Rich Mendola CEO of IFI shared with our team by Zoom call his grateful thanks for the generous gift ISI gave to help with rebuilding after a major fire destroyed their headquarters and ministry center. Continue to pray for the long process of rebuilding. Rich is praying that God's favor will be poured out on ISI, that as we bless others we will be blessed.

Please pray for the details of our Persian cooking event in September. There are a lot of moving pieces, and a lot of spiritual resistance.

Pray for God to provide for me as I search for an apartment in NYC with a potential roommate. It will take a miracle to find an affordable place! Will be looking August 14-Sept. 1. Having a place that feels like home and I can host students will help my ministry be more sustainable.

God has laid on my heart to raise up a team of volunteers that has a significant percentage of those who were international students. please pray that the Lord will move in the hearts of many in my church and other area churces to "share Christ's Love" with a new generation.

Pray for an open door, and new campus connections at Washington State University. There has been significant turnover in the last few years, and we need bridge new relationships with International Programs staff.

1. Pray that God will bring His new group of intended children /students to "ICF" at the end of August. 2. A new school Principal will be sought and hired for Li Po Chun United world college in Hong Kong. May God bring someone with great leadership, a true educator who know how to nurture young people heart and someone who would support Christian faith gathering campus. 3. Pray for these students : - Sarah and Enrico in St Olaf's : Their lives would continue to be strong in Jesus and reach others to Jesus. -Samiya, Mohammed Kadhem (Kad), Rahima (in different university in UsA) : 3 Muslim students I am close to. May they dream of Jesus and their heart would be curious about Jesus and seek Him. I gave a NT to Kad and he said he would read it ( A love letter from God to us) May he read it and be drawn to Jesus.

1. Praise: God protect my 3 weeks trip in USA without sickness, road safety and parents health in Hong kong. 2. Healing and restoration of my relationship with my younger brother Tony, who had much misunderstanding from caring of parents the last few months. 3. Renewal of deep love and desire to be intimate with my Lord

Pray for divine appointments & new friends at Churches' Welcome dinners August 11, 14, and 17. Pray for more beds to be given to us for students in our furniture give away.. (II Kings 4:10) Acts 17:26 B And He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. Shortage of apartments due to graduates working remotely and staying in town. 500 new expected to come to Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri .

Pray for the future of campus ministry at the University of Connecticut and how/if I will be connected to the group. We have a leadership meeting this Sunday, August 14th in the afternoon. Pray that God's heart and ways are made abundantly clear to all involved and that honesty and grace will be the spiritual clothing that is donned.

Pray that our partnerships with several area churches will grow and increase this year. Pray for wisdom and creativity in how to build these partnerships and for each churches vision for ISM would increase and for their congregations to experience rich blessings from serving international students.

Pray for team member Tim G as he partners with his home church in seeking to get a new campus work started at Villanova this year.

For Lakeland, FL- Pray for new steadfast, committed volunteers to add to our numbers including the 4 who came to our recent training. Pray also for new staff leadership to help as I have moved an hour away from Lakeland.

Pray to the Lord of the Harvest to send new laborers to Philadelphia to join our team in reaching international students with the love of Christ. Pray that as Lyn teaches several Prospective Courses this fall that I will have the opportunity to talk with several people about opportunities to serve international students.

Pray for God's favor and for divine appointments as we seek to meet new international students during NSO and that we will be able to serve many of them through our shopping trips (Aug.27), our Welcome Party (Sept 2) and our Furniture Giveaway (Sept 3). May God provide us with a strong new group of students who are spiritually open and begin to participate in our weekly Friday Night Connection.

Pray for God's clear leading as we plan a 7-week Fall Bible study series on "What the Bible Says about Leadership". Pray also for God to raise up 7 godly "Marketplace leaders" who come share their testimony each week and interact with the students.