SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN REGIONS

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• ARGENTINA - Director Jorge Ovando:

  Praises:

  1. A new ADS opened up in Uruguay with 22 students.
  2. A new grader was added for the new ADS in Uruguay.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Pray for the new students that they will continue to do the lessons and grow in the Lord.
  2. Pray for God to open into the public schools in Lujan

• BOLIVIA - Director Miguel Sanchez:

  Please Pray For:

  1. Continue to pray for the new discipleship centers in Santa Cruz and Yacuiba
  2. The radio ministry in Culpina
  3. Wisdom, health, and increased financial support

• BRAZIL - Director Antonio Bibiano:

  Please Pray For:

  1. Please continue to pray for finances and visa to attend the Vision 2012 Conference.

• CHILE - Directors Guillermo and Vicky Salazar:

  Praises:

  1. The Source of Light Bible Institute with 22 students.
  2. The country church is growing and can now afford to repair the roof and paint the walls.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Pray for funds to purchase items for the school.
  2. Resources to pay for gas to travel when the price for gas if high.
  3. For the Source of Light Mission we are planting in another region.
  4. For the Lord to give strength while we serve.

• JAMAICA (MONTEGO BAY) - Directors Don and Elaine Schiffer:

  Praises:

  1. Building project is moving right along. The pouring of the roof for the first floor is nearly completed.
  2. The pallet of solar panels is on their way. They should arrive in Jamaica by May 15. This will help with the rising cost of electricity.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Please pray for Elaine’s Aunt Mart who has cancer. She is a believer.

• JAMAICA (KINGSTON) - Director Mrs. Joy Webster:

  Please Pray For:

  1. Pray for the family of Mr. Cummings, SLM board member. Mr. Cummings died last Friday of Leukemia. The funeral is scheduled for May 12.
  2. Joy's phone, fax machine and computer are still not working which makes communication difficult. She would like us to pray about this situation.

• GUYANA - Director Winston Abel:

  Please Pray For:

  1. Increased monthly support for the DTB

• HAITI - Directors Art and Becky Spalding:

  Praises:

  1. Easter Sunday 7 people were baptized and more people were saved.
  2. At the little church and school at Le Rocher, there were a number of candidates for baptism and the tent that is used to meet in is filled to overflowing. Every Sunday there are people sitting outside because there is no room inside.
  3. A new contact in the north part of Haiti, another missionary Don Dryden, is using SLM Bible lessons and is reporting that they have helped his ministry greatly.
  4. Claudy is pasturing a new church plant in Bon Repos and is doing well.
  5. May 10, Claudy is graduating with his Masters Degree in Christian Education. His thesis paper is very key to Christian education in Haiti and the university has asked permission to publish it.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Pray for Claudy's wife as she is finishing up her nursing degree. She has another year and a half to finish.
  2. Claudy needs $200 for completing the work on his document and graduation charges. Pray that the funds will come in for this.

• MEXICO - Directors Manuel and Ruth Lopez:

  Praises:

  1. Greg Miller is planning a trip to visit the DTB May 18-23.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Pray for Cristina who grades lessons is very sick. Pray for a complete diagnosis, effective treatment and a complete recovery.
  2. Pray for some families in the church who are going through various trials.
  3. Pray for Ruth and Manuel as they have a heavy load of responsibility at their church because they had to reduce their staff.
  4. The church van is in the shop.
  5. Personal van needs replacing very soon. A leaky roof needs fixing and some appliances are in need of repair.
  6. Pray for VBS in July 23-26. There is a shortage of staff and funds.

• PERU - Directors Pablo and Dalila Correa:

  Please Pray For:

  1. Pray for situation in Peru. Critical political situation concerning for operations of SLM ministry and all evangelical organizations throughout the country.

NORTH AMERICAN REGION

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• HEADQUARTERS - General Director Dr. Bill Shade:

  Praises:

  1. I want to report on a request I made last month for our Spanish Family, Mynor Perez and Lizabeth. Lizabeth is presently out of the hospital and doing well. Thank you for your prayers.
  2. I’m pleased to report that a team of men have been put together by our friend Lyle Leonard, to go to aid our work in Ethiopia. The team will be leaving in mid-June and remain into July. They will be providing a tremendous boost toward preparing our Discipleship Training Center for full operation this fall. Please pray for them and for our Director in Ethiopia Haile Tefera. Also, please pray for me as I also plan to join them in Ethiopia in June.
  3. We welcome to the staff a new accountant, Jessica Bush.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Please pray for Jessica Bush as she will begin work here May 7. Please pray that God will soon provide a support team to underwrite her financial needs as she takes this step of faith.
  2. The needs of our pre-fielders and those who need additional support: Phil and Vera Winder, Stewart Overbey, Michael and Ruth Ventrello, David and Debbie Ingalsbe, Bryan and Heather Wilson, Bob McAllister, Tim and Debbie Whatley, Teresa Hubble, Melody Zink, B.J. Peer, John and Sally Hensley, and Brian and Christine Thompson.

• ALTERNATIVE MEDIA - Director Ben Watson:

  Praises:

  1. The online version of "The Gospel of Mark" is now complete and ready for proofreading. Pray for wisdom for Ray Walker and others as they go through the course and make whatever changes are necessary.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Pray for Jim Tilson as he writes his final exam in the course that will lead to certification as a Braille transcriber by the US Library of Congress.
  2. Pray for Stewart Overbey as he assumes leadership of the Alternative Media department and for Ben Watson as he transitions into other ministries with Alternative Media.

• MADISON DTB - Director Bob Hearing:

  Praises:

  1. 30 salvation decisions for the month of April.
  2. For permission to bring SLM Bible lessons into the prisons in Maine.
  3. For the great response for Brian Thompson at his scheduled meetings.
  4. For funds to purchase 336 Spanish Bibles
  5. For the volunteers and support staff who supply lessons and office materials.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Additional support for Brian Thompson, assistant director of MDS. Also for his safety while traveling to several meetings during the whole month of May.
  2. Funds for the remaining home school conferences.
  3. Pray for conferences this year.

• ALABAMA - Director Marjorie Hall:

  Please Pray For:

  1. Please pray for Ms. Hall’s sister as she is in a nursing home and is trying to become accustomed to living there.
  2. The continuance of the branch.

• KANSAS - Director Leon Scott:

  Praises:

  1. Praise the Lord for the 6 salvation decisions that were made for the first quarter.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Please continue to pray for the family and their son Jason. They are going through some difficult trials at this time. Pray God will have His way in this situation.

• DAVE AND ANNA GAY NEWELL (NGM):

  Please Pray For:

  1. Funds to finish the Multipurpose Building

• NEW MEXICO - Directors Darryl and Joan Evans:

  Praises:

  1. Testimony: “Please let me know, is Jesus God?” from a man from Sri Lanka who enrolled for lessons on May 2. He wrote this in the comment box.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Please continue to pray for the students as they complete these lessons and begin to grow in their walk with the Lord.
  2. "Beloved in Christ, kindly send five more courses to my address for friends." - A student from Pakistan. Please pray for Pakistani people here in the U.S that God will open their eyes to the lies of Islam.

• CANADA - Directors Joe and Penny Homontowski:

  Praises:

  1. The trip to Wisconsin went very well.
  2. The opportunity to share God's work in Canada.
  3. The blessings in the ministry and family.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Continue to pray for Daniel. He is on medication for seizures. Pray that the medication will control the seizures.
  2. Pray that we will be able to rebuild our garage and shingle our house this summer. This will cost about $3,000.00
  3. Pray for their support level.
  4. Pray for the students in the Mailbox Club: for their salvation and spiritual growth.

EUROPEAN REGION

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• SLM EUROPE - Director Pavel Greucean:

  Please Pray For:

  1. A new initiative to strengthen Romanian families with Biblical principles and role models
  2. Adriana's new baby that was born around May 1st.
  3. Establishing new ADS in the city of Arad.

• ROMANIA - Director Cristian Oprea:

  Please Pray For:

  1. Continue to pray for the DTB.
  2. Please pray for Cristian and his wife, Rodica. On April 20th their house caught fire. The fire started in the garage. Their son's vehicle was destroyed.

AFRICAN REGION

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• CONGO - Directors Brian and Gwenda Trapp:

  Praises:

  1. Praise the Lord for 32 new decisions for Christ.
  2. The printing of the French TMC1, lesson 1
  3. An Urologist took a look at the nodule that Brian had and said that he does not feel it is anything to be concerned about. He said it could be caused by some infection, so he started him on some antibiotics. Praise the Lord that it was nothing serious."

  Please Pray For:

  1. Please pray for funds for the ministry, as part-time workers had to be cut and the full-time workers were reduced to part-time due to lack of funding.
  2. Pray for Brian Trapp's health and work situation.

• ETHIOPIA - Directors Haile and Tsedale Tefera:

  Please Pray For:

  1. Traveling mercies for Tsedale and girls as they are traveling to Madison.
  2. Work team and Dr. Shade that will be going in June to help with the building of the wall.
  3. Pray for funds that are needed.

• IVORY COAST - Interim Director Isaiah Bernasko:

  Praises:

  1. Pastor Bernasko's zeal for the SLM ministry as he took over as Interim Director in Jan.
  2. Expansion of the SLM work into the neighboring country of Guinea
  3. Two young men who are working with Mr. Bernasko

  Please Pray For:

  1. Funds to purchase land and build a permanent SLM office in Ivory Coast.
  2. Provision of monthly operating expenses.
  3. Brother Bernasko to attend the SLM Vision 2012 Conference

• KENYA - Director Mike Titus:

  Praises:

  1. Provision of funds to purchase motorcycles
  2. Good health God has given to the staff
  3. Many high schools reached with the Gospel
  4. Many lessons have been printed.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Pray for some schools which have C.U. Patrons which are not Christians.
  2. Pray for the cost of food items. The cost of food has gone up and is a great challenge to put food on the table.
  3. Please pray for more space in our office.
  4. Pray for the staff visiting schools that God may always grant them journey mercies.

• GHANA - Director Daniel Sapor:

  Please Pray For:

  1. Funds needed for deputation May-Dec. and protection for his family while he is away.

• NIGERIA - Directors Sanya and Bosun Dosunmu:

  Praises:

  1. Additional work done on the new church building.
  2. Nearly completing the translation of the Old Testament into the local language, Yoruba
  3. Growth in the ADS ministry.

  Please Pray For:

  1. God's provision to complete the church building
  2. Opening of new ADS
  3. Funds to attend the Vision 2012 Conference
  4. Good health to spread the good news far and wide

• SOUTH AFRICA - Director Fanie Buys:

  Please Pray For:

  1. The Buys family are working on coming to the 60th Anniversary in September. Pray God provides passports and funding.

• TOGO/BENIN - Director Sika Yawo:

  Praises:

  1. For the visit that was made and the passing out of certificates to those who finished the Bible courses. "On their face you can read a joy."

  Please Pray For:

  1. Please continue to pray for the $474 to finish the fence for the orphanage. Also the remaining $3064 is needed before the orphanage, Joseph Project, can be opened.
  2. Pray for a little boy in the hospital who was badly burned by hot water.
  3. Continue to pray for the $1200 needed to move into a new house by June.

• UGANDA - Director Aloni Mwisaka:

  Praises:

  1. Obtaining his visa to the USA

  Please Pray For:

  1. Funds to purchase equipment for the Bible College
  2. The opening of the college in October
  3. Funds to travel to the USA in July

ASIAN REGION

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• INDONESIA - Director Purwoko Arsito:

  Praises:

  1. 3,000 lessons of NL-2 were printed
  2. two prisoners at Wonogiri city have received Jesus. They are from Muslim background

  Please Pray For:

  1. Printing cost for modules NL-1 and UTL
  2. Volunteers who have commitment to us
  3. Finishing of Guest House for Solmindo Training Center
  4. Repair costs for his car and for the future need of a new car
  5. New laptop computer

• CHINA:

  Please Pray For:

  1. Please pray for an SLM Training Session from April 30 - May 20
  2. New leaders and workers to be trained in using the courses

• INDIA:

  Please Pray For:

  1. For greatly increased funding for India literature to supply various courses and languages that will be out of stock by the end of 2012
  2. For publication of children’s course (Explorers 1) in Hindi and Bengali
  3. Safety and protection for all SLM Directors, evangelists, and workers in this current climate of religious violence

• INDIA (SLM-BANGALORE) - Director Hemanth Peter:

  Praises:

  1. The three day meetings in Bidar (about 720 Kilometers from Bangalore), Hemanth had the opportunity to share 6 hrs every day. 68 people came to trust Christ.
  2. 17 believers came forward to be baptized in Evangelical Baptist Church. This will take place on the 20th of May.
  3. Pastor Harry's daughter was married in Chikkanayakana halli. This was the first wedding ceremony in this village.
  4. Two more new fellowship groups started in Bangalore and in these groups, more than 35 gather and study the Bible lesson.
  5. We are experiencing overcrowding in the Evangelical Baptist Church. We were praying for funds to build and the Lord supplied the need through Claysburg Baptist Church in the US.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Pray for more SLM Bible lessons to be printed in Kannada.
  2. Pray for the Bible lessons to move into the villages of Karnataka (both in churches and homes).
  3. Pray Chanderakala a new believer who is being harassed by her husband.
  4. For 29 yr old Soumya who attempted suicide, will be meeting her soon.
  5. For Raju and his wife Vijayarathna and their son Bharath who will be baptized on the 20th of May. This family is facing persecution from their relatives and friends.
  6. Recently a national TV channel tried to accuse some of the Christian workers and have given room for further attacks on churches.

• INDIA (SLM-CALCUTTA) - Director Karunakar Jena:

  Praises:

  1. Susmita Pandey a 10 yr. old girl was saved in our Sunday School and persecuted for her faith in the Lord. Yet she is strong in her faith and not worshipping the idols.
  2. God has opened door in N. Calcutta (Dumdum) through a Hindu man Partha Ganuly who believed in the Lord Jesus and the new fellowship started in his home.
  3. Praise the Lord that 3751 people heard the Gospel this month by personal evangelism and through distribution of Bible lessons.
  4. God raised 25 new disciples through a Discipleship Camp which was held in our Training Center. Praise God for a successful Discipleship Camp.
  5. Many new churches and organizations are coming to know about our ministry and taking our Bible lessons for their use.
  6. Praise God for Mrs. Kanchan Sardar who stood boldly for her faith against will of her husband, sons and daughter. She is ready to give her life for the Lord. But her family is trying hard to persecute her
  7. Our disciples distributed 480 Bible lessons to the individuals this month.
  8. Kishore a Hindu young man who put his faith in the Lord. But after few weeks his father died and his mother and relatives compelled him to be bald headed and do all the rituals. He refused to all these. He came out from his family with out doing all the rituals.
  9. New believers from Muslim background are standing for the Lord in Murshidabad. Many Muslims are studying the truth through our Bible lessons.
  10. ADS Directors are using our lessons and getting help discipleship. "Who is Jesus Christ" is widely demanded by many missionaries and evangelists. Many are saying that people got saved by reading that book.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Please pray for Explorers 1-2 courses to be printed in Bengali language. The computer work may be done without mistakes. The funds may arrive to print both the courses.
  2. The translation of See & Do 1-2 may be done without error. God may provide funds for those 2 children courses to be translated and then DTP work done, then to be printed.
  3. Please pray for Susmita’s faith and her parents may be saved.
  4. Please pray for Bible lessons students' meeting which will be held on Sunday May 6th. Pray that God may convict them and reveal Himself to them.
  5. We are organizing a S.S. Teacher's Training on May 8th. Please pray that the teachers may start new Children Clubs and get burden for the children.
  6. Please pray for the Pastors and Christian Leader's meeting on May 14. I will speak there about Discipleship and introduce our Bible lessons.
  7. Please pray for Churchil to start ADS in 7 Baptist Churches in Assam.
  8. Pray for the VBS to be organized in many places in this zone.
  9. Pray for the colleges and schools to be reached in large numbers.
  10. Pray for the new believers to take baptism and to join the worship service.
  11. Please pray for Karanukar as he is having meetings in North Dinajpur, Durgapur, Howrah and Ranigunj.
  12. Please pray for Kashinath Biswas as he is visiting several fellowship groups.

• INDIA (SLM-TRIBAL WORK) - Director Christudas Earla:

  Please Pray For:

  1. Problems with the internet not working. This makes it hard for him to communicate.
  2. The yearly accounts and the person doing them. Pray that God will allow this to go smoothly.

• INDIA (SLM-HYDERABED) - Director Dodla Wilson:

  Praises:

  1. "We are working among the tribes and the Lord is doing great things in the mission field. Many lessons are distributed and establishing Bible study groups in tents."
  2. Praise the Lord for the 7 tribal groups that have been reached with the Gospel by SLM India Central Zone.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Please pray for the support for the 12 evangelists that are working in the Central Zone. There is a need to supply their basic needs.
  2. Continue to pray for the ministry.

• INDIA (SLM-DELHI) - Directors Sanjeeb and Anita Sahu:

  Praises:

  1. For a successful Punjab trip promoting the Punjab Bible lessons.
  2. For a successful Women's meeting on 14th of April where the women learned that God is their strength.
  3. For a successful Youth meeting on April 28th. Many young people committed their lives to the Lord.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Pray for funds to reprint NL-1 in Hindi as we are short and this is the first course we give to new believers.
  2. Pray for funds to translate "Understanding True Love" into Hindi.
  3. Pray for my trip to Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Napal as I will be conducting meetings and baptisms. Also doing promotional work of Nepali Bible lessons in Nepal.

• INDIA (SLM-ORISSA) - Director Samar Pradhan:

  Praises:

  1. Praise the Lord for a wonderful time in we had in our Seeker's Conference held on the 13th of April. 36 college girls attended. All the girls heard the Word of God very carefully. It was a great surprise to see how the Lord worked in a marvelous way. I think, all of them gave their lives to Jesus with true repentance.
  2. "The Lord has answered our prayer in a wonderful way. We were sincerely praying for Diptipur to start some Gospel work. By the Grace of God one sister came to me and gave me some donations for our work. While I shared about the Diptipur work she also promised me to support a staff for Diptipur."
  3. God supplied an evangelist for the Diptipur area.

  Please Pray For:

  1. The area of Diptipur. I have a desire to start some work in this area. There are more than 30 believers that live in the area that are in need of leadership.
  2. Please pray for someone to work in the Cuttack area and for the funds to do this.

• MYANMAR - Director Pastor Philip Thang:

  Praises:

  1. Praise the Lord for the 24 children that were baptized as a result of Children's Bible Camp during the first week of April.
  2. The classes during the day and the evening services went very well. There were 50 children in attendance.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Continue to pray for new believers.
  2. Philip Thang, has been subjected to religious discrimination and asked to leave his home. He will have to build a tin-roofed bamboo home on a piece of property he owns. Pray for funding for this.

• PHILIPPINES (MAIN OFFICE) - Director Dr. Luz Nacionales:

  Praises:

  1. Schedule for her USA/Canada deputation trip finalized. Lucy will be in the USA from August to December.

  Please Pray For:

  1. God’s wisdom and financial needs for the translation of PCL into Tagalog.
  2. Funding for postage and office needs, spiritual growth for the new believers, and ministries in the Women’s Prison and military facilities
  3. 3. God’s provision to complete the new PhilSOL building

• PHILIPPINES (REGIONS 1 & 2) - Pastor Charlie Notarte:

  Please Pray For:

  1. Continue to pray for Pastor Charlie's need of a vehicle for the ministry
  2. For his work among the Fundamental Baptist Churches in N. Luzon

• PHILIPPINES (REGION 4) - Pastor Red/pastor Jeff:

  Praises:

  1. PhilSol-NBP Associate school’s statistics for the month of April: Total number of lessons sent 3,294; Students 279; number of saved 29; no certificates issued.
  2. April 14, 2012 6th Commencement exercises at PhilSol-NBP Theological and Discipleship training school. Theme was “Ambassadors for Christ” 2Cor. 5:20. 48 maximum inmates and 1 CN. Another 140-150 people attended consisting of Prison officials, guests, visitors, video coverage by BTV 3 Cable TV. The guest speaker was Pastor Joselito L. Santos.
  3. Distribution of New Life in Christ 1-3 and opening of Bible study outreach at Bldg 8 composed of homosexual inmates and common crime violators. 16 of them will enroll in our Bible school.
  4. Visitation and prayer services at the NBP hospital wards.

  Please Pray For:

  1. A laptop and LCD for Pastor Red to use in the school
  2. $700 is needed to purchase school needs for the PhilSol NBP Theological School.
  3. Pastor Red’s personal support and financial assistance for is children’s tuition for school.

• PHILIPPINES (REGION 4-B PALAWAN) - Pastor Paul Dignadice:

  Please Pray For:

  1. Please remember Pastor Paul's desire to reach all the many islands in his region.

• PHILIPPINES (REGION 5) - Pastor Artemio Naces:

  Praises:

  1. Good health
  2. Safe travel during Philippines Source of Light anniversary.
  3. Financial provision.

  Please Pray For:

  1. Continued good health
  2. Wisdom
  3. Philsol students and more souls to be saved.
  4. Bible studies in the jail, Army, and other outreaches.
  5. A computer
  6. Protection and guidance while traveling throughout the Bicol region for the promotion of Philsol materials and WWBI curriculum.
  7. More associate schools.

• PHILIPPINES (REGIONS 6, 7, 8) - Pastor Pio and Merlin Deniola:

  Praises:

  1. Seminars and orientation for summer youth camp
  2. People who gave to repair our house and purchased tickets to Manila

  Please Pray For:

  1. Additional Bible lesson distributors and more active students

• PHILIPPINES (REGIONS 9 & 12) - Pastor and Virgie Espinas:

  Please Pray For:

  1. Equipment and finances for their Hope Christian School
  2. Land and building for their house and PhilSOL office

• PHILIPPINES (REGIONS 10, 11, & 13) - Tina Hidalgo:

  Please Pray For:

  1. For more Associate Schools.
  2. More souls to be saved.
  3. For our monthly operating expenses.

• JAPAN - Directors Takuji and Hiroko Yamazaki:

  Please Pray For:

  1. Their daughter, Yukie, and husband, Akane, who will leave to re-settle in Hanoi, Vietnam on May 1st.

• KOREA/NORTH KOREA:

  Please Pray For:

  1. For God's blessing on SLM's partnership with a South Korean organization
  2. The New Life 2 course (1,000 copies) to be transported safely to the NK church planters
  3. Chinese Bible courses for their church planters in China
  4. Do pray earnestly for the extreme persecution of believers that occurs in NK

• SINGAPORE - Director Florence Lim:

  Please Pray For:

  1. That the total funding God bestowed will be sufficient for the property, taxes, and all the legal details
  2. A fair and honest price to be proposed for the above property
  3. God’s direction for moving the SLM Office in Singapore to a church or Bible school to save the very large rental fees
  4. God’s strength and enablement for Florence in her many and varied responsibilities

TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!

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