People Are Moving Now More Than Ever in History. SIM Has Always Had Ministries with Nomadic

JANUARY JAN 09 MONDAY Paraguay – S and M are very On the Move interested in learning more about God! People are moving now more than Pray the Floyds will find a time and ever in history. SIM has always had THE AMERICAS place to study the Bible together. Pray ministries with nomadic communities, S and M will be bold to share what but is now expanding to include JAN 04 WEDNESDAY they learn with others. ministry with migrant workers and Ministry Focus – A Bhutanese/Nepali those changing continents. This truly is refugee, “Sa,” became friends with Sue “from everywhere, to everywhere.” through our church’s English One common plea you will pray over is Conversation Club. Last week Sa sent JAN 10 TUESDAY the need for more workers and Sue answers to a lesson on the “Good Peru – Church leaders in resistant resources for this ministry. Jesus said, News” of the gospel. Sue asked if she communities in Arequipa and “Ask the Lord of the Harvest to send believed this good news herself, and Cotahuasi need prayer for wisdom, workers into His harvest field.” briefly explained it to her. This lady insight and encouragement to know (Matthew 9:38) Let us pray for more probably had a family member how best to impact their communities laborers in this field and for interpret Sue’s message for her. Sa is with the gospel. Pray God will open communities and peoples to hear the definitely responding to the gospel, so many hearts to His truth. good news of Jesus wherever they pray the Spirit would continue to open are. We celebrate the new places God her heart. —Terry and Sue Hammack, JAN 11 WEDNESDAY is allowing SIM to serve (see new U.S. United States – Missionaries are areas highlighted), and expect our God involved in and raising support for to do great things so mobile people JAN 05 THURSDAY ministries with migrant workers and can find their true home in Jesus, by Bolivia – Migration to cities or other nomadic peoples. Ask God to impress prayer. countries touches many families. these communities upon the hearts of Parents leave families behind in more believers. Pray for the resources, Welcome! – This year we welcome search of jobs, causing an array of wisdom, and creativity needed to new countries and regions of ministry broken relationships. Pray as new minister well in these contexts. in SIM and celebrate their addition to ministries and contacts develop to Uruguay – Andrew and Angie James our prayer network. As you pray with minister to these hurting families and are newly arrived in Uruguay! Pray us, please note these six additional or individuals. God enables them and their three updated areas, highlighted in gray. young children to adjust well to a new JAN 06 FRIDAY culture and new schools. Pray for God JAN 01 SUNDAY Canada – Pray more Canadians will to quickly provide a reliable car for SIM Director Team & Board – Pray be moved to work with nomadic people them. as SIM seeks God’s guidance on groups who have yet to hear the ministry to migrants across Europe. gospel. Pray the Canadian church will EUROPE Pray for wisdom in partnerships, for increasingly support those already in open doors to serve, and for more to ministry. Pray those God calls will JAN 12 THURSDAY join in ministry to refugees and other answer and go. Ministry Focus – The worst migrant displaced populations. crisis in living memory has brought 1.2 JAN 07 SATURDAY million people to Europe. While JAN 02 MONDAY Chile – Associate Tim Brookman important that we address physical International Services – We thank (Australia) is offering intensive ESL needs, it’s also crucial that we meet God for resources to improve our classes this summer in Santiago at spiritual needs. Many come from International Personnel System (IPS). ProVision, a Chilean sending agency places where the gospel cannot be Please pray for implementation and and SIM partner, to Chileans preparing shared openly. SIM UK is researching training for personnel coordinators to to serve cross-culturally. Pray these with church leaders to learn how best go smoothly. students will learn quickly and be to support their ministry to migrants. equipped effectively for ministry. We, and other missions joining us, JAN 03 TUESDAY Ecuador – Radio “Waves of Hope” hope to equip churches with training, Worldwide Ministries – More than plans to extend the coverage of their action teams, and long-term ever people are fleeing from their FM frequency to reach more people in missionaries. —Josh Chard, SIM UK homes, moving, migrating or rural areas. Pray for favor with immigrating to places they never authorities to grant their license JAN 13 FRIDAY dreamed of seeing. Pray wherever renewal quickly. Pray spiritual France – Nan became a believer they go they will find people to point protection for these broadcasters studying in France. She is eager to them to their true and secure home spreading the gospel. make disciples within foreign student with Jesus. communities who will be missionaries JAN 08 SUNDAY in their home countries. Pray many OCLA (Office Connection Latin come to Jesus and catch this mission America), Ecuador – A week of training vision for their own people. for new missionaries ends tomorrow. Pray these new missionaries are well JAN 14 SATURDAY equipped with prayer supporters, Switzerland – Give thanks for the new financial support and spiritual strength. website to call new workers into the Pray also the Brazilian project harvest. Pray many applicants will find welcoming Syrian refugees fleeing the the right places to serve, successfully war will introduce many to Jesus. complete training, and raise support. Ask the Lord for fruitful ministries for Fulani communities with the good Togo – Noelie Barassounon (Benin) these future missionaries. news of God. has introduced Moms In Prayer groups to churches, encouraging women to JAN 15 SUNDAY JAN 20 FRIDAY intercede for their children. Pray United Kingdom – Praise God Guinea – Praise God for appointees to groups will multiply and these mothers refugees and migrants across Europe Guinea: a single and a family in French will see the impact of God answering are hearing the good news, study, and another single raising prayers for their children. responding and finding love, refuge support. Ask God to meet their needs and peace. Pray the Lord will raise up and continue to prepare them for JAN 27 FRIDAY more people to work alongside the ministry sharing the good news of West African Office, Côte d’Ivoire – European Church in sharing the Jesus. Serious Nigerian economic difficulties gospel and discipling new believers. are effecting support raising efforts of JAN 21 SATURDAY WAO missionaries from Nigeria. Liberia – New missionaries face many Please pray the Lord would intervene challenges in leaving their home and provide the resources necessary country to serve in cross-cultural to send a single person to Malawi and settings. Many new missionaries will a family to serve in India. NORTH & WEST AFRICA arrive soon, so pray God provides needed wisdom, relationships, and JAN 16 MONDAY spiritual support necessary for their Ministry Focus – “When Fulani successful transition to service in women carry calabashes at a Liberia. ceremony,” the speaker narrated, “we all know what is inside. Milk is the Fulani’s preferred food, because it gives strength and life.” The covers were then removed, and a man JAN 22 SUNDAY reached inside. Instead of milk, he Mali – Praise God for the church in removed a copy of the New Testament California that wants to adopt the Moor in Wodaande, a Fulfulde dialect of people group in Mali. Pray God will EAST & SOUTHERN AFRICA Niger. Three Wodaabe men and give wisdom, courage and compassion missionary Jean Baumbach spent 20 in exploring opportunities for a vision JAN 28 SATURDAY years translating this. Join us in trip next year. Ministry Focus – Shortwave radio in thanking God for His Word. —from Jon Ethiopia, where listeners live remotely, and Christine Banke, U.S. JAN 23 MONDAY is one of SIM’s best-kept secrets. One Niger – SIM Niger requests prayer for language broadcast reaches an JAN 17 TUESDAY the treasurer’s office. The current estimated 4 million listeners. A migrant Benin – The Nikki Training Center treasurer needs someone to cover his worker in the Middle East listens in the teaches disadvantaged girls sewing home assignment beginning in June. house he rents with seven friends. He and weaving. A new missionary is Pray for a badly needed second says, “Every evening we listen to your desperately needed following Anni’s treasurer to help manage the financial programs, which are like church retirement. Pray for someone willing to needs of this large field. services. We encourage each other learn Bariba, teach Bible lessons, and Nigeria – Though Nigeria has the and pray together, trusting in God’s care deeply for these girls’ spiritual and largest number of Fulani in West help.” Ask the Lord’s protection for him developmental needs. Africa, currently SIM Nigeria only has and others like him. —from Jonathan Judy Strand working with this mostly Oliver, Ethiopia JAN 18 WEDNESDAY unreached nomadic tribe. Please pray Burkina Faso – Mark is drilling 20 for more workers to reach the Fulani in JAN 29 SUNDAY wells to bring people fresh, clean Nigeria with the gospel. Angola – A joint effort with SIM, drinking water. Pray these wells will churches, and ministry partners seeks have a strong witness to the love of JAN 24 TUESDAY to reach the nomadic MuCubal on the Jesus. Ask for many people to know North Africa – Nomads inhabit the edge of the Namibe desert. Pray Jesus as their Savior through this southern regions of the Sahara Desert. government permission will allow project. Two American couples are praying and monthly flights to an oasis to bring thinking of strategies to bring the these people needed medical services. JAN 19 THURSDAY gospel south. Pray for them and ask Côte d’Ivoire – The Djao family work for more workers to join them in this JAN 30 MONDAY with street kids. Pray for God’s wisdom vision. Botswana – The Muir family’s and patience as they facilitate skills- secondment agreement to Flying learning, moving kids back into the JAN 25 WEDNESDAY Mission has been cancelled educational system, and assisting Senegal – Four young adults in SIM’s prematurely. As they return to their them to reconnect with family. Pray the new scholarship program have started home country early in 2017, pray for Lord’s provision of funds for these their training to become healthcare good reconnections with churches, activities. workers this year! Pray for stamina and family and friends, and the Lord’s Ghana – Pray the Church in Ghana understanding throughout the three- leading for a new placement. will seize existing opportunities to year course, so they may be well share the gospel with the seminomadic equipped to serve the Lord through JAN 31 TUESDAY Fulani. Pray for the SIM initiative in the nursing. East African Office, Ethiopia – Three northern region seeking to reach missionary families in northern Kenya JAN 26 THURSDAY work with nomadic tribes who have been without the gospel. Pray their FEB 06 MONDAY money situation so ministries can ministry will be fruitful and many will Mozambique – The Yao mostly are continue to function. Pray for more come to know Jesus, grow in faith, and subsistence farmers. The Smith family funds to provide food in Jesus’ name. spread the good news with many more teaches them Foundations for Farming in their communities. —a way to increase their crops ASIA-PACIFIC drastically along with teaching the Eritrea – Plans are in place to Word. Pray these physically and FEB 12 SUNDAY broadcast radio programs by satellite. spiritually poor people experience Ministry Focus – A Burmese army Ask God to provide discernment and God’s blessing in both realms. deserter, Y remembers hiding and direction, needed finances, effective Namibia – New missionaries need being slashed as bayonets searched programming, and trained and called visas issued. Current missionaries the roof for him. He also remembers a personnel to accomplish this work. need their visas renewed. Pray these vision of God’s presence helping him visas are granted quickly so mission remain silent. Y leads a very different work can go forward with clear focus life now in Thailand, where he came to and workers will not be distracted by know Jesus through Radical Grace FEBRUARY administrative details. (RG), a ministry working with those with HIV. Pray for legal residency, and FEB 01 WEDNESDAY FEB 07 TUESDAY thank the Lord for RG’s help in Y’s life Ethiopia – SIM Ethiopia is building a ROSA (Region Of Southern Africa), and in others to overcome the church planting team for one of the South Africa – Praise for new ROSA challenge of living with HIV. —from engaged peoples in the east. Pray the staff: Daniel Hopley (Services Director) SIM Thailand Lord would provide the right personnel and Carmen and Bryan Orthner (IT to empower the team to effectively and Communications) who joined the FEB 13 MONDAY make disciples among this unreached team in January. Pray they would Australia – Praise God for 28 trainees nomadic people group. adapt and settle into new work and preparing to work with desert tribes in living environments quickly and the Sahel of West Africa and for those smoothly. already in desert fields. Pray for more Australians to take risks and live FEB 08 WEDNESDAY without modern convenience to make South Africa – SIM South Africa Christ known. requests prayers for God’s direction as they consider least reached FEB 14 TUESDAY FEB 02 THURSDAY communities to minister within. Pray Bangladesh – T is a young man Kenya – Kenya is undergoing a also the Lord of the harvest will raise recently moved to the city looking to strategic planning process. Pray for the up workers to go into these send income to family back in his Lord to guide the direction and details communities to share His love. village. Pray he will be open to of the process and outcome. Pray the becoming a follower of Jesus while not way will be clear regarding ministry under the social pressure of home. alignment with SIM Kenya’s purpose, C-SEA (Central & Southeast Asia), mission, and vision. Thailand – The C-SEA office is FEB 09 THURSDAY building partnerships with countries FEB 03 FRIDAY South Sudan – Many on the South sending migrant workers and receiving Madagascar – Praise God Debora Sudan team are exhausted. Pray they returning workers. Pray these extended for a second three-month get the renewal they so desperately relationships bear much fruit and many short-term assignment with the need. Ask for more workers to join this migrant workers find their true home in Rabeantoandro family in Mahatsara. team. Pray for those in the refugee Jesus. Her help in various practical ways camps; the fields truly are ripe for relieves Marlis and Jimmy for their harvest. teaching and outreach ministries in the Timothy Center. FEB 10 FRIDAY FEB 15 WEDNESDAY Tanzania – Work on the primary China – Migrant workers’ children are FEB 04 SATURDAY school building project has stopped. often lost and forgotten. Some are left Malawi – Many Malawian men seek Pray for funds to finish. Ask for a with family members or tag along with work in South Africa. Ask for refreshing five-month home parents, often missing out on care, faithfulness within marriages separated assignment for the Pierces. Plead for education and stable home life. Pray by such distances. Pray also for more workers to serve those who have local Christians reach out to these ongoing needs for more workers on not heard the gospel in southern families with Jesus. the SIM team: a personnel coordinator, Tanzania. an administrator, church planters, FEB 16 THURSDAY outreach workers, and more. FEB 11 SATURDAY East Asia, Singapore – A ministry Zambia – Continue to pray for the partner runs several programs for FEB 05 SUNDAY leadership team of Zambia in its migrants: schools, shelters, medical Mascarene Islands – SIM was ongoing search for a director. Pray the clinics, etc. Praise God more churches registered in Mauritius several years interim staff would keep administration are opening their doors to this ministry. ago but the type of registration doesn’t running smoothly and God would be Pray for good communication, unity really serve the ministry today. Pray for glorified through the ministries of SIM and willingness for the churches to wisdom and knowledge of the right Zambia. take ownership of these programs. people in exploring ways of changing Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe is facing the registration. famine conditions and uncertain FEB 17 FRIDAY economics. Pray God manages the India – Three single women, J, C and Hindu culture. Pray for Julie working Sri Lanka – Please pray for the Urban L, are now befriending Muslim women with partner ministries in Penang to Poor ministry to see growth in in two locations. Pray for blessing on evangelize and disciple expatriate disciples, recruitment of new these relationships and guidance as Nepalis. volunteers, growth into new they also explore possible partnerships compounds, and continuation of the with teams from other agencies on FEB 24 FRIDAY fruit of evangelism. Rejoice in site. New Zealand – New Zealand desires continued open doors; pray they will to increase long-term and short-term stay open. FEB 18 SATURDAY mission partners this year. Pray Thailand – Praise God SIM Thailand Indonesia – Give thanks to God for partnerships with churches, like- is in the process of sending out its first the 19 students who are staying in our minded organizations and alumni Thai missionaries. A leadership group training center dorm. They are would increase and be strengthened. took an exploratory trip January 27–31 receiving discipleship training and Request fervent participation in these to a potential location for this Thai livelihood skill training daily. Pray what efforts to multiply personnel to expand couple to serve. Pray for the Lord’s they learn will have lifelong impact on mission efforts. leading and wisdom. their lives. FEB 25 SATURDAY FEB 28 TUESDAY FEB 19 SUNDAY Pakistan – Many Christians and West Malaysia – An estimated 2 Japan – The anniversary of the others have left Pakistan seeking million to 4 million migrants, many Japanese disasters is March 11. Pray asylum in different countries. Pray for undocumented, reside in West fruitful work for the 13 SIM them and SIM workers in Thailand and Malaysia. Most come from countries missionaries serving the area. Pray Europe seeking to minister to their and communities where Jesus Christ is many more survivors, still rebuilding physical and spiritual needs. Pray also least known. Ask the Lord to send their lives, will follow Jesus with for peace in Pakistan. more workers to share Jesus with courage and passion, and new these spiritually hungry people. churches will flourish. Korea – Of 1.7 million migrants, Gyujung and Hasuk Choi are ministering with 45,000 Cambodians. Pray many come to know Jesus, grow in faith and share Him among their people. Pray blessings on leadership courses run by 50 churches developing Cambodian leaders.

FEB 20 MONDAY Middle East – Give thanks for the new Middle East entity taking shape. Uphold Andrea, Val, Stephen and Mike as they work together preparing the way for people to explore what it means to join in serving with our colleagues in the region.

FEB 21 TUESDAY Mongolia – Early snowy weather is fulfilling predictions of an extremely cold winter. Severe economic crisis increases this difficulty as some families already are having to choose between food and fuel. Pray wisdom in funding requests and sensitivity in these stressful exchanges.

FEB 22 WEDNESDAY Myanmar – Please pray for Myanmar Diaspora believers and churches, FEB 26 SUNDAY especially in Asia-Pacific. Pray the Philippines – The team serving an network between Diaspora churches urban poor ethnic community in Luzon and churches in Myanmar will grow in requests prayer for protection. Pray for evangelism and mission and for SIM to good partnerships among represented partner effectively with them. organizations as they all seek to reach the migrant ethnic peoples from Thank you for praying. If you would like FEB 23 THURSDAY Mindanao with the gospel in words and Nepal – Over the last two years, more deeds. to receive By Prayer by email, please than 250,000 Nepalis have gone to reply to [email protected]. Malaysia for work, and have become FEB 27 MONDAY more open to the gospel away from “In the same way the Spirit also helps what they are doing.” our weakness; for we do not know how —Middle East worker NOTE: Parentheses behind a name to pray as we should, but the Spirit indicate the nationality and/or SIM Himself intercedes for us with PRAYER TIP: It’s good to have a wide sending office; if none, the person groanings too deep for words.” interest in God’s world, but it’s hard to comes from either SIM USA or the —Romans 8:26 NASB pray intelligently for places that are office submitting the request, or it is personally unknown. Prayercast omitted for security reasons. “It’s the people praying who are on provides videos featuring prayer for the front line; they are doing all the many individual countries. « vital work, and I am sheltering behind prayercast.com »