TAIWAN

Today is Tombsweeping Day in Taiwan when families gather to perform ancestor rituals. Pray for wisdom for Christians who join in these family gatherings. Pray for family members to be receptive to conversations about the One who gave life to their ancestors.

N. AMERICA

Today, Joel begins a 2-week intensive course on Mission and Evangelism at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL. Pray for good learning and engagement as he prepares to teach these subjects at Lutheran Brethren Seminary in the future.

CHAD

Jeremy and Sallee praise the Lord for the LB teams that visited in January, and that all their travels were relatively smooth. Let us pray for fruit from these visits.

WORLD

Ramadan, a month of fasting, worship, and soul-searching, starts today. Pray that many Muslims will come to know Jesus as Savior in this time of heightened spiritual sensitivity. Pray too, against extremists who weaponize the holiday for their own purposes.

JAPAN

Dean and Linda Bengtson praise the Lord that seminary graduate Haruya Itoh is assuming his new position as church planting pastor of House of Hope! Also this month, House of Hope joins the Japanese LB synod as an official church. Please pray for good transitions,...