June 2025
Brazil
Pastor Roger shared the following in a recent newsletter:
Prayer is wonderful work! Thank you for the hard labor of prayer. Colossians 4:2 reminds us to be persistent in prayer about the gospel ministry. As we reflect on our life in Christ, God has given us many relatives, friends, neighbors, and contacts to pray for. There is a lot to pray about. So keep up your prayers for the gospel ministry in Brazil. Pray for hearts to be drawn to our Savior. Pray for our church people to reproduce. Pray for Sergio's salvation. Pray for Aderson's salvation. Pray for Camila and Monica's salvation. Pray for the new church plant in Gloria to grow. Pray for more open doors to the gospel. We have our youth's mission trip to southern Brazil coming quickly. Pray for our youth to grow and be fruitful. Pray for safety and travel mercies. Pray for the local church and leadership in southern Brazil to be encouraged.
Pastor Roger and Crystal with the teens on their youth missions trip.
Though he didn’t mention it in his newsletter, we can also pray for Roger’s health as he lives with Parkinson’s symptoms. He will likely be dealing with this for the rest of his life, so pray that he would respond well to it both physically and spiritually, trusting God through the trial.
How to pray
Pray for the items Pastor Roger mentioned in his newsletter:
Pray for hearts to be drawn to our Savior.
Pray for our church people to reproduce.
Pray for Sergio's salvation. Pray for Aderson's salvation. Pray for Camila and Monica's salvation.
Pray for the new church plant in Gloria to grow.
Pray for more open doors to the gospel.
We have our youth's mission trip to southern Brazil coming quickly. Pray for our youth to grow and be fruitful. Pray for safety and travel mercies.
Pray for the local church and leadership in southern Brazil to be encouraged.
Pray that God would raise up new laborers to share the gospel in Brazil
Pray that God would give maturity to the believers in the church, especially the couples.
Pray that God would allow Crystal to have an effective ministry with the kids and women in the church.
Pray that God would save Erasmo.
Pray that Pastor Roger would have strength and patience to continue enduring his Parkinson’s symptoms.
Pray for the leadership in Aracaju and Gloria:
Pastor Roger Johansen.
Pastor Eriomar Maia.
Pastor Marcos
FIJI
A team from Shepherd’s House Bible Church recently visited Fiji and helped conduct a VBS and a youth camp. Dr. Narayan praises God that over 160 students attended each event, far beyond the number they were expecting. Four young people trusted in Christ at the youth camp. Additionally, through the ministry of the local church, 10 people have placed their faith in Christ and were baptized on April 27. And at a children’s camp, God saved 14 more children. Praise God for his work of salvation!
Photos from the VBS and Youth Camp
Photos of the 10 who were baptized and the 14 saved during the Children’s Camp
Premend Choy shared an update regarding his recovery from his cardiac arrest. He is progressing better than expected and his cardiologist told him that his rate of recovery was uncommon. Praise God! He does not show signs of brain damage and may be able to preach, teach, and travel soon, though he plans to return to these types of things cautiously. He is grateful for our prayers in the recent weeks and months. Below you can watch a video from Premend where he speaks about his experience.
Pastor JD and Dan Rudman head to Fiji and Vanuatu on June 25 to preach and teach. They will speak in churches and teach a class for a group of pastors from various islands in the Pacific that will help them study and understand the Bible. Pray that God would use their ministry to advance the gospel.
HOW to pray
Pray that God would bless Pastor JD and Dan Rudman as they travel to Fiji and Vanuatu to teach and preach.
Pray that God would continue to heal Premend after his cardiac arrest and that God would grant him wisdom as he plans for the future.
Pray that God would provide for the financial needs of the Bible College.
Pray that God would sustain the leaders who minister in Fiji and the surrounding region:
Dr. Narayan Nair and family
President Premend Choy and family
Michael Seehusen and family
Mexico
Pastor Brian taught a two-week Pastoral Ministries course in the Seminary for Expository Preaching in Sonora, Mexico from June 2-13. Pray that God would use this teaching to produce fruit in the students and pastors who sat under it. In addition, please continue to pray for Violeta and her family as she continues her radiation and chemo treatments in her fight against breast cancer. And pray for Pastor Brian's dad, Bob, battling lymphoma.
How to pray
Pray that God would heal Violeta as she continues her radiation and chemo treatments in her fight against breast cancer.
Pray for Pastor Brian's dad, Bob, battling lymphoma.
Pray that God would continue to strengthen and grow the churches in Sinaloa.
Pray that God would continue blessing Iglesia Biblical Redencion in Los Mochis.
Pray for Pastor Brian as he trains and equips church leaders in Mexico, Honduras, and Peru both virtually and in person.
Pray for Danyel as she joins her husband Brian in serving in various capacities in the church plant.
Pray for the entire team helping to plant the church in Los Mochis:
Pastor Brian Warne and wife Danyel
Pastor Antonio de la Cruz and wife Alicia
Pastoral Resident Tony de la Cruz, wife Avi, and family
Pastoral Resident Yosimar Moya, wife Paula, and family
Deacon Seth, wife Mavy, and family
Deacon Will, wife Jasmin, and family
