Author: bbyrd

The customs authority in Kosova has written a new interpretation of the law, no longer allowing any church or religious organization to import items for sale in support of the ministry tax free. For the past 17 years, Team Expansion workers there have been importing used clothing from US donors through Master Provisions and using a thrift store model to support 50+ families. The Kosovar Customs Authority is now demanding a tax on any used clothing coming into the country. These workers can no longer be able to afford to import clothing which means that these families who sell the clothing and rent the store space will be out of a job by the end of May. Pray for this tax law rescinded so that humanitarian ministries will not be forced to end.

Praise God for the ways He is transforming hearts and communities in areas where Community Health Evangelism is used. Pray for the believers around the world who are using CHE to bring the Gospel to unreached nations.

Ask God to do whatever it takes to eliminate whatever barriers remain for a small group in Ancona, Italy so that their worldview is transformed and they recognize Jesus as their ultimate authority, the only One who can save them.

Praise God for a group meeting in an Italian couple’s home. Pray that in 2018 both husband and wife will take the step of obedience in baptism and in making Jesus the foremost priority in their lives.

Father, we thank You for the instructions Jesus gave us in Matthew 10 and Luke 10 about how to engage people with the Kingdom. We ask You to connect a Christian in Rome, Italy with a person of peace. May this person of peace be one who will eagerly connect his family and friends with the Good News.

Roman Catholicism ceased to be the state religion in Italy in 1984. All religions have equal freedom before the law, but not in practice. Pray for more families to join Team Expansion teams in Italy. The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

Praise God for answers to prayer for the Republic of Ireland. The move of the Holy Spirit in the last decades has changed Ireland from rigid Catholicism to a spiritually dynamic land where new fellowships are rapidly forming. Pray with workers in Ireland for disciples to increase and multiply.

Praise God for the team in Cork, Ireland and the implementation of disciple making principles. Ask God to raise up facilitators to start new groups and for those groups to be doers of the Word

Things are getting exciting as workers begin training new leaders to take over the current groups as well as a strong possibility of starting new groups! Pray for believers in Kinsale, Ireland to take steps of faith and to refresh their community.

Pray for workers to be raised up to serve refugees, immigrants, and specific minority groups around the world.