Prayer requests from Roy Yabuki - ISI Rocky Mountain Plains Regional Field Director: 1. Pray for new staff in several cities in the region where a key (or only) staff member is facing imminent retirement or departure for family reasons. 2. Pray for the development of new campus works in Texas including in San Antonio, Commerce, Clear Lake, and Denton. 3. Pray for a breakthrough in various campuses in reaching South Asians and maintaining favor with their student organizations. 4. Pray for the various welcome events in the region including the Big Howdy's in Texas, the Big Red Welcome in Nebraska, etc. 5. Pray that we can learn a lot as we try to sharpen our social media footprint and skills in touching more new students and maintaining relationships with existing and past ones. 6. Pray for Seminary interns who will be joining the North Texas team to pioneer work on new campuses. 7. Pray for additional staff to reach the many students on the Front Range in Colorado. Pray that God will bring them and that He will sustain them as they reach out to students in that area.

Pray for God to raise up a new generation of campus ministers in the DC, VA, and MD area.

Pray for M & N, a young Bangladeshi couple now in Honolulu. Pray they'll have a chance to hear and understand the gospel, that the Holy Spirit works in them to draw them to faith in Jesus.

Prayer requests from Gordy Decker - ISI Director of Coaching & Mentoring: 1. Spiritual Protection (personal, marriage, family) 2. Wisdom, faith, focus, and joyful perseverance in ministry expansion (coaching/mentoring initiatives) 3. Faith/direction for M28 equipping/expansion at ISI and globally 4. Indwelling fulness of the Spirit of peace, hope, and joy

Pray for new staff and volunteers for this Lakeland ministry! Pray that they would join us early in the year so that they can be trained and equipped for ministry. Pray for local churches to catch the vision and be willing to share the Gospel with the nations right here in Lakeland. Pray that they would begin to take responsibility and become anchor churches.

Pray for the new students coming to Florida Polytechnic FPU in Lakeland, FL that God would be at work in their hearts to make them hungry for the Gospel and that they would respond right away to the offer to learn more about Jesus and the Bible. Pray for repentance and saving faith. Pray for myself and all our volunteers that we would be faithful and courageous to share the Gospel with clarity, winsomeness and compassion! Let Your Spirit blow on this campus, Lord!

Please pray for a student event at our new house on Sunday, August 11 all afternoon and evening. We expect 11-13 students/volunteer including several of our student leaders.

Please pray for our prayer walk at Penn State Berks campus on Friday August 16 at 4:00 pm ET—three volunteers are seeking to start a new ISM work on this campus this fall.

Please pray for God’s clear leading during our planning day for the coming semester—Planning Day is Wednesday August 14 all day. Thanks.

My daughter’s Jessica’s transition to school, healing, and physical healing as she will be going through hip surgery soon. And, very important, her new US birth-certificate get approved through USCIS. That I may get the right attorney to help and expedited process. and for me as a new mom. To learn how to be a parent with trauma, new teen, and transition to USA. May I be full of grace and patience.

Prayer Request from Tim Sigman - ISI Director of Prayer Initiatives: Mounika (from India) needs her EAD Card (Employment Authorization Document) to start her work at the ISI Home office. There is a big backlog on these cards. Please pray her card will come through this week.

Prayer requests from Andy Pearce - Director of Church Partnerships 1. Please pray for a good turnout as the weekly English Conversation Class for Caltech internationals resumes on Mondays in August. 2. Please pray for spiritual growth and discipleship in my two weekly English Bible Zoom classes for Japanese. 3. Please pray for wisdom in planning my travel schedule for this fall as I determine which churches to visit. 4. Please pray for health and God's protection over my entire family.

ED GERMANN'S PRAYER REQUESTS - ISI SEGL Regional Field Director 1. Rest time is over. The students are coming! The students are coming! May God renew our strength. 2. Number of staff changing titles and roles. Prayer for wisdom for them especially. But, also, prayer for wisdom for me as I give input and guidance. It is an important moment in someone's life. 3. New staff beginning to raise support. May God bless. Other fairly new staff not reaching financial support goals and all of the emotional responses to such disappointment. May God comfort and lead. 4. Southeast-Great Lakes Regional Retreat is Oct 7-10. May Jesus Christ be The Centerpiece. May Jesus Christ be honored as we love one another. May this Retreat be SPIRIT Led, Spirit Blessed. May our very souls be revived by God.

Prayer requests from Valerie Althouse - ISI Director of Training 1. For the full development of the new Training Pathway - that it would equip us to be more effective messengers of Jesus among many cultures. 2. For the Training Team as we grow and shape this path. 3. For the CQ (Cultural Intelligence) Team - that we can grow in understanding how to work among many cultures - among students and our own teams! 4. For the development of new areas of equipping such as the Legacy series and the Leadership development series. 5. For the update and change within our LMS - Learning Management Software - for it to be smooth and helpful for all staff. 6. NYC - for smooth transition for Daniel - as he (A) raises financial support for himself and for Kari, and for NYC and (B) transition of leadership piece by piece. 7. Personal - final healing of all right leg and hip pain. Still in process.

Prayer requests from Roger Martin - ISI Global Pastor 1. Pray for Relocation taking place August 11-18 and for internet to be in place. 2. Please pray for a quick adjustment and resettlement in our new location.(Re-location to AZ. for the purpose of being closer to family) 3. Please pray for the new location medical contacts, and continued good health. 4. Praise: the cardiac care and help received at City of Hope has been successful