Pray that a contagious love for our Life-Giver would grow in me and in each member of my family.

Pray for the Spirit to guide me as I wrestle to outline how to guide students locally and globally in understanding and articulating the Good News in a contagious way. Pray that we can format it to be effective online and via text or audio.

For my friend Rui, from when we ministered at UMD, to come to know Jesus as Lord and Savior. For Christian friends and witness as she transitions for a PhD program at U of Mississippi, where there is no ISI staff (or ISM work that I'm aware of).

Pray for two churches that are key to our mission and are making difficult decisions impacting their futures here as well as mine.

Pray for Anders who is weighing whether the Lord is leading him to cross-cultural missions or church planting. Pray that his thinking would include international students, and that they are drawn to him and to the Lord through him this year.

I am working with a new church that is effective in reaching undergrad students. This month is strategic in adding new students to our core group of grad students, in cultivating potential partners and staff, in finding persons of peace, and in learning new approaches.

Wisdom for whether to have surgery on 8/19/24 to cut the tendon on one of my toes to relieve pain

1. Pray for spiritual breakthroughs among Afghan students. 2. Pray for S and J (Koreans)serious marriage problems.

-Ask God to stir the heart of a woman to restart the International Wives Connection (IWC) in KC and call at least 4-6 other women to serve with her. -Intercede for the Lord to raise up more ministry partners to reach out to students in their 20s, 30s, and 40, as well as more Friendship artners. Ask Jesus to give our coordinator Brad wisdom and insight and for many to open their homes and hearts. -Pray for the Spirit for raise up more committed and passionate followers of Jesus to reach out to international students—especially at Avila. Their campus is having a huge influx of students in August after the expansion of their international program. -Ask Jesus to provide open schedules and plentiful drivers to help with student airport pickups. May Jesus can truly be able to say to ISI volunteers, “I was a stranger and you welcomed me.” (see Matt 25:35).

Prayer request from Tim Sigman - ISI Director of Prayer Initiatives: God's wisdom and direction as I work with local leaders in Colorado Springs to see a canopy of 24/7 Prayer over our city. Asking God for at least 31 churches that will adopt one day a month to mobilize their members for 24 hours of prayer. Pray for my visit to another city that has had a canopy of 24/7 Prayer for the past 12 years. Wanting to learn all I can from the leaders of this movement where amazing city transformation has happened. Praying that COS will become a training center in the future for international students who want to learn how to do city transformation in their own nations.

Prayer requests from Roy Yabuki - ISI RMP Regional Field Director 1. Pray for Vicky in AR who was in a car accident. Pray for wisdom as to next steps in the local ministry, her health and long-term well-being. 2. Pray for God's provision for workers in the harvest in a couple of solid ministries where the current staff members are moving towards retirement with no replacement yet. 3. Pray for continued progress in starting ministries in several new cities with no ISI staff yet through the saturate Texas mobilization effort. 4. Praise for a wonderful NGO-GO conference in July. God is moving in many ways. Continue to pray for continued progress in developing the conferencing team and the conferences they put on including NGO-GO, World Changers and TRUE Leadership. 5. Pray for the many welcome events in the region, that God may help us to meet many people of peace. 6. Pray for much needed volunteers In each of the ministries. So many have retired after Covid for good reason.

Prayer for plans for an International Student weekend at Christ Community Church in Philly September 27-29–to reach many internationals. Friday night’Every Nation & Every Tribe Tongue ‘concert, dinner with an American friend/family on Saturday and international student lunch after church on Sunday.

Please pray that Peter (from large Asian country) would yield his life to Jesus this year. (Philadelphia)

Thank the Lord with us for leading us to two believing Chinese who arrived three weeks ago. One was a ministry rep 7 years ago. Both women are strategically placed in a program with 14 Chinese. Pray that God would bless their reaching out to other Chinese and giving us contacts!

Please pray for God to raise up a new City Director for Philadelphia.