Thanks to God for a great furniture give away and about 50 students came! Pray for Mike's truck that broke down after and my computer broke down this week.. pray for a good choice of a new one.

Praise God for a great turnout for our first Home Goods Giveaway. A wonderful supporting church (bless them and their continued outreach to the students, Lord!) and lots of nice gifts (including homemade lap quilts) for the students. We grieve there were fewer students this year with all the political turmoil but pray for seeds of friendship and peace to grow from this event. May conversations lead to our Lord Jesus - the best and greatest of all gifts as I was reminded today.

Lord Jesus, in your tender mercy, you visited us from on high—the dayspring, the sunrise, and our bright morning star. Please help us share your light with our international friends who sit in darkness and death’s shadow. Guide our paths in your way of peace. (inspired from Luke 1:78-79).

Pray for Hari Priya, Vishal, Chenghan, Yun, and all the new students we shall meet this year for their salvation. Pray for Christian students Nissi, Albene, Grace, Keren and Tim that you will bless their studies, deepen their faith and knowledge and love for you, increase their joy and make them useful in your kingdom. Help me to mentor them well.

That the visit of Rojin and her father to our home Nov 1-4 will be enjoyable, protected and fruitful. Lord, guide our conversations and activities. This occurs right after the expected birth of our new granddaughter, so help us to balance our family needs and be hospitable to our guests. Lord, we ask for the safe delivery for baby and our daughter and that this new life will be a blessing for the whole family for your glory!

For blossoming of the new prayer movement in our ISI headquarters city and revival in Colorado Springs. Praise for the opportunity to connect with new students at UCCS at Orientation on Wed. Pray that all of them (fewer numbers this semester) will be blessed coming to the Welcome Party on Sat, 8/23.

Refreshment and healing in the Lord for the ISI Front Range team and for additional new staff to be drawn by the Holy Spirit to serve this area.

(1/3) For Monterey Ca: Connecting with new students arriving, contacts are lower than usual so far.

(2/3) Pray for more local Christians to befriend students while they’re here. And especially for God to prepare and equip a new generation of ISI leaders for Monterey.

(3/3) Pray that students will seek God amid intense pressures with their graduate degree programs. And for student’s hearts to respond to Jesus’ transforming love and forgiveness.

LORD, I pray that You would work in the hearts of all ISI volunteer partners everywhere that they would make this ministry a priority in their lives, as YOU lead them. Help them to see the urgency, the brief window that we have. Fill them with Your compassion so that they will commit to being available to the students, and even to the ministry meetings so that everyone can see the vision, plan & commit accordingly. We need passionate servants who are willing to make this a priority!

"YOU are our King and our God, who decrees victories for Your people. Through YOU we push back our enemies; through YOUR name we trample our foes. WE put NO trust in our own bows, our swords do not bring us victory; but YOU give us \over our enemies, In YOU we make our boast all day long; and we will praise YOUR Name forever." adapted from PS 44:4-8

Tim Sigman Director of Prayer Initiatives: Pray for wisdom as we seek to establish a new prayer strategy that is currently bringing major breakthrough for the gospel among Hindu and Muslim people groups. Praying for local teams to try of this new prayer strategy.

Pray for the many unbelievers God has put in our lives. . that Jesus would reveal Himself and bring them from darkness to light. Maryam, Hamid, Satyen, Inci, Amaya, Cong, Alok, Seanac, Rehela, Darun, Rishi, Arnold. . .and the ones we will meet in the next couple of weeks.

Pray for God to raise up student leaders who know and walk with Jesus and who see themselves as "sent" by Him.