Pray for Sheldon Jantz (ISI National Office Team) and his wife Pam in a very unexpected death in their family. Also pray for Kimberly Daniel Colorado Springs City Director who lost her dad a few weeks ago. Pray for God's comfort and grace for all who have experienced the loss of a loved one.

Praise God that all the R1 Visas we were praying for have now come through. AJ and Laura from Brazil got their Visas a few days ago. God is opening a new door for our former students to join the ISI family as full-time staff. Please pray for all these new staff members to be able to see all their funding come in quickly.

Pray that all of us, from home office staff, field staff, international staff, the leadership team be walking in the Spirit, keeping in step with the Spirit so that even as we are often stretched thin with the large number of needs and opportunities, that we walk in unity as one in our diversity (of gifts, thought, styles, scope, experiences, etc.). Even when we disagree, that we can rumble with vulnerability so that students can see how special the Body of Christ is "even when hard pressed, perplexed, persecuted, struck down, carrying the Body of Christ in his death so that the world can see the life of Christ lived out in our bodies." ( paraphrase 2 Corinthians 4:8-10)

Pray for favor with university officials all over the country. Pray that we can be wise about finding those no matter what department or role they are in at those universities to open up doors to meet and touch international students this year. Help us to be flexible in our methods but unmoving in our mission and values which will be critical in changing times like these. Pray for workers for the harvest both at a staff level and volunteers. Pray that God puts us in places where we an find those who he has pre-disposed to ministry to international students.

Join me in praying that the study rooms in our campus libraries would be filled with students and volunteers gathering to do M28 Bible studies. Pray for us to seek out people of peace to help facilitate these groups meeting together.

Pray for open doors and favor on our university campuses that are hostile toward religious groups. Pray for creative ways to serve the offices of international students on campuses across the USA and abroad.

Please pray that God would direct me in continuing my Partnership Development and raise up more people who want to partner with me in the work of ministering to international students.

Pray for spiritual, emotional, mental, physical protection over our ISI team and their families

Pray for the 63 Afghan refugee women God has brought to ASU that God would draw them to Himself

Please ask God to direct my development of training for Home Group leaders. The training will include M28.

Several Home Group leaders have moved out of town, or are otherwise unable to participate in Home Groups this upcoming academic year. Please ask God to bring volunteers to participate in the Home Groups. Please also ask th eLord to bring students to the Home Groups and friendship partners that are ready to learn about Jesus!

Please Pray for Becky Linskey battling with cancer------------------- Dear Friends, Please put us on the prayer list, thank you. Just yesterday at MD Anderson (San Antonio) we learned that Becky's melanoma has metastasized and they do not know where it is in her body. This will be her third battle with melanoma. ------------------ I am writing on Becky's behalf. Tomorrow an emergency MRI brain scan at 8:00 am (Central Time). Pray specifically that God will get her through this scan and that it will not damage her already very sensitive hearing. Suddenly Becky has lost almost 90 % of her vision in her left eye. Her health is declining very quickly and even walking by herself is getting difficult. I will most likely have to give up my job to take care of Becky. Our medical appointments are 78-90 miles one-way, sometimes going two times a week. Please pray for our family. We are in very deep waters and Jesus is in the boat. In Jesus' Mighty Hands, James L. Linskey Ps.115:1

For God to raise up thousands of new laborers across the country to see ISM on every campus where international students live. Pray for disciple-making movements to happen on every campus across the country. Praying the Universal Body of Christ would rise up and be mobilized to reach the nations on every campus across our country. Nothing is impossible with our God!!