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The Bishops recently attended the AR Missions Conference where they had a commissioning service for them.

They are FULLY FUNDED and have bought tickets and are planned to be back in Japan on June 20th!!!!

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for the Bishops, as they return to Japan to plant a church, they have named "New Life Church." To stay up to date with prayer requests, please consider joining their private Facebook group, anyone can ask to be added to the group.

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Recently the Speer family welcomed a new life into the family. Very fitting because that is their goal when they get back to Japan, to help plant a Church and create New Life among the Japanese people. At this time, they are around 80% funded to be able to return.

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the Lord to go before us and prepare the way, working in hearts that are searching for answers that only He can satisfy.

For Japan to open its borders again to international workers, and that they would stay open for a long time.

That our hearts would be continually receptive to the Holy Spirit, who is shaping us to look more like Christ, and that we would be fluent in the gospel in every aspect of our lives.

For our team, as we serve together, we would have unity and would be sensitive to the movement and direction of the Spirit.

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Abby has recently returned to Japan after being fully funded. Abby’s primary role will be to help establish a young adult ministry so that Japanese college students and young adults feel like they have a place for them within the church.

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as Abby transitions into a new culture and learns the Japanese language.

Pray that starting small groups and Bible studies will go smoothly and that young Japanese adults will see this as a place for friendships and fellowship.

Pray that we will see people come to know Christ as their Lord and Savior.

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Heath and Joni were appointed as missionaries in 2010. They have three kids. Eli, Micah & Emma. They work in Tokrozawa, Japan right outside of Tokyo. The Hubbards were a part of a team that helped to launch the Hope Alive Church in 2019.

Hope Alive Church has grown in both facility space and numbers. In 2020, God opened an opportunity to double our church building space in size as we obtained and renovated the first floor of the current building from which we are renting. Almost immediately we saw how this helped our church host more people for outreach and created a street-level view and signage for our church. To continue to rent and maintain the church and to facilitate ministry in Japan, we are looking for partners to keep Hope Alive in Tokorozawa and near the train station. As we raise this money over the next three years, we hope to be in the position to buy the current building we are renting.

Hope Alive Church Planting Fund: $96,000 a year for the next three years.

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for us, as we continue the work of the new church plant, Hope Alive Church, in the Tokyo area. Pray that we would see people come to Christ and lives changed and that Christ would be glorified in our work here.

Pray for the one-on-one Bible studies we are doing with some non-believers and one on one discipleship studies we are doing with new Christians.

Pray for the outreach ministries of Hope Alive Church to bring more people the opportunity to hear the Gospel.

Pray for a continued ability to speak Japanese.

Pray for Eli, Micah, and Emma as they are in elementary school that they can learn and thrive in a different culture and that they can make good friends and understand Japanese.

Pray also that we can be an effective witness to the other parents at their schools and for their growth as believers in Christ. Pray that, most importantly, they would grow deep roots in their own faith in Jesus.

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Daniel and Shelby Culwell serve on a church-planting team in Tokyo, Japan. In 2019, this team launched a bilingual church called Hope Alive. Daniel serves in many areas, including construction, maintenance, English outreach, youth ministry, finances, and more. Shelby runs the website design, slides, graphics, social media, and toddler classes.

The Culwells are fully funded and looking forward to returning to Japan to continue their Church Planting efforts.

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as they return to Japan. Pray for the family’s transition into schools and daily life.

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Our family has ministered in Spain for 23 years, with the last 15 years spent in planting and growing the Alpedrete church alongside our teammates. Anthony is the gourmet chef for our family, and Lea is an avid book lover. You may find Emily on stage singing or acting while Marc is usually either shooting hoops or making music.

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for us as we continue the work of the new church plant, Hope Alive Church, in the Tokyo area. Pray that we would see people come to Christ and lives changed and that Christ would be glorified in our work here.

Pray for the one-on-one Bible studies we are doing with some non-believers and one on one discipleship studies we are doing with new Christians.

Pray for the outreach ministries of Hope Alive Church to bring more people the opportunity to hear the Gospel.

Pray for a continued ability to speak Japanese.

Pray for Eli, Micah, and Emma as they are in elementary school that they can learn and thrive in a different culture and that they can make good friends and understand Japanese.

Pray also that we can be effective witnesses to the other parents at their schools and for their growth as believers in Christ. Pray that, most importantly, they would grow deep roots in their own faith in Jesus.

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Shane and Joy have worked with The Hanna Project and their affiliates for more than 10 years. They live in Southern France and lead an education project reaching out to North African Immigrants living there. France has the largest population of North Africans living in Europe. The project includes language and computer information classes as a means of outreach.

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the Lord to go before us and prepare the way, working in hearts that are searching for answers that only He can satisfy.

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Rolando graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Theological Studies from the Theological Seminary “Los Cedros del Líbano” located in Cuba. He began serving the Lord in Cuba as a pastor, treasurer, and national vice-president of Free Will Baptist in Cuba for eighteen years. In 2004, his family moved to Panama, where they served for ten years, to God be the glory. Subsequently, in 2014, they left Panama with a work contract to serve as missionaries in the state of Arkansas. They have been working here for about eight years, planting churches and directing the Free Will Baptist Hispanic Ministries. God has been good, and he is very thankful for His faithfulness till today.

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God continues to please the work of Hispanics in the State of Arkansas. There are two new Churches building in the state. Pray that they are able to bless the community they are moving into.

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The Reeves are currently preparing to be a part of a church plant south of Nantes in a city called La Haie Foissiere. Currently they are hosting discussion groups for seekers with questions in regards to the Christian faith.

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Pray for the hearts of the French people to be transformed by the power of the Gospel.

Pray for fruitful discipleship and more churches to be planted in France.

Pray for new contacts and open hearts for gospel conversations.

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Approved as a missionary intern in April 2019, Keren served for two years in Varna, Bulgaria. with hopes to apply this December for career status. As her internship was ending and she anticipated going before the IM board in December 2022, she was praying to the Lord to use her Spanish to serve and bring people to Christ. She shared, “I realized that God’s will was for me to be there in Bulgaria for my internship and then in the perfect timetable of God to prepare me now to serve in Spain. The Lord heard my prayers and gave me peace about the decision to change fields.“

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for patience while I fundraise to prepare to enter the missionary field of Spain.

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Greetings from North Africa. Our country team has grown to 15, including one baby!

In March, our team once again went south to do two English camps. Although the camps were a bit smaller than we anticipated this year, the students were so engaged and our team had a really great time building relationships with them. Even after just 4 to 5 day camps, there were tears as students said goodbye to their teachers. It is always so great to be in the South, and to see what doors the Father is opening and how He provides!

This summer we will be hosting 9 separate English programs in 5 different cities in our country with 50 teachers. We will also conduct English camps in three other countries and have 47 teachers total in these programs. What a marvelous opportunity to demonstrate the love and the peace that comes from knowing the Truth.

We taught over 600 students this school year all across the country.

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for continued growth and deepening of relationships.

Summer programs to go smoothly, and good conversations and partnerships to come from them.

Teaching placements for the fall.

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The High School is completely built. Thank you for investing in the next generation of the country. The new development of Pastor Yu and his family will be joining the team to be the school doctor and also the campus Pastor.

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that transition into a new territory. This will be the first time that 1040i has had a missionary on staff. He will be traveling to raise funds for his family so please pray to see how you can continue to invest in the country to raise up the new leaders to change the country for the Gospel.

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City Lights is a church in the Otay Ranch area of Chula Vista, Pastored by Amos Dillard. Our desire is to help others to know they belong! City Lights celebrated their one-year birthday. Thank you for building into Chula Visita and the surrounding areas the last year. We have seen many lives transformed in the past year and look forward to how those disciples can make disciples in the next year.

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for the community they are located in will continue to welcome them. And to ultimately hear the Gospel.

Pray as City Church goes into Summer that the growth continues to be able to build going into next school year.

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Horizon Church is so excited to have our new and permanent location at 815 S. Mount Olive St. for worship, preaching from God’s word, children's ministry, and fellowship! We are so thankful for the blessings God has abundantly provided through this space and through His people, and we hope you will Pray with us that people will feel the presence of God through our gatherings.

The Horizon Team, led by Pastor Josh Lee, consists of families who have either newly moved to Siloam Springs or are new converts. The Lord keeps bringing people across their paths.

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Horizon Church will be fruitful in the community as they continue to have community events.

Pray as Horizon Church prepares their space for new people to join them in worship and community.

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“Prayer movements precede church planting movements.” Nathan and Haley Kimbrell have a heart and a passion to share the Gospel in the fastest-growing state in the US, Florida. That is why this year, we have committed to support the Kimbrells through our Go Budget as they plant a house church network in Broward County and, more specifically, Coral Springs. The Krimbrells are moving to Florida this month, and they ask for your prayers. Broward County records that 75% of people there are living without the Gospel and we want to pray with them as they are looking for the people that are open to receive the HOPE of Jesus.

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As they prepare to move please consider setting an alarm ⏰ for 9:54am and/or pm to pray for Broward County (area code 954) and every Friday for the next month!