May 2025
Brazil
As Pastor Roger considers the ways God might grow the church in Brazil, his heart goes out to the towns surrounding the city where he lives, Aracaju. He asks for prayer that God would raise up laborers for his harvest and that they would go out to these areas in need of the gospel. He also asks that we pray for his wife Crystal as she in the U.S. helping their daughter Juliana who has just finished up her year at college. Pray for them as they travel. Pray also that the medicine that Roger needs for his neurological issues would make it to Brazil.
How to pray
Pray that God would raise up new laborers to share the gospel in Brazil
Pray that God would give Crystal and Juliana safety as they travel and that he would get Roger’s medicine to Brazil safely.
Pray that God would give maturity to the believers in the church, especially the couples.
Pray that the church would be active in evangelism.
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 God would give wisdom to those who went to Portugal and are considering church planting there, especially Pastor Gerson and Debra.
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
Dr. Narayan Nair shared a significant and emotional prayer request recently. He has shared before that termites have caused structural damage to several buildings at their college, necessitating costly renovation and, in some cases, demolition and reconstruction. Recently, a believer from a ministry that seeks to help other ministries with building construction needs visited the college to give report on the damage. He also looked at Dr. Narayan’s home and reported that the termite damage was so extensive, he would recommend Dr. Narayan and his wife Savita move out immediately.
This news brings a financial trial, but perhaps more so it presents an emotional trial for the Nair’s as they have lived in this home for the majority of their lives, spending 6 decades there. They have moved out and are looking for new housing but are working through the sadness of leaving a place with many joyful memories. Pray for them as they work through the logistics and the emotions that accompany their current situation.
Pastor JD and Dan Rudman are planning a trip to Fiji and Vanuatu, a nearby island, 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. They will depart for Fiji on June 25 and return the first week of July. Pray that God would bless their preparation for the many teaching opportunities. Pray also that God would use their ministry to advance the gospel.
HOW to pray
Pray for Dr. Narayan and Savita to have wisdom, direction, and comfort as they work through the situation with their home.
Pray that God would bless Pastor JD and Dan Rudman as they prepare to teach in Fiji and Vanuatu.
Pray that God would fully heal Premend after his cardiac arrest.
Pray that God would give the Choys wisdom as they plan for an extended stay in the US.
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 praises the Lord that two men, Alvaro and Héctor, were ordained as pastors in local churches in the last week. He asks that we continue praying for the many other church planting pastors and pastoral residents under his supervision and care in Sonora, Jalisco, and Colima, three cities in Mexico. He also asks that we pray for Violeta, a young mom in the new Los Mochis church, as she now begins the radiation portion of her battle with cancer.
How to pray
Pray that God would heal Violeta as she recovers from surgery.
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
