Every day our students are learning new English words. We document their growing vocabulary on our Center walls with multi-colored sticky notes, which serve as great conversation starters throughout the course. Please pray that our students will grow in confidence in their speaking and in awareness of our Father. This morning one of our team members led all of us in praying for a fellow teammate. Join us in asking that many seeds will be planted during our time together, and that nothing would hinder their growth.

We’ve had a great start to our two-week English course–thank you for praying! Please continue to lift up the students and teachers as we spend time together building friendships and English skills. May our conversations go deeper as we share stories from our lives over the coming days.

The pattern of this walkway caught my attention and reminded me of the story in Matthew 13 of the farmer scattering seed.  We often feel like we are doing just the same here in the city, and this photo is a good illustration of what we experience.  Some of the connections we form are like cement–there is no response.  But others are like the little patches of grass in the photo, and we see the thrilling signs of new life and growth.  Please keep praying for “new patches of grass” as we connect with people here!!

For the fourth year in a row, we will be hosting a two-week, intensive English course in February.  Please be in prayer for this very special time with students, and join us in praising God for what He has already done!!

• We already have 19 students registered! We hope to have 24 attend!
• There is a great mix of students: some we already know and others that we don’t, locals and people from nearby, closed countries, and a range of ages as well!
• Four of us teach at a local university, and we have been praying for those students to become more connected at the Center. As of now, 4 of them have registered! Please join us in praying that they do attend, and that those relationships grow.
• This will be the first intensive in our new Center. Praise God for such great space!!
• Please pray for the 5 short-term team members joining us: Emily, Brian, Jen, Charlotte, and Jim.
• Finally, we desire that our students know Christ. Please pray for wisdom, boldness, opportunities, and the work of the Holy Spirit as we pour into these men and women.

Please join us in praying these verses this month! Pray for believing leaders of the national religion to be bold and courageous in proclaiming the Truth.

“Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved human praise more than praise from God.”  John 12: 42-43