently. Please pray for H &
M in their new faith. We will be coming back to North America this summer to visit
SATURDAY (11): TRAVIS JOST BURUNDI friends, family and supporting churches. Pray for all the logistics to fall into place.”
Travis is serving as a FOCUS apprentice on a team that is partnering with Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a
a network of established churches in Burundi. Ministry initiatives include harvest if we do not give up. – Galatians 6:9
a school, medical clinic, church plants, discipleship groups and a pastor’s
network. Travis is currently learning the language and culture as he explores
opportunities for service.
THURSDAY (16): BARBARA BLOCK INDIA
“May is the end of a school year at Kodaikanal International School. There are a
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give
lot of senior class events, and a lot of work for staff and students as the semester
his life as a ransom for many. – Mark 10:45
winds up. Pray for calm minds, good energy, focus and balance in work and
rest. Pray for Christian senior students who will be leading a worship service, with
May 12 - 18 testimonies and prayer. Pray for this to witness to their peers. This month I end
my time with Multiply, having reached the age of retirement at the school here. I
SUNDAY (12): HEINRICH & ANNIE REMPEL GERMANY thank you for your support, and ask for your continued prayers.”
Pray for Heinrich in his role as the Director of Operations in the European office, Do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart
and his ongoing work in project development, administration and assistance in as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after
the areas of training and mobilizing local churches for world mission. them. – Deuteronomy 4:9b
4 5
3STANDING IN LINE CLOGGED PIPES
PORTUGAL CENTRAL ASIA
By A&R
By Joanna Pharazyn
In November, with cold weather approaching, we realized that the radiators
I passed! Praise God, I thought to myself, I finally passed my driver’s exam in of our new house needed servicing. They hadn’t been touched in many years,
Portugal. Then the examiner informed me that I had to go to the transportation and the initial cleaning resulted in weeks of inconvenience. The cleaning
office, yet again, and get my photo taken. I thought this was strange, as they had loosened so much dirt, rocks, bits of ash and metal that the pipes would clog
already taken my photo once before, but he assured me that there was no photo up and require a visit from repair men to break up the blockages. Every day or
in his files. two the heat would stop working, including our hot water. Each time the men
would take between six and eight hours to clean all the pipes. Then the whole
I awoke early the next morning and took the process would start all over again.
metro downtown. Even though I arrived one
and a half hours before the office opened, Around this same time, we had just applied for A’s work visa. The visa was
there was already a long line of people waiting. taking a long time, and A had a sense that what was going on with our heaters
It was a cold morning and I found myself was a picture of what was going on in the spiritual realm with his visa. There
dancing in place, just to keep warm. were unexplained blockages on both
While I waited, a conversation was struck up
ends. One week, after days of workers We finally got the heat
making a lot of mess - including one
between myself and an elderly Vietnamese night of pouring dirt out onto our working. What happened
man beside me. One thing led to another, and bathroom floors until almost 1 AM -
he started to explain his belief system and his experience with the church here in next made the long wait
we finally got the heat working. What
Portugal. For him, it was about just being a good person, and death was the end. happened next made the long wait worthwhile.
Out of love I shared the Gospel with him, and encouraged him to see for himself if worthwhile.
the Jesus of the Bible was truly God.
One of the repairmen who had come to our house repeatedly invited our family
The doors finally opened, and the line started moving. By this point my over to his home. We were the first foreigners ever invited to their house! He
bones were aching from the cold and I desperately wanted to get inside. The said that he and his wife invited us because he had seen that we were “grace-
Vietnamese man mentioned my difficulty with the cold to the Portuguese man in filled people”. We enjoyed a sense of peace with them that whole evening.
front of him, and this provoked yet another conversation. Our visit lasted well past bedtime for our kids, but even our littlest one, who is
The Portuguese man told me that he been brought up in the Catholic church, normally very shy with new people and places, was happy and right at home.
but had never experienced the intimate love of God. I told him that the love and Perhaps, we thought, we were meant to go through the short-term frustration
presence of Jesus had changed my life, and encouraged him to see for himself, of clogged pipes so that we could begin a friendship with this family who we
and to ask Jesus to speak to him. Amazed, the man responded that, indeed, he would otherwise never have met!
had nothing to lose. Then, within a day or two of our heater problems being resolved, our other
I finally got to the front of the line. The clerk entered my information and then blockage issue was dealt with as we received the news that A was approved
told me, dismissively, that there was already a photo of me in the system. Chilled for his one-year work visa! So often we look at a situation and wonder why we
to the bone, I began to walk away in frustration. Then it hit me - God sent me to are in it. Moments like these remind us that we are part of a bigger story that
stand in a line that I did not even need to be in, just so that two of his children the Father is writing, always working behind the scenes.
would hear about him. Oh Father, how incredible is your love!Daily Prayer Guide May 2019
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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JEN SCHMIDT TYLER & CHERYL CECIL & TRACY PK
SCHULZ RAMOS
MEXICO BURUNDI THAILAND RESTRICTED
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MAXYM & ANYA G & G ALAN & COLLEEN JON & BONNIE K & K EINER & GIRLESA TRAVIS JOST
OLIFEROVSKI FOSTER ESAU ZULUAGA
UKRAINE RESTRICTED PANAMA THAILAND AUSTRIA PANAMA BURUNDI
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HEINRICH & ANNIE JUNJI & HITOMI WALTER & INA A & R BARBARA BLOCK DORIS GOERTZ D & M
REMPEL NUKAGA REIMER
GERMANY THAILAND GERMANY RESTRICTED INDIA JAPAN AUSTRIA
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GEDAS & KRISTINA JEREMY & D & S KATIE MOUNT S&L JOHANN MT
DAILYDE ADRIENNE PENNER MATTHIES
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RICHARD & HAZEL R&MS SOMDY & CHANH TREVER & JOAN ALEX & CARLA JOHN ERVIN
FUNK JUSSE GODARD SUDERMAN
AUSTRIA RESTRICTED THAILAND MEXICO GERMANY WORLDWIDE
formerly MB MissionFRIDAY (17): DORIS GOERTZ JAPAN Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish
“In April new flyers advertising my English classes were distributed in the area one another with all wisdom. Colossians 3:16
near the church. Pray that God would use those flyers to bring the people he
has chosen, and that the new students would have open hearts to receive what TUESDAY (21): D & S RESTRICTED
is shared about Jesus during the Bible time at the end of each class. Praise Pray for this couple, based in North America, who resources emerging church
God for the good team of helpers that work with me in this ministry.” networks, justice organizations and the MB Conference in South Asia. They
Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in also serve to resource a number of church plants in and around a large refugee
him, rooted and built up in him, established in the faith as you were taught, camp in Southeast Africa, training missional leaders to see people transformed
and overflowing with thankfulness. - Colossians 2:6-7 holistically, living sustainably, and multiplying disciples.
May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands
SATURDAY (18): D & M AUSTRIA for us-- yes, establish the work of our hands. – Psalm 90:17
“A church from Central Canada came for a vision trip to Central Asia to build
relationships and expand God’s Kingdom. All those involved gained a deeper WEDNESDAY (22): KATIE MOUNT THAILAND
understanding of the Holy Spirit and were able to dream of possibilities for a Katie is serving in Thailand as a FOCUS apprentice, focusing on learning the
church-to-church partnership. D has been walking alongside G&N from North Thai language and culture. Pray for her work in the area of discipleship with the
America, who are currently being mobilized to join the team in Central Asia. team at the Abundant Life Home in Chonburi.
Pray for this family as they look into schooling options for their son, raise
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
support and prepare to launch.”
- Job 33:4
Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for
me… Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love THURSDAY (23): S & L RESTRICTED
from me! - Psalm 66:16, 20
“Pray for the family and community of a house church leader. He was recently
released from prison after questioning, but died suddenly. Pray for S as he
May 19 - 25 travels, and for struggles with his health and energy. Pray for L and the upcoming
Arabic women’s conference scheduled this July. Pray for our media team, which
SUNDAY (19): GEDAS & KRISTINA DAILYDE LITHUANIA is experiencing unwanted attention from authorities. Pray for the immigrant
Pray for this couple and their involvement with the church in Lithuania, which is welcome center in North America, as we navigate a time of transition.”
currently growing with an increasing number of first-generation Christians. As And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called
they seek to minister in teaching, prayer and ministry of the Bible, pray for them you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and
to overcome the distrust and resistance often shown to new religious groups. establish you. – 1 Peter 5:10
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you
received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” – Romans 8:15 FRIDAY (24): JOHANN MATTHIES GERMANY
Continue to pray for Johann in his role as the director of European mission
MONDAY (20): JEREMY & ADRIENNE PENNER THAILAND development. Pray that God will give him wisdom and guidance to relate
“Praise God for the Bang Chalong church, full of believers who are excited to to churches in Europe, and to help nurture their mission and vision. Pray
share the hope of Jesus in the factories where they work. Pray for Kyaw Lin especially for his role in resourcing churches to respond to the ongoing refugee
and Ma Hnin as they continue to lead the church. Praise God for a huge group crisis in Germany.
from Thailand and a neighboring country who are doing discipleship training I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you
at Rhema Bible School. Pray that God would continue to give them fresh vision with my loving eye on you. – Psalm 32:8
for multiplication!”
6 7SATURDAY (25): MT RESTRICTED WEDNESDAY (29): TREVER & JOAN GODARD MEXICO
“Praise God for the work that he is doing in B’s life. We have known her since “Our HADIME students will spend three weeks in an indigenous village in
the beginning of our work here, but these last years she has been really thirsty the remote mountains in eastern Mexico. They will learn to live without
for God and his Word and very faithful in our home group! Pray that she will electricity, running water or technology, with the purpose of learning to live
soon have the courage to declare herself as a Christian!” an incarnational gospel among people who live in poverty and simplicity.
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he Please pray that their hearts will be attentive to what God wants them to be
that is in you, than he that is in the world. - 1 John 4:4 (KJV) and to see. The final days of May we host ICOMB participants for their annual
meetings, and praise God for this opportunity to welcome, meet and serve MB
leaders from all over the world.”
May 26 - 31 Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that
your labour in the Lord is not in vain. - 1 Corinthians 15:58b
SUNDAY (26): RICHARD & HAZEL FUNK AUSTRIA
“It is such a joy for us to be involved in mentoring and coaching relationships. It THURSDAY (30): ALEX & CARLA SUDERMAN GERMANY
has been so rewarding seeing the spiritual growth in individuals and then
having them move into mentoring relationships themselves. Pray for wisdom in “Our first few weeks here were a whirlwind, not without its challenges. However,
asking good questions, listening and responding well. We are also asking God our team partners, Benni and Franzi Hermann, have been superheroes. We
to continually give us opportunities to reach out to searching individuals and to are grateful for how well the kids are fitting into school here, and we have
disciple new believers.” also started formal German classes with about twenty other international
students. Pray for our family as we adjust to our new life in Dortmund. Pray for
We are confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on our spiritual life, that we would be rooted in our Father’s love for us. Pray that
to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. - Philippians 1:6 we would stay focused on Jesus and his mission, remaining dependent on the
Holy Spirit.”
MONDAY (27): R & M S RESTRICTED Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and
“Pray as we help to organize the March for Jesus in the capital city of this faithfulness go before you. - Psalm 89:14
region. R will be leading the music and sharing, in this very secular country
where public evangelism is not allowed. Pray for the many logistical and FRIDAY (31): JOHN ERVIN WORLDWIDE
technical details. Pray for those churches who have decided not to participate.
This may be the last time we do this event, if local churches do not support it.” “So many times last month both Geri and I felt that we were facing the
impossible. The sale of our buyer’s home, our farm home and finally the
But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head purchase of a home in town all happening simultaneously. On top of all that, we
high. - Psalm 3:3 were working on a video for Multiply with a deadline before the end of April.
But he is great and faithful! As I am writing this from my desk in our new home,
TUESDAY (28): SOMDY & CHANH JUSSE THAILAND I realize that he has done the impossible again. Pray for multiple workshops
“Pray for the Lao Hmong leadership training this month, and for participants this year: Malawi in June, Peru/Paraguay in July and Mongolia in the fall.
to be allowed freedom to cross the borders from a neighboring country. Pray “Then who in the world can be saved?” the disciples asked. Jesus looked at
for me as a trainer, that the Lord will equip me by the Holy Spirit. Pray for them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God.
young believers in our churches; we have multiplied in three villages now and Everything is possible with God.” - Mark 10:26-27
need wisdom.”
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the judgments of the Lord are
true; they are righteous altogether. – Psalm 19:9
8 9Spotlight on DR Congo
Praise God that despite seasons of
violence and unrest, the church in
this region continues to grow rapidly.
Today, the challenge is to train leaders
who will model godliness and provide
sound teaching. Multiply is involved
in providing bursaries for Bible
School students and offering training
seminars in leadership and community
development.
Pray
1. For the strengthening of those who
lead this growing faith community
2. For Multiply worker, Nzuzi
Mukawa, as he encourages church
leaders and provides leadership
for various initiatives throughout
Sub-Saharan Africa
3. Due to increased fighting over 1 million people have been displaced,
straining the resources of many churches in this region. Pray that they
would be salt and light at this time. Pray for peace.
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