Mulenga and Matthew's marriage. Finances so they can meet in person to talk over difficulties and be reunited.

• Pray for steadfast support, comfort, and wisdom for our director and her family with her sister’s ongoing struggles with dementia. • Ask the Lord to fill one of our leaders with the Holy Spirit when he has the opportunity to speak at his Marriage and Family Therapy’s Commissioning Service for graduation. Pray also for God’s leading as he navigates this new mission field alongside international ministry and for spiritual protecion for him and his family.

Thanks for praying for ISI at Univ. California Santa Cruz. We have a small but elite ministry. Our ISI annual planning meeting is this Sunday Aug 18. Pray for Holy Spirit drawing our volunteers and Christian Int'l students, guiding eah of us in teamwrk for how to connect with new In'tl at UCSC,especially the Christians, what activities our team can offer (not overwhelm me as the only staff in this city, and I'm also a full time graduate studentt, so we need Holy Spirit to compel each teammate what God is calling them to. Pray we connect with more Christian students in Sept 24-28 launch of UCSC classes. Thank you!

Complete healing of my sleep apnea, which has not been treated successfully, and for re-testing at the right time. Through prayer, the condition seems to have improved. Praise God. 🙂

Pray we and our children love God with our all and our neighbor as ourselves.

• Ask Jesus for faithful church partnerships, promotion, and abundance for the Home Goods Giveaway on August 24th for ISI, KC. This event blesses international students with supplies and furniture for their new homes. • Intercede for God to also raise up many strong youths to help with the Giveaway and provide opportunities for intergenerational discipleship (as well as easing the load on faithful older volunteers). • Pray for continued favor at all the universities that ISI serves at, and for leaders and volunteers to navigate campus connections and the necessary logistics with grace and strength. Pray for revival and a great movement of the Spirit.

Prayer request from Tim Sigman - ISI Front Area Director: Please pray for a Denver Area Director and for new staff on all the Front Range Area campuses. Praise for new staff member, Ingrid Marquis at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO. Pray for her full financial support and the start up of a new ISI ministry on this campus.

Please pray for our Welcome Party in Philly on August 30–for all the logistics to come together, for effective publicity/invitations, for many international students to come and to feel loved and welcomed.

Pray for our ‘Household Goods Giveaway’ on August 22 in Philly would bless many international students. Pray for additional donations prior to this event so that we have enough to bless all students who come. Pray that our publicity will reach many international students.

Please pray for divine appointments as we are on campus for NSO for international students at UPenn August 19-21. Pray that several of our returning students will join us in meeting new students.

For my meeting with an Afghan friend tomorrow and God's wisdom and leading for asking her to read me John 1 in her language, and openness in her to discover who Jesus really is.

Please pray for our city wide retreat August 16-18 as we focus on getting to know new teammates and building trust and unity on our NYC Team. Please also pray for our family (Caspers) as we start a new Brooklyn focused ministry including a weekly home group. We also have two churches that are interested in being mobilized not far from our home in a neighborhood where many international students live. Pray for many more laborers for the harvest. Pray for our city team that is going to be launching sub-teams for different areas of the city (upper Manhattan & Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn).

Pray for R & S, Sikhs from India. That God would reveal Himself to them and they would read the Punjabi bible given to them and come to know and worship Jesus.

Pray for M and H. Pray that God would break through their secular way of thinking and astound them with the wonder of who He is. Pray that God would bring them from darkness to light. Pray that they would have significant influence in the Kingdom of God, especially in their home country where there is an Islamic regime.

The 40th annual Garage Giveaway is on the 24th in Princeton. Pray for God to be honored. Pray for His presence to be experienced by students and volunteers. Pray for the right kind and amount of items, including an abundance of bicycles. Pray for enough volunteers. Pray that students come. Pray for lasting relational connections that would lead to the revival of those students who know Him and salvation for those who don't. Pray for good weather.