1 BUSINESS AS MISSION Doug Witzig, TEAM’s BAM coordinator writes, “Pray for a student-led BAM conference for Midwest colleges, Feb 2-4. Pray that the year 2012 will see many more unreached people groups engaged with the Good News!”

2 ITALY Please pray for God to send many students to fill English classes that just started up at the Mestre church. These classes are a very important source of income to fund the church budget and serve as an excellent platform for forming friendships that almost always lead to opportunities to share Christ.

3 JAPAN Stella Cox writes, “Pray for Japan. Japan is still feeling fearful from the effects of the tsunami and radiation.  Thousands faced Christmas without their own homes and families.  Thousands of short-term volunteers have come to help but they need people for long-term service – especially those who can speak Japanese.  Christmas is seen and felt everywhere… every household had a Christmas cake on Christmas morning.  These dear people still walk in darkness and need more people to tell them whose birthday we celebrate.”

4 PAPUA Walter and Diane Kennedy write, “Please pray as the newly formed mission board evaluates surveys and selects ministry areas for our first 14 Papuan missionary families. The mission board is under the Bible Christian Fellowship Church of Indonesia. It is the national church that TEAM started 60 years ago.”

5 MIDDLE EAST A worker at a Christian hospital writes, “Please pray for a solution to the need for a national citizen to fill the role of Government Liaison for the hospital. In efforts to nationalize the workforce, each establishment is required to employ a national who is the only one able to work directly with the immigration department. This means we cannot get new employee visas and other documents processed until this position is filled.”

6 CZECH REPUBLIC Mark and Gretchen Potma write, “Please pray for our new brothers and sisters in Christ, that they would grow strong and deep in their faith and that their spouses, family members and friends would also desire the same new life.”

7 CHAD Scott and Suz Downing write, “It’s exciting to see God grow our team. Not only does this increase our numbers, it increases what we can offer communities and
lets us have time to fellowship... in English! We see the Body of Jesus as one; each of us representing a different body part. Pray that those watching us will see us working together in love and it points them to our Lord Jesus.”

9 AFRICA Zimbabwe Pray for students studying this term at the Harare Theological College. May God prepare them to beeffective communicators of Biblical truth for the church in Zimbabwe!

10 AUSTRIA Heart Factory Pray for the continuing outreaches that take place every week into bars, clubs and on the street. Pray for many women to be freed this year from the clutches (whether from outside or inside) of prostitution.

11 phasetwo/four  Pray for orientation during the week of Feb 11-18.  We’re expecting a good-sized group, so pray for logistics, good health for all participants (particularly the kids), and good interaction between the recent appointees and the ones who are almost there!
 
12 PHILIPPINES Four people have become believers!  Workers have been faithfully ministering to this people group with NO fruit for years. They write, “Pray that these four believers will continue to search for the way. Pray that Jesus will reveal himself to them in a special way and that they will have peace with God as they discover the truth in his word.  Pray that they will share this truth with their loved ones and friends as they will retell the story of Jesus.”

13 TAIWAN Nancy Leet writes, “Please pray for emotional and physical strength for Diane and me as we lead classes and leaders' meetings. Pray for God's help in knowing how to support and encourage our various TEAM Ministry Initiative Leaders.”

14 THAILAND  Kennedy and Wendy Paizs write, “Pray for Thai people to come under great conviction and turn to Christ, for a true movement of God in this land. Pray as we look into working with HIV situations. Also pray for future co-workers, Thai or Western.  We need help in doing what we are doing.”


15 NORTH ASIA Workers write, “Please pray for our ability to stay focused and disciplined with our study of the national language. Pray we can gain a quick understanding and have patient partners to help us build our confidence and practice.”

16 CHURCH CONNECTIONS  Romans 10:13-15 affirms that “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” It goes on to ask how can they call … believe … hear … unless someone preaches to them? “And how can they preach unless they are sent?”  Pray that throughout the coming year TEAM will engage strategically with churches to equip them to send missionaries.

17 APPOINTEES Pray for Daniel and Megan Davis who are planning their internship for France beginning in the Spring of 2012.  Daniel is completing his seminary training at TEDS, and this will be one of his final requirements.  In addition, pray that the Davises will be able to quickly raise the rest of their support so they can proceed to France and language school.

18 AUSTRALIA Ray and Marti Williams write, “Pray for God’s wisdom and discernment for Marti Williams as she selects and develops a Women’s Ministry Leadership Team at Edwardstown Baptist Church to lead the women’s ministry as we move into 2012.”

19 JAPAN Chris and Megumi Risden write, “Please pray for the ongoing relief work in Japan and that these disasters and uncertain times will cause people to consider their standing before God in a new way. If you would like to get updated prayer requests and/or contribute financially to the relief needs, please visit www.crashjapan.com.”

20 PORTUGAL Clark and Yvonne Malone share in their recent newsletter that they have had many opportunities to share Christ with others and many have come to know him over the Christmas season.  However, they found out that some of these believers are alienated from their families because of their decision.  They write, “Please pray, as these dear people come to Jesus, that they would find that He is EVERYTHING that they could possibly desire, and that the sadness of losing family and friends over their decision to follow Jesus would be more than met by the joy of knowing Jesus.”

21 SOUTH ASIA Workers write, “Pray that our interactions with majority people would allow for conversation opportunities that are on-topic (of spiritual
significance) and that we would be continually learning the appropriate vocabulary by which to communicate these things.”

22 AFRICA Zimbabwe Sean and Kim Doyle (Harare) ask us to pray for Sean as he teaches at Harare Theological College (Greek IV, History of Christianity and Expository Preaching I this term) and for Kim as her ladies Bible study starts up again on Wednesdays.

23 CZECH REPUBLIC David and Angie Staedtler write, “Please pray for patience with our work concerning the church plant. The work is very complicated and we are trying to sort things out and get a unified vision. Please pray for the meetings we are having with people concerning the church plant. That God would bind us together for his glory.”

24 SOUTH ASIA A Christian school in South Asia needs several staff members for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year.  Some of the positions they have are for a High School principal, director, IT/Computer Manager with networking experience (Urgent) as well as many other positions…Please pray that God would provide for these needs and if you know anyone interested in looking into this opportunity please call the TEAM office.

25 PERU Kathi Small writes, “Please pray for me to make good use of my time preparing for classes I will teach starting early March with the beginning of the new school year.”

26 MIDDLE EAST Please pray for guidance and direction for a worker as he investigates the possibility of starting an auto-mechanic center here to provide vocational training and a means of livelihood for potential interns from the mainland. He has met up with a sponsor and she can send a delegate who is fluent with the local language to take him to the licensing department. Pray for relationships to form as a result of his efforts.

27 AFRICA Swaziland Dudley and Inge Donaldson write, “We hope to get the new amaZioni radio program on the air in Swaziland in February. Please pray for the time and ability to accomplish this.”
    
28 MEXICO David and Diana Stoddard write, “Please pray for God to bring together a committed team of puppeteers, and opportunities to share the Gospel through puppets.”

29 GLOBAL Let it Snow! by Linda Guest

I get absolutely giddy when it snows.  I love it.

In fact, right now it is snowing for the 3rd day.  I find myself anxious about it quitting - I don't want it to stop.  I want to treasure every second of this rare commodity but obviously I can't sit at my window all day.  So I go about my work glancing as I can with anticipation that it is still snowing and with a fear that it might have stopped.  When I see that it is still snowing, my heart is reassured and I get giddy all over again.

For me, my relationship with God is somewhat similar.  When I reflect on who He is and how he has impacted my life, how He has filled what was once void with such complete contentment, I get giddy.  But unlike the beautiful snow falling outside my window, I know that His presence in my life will never stop.  I don't have to fear His absence.  I can pause and enjoy the beauty of my relationship with Him and then go about my busyness knowing that the next time I glance about for Him that He is still there, consistently so, never ceasing.

I wish you a mind-blowing, giddy, excited, joyful relationship with our Savior Jesus for whom's birth we celebrate all over this globe.

Pray for all those serving with TEAM and all those they serve to know or renew this joy and relationship with Christ.