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Prayer Requests 

 Click here to see a list of international marriage conferences that need your prayer.

  • Praise God for the partnership between FamilyLife and HCJB (Christian radio station).  We have now begun to broadcast the FamilyLife TODAY radio program in Spanish (Vida en Familia Hoy).  Ask God to help us expand to 163 stations this year and even more in the future. www.vidaenfamiliahoy.com
  • Praise God that Print on Demand units have been funded for Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Turkey and Malawi and one Latin American country.
  • Pray that God would raise up key couples to lead FamilyLife in several French-speaking African nations.
  • Pay for FamilyLife’s partnership with the Anglican Church of Rwanda to help build and rebuild marriages and families.
  • Pray for follow-up of Movement Maker training and the FamilyLife Military Ministry Seminar decisions in Mongolia.
  • Ask God to use the Ministers Module to encourage pastors in their marriages.  This event seeks to strengthen ministers in their marriage and give them a vision to build up the marriages in their churches and communities.
  • Pray for the expansion of FamilyLife in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Brazil. Pray for the fast expansion of HomeBuilders groups in Tanzania and Kenya now that they have ability to print the studies.
  • Pray for the clear vision and strong support for the new FamilyLife leaders overseeing all of French-speaking Africa.
  • Praise God for new opportunities to print Homebuilders study guides in countries around the world.  These Print On Demand kits include a printer, paper cutter, binder and toner cartridges and can produce a study guide for less than $2 USD each.  Ask God to provide $3000 for each Print On Demand kit so we could provide them to 22 countries. 
  • Pray for Movement Maker training follow-up in Malaysia Baptist Seminary class.
  • Pray for our efforts to replicate our international model for ministry here in the U.S.
  • Ask God to use the Movement Maker training events to begin and grow spiritual movements around the world.  Ask God to use these movements to make every home a godly home. 
  • Pray for changed lives and ongoing fruit from the FamilyLife training that has been done in French-speaking Africa.
  • Pray for the FamilyLife teams in Venezuela, Mexico, Ecuador, Paraguay, Brazil, Panama, The Dominican Republic, Peru, Paraguay, Colombia, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Chile, Nicaraqua and other countries--for God to strengthen them and give them great fruit to reach couples throughout their country. 
  • Pray for Junior and Angela dos Santos and their FamilyLife Team in Brazil as they are preparing for a Movement Maker Training event in November 2008.  Praise God for the significant progress they have made in translating and printing HomeBuilders study guides.
  • Pray for Leonel and Miriam Motta as they provide leadership to the growing FamilyLife movement throughout Latin America.  Praise God for the many thousands of people who attended FamilyLife events and participated in HomeBuilders couples studies in 2008--pray for tens of thousands to be reached in 2009 and 2010.
  • Current oppression of evangelical church and its leaders in sensitive countries.
  • Scheduling challenges for work in Palestine.
  • Potential opportunity to go to Saudi Arabia for six weeks, leading several hundred expatriates from 20 nations.
    HomeBuilders Library DVD/CD in Arabic is now ready for worldwide distribution. Pray that many people & church leaders discover this website at www.arabfamilylife.com and use the HomeBuilders studies. Also that it will reach many people throughout the Middle East who may not be able to access the materials any other way.
  • Courage and Prayer Strategy for expatriates in UAE to launch HomeBuilders in Arab Fellowships
  • Our New Zealand FamilyLife director has written a book with help from staff member, Jayna. It tells about his life and the extraordinary way God has helped him through his health trials and strengthened his marriage. Pray that it will be well received in New Zealand.
  • This same New Zealand director and family recently lost their 16 yr old daughter in a river accident. Pray for their grief and that God will use this tragedy for good in New Zealand
  • Praise that the FamilyLife Russian Seminar DVD project is completed, and pray that many Russian speakers will benefit from the biblical principles for marriage presented in the video.
  • Pray for the development of relationship materials for use on university and college campuses around the world.
  • Pray for the growth & expansion of FamilyLife in Sub-Sahara Africa. Specifically for funding to print more HomeBuilders in different countries.
  • Pray for the development of a new series of couples-oriented Bible studies targeting discipleship.
  • Pray for funding for special international projects.
  • Pray for the introduction of HomeBuilders strategy in Slovakia.